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Presley Professor of Social Medicine Paul Farmer was awarded the $100,000 Austin College Leadership Award last night in honor of his humanitarian work in medicine. A founding director of Partners in Health (PIH), a medical charity with offices around the world, Farmer was presented the honor at the Belo Mansion in Dallas, Texas. He will use the money to help make up for disparities in the organization’s budget, PIH spokesman Andrew Marx said. Farmer’s method of treating patients with multi-variable tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, developed during his time at PIH, revolutionized the approach...
Moreover, despite the best efforts of our selectors, some Rhodes Scholars venture to Oxford for the wrong reasons. (One of the disadvantages attached to the fame of the Rhodes Scholarships, as Dell and Mylavarapu note, is that some seek the honor and not the degree. Dell and Mylavarapu end their article with the advice that one should “not apply unless you are ready to study and live in Oxford.” It is astonishing to think this might need be said to anyone...
...It’s a great, great honor for him to be selected,” Sullivan said. “I thought getting into the preliminary round was terrific, then to see him picked for the Second Team was just unbelievable. I’m really proud of him and he deserves it. Being a two semester sport athlete is hard everywhere, but it is very hard in the Ivy League. It is hard to balance it for two consecutive semesters, given the demands of intercollegiate basketball...
...trek down to the small state park seven miles away reveals riverbanks swarming with dedicated anglers who arrive for the 6:30 starting gun. Chamber of Commerce members offer free coffee as dedicated fishers compete for the honor of catching the largest lunker in their division (men’s, women’s, or children’s). Winners get a trophy—again thanks to the Chamber of Commerce—a picture in the local papers, and bragging rights for the entire year. But competition is intense because of the crowded fishing field...
Every year, we honor one woman and one man, and I manage the events. In the fall, my time is mostly taken up by choosing the talents, contacting their publicists, and securing them for the events. In the winter, my time is consumed by organizing the actual days. That means setting up hotels, getting things fixed with publicists, agents, those who will be coming, and making sure all of it will be comfortable...