Paula Kavathas, Ph.D., William B. Stewart, Ph.D.

Paula Kavathas, Ph.D., associate professor of genetics and immunobiology, and William B. Stewart, Ph.D., associate professor of surgery and chief of the section of anatomy and experimental surgery, were honored with Ivy Awards in May. The Elm and Ivy Awards are given in recognition of efforts to strengthen the relationship between Yale and the city of New Haven. Kavathas created the Science Education Outreach Program to strengthen science education in New Haven. Stewart helped to establish a program of bringing students from Career High School to anatomy laboratories at the medical school, where they are taught by medical student volunteers.