Honors & Other Things BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER Book Prizes: Dr. TrachtenbergDr. Marc Trachtenberg, professor of history, has been awarded the George Lois Beer Prize and the Paul Birdsall Prize for A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945-63. The American Historical Association announced these awards at its 115th annual meeting on January 5. Chartered by Congress in 1889, the association is the oldest and largest professional historical organization in the U.S. BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER NEH Fellowship: Dr. BrownDr. Kathleen M. Brown, associate professor of history, has received a research fellowship from the NEH. Dr. Brown is writing a book, Foul Bodies and Infected Worlds: Cleanliness in Early America. BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation AwardDr. Joseph E. Lowry, part-time lecturer in the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, won the 2000 Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award in Humanities for The Legal-Theoretical Contents of the Risala of Muhammad B. Idris Al-Shafii. The Middle East Studies Association of North America presented him with the award, along with $500, at their 34th annual meeting in Orlando. Dr. Lowry took his Ph.D. in Asian and Middle Eastern studies here in December 1999. BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER
BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER AAAS Fellowship: Dr. LubenskyDr. Thomas Lubensky, the Mary Amanda Wood Professor of Physics, has been elected to a fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was cited for his "seminal contributions to condensed matter therory, including liquid crystals, complex fluids, random systems, and phase transitions and critical phonomena." BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER Royal Institute of Technology: Dr. HughesDr. Thomas P. Hughes, the Mellon Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology of Science, has become the first historian to receive an honorary doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Hughes was cited by the Royal Institute of Technology for "groundbreaking contributions to the history of technology. His books on the history of electricity and society and on major inventors have established high standards for his field." Dr. Hughes received a silk top hat and gold ring at the November 10 ceremony. BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER World AIDS Day: Drs. John and Loretta Sweet JemmottDr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott, associate professor and director of the Center for Urban Health Research at the School of Nursing and her husband, Dr. John Jemmott, professor of communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, were honored on World AIDS Day (December 1, 2000) by BEBASHI (Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues). The Jemmotts were honored at a ceremony commemorating the 15th anniversary of "Protecting Our Future." The Jemmotts, in collaboration with other psychologists and health professionals, have been working for over a decade to increase AIDS awareness among inner-city youth. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has identified as effective a curriculum based on Dr. John Jemmott's research, "Be Proud! Be Responsible!"--built around workshops, or "interventions," designed by Dr. Jemmott to teach adolescents about AIDS and how to avoid contracting it. BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER
BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER Best Children's Hospital in U.S.The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) was ranked #1 in the country by Child magazine. Last week, they announced the results of an exclusive survey, which revealed the names of the country's 10 best children's hospitals. The survey, which was based on hard data, rather than subjective opinions, calculated results according to criteria including the quality of doctors and nurses, survival rates for common childhood cancers and the amount of government research funding the hospital receives. The survey also included outstanding doctors who have made a difference in their fields. Each of the ten best hospitals was asked to name doctors who are outstanding representatives, dedicated to children's health issues. Dr. Robert B. Baldassano, a pediatric gastroenterologist and director of the Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (the largest in the world) at CHOP was on the list of doctors. For more see www.chop.edu. BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER Honored Posthumously: Dr. BloomfieldDr. Arthur I. Bloomfield, professor emeritus of economics, who died October 6, 1998 (Almanac October 20, 1998), was recognized posthumously this past August for his "outstanding services to Korea and the Bank of Korea." Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the U.S. and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Bank of Korea. Two senior representatives of the Bank of Korea presented Dr. Bloomfield's widow, Dorothy, with a 6 1/4 inch long, 24-carat gold "Key to the Bank of Korea" and a 2-piece light green jade "Tablet of Appreciation" which contained the following inscription:
BOOK PRIZES | NEH FELLOWSHIPS | M.H. KERR DISSERTATION | BEST CHILDREN'S HOSP. | VISITING PROF. @ OXFORD | AAAS FELLOWSHIP | WORLD AIDS DAY | ROYAL INST. OF TECHNOLOGY | TOPAZ MEDALLION | POSTHUMOUS HONOR | AIA WINNER: MODULAR VII CHILLER
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