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Poet Charles Atkinson wins national contests

Astrophysicist Claire Max honored by Alameda County

 

March 10, 2003

Awards and Honors

Poet Charles Atkinson wins national contests

Charles Atkinson
Photo courtesy of Charles Atkinson

Charles Atkinson, lecturer in literature and writing, has won prizes in several national poetry competitions in the last year. He won the 2001 Emily Dickinson Award from Universities West Press, the 2002 Briar Cliff Review Prize from Briar Cliff College, and second prize in the 2002 War Poetry Contest sponsored by WinningWriters.com. All three awards carry prizes of $1,000.

Read "Because We are Men," winner of the Emily Dickinson Prize and second place winner in the War Poetry Contest

Read "The Frog Prince in September," winner of the Briar Cliff Review Prize

 

Astrophysicist Claire Max honored by Alameda County

Claire Max
Photo courtesy of the Astronomy Department

Professor of astronomy and astrophysics Claire Max was inducted last week into the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame. Max, who lives in Berkeley, was honored for her contributions to science on March 8 during the 10th Annual Women's Hall of Fame Awards ceremony.

Max, an associate director of the Center for Adaptive Optics, has done pioneering work on the development of adaptive optics systems for large telescopes to minimize the blurring effects of turbulence in Earth's atmosphere. She has worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for 29 years and currently holds joint appointments at LLNL and UCSC. Her group at LLNL built the adaptive optics system currently in use at Lick Observatory, and she has also been closely involved in the design and implementation of the adaptive optics system at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.

The Women's Hall of Fame was established in 1993 by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, the Alameda County Commission on the Status of Women, and the Alameda County Health Care Foundation. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding women for their achievements and contributions to the overall well-being of the county and its residents.

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