* Jeffery Beam, assistant to the biology librarian, Botany Section, had his sixth book of poems, SUBMERGENCES, published by Off the Cuff Press. Beam also is poetry editor for the Oyster Bay Review and contributing editor for the Southern Review of Books, Brightleaf.
* Richard J. Rendleman Jr., professor of finance at the Kenan-Flagler Business school, received the school's Henry A. Latane Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award, honoring Latane, a faculty member at Kenan-Flagler from 1958 to 1980, is given to a graduate of the Ph.D. program who has had an impressive career, serves as a role model to students and has a record of high-impact research. Rendleman studied under Latane and received his doctorate in business administration from Kenan-Flagler in 1976.
* Abraham Hartzema, professor of pharmacy, has been elected vice president/finance-elect by the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, a 966-member, nonprofit professional organization dedicated to promoting pharmacoepidemiology--the science that applies epidemiological approaches to studying the use, effectiveness, value and safety of drugs. The society has members in 45 countries and is an associate member of the World Health Organization Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences.
* S.K. Heninger Jr., Distinguished professor emeritus of English, has had a collection of 12 essays published in his honor. The University of Delaware Press has issued Soundings of Things Done: Essays in Early Modern Literature in Honor of S.K. Heninger Jr., a collection of essays by professors of English, comparative literature and literary history from across the country who have worked with Heninger during their careers.
* Richard L. Edwards, dean and professor of social work, received the 1997 Edith Abbott Award from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. The award is given annually to one of the school's graduates whose work reflects the aspirations and spirit of the school's first dean. Edwards was recognized for his work as dean at several schools and as former president of the National Association of Social Workers.
* Richard E. Bilsborrow, research professor of biostatistics, received a Hofstee Fellowship to study for three months at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute in The Hague. The institute is the second-largest demographic research organization in Europe.
* Donald Baucom, W. Grant Dahlstrom and Joseph Lowman--all professors of psychology--were chosen by the executive board of the American Board of Assessment Psychology to receive diplomas in the specialty of psychological assessment. They are among 150 psychologists around the United States selected for the honor because of their professional accomplishments and contributions to their field.
* Judith Ostendorf, clinical instructor of public health nursing, was elected president of the N.C. Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
* Bonnie Rogers, director of public health nursing and occupational health nursing, was invited to serve as secretary of the Scientific Committee on Education and Training for the International Commission on Occupational Health for five years. She also was re-elected president of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
* Francoise Seiller-Moiseiwitsch, assistant professor of biostatistics, organized a conference on "Statistics in Molecular Biology" in Seattle. The conference was sponsored by the American Mathematical Society, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
* Susan Randolph, adjunct instructor of public health nursing, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, representing the Southeast.
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