Comment 077 March 1994

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ewsletter /) smal Ghana (Ph)slcs) and V'qar Ahm d (!'haml coloiJ) are JU IIf&;O ofIhe 50 sludenl f&;ho h e been f&;orklng fWl/h Ihe Golle e f)r:?df)pmenl Ol/ia our Ihe lasl four tueks m king conlact fWilh alumm Sludtnls h e bem culling some 4,200 alumm If) update Ihem on changes m Ihe Gollege and to ask for Iheir support for Ihe King's Gollege Ifmdon Developmml 'l rusl The contact has been very posilive on Ihe whole, f&;ilh new fn'endships being made across Ihe generatIOns with a common inleresl of Kmg's, On Ihe olher side ofIhe equalion, f,ljls 10 Ihe und hO'Ve bt?m coming in 01 a good rOle. There to;:1I be a report on Ihe s ess ofthe camp i m Ihe nexl Issue ofCommenl.

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Job upturn for 1993 graduate /11ÂŁ College Gareers \'I'",-,ce reflfJ!Is fm a elcomt? uplurn m Ihe ptrunla 'r f1 Km, t;raduald known 10 be enhnn m 1993

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the m05t difficult Job market the 1930~, hUlthere ha\ been a mc in the percentage of KlIlg' gracluate~ known to be entering ~ince

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I • a \\ell a a fall in the unemplomenr rate. and it i hoped till, Improvement may be an earl) ~ign o economic recove~ 'ational figure

becommg mcreasingly Important to have accurate information on grad uate de t1natlOn , Without the telephone urvey the 'unknown' rate would have

for 1993 graduate are not yct available or compan,on.

been at lea,t 2-%. as compared to the figure of 7. % which \\e dId achieve.

Postgraduate were le s affected by the re e ~ion than fir t degree graduate.

\s thc figure on page 2 ~ho\\, or gracluale\ we have even better Information on \\hcre Kmg\ graduates \.\ Cnt than for thc preVIOU\ year.

Contrlhutlng factor mcluded help from academiC ,taffwlth 'unkno\\n' fir~t de,tlnatlon" thc telephone \urvcy conducted hy the Carccr\ Servlcc \taff and the collection 0 mformatlon rom degrce preentatlClll ccn.:mollics. Il 1\ 19

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he Prime Minister has opened a new Critical Care Complex at King's College Hospital. Costing nearly ÂŁ14 million, the Complex consists of 10 operating theatres and an 1 -bed intensive care unit, which is one of the large t uch units in the country. Surgeon will undertake up to 20,000 major operations a year in the new facilitie .

The Critical Care Complex at King' complements the Day Surgery entre, which was opened in 1992 and is the large t centre for day surgery in the country.

Tlte Pn'me Minister meeling Ion cainsford, Dean of Ihe Medical and DenIal School, when he visited King's College lIospilalon 23 Februaf) 10 open Ihe new Crilical Care Complex.

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he folIo 'In 0" table ha vs the first de tlnatlonS of King's ColI ege grad uatc, IOtlfT'''/I"rJ/tom Ptl~{ I Postgraduate

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493 (34.7%)

462 (46.5%)

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424

411

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199 (14%)

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(25.7%)

(31.0%)

110 (7.7%)

156 (11.0%)

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27 (2.9%)

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161 (11.3%)

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167 (17.9%)

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The ordination of .... omen a prle ha provo ed alar e amount 0 media Intere t and Professo Us ie Hou !' o/< so ofTheo 0 • appeared on he bre . a ho.... on CLR outlinln he I ue concerned.

1'1'0/<5501' r a f ra m n, lie ofVu D4J rtm t ofW rSt s. et an honourable men[Jon In a leader d. eu ing. 'aw' inaction in Bo n1a In the Indcpen ent on Sunday for remark made in an article in the Times, that the hell that killed people In a araje\'o market moved. 'aw' humiliation at erblan hand from ·Io.... -Ie\cl· w 'highlevel'.

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I he cot Enqull) Into the :'\lacrrx Churchill affair h , dra .... n much auentlon and ommem. . ~/r At/, m lomkms. Lecturer m I Il;;, appeared on Ch nnel4 .\iws dlscu>slng the public IIHere. t In unity and commenting on the Government' pO>ltlon.

."-'11' IOn) /home. DIrector ofthe F.nglzsh I nguage Unit. ha been In demand a~ a con equence of the publication in p3 perback of h is DIctionary ofModern Slang and the Dictionary of Popular Culture. lie has been on chat shows on Radio 4, Radio 2 and GLR. and he now also has a regular column in the Sunday Express entitled lite l..ast Word. in whieh he discusses terms and thcir origin.

:\n article in the Mo mgSl rexamlne the boo let .... rit en by Ms i McCo~ n, In , entitled 1'0') Equlf)-J stU: esforWo ?lnwhieh he ar ue or a radlcall. ne.... approach to equal pa) In Britain. he call or the onu 0 be placed on the emplo 'er to eliminate d. rlrrunation rather than on indiVidual employee to prove that the. are discriminated against.

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The emergence of' uperbug " that is, microorgani ms whieh are re i tant w several antibiotic .....ere the subjeet of the A rabic Open Programme on the BBC World Scroia in which Dr Mahmoud Halo lab, Lecturer in Microbiologj, took part.

An article in the Dail) Telegraph about the high e teem in which dog are held, quoted Professor Richard Sorabji, Professor ofAnCJent Philosoph) and Dtrector ofthe Institute of Classical Studies. 'There IS a very early example of prai e [of dog I by Ilomer. When Ody eu come home rom the 'I rojan wars, nobody recognise him but Argus, hi old dog.'

To mark the lau nch of a campaign w provide information and advice on asthma from pharmacies, Mr Alan Nathan, Boots Lecturer/Practitioner, Department of Pharmacy, was interviewed

by BJJC Radio Cambridge.

1)1' Tom S nders, Reader m i\'utntion, has al 0 been much ought after reccntly follOWing the publication of hl~ book }"Ju DQn 'tllfJ'IJe to DIet.' .... hlch reaehed number seven in the diet book bestsellers list. lie is a regular contribuwr w the BBC 2 Food and /)nnk programme and hc I author of lite DeJinllive Twop rt Cuide to Food Scares, a feature bcing rlln by the Independent 0:1 Sunday whieh put~ IntO per pective the relation hip between food risk and health. with the aim of helpll1g peoplt; make en ible decisions about what they eat and drink.

