Young appointed assistant director of Writing Center
Suzanne Young has been appointed assistant director of the Yale College Writing Center, effective July 1.
Young is currently a head preceptor in the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University, where she teaches an interdisciplinary seminar on consciousness, leads faculty development for other teachers and is an investigator in the Harvard Study of Writing.
She received her doctorate in English literature from the University of Virginia. Her publications include studies of Virginia Woolf, H.D. and the figure of the female detective.
At Yale, Young will help shape how writing is taught in the new curriculum, will supervise peer and graduate tutors in the expanded Writing Center, and will support teachers and tutors working with English as a Second Language writers. Young's husband, Steven Shoemaker, has been selected by the Graduate School to inaugurate its support of graduate student writers, focusing especially on writers at the dissertation stage.
Dr. Mario Sznol was recently appointed as vice-chief of the Section of Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center.
In this position, Sznol will play a key leadership role in helping to direct the academic and clinical research activities of the section.
Sznol currently cares for patients with melanoma and serves as head of the melanoma disease unit. In addition, he is chair of the Protocol Review Committee and a member of the Yale Human Investigations Committee.
Yale Cancer Center's sixth annual gala, "La Cassa Magica," raised over $400,000 to support the development of translational research and the initiation of clinical trials at the center.
The event was held on Saturday, April 16, at the Country Club of Fairfield. The evening celebrated advances made in
The Honorable Rudolph W. and Mrs. Judith Giuliani were the honorary chairs for the gala. The event was hosted by Paula Zahn, a news anchor on CNN and a Cancer Center board member.
Established in 1974, Yale Cancer Center was one of the first university-based comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. Today, it is one of a select network of only 39 in the United States, and the only one in southern New England.
Dr. Thomas M. Gill, associate professor of medicine (geriatrics), was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) in April.
ASCI is considered one of the nation's oldest and most respected medical honor societies. The society includes physician-scientists from all medical specialties who were elected because of their outstanding records of scholarly achievement in biomedical research. The ASCI is dedicated to the advancement of research that extends understanding and improves the treatment of human diseases, and members are committed to mentoring future generations of physician-scientists. Because members must be 45 years of age or younger at the time of their election, membership reflects accomplishments by its members relatively early in their careers.
Gill is a leading authority on the epidemiology and prevention of disability and functional decline among older persons. His findings have been published in biomedical and epidemiology journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and American Journal of Epidemiology.
Sumi Kittelberger, a graduate student at the School of Music, won second place in the student division in Opera Theater of Connecticut's 2005 Amici Vocal Competition. The event was held on April 16 at the Andrews Memorial Town Hall in Clinton.
Wai Chee Dimock, the William Lampson Professor of English and American Studies, was the featured speaker at the Lionel Trilling Seminars in Criticism, sponsored by Columbia University.
The seminar took place on April 5 in the Teatro Room of the Italian Academy, located adjacent to the Columbia campus. Dimock's topic was "Epic and Novel on Four Continents."
Columbia has sponsored a series of intellectual conversations in memory of Trilling, who is considered one of the country's great humanists of the 20th century.
Dr. Aydin Arici, professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the School of Medicine, has won the IVI Foundation International Award for best scientific/
Arici was honored at the IVI Symposium held in Valencia, Italy, April 27-29.
A board certified specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, Arici is chief of the Section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Yale. His clinical research focuses on the pathogenesis of endometriosis, particularly the investigation of cellular and molecular mechanisms in endometrial physiology and pathology.
Dr. Stephen Waxman, chair of the Department of Neurology and professor of neurology, neurobiology and pharmacology, was inducted as an honorary member of the Association of British Neurologists (ABN).
Waxman gave the R.S. Allison Lecture titled "Heroes and Hooligans: Sodium Channels and Their Many Roles in Neurological Disease" at the meeting.
The ABN inducts one honorary member per year.
Five researchers from the Department of Physics are featured in a special focus issue of the Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics.
The issue is a compilation of the accepted papers from invited guests at the conference "Hot Quarks 2004 A Workshop for Young Scientists on the Physics of Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions" held last year in New Mexico.
The featured faculty members are: Jana Bielcikova, for the CERES/NA45 Collaboration, and Boris Hippolyte, Sevil Salur, Christina Markert and Betty Bezverkhny for the STAR Collaboration.
The journal article is available online at www.iop.org/EJ/toc/0954-3899/31/4.
Richard Lalli, associate professor at the School of Music, will perform in "Bus 66," a song cycle by Francine Trester, in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, May 8 and May 15.
Trester describes the 18-song cycle as "united by a common thread -- the bus itself -- which serves both literally and figuratively as a vehicle for conveying life's many passengers and their unique stories." Lalli will be accompanied by William Braun on piano.
Both performances will begin at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $15; $10 for students. For more information, visit the website at www.bus66.com.
T H I S
Cancer Center appointment
Gala raises funds to support clinical trials at Cancer Center
targeted treatments aimed at eradicating cancer.
Gill elected to Society of Clinical Investigation
Music student places in Amici vocal competition
Dimock featured speaker at Lionel Trilling seminar
Arici honored with international award
clinical research of excellence groups in reproductive medicine. The award recognizes scientific and clinical contributions over the last five years.
Neurologists association inducts Stephen Waxman
Institute of Physics journal features Yale researchers
Lalli to perform in 'Bus 66' at Carnegie Hall
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