John L. Wood, assistant professor of chemistry, has been selected by Lilly Research Laboratories as one of three chemists to receive its 31st annual Lilly Grantee Award in Organic Chemistry. The award includes $30,000 of unrestricted research funds to be used over a two-year period. Professor Wood is one of 96 untenured researchers who have received the honor in the past 31 years.
Two members of the medical school community will participate Saturday, Oct. 19, in a symposium titled "Breast Cancer and Genetics," sponsored by the breast cancer support program Y-ME of New England. Dr. Albert Deisseroth, chief of medical oncology in the department of internal medicine, will discuss "Gene Therapy and Breast Cancer," and Ellen T. Matloff, a genetic counselor in the Cancer Genetics program in the department of genetics, will speak on the topic "Genetic Counseling and Breast Cancer." The symposium, which will be held 8:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. at the Hospital of St. Raphael, is free and open to the public. Registration is on a first-come, first- served basis. To register or for further information, call 1-800-933- 4YME.
President Bill Clinton has appointed Joan A. Steitz, the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, to his Committee on the National Medal of Science. Professor Steitz is one of three individuals Presi-dent Clinton named to the committee on Sept. 12. She and other committee members will help to select winners of the prestigious National Medal of Science, which recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to science and engineering.
The Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy is collaborating with organizers of The ConneCT '96 Symposium, an event designed to provide educators, policymakers and legislators with a vision of the impact of electronic technology on education. The symposium, which is being hosted by the Southern New England Telephone Company SNET in collaboration with the Bush Center and Citizens for Connecticut's Children and Youth, will emphasize the educational potential of the Internet and how to prepare Connecticut children for the workplace in the next millennium.The symposium will take place Wednesday, Oct. 2, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Connecticut State Armory and The Legislative Office Building in Hartford.
Alexander Garvin, lecturer in urban planning and development at the School of Architecture, will speak about his recent book "The American City: What Works, What Doesn't" at the next "Books Sandwiched In" noon-hour book discussion sponsored by the Friends of the New Haven Free Public Library. Mr. Garvin's talk will be on Thursday, Oct. 3, 12:10-12:50 p.m. at United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets. The free talk is open to the public; guests are invited to bring their own lunch. Coffee, tea and cookies will be available in the church basement 11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Another noontime lecture series will be launched this week with a talk by Theodore R. Marmor, professor of public management at the School of Management and professor of political science. The three-part series, titled "Current Issues in Health Care" and sponsored by the Yale-New Haven Hospital Auxiliary, will focus on the changing concepts in health care. Professor Marmor will discuss some of the issues raised in his 1994 book "Understanding Health Care Reform" noon-2 p.m. in the lounge of the Grace Building, 25 Park St. The speakers for the remaining two lectures are Dr. Janet B. Henrich, an associate professor of medicine and of obstetrics and gynecology who is also director of the Women's Health Program at Yale, on Oct. 17; and Ann Cowlin, assistant clinical professor at the School of Nursing, on Nov. 21.
After an early-morning breakfast of bagels, students, faculty and staff members from the School of Management SOM set out for various sites throughout New Haven on Sept. 14 to work on community projects as part of SOM's annual "Service Day." Working alongside local residents, they helped clear and widen trails in East Rock Park for the New Haven Parks department, assisted with general site maintenance for the New Haven Ecology Project, Inc. and cleared an abandoned lot as part of the Elm Haven Revitalization Project. In addition to the personal satisfaction they gained, the SOM volunteers were also rewarded at the end of the day with free ice cream. Service Day is sponsored by the SOM student interest group Students for Responsible Business.
Mark Schenker, dean of Branford College and lecturer in English, will be a featured speaker at several upcoming book discussions as part of the Southern Connecticut Library Council's "Connecticut Reading Connections." He will explore the theme "New Technology and the American Workplace" through a discussion of short stories, poetry and nonfiction at Hamden's Miller Memorial Library, and will examine the topic "The Nation That Works" in a series of book discussions hosted by the Essex Library Association. All of the discussions are held in the evening; for a complete schedule of talks call 248-6370.