Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 26, 2000Volume 28, Number 33




Other Student Awards and Honors

ASME MAGAZINE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. Joseph Ax '00 of Morse College was selected to be an American Society of Magazine Editors summer editorial intern.

ATHLETIC PRIZES. Four seniors were honored with prizes offered by the Athletics Department. Hannah Appel of the women's fencing team and Christopher Bradford of the men's swimming team were awarded the DeLaney Kiphuth '41, M.A. '47 Student-Athlete Distinction Award. It is given to the male and female student-athletes who rank highest in scholarship and have earned two varsity awards prior to their senior year. Hiroyuki Suzuki of the men's soccer team and Susanne Barnes of the field hockey and women's ice hockey teams received the Thomas W. Ford '42 Student-Athlete Community Outreach Award. It is given annually to the male and female student-athletes who during their senior year have demonstrated their commitment to strengthening the relationship between Yale athletics and the youth in the New Haven community.

BEINECKE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. A Beinecke Scholarship supporting two years of graduate study in any discipline was awarded to Chinnie Ding '01 of Timothy Dwight College.

BILDNER ISRAEL AND JEWISH STUDIES TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS. Robert L. Bildner '72 and Elisa Spungen Bildner '75 Israel and Jewish Studies Travel Fellowships, which support travel to Israel for research or language training or travel to any other country to undertake research in the field of Jewish studies, was awarded to Arthur Nussbaum '01 of Trumbull College. Graduate student recipients are Yitzhak Melamed, philosophy, for travel to Germany and Daniel Tsadik, history, for travel to France.

BILDNER PRIZES. The Department of Spanish and Portuguese has awarded Albert Bildner Prizes in Latin American Languages and Literature at Yale to the following undergraduates: The Professor José Arron Prize for an outstanding essay written in Spanish on Latin American literature -- Bonnie Hung '00 of Berkeley College; the Bildner Prize for the graduating senior who has achieved an outstanding academic average in Spanish courses and has demonstrated greatest improvement in his or her knowledge of the Spanish language or Hispanic literatures or both -- Marisela Marrero '00 of Berkeley College; the Patricia Bildner Prize for an outstanding essay written in Portuguese on Brazilian literature -- Adam Richard Rosenblatt '00 of Saybrook College; the Brazil Prize for the graduating senior who has achieved an outstanding academic average in Portuguese courses and has demonstrated the greatest improvement in his or her knowledge of the Portuguese language or Luso-Brazilian literature or both -- David Herman Flechner '00 of Pierson College; and the Albert Bildner Travel Prize for a junior to travel to Latin America to conduct research for the senior essay -- Grace Rollins '01 of Calhoun College and Tamara Whalen '01 of Davenport College.

CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT JUNIOR FELLOWS PROGRAM. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has awarded a year-long internship to Gideon Maltz '00 of Jonathan Edwards College.

CHARLES KAO FUND AWARDS. An award from the Charles Kao Fund, which provides grants to support summer research in East and Southeast Asia focusing on the impact of technology transfer processes between Asia and the West, and the social, cultural and political transformations in these regions, was given to Jessica Lin '01 of Pierson College for travel to China. Graduate student recipients, their departments or schools, and the countries where they will study are: Stephen Fisher, anthropology, Japan; Rusaslina Idrus, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Malaysia; Curtis Lambrecht, political science, Burma; Pamela McElwee, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and anthropology, Vietnam; Laura Phan, epidemiology and public health, Vietnam; and Anthony Spires, sociology, China.

CHURCHILL SCHOLARSHIP. A Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarship supporting one year of graduate study in science, mathematics or engineering at Cambridge University was awarded to Joaquin Thomas '00 of Berkeley College. Thomas will pursue a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics.

CITIBANK TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP. Anya Kamenetz '01 of Davenport College received the Citibank Travel Fellowship, which supports summer research and travel abroad for projects that focus on the global marketplace or on emerging markets.

