The next lecture of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, a scholarly society affiliated with Yale, will take place on Thursday, April 23. Janine H. Caira, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut (UConn) will give a talk on "The Global Experiment: In Search of the Tapeworms of Sharks" at 8 p.m. in the Konover Auditorium of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the UConn campus in Storrs. Her talk is free and open to the public. For more information, call 432-3113, extension 2.
Dr. Kyle Pruett, clinical professor of child psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center and the School of Nursing, has been named president of Zero To Three, a national nonprofit organization of pediatricians and child development specialists who share new knowledge about children's early development with parents, policy makers and other professionals. Pruett is nationally known for his work with traumatized children and for research on how fathers influence their young children's development. Pruett says the issues of quality medical and day care will be a primary focus of his work for Zero to Three, which is under the auspices of the National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families.
President Richard C. Levin has announced that Peter Brooks, the Chester D. Tripp Professor of the Humanities, has been reappointed as director of the Whitney Humanities Center for a three-year term, effective July 1. During the fall term, while Brooks is on a leave of absence, Robert Gordon, the Fred A. Johnston Professor of Law and professor of history, will serve as the center's acting director.
B. Jay Cooper, the University's director of public affairs and special assistant to the president, is one of 12 business and civil leaders invited to take part in the annual Executive Orientation program of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce's New Haven Leadership Center. The program is designed for senior executives from corporate, nonprofit and government organizations who are new to the area or are interested in understanding regional concerns and exploring ways of improving civic life. During the month of March, the 12 leaders met in weekly sessions to discuss various issues affecting the City of New Haven and the region, including Tweed-New Haven Airport, downtown revitalization, education and employment. "The Executive Orientation course and its participants add value to our regional community through a heightened sense of
social responsibility and excitement
about the city and region's future," says
Matthew Nemerson, president of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce.
The New Zealand Science and Technology Medal has been presented to Peter Phillips, Sterling Professor of Economics at the Cowles Foundation and professor of statistics. The medal was established by the New Zealand government to recognize significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology. An expert in econometrics and statistics, Phillips is also the Alumni-Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Auckland. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and honorary fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Victor H. Vroom, the John G. Searle Professor of Management at the School of Management, will present a five-day workshop titled "Leadership and Team Effectiveness" May 11-15. The executive program is based on the book "The New Leadership: Managing Participation in Organizations" by Vroom, who is an in-ternational authority on the psychological analysis of behavior in organizations. For registration information, call Dianne Gamache, executive program coordinator, at 432-6038 or via email at dianne. gamache@yale.edu.
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) recently presented Stephen Kellert, professor at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, with its prestigious National Conservation Achievement Award in a special ceremony at the federation's 62nd Annual Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. The award recognizes Kellert's outstanding scholarly contributions toward an understanding of how people feel about wildlife and wild places, and how being close to nature may be an innate emotional need. NWF President Mark Van Putten said that Kellert "has given us unparalleled insight into the 'intangible' value of wildlife and wild places for humankind, and the nature of their powerful tug on our emotions."
Carolyn W. Slayman, Sterling Professor of Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology and deputy dean for academic and scientific affairs in the School of Medicine, has been appointed to a 15-member panel that will analyze the peer-review system at the National Institutes of Health. The system includes study sections which evaluate and score most grant applications submitted by researchers at colleges and universities. Recommendations from the panel are expected to be made within a year.