Professor of Psychology Marsha Linehan has spent the first part of 1999 earning assorted award and honors for her studies on suicide. She's won the Louis J. Dublin Award for lifetime achievement in the field of suicide from the American Association of Suicidology, the Senior Scientist Award from the National Institutes of Mental Health, and the Distinguished Researcher in Suicide from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. She's also been named by the Rodd D. Brickell Foundation as this year's visiting professor on suicide at Columbia University. For the second year, UWTV has won the 1999 Award of Excellence in the Best of the Northwest Video Festival, Overall Excellence in Programming.
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Judging is based on diversity of programming, impact on community and effective use of medium. Entries were received from Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, British Columbia and Alberta. Journal of Women in Culture and Society has won the annual award for best journal design from The Council of Editors of Learned Journals. This is the first international design award in Signs' 23-year history.