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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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Sonoma State U. Foundation May Lose $350,000 on Loan to Former Board Member
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April 18, 2006
Heineken Awards on Tap for 5 Academics
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences last week awarded the 2006 Heineken Prizes to five researchers and one artist. The winners, each of whom will receive a $150,000 prize, are as follows:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics: Sir Alec J. Jeffreys, of the department of genetics at the University of Leicester, in Britain, for “his discovery of the genetic fingerprint.”
- Cognitive Science: John R. Anderson, of the department of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, for “his ground-breaking theory of human cognition.”
- Environmental Sciences: Stuart L. Pimm, of the School of Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, for “his research on species extinction and conservation” (The Chronicle, November 14, 1997).
- History: Joel Mokyr, of the department of economics at Northwestern University, for “his research into the origins of the modern industrial economy.”
- Medicine: Mary-Claire King, of the departments of medicine (medical genetics) and genome sciences at the University of Washington, for “proving the existence of the first hereditary breast-cancer gene” (The Chronicle, December 19, 1997, and June 10, 2005).
Job Koelewijn, a Dutch artist, won the art prize. There were no awards for drinking beer.
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