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June 28, 2002Volume 30, Number 32Four-Week Issue



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The Women's Campaign School at Yale is sponsoring a "Summer School for Success" July 17­21. The session will include 25 training segments led by a faculty of about 40. Tuition is $750. For more information or to register, call (203) 734-7385 or (800) ELECTS-U; send e-mail to wcsyale@aol.com; or visit www.wcsyale.org.

Benedictine University honored Thomas W. Appelquist, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, during its undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 11. Appelquist received the Benedictine University Distinguished Alumni Award, which is presented each year to an alumnus in recognition of his or her achievements in personal and professional endeavors.

President Richard C. Levin has announced the appointment of the following faculty members for the 2002­2003 academic year: Beatrice Gruendler, professor of Near Eastern languages and civilizations, as chair of the Medieval Studies Program; Peter Moore, Sterling Professor of Chemistry, as director of the Division of the Physical Sciences and Engineering; Victor Bers, professor of classics, as acting chair of the Department of Classics; and Carol Jacobs as acting chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

David Bromwich, professor of English, is this year's winner of the PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay. He received the $5,000 award, which honors an outstanding collection of essays by an American writer, for "Skeptical Music," his collection of essays on poets that have appeared previously in Grand Street, The Hudson Review, TLS and The New Republic. Also nominated for the prize were "Sacagawea's Nickname" by Larry McMurtry and "The Last Empire" by Gore Vidal.

Dr. Elise W. Snyder, associate clinical professor of psychiatry, received a visiting professorship on May 10 from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. She had lectured on psychoanalysis there in August 2001 and plans to return in 2003.

Alex Dorato, head coach of men's tennis, was awarded the Jack Barnaby Award as the New England College Coach of the Year for 2001 by the United States Professional Tennis Association. In the spring of 2001, Dorato led his team to a school record 19-5 overall mark and a national ranking of 56. Dorato was also recently named the 2001 Wilson/ITA Northeast Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Dr. Sally E. Shaywitz, professor of pediatrics, is one of six new members elected to the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council (NANDS), the major advisory panel of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Shaywitz co-directs the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention. The NINDS, one of the National Institutes of Health, is the nation's primary supporter of research on the brain and nervous system.


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

Harold Attridge appointed as Divinity School dean

F&ES Dean Speth honored with Blue Planet Prize

Official accolades

Arjun Appadurai joins faculty as the Lanman Jr. Professor

W. Mark Saltzman to teach as Goizueta Foundation Professor

John Mayes II is appointed the director of Yale Procurement


MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWS

Yale SOM survey finds CEOs remain confident in auditors

YSN-affiliated practice offers care for women

Beinecke exhibit features photos of literary notables


OBITUARIES

The World in the City

Witt will coach women's ice hockey team this year

Yale now boasts eight certified HR professionals

Yale Books in Brief

Campus Notes



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