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he u:"EP Environmental Data Report 1993- 4, prepared for the L nited :"ation En ironment Programme by the Monitoring and Asse ment Research Centre (\ilARC) at King's College London, was launched by _ ir Crispin Tickell at The Royal ocietyon 1 March. \ilore than 60 gue ts from industry, government departments, NGOs, academic institutions and the press attended the launch which was hosted by the Principal, Profe sor Art!1ur Lucas. He spoke of the importance of \ilARC' work and the links between \ilARC and King's College London before introducing \iI Fran~oise Belmont. Officer-in-Charge, L:" EP Regional Office for Europe, Geneva (repre enting the Executive Director of U:"EP) who spoke of the exciting plan; for C:"EP's future.

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The Environmental Data Report ;erie; is a cornerstone of L:"EP's environmental reporting, delivering timely, reliable information to support rational decisions on environment and development. It has been prepared for U01EP on a biennial ba 'is by Vli\RC

since 19 7 in co-operation "'Ith the ""orld Resource In mute, \\'a;hington DC and the l;K Department 0 the En ironment. The ne\\ volume i thu the fourth in the eries and continue the reputation of the rcport a one of the keyource of accurate inforrna ion for en\'ironmental elentl;t and policy maker, all over the "'orld.

kind of book which I gOlTlg to make a sub tantlal difference '.

The report wa well received by tho e pre ent at the launch and generated considerable pre intere t among t national ne'" paper and BBC and LBC radio.

Thi role of the report wa tre;'led by Sir Cri pin Tickell, a former 13riti h Permanent Representative to the Lnited :"ations and now, amongst other po ts, Chairman of the Government's Advisory Committee on the Darwin Initiative and Convenor of the ,overnment Panel on Su;tainable Development. Ilaving given an overview of the 10 chapter; of the report, each comprising data cables with text and graphic; to a;;ist interpretation. whi h cover environmental pollution, climate, natural resource, population and development, human health, energy, industry and transport, wa;tes and wa te managcment. environmental disaster, and international cooperation, Sir Cri pin emphasized the increasing importance of environmental issues and the need for such an :lIJt!1oritative information source on all a;pcct., of environ mcnt and development. lie stated 'This is the

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rrangements for the ollege's contribution to et7 ( ee the last issue of Comment) arc continuing apace with the final touches being put to the various event across the campuses.

There has been considerable interest a., a re ult of the leaflet which has been mailed to all school, librarie and museums in Greater London, the display material in the, trand music room windows and the publicity chool have undertaken themselves. It i hoped that not only will there be a good turn out by chool children and members ofthe puhlic, but by College taff too, who are very welcome to view the displays and listen to the talks.

The \ilayor of Ken ington and Chelsea will be attending events at the Kensington campus on Wednesday 23 \ilar h and hopefully participating in the 'hand-on' display..

For more information, contact I\nne Robinson, on ext 2696.

For details see the Events section on page 14

Sir Crispln Tickell (left) Ms Fran{oise Be/mont, ProJArthur Lucas and Dr Philip Whitfteld, Ilead, Division oJ Life Sciences, at the launch oJ the Uf\'EP Environmental Data Report 1993-94 at The Royal Society on I Manh page 4

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he Press and Publica Ion Office h been contacted b~ ience Lme, a ne\.\- service which amlS to provide authoratatl 'e, accurate and clear! presented scientific information to the public b~ telephone.

Over the la t ix month traal of the line ha e upported selected Channel 4 Equinox programme on ubject from dinosaur to pace hunle and memory.

On each occasion they an v.ercd around 700 calls from vle.....er acro the country. F rom :'vlonda~ 21 \1arch ther will be operating on a dail~ ba I to cover any a pect of ciencc, technologr. medicine and englneerang.

'1 he line I taffed by people \\ Ith a general cience background, ..... ho will an~""'er many of the day to day enqulfle them elve,. There could be occaslon~. however, when the~ need to call on a pecialist to discus or explain a particular POint and they are looking for volunteers from a wide range of clence dl elplines who would be prepared to help in this way. If you become an expert, they envi age that you would only be called upon 2-3 time~ a year. when they will a k you either for pecific information on a particular topiC or even to phone the caller back your elf to dl cu the an wer directl~ with them, ender no circumstanccs will you get call directly from the public. cience Line' link with broadcasting mcans that the will be supporting particular cience programme again In the futurc. When the e arc on your peclality, cience Line will notif~ you in advance to ee if you v.ould be willing to help with the incrcased nu mber of enquirtes they would expect to receive Immediately after the programme.

The cience Line' operation are managed by Broadca ting upport ervlce , under the direction of a mall teering group representing Channel4, the ience Mu eum and The Wellcome Trust. Other organl~ations offering upport include The Briti h As ociation, the 13riti h Library, C P S, the Ciba Foundation. the Library As ociation and the continuing

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education departnncnt~ of VartOUS unIVer'>ltleS, The. Lien e LlIle I funded by thc 'Acllcome I rust and the Royal. oclety, and IS keen to enlist the support of any organl\attOn v. hlch hare It aim.

If you would li e to panl Ipate m thi project, please telephone the Pre sand Publications office (ext 3202) for a copy of the form, to be returned to. clence Line. If you ha e any further question ahout the prOject please con:act Stephen Ilolland, Science Lmc, 13.' ,252 Wc tcrn Avenue, London, W3 6XJ. 'I elephone: 0 1-99362 I,

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eter Ilobday of RadiO 4' Today programme. who made a con iderable hit when he poke at the (;mlng 10 gnps 'Ifi.l/lr IIr :vtfdlo lecture In ollege la t \1ay, I~ returning to take part In a train Ing day for academic staff on prcss and publication topiC on I April.

Mr Ilobda will be talking about the relation hip between unlversltie and journali ts and advi 1nl': on how to pre em your work effectivel for newspapers, radio and televi ion. lie will provide tips on broadcasting and It I~ hoped he will conduct ome mock interviews to how how it's done.

For further detail., please onta t the Pre ~ and Publications Office on ext 202.

