In Brief

Koob Wins NIAAA's Keller Award
Professor George Koob, director of the Division of Psychopharmacology of the Department of Neuropharmacology and co-director of the Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research, both at The Scripps Research Institute, has won the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Mark Keller Award. This award is given annually to "an outstanding alcohol researcher who has made significant and long-term contributions to our understanding of how alcohol affects the body and mind, how we can prevent and treat alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and how today's scientific advancements can provide hope for tomorrow."

At Scripps Research, Koob leads efforts that focus on neuropharmacologic mechanisms and how these mechanisms are altered with the development of central nervous system abnormalities, including alcoholism, addiction, stress, viral injury, and genetic variability.

Koob will deliver a lecture entitled "The Neurobiology of Alcoholism: Dysregulation of the Brain Reward and Stress System" on Tuesday, November 9, on the National Institutes of Health campus in Maryland as part of the award presentation.

Call for Cover Art
The 2004 Scientific Report needs art for its front, inside front, and inside back covers. If you are interested in submitting scientific artwork for the publication, please send a high quality color copy, such as a Fuji print, and a descriptive paragraph of your submission to Jann Coury, Office of Communications, Mail Box TPC-20. Entries are due no later than Friday, August 20. The selection committee will announce its decisions by early September.

English-as-a-Second-Language Class Begins
A new series of English-as-a-Second-Language classes will begin on Tuesday, August 24. Instructor Cassandra Wadkin's class meets from 6:30 to 8:30 PM every Tuesday evening in the Immunology Building West Conference Room. The price for three months (12 classes) is $60.

Each intermediate-level English class is divided into speaking and listening, idioms and vocabulary, and reading and writing. If you would like to improve your English and your understanding of your friends and colleagues, movies, television shows, and the news, this class is for you. The class uses movies, games, television shows, grammar books, songs, drawing and novels to teach standard American English. Have fun and learn English at the same time! For more information, please leave a message at x4-2176.

Look for Next News&Views August 30
The next issue of News&Views will be published by Monday, August 30. The deadline for announcement and calendar submissions is Wednesday at noon for the following week's publication.

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