Yale Bulletin
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March 22-29, 1999Volume 27, Number 25


























Yale strengthens Faculty of Arts
and Sciences
When it comes to recruiting and retaining renowned scholars, Yale is on a roll. In the last year, the University has appointed 10 such scholars to tenured positions on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences -- some of them scholars who were recruited from outside the University, and some of them Yale junior faculty members who were offered tenure.
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Nobel laureate to visit Yale as
Chubb Fellow
Nobel Peace Prize-winner Oscar Arias Sanchez, former president of Costa Rica, will visit the campus under the auspices of the Chubb Fellowship on Wednesday, March 24, at 8 p.m. in the Luce Hall auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave.
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Biologists unravel genetics of fruit
flies' sense of smell
A team of Yale biologists has identified 16 odor receptor genes in fruit flies -- the first found in any insect -- thus providing a promising avenue for controlling insects that carry deadly diseases and cause widespread crop damage.
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Yale announces moderate increase in
term bill for the seventh straight year
For the second consecutive year, tuition and room and board for Yale undergraduates will rise by just 2.9 percent, matching the smallest rise at Yale since 1968 and the smallest among Ivy League schools in two decades.
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O T H E RS T O R I E S

Endowed Professorships:
Margot E. Fassler and Rogers M. Smith

Exhibits, symposium look back at the Pop art of the Sixties

Area performers to lift voices in memory of noted conductor

Slifka Center celebrates new Media Arts Endowment with preview screening of Spielberg's 'The Last Days'

Lecture series will explore role of technology in today's culture

Noted Scottish sociologist will be featured speaker in campus events

Special program at ISM marks publication of Bryan Spinks' book, 'To Glorify God'

Area artists invited to participate in second annual 'City-Wide Open Studios' program

Off-campus concerts

Conference will examine issues facing gays and lesbians in the workplace


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Nobel laureate Oscar Arias Sanchez who will deliver the Chubb Fellowship Address this week.