Sandro M. Radicella, head of ICTP's Aeronomy and Radiopropagation Laboratory, has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Bucharest in Romania in appreciation of his contributions to science and society. Radicella has played an instrumental role in the building of cost-effective radiocommunication networks in some of the South's poorest countries. His group is currently working on the Galileo project, a European Union initiative designed to establish an all-civilian system for satellite navigation. The project is expected to be operational by 2008.