Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 8, 2002

Volume 30, Number 21

Campus Notes

Willie Ruff, adjunct professor at the School of Music, will host and introduce the Antoine Roney Quartet at the second performance in the Willie Ruff's Shoreline Jazz series on Saturday, March 9. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. at the Andrews Memorial Town Hall, 54 East Main St., in Clinton. Saxophonist Roney will be joined by Buster Williams on bass, Nasheet Waits on drums and Orrin Evans on piano. Tickets are $15 (Shoreline Arts Alliance members, students and seniors pay $12) and may be purchased by calling (203) 453-3890 or by visiting www.shorelinearts.org.

Ellen Matloff, associate research scientist in the Department of Genetics, will present a talk titled "Am I a Candidate for Cancer Genetic Counseling?" on Wednesday, March 13, at 6 p.m. in the East Pavilion Cafeteria of the Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH), 20 York St. The free event is sponsored by the Yale Cancer Center and YNHH. To make a reservation or for more information, call (203) 688-2000.

Leo J. Hickey, professor of geology and geophysics, will discuss Simon Winchester's "The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology" on Thursday, March 14, as part of "Books Sandwiched In," a series of free book discussions sponsored by the Friends of the New Haven Free Public Library. The discussion will take place 12:10-12:50 p.m. at the United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets. Those who attend are invited to bring a lunch; coffee, tea and cookies will be available for purchase in the basement of the church 11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m.

The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale will perform at the Americares benefit concert on Monday, April 29, as part of the organization's 20th anniversary. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. at the Rich Forum in Stamford. The Connecticut-based Americares was founded by Robert C. Macauley '45W.

John Demos, professor of history and American studies, will present the William E. Massey, Sr., Lectures in the History of American Civilization at Harvard University on May 6, 8 and 9. Previous Massey lecturers include Eudora Welty, Toni Morrison, Gore Vidal and Yale faculty members David Brion Davis, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History, and Stephen L. Carter, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law.

Jessica Stockholder, associate professor of sculpture at the School of Art, will jury a national exhibition titled "Matter as Protagonist" for the Creative Arts Workshop May 17June 29. Stockholder provided the conceptual framework for the exhibition, which will explore the concept of matter as central to the human experience and how our interaction with matter creates fictions and illusions and is an inescapable part of our lives. The deadline for slide entries is Wednesday, March 8. To receive a prospectus, visit www.creativeartsworkshop.org or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Gallery Committee, 80 Audubon St., New Haven, CT 06510.

Nicholas Odongo, a student at the Divinity School, won third prize in the ecumenism essay category in a competition sponsored by the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research and the Saint John's School of Theology Seminary, both in Collegeville, Minnesota. The title of Odongo's prize-winning essay is "Ecumenism and the Growth of the Church in Africa."

Paula Armbruster, associate clinical professor and director of outpatient services at the Child Study Center, was invited to be a facilitator at the 17th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, titled "Youth in Crisis -- Uniting for Action," on Nov. 7, 2001. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter hosts the annual symposium, which serves as a forum in which the leaders of America's mental health organizations discuss critical issues. Armbruster was also appointed to the national steering council of Partnership to Open Doors, a collaborative effort between Habitat for Humanity International, the National Mental Health Association and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. The goal of Partnership to Open Doors is to provide affordable homes for families impacted by mental illness.

Janet. L. Pan, assistant professor of electrical engineering and applied physics, was awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award (formerly the Young Investigator Award) for her proposal "Fundamental Physics and Device Issues of Novel GaAs Thermophotovoltaic Cells." She will receive funding for five years.

Jesse Levine, adjunct professor of viola at the School of Music, will lead the Connecticut Brass Consort in a concert on Sunday, March 10, at 4 p.m. at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Ave. The Connecticut Brass Consort, a group of 23 musicians from five area symphonies, will perform Giovanni Gabrieli's "Four Canzioni," Richard Strauss' "Festmusik der Stadt Wein" and Paul Hindemith's "Consertmusik for Piano, Brass and Harp." Admission is free, but a free-will offering will be taken to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven. Free parking and child care will be available, and a reception will follow the concert.

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Funding renewed for program to attract students to sciences

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D.C. mayor heralds dawning of the 'century of the city'

International meeting will assess status of women in physics

Women's Health Research wins grant for community outreach

Commemorating the Birth of a Nation

Benjamin Clark Jr., former manager in Yale's Dining Halls, dies in Texas

Yale Books in Brief

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