Three University professors have been named recipients of Guggenheim fellowships for their continued work in medical research and the social sciences, President Sheldon Hackney announced yesterday. The professors, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Professor Mark Greene, History Professor Susan Naquin and German and Comparative Literature Associate Professor Lilliane Weissberg, received the awards from the Guggenheim Foundation after going through a comprehensive and competitive application process. The foundation gives out more than $5 million annually to about 200 researchers. To apply for the grant, professors submit information on their work and their careers. The foundation contacts other leaders in the applicant's field for additional insight on who to select. Greene, who will use the funding to continue a project entitled "crystallographic analysis of the neu receptor," said last night he was extremely happy to receive the selective award. "I was delighted and honored," Greene said. The other recipients could not be reached for comment. The Guggenheim Foundation is headed by former School of Arts and Sciences Dean Joel Conarroe and located in New York City.
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