Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 5-12, 1999

Volume 27, Number 27

Weight Watchers at Work

The Health Education Office of Yale University Health Services (YUHS) is sponsoring a 10-week Weight Watchers at Work series, beginning Monday, April 12. The fee for the series is $94, with a minimum of 18 members per series. All meetings will be held in Rm. 405, YUHS, 17 Hillhouse Ave.

On Monday, April 5, 12:15-1 p.m., a free informational open meeting will be held for new and returning members. Payment is due at this meeting and may be made by cash, check, Mastercard, Visa, Discover or American Express.

All programs beginning before May 15 will offer a chance to win a trip to New York City or 150 other prizes. Participants will also receive a free 32-page skin care, beauty and fashion guide for men and women. For more information, call 432-1892.

Call for faculty fellows

The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion at Yale is seeking Yale faculty and professional staff who are interested in participating in the Institute's activities as Research Fellows during the '99-'00 academic year.

The institute, established through a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts, centers comprehensive interdisciplinary research around the "broad themes of American Religion in a rapidly changing world and opens opportunities for scholars throughout the world to confront issues about the role religion has played and should play nationally as well as globally."

The institute features themes or "problems" pertaining to the selection of fellows, conference topics and lectures under the institute's direction. The rationale is to generate teams of scholars within and beyond Yale who will share insights with each other as well as pursue individual research projects. The institute's first theme will address the problem of "Religion, Race and Ethnicity" by examining the continuing legacy of racial disunity through the nexus of religion.

Research fellows, who receive an annual stipend of $2,000 in the form of a research account as well as travel expenses, are invited to participate in the institute's regular monthly seminars and to attend regular conferences and lectures. Fellows will interact with three senior residential fellows and other members of the institute. For more information, call 432-4040 or e-mail iasry@yale.edu.

Religious studies prizes

The department of Religious Studies has announced three prize competitions. The Noyes-Cutter Prize in Greek Translation, established by Charles F. Cutter (Yale 1875), will be awarded to an undergraduate who shows by examination the highest degree of excellence in "interpreting the Greek of the New Testament into Modern English." The written examination will be held during the week of April 19. Students interested in competing should contact Linda B. Gray at 432-0828.

The American Jewish Congress Prize will be awarded to a senior in Yale College for "Scholarship in any field of Judaic studies either for a paper submitted in competition or for course work and interest in the discipline over a period of years." For more information, contact Barbara Devlin at 432-0843.

The Obernauer Memorial prize will be awarded "to a graduate or undergraduate for the best written and delivered essay on the most practical means of achieving good will among religious groups, particularly between Christians and Jews and/or between racial groups." For more information, contact Barbara Devlin at 432-0843.

"New Haven First" walking tours

The "New Haven First" free walking tours of New Haven Green will begin on Thursday, April 8 at noon and will take place at that time every Thursday through October. The tour leaves from the Yale Visitor Information Center at 149 Elm St., rain or shine. In addition to the regular community volunteers, a number of local celebrities, including the current and former mayors, will lead the tour.

The one-hour tour provides a glimpse of the city's development over 350 years and the many "firsts" that have occurred along the way, including the first manufacturing assembly line, the first American football game and the premieres of more than 200 Broadway shows. It will begin at the John Pierpont House, the oldest intact residence in New Haven, with stops at the New Haven Free Public Library, City Hall and other notable landmarks.

"New Haven First" is a collaborative effort of Yale, the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the City of New Haven, the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce, the Greater New Haven Convention and Visitors bureau, and other city organizations. For more information, call the Visitor Information Center at 432-2300.

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

'339 Yale homebuyers -- and counting!
A house becomes a home on Bristol Street
'Private Censorship and Perfect Choice'
Special events pay tribute to Native American culture
A Conversation With a Peace Maker
Improving health of minorities is top priority, Satcher says
The Surgeon General speaks out on some tough issues
Yale Opera to present Verdi's adaptation of Shakespearean comedy
Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke to talk at Divinity School
Graphic! British Prints Now' celebrates state of the art of British printmaking
'Film Fest New Haven to pay tribute to Yale animator
Renowned artists to take part in panel and symposium at Yale Art Gallery
Scholars will share perspectives on issues in South Asia in series of events
Museum hosts recreation of 'Dances for a Building'
Visiting philosopher to present talk
Venclova is honored by the Lithuanian government