F.Y.I.

Anthony T. Carter, professor of anthropology in the College, has been appointed chair of the anthropology and demography committee of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. The committee will arrange a series of three workshops over the next four years and a session at the union's general conference in 2001.

Brenda Meehan, professor of history in the College, has been selected as the Hanes-Willis Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Meehan will spend November 8 through 15 lecturing and participating in classes on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Her lectures and seminars will reflect her expertise in the history and culture of Russia, the history of religion, and women's studies.

AWARDS

Anne-Marie Algier, assistant director of student activities, was recently named 1996 Advisor of the Year for the Northeastern region of the Golden Key National Honor Society. She is one of 14 advisors in the United States and Australia to receive the honor. The Advisor of the Year Award was created in 1991 to recognize advisors who lead their chapters with incredible dedication.

The Golden Key National Honor Society aims to work with collegiate faculty and administrators to develop and maintain high standards The student winners of the Eastman School's 1997 Concerto Competition, held on February 1, are Mie Matsumura '97, piano; Donna Young Shin '97, flute; and Natsuki Yoshioka '97, piano. Accompanist winner is Eileen Shin.

Carl Chiarenza was recently named the 1997 Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology.

The award is given to alumni who, through their professional accomplishments, have reflected positively on RIT. The award will be presented at a banquet scheduled for Saturday, May 10.

Chiarenza, who received a bachelor of fine arts degree from RIT in 1957, is the Fanny Knapp Allen Professor of Art History at the University. He has had solo exhibitions at the George Eastman House, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography in New York City, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Tampa Museum of Art, among many others.

PRESENTATIONS

Paul D. Coleman, professor of neurobiology and anatomy and director of the University's Alzheimer's Disease Center, has been asked to make a presentation on gene expression of single cell neurons in Alzheimer's Disease at an international symposium in Tokyo. The symposium has been organized by the Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry and will be held on March 4 and 5.

Elizabeeth Naumberg, residency director of the Family Medicine program and Richard Frankel, director of the Primary Care Institute, are members of the faculty for the Geriatric Interviewing: Train the Trainer Workshop which will take place on Wednesday, April 9, at the Industrial Management Council's Hutchinson House. The workshhop is sponsored by The Hartford Initiative in Geriatric Training/University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.