Marcus honored
Ruth Marcus, professor emeritus of philosophy and senior research scholar in the Department of Philosophy, has been awarded the Lauener Prize for an Outstanding Oeuvre from the Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy.
The award ceremony and a symposium honoring Marcus's work will take place in Bern, Switzerland, at the beginning of 2008. The proceedings of the symposium will appear in a new series of Ontos Verlag, one of the most important German publishers of philosophy.
Vivian Perlis, director of Oral History American Music at the School of Music, and Libby Van Cleve, associate director of the Music Library, were presented with a Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) last month.
The award was given for their book, "Composers' Voices from Ives to Ellington: An Oral History of American Music," published by Yale University Press in 2005. The Deems Taylor Awards are given for outstanding print, broadcast and new media coverage of music.
The book, which also won a 2006 IPPY Award in the performing arts category, is the first of four projected volumes from the Oral History American Music archives.
The New York Times Magazine cited a paper by Tamas Horvath, professor of comparative medicine and professor of neurobiology, as one of the "Ingenuities" of 2006.
The paper, which appeared in the March issue of Nature Neuroscience, noted that the stimulation of hunger caused mice to take in information more quickly and to retain it better. Horvath and his colleagues analyzed the pathways in mouse brains by ghrelin, a hormone produced by the stomach lining, when the stomach is empty. They found that ghrelin was binding to cells in the region of the brain that plays a role in learning, memory and spatial analysis.
Amanda O'Leary, the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse, has been selected to the Eastern Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame by the Philadelphia Lacrosse Association.
O'Leary captained the Temple women's NCAA 1988 championship team. She was a three-time All-American and has played throughout the world as a member of numerous U.S. teams.
O'Leary has guided the Bulldogs to two ECAC Championships. She is a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the Temple Hall of Fame.
Ed McCarthy, a senior offensive tackle for the Bulldogs, was named the winner of the Gridiron Club of Boston's Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award.
The award is given to a football player in New England for outstanding achievement in academics, athletics, sportsmanship and citizenship.
McCarthy was recently named first-team I-AA All-America by the American Football Coaches Association and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. He was also honored as a scholar-athlete by the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.
Amanda Patrick has been appointed director of library development.
Patrick has worked in a range of positions at the library since 2003, including development and communications coordinator. Her background includes working for charitable endeavors, most notably the Mercy Ships, a non-profit humanitarian organization based on board the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship. Patrick has earned graduate degrees in education and world religions, and international studies, with a focus on Africa.
Charles Small, director of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, spoke at a European Union conference in Berlin on Nov. 21. The two-day conference, "Best Practices in Combating Antisemitism," featured speakers from France, Spain, Germany, Israel and the United States. Small's lecture, "Anti-Israel Sentiment Predicts Anti-Semitism in Europe," was presented in the Bundestag (German parliament).
Kei-Hoi Cheung, associate professor of anesthesiology (medical informatics) and computer science and genetics, was named the first "outstanding alumnus" by Southern Connecticut State University's School of Communication, Information and Library Science.
Cheung has published and presented more than 60 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals and conferences. He is principal investigator for research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health and by the National Science Foundation.
Jon Butler, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, delivered the commencement address at the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts fall semester graduation ceremonies on Dec. 10. He also received the degree of Doctor of Science honoris causis at the ceremony.
The commendation cited Butler's "impeccable, deeply researched scholarship," his efforts "to increase public understanding of American history and religion," and his "incandescent ability to reimagine the past."
Butler, the Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History and Religious Studies, joined the Yale faculty in 1985.
Anthony Koleske, associate professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry and of neurobiology at the School of Medicine, has been awarded the $500,000 Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association (AHA).
The AHA states that the intent of the award is to support mid-term investigators that have unusual promise, a record of accomplishments, a demonstrated commitment to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science, and a career that is in a rapid phase of growth.
The award will help fund Koleske's research into how cells sense differences in their adhesive environment and respond by redirecting their migration. In order to move, cells must push their front forward and stick down, while simultaneously detaching adhesions at the back. Koleske's lab is measuring these processes by filming cells containing fluorescent adhesion marker proteins to quantify their rate of movement.
