F.Y.I.

Ralph Locke, professor of musicology at the Eastman School, has co-edited a book demonstrating that the most important force in helping classical music thrive during the last century has been women's patronage -- work that has been often ignored or distorted. The book, Cultivating Music in America, is the first comprehensive study of American patrons of classical music.

Simon School professors Rajiv Dewan and Abraham Seidmann, with co-author Zhiping Walter, a Simon School doctoral candidate, have won the 1998 HICSS award for the best research paper in the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track of the 31st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. The paper is titled "Workflow Optimization Through Task Redesign in Business Information Processes."

Charles Thornton, associate professor in the Department of Neurology, has receive the Paul Beeson Physician's Faculty Award from the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, and the Alliance for Aging Research. Thornton also has received an RO3 award from the National Institute on Aging to study the pathogenesis of myotonic dystrophy.

Two-thirds of the faculty and three Ph.D. students in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures presented papers and took part in panel discussions at the Modern Language Association's annual convention in December. They are: Kathleen Parthe, John Givens, Ann Braithwaite, Joerg Esleben, Julie Papaioannou, Thomas DiPiero, Rosemary Feal, Susan Gustafson, Randall Halle, Patricia Herminghouse, Cilas Kemedjio, and Sharon Willis.

Randall Curren, who holds dual appointments in the Warner School and the Department of Philosophy, has been named to a two-year term as president of the Association for Philosophy of Education.

Tom G. Obrig, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the vascular effects of E. coli O157:H7 toxins.

Diane Dalecki, research associate and assistant professor in electrical engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine for her research on the bioeffects of ultrasound. She also recently received a $200,000 grant from the Whittaker Foundation to continue the work.