Cheers Once each month, Cheers recognizes achievement of consequence among faculty, staff and students, as well as some promotions and new hires. We welcome contributions submitted in writing accompanied by a telephone number. Submissions may be edited for length, clarity and content. Items not included for reasons for space will be published in the next Cheers. Honors, awards and appointments Arts and Sciences Eisenhower Library current periodicals supervisor Stanley Krohmer has been awarded a residency fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Sweet Briar, Va. Krohmer plans to spend the three-week residency working on his newest play. Junior sociology major Matthew Quigley has been appointed to the Student Advisory Committee of the Maryland Higher Education Commission. Mark Strand, Elliott Coleman Professor of Poetry, has been appointed to the board of chancellors of the Academy of American Poets. Strand will join 11 other distinguished poets currently serving on the board of the academy, which was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster an appreciation of contemporary poetry. Steven Yantis, professor in the Department of Psychology, has received a 1996 Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences. The award, given only to outstanding scientists 40 and younger, recognizes overall achievement and provides $35,000 to the recipients to further their research. Yantis specializes in studying the complex nature of visual perception, including how the brain experiences the three-dimensional world on the basis of two-dimensional retinal images, and what kinds of visual stimuli automatically capture the brain's attention. Peabody Voice instructor Phyllis Bryn-Julson has won a Gramophone Award for her recording of Sch”nberg's Erwartung with Sir Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The disc, which also includes the Chamber Symphony no. 1 and the Variations for Orchestra, won "Best Orchestral Recording" from Gramophone Magazine, one of the premier recording and audio magazines in the world. Public Health Mary Lou Clements, professor of international health and director of the Center for Immunization Research, was invited by President Clinton to participate in the first White House Conference on HIV and AIDS, held to strengthen the national response to the disease. Clements also participated in the congressional briefing, "Disease Prevention: Tools to Fight Childhood Infections, Cancer and Environmental Toxins." Changing places, new faces Orioles owner and local businessman Peter Angelos has been elected a member of the board of trustees. Samuel Boyer has been appointed professor emeritus of medicine. Carol Keyser has been named director of non-credit computer technology programs for the Division of Business and Management in the School of Continuing Studies. She will be responsible for designing, managing and exploring new marketing initiatives for non-credit computer technology certificate programs and courses. Patricia Matteo, former assistant director of career services at Cornell University's Graduate School of Management, has been appointed director of the Office of Career Planning and Development. James Novitzki has been named assistant professor and director of information technology credit programs for the Division of Business and Management in the School of Continuing Studies. He will be responsible for designing and managing graduate programs in information technology, including information and telecommunications systems for business and management of business information systems. Cecil Robinson has been appointed professor emeritus of pharmacology and molecular sciences. William Zinkham has been appointed Distinguished Service Professor emeritus of pediatrics and oncology. --compiled by Mike Field