Volume 25, No. 9, November 3, 2000

Cookie monsters Freshman Tina Massey decorates cookies with Spiderman Kemal Smajik, 6 (center), and Phantom Muhamed Petonjik, 9, at Safe Trick or Treat festivities Saturday, Oct. 28, on the South 40. Campus Y, the Congress of the South 40 and the student service group Circle K hosted the event for children 5 through 12 who are either in Campus Y programs or are children of faculty and staff members. The youngsters trick-or-treated at 10 residence halls and enjoyed face painting, pumpkin carving and a haunted house along with the cookie adventures.

Addictions research center opening here

By Ann Nicholson

A first-of-its-kind center for addictions research is opening at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, funded by a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The Comorbidity and Addictions, Prevention, Intervention and Treatment Center (CAP-IT) will be directed by Arlene R. Stiffman, Ph.D., professor of social work.

The CAP-IT center will support groundbreaking research on addictions interventions for underserved populations with mental health and HIV risk problems. The center also will seek to:

Ą improve the delivery of services to these underserved populations,

Ą evaluate addictions prevention and drug-abuse treatment programs, and

Ą analyze the cost and efficacy of treatment services.

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Founders Day honors faculty, friends

Four faculty members will receive Washington University's distinguished faculty awards at this year's Founders Day celebration Friday, Nov. 3, at the Chase Park Plaza, St. Louis. This year's awards honor John N. Drobak, J.D., professor of law and of economics in Arts & Sciences (A&S); Jane Phillips-Conroy, Ph.D., professor of anatomy at the School of Medicine and of anthropology in A&S; Sarah B. Spurr, associate professor of art; and Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in A&S.

Founders Day also includes presentation of the Robert S. Brookings Award, to be given this year to Des Lee and Robert Brookings Smith. The Brookings Award honors people who foster collaboration between the St. Louis region and the University.

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Faculty in Engineering, art appointed to new endowed chairs

Environmental engineering chair goes to Pratim Biswas

By Barbara Rea

Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., director of the Environmental Engineering Science Program at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, is the new Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton installed him in a ceremony Monday, Oct. 30, in Holmes Lounge.

The endowed chair is the culmination of Stifel Jens' lifelong dedication to the twin goals of improving the environment and supporting the engineering school. Stifel Jens received bachelor's and master's degrees from the school in 1932 and 1933, respectively; he died in 1995. Quinette Cowan Jens graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences in 1931; she died in 1997.

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Printmaker Joan Hall named to new Hudson professorship

By Liam Otten

Joan Hall, professor and area coordinator of printmaking/drawing at the School of Art, has been named the first Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art, a chair made possible by unrestricted gifts donated during the Campaign for Washington University. A formal installation ceremony took place Friday, Oct. 27.

"Joan Hall is an accomplished and well-exhibited artist, a great educator and a major contributor to University life," said Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. "I am pleased that Dean Pike has selected her to be the inaugural holder of the Hudson Professorship."

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