Block receives award in psychiatry education

Susan Block, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Medical School and associate physician in the Brigham and Women's Division of Psychiatry, has been named the recipient of the 1998 Association for Academic Psychiatry Outstanding Educator Award.

The national award given by the country's largest organization of psychiatric educators recognizes Block's leadership in the development of innovative educational programs at the interface between medicine and psychiatry.

Block was cited for her contributions to the design and evaluation of the Medical School's New Pathway in Medical Education Project, among other work.

The award will be presented in San Diego in March.

Horrocks to be associate director of Countway's special collections, rare books

At the Countway Library of Medicine, Thomas Horrocks has been appointed associate director for special collections and curator of rare books.

Horrocks comes to Harvard from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, where he was director of Historical Programs and Services.

Horrocks succeeds Richard Wolfe, who retired after 32 years at Countway.

Sachs speaks at national convention of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party

Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Harvard Institute for International Development and Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, was the first foreigner in the 43-year history of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan to deliver a keynote address at their national convention. On Jan. 16, Sachs spoke to the 4,000-person gathering on the Asian financial crisis and the role of Japan in overcoming the region's economic difficulties.

Dominguez visits Cuba with Archdiocese of Boston

Jorge Dominguez, director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, spent last weekend in Cuba as part of a 150-member delegation from the Archdiocese of Boston. The group included bishops, priests, nuns, businesspeople, politicians, and college presidents.

Dominguez, a native-born Cuban, briefed the delegation about the significance of Pope John Paul II's visit, noting that it could accelerate the political and religious loosening that has taken place on the communist-led island in recent years. He even performed a conga dance on the plane home -- "even though I am a terrible singer and dancer!"