COUNCIL ON SOUTHEAST ASIA STUDIES AWARDS. The Council on Southeast Asia Studies awarded funds to one undergraduate and 12 graduate students with a demonstrated commitment to the field of Southeast Asia studies for language training, pre-dissertation field research and research projects. Students receiving awards are: Van Nguyen '03 of Morse College; Thomas Conners, linguistics; Damon Hill, anthropology; Aya Hirata, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Cathryn Houghton, anthropology; Ehito Kimura, international relations; Christian Lentz, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Pamela McElwee, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and anthropology; Lorraine Paterson, history; Laura Phan, epidemiology and public health; Curtis Renoe, anthropology; and Suk Bae Rhee, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

DAAD ANNUAL GRANTS. DAAD Annual Grants support one year of graduate study in any discipline at a university in Germany. This year's recipients are: William Coker '00 of Jonathan Edwards College, who will study modern German literature at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich; Loren Goldman '00 of Jonathan Edwards College, who will conduct research on post-war German philosophy and politics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt; and Ruth Kaplan '00 of Davenport College, who will study the contemporary role of Yiddish in Jewish and German culture at the University of Hamburg.

DOROT FOUNDATION TRAVEL GRANTS. The Dorot Foundation offers travel grants to support academic summer programs in Israel. Grants were awarded to Shari Damast '02 of Morse College, Vanessa Knutsen '03 of Timothy Dwight College, Shira Milikowsky '03 of Davenport College, David Ramenofsky '03 of Ezra Stiles College, Gabrielle Tiven '03 of Saybrook College, Elizabeth Videlock '02 of Silliman College and graduate student Daniel Sheridan, international relations.

ENGINEERING AND APPLIED PHYSICS AWARDS. The Henry Prentiss Becton Undergraduate Prize was awarded to Ji-Jon Sit '00 of Trumbull College; the Edward O. Lanphier Memorial Prize in Electrical Engineering was awarded to Charles H. Laurans '00 of Calhoun College; the Donald Warren McCrosky Prize in Mechanical Engineering was awarded to Kevin R. Salandy '00 of Trumbull College; the 2000 Department of Chemical Engineering Prize (Walker) was awarded to Joshua D. Isom '00 of Ezra Stiles College; the 2000 Harry A. Curtis Prize in Chemical Engineering was awarded to Carla M. Pinckney '00 of Ezra Stiles College; The 2000 Department of Chemical Engineering Junior Prize was awarded to Charles E. Hardy '01 of Davenport College; the 2000 Belle and Carl Morse Junior Prize in Engineering or Applied Science was awarded to Gina N. LaRossa '01 of Davenport College; the 2000 Department of Applied Physics Prize was awarded to Richard E. Lathrop '00 of Ezra Stiles College; and the 2000 D. Allan Bromley Prize in Biomedical Engineering was awarded to Nicole Castonguay '00 of Silliman College.

EUROPEAN UNION STUDIES GRANTS. The European Union Studies Program awarded grants to support research projects, senior essay research or internships focusing on the European Union or European integration. This year's winners are Aneta Binienda '01 of Branford College, Rafael Castro '01 of Calhoun College, Joshua Marks '01 of Jonathan Edwards College and Amy Sodha '01 of Silliman College. Pre-dissertation funds were also provided to: Charlene Caprio, Russian and East European studies; Stefano Dominioni, sociology; Willem Maas, political science; and Jonathan Manders, international relations.

FULBRIGHT GRANTS. Twelve seniors will study, do research or teach abroad as winners of Fulbright Grants. The students and their projects are: Qi Cui of Branford College will conduct medical research on colon cancer at the Curie Institute in Paris, France; Joseph Fishkin of Branford College will pursue an M.Phil. in politics at Oxford University, England; David Flechner of Pierson College will conduct research in Spain on trade policies and the European Union; Michael Gottlieb of Trumbull College will pursue an M.Sc. in theoretical psychoanalytic studies at University College London, England; Bailey Hand of Morse College will conduct research on arms control programs and non-proliferation efforts at the Center for Policy Studies in Russia; Katherine Martin of Trumbull College will study Icelandic and Old Norse language and literature in Iceland; Sung Il Moon of Branford College will examine economic growth and development in Germany after World War II; Brent Ohata of Trumbull College will study the evolution and modernization of folk songs in Romania; Julianna Schantz-Dunn of Calhoun College will conduct research on malaria and cysticercosis, and design campaigns for public health education in Peru; and Annabelle Steinhacker of Ezra Stiles College will study the judicial and penal system in the Netherlands. Teaching assistantships for Korea have been awarded to Eileen Chung of Calhoun College and Kevin Park of Saybrook College.

GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIPS. Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships are merit-based awards supporting one or two years of study for American undergraduates with demonstrated interest in and potential for careers in the natural sciences and mathematics. Gina LaRossa of Davenport College and Daniel MacPhee of Timothy Dwight College were named Goldwater Scholars.

HAAS PRIZE. The James Andrew Haas Prize, awarded annually to a member of the senior class whose "breadth of intellectual achievement, strength of character and fundamental humanity" epitomize James Haas' distinctive ability to inspire in fellow students "a love of learning and concern for others," was given to Daniel Larlham of Silliman College.

HEALTH SERVICES AWARD. The Yale University Health Services Award was presented to Stephanie Jillian '00 of Morse College for her commitment to health education and women's issues. Active in the Peer Health Educators program, Jillian was also affiliated with Safety Net and taught sexual health education to young girls at New Haven middle schools.

HEINZ GOVERNMENT SERVICE FELLOWSHIPS. The John Heinz Government Service Fellowships supports summer internships in federal, state or local government. This year's recipients are Penny Herscovitch '02 of Saybrook College, Peter Johnson '01 of Saybrook College, Alexander Liebman '01 of Calhoun College and Sara Sternberg '02 of Berkeley College.

HENRY FELLOWSHIP. Jennifer Su '00 of Jonathan Edwards College will pursue an M.Phil. in medical sciences and conduct research on the development of autoimmunity at Cambridge University as a winner of the Henry Fellowship. One Yale student is selected annually to participate in an exchange program between Harvard and Yale universities and the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford.

HEWLETT TRAVEL GRANTS. The Hewlett Travel Grants support summer research travel or study abroad in Latin America and the Caribbean or Latin American-related research in Spain and Portugal. Undergraduate winners are: Anamaria De la Cruz '02 of Silliman College, Noam Schimmel '02 of Saybrook College and Rachel Whelan '02 of Pierson College. The names and departments or schools of graduate student award recipients are: Karen Beard, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Christiane Ehringhaus, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Cecilia Enjuto-Rangel, comparative literature; Eva Garen, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Gabriela Gomez-Carcamo, history; Nikkita Gunvant, epidemiology and public health; Rachel Haywood Ferreira, Spanish and Portuguese; Anthony Masaquel, epidemiology and public health; Jeremy Mumford, history; Erik Myrup, history; Jonathan Padwe, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Jennifer Rubin, epidemiology and public health; Naomi Seiler, Law School; John Tuxill, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; and Julie Velasquez Runk, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

HOWLAND FELLOWSHIPS. Three students are winners of the Charles P. Howland (1891) Fellowship, which supports study or research abroad for seniors who demonstrate "promise of useful activity to improve international relations." Qi Cui of Branford College will conduct medical research on colon cancer at the Curie Institute in Paris, France; Rebecca Giordano of Calhoun College will work and conduct research on women's issues at the Crisis Response Center in Achimota, Ghana; and Katherine Southwick of Berkeley College will work and conduct research at the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center in New Delhi, India.

HUANG TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS. Four students were awarded Parker Huang Undergraduate Travel Fellowships, which support study and travel in the non-English-speaking countries of Asia and Africa. The award recipients are: Michelina Cairo '00 of Saybrook College, for research on women's reproductive rights in Senegal; Eunice Park '00 of Calhoun College, for an internship at an in-patient mental health facility in Peru and comparative research on the psychiatric treatment of children; Erik Robb '00 of Timothy Dwight College, for interdisciplinary study in the humanities and social sciences at Nanjing University in China; and Priscilla Song '00 of Morse College, for research on cultural symbols in Taiwan and China.

LEITNER INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY GRANTS. The Georg Walter Leitner Program in International Political Economy, which provides funds to support senior essays, internship or research projects focusing on some aspect of international political economy, has awarded grants to Aneta Binienda '01 of Branford College, Ranjan Goswami '02 of Davenport College and Andrea Greenblatt-Harrison '01 of Timothy Dwight College. Funds for dissertation research were awarded to Nancy Brune, political science; Nathan Jensen, political science; Abigail Sarmac, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; and Vineeta Yadav, political science.

