Vol.25, No. 05	Oct. 1, 1999

People

Winston James, associate professor of history, won the 1999 Gordon K. Lewis Memorial Award for Caribbean Scholarship from the Caribbean Studies Association for his book, Holding Aloft the Banner of Ethiopia: Caribbean Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century America (London and New York: Verso, 1998). The competition was opened to books published in 1996, 1997 and 1998 in the four leading languages of the Caribbean (Spanish, English, French and Dutch). James was also honored for his "outstanding contributions to education" by the Caribbean American Intercultural Organization at its 41st Anniversary celebrations in Washington, D.C., in August.

Robert Mauk, who is in his second year as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Biomedical Engineering, recently won the Whitaker Foundation's Graduate Fellowship. The Graduate Fellowship Program was initiated to help especially talented individuals develop the skills required for a successful career in biomedical engineering.

Economists Jagdish Bhagwati and Padma Desai, who are also husband and wife, held the international media spotlight in early September. Desai, Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems and director of the Center for Transition Economies, published two letters in the New York Times: in the Sunday magazine on Sept. 5 and on Sept. 7. She also appeared on the Charlie Rose Show on the 10th and on ARD TV, Germany’s leading station (carried on channel 25 in New York). In addition, two interviews with Desai were broadcast on BBC Radio in early September. Bhagwati, Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics, led the team arguing in favor of a liberal immigration policy on Debates/Debates, an HBO/ PBS weekly show.

The University of Oklahoma Press recently named Columbia Art History Professor Ester Pasztory the recipient of the Julian J. Rothbaum Prize for her book Teotihuacan: An Experiment in Living.

Timothy D. Polashek , a graduate student in music, will participate in the Mid-America Composers Festival held at Grinnell College in Grinnell , Iowa , Oct. 1-3. The festival celebrates new American concert music. This year it will bring together 60 composers from 17 states to perform their compositions, give presentations and engage in community events