Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 18-25, 1999

Volume 28, Number 9

Campus Notes

Rogers Smith, the Cowles Professor of Government, will be the next speaker in the "Books Sandwiched In" discussion series at United Church on the Green. The weekly talks take place Thursdays, 12:10-12:50 p.m., and are free and open to the public. Smith's Oct. 21 discussion will focus on the book "Morgan: American Financier" by Jean Strouse.

Three Yale affiliates will be among the medical experts participating in the Y-ME of Connecticut 10^th Anniversary Breast Cancer Symposium on Saturday, Oct. 23. Titled "Survivorship for the New Millennium," the symposium will cover subjects such as breast cancer screening, discussed by associate research scientist Dr. Bonnie Loveless King, and the STAR trial, explained by Dr. Barbara A. Ward, associate professor of surgery, oncology (along with Dr. Andrea Silber of the Hospital of Saint Raphael). Psychological strategies for coping with and surviving breast cancer also will be addressed. Research scientist Dr. Michael Reiss will deliver the opening welcome. Hosted by the Yale Cancer Center, the symposium will take place 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the School of Medicine's Edward S. Harkness Hall, 367 Cedar St. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. For more information, call (203) 483-8200 or 1-800-933-4YME.

The International Electron Devices Society (EDS) has presented Tso-Ping Ma with its Paul Rappaport Award for coauthoring "the best paper that has appeared in an EDS publication in the preceding calendar year." Ma, professor of electrical engineering and applied physics and a Yale alumnus ('71 M.Phil., '74 Ph.D.), received the award along with coauthor and fellow Yale graduate Yujun Li ('93 M.S., '94 M.Phil., '97 Ph.D.) of IBM. Their paper, "A Front-Gate Charge-Pumping Method for Probing Both Interfaces in SOI Devices," was published in the June 1998 issue of Transactions of Electron Devices. A certificate and a check for $2,500 will be presented to the scientists in December in Washington, D.C.

Yale freshman Helene Schutrumpf was chosen for the Women's Basketball News Service's first-team All Freshman squad. The 5-foot-9 guard was a three-year letter-winner at Boulder High School, receiving All-league, All-county, All-American, CCGS All-state and Who's Who in American High School Sports honors. She also was named to the Boulder Holiday Tournament All-tournament team three times and to the end of the Oregon Trail All-star team.

President Richard C. Levin recently announced that H. Kim Bottomly, professor of immunobiology, has agreed to serve as director of the Division of the Biological Sciences for a term of two and a half years beginning Jan. 1, 2000. In making the announcement, Levin expressed his appreciation to and cited the "outstanding leadership" of current Divisional director Donald Engelman, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.

The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences will hold its next meeting Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. at Mather House, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. In a slide lecture titled "Rome: The Eternal and Ever-Changing City," featured speaker Borden Painter Jr., professor of history at Trinity College, will show Mussolini's transformation of Rome, the post-war attempt to erase the Fascist imprint on the city, and current preparations for the Jubilee Year 2000. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 432-3113, ext. 2.

Individual Investor Magazine has selected International Center for Finance director William Goetzmann's web site as one of three that, the magazine says, "make going back to school a worthy investment." Goetzmann, the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management at the School of Management, and the two other academicians cited, were chosen from among 4,000 finance professors based in the United States. On his web page, Goetzmann provides investment information from which "[e]ven novice investors can benefit," says Individual Investor. The New York City-based magazine circulates monthly to 450,000 investors, brokers, dealers and financial analysts. The web link for the article in which
Goetzmann is cited is http://www.individualinvestor.com/search/disp_art.asp?fn=art_1971.htm. Goetzmann's web page can be found at http://viking.som.
yale.edu.

Paul Bracken, professor of management and of political science, recently traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to participate in what was billed as the "Internet's Global Block Party" on Oct. 9. The event, deemed The Red Ball, was sponsored by About.com, a web site that dispenses information about a variety of subjects to on-line users through personal site "Guides." The Red Ball brought the site guides together with thousands of online users, who met face-to-face for the first time, say organizers. Bracken, who was among several experts and celebrities who helped facilitate the event, was involved in workshops and informal get-togethers throughout the day.

Carmen Cozza, special assistant to the director of athletics, will talk about his new book, "True Blue: The Carm Cozza Story," Monday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. at R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut. The book, coauthored by Rick Odermatt, chronicles Cozza's 32-year career as head coach of the Yale football program. The event is free, but seating is limited. To make reservations or for more information, call the bookstore at (203) 245-3959 or 1-800-74READS.

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

University Library begins major expansion of its Orbis database

'Communications mogul John Malone offers advice to students: 'Be willing to take risks'

Nursing School venture will help elderly residents to stay healthy

Shalala stresses importance of keeping Medicare healthy

Pataki applauds virtues of 'compassionate conservatism'

Serving society must be a central goal for universities, says Rodin

Edelman recalls mentors at Yale and elsewhere in new book

Student seeks to raise awareness about scoliosis through book

City and Yale managers learn new leadership skills in joint program

'Mesmerizing' drama about marital infidelity opens at the Rep

Drama School stages German play that has been likened to 'Hamlet'

Scientists' test screens for a newly discovered tick-borne disease

The 'amazing' human eye is the focus of the 'VISION' exhibit

Yale center testing drug to prevent cancer-causing infection

New test offered at Yale identifies women at risk for cervical cancer

Enhancements to Orbis-on-the-Web make it faster, more detailed

Exhibit traces the history and evolution of Yale library catalogs

Health students will describe their research overseas

Divinity School fellowships honor individuals' work for social justice

Campaign aims to reduce bike thefts

Engineering program honors John Malone and Robert Grober

Meeting to focus on libraries' future renovations

Union meetings for United Way

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