Faculty appointment
President Richard C. Levin has announced the appointment of John Darnell, professor of Egyptology, as acting chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations for the 2006 spring term.
Yale School of Nursing doctoral student Christine Ceccarelli recently received a national award from the American Nephrology Nurses Association(ANNA).
She won the 2005 Representation Award, which recognizes ANNA members who have demonstrated a commitment to the organization's legislative initiatives by active participation in the legislative process on either the local, state or national level. It also recognizes outstanding contribution toward educating and motivating others to participate in the legislative process.
Ceccarelli has represented Connecticut nephrology nurses through participation in three Public Health Code revisions of state statutes governing the area of dialysis over the past 25 years. Her work has helped preserve the strong role of the nurse in the care of dialysis patients.
John Szwed, the John M. Musser Professor of Anthropology, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Album Notes" category. His notes are on the album "The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax," featuring the music of jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton. The album was produced by Rounder Records.
Szwed is also a professor in the Departments of Music, African American Studies and American Studies.
Dr. Padmini Ranasinghe, an M.P.H. candidate in the Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology (CDE), and her adviser, Becca Levy, associate professor in CDE and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program, won top honors at an Oct. 28 oral presentation and poster competition.
Their poster, titled "Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Six Months After the Tsunami in Sri Lanka," was selected as best research poster at the American College of Physicians Connecticut Chapter annual scientific meeting.
Ranasinghe, who is also an internal medicine/preventive medicine resident at Griffin Hospital, will present the poster at the American College of Physicians' national meeting in April. The research was conducted in part with a Stolwijk Fellowship awarded by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.
Stephen R. Anderson, professor of linguistics and psychology and chair of the undergraduate major in cognitive science, has been elected the 83rd president of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA).
Anderson will serve as vice-president/president-elect during 2006, and as president of the society during 2007. Founded in 1924 to advance the scientific study of language, the LSA is the largest linguistic society in the world.
Anderson is the author of six books, the most recent of which are "Doctor Dolittle's Delusion: Animals and the Uniqueness of Human Language" and "Aspects of the Theory of Clitics."
John H. Langbein, Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, has won the Order of the Coif Biennial Book Award for his book "The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial." The award recognizes the authors of legal publications that evidence creative talent of the highest order.
Langbein was selected for the award for the 2003-2004 period. "The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial" was published by Oxford University Press in 2003. The book traces the history of the Anglo-American adversary system of justice, focusing on how lawyers assumed a preeminent role in criminal trials in the 18th century. It also provides a detailed account of the formation of the law of criminal evidence.
Langbein received the award at the Association of American Law Schools annual luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5.
T H I S
Nursing student honored with national award
Szwed nominated for a Grammy Award
Two individuals win top honors in poster competition
Anderson elected president of Linguistic Society
Langbein wins Order of the Coif book award
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