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IN LUMINE TUO
Seidel, a member of the English department, has been at Columbia since 1977 after teaching at Yale for seven years. One of the most popular teachers of literature humanities, Seidel also has served as chair of his department, regularly advises College students and is a member of a faculty committee that is charged with reviewing the logic and rhetoric program. Anastassiou came to Columbia as an assistant professor in 1983, earned tenure two years later and became a full professor in 1992. He was the recipient of one of the first NSF Presidential Young Investigator Awards for 1986-91, and is perhaps best known as Columbia's co-inventor and joint patent holder with several major technology corporations of the MPEG-2, which appears in all current forms of digital transmission.
As president, Jackson hopes to renew the institution's focus on the immigrants who have shaped the city, and reach out to groups who may have felt underrepresented by the institution in the past. He also wants to add innovative educational activities, similar to those he has provided for Columbia students, to the society's schedule, including all-night bike rides, field trips and movie nights. "I want people, when they think about history, to think about the New-York Historical Society," Jackson says. "We want this to be the historical society for all New Yorkers."
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GREAT TEACHERS: Michael Seidel, professor in the humanities,
and Dimitris Anastassiou, professor of electrical engineering,
will be presented with the annual Great Teacher Awards by the Society
of Columbia Graduates in Low Rotunda on October 11. The Great Teacher
Awards honors outstanding faculty members for their "ability
to stimulate, challenge and inspire students and to make effective
oral presentations; a demonstrated interest in students and the
ability to relate positively to students outside the classroom;
and a recognized standing in academic discipline."
