President Richard C. Levin is one of 12 members of an executive board named by Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland on June 13 to explore plans to build a $100 million science center at Adriaen's Landing in Hartford.
President Richard C. Levin announced the appointment of Judith Krauss, professor of nursing and master of Silliman College, as chair of the Council of Masters for two years, beginning July 1.
On June 27, Harold Bloom, the Sterling Professor of Humanities and English, will speak informally about genius to 100 CEOs attending the Yale School of Management's Leadership Institute led by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. The talk will take place in the Law School auditorium.
Yochai Benkler, visiting professor at the Law School, and Stephen Wizner, the William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law, were guests of the University of Haifa's Faculty of Law, Center for the Study of the Information Society, and Rothschild Foundation Computer Science Institute recently. Benkler gave a series of talks and workshops on different aspects of the open information environment. Wizner spoke about Jewish tradition and legal activism.
Heather Daly-Donofrio '91, head coach of the women's golf team from 1997 to 2000, and Cindy Shin, who will be a freshman in the fall, have qualified for the 2003 United States Open Championship. Shin will be the first Yale undergraduate to play in a U.S. Open. She will compete as an amateur. The Yale women's golf team has won five of the seven Ivy League Championship events, including the last two.
Joan Argetsinger Steitz, the Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Brown University on May 26 and from Princeton University on June 3. The Princeton citation read in part: "In achieving distinction at a time when few women were accepted in her field, she has opened the door for other women to follow her into the front ranks of research and teaching in the sciences."
Dr. Richard P. Lifton, chair of the Department of Genetics, is the recipient of the 2003 Roy O. Greep Lecture Award from The Endocrine Society. The award is presented for outstanding contributions to research in endocrinology. Lifton's work involves using molecular genetic techniques to dissect physiologic processes that regulate cardiovascular and renal function in humans, with an emphasis on blood pressure regulation. Founded in 1916, The Endocrine Society is the world's oldest, largest, and most active organization devoted to research on hormones and the clinical practice of endocrinology.
Parsia A. Vagefi, a fourth-year medical student at the School of Medicine, has been awarded a 2003 Young Investigator Award from the American Transplant Congress for his abstract titled "Xenogeneic vascularized thymic lobe transplantation as a potential method of tolerance induction in a large animal model of pig-to-primate transplantation." The American Transplant Congress is a joint meeting between the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the American Society of Transplantation. The meeting is intended for physicians, surgeons, scientists, nurses, organ procurement personnel, and pharmacists who are interested in the clinical and research aspects of solid organ and tissue transplantation.
Lori Feola, a University police officer, received the John J. Manfredi Criminal Justice Scholarship award on June 12. The award is a $500 educational scholarship. Feola holds a degree in criminal justice in law enforcement and is currently working toward a master's degree in forensic science at the University of New Haven.
Suzana M. Zorca, a senior in Yale College majoring in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a participant in the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. The program provides up to $20,000 a year to outstanding undergraduates who are committed to careers in biomedical research. Participants also receive paid research internships during the summer and after graduation at the NIH laboratories in Bethesda, Maryland.
Four Yale faculty members delivered lectures at a celebration of the 80th birthday of former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger at the Library of Congress on May 30. The speakers were John Gaddis, the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military & Naval History; Charles Hill, visiting lecturer in international affairs; Donald Kagan; the Sterling Professor of Classics & History; and Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History. The title of the daylong series of lectures was "History and Practice."
Four University affiliates were recipients of ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers holds the yearly competition for gifted young concert music composers under the age of 30. Winning composers share prizes of over $30,000. The affiliates were Patrick Burke '03 Music, Orianna Webb '03 Music, Juah Adashi '98 and Daniel Kellogg '01 Music and '03 Music.
Ivan Penkov, professor of mathematics at the University of California, Riverside, will be a visiting professor during the fall semester. Penkov will conduct joint research with several Yale faculty, including Gregg Zuckerman, professor of mathematics. He will also teach a graduate course.
Hilary Witt has been named as head coach of the women's hockey team. Witt served as an assistant coach during the 2001-2002 season and took over the program last fall as interim head coach. The Bulldogs had their best ECAC finish this year.
Akiko Iwasaki, assistant professor of epidemiology and public health, is the recipient of the 2003 Wythe-Lederle Vaccines Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development. The award was given by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, professor of nursing and associate dean for academic affairs for the School of Nursing, has been named associate dean of the Penn State College of Health and Human Development and director of that institution's School of Nursing, effective Oct. 1.
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Faculty win Blue Planet Prize; second Yale win in two years
Renowned neurosurgeon named acting dean of Medical School
High school students sample university life
City youths learn the fine art of playwriting
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Students' winning house design parts with tradition
Summer music flourished under pianist's direction
MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWSBayer endows scholarship in biomedical research
Expert on Epstein-Barr virus gets MERIT Award
Research: Women who quit smoking more susceptible . . .
Study finds no racial gap in quality of care for heart patients
Study: Epilepsy patients especially prone to side-effects . . .
Antipsychotic drug may increase risk of diabetes
State-of-the-art center on Long Wharf will be home to . . .
Yale artist's painting wins award from National Academy of Art
Two faculty members elected into renowned society
Yale Glee Club has named its newest director
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Researcher touts 'Grand Unification' theory of galaxies
Astronomy fellow discovers new gravitational lens
Law professor Burke Marshall dies . . .
Thomas Greene, renowned literary scholar, dies at age 77
Leonard Kaplow dies; renowned pathologist
Symposium honors Shulman's work with NMR
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