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February 1, 2008|Volume 36, Number 16


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Campus Notes

New director of Law School’s A2K project named

The Information Society Project (ISP) at the Yale Law School has announced the appointment of a new executive director and a new access to knowledge (A2K) program director.

Laura DeNardis has been named the new executive director of ISP and an associate research scholar at the Law School. An interdisciplinary law and technology scholar, her research addresses the legal and political implications of information technologies and new media. She has previously taught at New York University and George Mason University and served as a management consultant in Ernst & Young’s Information Technology practice. She is co-author of the book “Information Technology in Theory,” numerous book chapters and articles, and the forthcoming book “Protocol Politics: The Globalization of Internet Governance.” DeNardis holds degrees in engineering science from Dartmouth College and Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in science and technology studies from Virginia Tech.

Lea Shaver ’06 is the new A2K program director and associate research scholar in law. Shaver’s research focuses on developing a cross-national A2K index and advancing A2K within the international human rights framework. Prior to joining Yale ISP, Shaver was a Fulbright Scholar to South Africa, where she contributed to socio-economic rights litigation efforts at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the social sciences from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

The Law School’s Information Society Project was founded in 1997 to study the impact of the Internet and other information technologies on law and society. For more information, visit http://isp.law.yale.edu.


‘Dark comedy’ by Yale senior to be performed

The Upstream Theater in St. Louis, Missouri, will present the world premiere of “The Polish Egg Man” by Alexander Borinsky, a senior in Yale College.

Performances will be Feb 8-10 and Feb. 14-17. The play is “a deeply poignant and highly playful dark comedy that dances on the razor edge between laughing and crying.”

The Upstream Theater is a professional production company dedicated to presenting new works and inventive stagings of classical plays, with a special focus on joint ventures involving artists from other countries. For information, visit the website at www.upstreamtheater.org.


Carrington to conduct renowned Trinity Choir

Simon Carrington, professor in the practice of choral conducting at the School of Music and conductor of the Yale Schola Cantorum, will conduct the Trinity Choir on Tuesday, May 20.

The choir will perform French music from the 17th and 18th centuries. The performance will include pieces by, among others, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel-Richard de Lalande, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Henry Desmarest.

Ticket prices range from $15 to $40. For more information, call (212) 602-0800 or visit www.trinitywallstreet.org.

The Trinity Choir is considered one of the country’s pre-eminent professional vocal ensembles, renowned for is annual Messiah concert and the diversity of its repertoire.


New political science chair appointed

President Richard C. Levin announced the appointment of Frances McCall Rosenbluth, the Damon Wells Professor of International Politics, as chair of the Department of Political Science. Rosenbluth’s term will be for three years, effective July 1.


McGlashan cited for work on treating schizophrenia

Dr. Thomas H. McGlashan, professor of psychiatry, has been chosen to receive the Stanley Dean Research Award from the American College of Psychiatrists.

The award honors an individual or a group “that has made a major contribution to the treatment of schizophrenic disorders.” McGlashan has led numerous wide-ranging studies, greatly advancing psychiatry’s understanding of the diagnosis, treatment and progression of schizophrenia.

Founded in 1963, the American College of Psychiatrists is a not-for-profit honorary association dedicated to providing continuing education to its members, promoting the latest advances in the specialty, and supporting the highest standards in psychiatry.


German literature scholar Demetz feted in Prague

Peter Demetz, Sterling Professor Emeritus in Germanic Languages and Literatures, received the silver medal of merit from the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University of Prague on Oct. 21.

At a three-day conference held in Demetz’s honor, critics and scholars discussed Central European literature. At the conclusion of the conference, the Lord Mayor of Prague awarded another medal of merit to Demetz.

The scholar’s new book, “Prague in Danger: The Years of German Occupation, 1939-1945,” will be published in March. The German translation was published last September.


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

University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% . . .

New endowed chair honors Marie Borroff

Initiative to boost humanities-professional school interaction

Faculty survey to be starting point for ‘self-evaluation’

In Focus: Peking-Yale Joint Undergraduate Program

Forming bonds in China: Students hail their immersion experience


ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

Yale Press to create digital edition of Soviet leader Stalin’s . . .

Switzerland tops experts’ index of global environmental leaders

Levin urges rededication to Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘dream’

Paula Vogel to head School of Drama’s playwriting department

Study shows elderly with low vitamin E levels are . . .

Researchers identify key factor in stress effects on the brain

Exhibits explore British artists’ images of the Middle East

Drama School stages Ibsen’s ‘Peer Gynt,’ an exploration of . . .

Poetry and visual arts are united in library exhibitions’ . . .

Teaching fellowship winners are urged to ‘create passion’

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