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May 24, 2002Volume 30, Number 30Two-Week Issue



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A&A
Art & Architecture Building

AACC
Afro-American Cultural Center

BAC
Yale Center for British Art

BASS
Bass Center for Molecular and Structural Biology

BCMM
Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine

BML
Brady Memorial Laboratory

BRBL
Beinecke Rare Book Library

CCL
Cross Campus Library

CMHC
Connecticut Mental Health Center

CSC
Child Study Center

DMCA
Digital Media Center for the Arts

HGS
Hall of Graduate Studies

HRT
Hunter Radiation Therapy Center

ISM
Institute of Sacred Music

ISPS
Institution for Social
& Policy Studies

JEH
Jane Ellen Hope Building

JPL
John B. Pierce Laboratory

JWG
J.W. Gibbs Research Laboratories

KBT
Kline Biology Tower

KGL
Kline Geology Laboratory

LC
Linsly-Chittenden Hall

LEPH
Laboratory of Epidemiology
& Public Health

LMP
Laboratory for Medicine
& Pediatrics

OML
Osborn Memorial Laboratory

PWG
Payne Whitney Gym

SHM
Sterling Hall of Medicine

SLB
Sterling Law Buildings

SMH
Sprague Memorial Hall

SML
Sterling Memorial Library

SOM
School of Management

SPL
Sloane Physics Laboratory

SSS
Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall

UCS
Undergraduate Career Services

WHC
Whitney Humanities Center

WLH
William L. Harkness Hall

WNSL
Wright Nuclear Structure
Laboratory

YCIAS
Yale Center for International and Area Studies

YUAG
Yale University Art Gallery

YUHS
Yale University
Health Services



F R I D A Y ,M A Y24T H R O U G HS U N D A Y , J U N E9


Music

Saturday, May 25

Yale Glee Club Commencement Concert
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Tickets: $12; $10 for students. Info.: (203) 432-4136.

Sunday, May 26

Yale School of Music Commencement Concert
4 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Program will feature chamber orchestra, brass ensembles, vocal duets and bassoons. Info.: (203) 432-4159.


Talks

Friday, May 24

"Quantifying the Basis of Fish Schooling Behavior Using Automated Image Analysis"
Noon. Rm. 500, Watson Hall. Daniel Grünbaum, Sch. of Oceanography, Univ. of Washington. (Computational Vision and Control)

Tuesday, May 28

"White on White: The Care of Marble and Plaster"
2 p.m. YUAG. Gallery Talk by conservator Susan Schussler.

"Singularity"
5-7 p.m. ISPS. Dr. Richard Satava. Part of the working research group on "Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology and Transhumanism." Contact Carol Pollard for dinner reservations at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

Thursday, May 30

"White on White: The Care of Marble and Plaster"
Noon. YUAG. Gallery Talk by conservator Susan Schussler.

Tuesday, June 4

"Freedom of Information in an Age of Terrorism: The Open Society and Its Enemies"
2:30 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB. Thomas S. Blanton, executive director, National Security Archive. (Standing Committee on Professional Awareness/University Library)

Wednesday, June 5

"Japanese Ukiyo-e Wood Block Printing"
2-4 p.m. YUAG. Artist and printer Yasuyuki Shibata will present a lecture and demonstration. Offered in conjunction with the special exhibition "Frankenthaler: The Woodcuts."

Thursday, June 6

"Birds, Beasts and Blossoms: Other Players in Ukiyo-e Prints"
Noon. YUAG. Gallery Talk by Sadako Ohki.


Biomedical Sciences

Friday, May 24

"The Molecular Basis of CD8 Interaction with Ligands Class I and TL and the Role of Glycosylation in Modulating That Interaction"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Paula Kavathas. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

"Molecular Pathogenesis of Hyperparathyroidism"
Noon. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Andrew Arnold, Univ. of Connecticut. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conf.)

"Liver Fibrosis"
1-1:50 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Lawrence Bassin. (Section of Digestive Diseases & Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology)

Tuesday, May 28

"Should Healthy Women with Family History of Breast Cancer Take HRT, Tamoxifen or Nothing? A Personalized Risk Assessment and Counseling Trial"
8:30 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Ellen T. Matloff. (Cancer Center Grand Rounds)

"Combinatorial Signaling in Specification of Cell-Fate"
4 p.m. Rm. I304, SHM. Utpal Banerjee, UCLA. (Dept. of Genetics)

Wednesday, May 29

"From Actin Polymerization to Movement: Molecular Mechanism"
Noon. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Marie-France Carlier, Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, C.N.R.S., France. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

"Town/Gown/Clown"
Noon-1 p.m. Fitkin Amph. (Dept. of Pediatrics Grand Rounds)

"Annual Review of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease"
2:30-4:30 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Carolyn Rochester. Yale State Chest Conference will be followed by case presentations. Open to health professionals. (Pulmonary and Critical Care Section)

Thursday, May 30

"Quiz Bowl"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. (Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds)

"Obesity Research Grant Presentations"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. (Dept. of Surgery)