LES ASPIN FELLOWSHIPS. The Les Aspin '60 Summer Fellowships are awarded to Yale College undergraduates for internships either directly or indirectly related to international affairs. This year's recipients are Swaroop Samant '00 of Trumbull College and Joanne Sum-Ping '01 of Calhoun College.

LIGHT FELLOWSHIPS. The Richard U. Light Fellowships at Yale support language study at approved sites in East Asia for a summer, term or academic year. Recipients of summer fellowships and the countries where they will study are: Eugenia Chen '01 of Davenport College, China; Orianne Dutka '02 of Jonathan Edwards College, China; Mai T. Ha '02 of Saybrook College, China; Maria J. Ham '02 of Saybrook College, China; Aaron L. Johanson '02 of Pierson College, Japan; Arthur Mitchell '02 of Saybrook
College, Japan; and Jennifer H. Nou '02 of Calhoun College, Korea. Term or academic year fellowship recipients are: Argyro Caminis '00 of Branford College, China; Catherine M. Kidd '00 of Trumbull College, China; Taylor Krauss '02 of Davenport College, China; Jessica T. Lin '01 of Pierson College, China; Stuart Orsak '00 of Trumbull College, China; Ramsi Woodcock '00 of Saybrook College, China; Benjamin C. Case '01 of Morse College, Japan; Peter Johnson '01 of Saybrook College, Japan; Laura V. Kiernan '01 of Trumbull College, Japan; Janson L. Mao '02 of Calhoun College, Japan; Katherine Smith '02 of Calhoun College, Japan; Marie Keiko Snell '01 of Pierson College, Japan; Elizabeth R. Woyke '00 of Morse College, Korea; and Joseph W. Walline '00 of Ezra Stiles College, Taiwan. Recipients of both summer and term or academic year awards are: Jonathan G. Kaufman '02 of Morse College, China; Julie H. Wilensky '02 of Saybrook College, China; Niles Cole '02 of Silliman College, Japan; and Yomei Shaw '02 of Berkeley College, Japan. Graduate student recipients are: John Delury, history; Nichole Dupont, East Asian studies; Jin Gao, comparative literature; Masato Hasegawa, international relations; Ryan Holmberg, history of art; Colin Smith, anthropology; Lawrence Szmulowicz, anthropology; Ling-Yun Tang, sociology; and Melinda Varner, East Asian studies.

LOHMANN PRIZES. Four undergraduates were honored for excellence in printing in both digital and craft technologies. The principal prize was shared by Rob Giampietro '01 of Berkeley College for the Spring 2000 issue of the Yale Literary Magazine and by Ryan Dennis Iverson '02 of Saybrook College for posters for the Improv Comedy and for an artist's book, "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock." Honorable mentions went to Sara McAlister '00 of Jonathan Edwards College for a party invitation and Juliana Ochs '01 of Jonathan Edwards College for the invitation to the Jonathan Edwards Birthday Party.

LUCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM. Katherine Scharf '00 of Morse College and Gerardo Vildostegui of the Law School were selected for the Luce Scholars Program, which provides one-year internships in Asia for graduates with no significant experience in Asia or Asian studies.

MELLON FELLOWSHIPS. The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, which supports the first year of graduate study at any U.S. or Canadian graduate school, was awarded to Wayne Hsieh '00 of Ezra Stiles College.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, which support three years of graduate study in science, social sciences, mathematics or engineering, were awarded to four students: Kristina Gremski '00 of Morse College, Lawrence Guth '00 of Davenport College, David Schechner '00 of Silliman College and Alison Woolery '00 of Branford College.

NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS. Allan Chiu '02 of Calhoun College received a National Security Education Program Undergraduate Scholarship, which provides support from the U.S. government for overseas study of languages and cultures in regions outside of Western Europe, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

PERLROTH PRIZES. Tristan Perlroth Prizes are awarded to undergraduates for summer travel outside the United States to enhance their understanding of foreign culture and international relations. This year's recipients are Pierre-Luc Arsenault '01 of Berkeley College, Bidisha Banerjee '02 of Morse College, Rebecca Bowman '02 of Calhoun College, Jessica Champagne '01 of Berkeley College, Emily Falk '01 of Berkeley College, Liese Fritze '01 of Saybrook College, Michael Hoevel '01 of Morse College, Rebecca Kolsky '01 of Calhoun College, Julia Kots '01 of Trumbull College, Sonia Lin '01 of Saybrook College, Gabriela Maradiaga '01 of Ezra Stiles College, Joshua Marks '01 of Jonathan Edwards College, Milan Milenkovic '01 of Trumbull College, Swaroop Samant '01 of Trumbull College, Shu-Ping Shen '01 of Pierson College, David Stewart '02 of Jonathan Edwards College, Robynn Sturm '02 of Davenport College and Tamara Whalen '01 of Davenport College.

RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. Rhodes Scholarships for two years of study at Oxford University were awarded to Ariel Adesnik '99 of Trumbull College, who will pursue an M.Phil. in international relations; Jennie Han '00 of Calhoun College, who will pursue an M. Litt. in politics; and Rachel Kleinfeld '98 of Davenport College, who will pursue an M. Phil. in international relations.

RICE FELLOWSHIP. Amie Giordano '00 of Branford College has been awarded a Henry Hart Rice Foreign Residence Fellowship, which supports year-long projects of work, study or research in a country "experiencing strained relations with the United States." Giordano will work with the Ark Foundation and conduct research on women's issues and social change in Ghana.

ROTARY SCHOLARSHIPS. Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships, which support a year of graduate study abroad, were awarded to Roger Goldberg '00 of Saybrook College for study in the Netherlands and Rebecca Ingber '00 of Davenport College for study in Israel.

RUSTGI FELLOWSHIPS. Four students received Rustgi Fellowships, which are awarded for research in South Asia, primarily in India. The students are Justin Beal '01 of Calhoun College, Andrea Greenblatt-Harrison '01 of Timothy Dwight College, Elizabeth Halsey '01 of Morse College and Shivan Mehta '01 of Morse College.

SAINT ANDREWS SCHOLARSHIP. A Saint Andrews Society Graduate Scholarship supporting one year of study in any discipline at a university in Scotland was awarded to Elise Couper '00 of Timothy Dwight College to study history at the University of Edinburgh.

SAPIR PRIZES. The Edward Sapir Prize was awarded to two students for the best senior essays in anthropology: Benjamin Blum-Smith of Jonathan Edwards College, for his essay "Anthropological Metaethics: Ruminations on the Problem of Moral Truth in the Post-Colonial World"; and Claire Dye of Branford College, for her essay "Deadly Failures: A Cultural Analysis of the Failure of Prevention Programs to Stem the AIDS Epidemic in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa." Priscilla Posuan Song of Morse College received Honorable Mention for her essay "A Digital Revolution for Anthropology: Reshaping the Methodological Conventions and Critiques in Fieldwork and Ethnography."

SOROS FELLOWSHIPS. The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which supports up to three years of graduate study in any discipline, was awarded to Sophie Shao '00 of Davenport College; Eugene Podkaminer, School of Management; and Shizuo Kuwahara, School of Music.

STONE AWARD. The I.F. Stone Award for Student Journalism, given annually by The Nation Institute to the student reporter who best exhibits "the uniquely independent journalistic tradition of I.F. Stone," the founder of I.F. Stone's Weekly, was awarded to Michael Barbaro '02 of Davenport College for his Yale Daily News stories exposing corruption in New Haven's neighborhood improvement programs.

SUDLER PRIZE. The Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Arts was awarded this year to Sophie Sing Shao '00 of Davenport College.

SUMMER RESEARCH IN EAST ASIA TRAVEL GRANTS. Summer Research in East Asia Travel Grants are awarded to Yale College students to support research in East Asia in any discipline. The award recipients are Anna Kaye '01 of Jonathan Edwards College, to study the modalities of wedding gift-giving in Taiwan; Wai Keng Kwok '01 of Branford College, to conduct research in Singapore on the Japanese occupation of Malaya during World War II; and Jessica Lin '01 of Pierson College, to study the integration of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine in Beijing, China.

