Contents for April 17-23, 1998

• Kamal Abdel-Malek, assistant professor of comparative literature, is the winner of the 1998-99 Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship competition, awarded to outstanding members of the faculty in support of innovative research.

• Under a new University policy announced April 13 and effective immediately, Brown will require vendors who are licensed to supply products imprinted with the Brown name or symbols to adhere to a Code of Conduct that respects labor law, worker rights, environmental preservation and a high standard of business ethics.

• Newly-patented technology, developed at LEMS, enables a videoconference camera to automatically track whoever is speaking.

• Faces of Brown: Roland Garant -- Campus Police Officer.

• The Last Word: Sanda Golopentia, a professor in French studies, on departures.

• Information and registration for the University's annual Staff Development Day. (Sorry -- only in the paper edition of the George Street Journal.)