Ruth Lord, a research affiliate at the Yale Child Study Center, will sign copies of her new book "Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter's Portrait," on Monday, March 1, 5-7 p.m. in the Stage II lobby of the Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive. R.W.B. Lewis, the Neil Grey Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and professor of English and American studies, wrote the foreward to the memoir. The book-signing is sponsored by the Foundry Bookstore and Long Wharf Theatre. For further information, call 787-4284, ext. 237.

Peter Gay, Sterling Professor of History Emeritus, will be the featured speaker in the next "Books Sandwiched In," a series of free, lunch-time book discussions sponsored by the Friends of the New Haven Free Public Library. On Thursday, March 11, Gay will discuss "I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1934-1941" by Victor Klemperer. Gay, a scholar of European intellectual and cultural history, recently wrote his own memoir of his Berlin youth in the 1930s titled "My German Question." His talk will begin at 12:10 p.m. at the United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets. Participants are invited to bring their own lunches; coffee, tea and cookies will be available for purchase in the basement of the church 11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m.

Danish scholar and television filmmaker Stig Hornshoj-Moller, who has been a visiting scholar at Yale, died on Feb. 18 while on a visit to Humboldt University in Berlin. Hornshoj-Moller, who was 50 years old, devoted his career to researching Hitler's decision-making in the lead-up to the Holocaust. He recently played a major role in persuading the Danish parliament to establish a Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, and at the time of his death was a leading contender for the position of its founding director. Hornshoj-Moller first visited Yale in April 1998 and returned to the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS) in October 1998 as a visiting scholar in the Genocide Studies Program (GSP), funded by the Mellon Foundation. In October, he presented a paper to the GSP Sawyer Seminar on Recording and Documentation of Genocide titled "'The Eternal Jew' -- A Blueprint for Genocide in the Nazi Film Archives." The paper was published in a YCIAS working paper series. Hornshoj-Moller was also the author of "Forermyten," a historical study of Hitler, Goebbels and the Nazi genocide, and was producer of the three-hour film documentary "Atawolf: The Riddle of Adolf Hitler," shown on Danish television in 1997.

Allan R. Wagner, the James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychology, will be presented the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award at the association's annual meeting in August. The award is given for outstanding scientific achievement. Wagner was cited in his award letter for advancing psychology as a scientific endeavor.

Yale University Press director John G. Ryden has announced the promotion of Tina C. Weiner to publishing director. She has been associate director and marketing director since 1988. The newly created position recognizes the wider role Weiner plays in the management of the Press, the coordination of the New Haven and London editorial programs and her ongoing responsibility for the performance of Yale books in the marketplace. In addition to her enhanced responsibilities, Weiner will continue to have executive oversight authority for sales, promotion and paperback publishing. Weiner has been a member of the board of directors of the American Association of University Presses (AAUP) and has served on and chaired many AAUP committees. In addition, she has taught at the University of Denver Publishing Institute.

Colin J. Barnstable, professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has been granted a $60,000 Senior Scientific Investigator Award by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB). RPB Senior Scientific Investigator Awards support nationally recognized senior scientists conducting eye research at medical institutions in the United States. Barnstable is one of 100 scientists at 45 institutions so honored since the award was established in 1987. He and his research group are studying genes that control the development and function of cells in the retina. Mutations in some of these genes are responsible for inherited forms of blindness. Work from Barnstable's group has already led to a better understanding of retinal diseases and is paving the way for new forms of disease treatment and prevention.

Senior Jeremy Marwell of Morse College has been chosen as this year's recipient of the Paul Mellon Fellowship for study at Clare College in Cambridge, England. Marwell, who will earn a B.S. in chemistry in May and has also completed the requirements for the history major, will pursue a Master of Philosophy degree in history at Clare College. Marwell's other undergraduate honors have included election to Phi Beta Kappa, Dean's Letters for outstanding achievement in both physics and history, and an Association of Yale Alumni Community Service Summer Fellow Award. A freshman counselor, Marwell is also a member of the saxophone quartet Elision and of the Duke's Men. He also has been a counselor for the Freshmen Outdoor Orientation Trips (FOOT) program and for Yale Outdoors. The Mellon Fellowship supports an exchange between Yale and Clare College; Clare College has awarded the fellowship to Daniel Sheridan, who will pursue an M.A. in international relations at Yale. The fellowship has been made possible through the generosity of the late Paul Mellon '29.

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