Yale Bulletin
and Calendar

February 15-22, 1999Volume 27, Number 21



























AIDS memorial service

The Chaplain's OfÞce, the Student AIDS Educators, Yale Religious Ministry, and the AIDS Resource and Counseling Center (University Health Services) are sponsoring a Multifaith AIDS Memorial Service on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 5 p.m. in Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm streets.

Members of the University and New Haven communities will gather together to remember those who have died of AIDS and those whose lives have been touched by AIDS. The service will be comprised of prayers, chanting, readings, two brief speakers, and songs from Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Bahá'í, and other traditions, religious and secular, and will conclude with the lighting of candles. The service is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Rev. Cynthia A. Terry at 432-1131.


SOM leadership workshop

Victor H. Vroom, the John G. Searle Professor of Management at the School of Management (SOM), will conduct a Þve-day workshop titled "Leadership and Team Effectiveness," May 10-14.

Professor Vroom is an international authority on the psychological analysis of behavior in organizations and an expert in leadership, motivation, job satisfaction and decision-making. He teaches at the Law School as well as SOM, and has been a consultant to over 50 major corporations.

For registration information, contact Dianne Gamache at 432-6038 or e-mail dianne.gamache@yale.edu.


Children's programs at YUAG

The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG), Chapel Street at York, is presenting a short series of story-telling and art-making programs for children aged five to eight years. On Saturday, Feb. 20, the theme will be "Animal Tales." Children will listen to fables and folk stories told by Yale undergraduates, then make animal masks which they can wear for their own creative performances. The following Saturday, Feb. 27, stories about "Fantastic Creatures" will be told, and children will be encouraged to sculpt their own "found-object fantasies."

The programs take place 10:30 a.m.-noon and are free. As space is limited, registration by calling Ellen Alvord at 432-0619 is recommended.


Anthropology fellowships

The department of anthropology has announced two fellowship programs that will award funds for travel and/or research expenses.

The Josef Albers Foundation fellowships are intended for travel and research expenses in connection with scholarly research involving pre-Columbian art and artifacts of Mesoamerica, Central and South America. Intended for graduate or undergraduate students, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty, grants will ordinarily range from a few hundred dollars to $1,000, but in some cases could be as much as $3,000.

The Augusta Hazard Fund is a fellowship available to graduate students who plan foreign travel for archaeological research during the summer. Grants are intended to help defray travel expenses and range from a few hundred dollars to $1,500.

For further information, call 432-3700.


March copier fair

The Copier Rental Program is inviting members of central and science area departments to a copier fair on March 3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the lobby of 155 Whitney Ave.

The fair is in celebration of the new contract with Pitney Bowes and will provide the opportunity to view the company's analog and digital copiers, as well as meet with representatives of the Rental Program and the company. Refreshments and free prizes will be provided.


Faculty research grants

The Yale Center for International and Area Studies, 34 Hillhouse Ave., is offering grants to members of the faculty for research that has an international orientation. Grants are awarded for studies that will increase understanding of speciÞc countries and societies in the modern era, for problem-oriented and comparative studies within and between regions, and for studies in international relations. Projects in the natural sciences, the arts, medicine and environmental studies will normally be considered only if they focus substantially on some aspects of human and/or institutional behavior.

Awards will range from $2,000 to $5,000, with an average award of around $2,500. The deadline for applications is Monday, Feb. 22. For more information, contact Peg Limbacher at 432-9368 or e-mail peg.limbacher@yale.edu.


Child Conduct Clinic program

The Yale Child Conduct Clinic, 314 Prospect St., is offering a three-week parenting program on Thursday nights. The program is intended for parents of children aged 2 through 8 who are not experiencing serious behavioral problems but may have trouble following directions, handling disappointments or who engage in tantrums. A start date has not yet been determined as there are still many slots available. For more information, call 432-9763.


T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Applications to Yale College reach record high
New Medical School facility will provide needed laboratory space
Lieberman to discuss 'Public Life in the Age of Scandal'
Bollingen Prize in poetry awarded to Robert White Creeley
Graduate students providing free services to local biotechnology firms
International experts leading Yale-Stimson seminar
Dramatic reading to highlight symposium on legacy of Austrian writer's work
'Unburying' bones is all in a day's work for museum preparator
Fossil dig, talks by student paleontologists will highlight 'Dinosaur Days'
Exhibit documents the 'life and death' of a North Carolina furniture factory
Evening of dance by campus troupes will benefit New Haven charities
Hoch will demonstrate his 'super-chameleon' talents in one-man show
YCIAS announces array of available fellowship and grant opportunities
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