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he King' hra tlan Forum ..... elcomed the Rt lion Mr John Patten, ecretary of 'tate for Education, a their gue t peaker on 'I ue day March. 1115 tOpiC for dl~cu~~ion, Morality In Iliglrer I~ducolion was ugge ted by Father Jennings in the ChaplainCy, who had Invited Mr Patten to peak. Although acknowledging the value of academle freedom, Mr Patten aid that tudent had to accept their respon, ibilities toward their university and society, 11 i list of ba ic values, which IOcluded self reliance, self diSCipline, regard for proper authority and the readine s to tand up for what one believes m, were, he aid 'a nece ary condition and hallmark of a ci III ed ociet~.' lie told the Forum that higher education could build upon the fo~ndation of empha I on pinrual and moral development In pnmary and econdary school, now found in the . 'atlOnal Curriculum as a re ult of the Education Reform, cr.

With regard to student loan, M r Patten aid that it wa 'morally right' that student hou Id contribute to the co t of their education, and posed the question 'wh hould their friend and ibltngs who gotraight from chool to work .... meet more than a part of the co t of su pport(ing) furu re grad uates out of the UlXe they pay?' Thi 'moral' que~tion went on to fuel the debate which follo\~ed :'vi r Panen's lecture. page

International conference on telecol11111unicatiol1 Dubai, 9-12 Januar . . 1994

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he Communication Re earch Group of the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department spon ored an internatIOnal conference on telecommunication for the fir t time outSide the l K. Both the Vice Chairman, Profe or 11 Aghvami, and the Technical Chairman, Dr F Marvasti, were from the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department of King's College. Other sponsor, were prestigiou institution uch a, I E I¡, and IEEE and the everalorganizatlon In Dubai for local arrangements. The technical committee consisted of well known scholars and researchers from all over the world. 130 technical paper from 23 countrie were received but onl 0 paper were chosen and pre ented at the conference. About 200

expert from all o~er the world participated and the con erenee was a ucce s both in term, 0 financial income and the publiCity that it generated internationally. There wa one full day of hort cour,e and three day. 0 techn ical ses,lon consl tlng of 14 sessions. The technical topiC' were peech and Video Signa I "roce,. ing, atellite and \10bile Communication.

Optical and \11 ro~\aveSY'tem,. L I) , :lnd :"et~\ orklng. Due [() [he ,ucce~s of [he conference, It ha heen decided that it \\ ill be repeated on an annual baSIS In different ountne,. The next onc \\ ill be In Bali, Indonesia in April 1995.

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n 17 and) February King's wa host to the 2nd European Work hop on BIO en or for Environmental \1onitoring. The purpose of the \\orkshop, which was attended by65 participants from 11 European countries, was to revie\\ the progress of the EC funded projects on Technologies for I',nvlronmental Protection. The workshop kicked off With a pre entation

by Dr Peter Ben netto (who also organised the meeting) on Developmtnt of on-stream biosensors for pestIcide detect/on (an Interdlelplinary project coordinated by Dr Le~\ is and Dr Bennetto from Chemistry and Or \lason from Life SCiences). There followed twO day of pre entations covering topic ranging from advanced OptiCS to immunology.

The meeting in luded a 'brainstorming' sesSion to identify priority areas for future EC funding. Dr Jurgen BUsing, the I~C CommiSSion Environmental programme Co-ordinator said that 'the meeting had been a great success, forming a sound basis for development, in the future '. J le added that this was particularly timely since 'calb for new proposals under Framework 4 Research and Development Programme ~\ere expected as early a, â&#x20AC;˘ eptember ,0 re. earcher hould be talking to p:lrtner, and developing projec~s now'.

The Fourth Framework EnVironmental programme has three main themes: (I) The natural enVironment, en ironmental quality and global change; (11) Environment related technologie (diagnostic and remedial); (iii) Earth ob ervation and the application of space technologies.

The budget for th IS programme over 19 4- wdl be 50 million E C. Further information can be obtained from ara Kelly, KCL EnterprISes Ltd, ext 3321.

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1 1prO\ e h u in a tIlt 11 . nada n I ~ the nadlan :'-1101 try 0 Extcrnal A air IOvlted re earch app!Jcation from north I~uropean national to compare some a5pect J) Canada v. ith it countcrpart 10 their ov~ n countric ...~ I have worked In Canada for three ycar . had tv.o of my book, offiCIally produced b the Queen' Printer (thc equivalent 0 H \1 0) and \\a ub equently IOvlted by the On ario :'-1101 tcr of Ilou 10 to advI con thc ueatmcntlleeded to n;deem a eflOU, problcm hou 109 e tatc, my Canad lan expeflcncc atl ficd all the conditiOn laid dOlAn or the anadlan rc,earch app!Jcatlon , and Dr Davld ero;, and I thcrcforc decldcd to apply or thc lar~cr of the av.ard avatlablc from the 1101 try.

I he re,earch propo;,al v.a, a compafl;,on of prohlem e. tate In Canada and 13f1taln. Thorough and large- ale Bmi5h ,tud le had already been made, 0 thi mcantthatthe \\ holt: award could bc devoted to work on the Canadian '>Idc. Work In thl'> ficld involvcd collaboration with architect planncr'> and other practitioner of ;,ubjects eligible for the award. 'I he,e fact,> mu t havc appealed to the Committee, and the bid wa'>u cc;"ful.

We werc given an officc In the Gcography and Planning Dcpartment of the Cni cr ity of ' 1oronto, and accommodatIOn 10 a hall of re5Jdence dlrectl oppo ite It. \\"hat a boo to productlvlt it I v.hen there I no Journcy to work. \\·c were able to ach leve record output 10 the form 0 report on thrce problcm c tate,>. lA rth recommendation5 for de'>ign and layout Impro cmcnts that would alleViate their 50Clal breakdown qUite ;,ub tantlally.

The three estate provided a nice ba lance 0 condition'>. as the fir;,t wa;, entirely house. the ,econd almo't entirely nats and the third a mixture of both. Infe5ted b drug pu;,her" lhe all appeared to be daunting problem arc\'. but survey;, revealed the preei e caU5e, of their vulnerability, and each de'lgn

de eC[ could be con idered or hc e v. a. of elimlOatlO I or a lea t mlOl I 10 . i in ue n e. v.lthout IOcurr n" 00 much cxpcn \\ e v.ere able to per Cl e hav. the nu mbcr 0 de -ec pc r hOI could c

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reduced rom a pernlCIOIJ I cl ran"ln,.. r m- 011 0 r'!Jtt cl '0 o~. Imtlarl .• he 9 to 12 the l.,Juld be redu cd to 0 to 3 in almo t e.ery ca .'1 he h nl!' \\ould ma e thc e tate thorouhhb" un afe or the dru o ulture. bUl \a, Iy '>3fer for everyone cl e, a the re ommended feature lAould promote natural community ormatlon In a lAay th t I qUite Impo Ible at pre ent In each ca'>C our prlOcI plc and re uIts received an open-minded lAelcome from the authomle,. and 31 0 rom the tenant' leader \\ hom v.e eontactcd on the lAor,t e tate. Simtlar rntere,tlAa, '>hc)\\ n by people aw: nchng a hou Ing con erence at which I de!Jvered a paper. and a rerurn \ i"t to Canada ccm;, highly 11 ely.

