he Yale School of Management will host its third annual Private Equity Conference on April 4 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut. Stephen A. Schawarzman B.A. '69, pres-ident & CEO of The Blackstone Group, will be the keynote speaker. For on-line registrations, visit http://students.som.yale.edu/sigs/private_equity/conference.htm.
Jessica Stockholder, professor of art, has an exhibit currently running in Germany. At the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K-20 in Dusseldorf, her large installation work titled "On The Spending Money Tenderly" is on view through March 9. A survey show of her studio work was recently on view at the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum-Center for International Sculpture in Dusiberg.
The American Historical Association awarded the J. Russell Major Prize to Robert Harms, professor of history, for his book "The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade." The J. Russell Major Prize, for "the best work in English on any aspect of French history," is the second major award the book has garnered. Last year it won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale.
Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, clinical professor of surgery, received the John P. McGovern Medal from the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA),
Dr. Sharon Inouye, professor of internal medicine (geriatrics), will be awarded the 2003 Ewald W. Busse Research Award in the Biomedical Sciences during the third Pan American Congress of Gerontology in Buenos Aires, April 30-May 3. The award recognizes the achievements of promising junior or mid-career scientists and is intended to encourage their continued contributions to aging research.
Dr. Jack Elias, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine, will receive The Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishment from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) on May 19. The award is given to individuals for distinguished scientific contributions to the understanding, prevention and treatment of lung disease. Elias was one of four nominees selected among other candidates by the ATS award committee.
The 23rd annual ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Award was presented to Daniel Kellogg, a student at the School of Music, for "Jasper and Carnelian," a 12-minute work for orchestra. His composition was selected from nearly 300 submissions. Kellogg will receive a prize of $5,000. His music has been commissioned and performed throughout the country by ensembles including the Ying Quartet, eight blackbird, the United States Marine Band, the Aspen Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Yale Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.
Joseph Entin, a postdoctoral scholar, is among the first visiting scholars at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Entin's research is a reinterpretation of American modernism focusing on how writers, artists, photographers, journalists, social scientists and doctors interpreted the lives and histories of immigrants, African Americans, working-class communities and the underclass. The visiting scholars program will support research conducted by young scholars showing promise of becoming leaders in their fields.
Dr. José Costa, deputy director of the Yale Cancer Center and professor and vice chair of pathology, has been honored by the Catalan government with the Josep Trueta Medal for his outstanding contributions to the healthcare and science fields. The medal, which will be given to Costa on Feb. 1 in Barcelona by Jordi Pujol, president of the Catalan government, recognizes scientists who have had a profound impact on the scientific community in Catalonia. Costa's research focues on carcinogenesis and tumor progression. He is the principal investigator of the Marcia Israel Laboratory for the Earlier Detection of Breast Cancer.
Amanda Walton, the fourth athlete in Ivy League history to be named Rookie of the Year in two sports, received an "Inspiration Award" at the NCAA Honors Dinner in Anaheim, California. Walton, who played both lacrosse and field hockey at Yale, sustained serious injuries in a car crash in 2000. While still continuing her physical rehabilitation, she has returned to Yale as a volunteer assistant field hockey coach. will broadcast the NCAA awards ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 1 p.m. Walton was named field hockey and lacrosse Rookie of the Year in 1999. For her efforts, Walton was also named to Second Team All-Ivy, an honor she also received in field hockey. As a sophomore, Walton led the team in goals (17) and scoring (35), and received NFHCA Mid-East Region First Team All-America and first team All-Ivy honors. She tied the school record in scoring with 39 points (18 goals, 3 assists).
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