Notables

Harry W. Greene, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is the co-winner of the 2000 Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award of the American Society of Naturalists. Named for the retired Harvard University biologist, the award is given to an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms and whose research and writing illuminate principles of evolutionary biology. Greene was cited for his life's work on snake biology and for his 1997 book, Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature.

Jeffrey Haugaard, associate professor of human development, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime May 11. Invited by U.S. Rep. Robert Scott (D-Va.) who serves on the subcommittee, Haugaard testified on behalf of the American Psychological Association as a child abuse expert. He testified on issues related to four House Resolutions: H.R. 894, the "No Second Chances for Murderers, Rapists, or Child Molesters Act of 1999"; H.R. 4045, "Matthew's Law"; H.R. 4047, the "Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act"; and H.R. 4147, the "Stop Material Unsuitable for Teens Act." Haugaard is a clinical psychologist and expert on the consequences of child sexual abuse and the process of therapy with sexually abused children. His testimony focused on child abuse prevention programs. He described several successful programs to prevent physical abuse of children and stated that no successful programs to prevent the sexual abuse of children have been created. He suggested that the lack of successful efforts to prevent child sexual abuse can be traced to a lack of basic research on the development of those who sexually abuse children.

Meredith F. Small, professor of anthropology, was a finalist in the radio category of the 1999 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Journalism Awards for her commentaries on anthropology and humor with the National Public Radio (NPR) show, "Sounds Like Science." A Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell as well as a writer for popular science publications, Small teaches classes in biological anthropology