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hi I the title 0 a ne\\ boo due Ollt hordy \\hich 0110,,", up he re~rch on he de elopmen 0 children' mtelli ence lA hlch Dr Phlllp -\de and llchael hayer 0 the choolo Education. havc been conductIO for o.er 20 year.

1nl I they publi hed the findmg of their C.\ E ( ognltiVe AcceleratIOn through clen e Education) programme on a"era e puplh' mtelligence and general a demlc achievement. -I hey ou nd that pu pll lA ho used the programme In the fir t year of their econdary ehoollOg went on to obtam Ignlficantly higher grade in G E r-.ngli5h, mathematiCs and clence than did matched control groups.

Ilo\"evcr. de plte the Wide acclaim and huge media mtere t their findlOg attracted. the Department for educatIOn ha;, ~tlll not taken the method on board.

'I·hc book ,>how~ clearly the potential that eXI t;, for changing the academl a hlcvemcnt of a nation, and how that potential might be realised.

Really R /Slng Slandards i aimed at a wldepectrumofgroup frompoliey maker to education profes ionals through to parent. It relate the development of higher level thinking 111 oung adole;,cel1ls to eonuover ial is ues such a;, ;,electlOn, 'treaming, differences bctlAeen boy' and girl' intellectual development. and a . 'ational urrieulum which emphasi cs content acq ui5ition at the expen e of intellectual de e1opmcnt.

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WheatstOne Profes~or of PhysIcs and Or Gary lark, He~earch Assistant, are members of a Japanese and Bntl h team who have won an award of 10,000 from the Dalwa AngloJapane e f-oundation which encourage cientific collaboration between Japanese and British re earch.

The award wa made at a ceremony on 2 :vlarch at the Royal In tltutlon of Great Britain. Onl four projc ts were elected from 130 applieation~ to win the prestigIOus award.

Professor Surge and Dr Slark. \\ ith a i tanee from Or \1ike Bro\\ ne al~o 10 the King' Phy ic Departmcnt. produced a world fir t in high re>olution imaging \\ ith an X-ray laser 10 a ~ingle ubnanosceond pu Ise of soft X-radiation of incredibly high inten ity. Thl experti e contributed to a programme of joint research in imaging with Japanese cienti ts u ing the X-ray la,er at O"aka.

'lite College's nm Free-Church Chaplain, Rev John Ilambrick (nghl), was recenlly '{J;;elcomed 10 King's,,> the Chaplain, Fr Philip Chester nd Ihe Principal.

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rofessor Ilarold Baum of Life Science, famous (amongst other

things) for hi" "etting of iemific laws and formu lae to mu>ie so that they can be ea>ily memorized, ha~ had a hit with hi, song, in l{uS'>ia.

Profes or Alexander Boldyrev of the Department of Biochemistry at.\10scow • tate L niversity has written to Profes or Baum: 'Since 19 6. ~ hen I fir>t heard your Biochemical songs. I have u~ed them with great succe,~ teach ing my students. Together ~ Ith Leninger 'I extbook in Biochemistry, your Biochemi t's • ongbook is the mo~t important manual in m, course.' ~

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ing's has been awarded two out of the ten pre tigiou" and competitive PhDtudentship granted by the Arthriti Council in 1994 to encourage outstanding young science graduate to embark on a re. earch career in rheumatOlogy. The award are or: the characterisation of T cell clones reacting with epitopes oftype II collagen in arthn'tis by Profe or:" taine and Or L Lanehbury from the Infection and Immunity Re earch Group; and Sitnc oxide andperoxynitrile: agenls of damage in Ihe inflamed rheumaloidjoinl by Profes~or 13 Ilalliwell from the Pharmacology Group.

Profe" or Boldy re" ha.. a ked Profes. or fhum '5 permis ion to use several songs from hi book, 0 that he can 'popularize in I{ussia your pleasant and informati ..e way In teaching modern Biochemi try'.

( .ongr:ltU I.ltion Or Hall J)r Trevor Jame Ilall rom the I )cpartment of EIc tronlc and Electrical f·.ngincering ha. been elected a Fello~ of the InstillJtc ofPhysic".

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Or Oavid Nokes Or Oavid ,,"okes. a Reader in the English Department, has been commis ioned b publi hers, Fourth Estate, to write a new biography of Jane Austen wh ieh is expected to be available in 1997. Dr '\ okes won the James Tait Black :vlemorial Priz.e in 19 6 for his biography of Jonathan Swifl.

Or F Oliveira-Pinto Dr F Oliveira-PintO from :vlathematies ill give an inaugural address entitled, Aims and lools for energy R TV slraleg; in Ic-urope at the European Congre 5 on Economies and :vlanagement of Energy 10 Industry in E torit, Portugal on 5 ~

April 1994.

Professor Wilkins Profes~or :VI Wilk ins was one of two Ilonorary Fellow recently elected by the Royal ociety of Edinburgh.

Professor Wdkins, who became a ,,"obel Laureate In 1962 for his work on the structure of D. '1\, i Emeritus Professor of Bioph sics at King's.

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he Language and Communication entre are holding an Inten Ive Language our e on Friday 25 and aturday 2 March. The objective 0 the cour e I to give all participants the opportunity to acquire or improve communication kill in a \AIde range of modern language.

Cour e will be offered in Prench, German, • panish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Russian and Japane~e at up to four level: l3eginner, Lower Intermediate, Higher Intermcdiate and Advan ed. The course will run from 10.00 to 17.000n both daY~\lith break~ for refrc~hmenu, and lunch.

The fee for the cour~e ha~ heen reduced to £90 for all ~t.1 Plea~e contact \'ane ~a Ilc:ud on e t 24 - for regi tration det:III~. ~peclally

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Letter Dear Editor I ugge t a College competition for logan to go on the College franking maehme. matching the enterprise of our fnend in L:niver ity College. Their franked letter ay 'the Original London L ni er Iry'. Given the centrifugal force at work in other colleges, could we try 'the Final London L: niversity'? Other entne to the Editor.

