Six Yale faculty members and 14 graduating seniors were honored for their talents during the Class Day ceremony on May 27 on the Old Campus.

The faculty members who were nominated by undergraduates to receive the Yale College Prizes for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and the names of their awards are: Robert F. Thompson, the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art and master of Timothy Dwight College -- the Harwood F. Byrnes/Richard B. Sewall Teaching Prize, given to the teacher who has "given the most time, energy and effective effort" to educating undergraduates; Richard Lalli, associate professor (adjunct) in the Department of Music -- the Sidonie Miskimin Clauss Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities; Keith Darden, assistant professor of political science -- the Lex Hixon '63 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences; Mark A. Johnson, the Arthur T. Kemp Professor of Chemistry -- the Dylan Hixon '88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences; and William Yu Zhou, senior lector in East Asian languages and literatures (Chinese) -- the Richard H. Brodhead Prize for Teaching Excellence by a non-ladder faculty member. In addition, Alicia Schmidt-Camacho, assistant professor of American studies, was presented the Sarai Ribicoff Award for the Encouragement of Teaching in Yale College.

Students honored at the event are: Molly Howard and Zachary Turnbull -- the Robert E. Lewis Award for intramural sports; Rachel Jeffers -- the Nellie Pratt Elliot Award for athletic distinction and sportsmanship; Ed McCarthy, the William Neely Mallory Award for athletic distinction and sportsmanship and the Roosevelt L. Thompson Prize for public service; Kristine DiColandrea and Marissa Levendis -- the David Everett Chantler Award recognizing courage, strength of character and high moral purpose; Santiago Suarez, Richard Ludlow and Amanda Turner -- the Roosevelt L. Thompson Prize for public service; Rebekah Emanuel -- the James Andrew Haas Prize for inspiring in classmates a love of learning and concern for others; Daniel Winik -- the Arthur Twining Hadley Prize for the senior majoring in the social sciences who ranks the highest in scholarship and the Warren Memorial High Scholarship, for the senior majoring in the humanities who ranks the highest in scholarship; Elizaveta Freinkman -- the Russell Henry Chittenden Prize for the senior majoring in the natural sciences or mathematics who ranks the highest in scholarship; Timothy Andres -- the Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Arts; and Maya Shankar -- the Alpheus Henry Snow Prize, for the senior who "has done the most for Yale by inspiring in his or her classmates an admiration and love for the best traditions of high scholarship."

The full citations for these awards can be found at www.yale.edu/opa.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

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with acquisition of the Bayer HealthCare complex

• Acquisition to expand Yale's economic impact
  
  
• Milestones in building Yale's medical and scientific research strength
  
  

Study shows stem cells curb Parkinson's disease in primates

China proves 'a great joy' for Yale 'friends from afar'

• The China Diaries: Perspectives by student members of the 'Yale 100'
  
  

COMMENCEMENT 2007

• With pomp, Yale celebrates its newest graduates
  
  
• Baccalaureate Address
  
  
• Honorary Degrees
  
  
• Outstanding teachers and students are awarded prizes
  

Former Yale gallery director has been elected an alumni fellow

NASA administrator is appointed University's first CFO

'Lights, cameras and action!' come to campus

Delegations travel to Brazil and Mexico for alumni-hosted events

Initiative seeks to promote effective use of solar power

Air pollution is shown to harm pregnant woman

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWS

• Sleep apnea is linked to heart disease and diabetes
  
  
• Research findings on FMRP protein may lead to . . .
  
  
• Residents' work-hour reductions not harmful to patients, study says
  
  
• New radio show offers information, support to cancer patients
  
  
• Scientific symposium will honor renowned faculty member
  
  

Students' research on wood frogs is featured in Peabody exhibit

In Memoriam: Naturalist Charles L. Remington

Performances will showcase talents of young playwrights

New Yale website illustrates the history of slavery in Connecticut

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