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Makau Mutua, professor of law and director of the Human Rights Center in the UB Law School, served as a judge for the prestigious 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. The award will be presented to physician Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah for his work as the medical treatment director of the Amel Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Sudan, a leading Sudanese Darfuri-led human rights organization. Abdallah will receive the award from Ethel Kennedy, Robert Kennedy's widow, in a public ceremony hosted by Sen. Edward Kennedy on Nov. 16 in the U.S. Senate's Caucus Room. The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, presented by the RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights, was established in 1984 by Kennedy's eldest child, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, to honor courageous and innovative individuals striving for social justice throughout the world.
Herbert A. Hauptman, research professor of computer science and engineering, received a Red Jacket award Oct. 11 from the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society. First bestowed in 1957, the Red Jacket Award is a replica of the medal presented by President George Washington to the Seneca orator and leader Red Jacket in 1792. John C. Mohawk, associate professor of American studies, was honored posthumously with an Owen B. Augspurger Award recognizing a local historian. Both Hauptman and Mohawk "have exhibited unwavering commitment to the Western New York community," according to Kenneth P. Friedman, president of the historical society board.
Albert J. Ermanovics, associate director in the Office of Student Life, received the prestigious Nina Mitchell Award for Distinguished Service, the highest honor awarded by United University Professions, the union representing UB faculty and professional staff, at the union's Fall Delegate Assembly. The award recognizes Ermanovics for 30 years of outstanding service and dedication to the union at both the local and statewide levels.
William J. Rapaport, associate professor of computer science and engineering, and a member of the Center for Cognitive Science, recently gave two talks at Bryn Mawr College: "Philosophy of Computer Science" and "Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition: From Algorithm to Curriculum." The talks were sponsored by the Bryn Mawr Department of Philosophy and the Delaware Valley Distinguished Lecture Series in Computer Science, and jointly hosted by Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore colleges, and Villanova University.