Friday, May 31

"Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Interactions with Epithelial Cells -- Recognition and Virulence"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, HRT. Dr. Barbara Kazmierczak. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

"Update on Erythropoietin -- An Unsuspected Neuroprotective Therapeutic"
Noon. Rm. 206, JEH. Dr. Michael Brines, Kenneth S. Warren Laboratories. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference)

"GI Motility/Smooth Muscle Function"
1-1:50 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Gaurav Jain. (Section of Digestive Diseases & Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology)

Tuesday, June 4

"Critical Review of Treatment Strategies in the Systemic Therapy of Hormone-Insensitive Metastatic Breast Cancer"
8:30 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Andrew D. Seidman, Cornell Univ. Medical College. (Cancer Center Grand Rounds)

"Repair of Spinal Cord Injury"
4:30 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Geoffrey Raisman, head of the Division of Neurobiology, The Norman and Sadie Lee Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, London, will present the 2002 Gaylord Rehabilitation Research Institute Annual Lecture. (Dept. of Neurology)

"Reconstitution In Vitro of Microtubule-Dependent Motility and Fission of Hepatocyte Endocytic Vesicles"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Dr. Allan Wolkoff. (Section of Digestive Diseases & Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology)

Thursday, June 6

"Parallels in History"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dr. Martin Robson, Bay Pines Veterans Administration Medical Center. (Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds/Surgical Society)

Friday, June 7

"Endocrine Jeopardy"
Noon. Rm. 206, BCMM. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference)


And...

Friday, May 31

Lewis Walpole Library Open House
2-4 p.m. 154 Main St., Farmington. Guided tours of the house and collections will be offered on the half-hour (last tour will begin at 3:30 p.m.); refreshments will be provided. Info.: (860) 677-2140.

Opening Reception
3:30-5:30 p.m. Slifka Center. Reception for the exhibition "A Love of the Land: Paintings by Howard Fussiner."

Tuesday, June 4

"TBC Technology Expo & Seminars"
1-5 p.m. Rm. LL1 & LL2, 221 Whitney Ave. Computer vendors will speak and ITS representatives will present brief seminars. Refreshments will be served. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: www.yale.edu/ris.


ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Tours

Yale Astronomy Public Nights
First Thursday of each month. Top level, Pierson-Sage Parking Garage. Visitors will have the opportunity to view astronomical objects such as the moon, planets, star clusters and galaxies through one of the department's many telescopes. Astronomers will be on hand to describe the objects. Info.: www.astro.yale.edu/publicnights.

Guided Tours of Campus
Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Yale Visitor Center, Dwight Hall. Info.: (203) 432-2300.

Highlights Tours of the Peabody Museum
Saturday & Sunday, 1 p.m. Lobby, Peabody Museum. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

Masterpiece Tours of the Yale Art Gallery
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. YUAG. Tours of the permanent collection led by docents.


Exhibitions

School of Art
10 a.m.-5 p.m. "MFA Thesis Exhibition -- Graphic Design" (Margarita Barrios Ponce, Juliette Cezzar, Hyun Cho, Sung Min Choi, Glen Cummings, Allan Espiritu, Kenneth Kim, Sang Do Kim, Sung Joong Kim, Ahree Lee, Dan Michaelson, Rebecca Ross, Deena Suh and Jonty Valentine), through May 28.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. "America Pictured to the Life: Illustrated Works from the Paul Mellon Bequest," through July 17.

Institute of Sacred Music
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. "The Florence Portfolio," through June 14.

Jonathan Edwards College Master's House
Thursday, 4-6 p.m., or by appt. "The Aura of the Cause: A Photo Album for North American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War," through May 28. Info.: (203) 432-0356.

Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. "A Love of the Land: Paintings by Howard Fussiner," May 31-Sept. 30.

Sterling Memorial Library
Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Exhibit corridor, "Royal Jubilees in Britain 1809-2002," through July 31; Memorabilia Room, "1952's Artists and Authors," May 30-July 31.

Yale Center for British Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "Paula Rego: Celestina's House," through July 14.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "The African Roots of the Amistad Rebellion: Masks of the Sacred Bush," "The Muskrat and the Osprey: The Hidden Quinnipiac Marsh," "O.C. Marsh: His Life and Legacy," "Life in Ancient Egypt" and "Hall of Native American Cultures," on view indefinitely. Admission: $5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D. Info.: www.peabody.yale.edu.

Yale Physicians Building Art Place
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The fifth in a series of exhibitions featuring paintings, photographs, sculptures, pottery and quilts by local artists and University faculty and staff; through September.

Yale University Art Gallery
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (through the end of June); Sunday, 1-6 p.m. "Art for All Seasons: Asian Art at Yale, Part II," through Sept. 1; "Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth, Aerial Photographs," through July 28; "Robert Adams: What We Bought, The New World" and "Lewis Baltz: Park City, Contemporary Photographs," through July 28; "Looking at America," through July 28; "Frankenthaler: The Woodcuts," through Aug. 25; "Nine African American Quilters," through Nov. 10.


