Talbot Honored for Québec Studies
Emile Talbot, an emeritus professor of French in the University of Illinois College of LAS, was recently honored with the prestigious Prix du Quebec, awarded jointly by the American Council for Québec Studies and Québec's Ministére des Relations Internationales.
The award is given every two years to an American citizen who makes an outstanding contribution to Québec studies. Talbot specializes in French and Québec literature, French intellectual history, and lyric poetry.
Hoxie Receives Grant to Explore Native American History
Frederick Hoxie, an LAS professor of history, recently received an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will enable him to finish his project "Native Americans and the Empire of Liberty."
Hoxie has written numerous books on Native American history and was general editor of Time-Life's 23-volume series, The American Indians, which sold over 2 million copies. Among many other accomplishments, he has served as a consultant and expert witness to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and was a founding trustee of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
Chemist Wins Process Award
Richard Braatz, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, received the Excellence in Process Development Research Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Braatz receives this award in recognition of his contributions to pharmaceutical crystallization. He has found innovative ways to form high-quality protein or pharmaceutical crystals from solution.
