Departments
Bulletin Board
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Week of 25 September 1998 |
Vol. II, No. 7 |
Bulletin Board
Archaeology prof elected to British Academy
Norman Hammond, CAS professor of archaeology, has been
elected a corresponding fellow of the British Academy in
recognition of his work on the Maya civilization of Central
America. According to his citation, election as a
corresponding fellow "is the highest honor that the academy
is able to confer in recognition of scholarly distinction."
Hammond has been at BU since 1988. He directs a
multi-institutional research program at the Maya city of La
Milpa in the tropical forest of northwestern Belize. BU
students participated in a field study program there this
spring through the University's division of international
programs.
Healy receives pediatrics award
John Healy, assistant clinical instructor in pediatrics
at the Boston University School of Medicine, and a fellow
with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), recently
received the Pediatrics Review and Education Program's
Education Award.
The accolade recognizes AAP fellows and candidate fellows who have earned a minimum of 150 AAP-approved continuing medical education credits over the course of three straight years. Fewer than 10 percent of the members of the AAP receive this honor.
Beatty cited for excellence in teaching
Jeffrey Beatty, an adjunct associate professor at the School
of Management, won the Charles M. Hewitt prize for
excellence in teaching at the Academy of Law in Business
Studies' annual meeting in San Diego.
Beatty, who teaches in SMG's management policy department, was one of four professors in the nation invited to speak at the Academy's master teacher symposium. Based on his presentation, Beatty captured the Academy's most prestigious award.