Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 15, 2005|Volume 32, Number 26

Campus Notes

Orchestra to perform 'Bulldog Days Pops Concert'

The Davenport Pops Orchestra, Yale's largest student-conducted orchestra and only pops orchestra, will present its first annual "Bulldog Days Pops Concert" at 5-6 p.m. on Monday, April 18.

The event, produced in partnership with the Yale Undergraduate Musical Theatre Company, will take place at First & Summerfield United Methodist Church, located diagonally across from Battell Chapel. The concert will also feature Mixed Company, A Different Drum, and guest soloists from Shades, Redhot & Blue, Something Extra and The Duke's Men.

For more information, visit the website at www.yale.edu/pops.

Christl Maier selected Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology

Christl Maier, associate professor of Old Testament at the Divinity School, is one of seven scholars selected nationwide as a 2005-06 Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology.

The Luce Fellows program was established in 1993 to identify leading scholars in theological studies and to provide them with the necessary financial support and recognition to facilitate their work.

Each of the scholars selected will engage in a yearlong research project in various areas of theological inquiry. Maier has chosen to conduct research in the area of the Bible and the Church on the topic "Space and Gender in Biblical Concepts of Jerusalem." She will explore the formation of Jerusalem as sacred space and its function as a religious symbol.

Yale Rep co-commissions new Naomi Iizuka play

The Yale Repertory Theatre and the Huntington Theatre Company announced the co-commission of a new play by Naomi Iizuka about Isabella Stewart Gardner
and her journeys to Japan in the late 19th century.

The play will explore "the relationship between Japan and the United States during the Gilded Age, as it plays out in the relationship between Gardner and her friend Kazuko Okakura, the Japanese art historian." It is tentatively scheduled for completion in 2006.

Kellie Jones is first recipient of the Driskell Prize

Kellie Jones, assistant professor of the history of art and of African American studies, is the first recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize.

The prize, which honors excellence in African-American art and scholarship, was awarded by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta on March 7. It is named after the renowned African American artist and art scholar whose work in the African diaspora spans more than four decades.

Jones has studied the work of African American, African diaspora and Latin American artists, as well as issues in contemporary art and museum theory. She will receive a $25,000 cash award to advance her continued studies of African-American art.

The High Museum of Art, founded in 1905 as the Atlanta Art Association, is considered the leading art museum in the Southeast.

Yale affiliates to participate in Pace University conference

Gaboury Benoit, professor of environmental chemistry, and John Nolon, visiting professor at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will take part in a conference at Pace University this month.

Titled "Nation on Edge: Planning and Zoning Tools -- Local Role in Disaster Mitigation -- Competencies and Limitations," the conference will be held 4-7 p.m. on Monday, April 18, at the Judicial Institute, Pace University School of Law, 78 North Broadway, White Plains, New York.

The event is free and open to the public; a reception will follow. For more information, contact Ann Marie McCoy at (914) 422-4262 or landuse@law.pace.edu. Additional details are available at: www.law.pace.edu/landuse/whatsnew.html, www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw and http://home.sandiego.edu/%7Elawdean/nation.html.

Margulies wins literature award from American Academy

Donald Margulies, adjunct professor of English and of theater studies, has won an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The award, which carries a cash prize of $7,500, honors "writers of exceptional accomplishment." It will be presented in New York on May 18 at the academy's annual ceremony. The academy was founded in 1898 to "foster, assist and sustain an interest in literature, music and the fine arts." Each year the academy honors over 50 artists, architects, writers and composers with cash awards.

Margulies won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2000 for his play "Dinner With Friends."

John Bollier to head Facilities Capital Program

John Bollier, associate vice president for facilities operations, will assume responsibility for the School of Medicine's Facilities Capital Program, effective April 1. His current responsibilities for the University's facilities operations will remain unchanged.

MB&B student honored by Biophysical Society

Veronica Segarra, a graduate student in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, was one of 14 individuals honored as a 2005 Student Research Achievement Award winner by the Biophysical Society.

One hundred and eight society student members participated in a competitive event held in February. Judges from the society's eight subgroups and the education committee selected the winners who each received a monetary award.

The Biophysical Society, founded in 1956, is a professional, scientific society established to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics.

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

Team uses lasers to control specially modified fruit flies

Financial aid increased for Ph.D. students

Exhibits recount Yale's history and the contributions of its alumni

Visitor Center enjoys pride-of-place as it showcases Yale

Event will bring together staff, students to help city groups

Kim Bottomly has been named as a deputy provost . . .

Zedillo appointed envoy to U.N.'s summer summit

Yale undergraduates make impressive showing in . . .

Cycle of August Wilson plays to conclude with 'Radio Golf'

Next Yale Rep season features new plays . . .

Monthly injections of naltrexone in combination with therapy . . .

Researchers identify a protein in the kidney that regulates . . .

Conference pays tribute to ethicist Margaret Farley

Panel and exhibit mark 30th anniversary of fall of Saigon

Event honors individuals who have contributed to women's health

Conference will consider future of controversial Voting Rights Act

Culture and community

Event highlights new research on AIDS

YALE CANCER CENTER NEWS

World-renowned researcher Foss to join staff

Student's internship earns her accolades in Westinghouse contest