Dr. Murat Gunel, associate professor of neurosurgery, will be one of the raconteurs featured in "The Moth," a cabaret show of storytelling at the Quinnipiack Club, 122 Church St. on Friday, Oct. 22.
Other performers in the show will include Andy Borowitz of CNN and National Public Radio (NPR) and Lee Aaron Blair, a professional gambler and NPR commentator.
The show will begin at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. for snacks, cocktails and socializing. Tickets are $35. For more information, visit the website at www.themoth.org.
Joan Panetti, the Sylvia and Leonard Marx Professor (Adjunct) of Music, was presented with the Nadia Boulanger Achievement Award for the Teaching of Music by the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Panetti, a pianist, composer and educator, has been a member of the School of Music faculty for 30 years, and was director of the Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival from 1982 to 2003.
The Longy School of Music, committed to quality teaching of music to students of all ages, levels of ability, and widely varying aspirations, presents two distinguished awards each year to musicians who have made a profound impact in society and education and whose mission reflects the values and aspirations of the school. Longy recognized Panetti for her commitment to outreach and continued service to the quality of the student-teacher relationship.
The Law School will join New York Law School in sponsoring "State of Play II: Reloaded," an annual conference that explores the interaction of law and the virtual world.
This year's event will focus on the themes of intellectual property and goverance in virtual worlds. The conference will be held at New York Law School in Tribeca, New York City, from Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 28 to Oct. 30.
For more information, visit the website at www.nyls.edu/pages/2396.asp.
Marina Picciotto, associate professor of psychiatry, pharmacology and neurobiology, received a $100,000 grant from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) for a project focusing on new antidepressant targets in the brain.
The grant is provided to scientists who have already won national competitive support as principal investigators. Picciotto will study the antidepressant effect of blocking the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
NARSAD is a nonprofit charitable organization that raises funds from individuals, corporations and foundations. It does not accept government funding. Since its founding in 1987, NARSAD has raised more than $162 million and has funded more than 2,400 research projects.
Five students from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies will receive grants to study "pressing environmental challenges" as Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research.
Alissa Hamilton and Anastasia O'Rourke are Ph.D. candidates and will each receive $10,000. Ann Grodnik, Andrea Johnson and David Kneas are candidates in the Master's in Environmental Science program and will each receive $5,000.
The fellowship recipients were selected by a committee of environmental experts.
T H I S
Gunel among featured performers in 'The Moth'
Acclaimed School of Music faculty member honored with teaching award
Conference to explore interaction of law and virtual world
Researcher's grant funds study on brain targets and depression
Students to examine environmental challenges on Heinz Scholarships
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
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