American Art, won a blue ribbon at the American Film 

 and Video Association's annual festival. 



May 



■ Collections Smithsonian Institution Libraries Direc- 

 tor Barbara J. Smith initiated an appeal to donors to the 

 libraries' collections. A brochure on Gift Information for 

 Donors and Honorary and Memorial Gifts was distributed 

 to donors to the libraries and to the Institution's profes- 

 sional staff. 



May 



■ Awards The "Information Age" videowall, the 

 Smithsonian's first such presentation, received gold 

 medals from the International Film and TV Festival of 

 New York and the Houston International Film Festival 

 and first place in the Second Annual Muse Awards from 

 the American Association of Museums. The videowall 

 was produced by the Office of Telecommunications. 



May 



■ Publication The Smithsonian Institution Libraries 

 published the 263rd book in its Translation Publishing 

 Program. Donald R. Davis, curator of entomology at 

 the National Museum of Natural History, served as sci- 

 entific editor for Fundamentals of Paleontology, volume 9, 

 edited by B. B. Rohdendorf (originally published in 

 Moscow in 1962). 



May 



■ New Facility The staff of the Fred Lawrence Whip- 

 ple Observatory moved into a new 19,000-square-foot 

 administrative support facility at the base of Mt. Hop- 

 kins in Arizona. The facility includes a visitor center for 

 the observatory and the surrounding national forest. 

 The Office of Design and Construction supervised de- 

 sign and construction. 



May 



m Grant In addition to an original grant of 

 $300,000, the John D. and Catherine T MacArthur 

 Foundation will provide additional funding to sup- 

 port future education programs in conjunction with 

 the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Ser- 

 vice exhibition "Tropical Rainforests: A Disappearing 

 Treasure." 



May 



■ Lectures The Woodrow Wilson Center sponsored a se- 

 ries of lectures on modernism and modern literature by 

 the distinguished Irish literary scholar Denis 

 Donoghue. Topics addressed in the series were "The 

 Man of the Crowd: The Beginnings of Modernism in 

 Literature"; "Literature Beyond Culture"; "Modern Lit- 

 erature: Towards a Better Life"; and "Reading The 

 Wasteland. " 



May 



m Special Event Joseph Carper, director, Smithsonian 

 National Associate Program, addressed members of the 

 Young Benefactors at their first annual meeting and con- 

 gratulated them on a successful inaugural year. 



May— June 



m Conference The Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

 External Affairs represented the Smithsonian at the 

 United States Global Change Mitigation Adaptation Re- 

 sponse Strategies. 



May l 



■ Internships The Office of Fellowships and Grants 

 awarded 39 summer Minority Internships after receiv- 

 ing a record 127 applications. 



May j 



■ Lecture "Focus on Biodiversity," a public briefing on 

 important elements of the National Museum of Natural 

 History's biodiversity programs, was presented in Baird 

 Auditorium by six of the museum's scientists. 



May 6 



■ Research The Smithsonian Board of Regents ap- 

 proved the recommendation of an independent scien- 

 tific and technical review committee that the 

 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory begin negotia- 

 tions to place its unique array of submillimeter tele- 

 scopes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. 



May 6 



■ Milestone The Smithsonian Board of Regents ap- 

 proved in principle the establishment of a National Afri- 



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