SUNRISE FOUNDATION GRANTS. Sunrise Foundation Travel and Research Grants provide funds to students involved in international and area studies programs for travel and research in an "emerging market" country during the summer or a semester abroad. The students and the countries where they will study are: Tania Alfonso '01 of Morse College, Tunisia; Sabrina Baronberg '01 of Branford College, Peru and Bolivia; Edward Forman '01 of Pierson College, Morocco; Margie Klein '01 of Davenport College, Peru; Shivan Mehta '01 of Morse College, India; and Sharmeen Premjee '01 of Berkeley College, Pakistan.

TIME INC. INTERN PROGRAM. Nola Breglio '01 of Berkeley College will work for nine weeks at Sports Illustrated as part of the Time Inc. Summer Editorial Intern Program.

TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship, which supports up to four years of university study (i.e., senior year of college and one to three years of graduate school) for students planning careers in public service, was awarded to David Haskell '01 of Silliman College.

VAN SINDEREN PRIZES. Six undergraduates have received Adrian Van Sinderen Prizes for Book Collecting. The prizes were established in 1957 by the late Adrian Van Sinderen (B.A. 1910) to encourage undergraduates to collect books, to build up their own libraries and to read for both pleasure and education. The Senior Prize ($750) was awarded to Elizabeth Hazen of Trumbull College for her collection of poetry; a Senior Runner-Up Prize ($600) was given to Alexis Jones of Trumbull College for her general collection of books with an emphasis on poetry. Senior Honorable Mention prizes ($400) were awarded to Katharine Lister of Berkeley College for her collection of Oz books and Elizabeth-Rose Tufankjian of Saybrook College for her collection on Irish history and politics. Sophomore Honorable Mention prizes ($250) were awarded to Michael Boucai of Trumbull College for his collection on ancient Egypt and Allyson Brundige of Davenport College for her collection of 19th- and early 20th-century children's literature and illustration.

WREXHAM PRIZES. The Wrexham Prize "for the best senior essay in the field of the humanities" was awarded to Elizabeth Anne Purdom '00 of Calhoun College for her essay "Henry Hugh Proctor, Prohibition and African-American Leadership in Atlanta, 1880-1920." The Wrexham Prize "for the best senior essay or other substantial piece of writing in the field of the social sciences" was awarded to Heloisa Helena Griggs '00 of Davenport College for her essay "Observer or Participant? The Role of the United States Government in the 1964 Military Coup in Brazil."

YALE-UKRAINE INITIATIVE TRAVEL GRANT. The Yale-Ukraine Intitiative Travel Grant, which provides support to conduct research or carry out internships in Ukraine, was awarded to Andrew Koehler '01 of Calhoun College.

PORTER PRIZE. The John Addison Porter Prize is awarded for a work of scholarship in any field where it is possible, through original effort, to gather and relate facts or principles, or both, and to present the results in such a literary form as to make the project of general human interest. The award recipients are Michael Rubin, history, and Salim Yaqub, history.

YCIAS DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS. YCIAS Dissertation Research Grants provide support for research outside the United States to students who are studying international relations, history or the social sciences and who have completed all pre-dissertation work before the academic year of the award. The award recipients are Andrew Crislip, religious studies, and Tonya Goodman, sociology.

YCIAS PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS. Twenty-four students received YCIAS Pre-Dissertation (Mini) Research Grants, which provide aid to graduate students in history or the social sciences for pre-doctoral dissertation research. The names and schools or departments of the grant recipients are: Anke Birkenmaier, Spanish and Portuguese; Alison Bruey, history; Claudia Chierichini, Italian; Radiclani Clytus, African American studies; Christiane Ehringhaus, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Stephen Fisher, anthropology; Vladimir Gil, anthropology; Gabriela Gomez-Carcamo, history; Arash Khazeni, history; Sylvia Mitraud, sociology; Jeremy Mumford, history; Raluca Munteanu, political science; Erik Myrup, history; Martin Nesvig, history; Alison Norris, epidemiology and public health; Brian Peterson, history; Evelyn Preuss, German studies; Anne Rademacher, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Mieka Ritsema, anthropology; Jennifer Smyth, history of art; Anthony Spires, sociology; John Tuxill, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Julie Velasquez Runk, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; and Qian Zhang, sociology.

