Shair Receives Award for Innovative Research

Matthew D. Shair, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has received a Research Innovation Award of $34,060 as part of a new program for innovative, highly original research by college and university scientists. Sponsored by the Research Corporation, a foundation for the advancement of science, these awards encourage research that transcends the ordinary and offers promise for discovery by beginning faculty in Ph.D.-granting departments of chemistry, physics, and astronomy.

Cooper Appointed Associate Curator of Modern Art

Harry Cooper, formerly of the National Gallery in Washington, where he was the in-house curator of the major Piet Mondrian retrospective there, has been appointed associate curator of modern art at the Fogg Museum.

Cooper is the first to hold this post and his arrival marks the establishment of the Museum's Department of Modern and Contemporary Art. His five-year appointment began this fall. Cooper will oversee the Fogg's holdings of both European and American modern painting and sculpture, including important works by Picasso, Matisse, Franz Kline, Louise Nevelson, and Mark Rothko, among many others. Cooper received his Ph.D. from Harvard last June.

Erikson Elected Fellow to American Academy of Microbiology

Raymond L. Erikson, American Cancer Society Professor of Cellular and Developmental Biology, has been elected to fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. The Academy is the only honorific leadership group devoted entirely to microbiologists and the science of microbiology. The Fellows represent all areas of microbiology, including basic and applied research, teaching, public health, industry, and government service, and have demonstrated scientific excellence, originality, leadership, high ethical standards, and scholarly and creative achievement.

Davidovsky Wins the Kaske Foundation Prize

Mario Davidovsky, Fanny P. Mason Professor of Music, has won the the Christopher and Stephan Kaske Foundation Music Prize for 1997. He was nominated by Wolfgang Sawalisch, director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The Kaske Foundation honors composers who contribute to the development of contemporary music, and who have had great influence as teachers.