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"Intelligence: Folklore, Fiction, and Fact" is the title of a talk being presented at the next meeting of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, a scholarly society affiliated with Yale. Walter D. Barndt Jr., professor of management at Rensselaer at Hartford, will present the talk on Thursday, May 14, at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 432-3113, ext. 2.

Dr. Alan Siegal, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and a renowned geriatric psychiatrist, will lead a workshop on memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer's disease on Thursday, May 28, at the Goodwin-Levine Adult Day Health Center, 19 Lunar Dr., Woodbridge. The workshop, titled "Where Are My Keys?" will take place 7-9 p.m. It is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For further information, call 789-1650,
ext. 310.

The Earth Times, an international environmental publication offering news and views on the environment, sustainable development, population and current affairs, recently named Daniel C. Esty, director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, among the world's 100 most influential people in environmental policy. Calling Esty an important "change agent," the publication recognized him as being "incredibly influential in shaping and otherwise solving the grave issues of the environment and sustainable development." A Yale-trained lawyer, Esty is an expert on environmental law and policy and holds appointments at the Law School and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He previously served in various administrative posts at the Environmental Protection Agency.

It's been a year of traveling and lecturing for Katepalli Sreenivasan, the Harold W. Cheel Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Physics and Applied Physics. In December, Sreenivasan gave the Hideki Yukawa Memorial Lecture for the Japan Physical Society in Nishinomia City and the P.-Y. Zhou Memorial Plenary Lecture at the Seventh Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics in Madras, India. In February, he gave the Michael A. Sadowsky Lecture in Applied Mechanics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and
in April he was the Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Instrumental Connection, a volunteer undergraduate organization at Yale committed to bringing music into the lives of New Haven elementary schoolchildren, is one of three Connecticut college groups to be selected for the 1998 Connecticut Department of Higher Education Community Service Awards. The Yale group was chosen by a committee composed of representatives from public and private institutions of higher education. The winners were chosen for having clearly defined projects that had a meaningful impact on the community. Yale tutors for Instrumental Connection offer free weekly lessons to schoolchildren in the program and also host special concerts and other events to inspire in the youngsters an interest in and love for music.

The National Strength and Conditioning Association has selected football player Todd Scott '98 as a 1998 All-American Athlete. The award recognizes outstanding male and female athletes who have excelled in their strength training and conditioning, and is also based on community involvement, academic achievement and leadership qualities. Scott was nominated for the award by Yale strength and conditioning coach Steven Plisk.

In other news from the Athletics Department: Yale College senior Adam Hernandez has signed a free agent contract with the National Football League's Baltimore Ravens.

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has named Barry Saltzman, professor of geophysics, the 1998 recipient of its highest honor, the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal. The award was presented in January as part of the AMS's 78th annual meeting. Saltzman, a pioneer in many areas of meteorology and climate theory, was honored for his lifelong contributions to the study of the global circulation and the evolution of the earth's climate. A member of the Yale faculty since 1968, Saltzman has served as editor of Advances in Geophysics since 1977.

Congregation Mishkan Israel will present its Award of Merit to Gertrude Langsam, a fellow of Trumbull College, and her husband, Henry Langsam, for their contributions to the synagogue and to the wider community. They will receive their awards during a dinner on Friday, June 19, at Congregation Mishkan Israel, 785 Ridge Rd. in Hamden. The Langsams have been active participants in and leaders of various area organizations and Congregation Mishkan Israel. In addition to serving as cochairs of the synagogue's Social Action Committee and as members of its board of trustees, they have been involved with the New Haven Jewish Federation and Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, among other organizations.

On Arbor Day (April 24), a tree was planted at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies to honor David M. Smith, the Morris K. Jesup Professor Emeritus of Silviculture. The planting of the white fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) marks the 50th anniversary of Smith joining the faculty at the school. In addition to spending over 40 years teaching foresters, Smith also wrote the standard text on silviculture, or the art of cultivating trees. The newly planted tree stands outside of Marsh Hall where Smith has continued to maintain an office since his retirement eight years ago. A memorial plaque commemorating the event will be placed on Marsh Hall later this year.

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has selected John L. Wood, associate professor of chemistry, as a national winner of The Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award for 1998. The foundation chooses 20 outstanding faculty members from the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering and biochemistry for the award, which is based on both research achievements and dedication to teaching.

The Council on Latin American Studies recently hosted a visit to Yale by alumnus Enrique Cardenas, president of the University of the Americas in Mexico (UDLA), and Angeles Espinosa, chair of the school's board of directors. The two came to campus to observe how the residential college system works and to strengthen ties between Yale and UDLA. Cardenas, who earned three advanced degrees from Yale in the early 1980s, has inaugurated three residential colleges to date at UDLA.

Yu Yuan, a postdoctoral fellow in genetics, recently attended the annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in New Orleans, held March 28-April 1. He was awarded an AACR-AFLAC Scholar Travel Award to attend the meeting, where he presented his scientific work titled "PIR1: a Novel Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Exhibiting High Affinity to RNA/RNP Complexes." Yuan was one of 25 AACR-AFLAC Scholars worldwide selected for a travel award. Established last year, the award is given for excellence in cancer research by young cancer research scientists in training. It is presented only to associate members of the AACR and covers expenses to the annual AACR meeting, allowing young investigators to present their scientific discoveries.

The Yale Cardiology Network and CardioNet of Connecticut, LLC recently announced the consolidation of their two cardiology networks into a single statewide entity to better serve patients with heart disease. The network is the first of its kind in Connecticut and will operate under the name of the Yale Cardiology Network (YCN). More than 90 university- and community-based physicians, cardiologists and cardiac surgeons are members of YCN, practicing in communities throughout Connecticut and in Westerly, Rhode Island, and Putnam County, New York. "Combining the strengths of our two networks results in unique synergy and provides a broad regional representation that will benefit our patients as well as insurers," says Dr. Barry Zaret, the Robert Berliner Professor and chief of the section of cardiovascular medicine at the School of Medicine, who is chair of the YCN executive committee. YCN is governed by a 16-member executive committee consisting of eight community-based cardiologists and eight members drawn from the School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health System.

On May 4-5, Yale hosted the Taipei Venture Capital Association (TVCA) at an Investment Forum held at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale. The TVCA includes more than 15 Taiwanese venture capital firms that have earmarked $50-$100 million for investment in U.S. biotechnology companies. Yale's Office of Cooperative Research (OCR) and the China Partners Group of Hartford coordinated the association's visit to New Haven. Seven biotechnology companies located in the New Haven area gave presentations for the TVCA delegation. "A few years ago, a group of biotech investors like the TVCA would simply have passed through New Haven on its way from New York to Boston," said Greg Gardiner, OCR director. "Today, we have given them a reason to stop and take a look at some very exciting investment opportunities."