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Acclaimed writer and producer David Milch to visit the campus
David Milch, writer and producer of "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blue," and a 1966 graduate of Yale College, will visit the campus on Monday, Feb. 10, under the auspices of the Eustace D. Theodore '63 Fellowship.
While on campus, Milch will speak to students at a master's tea, will attend a screening of a his new drama, and will speak at a University lecture.
"The Curious Use of a Yale Education" is the topic of Milch's visit. The HBO pilot, "Deadwood," which was written by Milch, will be screened 46 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium, 127 Wall St. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. At 8 p.m., Milch will deliver a University lecture on "The Future of Television Drama" in the Law School Auditorium. The screening and the University lecture are free and open to the public.
Milch served as a lecturer in English literature at Yale for nine years. In 1982, he wrote a script for "Hill Street Blues." The episode, "Trial by Fury" won an Emmy Award, a Writers Guild Award and the Humanitas Prize. As a result of the success of the script, Milch left academia and spent five seasons working on "Hill Street Blues," first as executive story editor and then as executive producer, garnering two more Writers Guild Awards, a second Humanitas Prize and another Emmy Award.
In 1992, Milch co-created the police drama "NYPD Blue." The series was nominated for a record 26 Emmy Awards during its first season and won the Emmy Award for best drama series 19941995. Milch won Emmy Awards for best writing for a drama for the 19961997 and 19971998 seasons.
Milch has just completed shooting the HBO drama "Deadwood," a one-hour drama based on actual events in Deadwood, South Dakota during the 1870s.
The Eustace D. Theodore '63 Fellowship was created and funded by the leadership of the Class of 1963 to honor classmate Eustace Theodore, who served as dean of Calhoun College 1972-1981 and as executive director of the Association of Yale Alumni 1981-1997. The fellowship is awarded to an alumnus or alumna who exemplifies the distinct and diverse purposes to which alumni put their Yale educations. Fellowships are jointly administered by the Association of Yale Alumni and the masters of Pierson and Calhoun colleges.
Pamela Matson, dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University, will visit the campus on Monday, Feb. 10, as the Zucker Environmental Fellow.
Matson will give a lecture, "Agriculture and Environment: Will Intensification 'Save Land for Nature'?" at 2 p.m. that day, in Rm. 123, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Ave. She will then hold an informal discussion at a 4 p.m. tea in the Berkeley College master's house, 125 High St. Both events are sponsored by the Zucker Fellowship Fund and are free and open to the
public.
A member of the Stanford faculty since 1997, Matson holds three titles at the university: The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in Environmental Studies in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences and the Institute for International Studies (ISS); the Victoria P. and Roger W. Sant Director of the Earth Systems Degree Program; and co-director of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy at ISS.
Matson, who was also recently named one of eight Bass University Fellows in Undergraduate Education, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992, to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994, and was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 1995.
The Zucker Fellowship was established by the Class of 1962 to inspire students to embark on careers in environmental fields by bringing a major scientist, public policy figure or author in the field of environmental studies to campus each year.
Robert Levin, world-renowned pianist, will be joined by his wife Ya-Fei Chuang, in a piano duet on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
The duo will perform a composition by Thomas Oboe Lee, "The Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards" and Stanley Walden's "Maquettes," alongside a display of Yale's collection of fortune-telling cards. The concert, which is co-produced by the Yale School of Music and the Beinecke Rare Book Library, will take place at 4 p.m. at the Beinecke Rare Book Library, corner of Wall and High Sts. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. For more information, contact the School of Music Concert Office at (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.
Pianist Robert Levin has performed recitals, solo and chamber concerts both nationally and internationally. He has performed with the orchestras of Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Montreal and Vienna.
He has appeared with the Academy of Ancient Music, the London Classical Players and the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, and has performed at such festivals as Sarasota, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Bremen, Lockenhaus and the Mozartwoche in Salzburg.
Several of the hand-painted Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards, which date from the 15th-century and are the most complete surviving deck of tarot cards, will be on display to accompany Levin and Chuang's performance.
E. Ann Clark, associate professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada,
Clark will discuss "Genetically Engineered Crops: Myths and Realities," 4:30 6 p.m. in the lower level conference room of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, 77 Prospect St. The talk is free and open to the public. For information and reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.
Clark has written and published over thirty articles on the topic of genetically modified organisms, and has presented lectures at numerous conferences and universities in Canada and the United States. She has spoken on topics such as "The Impact of Biotechnology on Marketing of Agricultural Crops" and "Ten Reasons Why Farmers Should Think Twice Before Growing Genetically Engineered Crops."
Clark has conducted long-term studies on pasture and grazing management, as well as organic farming.
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