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May 7, 2004|Volume 32, Number 29|Two-Week Issue



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Alpern named as new
medical school dean

Dr. Robert Alpern, dean of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, has been appointed as the 16th dean of Yale School of Medicine, announced President Richard C. Levin.
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Sixteen honored for strengthening town-gown ties

The 25th annual Seton Elm and Ivy Awards were presented to 16 individuals this year by President Richard C. Levin and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr.
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Author Fadiman named first
Francis Writer in Residence

Prize-winning author Anne Fadiman has been appointed the first Francis Writer in Residence in Yale College.
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Yale counselor helped ease grief of war-torn families in Kosovo and Iraq

In what is called Europe's worst massacre of civilians since World War II, some 8,000 men and boys were slaughtered when Bosnian Serbs overtook the U.N.-protected zone of Srebrenica, Bosnia, in the summer of 1995.
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O T H E RS T O R I E S

Media failed to 'connect the dots' before 9/11, journalist says

With a hoisting of tentacles, giant squid returns to Peabody

Alumni delegates explore issues facing 'Yale Women in a Changing World'

Threatened nation-state is topic of two-day YCIAS conference

Event showcasing medical students' original research to feature talk by head of NINDS

New center offers treatment for primary immunodeficiencies

The letters of literary figures are featured in Beinecke exhibit

In elderly, recovery from injuries often good, but short-lived, say researchers

Study: For-profit hospices offer fewer services than non-profits

Chemotherapy agent called cisplatin effectively transmits 'death signal' to other cells

Scientists learn more about bond of water molecules, protons

New fund will support YSN faculty's initiatives to improve health care

Juniors are recognized for scholarship and character

'Modernist Voices' will explore themes in American and British literature

Dr. Terri Fried lauded for her work in geriatric patient care and research

Event explores new advances in chemical biology

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Dr. Robert Alpern (right), dean-elect of the School of Medicine, speaks to members of the medical school community on April 30, as Provost Susan Hockfield and President Richard C. Levin look on.
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New Haven native Harry Townshend (far right), who built the model of the giant squid, holds one of its tentacles as the rigging crew prepares to hoist the "creature" to the ceiling of the Peabody Museum's main lobby.
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