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Quotable NewsinBrief Columbian Robinson Honored Publishing Division (PSP) of the Schools of Planning (ACSP). ACSP is Association of American Publishers a consortium of university-based By Mailman for Ross A. Slotten’s biography The programs offering credentials in Heretic in Darwin’s Court: The Life of urban and regional planning. School Alfred Russel Wallace. Fainstein was recognized for her The Heretic in Darwin’s Court career achievements in research and explores the controversial life and teaching, as well as her longstanding scientific contributions of Alfred service to professional and academic Russel Wallace—Victorian traveler, organizations. Over the years, she has scientist, spiritualist and co-discov- served as the principle supervisor to erer with Charles Darwin of natural more than 30 dissertation candidates selection. The biography casts new and has lectured throughout the light on Wallace’s life and work and Senior co-captain Aaron Marcovy and around the world. the importance of his 25-year rela- Fainstein joined Columbia’s fac- tionship with Charles Darwin. ulty in 2001 after teaching at Association of Rowing Colleges The PSP awards are presented Rutgers University for 30 years. She (EARC) regatta under his coaching, annually by the Association of also has served as a visiting pro- led almost the entire race to defeat University Professor Jagdish American Publishers to acknowledge fessor at the University of Rutgers on its home course by more Bhagwati writing recently in excellence in book, journal and elec- Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and than six seconds on March 26. The Wall Street Journal tronic publishing in all the disci- the University of Witwatersrand, “It was great racing,” said plines represented by professional, Johannesburg, South Africa. Zimmer. “We utilized a strong body On calls from world leaders to scholarly and reference publishing. In addition to teaching, she is the of the race to push out to a very reexamine foreign aid and The award winners were chosen by principle investigator in the research good lead. It was a very good effort.” investment: an eight-member expert panel con- project “The Politics of the Aftermath Columbia sped down the 2000- sisting of librarians, academics and of 9/11: The Role of the Port The Mailman School of Public meter Raritan River course in 6:08.6 working publishers who are them- Authority of New York and New Health will award the 2005 Frank A. compared to 6:15.3 for Rutgers. The certain consequence of this selves former academics. This publi- Jersey.” Other recent research proj- Calderone Prize to Mary Robinson, The Collins Cup has company. On cation also was named one of ects include an evaluation of the rethink on development assistance professor of professional practice at April 2, the Lions avenged last year’s Booklist’s top 10 science and tech- Minneapolis Neighborhood Revital- the School of International and loss to MIT and regained posses- would be that a target of 0.7 percent nology books in 2004. ization Program and property devel- Public Affairs, and a senior research sion of the Alumni Cup. Rain and opment in London and New York in “ scholar at the Law School. high winds limited the race to 1500 of GNP, which the big aid proponents the 1990s, which is the subject of Robinson, who was the first yards, but it hardly fazed Columbia, Men’s Rowing her book The City Builders. seem to embrace, is not ambitious woman president of Ireland, has spent which led all the way to win in most of her life as a human rights Team Brings Home 4:44.35, to MIT’s 4:59.39. enough. With empathy for develop- advocate. The former Silverware ment now strong and with our ability to High Commissioner for Human Rights, and daughter of two physicians, was Susan Fainstein devise and implement programs at educated at the University of Dublin Both the Collins and Alumni Cups Receives (Trinity College), King’s Inns Dublin and are back on Morningside Heights. home that would assist the poor Harvard Law School. The Collins Cup, which was Distinguished Robinson is currently executive donated by Rutgers and Columbia nations, we should aim higher. Let us director of Realizing Rights: The Ethical graduate Kevin J. Collins, GSAS’95, Educator Award to be given annually to the winner of return to the original target of one per- Globalization Initiative (EGI). The mis- sion of EGI is to make human rights the Columbia/Rutgers varsity heavy- Susan Fainstein, acting director cent of GNP—for a start. And above the compass that charts a course for weight rowing regatta, had resided in of the Ph.D. program in urban plan- globalization that is fair, just and bene- New Jersey for the past three years, ning at the Graduate School of all, let us spend it right. fits all. As an academic (Trinity College ever since Columbia won the inau- Architecture, Planning and Law Faculty 1968–90), legislator gural Cup race in 2001. However, Preservation, recently received the (Senator 1969–89) and barrister Head Crew Coach Michael Zimmer’s Distinguished Educator Award from (1967–90, Senior Counsel 1980, rowers, in their first Eastern the Association of Collegiate Susan Fainstein ” English Bar 1973), she has always TheRecord sought to use law as an instrument for IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK social change, arguing landmark cases before the European Court of Tribeca Film Festival to Screen Four SOA Student Films UPS 090-710 ISSN 0747-4504 Human Rights as well as in the Irish Vol. 30, No. 11, April 8, 2005 courts and the European Court in Luxemburg. She also served on the Published by the International Commission of Jurists, Office of Public Affairs the Advisory Committee of Interights t: 212-854-5573 and on expert European Community f: 212-678-4817 and Irish parliamentary committees.