The goal of this research is to understand how cell front protrusion is coupled to the formation and turnover of new adhesions, especially when cells have a choice of different adhesive surfaces.
"Adhesive cues direct blood cells to arterial walls to initiate atherosclerotic plaque development," Koleske says. "Our studies should lead to a better basic understanding of how cells sense and respond to these cues and could lead to new treatments to block plaque development."
The Established Investigator Award includes all basic disciplines as well as epidemiological, community and clinical investigations, and bioengineering/biotechnology investigations that bear on cardiovascular and stroke problems.
Cathy Vellucci has been appointed the deputy director for administration at the Yale Cancer Center.
Prior to assuming her new post, Vellucci served as the director of staffing and career development in the Department of Human Resources. She has had extensive Medical School administrative experience, having led teams in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Laboratory Medicine and the Section of Medical Oncology.
In her role as deputy director for administration, Vellucci will oversee the management of the clinical, research, business, human resources and administrative offices for the Cancer Center.
Vellucci may be reached at (203) 785-4098 or cathy.vellucci@yale.edu.
Senior hockey forward Sheila Zingler has been named a finalist for the East squad at the NCAA Frozen Four Skills Competition in April.
The Skills Challenge competition will be held in an East vs. West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two female goaltenders. The competitions will include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penalty shot.
The finalists were pared down from an original list of 181 student-athletes who were nominated by their head coaches.
Dr. Michael Cappello, professor of pediatrics, microbial pathogenesis, and epidemiology and public health, is one of 27 experts in global health selected as ambassadors in the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research.
The Rogers Society is named for the former Florida Congressman, renowned champion for research to improve health and current Research!America chair emeritus. Research!America launched the society last summer to increase awareness of and make the case for greater U.S. investment in research to fight diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poorest nations.
Research!America is the nation's largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance working to make research to improve health a higher national priority. Founded in 1989, it is supported by more than 500 member organizations, which represent more than 125 million Americans. For more information, visit www.researchamerica.org.
The Yale University Art Gallery building was named as one of the "Best of 2006" by the architecture critic of the Los Angeles Times. The building, designed by architect Louis Kahn, reopened in December following a three-year, $44 million renovation.
T H I S
Yale authors receive ASCAP award
Horvath's work listed among "Ingenuities of 2006"
O'Leary named to lacrosse Hall of Fame
McCarthy wins Swede Nelson Award
Patrick appointed director of library development
Small speaks at Berlin conference
Cheung earns SCSU award
Jon Butler is honored at graduation ceremony
School of Medicine researcher honored with award from American Heart Association
Cathy Vellucci named to Yale Cancer Center post
Yale senior is a finalist for hockey competition squad
Dr. Michael Cappello to aid in global health initiative
Art Gallery building picked as one of year's 'best'
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
Study reveals more effective approach to curbing HIV spread
DeVane Lectures to ask: Are sustainability and capitalism compatible?
Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Former deputy secretary of U.N. to be visiting fellow this spring
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Elefteriades is named as Glenn Professor
Salem will hold the Lampman Professorship
Tsai is designated as Robert Young Professor
Udelsman appointed to William Carmalt Chair
Streamlined office . . . aims to enhance postdoctoral experience
Global Village Shelters to be on exhibit at the Divinity School
Play shows 'humanity behind the statistics' of AIDS epidemic
Beinecke Library exhibit explores impact of world fairs
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWS
Team maps gene for nicotine dependence to chromosome 5
Expanded Medicare benefit increased early diagnosis . . .
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'Graying' of group health insurance demographic may strain . . .
Report: Swedish massage helps osteoarthritis of knee
Coca-Prados gets inside-view of pharmaceutical industry at Pfizer
'Marat/Sade' offers audiences 'a full-scale theatrical assault . . .'
Rudd Center awards Golden Apples for innovative ideas to battle obesity
New exhibit at Jonathan Edwards College features portraits, drawings . . .
Memorial in honor of Ellen Hudson Graham
Conductor to present series on 'Reflections on Bach'
Yale trustee's Vietnam memorial wins award
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