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1'Iu Greal 11011 wasJilled If) capacity 'fI1,1'lh friends, sludenlS and collea es bolh pasl and prlsenl, on Ihe occasion of Ihe one da) conference held on 4 March 10 mark Ihe reliremenl ofIhe RtUrend Rich rd Coggins and Professor Leslie Houlden from Ihe Deparlmenl of Theology 01 Ihe end of IhlS academic;ear BOlh have ven oUlJlanding Service 10 Ihe College and Ihe Deparlmenl of Theology, Richard for 32 )earJ and Lesliefor 17 )earJ Richard and Leslie are picluredhere wilh Professor Colin (,unlon (II 'Od of DepOrlmenl) allhe Jlarl ofIhe conference, 01 which Ihe speakers were Professor Roberl Carroll, Professor of BIblical Sludies allhe Unive ity of Glasgow, and Ihe Very Rtverend John fJrul), Dean ofChml Church Oxford. TIre conference ended wilh 0 Brahms sonola p/a)td bj I "(/ colleagues, Francis Walson and A lan Torrance, os 0 musical In'bule 10 Ridard and 1,(';/:1'.

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ray microscopy and X-ray hologr. pity In blOp!rjJUS The re earch be \\ ill ba ed at the Cavendl h Laboratory In the Department of Phy IC at the L nlver it) of Cambndge and the grant prov Ide for uppOrt to Profe or Surgc In thc form of a mcmber of sta f, a rc careh a ociatc and ccrctanal a5 I tance.

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rant ed belo\< v\ere rccelvcd n hc uarler ended 1 January 1 'H. Detail 0 gran under -,000 are not Iven. nor arc ex en ion of exi ling rant or tho e \< hich are confidential. butthc amoun are Included In thc total or thc depar ment or unit Age Concern Institute of Gerontology Prof A 'I In cr. ()r J \ ham.2 .s00 Ecu tU , 3 approx) (J', 11 ro pea n Foundation or the Improvcmcnt 0 Llv Ing V\ Jrk Ing Condlllons) to IJppOrt a research project enlllled . uture pro pect for amily care of older people In the European Communlt) '.

Prof :\ Tinker. Prof \ \1 \\'arnes. Or J \skham. 5.000 (.\ I.eadlng Rctailer) to u ppOrt rc carch on 'the ,hop plO ' behav lOur of elderly people - an exploratory study'. Prof ..\ '[ Inkcr. £47,062 (Jo eph Hov\ntrce Foundation) to upport a rcsearch proJcct on 'dlfficult to Ict ~heltercd hou",ng: a 5wdy of pre\'alenee poliCy and practlcc'. !'rof A 1 inker, £ 13.300 (E. I~CJ to support a rcsearch project entitled 'community care for elderly people: technology for liVing at home'. 'f otal grants. .£ 0,565.

Anatomy and Human Biology Group Prof .. Iloldcr. 240.000 I',cu (£177, 04 approx) (EEC Iluman Capital and \Iobilit)) to wpport a re earch project entl led 'molecular ha" of cell dlfferenllation during development'. Or L C \Iahadcvan, .£ I') .070 ('\FH ) to support re earch on 'bactenally ynthesized translational In hibitor as agonist of nuclear signalling and protooncogene inducllon in mammalian cell '. Dr J A PIZ7.cy, £65,475 (\\'ellcomc

1 ru l) to support a research swdy of the alterations In subun It expres,>ion of receptor proteins as a potential mechanism for drug dependence & wlerancc. 'I otal grants, £457,777.

Centre for Defence Studies \Ir Y1 C1arke, 149,026 Ecu ((£1 12,924 approx ) (EEC. Phare Democracy p

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Pro rammc to upport a re rch projec entitled' ccuri and dcmocra 111 the ne"- Europe' Total granr, 112. 2 Centre for Educational Studies \Ir DJ qUire. £4 ,720 (I3ml h Library) to uppOrt a research project cntltlcd 'u co rr -a i ted II1formation y tem 111 academiC re earch '. Prof Y1 Bro\\-n. Or imon, 1 ,4-0 (E RC) to upport a re earch project enllllcd 'pnmary clencc and mathcmatlc ra ks: pupil' perceptIOn and performancc·.

I otal grant~. 'I - -. 170.

Centre of Medical law and Ethics \1r.\Grubb,310,310 Ecu (£22 ,'3 approx J IEEC) to support a research project entitlcd 'the moral and lcgal IS ucs urroundlng thc treatment and hcalth carc of patient In per 15tent vegeratlve ratc '. Total grant, £229, Chemistry Dr C Koh, 14.925 (£ ,970 approx) (Cornell Lnlver~lty) to '>upport a spectroscopic study of natural gas h dratc formation and inhibition. I'rof \1 t\ Robb, .£25,167 (l)are bury LaboratOry (SE RC» to support research on thc 'electron corrclation in molecu lar wavefunctions for thc CCP I '. Or C D Ifall, £24,6- (Jotun Paints).

Contribution lOward, re earch sraff C05tS and consumable'>. Total grant , £132,412.

Computer Science Total grant,>, 1,400.

Electronic and Electrical Engineering ProfCW'lurncr. 4,OO(l'aul In trument Fund) lOward thc cost 0 the comtructlOn of a wldeband optlcall canned hydrophonc for high rcsolution phase insen~itlvc dctcction and rapid mapping of cw and pulsed acou tic field distribution In quantlrative ·D'I. Y1r P J Langlol, ,000 (Y1 u ItllOne 1'.lectronlc Plc). CA E award. Dr'l J Ilall, Dr \' :\ Ilandcrek, £204,5 J 4 (SE RC) to support a re earch project entitled 'parallel oplO-electronic telecommunications ~Y5tcm '. Dr A \'clastln, £ 4,935 (5ER ) to support

re car h on 'incident detcclIon and data gathering or crowd in confined area~ u ing image proce sing', Prof \\' Turner, ,7 Ecu ( ,732 approx ) (EE (Brite-EuRam))to upporla re earch project entitled 'ultra onic re onance pectro cop: qualit) as urance of concrete. aero pace componen and die-ca t aluminium components '. Dr A "ela tin. Prof A C Oa ie , \1r R Bowman, \1r D '\ Fra er, .000 (l1f1ti h Aerospacc J):naml ) for appliCatiOn of DO RI IDI.\DE\1 to real-time control of multiplc robots.

