Calestous Juma, director of the Science, Technology and Globalization project, at his induction to the UK Royal Academy of Engineering as an honorary fellow. With Juma is Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
UK Royal Academy of Engineering

"Belfer in Brief"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

Spring 2008

Juma Named to Royal Academy of Engineering
Calestous Juma, director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization project, was inducted in November into the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering as an honorary fellow. Juma met with many esteemed members of the academy, including Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, a senior fellow with the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Swanson Receives Peggy Scannell Award for Excellence
Amanda Swanson, program administrator for the Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program, was presented the Peggy Scannell Award for Excellence at the Belfer Center's annual holiday celebration. In presenting the award, Center Director Graham Allison noted that the award recognizes a Center member annually for her or his "outstanding contribution to the Center and to the environment in which we work."
Swanson was selected for her "exceptional work" in helping coordinate the Broadmoor project - New Orleans Recovery and organizing and working through complex arrangements for events related to the 2007 Roy Family Award.

Kennedy School Honors
Three Belfer Center colleagues were honored in December for their service to the Kennedy School: Karen Motley, executive editor, BCSIA Studies in International Security (15 years); Gretchen Bartlett, associate director, Preventive Defense Project (10 years); and Susan Lynch, program assistant, International Security Program and web manager, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (5 years).

On to Oxford
Omar McDoom, International Security Program/Intrastate Conflict Program associate, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford's Department of Political Science and International Affairs, for turning his doctoral thesis into a book titled, Why Men Kill: Security, Authority, and Opportunity in Rwanda's Genocide.

Mia Farrow Joins Rotberg in China-in-Africa Discussion
Robert Rotberg, director of the Program on Instrate Conflict, took part in a discussion in October on "China-Africa: the Yin and the Yang." Rotberg, with actress and activist Mia Farrow and Michael Sata, leader of the Zambian Patriotic Front, discussed the positive and negative impact of China's increasing presence on the African continent. In November, Rotberg took part in a JFK Jr. Forum event "From Apartheid to Democracy" with F.W. DeKlerk, former president of South Africa, and Tony Leon, former leader of the official opposition.

Belfer Center Welcomes
The Belfer Center welcomes two December arrivals: Saira Veronica, born to Ginger Dagli, executive director of the Dubai Initiative and her husband, Nirav - and Sophia Marie, daughter of Eric Rosenbach, executive director for research, and his wife, Alexandra.

For Academic Citation:
Communications Office. "Belfer in Brief." Belfer Center Newsletter (Spring 2008).