Talk on forest management
in India to be held at F&ES
T.P. Singh, director of the TERI School of Advanced Studies in India, will discuss "People's Participation in Forest Management in India: A Case Study from Shiwaliks" on Monday, April 8, at 4 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St.
Sponsored by the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the talk is free and open to the public.
A 23-year veteran with the Indian Forest Service, Singh will describe the growth of people's involvement in managing forests jointly with the government. He will pay particular focus to a case study from the Shiwalik hill range of Haryana, a state in India.
Singh has served as the assistant inspector general of forests for forest policy and as a national project coordinator for the development of the National Forestry Action Plan as a member of India's Ministry of Environment and Forests. He also served as senior fellow in the forestry and biodiversity area of the Tata Energy Research Institute in New Delhi. From 1993 to 1997, he was conservator of forests and regional director for social forestry for the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department.
A member of several committees and task forces constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Singh is lead author of several reports prepared for the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change and of other national and international publications. He is a member of the International Society of Tropical Foresters, Society of Indian Foresters, Society for Advances in Biosciences and the Commonwealth Forestry Association.
For more information, contact Timothy Gregoire at (203) 432-9398 or timothy.gregoire@yale.edu.
Gary Y. Okihiro, professor of international and public affairs and director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University, will deliver the Asian Pacific American Heritage Series keynote address on Monday, April 8.
Part of the Asian American Studies Faculty Lecture Series, the talk will begin at
7 p.m. in Rm. 211 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St.
In his 1994 book "Margins and Mainstreams," Okihiro contended that yellow was a shade of black, and black a shade of yellow. In his lecture, a rethinking of his original proposition, Okihiro will highlight a distinction between African Americans and Asian Americans, that of citizenship. He will discuss the consequences of that difference for relations among African Americans, Asian Americans and whites, and will consider whether there is any possibility for finding a common ground.
Okihiro is the author of several books, including most recently "Common Ground: Re-imagining American History" (2001) and "The Columbia Guide to Asian American History" (2001). He is the recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the American Studies Association and is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies.
Randy Cohen, writer of the weekly column "The Ethicist" in The New York Times Magazine, will be the guest at a master's tea on Monday, April 8.
The tea will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St., and is free and open to the public.
An Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who has worked with David Letterman and Rosie O'Donnell, Cohen won out over six other aspirants last year when The New York Times Magazine proposed an ethics column. Titled "The Ethicist" in the magazine, the column is distributed by The New York Times Syndicate as "Everyday Ethics."
Cohen appeared in guest segments on "Good Morning America" last summer and was interviewed by Diane Sawyer about three questions he's frequently asked: Should I tell if I discover that a friend's spouse is having an affair? How honest does my resume have to be? If my umbrella is missing, may I take another one from the pile?
For the toughest ethical questions, Cohen says that he turns to his mother for help: "For me or for anybody in an ethical quandary, your mom is always there in your head."
Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood, will address the Yale Political Union on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Davies Auditorium, 15 Prospect St.
She will speak on the topic "Resolved: Abstinence-Only Education is Irresponsible." A debate on the resolution will then follow.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is the nation's oldest and largest reproductive health care and advocacy organization. Since becoming president of PPFA in 1996, Feldt has helped advance the group's fight for women's reproductive self-determination. She has spearheaded the Responsible Action Agenda, a comprehensive advocacy and service campaign to prevent unintended pregnancy, improve the quality of reproductive health care and ensure access to safe, legal abortion. Feld is also president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the political arm of PPFA, which is involved in electoral grassroots activism.
For more information, send e-mail to steven.prohaska@yale.edu or visit www.yale.edu/ypu. To speak on one side of the resolution during the debate, send e-mail to lauren.mutti@yale.edu.
Colson Whitehead, author of the novel "The Intuitionist," will visit campus as a Schlesinger Family Visiting Writer on Tuesday, April 9.
He will discuss his work at a tea in the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St., at 4:30 p.m. The public is invited to this free event.
