Richard Burger, professor of anthropology and Lucy Salazar, manager at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, were presented with "official citations" of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut on May 1. The citations offered congratulations in recognition of the "tireless work on the Machu Picchu exhibit and Academic Symposium and for all your wonderful contributions to presenting the rich history of the Inca Empire to so many."
Two students at the School of Medicine presented papers at the annual Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, in March. Elizabeth Kagan Arleo presented two papers at the meeting. Arleo also presented a third paper as a poster at the National American College of Obstetrician/Gynecologists meeting in New Orleans in April and will present an additional paper at the annual American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) in San Diego in May. David Ornan won an honors award for his poster at the SIR meeting. He will be presenting this paper at the ARRS meeting. This important work is the first paper examining the long term sequellae of embolization as a treatment of one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the western world. The papers by both students have been submitted for publication in radiology and obstetrics and gynecology journals.
President Richard C. Levin announced the following faculty appointments: Kelly Brownell, professor of psychology, as chair of the Department of Psychology, for three years, beginning July 1; Daniel Prober, professor of applied physics, as chair of the Department of Applied Physics, for three years, beginning July 1; and Keith Wrightson, professor of history, as chair of the Program in Renaissance Studies, for three years, beginning July 1. During Wrightson's leave of absence in the 2003-2004 spring semester, Lawrence Manley, professor of English, will serve as acting chair of the department. Levin also announced the following faculty reappointments: David Pearce, the Henry Ford II Professor of Economics, as chair of the Department of Economics, for three years, beginning July 1; and Ruth Yeazell, the Chace Family Professor of English, as chair of the Department of English for two years, beginning July 1. During Yeazell's leave of absence in the 2003-2004 fall semester, Linda Peterson, the Neil Gray Jr. Professor of English, will serve as acting chair of the department.
Gilbert M. Joseph, the Farnam Professor of History, delivered two talks as part of the Ena H. Thompson Lectureship at Pomona College in April. The lectureship was endowed in 1980 to encourage a broader understanding and appreciation of history. Visiting lecturers are elected both on the basis of their past contributions to the discipline and of the importance of their current research in advancing the field. Joseph, the author of numerous books and articles, is chair of the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies.
Edmund Morgan, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, and biographer of Benjamin Franklin, will receive an honorary degree from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. This is the tenth such honor bestowed on the historian.
State Supreme Court Justice Flemming L. Norcott Jr., lecturer in African American Studies, was honored at the Greater New Haven NAACP's 86th annual Freedom Fund Dinner on May 22. He received the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, the chapter's highest honor. Norcott was named to the state Superior Court in 1992.
Dr. Katherine Kennedy, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, and her husband, Ted Kennedy Jr., were honored as Persons of the Year by the Home Builders Association of New Haven County Inc. on May 15. Kennedy is the founder of CT Stop the Pipeline, a grassroots organization dedicated to stopping Islander East Pipeline Company, L.L.C. from constructing a natural gas pipeline across Long Island Sound.
Judith Resnik, the Arthur Liman Professor of Law, was a featured speaker at a meeting on "Congress and the Courts: Independence of the Federal Judiciary" held at the Library of Congress on May 15. Among the other participants were House Judiciary Committee Chair F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wisconsin), Judge Danny J. Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, and Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times. The event was sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Carolyn Moehling, assistant professor of economics, and Timothy Guinnane, professor of economics and history, have been awarded a grant by the National Institutes of Health to study the causes of the fertility transition among the Irish in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The project will look at the Irish in Ireland and overseas, and attempt to address the main hypotheses advanced to explain the fertility transition in other contexts. Additional collaborators include Cormac O'Grada of University College, Dublin, and Oliver Linton of the London School of Economics. The total amount of the award is about $1 million over three years.
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Yale affiliates honored for work in the arts
Center promoting elderly independence marks 10th year
Summertime at Yale
Italian scholar Guiseppe Mazzotta is named a Sterling Professor Professor
Günter Wagner is appointed the first Alison Richard Professor
Arjun Appadurai is chosen as next term's DeVane Professor
2003 Commencement Information
Federal grant funds researchers' study on risk factors for asthma
Program supports graduate students' language study
Alumni return for weekend celebrations
Former Eli football players to discuss the sport's impact . . .
Conservation leader establishes new scholarship at F&ES
Program will help Chinese leaders plan for sustainable development
Two scholars take work in 'new directions' with Mellon fellowships
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SOM announces winners of inaugural business competition
Display features hopping, croaking 'Jewels of the Rainforest'
Familiar Bible stories depicted in fabric in new ISM exhibition
Search committee named for Law School Dean
Four undergraduates win nonfiction awards in writing contest
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