AGRARIAN STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS. Agrarian Studies Fellowships are awarded to graduate students in support of interdisciplinary work in any field on agrarian themes. The names and departments or schools of this year's recipients are: Ray Craib, history; Christiane Ehringhaus, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Aya Hirata, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Keely Maxwell, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Susan McDonough, history; Pamela McElwee, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Bruce McKim, anthropology; Sylvia Mitraud, sociology; Bethany Moreton, history; Jonathan Padwe, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Anne Rademacher, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Suk Bae Rhee, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Mieka Ritsema, anthropology; Stephanie Rupp, anthropology; and John Tuxill, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

BECTON PRIZE. The Henry Prentiss Becton Prize for exceptional achievement in research by a graduate student in the Council of Engineering was awarded to Vittorio Cristini, mechanical engineering.

BEINECKE PRIZE. The Frederick W. Beinecke Prize, given to an outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of Western American history based upon the recommendation of the history department, was awarded to Benjamin Johnson.

BLANSHARD FELLOWSHIP. The Frances Blanshard Fellowship Fund Prize for an outstanding doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of the History of Art was awarded to Sarah K. Rich.

BLISS PRIZES. The Harding Bliss Prize for excellence in engineering and applied science is awarded to students who have completed the Ph.D. thesis during the current academic year and "done most to further the intellectual life of the department." This year's recipients are Xenophon Papademetris, engineering and applied science, and Kenneth John Segall, applied physics.

BOONE PRIZE. The Sylvia Arden Boone Prize, established by Vera Wells '71 to honor the memory of Sylvia Boone, the first tenured African-American woman on the Yale faculty, was awarded to Lyneise Williams, history of art.

BROUWER PRIZE. The Dirk Brouwer Memorial Prize, which is awarded to a student in the astronomy department for a contribution of unusual merit to any branch of astronomy, was awarded to Dana Dinescu.

EAST ASIAN STUDIES DISSERTATION GRANTS. Eleven students received East Asian Studies Dissertation Research Supplementary Grants, which provide aid to Ph.D. students who expect to pursue research on their doctoral dissertations during the next academic year. The names, departments and countries where the students will conduct research are: Chin-Sung Chang, history of art, United States; Wen-chen Chang, Law School, China; Seth Cook, School of Forestry & Environmental studies, China; Wenzhong Fan, economics, China and Korea; Haini Guo, history, China; Yu-chih Lai, history of art, China and Japan; Shi-yee Liu, history of art, Japan and China; Lorenz Luthi, history, China; Hongwu Ouyang, political science, China; David Soler, East Asian languages and literatures, China; and Jodi Weinstein, history, China and Taiwan.

EGLESTON HISTORICAL PRIZE. The George Washington Egleston Historical Prize, given annually to a student who, by research, discovers new facts of importance for American history or who, by existing data, gathers information or reaches conclusions which from a historical, literary and critical point of view are likely to be useful to anyone interested in the same subject, was awarded to Salim Yaqub, history.

EUROPEAN STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS. The European Studies Council awarded fellowships to support summer training in a European language to three students. Their names and departments are: Alissa Ardito, political science; Susan McDonough, history; and Mary Noll, history.

FIELD PRIZES. The Theron Rockwell Field Prize was awarded to three students for a poetic, literary or religious work: Magnus Bernhardsson, history; Hannibal Hamlin, Renaissance studies; and Arielle Saibert, Italian.

FORD PRIZES. The William Ebenezer Ford Prize for achievement in study or research in mineralogy, was awarded to Matthias Bernet and Mihali Abraham Ampaya Felipe of geology and geophysics.

FORD FOUNDATION PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP. Jennifer Gallagher, genetics, was awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Minorities, which is administered by the Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel of the National Research Council.

GATZKE PRIZE. The Hans Gatzke Prize, given to an outstanding dissertation in a field of European history based upon the recommendation of the history department, was awarded to William Gray.

