Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 28, 2003|Volume 31, Number 20

Campus Notes

Aldo Parisot, the Samuel S. Sanford Professor of Music, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by The Pennsylvania State University at University Park on Dec. 21. Parisot has performed as a concert soloist, chamber musician, and recitalist, and is director of the Grammy-nominated Yale Cellos. Among his honors are the United Nations Peace Medal, the Artist/Teacher Award from the American String Teachers Association, the Governor's Arts Award from the State of Connecticut, and the Manchester (England) International Festival Award of Distinction.

President Richard C. Levin announced the appointment of David Quint as chair of the Department of Comparative Literature for three years, beginning July 1.

Darryl Delia has been named interim head coach of the men's lacrosse team. He was formerly the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the past five years. Jon Reese, the most prolific player in the history of Yale lacrosse, has become interim associate head coach.

Robert Koudelka, a graduate student in engineering and applied science, has won the 2002 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting "Roger A. Haken Best Student Paper Award" for his paper "Novel Light Emitting Device with Ultrafast Color Switching." The competition is international and student papers compete on the same level as senior scientist submissions. Koudelka will accept a plaque and a check at the 2003 IEDM Plenary Session in Washington, D.C., next December. Jerry Woodall, the C. Baldwin Sawyer Professor of Electrical Engineering and professor of applied physics, serves as Koudelka's faculty adviser.

Stephen J. Pitti, assistant professor in the departments of American studies and history, will sign copies of his new book, "The Devil in Silicon Valley: Northern California, Race and Mexican Americans" at Book Haven, 290 York St., on Tuesday, March 4, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call (203) 787-2848.

Carl S. Feen had been named chair of the board for the Yale Cardiovascular Research Fund. The fund provides key support for emerging physician-scientists. Yale pursues promising, innovative research in the genetics and the molecular biology of cardiovascular disease, as well as health services research. Feen, a New Haven resident and the owner of a national financial planning firm, has served as vice chair of the U.S. Department of Labor's ERISA Board and currently sits on the National Committee for the Performing Arts.

Charles A. Greer, professor of neurosurgery and neurobiology, has been selected as the 2002 winner of Frank Allison Linville's R.H. Wright Award in Olfactory Research. The $30,000 award is made annually to an individual who has recorded outstanding achievement in research related to olfaction. Greer is noted for his studies of the fine structure and function of the developing olfactory system, especially the local synaptic circuit organization in the olfactory bulb. Greer's studies use the olfactory system as a model for identifying mechanisms and general principles that underlie the specificity of axon targeting and synapse formation in the nervous system.

Rosemarie Morgan, a fellow at the University and president of the Thomas Hardy Association, announced the inauguration of a new special book collection under the auspices of the association. The Collection of Early Hardy Criticism will acquire and preserve over a hundred titles dating to the mid nineteenth-century which no library yet holds in a single collection. The collection officially received its first bequest this week when a local entrepreneur formally donated his copy of Ernest Brennecke's "Life and Art" (1925) to Morgan.

Dr. Dennis Cooper, professor of internal medicine (oncology) and associate professor of surgery, will be honored at the 2003 Hope Gala, an American Cancer Society event, on April 11. Cooper will receive an "Angel Award" which acknowledges individuals' dedication in the fight against cancer. The gala raises funds for the society's programs of research, education, patient advocacy and service.

The Institute of Sacred Music and the School of Music have announced the appointment of Simon Carrington to the choral faculty. He will conduct a newly-formed chamber choir for performance, touring and recording. The appointment is effective July 1. Carrington has been director of choral activities at the New England Conservatory and the University of Kansas. He is founding co-director of Britain's renowned ensemble The King's Singers, with whom he performed at many of the world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls. He has made over 70 recordings.

The Yale School of Management recently honored two distinguished individuals with leadership awards. Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of the City of New York, was given the Award for Distinguished Leadership in Global Capital Markets. The event gathers 50 of the world's leading financiers, finance ministers and central bank governors for a meeting that includes a discussion on the future of global markets. The award program was begun in 2000 to honor an individual who has had significant impact furthering the efficiency, safety and soundness of the international financial system. The Chief Executive Leadership Institute of the Yale School of Managment presented its "Legend in Leadership Award" to Jack Bogle, founder of the The Vanguard Group, at its conference on January 14-15. Vanguard is the second largest mutual fund organization, comprising more than 100 funds with assets totaling over $600 million. Past winners have included Quincy Jones, musician and enterpreneur, and Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post. The institute was founded in 1989 to "provide original research on leadership and educational forums through peer-driven learning for accomplished leaders across sectors."

Timothy Guinnane, professor of economics and history, is the Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at the University of Cambridge in England for the academic year 2002-3. The Pitt professorship was created in 1944 with a gift from Cambridge University Press. The funds for the gift were accumulated during World War II, when the press was prevented by wartime economic controls from using its income for many normal expenditures. In the years since its inception the professorship has been held by four other Yale faculty members. Guinnane is also a fellow in St. John's College.

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

Two faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

Stern reappointed as School of Architecture dean

New website showcases Yale's global initiatives

Unions declare intent to strike

Thompson cited for work on African and Afro-American art

'Father of fractals' discusses 'essential' role of math in life

Noted historian Garry Wills will deliver the Tanner Lectures

Event to explore how lawyers can use media to tell their clients' stories

Campus event draws New Haven schoolchildren who 'THINK BIG'

One of the recording industry's youngest executives . . .

Study reveals consumers want more data from weight-loss programs

Parents show no risk of heart attack when witnessing children's surgeries

Bright Beginnings receives grant in support of its work . . .

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