Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 14, 2000

Volume 28, Number 28

Campus Notes

Robert Shiller, the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, will sign copies of his new book, "Irrational Exuberance," and answer questions about the work on Tuesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at the Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway. In the book, Shiller argues that today's "hot" stocks in the technology sector are grossly overvalued. He advises individuals not to invest retirement funds in these stocks and warns against plans to allow social security funds to be invested in stocks. The book signing is free and open to the public. For further information, call (203) 777-8440, ext. 165.

The Graduate School Newsletter has won a gold medal in the 2000 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Awards competition. CASE is the national association for academic support professionals who handle development, alumni affairs, events planning, media relations and communications for their institutions. Yale's monthly newsletter, inaugurated in October 1998, includes news, feature stories and calendar listings for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences community. Initiated by Susan Hockfield, the school's dean, the newsletter is written and edited by Gila Reinstein Ph.D. 1972 and designer Bjorn Akselsen M.F.A. 1998. CASE will present the award during its International Assembly, which will be held July 13-15 in Toronto, Canada.

During a trip to Lithuania March 6-17, Elona Vaisnys '66 Ph.D., editor for the Faculty of Engineering, gave 13 talks in 11 cities and towns, including at Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius Pedagogical University. In Lithuanian, she discussed "Social Capital and Democracy" as well as Read 3 Connecticut, an initiative of hers that aims to raise awareness about the importance for brain development of the first three years of life. Since returning to the United States, Vaisnys has talked about Read 3 Connecticut at the Plainville Rotary and will speak about it at the public library in Coventry in April. The United Way of Southington has undertaken a project, SmartWiring, that is an outgrowth of the initiative. SmartWiring is the subject of an upcoming television program by an independent producer, and Vaisnys as well as Yale psychologists Edward S. Zigler and Jerome and Dorothy Singer, were interviewed for the program.

Yale College alumna Carrie Baker '87 is one of 15 individuals to be awarded Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The awards are given to graduate students studying women's lives, history and literature. Baker will receive a $2,000 grant toward the expenses of research on her doctoral dissertation at Emory University, which has the tentative title "They Just Don't Get It: A History of Sexual Harassment Law and Activism in the United States."

President Richard C. Levin has announced that Benjamin R. Foster, professor of Assyriology and director of graduate studies in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, will serve as acting chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations during the 2000-2001 fall semester. Foster will fill in for Professor Dimitri Gutas, who will be on leave of absence that term.

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

Donald Margulies wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Broadway redesign project wins architecture award

Four students win contests for aspiring entrepreneurs

Study tracks second illness caused by ticks

Telemundo chief executive will visit as Gordon Grand Fellow

El Greco will be the focus of Yale painter's Rand Lecture

Rep offering explores culture through music, dance, stories

Student competition will unite an ancient mythical character and robots

Puente enjoys spotlight during visit as Chubb Fellow

Award-winning novelist discusses the art of writing and reading

Leonard S. Doob, a specialist on ways of resolving conflict, dies

'Visionary' student wins award for his work with homeless people

Neurologist Fuki Hisama is honored for her research on aging syndrome

Library acquires papers of noted Caribbean novelist

Lectures will explore emerging trend of 'personalized' medicine in drug industry

Salmonella injections may improve treatment of cancer, study finds

Artists will talk about their cutting-edge works

DMCA event to feature 'sonic world'

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