[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1970","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"240","style":"width: 180px; height: 240px; float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]As a result of her outstanding educational accomplishments, Anna Erickson, assistant professor, has been selected to receive the 2016 Lockheed Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

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The Woodruff School is deeply saddened to hear that alumnus James Chambers died tragically in a house fire on March 13. Dr. Chambers who received both his bachelor's and Ph.D. degrees from the Woodruff School, was the associate dean for research and graduate programs in the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi. 

The University of Mississippi released the statements below:

Dr. Robin Murphy, who received her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1980, as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science, was recently named one of 30 most innovative women professors alive today by Best Master's Degrees (bestmastersdegrees.com). Dr. Murphy, the Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, studies the relationship between humans and robots.

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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1737","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"300","style":"width: 300px; height: 300px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"300"}}]]Dr. Wayne Whiteman, Director of the Office of Student Services and Senior Academic Professional for the George W.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1730","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"240","style":"width: 180px; height: 240px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"180"}}]]Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, Associate Professor with the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, was recently elected as the President-elect of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society (UFFC-S).

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1723","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 250px; height: 125px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Medulloblastoma (MB) is a big and potentially terrifying word given to a fast-growing, malignant brain tumor that attacks the cerebellum. It accounts for just 1-2 percent of all primary brain tumors, but it is the most common malignant brain tumor in children under 10.

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