Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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March 27, 1998
Faculty and staff honors-- Eliot Smith, professor of psychological sciences, received the annual Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Sciences. He was recognized for a paper he co-wrote entitled "Intergroup Relations: Insight From a Theoretically Integrative Approach." The study soon will appear in the journal Psychological Review. He shares the award with co-writer Diane Mackie of the University of California, Santa Barbara.-- Ei-ichi Negishi, professor of chemistry, has been awarded the American Chemical Society's 1998 Award in Organometallic Chemistry for discovering new kinds of molecular "coaches" that can be used to assemble pharmaceuticals, plastics and other useful compounds. The award will be presented March 31 at the society's national meeting in Dallas. Negishi is recognized in the scientific community for his pioneering work in developing chemical reactions that are catalyzed or promoted by metal-containing compounds. * * * * *
Campus activities-- Janet Ayres, assistant director of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service for leadership and community development, will present "Building Trusting Relationships" at 10 a.m. Monday, April 13, in Room 314, Stewart Center. Ayres has developed several statewide programs during her 20 years at Purdue. She also has conducted numerous leadership workshops throughout the United States and Eastern Europe. The free program is part of the Women's Resource Office Leadership Series.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
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