University of Evansville professors Anthony Beavers and Kristy Miller were honored recently with the Sadelle and Sydney Berger Awards for service and scholarly activity. The two were presented with the awards by Charlie Berger during UE’s Fall Conference.
Kristy Miller, professor of chemistry and chair of the Department of Chemistry, was given the Berger Award for exemplary service to the University. Since Miller came to UE in 2004, she has dedicated herself to serving the University, her department and the community.
Under her leadership as chair, her department raised a quarter of a millions dollars for instrumentation, support of undergraduate research and discretionary gifts. She is well known on campus for her enthusiasm, work ethic and tireless dedication to UE.
She has served on many UE committees, including the Physicians’ Assistant Director Search Committee, and the University of Evansville-Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Outreach. She is a member of community organizations such as the Vanderburgh County Lilly Endowment Scholarship Selection Committee, and a board member of the Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville. She was named one of the “20 under 40†in 2012 by the Evansville Business Journal.
Beavers, professor of philosophy, was given the Berger Award for scholarly activity. His scholarly work is recognized world-wide. These activities have often involved undergraduate students, such as the development of UE’s cognitive science major.
His many research areas include:
• The philosophy of information
• The philosophy of cognitive science
• Computational philosophy, primarily Artificial Intelligence, machine ethics, cognitive modeling and philosophy of mind
• Meta-ethics, especially technological threats to moral realism and information ethics
His work has appeared in countless professional journals and publications. He has been invited to speak throughout the United States and all over the world about his research and his work. He is a member of several professional organizations and has participated in numerous conferences, institutes, symposia and workshops over the years as well.
In 2013, Beavers received the University’s College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Teaching Award. In 2012, he received the World Technology Award in Ethics, sponsored by TIME, Fortune, CNN, Science/AAS and the MIT Technology Review.
