Divinity School's Stendahl wins Luther Institute award

Krister Stendahl, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Divinity Emeritus and former Dean of the Divinity School, received one of five Wittenberg Awards presented last month by the Luther Institute in Washington, D.C., to recognize significant service to church and society. Other recipients included actress Liv Ullman and U.S. Senator Paul Simon from Illinois.

Graduate students receive grants for work on transnational security

Two MacArthur Fellowships were awarded to Harvard graduate students conducting research on transnational security issues. A grant from the MacArthur Foundation will fund the research of James Gathii (Law School) on his dissertation topic, "State Security Legislation in Africa: A Guarantee of Nationhood or Civil War?" and Christina Sevilla (Government) on her topic, "Complaints and Compliance: Regional Integration and the Enforcement of Multilateral Trade Obligations." Both students will participate in the MacArthur Transnational Security Issues Seminar, a joint program between Harvard's Center for International Affairs and M.I.T.'s Center for International Studies.

SPH faculty member receives Brazilian health award

John David, chair and Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Tropical Public Health at the School of Public Health, has received the Emilio Ribas Medalha de Infectologia award from the Brazilian Society for Infectious Disease. This occasional award is given to a foreign scientist who has made significant contributions to research of infectious diseases in Brazil. Ribas, in whose name the award is made, was the scientist who first implemented the control program for yellow fever in Brazil.

Emanuel, of Dana-Farber, named to national bioethics group

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, assistant professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been appointed by President Clinton to the newly formed National Bioethics Advisory Commission. The 15-member panel was created to consider ethical issues arising from experiments in human biology and behavior. Its first task will be to discuss how best to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects, with particular attention to the proper use and management of genetic information.