Yale Bulletin
and Calendar

January 18-25, 1999Volume 27, Number 17


























'Brand new' British Art Center
to be unveiled on January 23
Visitors entering the Yale Center for British Art after it reopens on Saturday, Jan. 23 following a year-long closing, will walk into a structure that is as different as it is familiar.
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'The Flaming Spider: Jonathan Edwards in Northampton' paints rare portrait of the minister as a human, sensual being
During his years on this worldly plane, 18th-century minister Jonathan Edwards wanted to lead his flock in Northampton, Massachusetts in creating a "New Jerusalem," a veritable heaven-on-earth.
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Communications director for Al Gore
to head Public Affairs Office
President Richard Levin has announced the appointment of Lawrence J. Haas as Yale's Director of Public Affairs and Special Assistant to the President.
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Citation survey shows faculty's leadership in scientific research
Yale recently was ranked fourth among America's top
research universities when "citation impact" was used to assess scientific performance. Citation impact was measured by calculating the average number of times an institution's published research papers were cited by other scientists worldwide.
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O T H E RS T O R I E S

Two faculty members are honored with Sterling Professorships

Gift supports Yale gallery's 'grand tradition of modern American art'

Yale-developed vaccine to prevent Lyme disease is approved by the FDA

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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Exhibit features works by photographer of key figures in Harlem Renaissance

Exhibits celebrate three British artists' representations of the human figure

Playwrights benefit from new partnership

Memorial service scheduled for noted physiologist and lab director Ethan Nadel

Dining hall cooks sharpen culinary skills

Center seeking proposals for interactive digital technology projects in the arts

Head of Laser Vision Correction Services discussed new technique at symposium in China

English Language Institute Courses for Spring Term

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PHOTO BY MICHAEL MARSLAND

Visitors to the renovated Yale Center for British Art will find the Entrance Court transformed into a display space, which currently features an exhibit of sculpture (here, still under protective cover) by Henry Moore.