Singer to leave communications post at Kennedy School

Steven Singer will leave his post as director of communications and public affairs at the Kennedy School of Government to become chief of communications at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Singer has worked at the Kennedy School since 1986, where he is credited with developing an internationally respected program in media relations, managing a wide range of internal and external publications, and developing an award-winning program to enhance the School's presence on the World Wide Web.

He is expected to assume the Dana-Farber post in mid-January 1997.

Glimcher, professor of orthopaedic surgery, recognized for research

Melvin Glimcher, M.D., Harriet M. Peabody Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical School and director of Children's Laboratory for the Study of Skeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation, received two awards this fall for his work in the field of skeletal disorders and rehabilitation.

In September, Glimcher became the first orthopaedic surgeon to receive the William F. Neuman Award at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research's annual meeting in Seattle. Glimcher was recognized for his outstanding scientific contributions both to bone and mineral research, and for the teaching and education of a large number of pre- and post-doctoral students and fellows, many of whom are now among the leading scientists pursuing research in diverse aspects of the field.

Glimcher also received the Dr. Marian Ropes Award at the Arthritis Foundation's annual Physician Achievement Award Dinner held in Cambridge.

Junior attends meeting with world leaders

William Burke-White, a junior, delivered remarks at the closing plenary session of the State of the World Forum, held this fall in San Francisco and chaired by Mikhail Gorbachev.

Burke-White was selected to represent the 35 youths from 29 countries who were invited to the conference. His address, on building cross-generational partnerships to solve global problems in the new millennium, received a standing ovation from an audience of more than 500, which included President Gorbachev, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, President Oscar Arias, and Sen. Alan Cranston.

Gorbachev, who delivered the closing keynote address following Burke-White's remarks, then met with representatives of the youth delegation. Addressing the students, Gorbachev commented that "it is people like you and Bill [Burke-White] who will lead the world into the next century."