Total gran, 75.0 1.

Geography Prof 0 Brunsden, 53,000 ECll (£39,265 approx )(EEC (Iluman Capital and \IIobility) tOupport a re~ear<:.h 1)f0Jell entitled 'geomorphology and environmental impact a~sc ,mcnt: a network of reearch in the I·.llrop<:an Community'. Dr \1 E Fro,>t, Dr "Spence. £21,900 (E. RC) to .. upport a re earch project entitled' hanglllg labour catchment areas and Ilork force mobility in Briti h citie '. Or J Wainwright, £7,615 (:"ERC) to ~upport a research project entitled 'e kct'> of extreme climatic events on landform change In southern France'. (Thl'> grant ha been tranferred from thc L 11Iver~ity of. outhampton), 1 otal grant,>. £70,61 History Total granL", SO Immunology Prof N i\ Staines, £111,376 (i\rthritis and Rheumatism Council) to suPPOrt a re ear h project enlltlcd 'primary structure and functional analy I 0 autoantibody \' region eplLOpc '. 'I ot31 gra nts, I 1 I.3 76.

Life Sciences Division Dr R l3alle . £42,423 (Dar\\ In Inltlatlle) to su pport an invc tlgation of thc diver ity 0 fi h fau nas and aq U311C ecosy tern In the Rwenzofl \!oumaln Western Lganda. Or RJ \1 lies. £ 6.16 (\1inistry of Agriculture, FI~herie Food) to UppOrl a re earch project cntitled 'bacterial decontamination of food " Or C F Thur ton. £250,469 (:\FR ) to upport research on 'genc structure and expre ion for Ilgnocellulolytic cnzymes in the cultivated mu hroom agaricu bl'>poru .. ·.

Or C ale, £25.772 (Cniver itle Federation for Animal Welfare) to ..upport a research urle) of no"e III dog hou~lng. Dr P R EIII~.£8.23') (I,eathcrhead "ood R\)tl llpporta

re carch ..tlJdcntshlp enlltlcd 'development of rheologlcal methods to charaClcrt e the nutritional propcrtie of dletal) complex carbohy drate " Total rants. 4-3.r .

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1 otal grant. 1.000 Mathematics Prof J Taylor, 24,000 Ecu ( 17,7 0 approx) (EEC (Iluman _apital and Mobility)) to suPPOrt a rc~earch project entitled 'no cl neural netl\ork '. Total grant. 17,7 0.

Mechanical Engineering Total grams. £25.000.

Molecular Biology and Biophysics Group Pr of 11 Could, Dr B J Sutton, Dr J J \turphy (Immunolol,') Section), ~')20.14.3 (Wcllcomc 'I ru ..t) to '>llpport a rc,>carlh project entitled 'role ofCD23 In Beell dc'clopment'. Dr \1 R ~andc",on. Dr R K Patl<:nt.£157,741 I{Cl to .. upport a re,earch project entitlcd ·..truclUral lUdlC\ on the recognition of O ..:\ b) the zinc finger gata-l '. Dr \ R IIipkl . £ 9.43 • (World ancer Rc earch Fund) to support a rc~careh project entltlcd 'inhibition of ;ugar-mediated mutagen production by dletal)' peptides'. Dr J \1 \1cl)onell. Or B J ' utlon. £59.246 (Wellcomc Trust).

Illtchlngs-Elion fell 0\\ ship for a re~earch "lUdy of biophySical char:lCtcri ..ation of IgE-nctwork intcraction ... Dr \11~ Sandc"on, £9,917 (\1 RC) to support a re'>eareh project entitled 'regulation of IIIV transcription hy :"F-KB: identification ofpotcmial target for anti-AI D, interaction'. Total

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Music I otal grants, £7-0.

Nursing Studies 1)r S COI\ le). £99,229 (Engl"'h :"ational Board for:" ur Ing, :'vlldl\ IfCl) and Ilealth \ 1'ltll1g) to ~u pport a re~earch lUd) on the Identification 0 thc changlOg need of comm unit) nur e , mid\\ Ife and health vi itor "'ith regard to need~ a ~esmem taff eo~t'> and qualJt) of care in the context of the I Land Communlt) Care Act 1990.

1)r E Carr. !'rof J \\ t1 .. on-Barnetl. £30.292 (~outh East 'I hamcs Hegional Ilcalth :\llthomy) to support rcsearch on 'position ing of stroke [Jatl~nts: the dcvclopment and evaluallon of a tcachlng [la kagc for nu"e .. '. (I his grant \la\ JOllltly ;I\\arded to thc de[lartment~ cl IIrslOg 'itudlcs and !'hY"IOlherapy.

Kmg' ). Prof J Wil on-Barnetl. £36,000 (ParklO\on' DJ ease ociety) to upport re. earch on 'evaluating the role of pcciali t nur e caring for patien with Parkin on' di ea e'. Total gran 167.021.

Nutrition and Dietetics Dr A R Leed, 23, 00 (Quaker Oats Ltd). ontribution toward the co t of undertaking experimental tudie. Or \1 . 'cl on. 17, -0 (I3riti h Council). ontribution toward the co t of

e tablJ h ing an academic link with the C niver it) of Indonesia. Total grants, £45,3 2.

Pharmacology Group Dr Brain, £6,900 (Fisons Plc).

Re earch . lUdentship. Prof J Littleton, £70,903 (Lipha A) to upport research on al ohol dependence. Prof 13 I Ialli\\ell. Or 0 Aruoma, 303,122 (\111115tl) of AgricullUre, Fi herie 1- ood) w support a research project entitled 'the development of methodology for mea uring oxidative damage in the human bod '. Or P K \100re. £32,7 2 (Wellcome Tru t) to su pport research on the 'role of nitric oxide in acute and chronic nociception and neurodegeneration: use of novel inhibitors of nitric oxide biosynthesis'.

Total grants, £427,809.

Pharmacy Prof r~ _11 ider, Or S \1athcr, £40,577 (Imperial ancer Research Fund).

