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AROUND THE QUADS

In Lumine Tuo

Nicholas J. Turro

MAYOR’S AWARDS: Two Columbia professors were among the 12 recipients of the 2004 Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Science and Technology from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on October 13 at the New York Hall of Science. The professors were honored for their breakthrough research in applied mathematics, biochemistry and physics. Nicholas J. Turro, William P. Schweitzer professor of chemistry, was given the award for mathematical, physical and engineering sciences. Turro is a pioneer in the research of photochemistry and spectroscopy, and shared this honor with Andrew J. Majda, a professor of mathematics at the Courant Institute of NYU. The young investigator award, which goes to scientists under 40, was given to Colin P. Nuckolls (who earned degrees from GSAS in 1994, 1997 and 1998), assistant professor of chemistry, for his development of original designs for molecules. John D. McKinney, a tuberculosis expert who runs the laboratory of infection biology at Rockefeller University, also received this award.

CURTIS: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, has been honored with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the government of Japan for his outstanding contributions to the study of Japan and the promotion of intellectual and political exchange between Japan and the United States. Curtis, who has taught at Columbia since receiving his Ph.D. from GSAS in 1969, is a prolific writer whose books and articles are widely read in Japan and elsewhere and who is well known to the Japanese public for his frequent commentaries on current affairs in the Japanese media. Curtis also has been a prominent figure in fostering Japanese-American relations. Formerly the director of the U.S.-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program, he was instrumental in facilitating dialogue between members of Congress and the Japanese Diet. The decoration by the Japanese government also recognizes Curtis’ contribution to the development of political science in Japan, where he has served as a visiting professor at Keio University, the graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies and other universities. Curtis served as director of the Columbia’s East Asian Institute for 14 years.

NEAL: James Neal, v.p. for information services and University librarian, has been appointed the U.S. representative to the Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Neal was nominated by five American associations: the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, the American Association of Law Libraries, the Medical Library Association and the Special Libraries Association. Neal was a committee member from 1998–2001 and an expert resource
person from 2001–04.

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