APPLAUSE

The 2002 Disneyland Resort Cast Community Fund has awarded a $5,000 grant to UCLA’s TIES (Training, Intervention, Education and Services) for Adoption Project. The program is dedicated to preparing and supporting adoptive families of children from foster care.... Daniel E. Furst, the first Carl M. Pearson Professor of Rheumatology in the Department of Rheumatology, has been honored with the Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award. The award goes to individuals who strive to further the mission of the Arthritis Foundation.... Ronald W. Busuttil, director of the Liver Transplant Program and professor of surgery, has been elected to the United Network for Organ Sharing Board of Directors as a medical/scientific representative. He has held other positions on the organization’s Liver Review Board, Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Committee and the Intestinal Allocation Subcommittee.

KUDOS

Larissa V. Rodriguez, assistant professor of urology, is one of 10 to receive one of the nation’s first Jahnigen Career Development Scholar Awards, a new award for the care of older people in surgical and related specialties, from the American Geriatrics Society. Rodriguez will receive a two-year, $200,000 award for her research using tissue-engineering techniques to discover cures for stress urinary incontinence among the elderly.... Shadi Ardalan, senior artist in Development Communications, has been recognized by the Corcoran College of Art and Design for her graphic design work on UCLA publications and event materials. Her works will be highlighted in exhibitions and a commemorative catalogue, and will be used as examples in teaching graphic arts.... Donald Morrison, a marketing professor and the William E. Leonhard Chair in Management at The Anderson School, was recently presented with the 2002 American Marketing Association/ Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator of the Year Award, the highest honor a marketing educator can receive. Recipients must be universally acknowledged as long-standing leaders in marketing education.... Walter R. Allen, professor of sociology and African-American studies, received the DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award from the American Sociological Association. The award honors scholars who embody the intellectual traditions of W.E.B. DuBois, Charles S. Johnson and E. Franklin Frazier. Allen was recognized for his research contributions in the fields of the African-American family, higher education and the demography of race.... Warren Thomas, chief administrative officer of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was appointed assistant dean of the Division of Physical Sciences in the College of Letters and Science. He will oversee all operational and staff functions of the division.... Michael Stenstrom, associate dean and professor of civil and environmental engineering, received an award for innovation in water quality protection from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, in part for his contributions to storm water research. His projects include the development of a land-use and drainage model for the Santa Monica Bay watershed.