Yale Bulletin and Calendar

December 6, 2002|Volume 31, Number 13

Campus Notes

John Morrell '86, the lead dynamics engineer for Segway, is the designer-in-residence this semester in the Department of Engineering for a senior/graduate level design course that examines aspects of the new transportation device, the Segway Human Transporter. The Segway recently won a "2002 Best of What's New" award from Popular Science magazine.

Jerry M. Woodall, the C. Baldwin Sawyer Professor of Electrical Engineering and professor of applied physics, has been selected by the board of trustees of the Federation of Materials Societies to receive the 2002 National Materials Advancement Award. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated their outstanding capabilities in advancing the effective and economic use of materials and the multi-disciplinary field of materials science and engineering generally. The award will be presented at a reception at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11.

Patrice Jackson, a student at the School of Music, will perform with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, Jan. 19, for the annual Martin Luther King celebration at First Cathedral in Bloomfield. The concert will be led by Edward Cumming, a lecturer at the School of Music. The concert will also feature Praises of Zion, Alfred E. White Chorale and The Hartford Chorale, as well as various soloists.

Sally Cohen, director of the Center for Health Policy and Ethics at the School of Nursing, will have a book signing for her book, titled "Championing Child Care," on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. at the Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway. Cohen is recognized as one of the top scholars in the areas of public policy and public health, especially maternal and child health.

Michael Johns, the University fire marshal, was presented with an award from the New Haven Fire Department on Nov. 10. The citation praised Johns for his "exceptional expertise and diligence regarding Yale campus events, fire related incidents and multi-million dollar building renovations to bring buildings and dorms up to code."

Jeffrey R. Kuhn, postdoctoral associate in the Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, was one of seven scientists who received Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) grants from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The awards, which provide $500,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the early years of faculty service, are made to encourage research at the interface between the physical/computational sciences and the biological sciences. Kuhn's research project is titled "Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy Observations of Actin Branching Dynamics In Vivo." The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent, private foundation dedicated to advancing the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities.

A symposium on New Haven's redevelopment era, titled "New Haven Renewed?," will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the New Haven Colony Historical Society, 114 Whitney Ave. Speakers will include Douglas Rae, the Richard S. Ely Professor of Organization & Management; Alan Plattus, professor of architecture & urbanism; Robert Dahl, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science; New York writer Alan Talbot; and Peter Dobkin Hall of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Edward H. Kaplan, the William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Management Sciences at the Yale School of Management and professor of public health at the School of Medicine, was given the 2002 President's Award from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences on Nov. 18. The award recognizes important contributions to the welfare of society. Kaplan was selected for his outstanding contributions to AIDS and HIV research. He has spent more than 15 years developing methods to evaluate policies to manage the AIDS epidemic and prevent the spread of HIV. The institute is an international scientific society with over 10,000 members dedicated to applying scientific methods to help improve decision-making, management and operations.

Dr. Fadi G. Lakkis, associate professor of internal medicine (nephrology) and immunology, received the 2002 Young Investigator Award, sponsored by the American Society of Nephrology and the American Heart Association. The annual award is given to the most outstanding renal investigator in the world under age 41. Lakkis received the award on Nov. 3 in Philadelphia at the annual meeting of the society. As the award recipient, Lakkis presented a plenary address describing his pioneering studies on the mechanisms underlying rejection versus tolerance of transplanted organs.

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

Provost Alison Richard nominated as Cambridge University Vice-Chancellor

Course on disaster response inspired by Sept. 11 attacks

Curator helping to shape future of nation's most famous museum

Whiffenpoofs will serenade the staff of 'The West Wing'

Grant supports drug research-training project in Thailand

Scientists aim to create drug with impact of low-cal diet

Master watercolor artists are featured in exhibition

Classic Spanish tale dramatizes the struggle for faith

Researcher aspires to 're-create' medieval monastery's library

Scholar's talk illustrates how art can 'unlock the world around it'

Former Law School dean Eugene Rostow dies; helped revamp school

Shopping is an art at Yale's museums

Open house for faculty will showcase technologies for teaching

Campus-wide toy drive will benefit local children

Campus Notes