Faculty and Staff Highlights: Kleinman, Niu, Palumbo-Miele, and Rosenblum
July 13, 2023
Webster University faculty and staff highlights offers a roundup of recent Webster faculty and staff activity and achievements.
Kleinman Honors Mentor at International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social
Studies of Biology Conference
Kim Kleinman, retiring director of undergraduate advising, participated as part of
a panel honoring Garland Allen at a plenary session of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology biennial meeting in Toronto, Canada, on July 10. Allen posthumously received the
Society's distinguished David Hull Prize at the session.
Allen, a professor in Washington University's Biology Department, was a foundational
figure in the history of biology. Though widely influential and a mentor to generations
of historians, his only official graduate student was Kleinman.
In addition to participating in this session, Kleinman has written a notice about
Allen in the History of Science Society Newsletter and has an essay on his friend and mentor in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of the History of Biology.
Niu, Palumbo-Miele Speak at CSCMP Europe Conference
Donna Palumbo-Miele, adjunct professor in the Walker School of Business & Technology and Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Vice Chair, along with Run Niu, professor of operations management, attended
the CSCMP Europe Conference in Barcelona, Spain. The conference was attended by practitioners
and academics from the United States, Europe, and Latin America. This year’s conference
theme was Achieving a Resilient Supply Chain in a Fast Changing World.
Palumbo-Miele moderated the fireside chat Increasing Supply Chain Efficiency. Niu
presented in the session The Impact of Big Data Capabilities on Supply Chain Risk
Management and was a panelist in the Implementing Digital Supply Chains session.
Rosenblum to Lead Jewish History Ride
Webster History Professor Warren Rosenblum will lead a tour visiting St. Louis locations that are significant to the Jewish community. The event will take place on Sunday, July 23 and begin at the Missouri Historical Society Research Library.