Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 30, 2001

Volume 29, Number 24

Campus Notes

The Yale University Concert Band under the musical direction of Thomas Duffy will join the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra in a concert on Saturday, March 31, at 8 p.m. in Norwalk Concert Hall, 1250 East Ave. The University Concert Band will present a re-enactment of Captain Glenn Miller's 1943 radio broadcasts and the Norwalk Symphony will perform a program of music and songs by Cole Porter. Tickets are $25, $30 and $38; group and student discounts are available. Proceeds will benefit Bread and Roses, a local AIDS support agency. For tickets and information, call (203) 866-2455 or visit norwalksymphony.org.

The Yale Klezmer Band will present a free concert at the Congregation Or Shalom, 205 Old Grassy Hill Road, Orange, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 31. Founded in 1992, the Klezmer Band is made up of undergraduates of various backgrounds. Klezmer is the Jewish folk and dance music with roots in old Eastern Europe. Refreshments will be served and there will be dancing. For more information, call (203) 799-2341.

The Yale Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Yale's Tercentennial and the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death with a concert on Tuesday, April 10, at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The concert will feature the Yale Glee Club, the Yale Camerata and internationally acclaimed soloists. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students with ID. Tickets may be purchased at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, through Carnegie Charge at (212) 247-7800 or by mail. For more information, call (203) 432-4140.

International Security Studies is sponsoring a conference titled "Nations and Relations: Nationalism, National Identities and International Environments" on Friday and Saturday, April 6 and 7, at the Graduate Club, 155 Elm St. Junior and senior scholars will present new research from historical perspectives on nationalism and national identity. Scholars include Manu Bhagavan of Yale, Eileen Scully of Princeton, Timothy Snyder of Harvard and Yossi Shain of Georgetown University. Sessions will take place 11:45 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. Lunch will be provided on both days and breakfast will be provided on Saturday. For a full program, see www.yale.edu/iss.

The Yale University Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of David Brandenburg, will perform on Monday, April 2, at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of Derby High School, 8 Nutmeg Ave., Derby. The concert will feature works by Thad Jones, Charles Mingus and Oliver Nelson, and will close with a joint performance with the Derby High School Jazz Ensemble. A live concert recording will be produced from this performance. Admission is free. For more information, call (203) 736-5032.

U.S. Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi, Sterling Professor Emeritus and professorial lecturer in law at the Law School, was named the inaugural recipient of the Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award by Colby College. On April 18, Calabresi will receive the award as well as an honorary doctor of laws degree at Colby in Waterville, Maine. He will also deliver a lecture there. The award was established to recognize a federal or state judge who demonstrates the qualities of integrity, compassion, humanity and judicial excellence -- qualities exhibited by the late U.S. District Court Judge Morton Brody of Maine. Calabresi earned B.S. and LL.B. degrees at Yale, graduating first in his class from the Law School. Prior to his appointment in 1994 as U.S. circuit court judge for the second circuit, he was dean of the Law School.

The Yale School of Medicine was granted a $200,000 Career Development Award by Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) to support eye research conducted by Dr. Ning Tian, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the School of Medicine. The support is provided over a period of four years. Dr. Bruce Shields, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, says that Tian's research focuses on how the cells in the retina are connected and how light-evoked signals across these connections are formed and modified in the developing retina. This basic understanding of retinal function is critical to determine the mechanisms of disease state and to find cures, adds Shields. Founded in 1960, RPB is the world's leading voluntary organization supporting eye research.

The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion is sponsoring the American Society of Church History Conference on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. Concurrent sessions will take place 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. on both days at the Omni Hotel, 155 Temple St. A highlight of the conference is a public lecture by Robert Orsi of Indiana University. Titled "Nobody Lives 'There': Desire, Absence and Race in Urban Religion," the talk will be held in the lecture hall of Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High St. For more information, call (203) 432-4040.

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