Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 5, 2001

Volume 30, Number 5

Campus Notes

George Miles, curator of western Americana at the Beinecke Library, will discuss Susan Lee Johnson's "Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush" on Thursday, Oct. 11, as part of the "Books Sandwiched In" series sponsored by the Friends of the New Haven Free Public Library. Miles's discussion will take place 12:101 p.m. at the United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets, and is free and open to the public. Those who attend are invited to bring their lunch; coffee, tea and cookies will also be on sale in the church basement prior to the talk beginning at 11:20 a.m.

President Richard C. Levin announced the appointment of R. Howard Bloch, the Augustus R. Street Professor of French, as director of the Division of the Humanities for the fall semester. He replaces Nancy Cott.

Leading medical ethics expert William F. May '52 B.D., '62 Ph.D., returns to Yale this fall as visiting professor emeritus in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project. May is founding director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility at Southern Methodist University. He also founded and chaired the Department of Religious Studies of Indiana University and was the Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Professor of Christian Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. May will again teach the undergraduate course "Bioethics: Leading Issues in Medical Ethics," which he taught while in residence at the ISPS last year.

Robert E. Lane, professor emeritus at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and in the Department of Political Science, was awarded the Robert E. Lane Award for best book in political psychology published in the previous year. The award is given annually by the political psychology section of the American Political Science Association.

Koichi Hamada, professor of economics, has been appointed as a member of a group to advise Mike Moore, director-general of the World Trade Organization, on matters dealing with the international economy. Other members include Robert Baldwin, Jagdish Bhagwati and Sylvia Ostroy. Hamada is currently on leave from the Department of Economics and is serving as president of the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Cabinet Office of the Japanese government.

Three new acquisitions editors have joined the Yale University Press. Robert Flynn returns to Yale Press as editor, acquiring in religion, law and philosophy. Flynn most recently worked for Columbia University Press and, before that, served as associate editor at Yale. John Kulka has been appointed senior editor and will acquire literature, philosophy and political science. Kulka started his publishing career at Barnes & Noble, where he was promoted to merchandise manager, and was acquisitions director at ebrary before coming to Yale. Alex Schwartz has been named senior editor for the reference program. He was formerly reference publisher at Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Kirk D. Swinehart, a doctoral candidate in American studies, has been appointed Mellon Research Fellow in American history at the University of Cambridge.

Dr. John J. Wysolmerski, associate professor of internal medicine (endocrinology), received a grant of $187,500 from the American Cancer Society for research on breast cancer metastases to the bone. Dr. Andrew Salner, former American Cancer Society division board president and director of Hartford Hospital's oncology program, presented the Cissy Hornung Research Grant to Wysolmerski on July 15 at the society's Broadway on Beachside event.

The "Overture 1776," composed by Thomas C. Duffy, deputy dean of the School of Music and director of University Bands, had its world premiere at the U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point on Sept. 1. Commissioned by the U.S. Military Academy Band in honor of its 200th anniversary, Duffy modeled his work after the "1812 Overture," substituting British and American colonial tunes for Tchaikovsky's French and Russian themes.

Ann Kuhlman, director of the Office of International Students and Scholars, received the Homer Higbee Award at the 53rd annual conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators held in Philadelphia. Kuhlman, currently the chair of NAFSA's Committee on Immigration Policy and Practice, was recognized for her dedication to local, state, regional, national and international colleagues and students, and for her promise of greater contributions in the future.

Peter Moore, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry, was selected as one of four Society Award Winners for 2002 by the Biophysical Society. He was recognized for his "outstanding contributions beyond achievements in research." Moore, who is also professor of biophysics and biochemistry, will present a lecture and receive his award at the society's annual meeting in San Francisco Feb. 2327. The Biophysical Society was established in 1956 to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics.

Dr. Cynthia Neill Epperson, assistant professor of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology, was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Charles A. Dana Foundation as part of the Dana Clinical Hypotheses Program in Imaging. The three-year grant will fund Epperson's project "Mechanism of Action of Fluoxetine in the Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A 1H-MRS Study." Epperson is currently conducting studies of the value of light therapy for depressed pregnant women and of the body's emotional and physiological responses across the menstrual cycle.

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

Alumnus James Bundy to be next Drama Dean

Endowment increases to $10.7 billion

Beinecke display explores how Yale's library has evolved over the centuries

School of Art show pays testament to Yale alumni's influence . . .

New book will explore ways to combat terrorism

Renowned architect Tadao Ando is year's first Chubb Fellow

Study reveals cells' critical role in fighting cancer

Looking at art proves to help students become better doctors

Archive documents work of lover of nature and good literature

Exhibit features Chinese artist's prison paintings, notes

Former Yale president to discuss public education

Faculty to be featured speakers at campus events

Divinity Dean, faculty serving as presidents of scholarly groups

Link between abolitionism and feminism will be explored in conference

Yale composers are honored with ASCAPLU$ awards

Setting the stage for Yale's gala celebration

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