Loretta Ucelli Robinson is the recipient of Executive Vice President for numerous awards and is a member Communications and External Relations of the Royal Irish Academy and the American Philosophical Society. Susan Brown Assistant Vice President of Since 2002, she has been honorary Public Affairs president of Oxfam International. A founding member and chair of the Columbia Record Staff Council of Women World Leaders, she also serves on many boards, Editor: Colin Morris including the Vaccine Fund, and Calendar Editor: Nicole Callahan Graphic Designer: Dorothy Robinson chairs the Irish Chamber Orchestra. The award luncheon and lecture Contact the Record: will be held at The New York t: 212-854-3283 Helmsley Hotel, Knickerbocker Ste., f: 212-678-4817 e: [email protected] 212 E. 42 St. RSVPs must be received by April 22. Contact the Calendar: t: 212-854-6546 e: [email protected] CU Press Wins Nostradamus and Me, written and directed by Eilis Kirwan. The Record is published biweekly during AAP Award the academic year, except for holiday and vacation periods, by the Office of Public When the 4th annual Tribeca Film Festival runs in ects selected, five are from SOA: The Life and Times Affairs. Permission is given to use Columbia University Press Lower Manhattan, April 19–May 1, attendees will have of H.J. Hermin, written and directed by Dennis Lee; Record material in other media. recently was honored by the the opportunity to view four School of the Arts (SOA) Untitled Flies Project, written and directed by Kit Hui; Professional and Scholarly student films, which were selected from 1,700 sub- Glory Masters, screenplay by Akin Salawu; Neither the University Photographer Eileen Barroso mission from 24 countries. Veil, Nor the Four Walls, written, directed and pro- t: 212-854-6527 The films include: The Hill, written and directed by duced by Afia Nathanial; and Outside the Wall, written Deborah Chow and produced by Ada Chamberlain; and directed by Elisha Miranda. The Tribeca All Correspondence/Subscriptions Junebug & Hurricane, written and directed by James Access Creative Promise Award of $10,000 for an Anyone may subscribe to The Record for Ponsoldt and produced by C.C. Webster; Missing, writ- exceptional narrative and documentary filmmaker and $27 per year. The amount is payable in ten and directed by Kit Hui; and Nostradamus and Me, $5,000 for a screenwriter will also be awarded as advance to Columbia University, at the address below. Allow 6 to 8 weeks for written and directed by Eilis Kirwan. Missing will screen part of TAA Connects. address changes. in the upcoming 2005 Columbia University Film The Tribeca Film Festival includes more than 250 Festival, which opens May 1; the other three films pre- features, documentaries and shorts, as well as world Postmaster/Address Changes miered in the 2004 Columbia festival. premieres, galas, panel discussions, free community Periodicals postage paid at New York, In addition to screenings, the festival offers events and a family festival. It was founded in 2002 by N.Y. and additional mailing offices. Tribeca All Access (TAA) Connects, a unique program Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff as a Postmaster: Send address changes to Columbia University Record, 535 W. for U.S.-based minority filmmakers to foster relation- response to 9/11 and to foster the economic and cul- 116th St., 402 Low Library, Mail Code ships with film industry representatives through one- tural revitalization of Lower Manhattan. 4321, New York, N.Y. 10027. on-one meetings and special events. Of the 29 proj- Visit www.tribecafilmfestival.org for more information.

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