Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 4-11, 1999

Volume 28, Number 7

Campus Notes

Stephen L. Carter, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, will deliver the 11^th annual Edward F. Dobihal Jr. Lecture on Religion and Health at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Carter -- who has helped shape the debate on issues ranging from the role of religion in politics to integrity and civility in everyday life -- will present the lecture, titled "Morality and Measurement: Is God in the Details?" on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. in the School of Medicine's Harkness Auditorium, 333 Cedar St.

Risa Sodi, senior lector and director of language instruction in the Italian department, will be the next speaker in the "Books Sandwiched In" discussion series at United Church on the Green. The weekly talks take place Thursdays, 12:10-12:50 p.m., and are free and open to the public. Sodi's Oct. 7 discussion will focus on the book "Primo Levi: Tragedy of an Optimist" by Myriam Anissimov.

Members of the public are invited to meet Geoffrey Hartman, Sterling Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, at the Yale Bookstore on Friday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. Hartman will discuss and sign copies of his new book, "A Critic's Journey 1958-1998," a collection of essays providing insight into the topics and approaches that concerned Hartman during that period. The event is free and open to all.

Two professors will sign copies of their new books during the coming week at Book Haven, 290 York St. On Monday, Oct. 11, Rogers M. Smith, the Alfred Cowles Professor of Government, will sign copies of "The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America," co-authored by Philip A. Klinkner. The next day, Tuesday, Oct. 12, Ian Shapiro, professor and chair of the department of political science, will sign copies of "Democratic Justice," published by Yale University Press, as well as two collections of essays, "Democracy's Edges" and "Democracy's Value," co-edited with Casiano Hacker-Cordón. Both events will take place 4-5:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend; refreshments will be served.

School of Medicine Dean David Kessler presented the inaugural Boyarsky Lecture in Law, Medicine and Ethics at Duke University on Sept. 28. Kessler's talk, titled "Tobacco Wars," focused on efforts to regulate tobacco products and other ethical and legal challenges to public health. A lawyer and pediatrician, Kessler served as U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner from 1990 to 1997.

Robert Sternberg, the IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, has received an Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology award from the Connecticut Psychological Association. The award was presented at the organization's annual convention in Meriden on Oct. 1.

A CD-ROM on the life and work of Miguel de Cervantes edited by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarría, Sterling Professor of Hispanic and comparative Literature, has received Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Book Award for 1998. The CD is a multi-media reference work containing critical editions of all of Cervantes' publications -- most notably his best known, "Don Quixote" -- in the original Spanish as well as the most widely used English translations. It is part of the Major Authors Online Series produced by Primary Source Media, an Orange, Connecticut-based company that brings original materials of scholarly interest to the electronic domain.

Yale senior Dalia Hochman has been named one of Glamour magazine's "Top 10 College Winners" for 1999. Each of the winners received a $1,000 check at a Sept. 22 awards ceremony in New York City. All are profiled in the magazine's October issue, currently on newsstands.

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

Women with breast cancer genes risk relapse with conservative therapies

Ex-Secretary of State describes greatest foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.

Researchers discover animals will shun others with infectious diseases

Exhibit will offer Yale community a peek at libraries' treasures

HHS Secretary to talk about Medicare, privacy issues

NY governor, UPenn president are year's first Chubb Fellows

Solicitor General Waxman to speak at Law Reunion

Conference to explore 'dilemma' over use of cost-benefit analysis to make policy decisions

Headstone dedication will highlight Divinity Convocation

Goethe's contributions to science, modern culture celebrated

Grant supports STAR program to promote success in sciences

Scientists studying how animals move in perfect tandem

Two-part sculpture coming together for first time at Yale center

Human figure and landscape explored in Asian art exhibit

Exhibit features works of Chinese artist who mixes Western and Eastern styles and symbols

Yale hosts day-long conference on Asian studies

Stalin's secret plans to invade Alaska among topics discussed at international conference . . .

Yale launching annual United Way fundraising drive

Series focuses on slavery in early U.S. and the Middle Ages

Drug for glaucoma will be tested in clinical trial at the medical school

Medical program will focus on topic of breast cancer

German scholar to speak to local Humboldt chapter members

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