Frederick J. Schoen, professor of pathology at the Medical School and a faculty member in the Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology, is the recipient of the 1999 Founders Award of the Society for Biomaterials. Among the highest honors in the biomaterials community, the Founders Award is considered a lifetime achievement award for members who "have given much of themselves to research in biomaterials."

Schoen will receive the award on April 29 during the Society's annual meeting in Providence, R.I. After receiving the award, he will give a plenary lecture on "Tissue Heart Valves: Status, Challenges, and Directions."

Divinity School Faculty Named Lilly Fellows

Two faculty members at the Divinity School have been named Lilly Faculty Fellows for 1999-2000 and have received theological research grants from the Lilly Endowment to support extended research while on sabbatical.

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, the Krister Stendahl Professor of New Testament and Ministerial Studies, will pursue a research project on "The Ethos and Ethics of Biblical Interpretation." Ronald F. Thiemann, former Dean and John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity, received a grant to support his work on "The Public Intellectual: Social Criticism and Religious Vision." The Lilly theological research grants are administered by the Association of Theological Schools.

Siever Wins Medal in Sedimentary Geology

Raymond Siever, professor of geology emeritus, received the Pettijohn Medal of the Society of Sedimentary Geology earlier this month. The medal is awarded for an outstanding career in sedimentology and is considered the most prestigious in the field. The citation for the medal notes Siever's leadership throughout his career in sedimentary geology, which ranges from particular studies of sediment grains to global questions on the dynamics of sediment formation through geologic time. Allied to his research has been an outstanding career as an educator, benefiting both students at Harvard and the larger geological community. The medal was awarded at the annual meeting of the Society.

Senior Receives Women's Research Program Fellowship

Lucent Technologies has awarded Oksana Cherniavskaya '99 a fellowship in the Graduate Research Program for Women (GRPW). Cherniavskaya concentrates in chemistry and physics.

The program, sponsored by the Lucent Technologies Foundation and Bell Laboratories, is designed to identify and develop scientific and engineering ability in women and to increase the representation of women in these fields.

The fellowship provides an annual living stipend of $17,000, tuition and fees reimbursement, and a textbook allowance. In addition, the recipients are offered the opportunity of summer employment at Bell Labs, where they are matched with a scientist as a mentor.