Contribution towards research staff costs. !'rof RC (Iider, £156,906 (i\FRC) to su pport a researeh project entitled 'the truclU re/fu nction relations of FE(III)-phyto iderophore activity & transport in cereals'. (This grant wa jointly awarded to Prof R A Leigh, t\FR -IACF, Rotham ted Experrmental tation and Prof RC Ilmer, King' ). Dr GP \1artin, ProfC \larnotl, £5,000 (Parke Davi and Company Ltd). Contribution toward the co t of technique validation. Total grant, £247.64 .

Philosophy Prof R orabji. £ 10.000 (Briti h Academy) to upport a research project entitled 'Creek Commentator '. Total grant.£11,39.

Physics Total grant, £440,176.

Physiology Group Or :--.: J Ab bott, £202,951 (:vi RC) to support a re carch project enlltled 'wx leology of the in'i.1·'ro blood-brain barrrer: modulatIOn of toxicity by page I J

metaboltc demand'. Pro P \-fc. ·aughton. ,4'7 Ecu ( 71,'75 approx) CE C (Human Capital and \lobilit) to upport a re arch rant entitled 'cellular basl of lran ductlon of painful tlmult in nociceptive neurone '.

Prof Howell, ) 0.000 (\\'ellcome FoundatIon Ltd). Research tuden hIp. Prof L) lowell, Dr J Per uad.

7, '4 (Wellcome Trust) to upport a research tud of the role of protem inases In In ulin secretion. Total grants, 4 ,4.

Physiotherapy Mis F Kenney, Dr D :"ewham, 5,02 ( outh Ea t Thames Regional Health Authorit ) to support a re earch project entitled 'po itioning of tro e patient: the development and e aluatlon 0 a teaching pac age for nur e ',n hi gram wa jOlntl) awarded 0 the department> of Ph iotherapy and. ' ur 109. LUdic ).

Total grants, ',029.

Theology and Religious Studies Prof Gunton, 40,643 (Bmlsh Academy), Po tdoctoral fellow hip.

(Thl grant has been lran ferred from Worcester College). otal grant, £40,9 2.

Vascular Biology Research Centre Dr P A Fra er, £117,2 4 (Wellcome Trust) to support a research project cntitled 'mechani ms of 11+ tran port across single cerebral microve el in vivo', Dr G E Mann, Prof J D Pear~on, Dr D Leake ( niversity of Reading), £212,6 3 (M inistry of Agricu ILUrc, Fi herie & Food) to support re earch on the 'dy function of vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cell nitriC OXide and prostacyclin production in inflammation', ProfJ Pear on,£6,012 (Over ea ource (Japan» Research bench fee for Dr T Kuroka\ a, Total grants, 35,979,

War Studies Prof L Freedman, £2 ,750 (London Bu ines hool) to upport a re earch tudy on security and its implication for the City of London, Dr E Karsh, £5.000 (British Academy), mall per onal re earch grant. Dr B Jasani, £ ,042 (For chungszcntrumJuelich G:'viBH) to support a research project enlllled 'enhancing (AEA's safeguards u ing satellites'. Total grants, £45,392,

Total amount awarded in the quarter, £6,375,131.

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Or R W Ashby Ron A hby, " ho died hi month aged a particular) I'ted teacher and much loved collea ue 10 the Kin ' Phtlo ophy Department rom 1 ' to 19 ,and then part-time until 1 5, fter volunteering for ambulance service in 1 41, he was Impri oned a a paclfl tin 1942, His belief, In plred by Gandhi. were carefully thought out, but toO comple to find avour in court. and It wa only through the C orts of \llchael .\ Ippctt that he wa relea ed after SIX momh and allowed to return to Jmbu lance \~ork.

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I li~ ability to ,tand up qUietly and rationally for hiS conviction W3 to be manlfe ted many times again, and not onl in the context of philosophical dl CUS,lOns, It wa shown In the late 1,)50s, for example, when he reSigned from the Cemral Office of' nformatlon, on being told that hi~ duty wa, w tell not the lruth. but 'the truth as '!er \1aJesty' Government sees it', It appeared in more htlarious guise in his rcmarkable gift for persuadlOg policemen by the use of logic alone, that he had nor committed traffic violations. lie came late to Philosoph . completing hi BA in the Birkbeek Philo ophy Department 10 1 49, and hi Ph D in l niver ity College in 1 '4, ome re ult are publi hcd 10 the Proceedings '1lhe An'sloleltan Society for 1 55- . and he left a number of entries 10 DJ O'Connor's en'/lcal" Iory of Western Phtlosop!ry and Paul Edward '

fnC}c1opaedia of Philosoph) 13 ut it wa a a teacher that he made hiS mark, lie started teaching extramural cia es in 19'0, and eame to King's on a temporary, part-time ba i 10 I 5 ,winning hi Lecture hip only in 1 63, s a teacher, he pos e ed the great art of never making anyone feel a fool, and for many KlOg's students he wa the preferred tutor. Sympathetic, patient, thorough and lucid, he al 0 had a devoted following in the extra-mural system at :'vi orley College, From 1967 he taught the advan ed c1a\s there, and

encoura cd a serle of tuden to mo e on to the Lnlver i ,to the con iderable bene It 0 KlOg' . 'n rewement, he howed hi u ual comblOatlon of fearle ne and ratIonal CUrlO ity m learnin electrontCS With the aim, happily unfulfilled, of making him el a mlcroltte plane to fly in, lie al 0 put hi talent for meticulou hard work to the service of other, who like him elf had been taught in the Barlow Clowe finanCial fraud, or les dramatleally in an expen Ive problem of rottlOg concrete 10 the flats where he lived. lie \Vtll be greatly mised b) the many frtend~ and \wdems who remember hIm. Richard orab)1 Department of Phtlo ophy

Alan Fairbourn The udden death of lan r-airbourn on 5 February wa a great loss to his family, hi many friends, and his colleagues and students in the Department of Computer Science.

Alan first encountered computer as a re earch tudem in Chemi try at Queen Mary Collcge, isits to the In tiwte of Computer cience at Gordon quare for data processing brought him into contact with the Ferrami :'viercury computer, and, IJke man anothcr chemists, hc never looked back, I le JOJOcd the lecturing taff of the Computer Icnce Department at Wc tfield College, was promoted to Senior Lecturer, and in 19 5 upervised their transfer to King's a acting' lead of Department. For many years he was also chairman of the Fir t Degree 1I bcommiuee of the Board of tud ie in Computer cience.

1I is extramural activities incl uded computcr based genealogy, organising medieval revel and banquets for the Fair Isles Society, rebuilding part of a ruined abbey at Rozct-Combier a a second home, and the posts of

churchwarden, choirman, and latterly organi t, at t John the Baptist church.

