Dr. Peter Macklem, from the Department of Medicine, has won the Wightman Award from the Gairdner Foundation. The prize recognizes outstanding medical scientists whose work has contributed significantly to improving the quality of human life.

Dr. Mostafa Elhilali, from the Department of Surgery, has been elected Secretary General of the Société internationale d'Urologie. As a result, the organization's central offices will be moved from France to the Royal Victoria Hospital.

Professor Robert Myers, from the Department of Physics, has won a 1999 CAP Herzberg Medal. This medal is awarded by the Canadian Association of Physicists for outstanding achievement by a physicist under the age of 40. Myers's research covers various aspects of general relativity, superstring theory and quantum gravity.

Professor Bruce Trigger, from the Department of Anthropology, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from McMaster University at the school's convocation for the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Professor David Burns, from the Department of Chemistry, is the 1999 winner of the Barringer Spectroscopy Award of the Spectroscopy Society of Canada. This is a Canadian award recognizing excellence in Spectrometric design. Burns' s research team was the first to provide quantitative measurements for the in vivo assessment of myoglobin oxygen.

Professor Kris Koski, from the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, was appointed as NSERC representative to the Advisory Group on the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. This committee advises the presidents of Canada's three national granting councils (MRC, NSERC, SSHRC) on the policy. The group can also make minor changes to the policy on its own initiative.

Professor William Watson, from the Department of Economics, was named a runner-up for the inaugural Donner Prize, awarded by the Donner Canadian Foundation for the best book on Canadian public policy. Watson earned $5,000 as runner-up for writing Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life. The other runner-up, Mark Holmes's The Reformation of Canada's Schools: Breaking the Barriers to Parental Choice, was published by McGill-Queen's University Press.

Associate Vice-Principal (Academic) Nicholas de Takacsy has been appointed to the administrative council of the Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l'aide à la recherche, Quebec's most important granting agency.

Ms. Holly McComb, a student in the Faculty of Education, won the Gladys Bean Trophy as McGill's female athlete of the year. McComb, the MVP of the Martlet swimming team, was also voted Quebec conference female swimmer of the year. She won six gold medals at the provincial championship and a bronze medal at the nationals.

Mr. David Allard, a student in the School of Computer Science, earned the D. Stuart Forbes Trophy as McGill's male athlete of the year. The MVP of the Redmen swimming squad, Allard went undefeated in his first 24 races, was named Quebec conference rookie of the year and set six McGill records. He won four gold medals and a silver at the Quebec championship and a bronze at the nationals.

Director of Libraries Frances Groen has been elected to a three-year term as a member of the board of directors of the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. The center operates a cooperative collections development program to assist research libraries in making rarely held primary research materials available for long loan periods.