Lowell House tutor Levinson to give benefit concert

Pianist Max Levinson, resident tutor in Lowell House, will give the 18th Annual Spring Benefit Concert for the Boston Chapter of Amnesty International on Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m., at the First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough St., Boston.

The program includes Brahms's Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 21, No. 1; Bartók's Out of Doors Suite; Schoenberg's Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19; and Liszt's Sonata in B minor. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for students and senior citizens.

A benefit dinner ($75) will be given at 5:30 p.m. in the French Library and Cultural Center (across the street). The cost of dinner covers concert admission. For more information, call the Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office at 623-0202.

Sen receives awards for contributions to society

Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor, will receive the Premi Internacional Catalunya award on May 14 in Barcelona. The prize, awarded through the Institut Catala d'Estudis Mediterranis, recognizes those whose work has contributed decisively to the development of cultural, scientific, or human values around the world.

In March, Sen also received the Edinburgh Medal, given each year to a prominent scientist, not only for his or her scientific or technical achievement, but also for their wider contribution to society.

Stoeckle, Roberts to speak on panel about single payer health care

John Stoeckle, professor of medicine emeritus and chief of Internal Medicine Associates at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Marc Roberts, professor of political economy at the School of Public Health, will speak during a panel on the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care on Sunday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mason-Rice School in Newton.

National Academy of Sciences inducts three faculty

Three of the six new members voted into the National Academy of Sciences are from Harvard. They are: Michael Gimbrone, Elsie Freedman Professor of Pathology; Christopher Jencks, professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government; and Thomas Stossel, American Cancer Society Professor at the Medical School.