Catherine Lynch Gilliss, dean of the School of Nursing, will be the keynote speaker at a regional health care breakfast hosted by the Health Care Council of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce. The event is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15, at the Masonic Healthcare Center, 22 Masonic Ave. in Wallingford. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased by contacting Paul Tommaselli at (203) 782-4342 or ptommaselli@gnhcc.com.
The Yale Center for British Art will sponsor a lecture by Sir Hugh Roberts, director of the Royal Collection and surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art, at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 14. The lecture, titled "George III and Queen Charlotte: Patronage, Collecting and Court Taste," will take place at the Bard Graduate Center, 38 West 86th St., in New York City. Admission is $20; $15 for senior citizens. For more information, send e-mail to programs@bgc.bard.edu.
President Richard C. Levin has announced the following appointments: Beatrice Gruendler, professor of Near Eastern languages and civilizations, as chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations for three years, beginning July 1; and James Hepokoski, professor of music history, as director of the Division of the Humanities for one year, beginning July 1. Levin also announced the following reappointments: Patrick McCreless, professor of music, as chair of the Department of Music for three years, beginning July 1; Ramamurti Shankar, professor of physics and applied physics, as chair of the Department of Physics for three years, beginning July 1; and María Rosa Menocal, the R. Selden Rose Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, as director of the Whitney Humanities Center for three years, beginning July 1. During Menocal's leave of absence in the 2004-2005 fall semester, Katherine Trumpener, professor of comparative literature and English, will serve as acting director of the center.
Timothy Snyder, assistant professor of history, has won a book prize from the American Association of Ukrainian Studies for "The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999." The award is the third Snyder has won for his book.
Dr. Barry L. Zaret, the Robert Berliner Professor of Medicine, section chief of internal medicine/cardiology and professor of diagnostic radiology, has been awarded a 2004 Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his outstanding contributions to American medicine. Zaret and other recipients received their awards on May 15 at a gala event on Ellis Island in New York. Established in 1986, the Medal of Honor is presented to outstanding Americans who have distinguished themselves as citizens of the United States. The United States Congress sanctions the awards, and recipients' names are listed in the Congressional Record.
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University celebrates its 303rd graduationLevin calls for U.S. to change student visa policies
International arts festival returns to New Haven
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPSAnthony Kronman is appointed Sterling Professor of Law
Paul Gilroy is designated as the Charlotte Marion Saden Professor
Joan Panetti named the Sylvia and Leonard Marx Jr. Adjunct Professor
New campus programs will cut costs and boost efficiency
Installation at city's historical society features tales about urban renewal
Show recalls Victorians' attempts to capture nature's wonders
Exhibit spotlights works by one of Britain's most neglected artists
Medical and nursing schools to host alumni reunions
Yale and state officials consider ways to promote smoking cessation
Poll shows state of the environment a concern for voters
Scientists identify molecule that causes irreversible nerve damage in MS
F&ES symposium will examine effects of forest certification
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