Public Administration Honor to Zimmerman

Zimmerman’s books on intergovermental relations include Interstate Relations: The Neglected Dimension of Federalism (1996), State-Local Relations: A Partnership Approach (1995), American Federalism: The Growth of National Power (1992), and Federal Preemption: The Silent Revolution (1991). He also has edited symposium issues of Publius: The Journal of Federalism on federal preemption and interstate relations, and authored books on ethics, state and local government, gubernatorial vetoes, voting systems, and representation.

The award is named for Donald C. Stone, a distinguished U.S. government servant, whos was assistant director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, and, through appointment by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of three members of the President’s Committee on Administrative Management. He was also the first dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

Feted for Creating a ‘Welcoming’ Multicultural Climate

Carl Martin, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, has received the 1997 Diversity Award from the Hudson Mohawk Association of Colleges and Universities 1997. The award is given to the faculty, staff person or administrator who “has made a significant contribution in the area of promoting a welcoming climate for multicultural students and staff,” and was presented at the Association’s Annual Reception and Awards Evening on Sept. 25 at Albany Law School.

Martin, a 29-year member of the University community, was named over eight other finalists from the other member campuses, and cited for his career achievements in counseling services, event and educational programming, management and supervision.

Roger M. Hollingsworth, who earned his B.A. in communication from the University in May, was recognized as one of the nominees for the Association’s Student Award.

Steinbock Offered New Editorship

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School has issued a conditional invitation to Bonnie Steinbock of the Department of Philosophy opportunity to become an editor of a daily electronic bioethics journal on the Internet. The journal at this time remains in the proposal stage, but if enacted its centerpiece would be a rigorously-edited “Forum” that would invite short messages on any subject in bioethics from any interested reader.

Sources for the History of Cyprus

Volume IV of the series Sources for the History of Cyprus, Pero Tafur and Cyprus, written and translated by Colbert I. Nepaulsingh of the Department of Latin American & Caribbean Studies, has just been published. The book is part of the larger Sources for the History of Cyprus project that is publishing the most important texts for reconstructing the history of the island.

Paul W. Wallace from the Department of Classics and Andreas G. Orphanides are the editors for the series, which is now preparing other editions of historical sources, dating from antiquity to the British period, written by various scholars.

Fellowship Aids Chow’s Mental Health Research

Julian Chow of the School of Social Welfare has received a two-year research fellowship from the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Research Institute, Inc.

The fellowship, known as the Public-Academic Research Program, is a unique program that facilitates collaboration between public mental health organizations and universities by providing research training opportunity to faculty. The purpose of the Research Fellows Program is to advance the skills of mental health service researchers in studying public mental health systems. It is funded by the Services Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Services Research, National Institute of Mental Health and directed and administered by NASMHPD in collaboration with the Mental Health Policy Studies Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland.

As one of the seven fellows in the country, Professor Chow will use it to develop a new research agenda on mental health service utilization by ethnic minority persons. Collaborative partners in the fellowship for Chow include the Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health, the Nathan Klein Institute for Psychiatric Research, and New York’s Bureau of Evaluation and Services Research.