HENRY HART RICE FELLOWSHIPS. Twenty-two students were named Henry Hart Rice Research Fellows. The awards provide support for graduate student research outside the United States in the humanities and social sciences. The names and departments of this year's recipients are: Ping-Ann Addo, anthropology; Richard Akresh, economics; Carlos Aramayo, history; Soner Cagaptay, history; Jose Celso Castro Alves, history; Seth Cook, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Sarah Dix, political science; Stefano Dominioni, sociology; Dominika Dziegielewska, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Aarti Gupta, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Helena Hansen, anthropology; Mathias Hounkpe, political science; Yasmina Katsulis, anthropology; Yu-chih Lai, history of art; Curtis Lambrecht, political science; Keely Maxwell, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Adinah Miller, religious studies; Natalie Nenadic, history; Halla Qaddumi, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Stephen Vella, history; Jodi Weinstein, history; and Tiantian Zheng, anthropology.

HAROLD K. HOCHSCHILD FELLOWSHIP. The Harold K. Hochschild Fellowship, which provides support for the study of contemporary African development, was awarded to Monique Scott, anthropology.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TRAVEL GRANTS. Twenty-three students received grants from the International Relations Travel Fund, which provides awards for graduate students in the Department of International Relations to gain international work or research experience. This year's award recipients are Hubert Baylon, Sven Bieber, Paolo Cammarota, Nancy Chen, John Conlon, Andras Gergely, Hideaki Hayashi, Diana Hsu, David Hults, Catherine Hyde, Ehito Kimura, Michaela Krause, Viraj Majmudar, Tomas Nordberg, Roy Perez, Michael Purdy, Natasha Seeley, Shumita Sharma, Masako Shimo, Melanie Simmons, Tej Sood, Kristin Tribbensee and Viktor Ula.

MUN YEW CHUNG FELLOWSHIP. The Mun Yew Chung Memorial Fellowship, which provides support for research and writing on China, was awarded to Haini Guo, history.

NICHOLAS PRIZES. The John Spangler Nicholas (1921 Ph.D.) Prize is awarded annually to outstanding doctoral candidates in experimental zoology. This year's recipients from the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology are Julie M. Bailis, Hong Chen, Marc R. Freeman, Elena M. Kramer, Brendan D. Manning and Takuya Takahashi.

ORVILLE PRIZE. The Philip M. Orville Prize is awarded to a graduate student in geology in recognition of outstanding research and scholarship in the earth sciences. This year's recipient is Catherine Everett, geology and geophysics.

PEYRE PRIZE. The Marguerite A. Peyre Prize, awarded at the discretion of the chair of the French department to a student in that department, was given to Andrea Goulet.

WOLFGANG PRIZE. The Richard Wolfgang Prize is awarded to a graduate student in chemistry who has a record of the most outstanding academic work. The recipients are Patrick Ayotte and James Kindt.

WRIGHT PRIZE. The Arthur and Mary Wright Prize, given for an outstanding dissertation in the field of history outside the United States or Europe based upon the recommendation of the history department, was awarded to Diana Paton.


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Introduction

Baccalaureate Address

Honorary Degrees

Senior Class Day

Teaching Prizes

Scholastic Prizes

Roosevelt L. Thompson Prize

Athletic Awards

David Everett Chantler Prize

Other Student Awards and Honors

Wilbur Cross Medals


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

Yale celebrates 299th Commencement

Fellowship winners to pursue summer study across the globe

Yale helps the new 'Amistad' set sail on its educational mission

Festival Time: Celebrations of art, music and culture at Yale, city sites

Environmental leaders to join school's faculty

Conservation leaders named McCluskey Fellows

Alumni return to campus to celebrate reunions

Researcher links unexplained car accidents and heart irregularities

Center's family celebration will mark Cancer Survivors Day

Family Festival to celebrate Yale Art Gallery exhibitions

Students will teach in China, Hong Kong

Movie theaters 'pitch in' to raise funds for Yale pediatric programs

Edmund Gordon is honored for his achievements

'Feminist humor maven' will speak at campaign school

Symposium will pay tribute to Dr. Marvin Sears

Fair will highlight continuing education

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