In "The Intuitionist," Whitehead creates a parallel universe in a New York-city like metropolis, pitting warring factions of elevator inspectors against each other. When an elevator crashes under the watch of the city's first "colored" female inspector -- Lila Mae Watson, an Intuitionist -- she must go underground to investigate, fight the by-the-book Empiricists and clear her name. The novel, Whitehead's first, won the Quality Paperback Book Club's New Voices Award for 1999 and was an Ernest Hemingway/Pen Award for First Fiction finalist that same year.
Whitehead is also the recipient of a 2000 Whiting Writers' Award. His second novel, "John Henry Days," about the American folk hero slave, was published last year by Doubleday.
Dr. Romeo M. Caringal, technical director of the Health Services Partnership of the International Nepal Fellowship, will discuss his medical work in Nepal on Tuesday,
April 9.
Titled "Christian Mission and Medicine: A Report from Nepal," his talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC), 490 Prospect St. A discussion period with refreshments will follow. There is no admission charge and the public is welcome. For more information, call (203) 624-6672 or visit www.omsc.org.
Caringal ministered in Zambia for seven years, overseeing the Zimba Mission Hospital and three rural clinics. Much of his work there was with AIDS patients. He also served churches in Zambia through the Wesleyan World Mission in Indianapolis. He received his master's degree in public health from Yale in 1997 and a certificate in mission studies from the OMSC.
Patrick Kinney, associate professor of public health (environmental health sciences) at Columbia University, will present the seventh lecture in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) Distinguished Lecture series, "The Restoration Agenda: Environmental Justice," on Wednesday, April 10.
He will discuss "Community Based Air Quality Research in New York City" 11:30 a.m.12:50 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. Those who attend are invited to bring a brown bag lunch; refreshments will also be served.
Kinney's work has focused on air pollution and health, ozone, particulate matter health effects, asthma, environmental factors and indoor allergens. He was formerly an assistant professor at New York University Medical Center's Institute of Environmental Medicine and a staff scientist at Health Effects Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Members of the community are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Gordon Geballe at (203) 432-5122 or gordon.geballe@yale.edu, or C. Murphy-Dunning at (203) 432-6570 or colleen.murphy-dunning@yale.edu.
Maurice J. Elias, professor of psychology at Rutgers University, will speak in the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, April 12.
His talk, titled "Challenges of Implementing School-Based Social-Emotional Learning Programs in a Climate of Urban School Reform," will be held at noon in Rm. 211 of Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For further information, call (203) 432-9935.
Elias is vice-chair of the leadership team of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL). In 2000 he was elected vice president for program and chair of the program committee for
the board of trustees of the Association for Children of New Jersey. With his colleagues at CASEL, Elias co-authored "Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators," published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Elias has authored numerous other books. These include "Emotionally Intelligent Parenting: How to Raise a Self-Disciplined, Responsible, and Socially Skilled Child," now in its third printing with 10 international editions; "Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers: Raising Children to be Compassionate, Committed, and Courageous Adults"; and "Engaging the Resistant Child Through Computers: A Manual for Social and Emotional Learning." He was a member of the expert panel that advised the development of the NASP/CECP "Early Warning Signs, Timely Response" book on violence prevention.
Most recently, Elias' work has included action research on Jewish identity development in children and adolescents and the development of video, animation and computer-based instructional strategies for delivering preventive programs to youth, including those at high risk.
Marla E. Salmon, dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, will present the Sybil Palmer Bellos Lecture, "Footprints: Public Health and Relevance of Nursing, a Tribute to Margaret G. Arnstein," on Wednesday, April 10.
The lecture will be held at 4:30 p.m.
in Rm. 118 at the School of Nursing,
100 Church St. South, and will be followed by the rededication of the Margaret G. Arnstein Conference Room and Wisser Tea.
In her talk, Salmon will speak on the need for, and history of, public health and public health nursing; the important contribution and role of Margaret Arnstein, past dean of the Yale School of Nursing, in promoting public health; and the continuation of Arnstein's legacy by those who have followed her example.
