Yale Bulletin and Calendar

September 28, 2001

Volume 30, Number 4

Campus Notes

Elizabeth Alexander, lecturer in the Department of African American Studies, will read from "Antebellum Dream Book" at the Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway, on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. "Antebellum Dream Book" is Alexander's third collection of poems and will be published in October by Graywolf Press.

Image specialist Terry Dagradi of ITS-Medical Media Services is one of five artists featured in a photography exhibition at the Creative Arts Workshop, 80 Audubon St. The show, which runs through Oct. 20, also includes works by Marianne Bernstein, Joan Fitzsimmons, Karen Klugman and Harold Shapiro. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.5 p.m. MondayFriday and 9 a.m.noon on Saturday, with hours extended to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. The exhibition is free and open to the public. For information, call (203) 562-4927.

Four Yale affiliates will present poems on the theme "On the Wall" at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, as part of a poetry reading series presented by the untitled(space) gallery. Isaac Cates, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English; Donald Barkin, a lecturer in Yale College Seminars; Frances Brent, a lecturer in the Department of English; and Howard Stern, a senior lector in the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, will read poems that provide different contexts for walls as elements of realistic and symbolic landscapes. "On the Wall" is the title of an exhibition on view now through Nov. 4 at untitled(space). Located at 220 College St., untitled(space) is open Thursday 11 a.m.7 p.m., WednesdaySaturday 11 a.m.3 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, contact Marianne Bernstein at (203) 772-2709.

The Institute for Responsive Education and the School of Education at Northeastern University will honor Seymour Sarason, professor emeritus of psychology, for his contributions to the interlocking disciplines of psychology and education. The education reform critic will be celebrated at "A Tribute to Seymour Sarason" on the Boston campus on Oct. 12. For information about the event, call Linda Peterson at (617) 373-5813.

Jonathan Spence, Sterling Professor of History, will present the first talk in the "Books Sandwiched In" series of free book discussions sponsored by the Friends of the New Haven Free Public Library. He will talk about his new work, "Treason by the Book." The talk takes place at 12:10 p.m. on Thursday,
Oct. 4, at the United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets.

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

Yale will proceed with Tercentennial celebration

Peabody's insects inspire fascination in scholars far and near

Talk by philanthropist surgeon to open United Way appeal

Service of Remembrance

J. Lloyd Suttle is appointed deputy provost

Benefit concert to help families of tragedy's fallen

Convocation to celebrate Yale's long tradition of theological education . . .

Grant supports professors' study of dwindling voter turnout

Panelists share experiences on matters of gender

Famed Bolshoi Theatre ballerina describes a life devoted to dance

Forest management certification program is launched

Students win grants for environmental research around the world

Insects are special of the day on Peabody Museum menu

Remembering the struggle

Trumbull Lecture will examine 1828 treatise on liberal education

Employee Day at the Bowl

Campus Notes