November 2, 2001

Volume 30, Number 9

Saint Thomas More to host day of prayer and reflection

Social psychologist Joan Chittister will lead a day of prayer and reflection on "Spirituality and Prayer: Wisdom for the Rule of St. Benedict" at Saint Thomas More, 268 Park St., on Saturday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.

The day will consist of two presentations by Chittister, periods of reflection and two question-and-answer sessions. All are welcome to attend, however pre-registration is required. The event is free for individuals with a valid Yale I.D.; there is a fee for others. For more information or to register, call (203) 777-5537.

A member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Chittister is the executive director of Benetvision: A Research Center for Contemporary Spirituality. She is a past president of the Conference of American Benedictine Prioresses and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, and is an active member of the International Committee of the Peace Council.

Rabbi to present Tercentennial Preaching Event sermon

Laura Geller, senior rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, California, will present the final sermon in the series "Preaching in the New Millennium: The Tercentennial Preaching Event" on Sunday, Nov. 4.

She will speak as part of University public worship at 11 a.m. in Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm streets. The public is invited to this event, sponsored by the Chaplain's Office.

The third woman to become a rabbi in the Reform Movement, Geller became the first woman to lead a major metropolitan synagogue in 1994. Previously, she was executive director of the American Jewish Congress (AJC), Pacific Southwest Region, where she created the AJC Feminist Center and the AJC Jewish Urban Affairs Center. Prior to that she was director of Hillel at the University of Southern California.

Geller's articles on Jewish feminism have appeared in Tikkun, Sh'ma, Reform Judaism and other journals. She has also written chapters in several books, including "Beginning Anew," "Four Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality," "Spinning a Sacred Yarn" and "Gender and Judaism."

A commissioner to the Los Angeles Commission on Human Relations, Geller has received many honors. These include the ACLU of Southern California Award for Fostering Racial and Cultural Harmony, the Alan J. Kassin Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement, the Los Angeles County Commission on the Status of Women Recognition Award and the Woman of the Year Award from the California State Legislature.

Head of WPP Group is next Yale SOM Leaders Forum speaker

Sir Martin Sorrell, group chief executive and founder of the WPP Group PLC, a leading communications services company based in the United Kingdom, will speak in the Yale School of Management Leaders Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

He will discuss "Marketing, Communications and Crisis Management in a Borderless World" 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. in the General Motors Room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. The public is invited to this free event.

With billings of $15 billion and revenues of $3.5 billion, WPP's 70 operating companies provide national and multi-national clients with advertising, media investment management, information and consultancy, public relations and public affairs, branding and identity, healthcare and specialist communications services. The corporation is a member of the FTSE-100, FTSE-Eurotop 300, the MSCI and BusinessWeek's Global 1000 companies, and has 39,000 employees in 950 offices in 92 countries.

Before founding WPP, Sorrell was group finance director of the advertising agency group Saatchi & Saatchi Company PLC. In 1997 he was appointed an ambassador for British business by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and subsequently appointed to the office's Panel 2000 aimed at rebranding Britain abroad. He is deputy chair and governor of London Business School and was knighted in the Millennium New Years Honours list.

Editor of National Review to be guest at Calhoun College tea

Richard Lowry, editor of National Review, will be the guest at a master's tea on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

The tea will be held in the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St., at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Lowry began his career as an editor of a conservative monthly magazine, Virginia Advocate. He went on to work as a research assistant for journalist Charles Krauthammer, then as a reporter for a local paper in northern Virginia. He joined National Review in 1992, after finishing second in a young writers contest sponsored by the magazine. He was promoted to articles editor before moving to Washington, D.C. in 1994 to report on Congress.

Covering topics ranging from presidential campaigns to marriage proposals and radio personality Dr. Laura, Lowry has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest and a variety of other publications. He was named editor of National Review in 1997.

