Timothy Bono, PhD, assistant dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and lecturer in psychology, has received a 2011 National Orientation Directors Association Outstanding Research Award for his research on academic performance and college satisfaction. He will be honored during the awards ceremony at the 2011 NODA Conference in New Orleans, La., Oct. 30-Nov. 2. …

Donald L. Elbert, PhD, and Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, PhD, both associate professors of biomedical engineering, have received a two-year, $418,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for research titled “Self-Assembling Growth Factor Gradients for Nerve Regeneration.” …

Kathleen B. Hall, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, has received a new four-year, $1,468,175 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Co-evolution of snrnp U1A/U2B Proteins and snRNA Stemloops.” …

Shashikant Kulkarni, PhD, associate professor of pathology and immunology, of pediatrics and of genetics, has been nominated to the Scientific Advisory Board of National Institute of Health-National Institute of General Medical Science’s Coriell Institute for Medical Research. …

James S. Schilling, PhD, professor of physics, has received a four-year, $540,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Studies of Alkali Metal, Noble Metal and Hydrogen-Rich Superconductors under Extreme Pressure.” …

Austin Wesevich, a first-year medical student, received the $5,000 Mortar Board Barbara Cook Fellowship. Fellowship recipients are chosen based on academic excellence, strong recommendation, scholarly promise, financial need and Mortar Board involvement.