Recent OU graduate, Sandor Lau, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to the University of Auckland in New Zealand, the U.S. Information Agency and J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently.
Lau is one of about 2000 U.S. grantees who will travel abroad for the 1999-2000 academic year through the Fulbright program.
Lau currently resides in Pingtung, Taiwan, R.O.C., where he teaches English and studies Mandarin.
In January, 2000, Lau will begin his Fulbright graduate studies at the University of Auckland.


Former professor elected to science academy

Douglas K. Lilly, who retired in 1995 as George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus of Meteorology at OU, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in May.
Lilly, nominated by two OU faculty members, Kelvin Droegemeier, professor of the School of Meteorology, and John Snow, Dean of the College of Geosciences, propelled the School of Meteorology to become one of the best atmospheric science programs in the nation, according to a press release.
The OU Board of Regents recognized that Lilly contributed to help OU and the Norman weather community accomplish international prominence in the area of atmospheric science, especially mesoscale meteorology, and to understand violent storms.


Man given two-year sentence for e-mails

LOS ANGELES -- A man who e-mailed racially derogatory death threats to Hispanics around the nation was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison.
Kingman Quon, 23, was sentenced for seven misdemeanor counts of interfering with federally protected activities. He faced up to seven years in prison.
Quon, a Chinese-American, told the judge he was sorry for his actions in which he allowed ''immaturity and frustrations'' to get the best of him.
Quon will not be allowed to use a computer or the Internet without permission for a year following his release, a prosecutor said.


Dow wants $3.2 billion settlement for implants

ESSEXVILLE, Mich. -- Dow Corning Corp. officials told two federal judges in a hearing Monday that the $3.2 billion settlement proposal over damages from silicone breast implants was the best compromise available.
But lawyers for several groups said the Dow Corning plan is unfair and should be thrown out.
The hearing, which began Monday, is part of Dow Corning's $4.5 billion bankruptcy restructuring plan.
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