Ecologists to discuss 'Politics of Wildlife Conservation'

Steve Sanderson and Kent Redford of the Wildlife Conservation Society will discuss "The Politics of Wildlife Conservation" on Wednesday, Nov. 7, noon-1 p.m., in Rm. 102 of Brewster Hall, 124 Prospect St.

Sanderson and Redford will speak briefly on the topics "Creating Political Models for Wildlife Conservation" and "Contested Tradeoffs: Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation," respectively. A question-and-answer period will then follow.

Sanderson is president and chief executive officer of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Prior to his appointment to this post in 2001, he served as dean of Emory College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, at Emory University in Atlanta. His scholarship has focused on the politics of rural poverty, international trade, biodiversity conservation and global environmental change. His publications include "Agrarian Populism and the Mexican State" and "The Politics of Trade in Latin American Development."

Redford is director of biodiversity analysis and coordination at the Wildlife Conservation Society. He previously served as director of conservation science and stewardship in the Latin American division of The Nature Conservancy and as director of the Program for Studies in Tropical Conservation at the University of Florida. He is the author of "Conservation of Neotropical Forests: Working from Traditional Resource Use."

Center for British Art lecture to be given by rare book dealer

Rare book dealer William Reese will present a lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 7, in conjunction with the Yale Center for British Art's fall exhibition "'Wilde Americk': Discovery and Exploration of the New World."

His talk is titled "The Iconography of Early Exploration" and will take place at 5:15 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. For more information about the lecture or the exhibition, both of which are free and open to the public, call (203) 432-2800 or visit the museum's website at www.yale.edu/ycba.

Reese is president of the rare book firm William Reese Company. He has compiled rare book catalogues since 1975 and authored numerous rare book exhibition catalogues. These include catalogues for exhibitions held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, such as "Creating America," "A Herman Melville Collection," "The Illustrating Traveler; Illustrated Travel Narratives 1750-1850" and the forthcoming "America Pictures to the Life: Illustrated Americana from the Paul Mellon Bequest."

A 1977 graduate of Yale College, Reese remains active in his service to the University. He is a trustee of the Yale Library Associates, an adviser to the Western Americana Collection of the University Library and a fellow of Silliman College. He has been treasurer of the executive committee of the Friends of American Arts at Yale since 1979.

Installation artist to explore links between 'Art & Science'

Sculptor and installation artist Eve Andrée Laramée will present a lecture titled "A Permutational Unfolding: Art & Science" on Thursday, Nov. 8.

Part of the Program for Humanities in Medicine, the free public presentation will begin at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Room of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St.

Laramée has dedicated her artistic career to exploring the subtle historical and social dimensions of the similarities, resonances and discourses between artistic practice and scientific inquiry. In her work, she questions commonly held assumptions about art and science and how these views are transmitted over time, zeroing in on ambiguities and issues of authority. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe and is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University.

Currently the director of the visual arts program and assistant professor of sculpture at Fairfield University, Laramée has taught sculpture and critical theory at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Rhode Island School of Design, among other schools. She was awarded a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2001 and a regional National Endowment for the Arts grant from the Mid-Atlantic States Arts Foundation in 1995. In 1992 she was named the Guggenheim Museum Sculptor-in-Residence and received a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Political scientist to speak in Bush Center lecture series

Janet C. Gornick, associate professor of political science at Baruch College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will speak in the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, Nov. 9.

Her talk, titled "Early Childhood Education and Care, Inequality and the Welfare State," will be held at noon in Rm. 211, 9 Hillhouse Ave. For more information about the talk, which is free and open to the public, call (203) 432-9935.

Gornick's research concerns the effects of family policies on child and family outcomes in industrialized countries and across the United States. Her core interest is in public programs that affect the ability of families to combine employment with caregiving, such as child care, maternity and parental leave, the regulation of working time, and income transfers targeted to children.

Her articles have appeared in The Journal of European Social Policy; Work, Employment and Society; The American Sociological Review; The Journal of Policy History; The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis; and The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. She is currently working on a book on family policy and gender equality.

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