Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 23, 2001

Volume 29, Number 20

Campus Notes

Steven Stoll, assistant professor of history and American studies, will speak at a "Books Sandwiched In" book discussion on Thursday, March 1. Stoll will discuss Stephen Ambrose's "Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869." Sponsored by the New Haven Free Public Library, the talk will take place 12:10-12:50 p.m. at United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets. Participants are invited to bring a lunch; coffee, tea and cookies will be available for purchase before the talk in the church basement

Anika Singh, a Branford College senior, is one of the committee members planning "Celebrating Life," a fashion show benefiting the breast cancer support organization Y-Me of Connecticut. The event will take place Saturday, March 31, at the North Haven Holiday Inn. For more information or tickets, call imani A Boutique at (203) 287-1134.

Michael Conroy of the Ford Foundation is coordinating research on trade and the environment at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies until March 31. Conroy has been with the Ford Foundation for six years and currently is the senior program officer in the Community and Resource Development Unit.

The winners of the 2001 Adrian Van Sinderen Prizes for Book Collecting have been announced. The senior prize of $750 was awarded to Pamela Bookman '01 of Pierson College for her collection of Isaac Babel. A senior runner-up prize of $600 went to Sarah Parcak '01 of Timothy Dwight College for her collection of books on Egyptology. Senior honorable mention prizes of $400 were awarded to Robert Giampietro '01 of Berkeley College for his collection of fine print design and typography and Isaac Meyers of '01 of Branford College for his collection of books on zoology. The sophomore prize of $500 was awarded to Dora Malech Trumbull College '01 for her collection of 20th-century poetry. The prizes were established in 1957 by the late Adrian Van Sinderen '10 B.A. in order to encourage undergraduates to collect books, to build up their own libraries, and to read for both pleasure and education.

David DeRosa, professor adjunct of the Yale School of Management, will discuss and sign copies of his new book, "In Defense of Free Capital Markets," at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, at the Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway. The event is free and open to the public.

Csaba Horváth, the Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical Engineering, received the 2001 American Chemical Society (ACS) National Award in Separations Science & Technology for "contributions to chemistry of national significance." Horváth will accept the award and deliver an address before the Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry at the ACS national meeting in San Diego
in April.

Dr. Robert Rosenheck, professor of psychiatry and public health, received the Carl A. Taube Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field of Mental Health Services Research from the Mental Health Section of the American Public Health Association. The award recognizes researchers who have distinguished themselves in the field of mental health policy.

As part of a project called "Share the Gift of Reading," 50 books were distributed to each of 25 home-based, licensed day care centers throughout New Haven on Jan. 27. "Share the Gift of Reading" was created in part by Margaret Virginia Chapman, director of project management and construction, School of Medicine facilities; Katherine F. Matzkin, director of placement, staff relations; and Danuta A. Nitecki, associate University librarian.

Gene Outka, the Dwight Professor of Philosophy and Christian Ethics, was elected president of the Society of Christian Ethics (SCE) at its 42nd annual meeting, held this year in Chicago. The SCE is a nondenominational scholarly association with 900 members from the faculties of universities, colleges and theological schools. Its purpose is to promote scholarly work in the field of Christian ethics and in the relation of Christian ethics to other traditions of ethics and to social, economic, political and cultural problems.

Twelve School of Nursing students have been named National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholars. They are: Sheila Geen '01, Sonia Lander '03, Gretchen Landwehr '02, Courtney Marsh '02, Dana Quealy '02, Erin Shawn '03, Anna Maria Speciale '03, Carrie Szejk '03, Kathryn Tierney '02, Filomena Vagueiro '01, Susanna Westbook '03 and Ashley Weycer '03. The NHSC is a federal program offering competitive scholarships for students committed to providing primary health in communities with a shortage of clinicians, generally inner-city or rural areas. Upon completion of their training, NHSC scholars serve a minimum of two years in such communities.

The School of Forestry and Environmental Studies appointed David DeFusco as its director of communications and external relations. Formerly director of public relations at the Visiting Nurse/VNA Care Network, DeFusco will be responsible for media relations, publications, publicizing lecture series and special events, and forging alliances with institutions with complementary missions.

Philip E. Rubin, professor of surgery (otolaryngology), vice president of Haskins Laboratories and research affiliate in the Department of Psychology, was appointed director of the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences for the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Virginia. In this position, which is part of the Directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, he will be responsible for a wide variety of fields including archaeology, child development and linguistics. In addition, he will supervise the development of a new cognitive neuroscience program at the NSF. Rubin was also appointed the NSF ex officio member of the National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee by Dr. Rita Colwell, director of the NSF.

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

New Berkeley College master named

Bollingen Prize in Poetry honors 'anguish and humor' of Louise Glück's 'Vita Nova'

Yale Glee Club salutes music's power to mold lifelong friendships

Architect Cesar Pelli to design Yale's new engineering building

Comedian Carlin shares tales from his 'very lucky' life

Yale College term bill is set at $34,030

Bentley Layton appointed to Goff chair in religious studies

Race is not a factor in the delivery of mental health services . . .

Graduate students give voice to their poetry in colloquium

Valesio group is 'an ongoing poem'

Candid close-ups are Yale police officer's hobby

Pioneering nurses will be honored at center's annual convocation

Grant to support field research by F&ES students

YUHS names new medical director

Pianist (and trained chemist) makes his faculty debut

Shakespeare-inspired music will be featured in concert by Yale Jazz Ensemble

Campus Notes