Dr. Thomas Duffy, professor of medicine hematology and a member of the Medical Ethics Committee at Yale-New Haven Hospital YNHH, will be among the participants in a panel discussion titled "Medical Dilemmas: Who Makes the Decision," which will be held at noon on Wednesday, May 14, at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave. The panel is part of the series "Significant Issues in Health Care" sponsored by the Yale-New Haven Hospital Auxiliary. The panel will also include several YNHH staff members: Connie Donovan, chair of the Nursing Ethics Committee; Sarah D. Cohn, associate counsel in the medical legal affairs office; and the Reverend Ralph Colicchio, chaplain in the hospital's department of religious ministries. Tickets to the event, which includes lunch, are $22. For more information or to make a reservation, call 785-5717.
Baritone Richard Lalli, associate professor at the School of Music, will be the featured performer at Lighthouse Pops, a benefit cabaret for the New Haven Chorale. Professor Lalli will perform songs by Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Noel Coward and Irving Berlin at the concert, which will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven. The event will also feature refreshments by area chefs, rides on the park's restored carousel and a silent auction. For further information, call 203 787-1887.
The Connecticut Lyric Quartet -- which counts among its members alumna Jill Soltero, a 1985 graduate of the School of Music -- will perform on Saturday, May 17, at 8 p.m. at the Trinity Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Chapel streets in New Haven. The group, which specializes in vocal chamber music, will be accompanied by cellist Hugh Porter, director of the Yale College Alumni Fund; violinist Marlene Segelstein, a 1979 graduate of the School of Music; and pianist Douglas Dickson, who serves as an accompanist for the Yale Opera Program. Tickets for the concert are $8 for adults; $5 for seniors and students. For reservations or more information, call 203 288-2492. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night of the performance.
A major breakthrough in breaking down potentially destructive chlorofluorocarbons CFCs that are chewing away the earth's protective ozone layer has earned a trip to Disney World for chemistry professor Robert Crabtree and his former graduate student Juan Burdeniuc. The pair are among 35 finalists who will vie for Discover Magazine Awards to be presented May 31 at Epcot, a Disney World theme park in Florida devoted to science and exploration. A gala ceremony will be held for 2,000 Epcot guests and officials, according to organizers of the eighth annual awards ceremony. Technology aficionados can follow the Discover Awards live via a special "cybercast" from Epcot on the Internet. In addition, the July issue of Discover Magazine will be devoted to articles about all 35 technical innovations in eight categories. A $100,000 grant will be awarded to one finalist by the Christopher Columbus Foundation, an independent federal government agency. The Yale chemists are being recognized for discovering a simple chemical process that could turn stockpiles of Freon and other CFCs into harmless carbon, everyday table salt and sodium fluoride, which is found in toothpaste. "This discovery could speed the shift to the use of more environmentally friendly refrigerants, solvents and cleaning agents," said Professor Crabtree, who first reported the discovery in a January 1996 issue of the journal Science.
Maria Trumpler, assistant professor of the history of medicine, was primary consultant to the exhibit "The Body and Its Image: Art, Technology and Medical Knowledge," on display through June 22 at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The exhibit explores the history of representing human anatomy, from 16th-century anatomical illustrations to such groundbreaking technological advances as computer tomography CT scans and magnetic resonance imaging MRI. Professor Trumpler played a key role in the planning, organization and implementation of the exhibit; she also presented a slide lecture titled "Gender and the Body in Anatomy and Pathology Textbooks, 1500-1990" at the museum on April 16.
As part of an ongoing anti-smoking campaign aimed at students, the Center for Health Education & Preventive Medicine at Yale University Health Services recently held a poster contest. First prize in the competition was awarded to Eleanor Kung '97 of Morse College, whose winning entry bore the message: "You Can Quit. TRY." Second prize was awarded to Stephanie Pham-Quang '97 of Trumbull College for her series of motivational posters. Next fall, the posters will be distributed throughout campus in an effort to encourage students who smoke to stop and to discourage students who don't smoke from starting. The poster contest was cosponsored by the Council of Masters and the University's Community Relations Office.
For his "wide range of fundamental contributions to the development of physical oceanography and geophysical fluid dynamics," George Veronis has been awarded the American Meteorological Society's Henry Stommel Research Award. Mr. Veronis, the Henry Barnard Davis Professor of Geophysics and Applied Science, was presented a medal and certificate during an awards banquet as part of the society's annual meeting in Long Beach, California. The honor is given to researchers in recognition of their contributions to the advancement of the understanding of the dynamics and physics of the ocean. Professor Veronis, who is also editor of the Journal of Marine Research, focuses his research on geophysical fluid dynamics, thermal convection, double diffusive processes and large-scale ocean circulation.
Artist Mel Bochner, senior critic in painting at the School of Art, has received the College Art Association's CAA Award for a Distinguished Body of Work for the 1995 exhibition "Mel Bochner: Thought Made Visible 1966-1973" at the Yale University Art Gallery. Richard S. Field, curator of prints, drawings and photographs, organized the exhibit, which traveled to Brussels and Munich after its showing at Yale. At the CAA's Convocation in New York, Mr. Bochner was cited for his "ability to pair simplicity with complexity and the irrational with the logical."
Assistant professor of biology Craig M. Crews has been awarded a one-year CaP CURE research award of $100,000 for his research proposal "Development of Novel Anti-Angiogenic Compounds." As a CaP CURE award recipient, Professor Crews will be invited to participate in the Fourth Annual Scientific Retreat, which allows CaP CURE-funded researchers the opportunity to interact and share their research results.
Theodore R. Marmor, professor of public management at the School of Management SOM and an internationally recognized health and social policy expert, will hold two fellowships abroad during the next academic year. He will be a fellow-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences NIAS, and during the spring, will divide his time there and at All Souls College, Oxford, where he has been awarded a visiting fellowship for the term. The NIAS fellowship, sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, is awarded annually to 25 leading experts throughout the world. Professor Marmor's current research focuses on the politics of the modern welfare state. "Ted's reputation as a leading consultant to U.S. and foreign governments, and his deep understanding of international health care systems ... makes him an ideal choice for these international honors," says Jeffrey E. Garten, SOM dean.
Four new department chairs have been announced by President Richard C. Levin. The individuals and the units they will head are: Danny M. Rye, geology and geophysics department; Michael Holquist, comparative literature department; Alan E. Kazdin, psychology department; and Christopher Miller, French department. Their three-year terms will begin July 1. In addition, President Levin has reappointed David Pollard as chair of the department of statistics; his new three-year term will also begin July 1. The President also announced that Shelly Kagan has been appointed as acting chair of the philosophy department for the 1997- 98 academic year, and that Andrew Barron will be acting chair of the statistics department for the 1997-98 spring semester.