• Distinguished Scientist Award: Simon A. Levin, Princeton University
• Outstanding Service Award: William Murdoch, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Education Award: Carol A. Brewer, University of Montana
• President’s Citation Award: Niles Eldredge, American Museum of Natural History, New York
• Past-President's Award: Kent E. Holsinger, University of Connecticut
• Broadcast Media Award: David Baron, The World, for "Bioko's Endangered Monkeys"
• Print Media Award: Kenneth R. Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling, Los Angeles Times, for "Altered Oceans"

The awards ceremony will take place on May 14 at the AIBS Annual Meeting, to be held at the Capitol Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC.

AIBS president Douglas Futuyma and executive director Richard O’Grady said in a joint statement: “We are pleased to honor these talented and dedicated individuals. From a variety of backgrounds, they have all made significant positive contributions to the field of biology.”

For more information on the 2007 AIBS Annual Meeting (theme: Evolutionary Biology and Human Health) and awards ceremony, see http://www.aibs.org/annual-meeting/annual_meeting_2007.html

For more information on the Science, Education, and Service Award recipients, see http://www.aibs.org/about-aibs/awards_2007.html

For more information on the Media Awards recipients, see
http://www.aibs.org/about-aibs/awards_media_2007.html