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Dean J. Brian Atwood received the Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award from the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University. The award was established in 1993 to honor the former Tufts president by bringing to campus distinguished practitioners to challenge and inspire Tufts students. Atwood delivered a lecture about foreign aid and assistance on February 22.

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Wilson has been named a 2008 recipient of the University of Minnesota's McKnight Land-Grant Professorship. Established in 1987, this prestigious research award aims to nurture the careers of the University's most promising junior faculty members.

Professor John Bryson has been selected to receive the Charles H. Levine Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Administration. Given jointly by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs (NASPAA), the award recognizes a public administration faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching, research, and service. Bryson will be honored during ASPA's annual conference in April. He is the first faculty member from the Humphrey Institute to receive this award.