Yale Bulletin and Calendar

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

Pictured at the Elm-Ivy Awards ceremony are (from left) Alderwoman Magdalia Castro; Patricia Willis; Makana Ellis; Alderman Joe Jolly; Albert Lucas; Judith Hackman; Michael Morand, Office of New Haven Affairs; Margaret Andrews; Alderman Al Paolillo Jr.; Alderwoman Katrina Jones; Mayor John DeStefano Jr.; donor Phyllis Seton; Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo; Roseann McNulty; Stephen Papa; John Wesolowski; Catalina Dadio; Daysi Cardona; Bryan Forsyth; Sophie Raseman; Bryan Leach; Kristi Lockhart; Dr. Reginald Mayo; President Richard Levin; and Peter Noble.

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.

The awards were established at Yale in 1979 by Fenmore Seton, Yale Class of 1938, and his wife, Phyllis. The awards evolved from the Elm and Ivy Fund, also created by the Setons, at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. The fund identifies and honors individuals from New Haven and Yale whose work enhances understanding and cooperation between the two.

Elm Awards are given to adults in the New Haven community. Ivy Awards are given to Yale staff, faculty and students. The ceremony took place on April 28 in the Presidents Room of Woolsey Hall.

This year's 16 recipients are:

Elm Awards

Margaret Andrews, gifted teacher at Wexler-Grant School and facilitator for America Reads with Yale.

Al Lucas, director of legislative services for the Board of Aldermen. A graduate of Yale College, he has maintained strong ties to the campus, serving as a mentor and resource for students at Dwight Hall and the Afro-American Cultural Center.

Peter Noble, founder and director of Pequenas Ligas athletic program in Fair Haven.

Stephen Papa, lifelong New Haven civic leader, for partnerships in the Dwight neighborhood.

Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo, communications director of the New Haven Public Schools, for informing the community about projects that bring Yale and the city schools together.

Ivy Faculty and Staff Awards

Daysi Cardona, Catalina Dadio, Roseann McNulty and John Wesolowski, staff in the Tax, Accounting and Controller's offices who served as volunteer tax preparers with the New Life Corporation for Latino residents of New Haven.

Brian Forsyth, associate professor of pediatrics and child study, for "ADOPT-A-DOC," an initiative in pediatric residency training. It incorporates neighborhood residents as mentors for residents, who in turn collaborate with community-based organizations and advocacy groups.

Judith Hackman, associate dean of Yale College, for her leadership of the United Way campaign -- the most successful United Way campaign Yale has ever run-- and her involvement in civic activities over the years, such as the Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund.

Kristi Lockhart, associate research scientist and lecturer in psychology and associate master of Morse College, for her work in placing students in community settings such as Fellowship Place and ALSO/Cornerstone.

Patricia Willis, curator of American Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, where she has increased community outreach with exhibits such as the Langston Hughes Centennial, the collections of James Weldon Johnson and the current exhibit on African Americans in the Civil War.

Ivy Undergraduate Awards

Makana Ellis, a junior in Timothy Dwight College; born and raised in New Haven and a graduate of Career Regional High School. She worked to promote homeownership at the Hill Development Corporation and is a recipient of a President's Public Service Fellowship.

Sophie Raseman, senior in Morse College, for her work in administration of the City's Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Campaign.

Ivy Graduate/Professional Award

Bryan Leach, Law School, for establishing the "Present Fathers" program to support non-custodial fathers' efforts to be involved parents and responsible figures in their children's lives.

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

Alpern named as new medical school dean

Sixteen honored for strengthening town-gown ties

Author Fadiman named first Francis Writer in Residence

Yale counselor helped ease grief of war-torn families in Kosovo and Iraq

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 . . .

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

Event showcasing medical students' original research . . .

New center offers treatment for primary immunodeficiencies

The letters of literary figures are featured in Beinecke exhibit

In elderly, recovery from injuries often good . . .

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

Chemotherapy agent called cisplatin effectively transmits . . .

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

Yale Books in Brief

Campus Notes