Sociology Ph.D. alumna (2013) Julia E. Szymczak was recently awarded the sole honorable mention for the 2014 Roberta G. Simmons Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. Julia’s dissertation is titled “The Complexity of Simple Things: An Ethnographic Study of the Challenge of Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections.” The selection committee “agreed unanimously that her research is outstanding and deserving of recognition.” The chair of Julia’s dissertation was Professor Charles L. Bosk.