To commemorate the life and contributions of Cliff Clogg, Penn State Sociology Department and the Population Research Institute, with the support of Cliff's widow, intend to propose an award in his honor to the Board of the Population Association of America.
We will propose the Clifford C. Clogg Award for distinguished work in population statistics to honor a person age 45 or younger for innovative contributions to the design, collection, modeling, or analysis of population survey or census data. We will propose that the recipient will be honored for their distinguished work in the United States or other developed or developing nations.
Memorial contributions or pledges for this award may be made to the Clifford C. Clogg Memorial Fund. Address to: Clifford C. Clogg Memorial Fund, Omega Bank, Post Office Box 298, State College, PA 16804.
Upon approval by the Board, the award will be held in trust by the
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Gordon F. De Jong
Glenn Firebaugh
Committee co-chairs
The Pennsylvania State University
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Nominations are invited for the 1996 Mindel C. Sheps Award in mathematical demography and demographic methodology. This biennel award is sponsored jointly by the Population Association of America and the School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina. The previous receipients of the award have been Ansley Coale, Nathan Keyfitz, William Brass, Robert Potter, Jane Menken, Ronald Lee, John Bogaarts, Kenneth Wachter, Kenneth Manton, Joel Cohen, and Burton Singer. The award, which consists of a certificate and a cash prize, will be made at the next PAA Annual Meeting in Spring 1996.
Individuals (or collaborative pairs) should be nominated on the basis of important contributions to knowledge either in the form of a single piece of work or a continuing record of high accomplishment. The award is intended as an honor for an individual whose future research achievements are likely to continue a past record of excellence, rather than as a tribute to a demographer who is ending an active professional career.
Nominations should include a brief summary of the nominee's work and promise for future contributions, as well as a selective list of positions held, relevant additional biographical information, and principal publications.
The recipient need not be a member of PAA, nor is eligibility confined to residents or citizens of particular countries. Persons previously nominated are eligible to be nominated again; there are more excellent candidates than can be recipients in any specific year. Nominations should be submitted before January 1, 1996 to: Mark R. Montgomery, Chair, Sheps Award Committee, Research Division, The Population Council, 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY 10017.
The Editors of Population Index are pleased to announce a prize of $2,000 to be awarded to the author of the best review-type article of interest to the demographic discipline. By offering this prize, the Editors hope to stimulate authors to produce more high-quality articles of this type and to provide a place for them to be published.
The deadline for submissions is July 1, 1996. Articles must be in complete and final form, including notes and references, to be considered for the prize. Style guidelines are available from the addresses below. Articles must be unpublished, and may not be submitted elsewhere until the adjudication process is complete. All entries will be sent out for anonymous review. Those which pass the review process will then be submitted to a jury consisting of the Editorial Advisory Board of Population Index, whose decision will be final and binding. In addition to the monetary award, the winning article will be published in Population Index. The Editors reserve the right to publish any meritorious finalists in subsequent issues of Population Index. To obtain a copy of style guidelines e-mail: popindex@princeton.edu or Editor, Population Index, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-2091. Please include your mail and e-mail (if available) addresses and a daytime telephone number.
Division 34 (Population and Environment) of the American Psychology Association reminds students and their faculty supervisors of its annual Student Paper Competition, open to all graduate and undergraduate students doing original research, whether empirical or theoretical, in Population and Environmental Psychology. Papers must be based on thesis or dissertation studies or other research. It is not necessary to be a student affliate of Division 34 nor of APA to submit a paper to the competition.
The deadline for the 1996 competition will be announced following the APA convention in August 1995, but will probably be in late November 1995. This is earlier than in recent years, so please plan accordingly.
The author of the winning paper will receive a cash award of $300 and will be featured at the poster session at the 1996 APA convention. An abstract of the paper will be published in Population and Environmental Psychology Bulletin, published by Division 34. All entrants will receive a year's free membership in Division 34.
A new Coordinator for the competition will be announced at the APA convention in New York City in August 1995. Inquiries before then should be addressed to Dr. Jennifer Veitch, National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Bldg M-24, 1500 Montreal Rd., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6 Canada. Telephone: (613) 996-9671. FAX (613) 954-3733. E-mail: veitch@irc.lan.nrc.ca
The Population Institute announces their 16th Annual Global Media Awards for excellence in population reporting. The awards are given to honor those who have contributed to creating awareness of population problems through their journalistic endeavors in a meritorious manner.
The 1994 winners include Judy Mann of The Washington Post for Best Columnist, Stephen Mureithi of The Kenya Times for Best Individual Reporting, John Lancaster, Egypt Bureau Chief for The Washington Post for Best Major Daily, and Eugene Linden of Newsweek for Best Periodical among others. The criteria for eligibility include the following: (1) Entries may be made by any individual or organization from material appearing in the print or electronic media; (2) entries must be submitted in writing to the Population Institute and accompanied by justification for the entry as well as a photo and biographical sketch of the nominee; (3) eligible works must be published or aired between January 1, 1994 and June 30, 1995; (4) any media, including previous winners, are eligible for consideration each year. Winners receive an expense paid 3-week study-tour to China where they will be able to cover the Fourth World Conference on Women and examine family planning programs and special efforts China has undertaken to slow down population growth. Entries must be submitted in writing and addressed to Carol F. Clark, Media Awards Coordinator, Population Institute, 107 Second Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. The deadline for entries is June 30, 1995. For further information call the Population Institute at (202) 544-3300 or FAX (202) 544-0068.