Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 16, 2008|Volume 36, Number 29|Four-Week Issue

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS
Special supplements of the Yale Bulletin & Calendar, including 'Standing, Special and Appointments Committees' and 'University Information' are now available on-line.

Added sun does not lower breast
cancer risk, warn experts

Cancer researchers and physicians have warned of the link between unprotected sun exposure and the development of skin cancer for decades, but experts from Yale Cancer Center warn that recent publicity about a new study linking a decreased risk of breast cancer to increased levels of vitamin D may be confusing.
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Yale affiliates are honored with election to prestigious societies

Ten appointed members of American
Academy of Arts & Sciences

Mathematician Peter Jones named
to National Academy of Sciences

Political scientist Ian Shapiro chosen
to join American Philosophical Society

Strobel's students rediscover scientific 'wonder' on rain forest expedition

Starting at about the fourth grade, schoolchildren have their interest in science slowly driven from them, says Scott Strobel, chair of the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale.
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Yale to celebrate 307th graduation

Yale will transform students into alumni for the 307th time during Commencement weekend Saturday-Monday, May 24-26.
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Summertime at Yale

This issue includes a special supplement about the many activities that comprise "Summertime at Yale."
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O T H E RS T O R I E S

Scientist Joan Steitz wins nation’s largest prize in medicine

University names 18 future leaders as 2008 World Fellows

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

Architecture students helping to design Mideast Peace Park
China's President meets with participants in Peking-Yale program
Yale astronomers discover nine young ultra-dense galaxies
Research on male mating behavior suggests brains may be unisex — at least in flies
Paul Anastas honored as the founder of ‘green chemistry’
Town-gown partners honored with Elm-Ivy Awards

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWS

Drug addicts can learn to save lives, says researcher

Study: No ‘Hollywood heart attack’ symptoms for most women

Findings suggest eating chocolate may be boon to pregnant women

Early-stage bone cells may offer possible estrogen replacement

Expert assesses lessons from 12 years of anti-smoking efforts

Computer program helps keep drug abusers abstinent, study shows

Noted gastroenterologist named chief medical officer at YMG

Yale Ob/Gyn researchers discuss their work at New Orleans meeting

Symposium on pain management aimed at medical school students

Exhibits explore artist’s Liverpool years, British watercolors
Two student-curated shows focus on the medium of photography
Library creates digital archive of ‘oldest college daily’
Two seniors will study at the University of Cambridge as Gates Scholars
Campus leaders discuss strategies for increasing staff diversity
Former Bucknell chaplain is named new pastor of University Church
Professor Miroslav Volf will co-teach class with former British prime minister Tony Blair
Council of Masters honors 10 juniors for their scholarship, character and contributions
Conference focuses on ‘Women and Men in the Globalizing University’
The future of ‘Computers, Freedom and Privacy’ to be addressed in conference
Karyn Frick honored for contributions to women’s health
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Pioneering researcher Joan Steitz has won America's largest award in medicine, the Albany Medical Center Prize.
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This issue includes a special supplement about the many activities that comprise "Summertime at Yale."
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