ESI Affiliated Professor wins Powe Award

Sarah Dooling, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture, has been named a winner of a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards from the Oak Ridge Affiliated Universities organization.

Dooling studies urban ecology and is affiliated with the Environmental Sciences Institute. She will receive $5,000 from ORAU, which will be matched by the University. Dooling was one of 30 chosen from 118 applicants.

The award provides seed money for research by junior faculty at ORAU member institutions. The awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities.