Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 5, 2000

Volume 28, Number 31

Campus Notes

The Women's Health Program at Yale is sponsoring "A Mother's Day Celebration of Mid-Life Women" at 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, at the Fair Haven Community Health Center, 374 Grand St. This women's health fair will feature information on health and wellness, performances by musicians and poets, and children's activities. For more information, call (203) 785-6394.

The Women's Campaign School at Yale (WCS) will honor elected women in government at their first annual awards dinner on Saturday, June 3, in Westport. Guests and honorees will include Susan Molinari, former member of Congress; Nancy Wyman, Connecticut state comptroller; and Susan Bysiewicz, Connecticut's secretary of the state. To purchase tickets, which are $200, or for more information, call (800) 353-2878 or (203) 734-7385. The WCS also recently announced the election of two new members to their board of directors, Christyne F. Lategano-Nicholas, president and chief executive officer of NYC & Company, and Susan Molinari, chair of Susan Molinari, LLC.

On March 3 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., James S. Duncan, professor of diagnostic radiology and electric engineering, was inducted as a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the premier professional organization for biomedical engineering in the United States. Duncan was cited "for creating unique computer algorithms and mathematical models for processing and interpreting medical images." Other AIMBE fellows include Yale faculty members Csaba Horvath, the Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical Engineering; Manohar Panjabi, professor of orthopaedics; and John Gore, professor of diagnostic radiology and applied physics.

Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, received the Lewis Fry Richardson Award of the European Geophysical Society on April 24. This past fall, Mandelbrot, a recipient of numerous awards, received the John Scott Award from the City of Philadelphia "for ingenious men and women who contribute in some outstanding way to the comfort, welfare or happiness of mankind." His latest honorary degrees were granted by the Open University of the United Kingdom, Athens University of Business in Greece and St. Andrews University in Scotland. Considered "the father of fractals," Mandelbrot is a member of a number of academies including the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Conservationist's gift establishes environmental studies professorship

More attention to the environment is needed, EPA administrator says

Graduate students honor their mentors with a new award

Twelve individuals honored for improving town-gown connections

Mammograms lower rate of breast cancer recurrence, study finds

Talk marks opening of center for children exposed to violence

Scholar decries abuse of women to create pornography

Baseball commissioner talks about players' responsibility

Event examines life, work of controversial Yiddish writer

Student drama centers on play once charged with being obscene

Exhibit to explore how artists depicted Africa in 20th century

Satellite images aid study of environmental threats in Africa

Celebration of Russian literature on view at Beinecke

Architecture project benefits 'fragile' city neighborhood

Yale student groups honored for service to community

Yale Physicians Building to be city's newest art exhibit space

Graduate student scientists sharing their research at two-day symposium

Agrarian Studies marks 10th year with conference

In thanks,Yale physician receives Yankees baseball

English Department alumni will consider 'Prospects for the New Century'

Memorial service to celebrate life of John Blassingame

Divinity School Search Committee Correction

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