MISSING MASS: The Super-Kamiokande Collaboration, an international team of scientists that includes University of Washington physicists, has been awarded the Asahi Prize for 1999 by the Asahi-Shinbun Cultural Foundation in Japan. The foundation represents a major Japanese corporation that operates one of the nation’s largest newspapers. The award recognizes the discovery last year that subatomic particles called neutrinos have mass. The discovery, which was listed by Science magazine as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of 1998, could help explain some of the so-called “missing” mass of the universe. More than 100 scientists from around the world are taking part in the Super-Kamiokande project. Physics Professor Jeffrey Wilkes leads the UW contingent.

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL: Christina Pfeiffer, UW horticulturist, has been selected as one of 24 Western Washington “icons of success.” The honor comes as part of the Follow a Leader Essay Contest sponsored by The Bon Marche, KING-5 TV and the Seattle Times, which gives 4,000 fourth-grade students a chance to follow honorees for a full day of work. Students enter an essay explaining why they have chosen this person.

SHAPING THE FUTURE: The Council of Graduate Schools has selected UW’s mathematics department and math Professor Virginia M. Warfield to participate in its Shaping the Preparation of Future Science and Mathematics Faculty program. The department will receive $20,000 over two years to develop and implement activities that offer aspiring academics opportunities to observe and learn the full range of faculty work and career options.

REWIND REAPS REWARDS: Rewind, the weekly news satire show hosted by Bill Radke, produced by KUOW-94.9 FM and aired nationally by National Public Radio, received four Radio Programming and Promotion awards at the New York Festival’s international awards competition-the most awards received by any NPR program in this year’s contest. The show received a gold medal for Best Writing, silver medals for Best Sound and Best Comedy Special, and a bronze medal for Best Editing.

KUDOS: The American Psychological Association recently bestowed the Harold Yuker Award for Research Excellence on Charles Bombardier, associate professor of rehabilitation medicine at Harborview Medical Center; Jason Kilmer, a postdoctoral student in the Addictive Behaviors Research Center; and Dawn Ehde, acting assistant professor in rehabilitation medicine at HMC. The $200 award recognized the overall excellence of their research in their joint paper, “Screening for Alcoholism among Persons with Recent Traumatic Brain Injury” . . . Patricia Woehrlin, the project leader for the USER project, was recently elected president for the board of Food Lifeline, an organization that provides food for the hungry . . . Fred Fiedler, professor emeritus of psychology and adjunct professor of management and organization, received the American Psychological Society’s James McKeen Cattell award, recognizing “a career of significant intellectual contributions to . . . the area of applied psychological research” . . . Gail Dubrow, associate professor of architecture, urban design and planning, has been appointed associate dean for research and computing, a new position in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning . . . Peter V. Hobbs, professor of atmospheric sciences, will give the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lectures in Geophysics and Planetary Sciences at Tel Aviv University in March 2000 . . . Sandra Madrid, assistant dean for student affairs and administration at the UW School of Law, received the 1999 Community Service Award, presented by Nordstrom and KIRO-7 TV and recognizing outstanding contributions toward cultural understanding and community enhancement . . . Robert Kohlenberg, associate professor of psychology, received the Washington State Psychological Association’s Distinguished Psychologist award for contributions to the field . . . David Hawkins, social work professor will receive the August Vollmer award from the American Society of Criminology for his outstanding contributions to the field of applied criminology . . . Governor Gary Locke appointed Andrea Copping, assistant director of the Washington Sea Grant Program to the Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory Commission, a 13-person body representing counties, tribes, business and other interests using the latest scientific information to safeguard the strait’s resources . . . the Fisheries Building won an honor awards for excellence from the American Institute of Architects. The building was designed by Bohlin, Cywinski, and Jackson. ¶