Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 6, 2000

Volume 29, Number 5

Campus Notes

Jon Butler, the William Robertson Coe Professor of American History and chair of the Department of History, will discuss and sign copies of his new books, "Becoming America: The Revolution Before 1776" and "Religion in Colonial America," at Book Haven, 290 York St., on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Refreshments will be served. For information or to reserve a book, call (203) 787-2848 or send email to Books@snet.net.

The Peabody Museum of Natural History is extending the closing date of its exhibition "Children's Nature Books: Connecticut's Legacy" to Dec. 31. Located at 170 Whitney Ave., the museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday, and noon-5 p.m., Sunday. Admission is $5; $3 for children aged 3-15 and senior citizens aged 65 and over. Parking is available in the Peabody visitor lot located at the south end of Yale lot 22. For more information, call the InfoTape at (203) 432-5050 or visit www.peabody.yale.edu.

Juan J. Linz, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Sociology, received a Ph.D.h.c. from the University of Oslo on Sept. 1. The citation read, "Professor Linz is one of the scholars who has most systematically studied the conditions for stability and restoration of democracies." Linz, a leading authority on fascist regimes, earlier received honorary degrees for his contributions to sociology and political science from the universities of Granada and Madrid in Spain, Marburg in Germany, and Georgetown.

The Yale-New Haven Organ Transplant Center (YNOTC) honored those who have donated one of their kidneys to a loved one at "A Tribute to Living Donors" on Sept. 8. During the program, Dr. Bernard Lytton, the Donald Guthrie Professor Emeritus of Surgery (Urology) at the School of Medicine, recounted performing Yale's first kidney transplant in 1967; a Yale student who had suffered a fatal head injury in a car accident on I-91 donated the cadaver kidney used in the operation. The evening also celebrated the 20th anniversary of Al Merola's successful kidney transplantation. Merola thanked his brother, James Merola, for giving him the "extraordinary gift of life." Now in existence for over 30 years, the YNOTC performed the first kidney, heart, liver and pancreas transplants in Connecticut.

Jeannette R. Ickovics, associate professor of epidemiology and public health, received an American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest. The award citation recognized Ickovics "[f]or her outstanding research focusing on women and HIV/AIDS, as well as more general research on the interaction of biomedical and psychosocial factors that promote good health and recovery." Ickovics is currently the project director on a Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) project titled "Identity and Pregnant Teens: Prospective Study of HIV/STD Risk." She is also CIRA's director of education and training.

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

Yale, Oxford, Princeton and Stanford launch 'distance learning' venture

Endowment grows 41%, to $10.1 billion

Yale doctor applauds end to gender testing at Olympics

Three join team in Provost's Office

Yale-Griffin Center gets $1.2 million from CDC

Letter from the Provost: Support for Teaching with Technology at Yale

Peace accord is topic of talk by George Mitchell

Author Tom Wolfe to recount his days at Yale

New Yorker columnist to visit as a Poynter Fellow

Buying cars on Internet saves money, study shows

F&ES to host centennial celebration weekend

Hershey Foods CEO to give talks as a Gordon Grand Fellow

Works of School of London artists showcased in exhibit

Divinity School inviting all women graduates to convocation

Berkeley Divinity School to laud four theologians at its annual gathering

Artists welcome studio visitors in expanded annual event

Peabody to mark Columbus Day with programs on the Caribbean

Howard Hughes Medical Institute funds biomedical sciences at Yale for 14th year

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