Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 19, 2004|Volume 32, Number 22

Bruce Ackerman and Noelle Lenoir

Meritorious service

Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and professor of political science, received the Insignia of Commander of the French Order of Merit in a March 1 ceremony on campus. The award was presented by Noelle Lenoir, France's minister for European affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The French National Order of Merit -- established by former French president General Charles de Gaulle and given at the discretion of the French president --rewards distinguished merit in a public post, civilian or military, or in the exercise of private activity. Ackerman was honored for his scholarship in political science, history and constitutional law.

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

Yale scientist on team that discovered new planetoid

Robert Blocker has been reappointed to third term . . .

Center to foster research on cerebral cortex

Bulldogs' Nate Lawrie busy preparing himself for NFL Draft

Political scientist Ian Shapiro named YCIAS director

Zbigniew Brzezinski . . . to present talk on campus

Magic, comic mayhem prevail in re-telling of old tale

'Digital Cops in a Virtual Environment' will explore . . .

Conference to consider 'The Future of Secularism'

Exhibit features works by artist who combined fact and fantasy . . .

NIDA director discusses complicated causes . . . of drug addiction

Castle Lectures to explore materialism in today's culture

English faculty to present staged reading of 'Pentecost'

'Enclave' to explore architectural aspects of ports of commerce

In Focus: Office of Cooperative Research