Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center will sponsor an undergraduate retreat on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Mercy Center in Madison. For more information, call (203) 777-5537.
John F. Matthews, the John M. Schiff Professor of Classics and History and chair of the Department of Classics, was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Leicester, England, on July 10. An authority on later Roman history, Matthews' research has centered on social, political and cultural aspects of the Roman world, Roman historiography and how Roman law was promulgated and transmitted. His books include "Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court, A.D. 364-425" and "Political Life and Culture in Late Roman Society."
Immanuel Wallerstein, senior research scientist in the Department of Sociology, was awarded the 2003 Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award by the American Sociological Association on Aug. 17. The citation read in part: "Professor Wallerstein's development of world-systems analysis shifted the focus of studies of large-scale political processes from societies and nation-states as units of analysis to the world-system, thereby bringing attention to interdependencies that had been largely ignored. He also proposed a rich body of theoretic terms that illuminate both the historical choices that were made in constructing the world-system, and the cleavages around which conflicts are organized."
Jonathan Spence, Sterling Professor of History, received the Sidney Hook Memorial Award from the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Spence was awarded a doctorate from Yale in 1965 and joined the faculty a year later. Earlier this year, Spence was elected president of the American Historical Association. His honors have included MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, appointment to the Library of Congress Council of Scholars, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Queen Elizabeth II made him a companion in the Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, the highest honor given to a non-citizen of the United Kingdom.
Sandra Talley, associate professor of nursing, has been elected to the position of president-elect of the board of directors of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). APNA fosters excellence in the domains of education, policy, practice, research and organizational development. Talley is a national and international authority in caring for the mentally ill and in pharmacology.
Harry Debenedet, a lieutenant in the University Police, will be recognized for his service to the community by St. Michael's Parish and School Alumni on Sept. 14. The event will consist of a special ceremonial mass and musical program beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the church, which is located in Wooster Square. This will be followed by a dinner at noon at Anthony's Oceanview in New Haven. Tickets are $40 per person and may be purchased by calling (203) 562-7178. Debenedet has been involved in law enforcement for 33 years. He serves on several city and statewide committees, including the New Haven Terrorist Task Force and is a certified police instructor.
Alan Trachtenberg, the Neil Gray Jr. Professor Emeritus of English, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant in U.S. Studies-Literature at the University of Southern Denmark Center for American Studies. The senior specialists program offers two- to six-week grants to leading U.S. academics and professionals to support curricular and faculty development and institutional planning at academic institutions in 140 countries.
Wayne Meeks, the Woolsey Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, was named president-elect of Studiorium Novi Testamenti Societas, an international organization of New Testament scholar. The organization has a membership approaching 1,000, elected by the society from scholars around the world who have demonstrated leadership in the field by their publications and teaching. Meeks was active in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale from 1969 until his retirement in 1999.
Bryan C. Hains, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurology, was one of 15 neuroscientists awarded funding by the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. Since 1990, the foundation has invested over a half-million dollars in the laboratories of ten investigators from Yale to further their work on spinal cord injury research.
Ann Okerson, associate University librarian, was given a special "five star" award by The Charleston Advisor Reader's Choice awards. Okerson was cited for "contributions to the library community in the licensing of digital content."
Erin Appleman has been named head coach of women's volleyball. Appleman spent eight years as an assistant coach at Penn State, where she helped lead the Nittany Lions to the 1999 NCAA title. She also served as an assistant coach for the U.S.A. youth national team in 1995 and 1996.
Joel Seltzer, a doctoral candidate in medieval history, was awarded a fellowship grant from the American Council of Learned Societies for a dissertation relevant to Eastern Europe. The title of Seltzer's dissertation is "Between Radicalism and Authority: Hussite Historiography and the Old Czech Annals."
Dr. Joseph E. Craft, professor of internal medicine, chief of the section of rheumatology and professor of immunobiology, was named by the Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) as chair of its scientific advisory board. The ALR was co-founded with the Arthritis Foundation in 1999 to enhance the profile and scope of lupus research. As chair, Craft will oversee the ALR's scientific committee, help establish and monitor its scientific goals, and guide the planning of the organization's annual scientific meeting and summit.
Destination Cure, a Washington, D.C.- based organization dedicated to finding a cure for multiple sclerosis (MS), presented a check for $50,000 to Dr. Stephen G. Waxman, chair of the Department of Neurology and director of the PVA/EPVA Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research. The gift, which is intended for research on MS, was presented on June 16. MS, a crippling neurological disease, affects more than 1.4 million people worldwide.
Andy Shay has been named the head coach of men's lacrosse. Shay spent four years as an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts, where he helped guide the Minutemen in winning two ECAC championships and three New England titles. He also served on the coaching staff of Team USA for the inaugural World Cup of lacrosse in 1999.
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