Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 5, 2004|Volume 33, Number 10

Campus Notes

Master of Music recitals

The School of Music will sponsor two Master of Music recitals off-campus next week.

On Friday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m., Vanessa Reynolds will perform on the bassoon at the Neighborhood Music School, 100 Audubon St.

On Saturday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m., Omar Butler will perform on the trumpet at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of Wall and Orange streets.

Admission to both recitals is free. For more information, call (203) 432-4158.

Gospel choirs in concert

The Yale Gospel Choir will perform in a concert at the Center Church on the Green, 250 Temple St., on Friday, Nov. 12.

The concert, which will also feature the Eastern Nazarene Gospel Choir, will begin at 7 p.m. Admission is $6; $5 in advance. The public is invited.

Connecticut Academy lecture

The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, a scholarly organization affiliated with Yale, is sponsoring a lecture by Gaddis Smith, the Larned Professor Emeritus of History, on Tuesday, Nov. 16.

Titled "Is Woodrow Wilson Turning Over in His Grave? -- Reflections on the Panacea of National Self-Determinism," the lecture will begin at 5 p.m. at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave.

The event is free and the public is invited. For more information, call (860) 297-2397 or (203) 432-3113, ext. 2.

Susan Mayne appointments

Susan T. Mayne, professor of epidemiology and public health, has been appointed to positions in two national organizations.

Mayne was selected to serve as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The board evaluates the quality and performance of the NCI's scientists and research programs and provides advice to the scientific director. Members of the board are solicited for suggestions about NCI's resource allocation, program administration and new projects.

Mayne was also appointed to the nutrition subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. The committee provides advice to the director of the center and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs regarding emerging food safety, food science, nutrition and other food-related issues.

New curator at Art Gallery

Jessica Sack has been appointed the Jan and Frederick Mayer Associate Curator for Public Education at the Yale University Art Gallery.

Sack will be responsible for developing and implementing the museum's educational programs for kindergarten through 12th grade and, working with the curator of academic initiatives, integrating Yale undergraduates into an active and engaging educational outreach program to New Haven and the region.

Prior to her appointment, Sack was the senior museum educator and coordinator of teacher services at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, where she worked on all aspects of public education.

Glaser elected to American Neurological Association

Dr. Gilbert Glaser, professor emeritus of neurology, was elevated by election to honorary member status in the American Neurological Association, the organization representing academic neurology and neuroscience, on Oct. 4.

The honor is limited to those individuals who have made unique contributions over a substantial period of time to neurology and neuroscience, as investigator and teacher, as well as furthering neurology on the national and international levels. Glaser has similar honorary status in the American Academy of Neurology and the Association of British Neurologists.

Saltzman named Engineering Society distinguished lecturer

W. Mark Saltzman, the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was named the Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Lecturer for 2004, the society's highest award.

Saltzman's research focuses on creating safer and more effective medical and surgical therapies based on tissue engineering and on developing methods for drug delivery.

The annual award recognizes originality, leadership and outstanding achievement in the science and practice of biomedical engineering and consists of a plaque, a $1,000 honorarium and travel expenses. An important function of the lecture is to critically review a field of biomedical engineering and offer a vision of its future.

Elizabeth Anderson named to college planning society

Elizabeth J. Anderson, manager of space management and information systems, was named to the board of directors of the Society for College and University Planning.

The society is a group of nearly 5,000 higher education planning professionals. For more information, visit the website at www.scup.org.

Hardy named Pfizer Scholar

Dr. Susan E. Hardy, instructor in geriatric medicine at the School of Medicine, was recently awarded a 2004 Pfizer/Foundation for Health in Aging Junior Faculty Scholar Award for Research on Health Outcomes in Geriatrics.

Hardy will receive $65,000 annually for two years to continue her research into transitions between independence and disability among older persons. Her research focuses on how older people recover from disability in basic activities such as bathing and walking.

The purpose of the Pfizer Scholars program is to encourage the development and promotion of talented physician-scientists at the beginning of their careers. Two scholar grants are awarded annually in geriatrics, public health, clinical epidemiology and pain medicine.

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

Yale scientists honored for their research

'Future of Animal Law' to be explored

In Focus: Epidemiology & Public Health

Yale senior starts to drive, using vegetable oil as his fuel

Grant to fund study of long-term effect of drug use on teenagers

Electronic records may improve care of children with asthma

Kaplan honored with election to the Institute of Medicine

Lecture to look at 'Iraq and Shadow of Vietnam'

Janet Reno to be keynote speaker at Law School symposium

Study: More exercise programs for breast cancer survivors needed

Partnership bringing together U.S. and Russian organizations . . .

Study: Risk of developing disabilities rises 60-fold . . .

Concert Band will stage 1943 Glenn Miller radio broadcast

Calhoun College to host talks by poet and Yale World Fellow

New tree a symbol of support needed to fight cancer

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