AWARDS, APPOINTMENTS, ELECTIONS & HONOURS
Geologists' Association Henry Stopes Medal: Mark Roberts (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Higher Education Funding Council for England Clinical Senior Lectureships: Dr Persis Amrolia (UCL Institute of Child Health), Dr Anna David (UCL Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Dr John Hurst (UCL Centre for Respiratory Research), Dr Rajeshwar Mookerjee (UCL Medicine), Dr James Moon (UCL Medicine), Dr Neil Sebire (UCL Institute of Child Health), Dr Stuart Taylor (UCL Medicine), Dr Russell Viner (UCL Institute of Child Health), Dr Nicholas Ward (UCL Institute of Neurology), Dr David Werring (UCL Institute of Neurology) and Dr Martin Widschwendter (UCL Gynaecological Oncology)
Medical Futures 2007 Cardiovascular Innovation Award: Professor Alex Seifalian (UCL Surgery)
Natural Environment Research Council Science & Innovation Strategy Board Chair: Professor Duncan Wingham (UCL Earth Sciences), effective 1 September 2007
'Personnel Today' Top 40 Power Players 2007 Number 10: Professor Dame Carol Black (UCL Medicine)
2007 Queen's Birthday Honours Knights Bachelor for services to architecture: Professor Sir Peter Cook, Bartlett Professor of Architecture; CB: Stephen Aldridge (MSc UCL Economics 1982), Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office; CBE for services to transport: Richard Brown (MPhil UCL Town Planning 1977), Chief Executive of Eurostar; CBE for services to scholarship: Dr Myles Burnyeat (PhD UCL Philosophy 1965), staff member in UCL Philosophy (1964-1978); CBE for services to environmental science: Professor Georgina Mary, Honorary Fellow in UCL Biology (1983-1989); CBE for services to medicine: Clare Marx (MBBS UCL Preclinical Medicine 1977), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust; CBE for services to literature: Professor Stanley Wells (UCL English 1951; Fellow 1994), Shakespeare scholar and Chairman, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust; OBE for services to special needs education: Professor Rita Jordan (UCL Psychology 1963), Head, Autism Studies, University of Birmingham; OBE for services to science: Professor Nigel J Mason (UCL Physics & Astronomy 1983; PhD 1987; DSc 2002), Professor of Physics, Open University; MBE for services to healthcare in Totton, Hampshire: Dr John Dracass (UCL MBBS 1971); MBE for services to Street Children Kabul, Afghanistan: Dr John Earle (Middlesex Hospital); MBE for services to the armed forces: Dr Ian Fraser (UCL Clinical Medicine 1966); MBE for services to the community in Aberaeron, Ceredigion: Mr John Gwynne-Hughes (UCL Laws 1991), Clerk, Aberaeron Town Council and solicitor; MBE for services to local government in the City of London and to the community in the South East: Douglas Mobsby (UCL Laws 1957), Senior Partner of Pothecary & Barratt; MBE for services to dentistry: Alexandra Moss, Head Dental Nurse, Department of Orthodontics, Eastman Dental Institute; MBE for services to healthcare: Susan Usiskin, Epilepsy Counsellor, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects Award: CJ Lim (UCL Bartlett School)
Royal College of Nursing Fellowship: Dr Faith Gibson (UCL Institute of Child Health)
Royal Historical Society Fellow: Dr Andrew Reynolds (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Royal Society 2007 Francis Crick Lecturer: Professor Geraint Rees (UCL Institute of Neurology); 2008 Bakerian Lecturer: Professor Robin Clark (UCL Chemistry); GlaxoSmithKline Prize: Professor Mark Pepys (UCL Medicine); Royal Society Medal for Applied Sciences: Professor Cyril Hilsum
Science & Technology Facilities Council Science Board Deputy Chair: Professor Jenny Thomas (UCL Physics & Astronomy); Member: Professor Gabriel Aeppli (London Centre for Nanotechnology)
Society for Archaeological Sciences President: Professor Thilo Rehren (UCL Institute of Archaeology)
Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability & Humanity in the Built Environment Jurist: Professor Colin Fournier (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture)
UCL AWARDS & HONOURS
UCL Fellowship: Nica Burns (UCL Laws 1976); Rt Hon Terry Davis (UCL Laws 1960); John Heywood (UCL Laws 1968)
UCL Honorary Fellowship: Professor Leslie Aiello, formerly UCL Anthropology; Professor Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience); Dr Negley Harte (UCL History); William Margulies; Professor Chris Pitt, formerly UCL Engineering Sciences; Professor Patrick Vallance, formerly UCL Medicine