Salmon is a professor of both nursing and public health. She is also the founding director of the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing at Emory University.
Dr. Heidi Feldman, professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will present the 10th Annual Warren Weiswasser Lecture on Wednesday, April 10, as part of the Department of Pediatric's Grand Rounds lecture series.
Titled "Developmental Consequences of Otitis Media: Updates from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania," the lecture will take place at noon in Fitkin Amphitheatre in the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. Feldman will also present a seminar on "Language Development After Early Brain Injury: Behavioral and Imaging Evidence of Plasticity" later that same day, 2:303:30 p.m., in the Senn Conference Room. For more information about Feldman's visit, call (203) 785-6668.
At the University of Pittsburgh, Feldman serves as project director of the UCLID center, an interdisciplinary program to develop leaders in the field of disabilities, and as a faculty member in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She is currently involved in two major research efforts regarding the interaction of medical conditions and communication skills: otitis media and early neurological injuries.
Feldman is also division chief of General Academic Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Pediatric Research.
Dr. Warren Weiswasser, a former fellow at the Yale Child Study Center, was chief of pediatrics and later deputy director of the Connecticut Health Care Provider. His friends and family established this lectureship to explore social and behavioral issues of concern to children.
Richard Saul Wurman, author of the best-selling book "Information Anxiety" and the award-winning Access Travel Guides, will present the Paul Rand Lecture in Design on Wednesday, April 10.
The lecture, titled "Conversation About Conversation," will begin at 6 p.m. at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. Sponsored by the School of Art, the event is free and open to the public.
An architect by training, Wurman's foremost pursuit has been to make information understandable. He is the founder of the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Conference and the author of dozens of books on a wide variety of subjects. He has received several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, is a fellow of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and has received numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Chrysler Design Award in 1996.
In 1997 and 1999, Wurman was named one of the 100 elite of the technology industry by Upside Magazine. He continues to be a regular consultant to major corporations in matters relating to the design and understanding of information. He recently created and is serving as chief executive officer of a publishing company, TOP, which publishes books and related media on health and well-being.
Wurman's most recent publications include "Understanding USA," "Information Anxiety2," "Diagnostic Tests for Men," "Diagnostic Tests for Women," "Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Health" and "Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning."
Nobel Prize-winning novelist José Saramago will lecture on 20th-century Portuguese and Brazilian literature on Saturday, April 13, at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 114 of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, 1 Prospect St.
Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Kempf Fund, the talk is free and open to the public.
Saramago was born to a family of landless peasants in a small village outside of Lisbon. His family moved to Lisbon in 1924, where he trained to be a mechanic at a technical school. In 1947, he published his first novel, "The Land of Sin."
It was not until 1966 that Saramago returned to literature, publishing books of poetry, collections of newspaper articles and the novel "Manual of Painting and Calligraphy." After deciding to devote himself to a full-time career in literature in 1976, Saramago published a series of short stories, plays and the novels "Baltazar and Blimunda," "The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis," "The Stone Raft" and "The History of the Siege of Lisbon."
As a result of the Portuguese government's censorship of "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ," thus vetoing its presentation for the European Literary Prize under the pretext that the book was offensive to Catholics, Saramago moved to the island of Lanzarote in the Canaries. There, he published a play, "In Nomine Dei," and started a diary, "Cadernos de Lanzarote." In 1995 he published the novel "Blindness" and in 1997 "All the Names." He was awarded the Camões Prize in 1995 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998.
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Lecture to highlight distinction between minority races
Columnist of 'The Ethicist'
to speak at master's tea
Planned Parenthood president to address Political Union
Author of 'The Intuitionist'
is Schlesinger Visiting Writer
Doctor to discuss Christian
mission and medicine in Nepal
Air quality in New York is topic of F&ES Distinguished Lecture
Bush Center lecture to focus on social-emotional programs
School of Nursing lecture
to pay tribute to former dean
Pediatrician to present lecture on consequences of otitis media
Founder of TED Conference
to speak at School of Art
Saramago to discuss modern Portuguese, Brazilian literature
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