Business Information Center’s Shaw Earns Shapiro Award
Located at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, the Business Information Center serves as a business and economics reference library for MBA students as well as for the rest of the Rice community and the general public.
Serial Migrants in a Global World.” She will conduct research on people from Arab nations who have been residents of two or more countries, so-called “serial migrants.” She will spend eight months developing a survey and traveling in the Arab world, Europe, and the United States to conduct in-depth interviews to understand what kinds of families and individuals such global movement creates and how increased serial migration is changing the Arab world. Vardi, the Karen Ostrum George Professor in Computational Engineering and professor of computer science, will use his award to lead the six-month “Special Program on Logic and Algorithms” at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, England. The program aims to bring together leading theoretical computer scientists to bridge a longstanding divide between those who seek to ensure and verify the correctness of computing systems and those who measure and ensure the efficiency of computer resources. His program will center around a series of workshops focusing on developments in recent years that have begun to bridge the gap. More than 100 leading computer science theorists and mathematicians are expected to participate. The Guggenheim received by
Wiener, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of History, will support his continuing study of British criminal justice history. By examining a number of homicide cases in British colonies that evoked fundamental questions about the nature and rationale of British authority, Wiener will explore a deeper understanding of the dynamics of British imperialism and address emerging areas in the study of British history. The project will result in a book, tentatively titled An Empire of Law? Violence, Race, and Authority in the British Empire.
Business Information Center’s Shaw Earns Shapiro Award Peggy Shaw’s dedication to maintaining high standards and her creative approach to her job are among the reasons she was selected as the 2005 recipient of the Shapiro Library Staff Innovation Award by the Staff Travel and Development Committee of Fondren Library. Since joining the Fondren staff in 1986, Shaw has overseen the Business Information Center (BIC). Located at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Mangement, the center serves as a business and economics reference library for MBA students as well as for the rest of the Rice community and the
general public. In addition to ordering books, journals, and other materials and managing the daily activities of the center, Shaw teaches classes for MBA students on how to use BIC services, conduct job searches, and research companies. The BIC houses 5,000 volumes, including annual reports and periodicals, and a variety of electronic databases and services, such as Investexts and online access to the most current financial information. The award, funded by an endowment from the late Beth Shapiro, who served as university librarian from 1991 until her death in 1995, was created to recognize a member of the Fondren Library staff who has developed an innovative program to provide library services at Rice or who has shown exemplary service to the university community.
tive impact by raising awareness of women’s issues, and serve as role models in the empowerment of women. The 2005 faculty and staff winners are Rebekah Drezek, the Stanley C. Moore Assistant Professor in Bioengineering and assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering; Yildiz Bayazitoglu, the Harry S. Cameron Professor in Mechanical Engineering; Martha Alexander, LANP administrator in electrical and computer engineering; and Eusebio Franco, custodial and grounds manager in facilities, engineering, and planning. —Reported by B. J. Almond, Jade Boyd, Margot Dimond, Jennifer Evans, and Lindsey Fielder
Impact Awards Honor Outreach, Service Several Rice faculty and staff members have been recognized with Impact Awards, given annually by the Women’s Resource Center to those who demonstrate service to the campus community, show involvement and participation in student life and activities at Rice and beyond, work to make a posi-
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