Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 25, 2008|Volume 36, Number 27

Campus Notes

Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh to receive Sengbe Pieh Award for his public service

Harold Hongju Koh, dean of the Law School and the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, and will be honored with a Sengbe Pieh Community Service Award on Sunday, April 27.

The annual Sengbe Pieh awards, presented by First and Summerfield United Methodist Church in collaboratioan with Amistad America Inc., are given to citizens of greater New Haven who “have made a difference by their contributions to the general welfare of the greater community through their generous public service acts.” Named for the native of Sierra Leone who led a revolt aboard the slave ship Amistad, the awards “symbolize the ability of citizens to reach out to others to better the lives of young and old.”

The awards ceremony will take place 3-4:30 p.m. at the First and Summerfield United Methodist Church, 425 College St. A reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Makuch receives an Alumni Award from UConn

The University of Connecticut (UConn) presented Robert Makuch, professor of epidemiology and public health, with an Alumni Award on April 17.

Makuch is a 1972 graduate of UConn’s Department of Mathematics and earned his Ph.D. from Yale in 1977. His primary research interests involve methodologic issues in the design, conduct and analysis of clinical studies. He is currently developing a biostatistics postgraduate program in Japan.

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

U.S. governors call for federal action on climate change . . .

Law School boosts support for careers in public service

City youths to flex their mathematical muscles in contest

Fertility expert finds genetic markers that are linked with . . .

Divinity student’s books pay homage to architectural marvels

United Way honors the University and staff member . . .

Ways to curb ovarian cancer’s resistance to chemotherapy . . .

Yale Rep stages world premiere of ‘Boleros for the Disenchanted’

Program seeks to build bridges of religious environmentalism

Conference aims to spark ‘new American conversation’ . . .

Reading will feature recent winners of Yale Series of . . .

Photography exhibit highlights culture of Uyghur people of China

Dr. Gerald Shulman lauded for his pioneering work on insulin resistance

Amy Arnsten wins national grant for research on . . .

Yale hosts delegation from China’s Food and Drug Administration

New director of development for School of Music is appointed

IN MEMORIAM

Dr. Steven Hebert: Discoveries illuminated kidney processes

G.K. Hunter: Was a scholar of Renaissance literature