Yale student wins Pedrotti Competition
Darrell Ang, a conducting fellow at the School of Music, was a top prize winner in the 2006 Antonio Pedrotti International Competition for Orchestra Conductors, held Sept. 30-Oct. 12 in Trento, Italy.
Ang is a first-year Master of Music student. He studied orchestral conducting at the music academies of Vienna and St. Petersburg. He has conducted orchestras in several countries, including Russia, Japan, Canada and Singapore.
Lecturer Amy Bloom to read from her novel
Amy Bloom, lecturer in English, will read from her forthcoming novel "Away" on Sunday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.
The event will take place at CHOW, 966 Chapel St. Snacks and beverages will be served. Tickets are $5.
For more information, visit www.chownewhaven.com or send e-mail to debbie@bisnoproductions.com.
Neuroscientist wins honor from Italian university
The University of Pavia, founded in 1361, bestowed an honorary degree on Gordon M. Shepherd, professor of neuroscience, on Oct. 2.
The occasion was the celebration of the centenary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Camillo Golgi of Pavia. Golgi was the first Italian scientist to receive the prize, which was awarded for inventing the technique for silver staining of individual neurons that laid the basis for modern neuroscience. Shepherd, a biographer of Golgi, was cited for his discovery of microcircuits in the nervous system, and of sensory maps representing odor molecules.
Shepherd has been at Yale since 1967. He is the editor of "The Synaptic Organization of the Brain," now in its fifth edition.
Physicists are lauded for their accomplisments
David DeMille, professor of physics, and Steven M. Girvin, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, will be honored by the American Physical Society (APS).
DeMille will receive the Francis M. Pipkin Award, which is given every two years in recognition of exceptional research accomplishments by a young scientist in the interdisciplinary area of precision measurement and fundamental constants. DeMille's work in this area focuses on the study of minute deviations from ordinary physical laws.
Girvin will jointly receive the Oliver E. Buckley Award, the most distinguished award in condensed matter physics.
Girvin, who joined the Yale faculty in 2001, has focused his research on strongly correlated quantum states of matter and the quantum phase transitions that separate them.
Glaucoma specialist to chair ophthalmology department
Dr. James C. Tsai, an authority on glaucoma, has been named chair of the School of Medicine's Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
Tsai's research is on glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in which increasing pressure inside the eyeball causes progressive damage to the optic nerve. He has worked on development of drugs to protect against nerve damage, evaluated the effectiveness of surgical treatments and developed advanced techniques for testing visual function.
Tsai comes to Yale from the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He is a graduate of Amherst College and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Tsai has authored a wide range of scientific articles, abstracts and book chapters on glaucoma, and has co-authored a textbook, "Medical Management of Glaucoma." He is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American College of Surgeons and the Royal Society of Medicine in the United Kingdom.
Rushmeier honored for commitment to her field
Holly Rushmeier, professor of computer science, was named an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Distinguished Member, an honor created to recognize ACM members who have shown an extraordinary commitment to both the practical and theoretical aspects of computing and information technology throughout their careers.
ACM is an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers and professionals. This is the first year this recognition has been bestowed.
Rushmeier, who joined the faculty in 2004, works on computer graphics image synthesis and visualization of scientific data. She received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Cornell University.
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Doctoral students are honored for their 'inspiring teaching'
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS
Yochai Benkler named inaugural Field Professor
Oswald Schmitz has been named to Oastler chair
Henry Smith appointed to Johnston Professorship
School of Music announces two senior administrative appointments
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Like father, like son: Yale tackle named NFF Scholar-Athlete
Students help in the fight against hunger via a silent auction
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWS
Study finds link between HIV/AIDS and drug-resistant tuberculosis
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People often use food to cope with weight bias, study finds
Team describes structure of enzyme linked to Alzheimer's disease
In Memoriam: William A. Creasey
Book awards benefit area high school students and their school libraries
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