In 1948, a smog emergency in Donora, PA sickened half the home town of Devra Davis. Now an epidemiologist, Davis has written a book, When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution, that has been selected as one of five finalists for the non-fiction category of the National Book Award. Davis will speak about broad issues of air pollution at HSPH on November 13 in Snyder Auditorium from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. The event is sponsored by Howard Hu, professor of occupational and environmental medicine, and Jack Spengler, Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, both of the Department of Environmental Health.

In When Smoke Ran Like Water, Davis describes the Donora incident, the killer London smog of 1952, the study of environmental causes of breast cancer, and more.

Davis is a former scholar in residence at the National Academy of Sciences and member of the National Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board under President Bill Clinton. She is now a visiting professor of public policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School and a senior advisor to WHO.

Senator Kennedy to Be Honored at Upcoming Julius B. Richmond Dinner

	Senator Edward Kennedy at a previous Harvard function

Julius Richmond is a professor of health policy emeritus at HSPH, former director of the National Head Start Program, former US Surgeon General, and former Assistant Secretary of Health under President Jimmy Carter.

Previous recipients of the award include: Marian Wright Edelman, founder and director of the Children’s Defense Fund, and M. Joycelyn Elders, former US Surgeon General.

To purchase tickets for the dinner/award ceremony, call 617-496-0782. RSVP by November 8.

Annual Sibling Survivors of Violence Conference to Take Place at HSPH

The 5th Annual Sibling Survivors of Violence Conference, "From Pain to Power and Anger to Action–A United Voice for Prevention," will take place in the Kresge Building on November 8 and 9.

The conference brings together family members of homicide victims, survivors of violence, public health officials, and professionals to discuss violence, its prevention, and what more could be done for survivors. For more information, call 617-495-7777. The event is sponsored by the Division of Public Health Practice.