Elna Spaulding, founder of Women-In-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes, will receive the 2001 William C. Friday Award in Moral Leadership at a 5 p.m. ceremony today at the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies. The award, established two years ago by the Kenan Institute for Ethics, recognizes individuals who have made a difference through principled, visionary and effective moral leadership.
A panel discussion, "How Does Moral Leadership Make a Difference?," will also be held. Panelists will include James Joseph, professor of public policy and director of the United States-Southern African Center for Leadership and Public Values and former U.S. ambassador to South Africa; Rushworth Kidder, founder and president of the Institute for Global Ethics; and Amanda Smith, a writer and Durham community activist.
Forum to address terrorism: A Nov. 26 forum will examine the medical community's response to and preparation for acts of terrorism.
The session, which is free and open to the public, is the eighth in a series of forums organized by Duke in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. The 90-minute forum begins at 7 p.m. in Von Canon rooms B and C in the Bryan Center.
Speakers will include Dr. Keith Kaye, director of hospital infection control at Duke Hospital and assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases; Dr. Woodhall "Sandy" Stopford, assistant clinical professor of community and occupational medicine; Randy Jirtle, professor of radiation oncology; and John Fairbank, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
Programming team qualifies for Hawaii tournament: Two teams of undergraduates finished first and second at a regional programming competition Sept. 10, and the first team will head to the world finals in Hawaii next March.
A team of sophomore Dave Arthur, senior Andrew Chatham and senior Kevin Lacker finished first and a team of sophomore Ethan Eade, freshman Oaz Nir and junior Melanie Wood finished second among the more than 130 teams that participated in the ACM Mid Atlantic Regional Programming Contest. The first team will go to Hawaii.
Employee vaccines resume: Free flu vaccines for Duke employees will continue today and Tuesday after being delayed last week due to a shortage. The vaccine clinics were held as scheduled the Friday after the Employee Occupational Health and Wellness office reported additional orders of flu vaccine had arrived. The vaccines are available today from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Bryan Center and tomorrow from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Red Mill Building on Erwin Road and from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the First Union Building.
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