Meetings

Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Big Book Meeting; Tuesday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Living Sober Meeting; Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Promises and Traditions Meeting; Wednesday, 8 p.m., YUHS basement, Meeting; Thursday, 7:30 a.m., St. Thomas More Chapel Hall, Open Step Meeting; Friday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Topic Discussion Meeting; Sunday, 8 a.m., YUHS basement, Open Discussion Meeting.

Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
First Thursday of each month, 1:15 p.m. 6th flr., 1 Church St. The Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit is offering a support group for relatives and friends of those with Alzheimer's disease. Dessert and coffee will be served. Info.: (203) 764-8100.

ASHA-Yale
Second Thursday of each month, 7 p.m. ASHA-Yale is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting basic education in India. Info.: asha@yale. edu; www.ashanet.org/yale.

Overeaters Anonymous
Monday, 7-8 p.m. Open meeting for all who suffer from eating and related disorders. Info.: Sophia, (203) 752-9000; oasolution@hotmail.com.

Yale Toastmasters Club
Friday, noon. 221 Whitney Ave. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: (203) 436-3903; www.yale.edu/yaletoastmasters; ann.straub@yale. edu.


Religion

University Public Worship
Sunday, 10 a.m. Battell Chapel. Info.: (203) 432-8750. The Reverend Cynthia Terry will preach on May 26 at 9 a.m. (Church of Christ in Yale, member church of the United Church of Christ)

Episcopal Church at Yale
Student Life Center (SLC), 341 Elm St. Sunday, 5 p.m., Dwight Chapel, Holy Communion, followed by dinner on the first Sunday of each month at the SLC. Sunday, 10 p.m., Christ Church, 84 Broadway, Compline, medieval song prayer service. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., Berkeley Divinity Sch., Midweek Communion, meet at SLC for transportation. The Reverend Kathleen Dorr, chaplain. Info.: (203) 789-6387.

First & Summerfield United Methodist Church
Sunday, 11 a.m. 425 College St. The Reverend Ralph Lord Roy. Info.: (203) 624-2521.

First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 608 Whitney Ave. Service schedule will vary after June 9; call for schedule. Info.: Francis, (203) 562-0672.

International Church at Yale
Sunday, 11 a.m. Dwight Chapel. Info.: Walter Bodine, (203) 269-7857.

Luther House -- The University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. 27 High St. Service of Holy Communion in a contemporary setting. Bible study and service opportunities are available. Info.: Carl Sharon, (203) 432-1139; www.yale.edu/lutherhouse.

New Haven Friends
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 225 East Grand Ave. Transportation will leave from Phelps Gate at 10:10 a.m. Childcare available. Info.: (203) 468-7364.

St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center
Mass, Sunday, 10 a.m., & Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.; Sacrament of Penance, by appt. 268 Park St. Baccalaureate Mass, May 26, 8 a.m. & 10 a.m. (brunch will follow each Mass in Chapel Hall); open house in the chaplain's residence, June 1, 3:30-5:30 p.m., & June 8, 2-4 p.m.; brunch will follow Mass on June 2 & 9. Info.: (203) 777-5537.

Services at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale

80 Wall St. Orthodox, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. & 25 min. before sunset; Saturday, 9 a.m. & after sundown (call for times); Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Conservative/Egalitarian, Monday, 6:45 p.m.; Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.; Friday, 5:45 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, to be announced. Reform, Friday, 5:40 p.m. Downtown Minyan, Saturday, 10 a.m. Info.: (203) 432-1134.

Taize Candlelight Prayer
Tuesday, 9:07 p.m. Dwight Chapel. An ecumenical service of song, silence, prayer and praise featuring music from Taize. Info.: carl.sharon@yale.edu; www.yale.edu/lutherhouse; (203) 432-1139. (University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven)

Unitarian Society of New Haven
Sunday, 9:15 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. The Reverend Kathleen McTigue. Info.: (203) 288-1807.


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

Yale strengthens ties with Mexico during Levin's visit

Mexican doctoral students at Yale to receive added financial support

Yale research on Maya murals presented to Mexican anthropologists

Yale scientist Jerry Woodall wins National Medal of Technology

Carm Cozza named to College Football Hall of Fame

Yale physicist Devoret helps create 'artificial atom'


ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

Stuart Schwartz to be new master of Ezra Stiles College

IN FOCUS: Yale University Health Services Center

Research offers new proof that babies can count

São Toméan president and new World Fellow visit campus

Joan Steitz honored for her work with 'snurps'

Alumni reunions feature talks, tours, music and more

Works by '1952's Authors and Artists' to be displayed

Graduate School will honor three faculty members for their mentoring

Library exhibit marks milestone for monarchy

Paintings by award-winning artist on view at Slifka Center

Graduate students get practical advice on interview etiquette

Longtime city resident named head of University Properties

Dwight Hall Management Fellows to oversee center's fundraising

Art gallery to showcase 'outsider art' at special fundraising event . . .

Tennis coach Alex Dorato is honored as 2001 New England Coach of the Year

City gallery features national exhibition juried by Yale sculptor

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