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News from ICTP 102 - Monitor
About 40 permanent representatives of the diplomatic missions
to the United Nations organisations in Vienna, visited Trieste
in September to learn more about the Trieste System. The visit
was organised by the General Directorate for Cultural Promotion
and Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
Italian Permanent Mission to the UN organisations in Vienna, and
the International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS),
in cooperation with other UN-affiliated scientific organisations
in Trieste, including ICTP. Local and regional institutions also
participated in the effort.
Visitors from China
A delegation of scientists from the University of Science
and Technology in Hefei, China, visited ICTP as part of a
tour of some of Europe's most prominent scientific institutions.
The visitors met with ICTP acting director, Erio Tosatti, and
the long-time head of the condensed matter physics group, Yu Lu,
who recently retired. They also toured the Centre's library and
computer facilities.
UNESCO's Human Resources Director
Dyane Dufresne-Klaus, director of the Bureau of Human
Resources Management at the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which serves as the lead administrative
agency for ICTP, recently visited the Centre. She was accompanied
by Ieng Srong, the Bureau's legal officer. Dufresne-Klaus
and Srong met with ICTP acting director, Erio Tosatti, as well
as the Centre's scientific and administrative staff.
APEX Award
People and Places, an edited collection of interviews with ICTP visiting scientists, has been awarded an Apex Award for Publications Excellence in the category "special purpose brochures, manuals and reports." You may view the booklet online at http://www.ictp.it/~pio/People&Places.pdf, or, if you prefer, you may request a print copy at sci_info@ictp.trieste.it.
IAEA General Conference
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) 46th General Conference was held at the Agency's headquarters in Vienna on 16-20 September. Among those attending the conference were ICTP acting director, Erio Tosatti, and ICTP acting director of administration, Gallieno Denardo. Tosatti made a presentation before a small group of IAEA officials at a special session of the Conference (see photo). ICTP also had two posters on display describing the long history and broad range of current research and training activities shared by the Agency and the Centre.
J. Mayo Greenberg, 79, a pioneer in astrochemistry and
astrobiology, recently died in Leiden, The Netherlands. Greenberg
studied theoretical physics at Johns Hopkins University (USA).
His initial interest in astronomy was sparked during visits to
the University of Leiden, where he moved in 1975 to establish
and direct the laboratory for astrophysics. His primary area of
research focussed on the origins of life, but he also devoted
much effort to science education and the popularisation of science.
Greenberg lectured at ICTP in 1994, 1995 and 1997.
Sergio Stabile, who worked for ICTP and SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) since their inception in a variety of administrative posts, died last April at 76. He was appointed to an entry-level position at the University of Trieste in 1953, and later became an assistant to Paolo Budinich, co-founder of ICTP and founder of SISSA. For more than 40 years Stabile rendered valuable everyday services to ICTP and SISSA administrative staff and scientists. After his retirement, he continued to frequent ICTP until a few months before his death.