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Professor Cedric Masey White DSc IEng)

From computing to cooking, from medieval revels to music making, from re-roofing the church hall to building a house, Alan u cd all of hi many talents to the full, but without 0 tentation. He is greatly mis ed.

Profe sor C:-'l White, DSc (Eng). who died on 27 December 1993 aged .5 years, was very much an individualist and wa inherently very hy.

Richard Overill Departmcnt of Computer cience

Derek Jarman Derek Jarman, the controversial filmmaker and gay rights activist, who died on 19 Fcbruary, was a grad uate of King's. lie studied Engli h, Ilisrory and Ilistory of Art, gaining hi~ (kgree In 1963.

Derek Jarman, a King's graduate.

Throughout hi entire academic career C:-'1 White applied fundamental thinking [0 his chosen field of applied fluid mechanics and civil-engineering hydraulic. Accordingly. by his novel approach, he made a la [Ing impact on tho e undergraduate, re earchcrs and other who came under hi'> influence, hoth at King' College London. from 1'J21 to 1933, and at Imperial College London, from 1933 [0 1966.

During his earl and productive years at King's, White benefited greatly from the co-operation and collahoration of his olleagucs who Included at that time

Professor A I I Jameson, S J Davie , E Giffen and H :vi Clarke.

Later, a Reader in Hydraulics at Imperial College, V/hite re-vitalised the Ilawksley Hydrau lics Laboratory and between 1933 and 1939, with R A Bagnold, R V Burns, F C Colebrook, E F Gibbs and RP Pendennis-Walli , pursued and supported fundamental re earches into topics such as wavepre sures, ediment transport, pillway design. pipe and channel friction, cavitation. drag force and flood predictions. During World War I I, studies concerned with the design of pneumatic breakwater, with \1ulberry Harbour and with similar projects were undertaken.

In 1946 a personal Chair of Fluid \1echanics and Hydrau lic Engineering was conferred on C M White. From then on studies were undertaken on problems concerned with thermal stratification of water reservoirs, with spillway designs for hydro-electric power installations and similar topics. In addition. Professor White gave full encou ragement to h is you nger colleagues in their various pursuits concerned with flow-induced gate vibrations, wind effects on water, cavitation damage on concrete, airentraining siphonic flows, river-flood control and associated topics.

With substantial support from the English Electric Company, Professor White introduced a very successful onc year, postgraduate course in llydroPower for home and overseas graduates.

This cour e ran for a period of two decades, or so, only ending with the simultaneous retirements, in 1966, of Professor White and Or Charles Jaeger.

Professor White was twice married and ha.d one daugh ter b~1 h is second marriage. \1aurice J Kenn Engineeringalumnus, 1944-47

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Philosophy and artdlclal In elitgence he role of logiC m artdlclal mtelitgence Pro essor Robert owals I, Imperial College 26 May Centre for Philosophical Studies Lecture Comml ee Room, Strand Campus, 730 Issues m medical ethics methods of bloe hlcs some defective proposals P o'essor Rare, Unlvers' yof F,orida

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Law 16 May Centre of Construction Law

'ehael Brown Foundation Lee ure ew Theatre, S rand Campus, 18 00 01930 Pro essor John Perry, Beale Professor and Head 01 School of Civil Englneenng, University of Birmingham Contae Pauhne Gale or de ails of lee ure and tiC e s on ext 2446

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20 April Society for General Microbiology Seminar Room M20, Atkins Building, Kensing on Campus, 13.00 Yeast genome analYSIS: from sequence to function Pro essor Stephen Oliver, University o Manchester Ins i u eo SCience and Technology

Use of and needs or servIces. data from a longltudmal survey of older people IlVmg at home Or orag Farquahar, Depart en 0 General Prac ice, S Bar holo ew's edical Sc 001 19 May Seminar oom 3 8 Cornwall ouse, 540 The Impact 0 AIDS and mIgration on agemg m southern Afnca Or Yolande Coombes, London School o Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 26 May Alien Theatre, Atkins Building, Kensington Campus, 9.30 to 17.30 Talks and poster presentations about research in the Division 0 Life SCiences Contac Ru h 0 ine on 071-3334329 or u her de ails.

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22 April Division of life Sciences Annual Meeting on Iron-Sulphur Proteins Alien Thea re, A ins Building, enslng on Campus, 0.30 0 1730

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C emlS ry eachers' Con erence Con act Or el h Jones, Depa men of Chemls ry on e 2534 or ur her Information

4May King's & UMDS Health and Science Research Meeting A seminar workshop between ing's and UMDS to be held at S Thomas's site Key topics include Community Nursmg, Quality measurement m heal h care, and PsychologIcal care for

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25 March set 7 Illus (a ed lec ures on compu Ing. Computer cnme - a WItch's brew 2 Should we rus compu ers?

3 SCIence, sImulatIOn and supercompu ers Con ac Or Richard Overill, Depa men 0 Compu er Sciences on ex 2833 or u her de ails

25 March set 7 a series of short al s, demonstrations and tours How engmeering helps medical progress and rehabilitation Contac Or orman Borrett, Centre for Mecha ronlcs on ext 2639 25 & 26 March

set 7 RadiO Days: he wonder

0 Radio Communications will be illuminated by in eractlve displays, exhibits and presen a ions w ich are sui able or all ages An ama eur Radio Sta ion will be available to all where you may become a live broadcas er. The BBC and commercial radio stations are invited and equipment ranging from the first transmitters to the lales hiech state-of-the-art electronics will be on show. Something for everyone.

Programme details from Or Mike Holwill, Department of Physics, ext 2715.

26 May

One-Day Conference in Statistical Mechanics - STATMECH 10 S rand Campus Following a similar in format 0 pre ious meetings 0 the series, he con erence will corsis of 20 minute tal s and wo lec ures given by J Cardy (Ox ord) and C Gruber (Lausanne). There is a regis a ion ee o [5 The deadline or hose wishing o con ribute a al is 20 April. (Ti le only required.)

For u her de ails contac : 0 A Lavis, Mathematics Department on 071-873 2240/2217 (Email D.LAVIS on BAY) or G S Joyce, Physics on 071-873 2168 (Email G.JOYCE on BAY).

Talk Modern Chelllistry - what it has done for mankind Contac Or elth Jones, ex 2534 or ur her details

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