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Peabody Museum Appoints First Hrdy Visiting Curator

Monni (Marie-Jeanne) Adams has been appointed the first Hrdy Visiting Curator at the Peabody Museum. Adams, who has extensive research interests in African, Southeast Asian, and Native American ethnographic collections, has published widely on the museum's collections, placing them in an art historical and cultural context. During her curatorial appointment, Adams will be conducting research and preparing a temporary exhibit based on the museum's Africa collections.

Lombroso Receives Plaque at Symposium

Cesare T. Lombroso, professor of neurology emeritus and senior associate neurologist at Children's Hospital, attended the recent Etnean Epilepsy Symposium in Italy and was presented with a silver plaque with the following engraving: "His work in the field of the neurosciences has honored the name of Italy throughout the world."

While there, Lombroso gave a report on the new epileptic drug Lamotrigine and a formal lecture on "Movement Disorders in Children: Epileptic and Non-Epileptic."

Eight Seniors Elected Class Marshals for Class of '99

Four men and four women were elected Class Marshals for the Class of 1999. The Harvard First Marshal is Baratunde R. Thurston. The other Harvard Marshals are Mawi H. Asgedom, Kimble Poon, and Nicholas K. Davis. From Radcliffe, the First Marshal is Tally Zingher with Jante-Charee Santos, Elizabeth S. Drogin, and Janhavi M. Kirtane as her fellow marshals.

Class Marshals' responsibilities include organizing senior-year activities, maintaining contact with classmates after graduation, and coordinating various alumni events.

Andrews Wins Award for Work in Academic Pediatrics

Nancy C. Andrews, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Medical School and assistant in medicine at Children's Hospital, is the 1998 recipient of the Samuel Rosenthal Foundation Prize for Excellence in Academic Pediatrics. Andrews's primary research focus has been the study of pediatric hematology, specifically iron deficiency and iron overload disorders.

The prize recipient receives a grant of $25,000 to be used by the winner for academic purposes of his or her choice.