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Lewis M. Branscomb is co-directing a new National Academies panel on anti-terror technologies as part of an effort by the scientific community to provide advice to Tom Ridge and the various federal agencies involved in counterterrorism.
Robert Stavins was invited by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Chris tine Todd Whitman to extend his term as Chairman of the Environment Economics Advisory Committee of EPA''s Science Advisory Board for an additional year. This makes Stavins the longest-serving chairman of the group and also makes him the longest-serving member. Stavins was appointed to the group when it was first founded in 1991 and was appointed chairman in 1997.
Deborah Hurley will receive the 2002 Namur Award from the International Federation for Information Processing. The biennial award is accorded for an outstanding contribution with international impact to the awareness of social implications of information technology.
John Garofano won the Hugh G. Nott Prize for the finest article appearing in the Naval War College Review in 2000 for "Deciding on Military Intervention: What Is the Role of Senior Military Leaders?"
Nolan Bowie was the 2001 recipient of the Manuel C. Carballo Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Kennedy School.
Charles Foster received a Citation for Conservation Service from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Foster had been instrumental in the creation of the park and served for many years as chair of its citizen''s advisory commission.
Juliette Kayyem was named a "Local Hero" by the Boston Phoenix in its fourth annual "Best" issue for her work championing the rights of Arab-Americans.
Laura Donohue was named a Carnegie Scholar of 2001 in a highly competitive selection process and was awarded $100,000 to pursue her work on "Security and Freedom in the Face of Terrorism."
David Carment won the Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award and plans to use the $10,000 award to support his project on "Building a Canadian Risk Assessment and Early Warning Capacity" which focuses on effects of corporate involvement in conflict-prone regions.
Erin Jenne won the Seymour Martin Lipset Award for Best Comparativist Dissertation of 2001 for her dissertation, "Group Demands as Bargaining Positions: Signals, Cues and Minority Mobilization in East Central Europe."