Notables

Barbara (B.J.) Bristow, extension associate in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell and the project director of Cornell Cooperative Extension's MONEY 2000+TM program, was honored by the directors of Cooperative Extension Systems in the Northeast with the Northeast Extension Directors' Award of Excellence on Feb. 2. The award is dedicated to recognizing outstanding programmatic efforts and accomplishments in extending the knowledge of the land-grant system to address contemporary issues in the Northeast region. Efforts must focus on a priority issue, be innovative and meet nine other criteria, including incorporating a research base and evaluation strategies and clearly identifying outcomes and impacts. MONEY 2000+ is a program to help Americans set financial goals, increase savings and investments, decrease consumer debt and lower household expenses.

Charles Short, professor of veterinary clinical science, has been awarded the first Merial Pain Award in recognition of "his lifelong dedication" to the field of animal-pain management. Sponsored by Merial Ltd., a London-based international producer of poultry breeding stock, the prize was conferred in January at the opening ceremonies of the Congrès National des Vétérinaires Spécialistes des Petits Animaux in Nice, France. The firm's senior director for global companion animal marketing, Jean-Louis Foraz, said Short "has devoted his long career to pain control for animals and believes that more can still be done to reduce the amount of pain felt by an animal after surgery, trauma and through inflammatory conditions. He is a very worthy winner."

Cybele Raver, assistant professor of human development, has been selected as one of five William T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholars for 1999. Her selection, by a committee of 12 senior scholars representing a broad range of disciplines from pediatrics and criminal justice to psychology and sociology, was the result of an "international competitive program to promote the research development of promising junior scholars who investigate topics relevant to understanding and promoting the development, mental health and well-being of children, adolescents and youth," according to the faculty scholars program announcement. The award provides five years of support for Raver's research on the relationships among employment, psychological well-being and parenting among low-income families.