IUP’s president and a professor in the university’s English department have received some top honors.
The university announced that President Dr. Michael Driscoll was named one of the commonwealth’s top 50 leaders over the age of 50 by City and State Pennsylvania. Driscoll is currently the longest-serving university president in the State System of Higher Education and has lead the university to an R2 designation as a high-research activity institution by the National Center for Postsecondary Research’s 2021 Carnegie Classification. The website also cited Driscoll’s recent fundraising and capital projects, and the establishment of a National Achievement Scholarship office.
Meanwhile, English Professor Dr. David Hammer was ranked as one of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” for 2023 by Stanford University. This recognition means that during the 2021-22 academic year, Hammer’s work was in the top two percent of most cited scientists who were included in research publications. The recognition is for work that has been done in the fields of education and linguistics. Since coming to IUP over 20 years ago, Hammer has published nine peer-reviewed academic books, 69 peer-reviewed research papers and 19 refereed book chapters. He has received close to $3 million in research funding from prestigious funding agencies in the United States including the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the US Department of Education.
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