Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 25, 2003|Volume 31, Number 27

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Family Day at the Peabody

The Peabody Museum of Natural History will host a "Machu Picchu Family Day" from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26.

The event will feature traditional Andean music played by costumed musicians, demonstrations by weavers and other artisans, as well as storytelling and craft activities for young children.

In addition to entertainment, experts will be available to give presentations and answer questions about Incan astronomy. Native Andean foods and live llamas will also be featured during the event.

For a complete program of activities and presentations, visit the website at www.peabody.yale.edu/events.

Art Place exhibit

The seventh in a series of exhibits at the Yale Physicians Building Art Place will open on Thursday, May 1.

Works by Yale faculty, staff and other artists will feature over 130 pieces, including paintings, photographs, quilts, pottery, jewelry and sculptures. The exhibit will run through Sept. 30. Exhibit hours will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

A reception to celebrate the opening will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, at the Yale Physicians Building, 800 Howard Ave.

For more information, call (203) 785-5144 or visit the website at http://info.med.yale.edu/yfp/artplace.

Spring book fair

The Phyllis Bodel Childcare Center at the Yale School of Medicine, Inc. will host its annual spring book fair to raise funds for the center.

The event will take place Monday-Friday, May 5-9, in the rotunda of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. The fair will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and will feature children's books, current bestsellers, cookbooks and self-help books. For more information, call (203) 785-3829.

Student essay awards

Manuscripts and Archives will honor undergraduate achievement this year by awarding two prizes to graduating seniors.

One award will recognize an outstanding essay on Yale and the second will honor an outstanding essay based on research done in Manuscripts and Archives.

On Monday, April 28, Friday, May 2 and Friday, May 9, Manuscripts and Archives will host forums at which ten seniors who have entered essays for these awards will discuss their research. Three or four students will speak at each forum. Presentations are open to the public. They will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 128 Wall St.

YUWO luncheon

The annual meeting and luncheon of the Yale University Women's Organization (YUWO) will be held at noon on Tuesday, May 6, at the New Haven Lawn Club.

The guest speaker at the luncheon will be Amy Meyers, director of the Yale Center for British Art. Also at the meeting, scholarships for continuing education will be awarded to women of the University community whose formal education has been interrupted or delayed, and who wish to enhance their present careers or change careers through additional education.

The meeting is open to members of YUWO and their guests.

Eyeglass drive

Unite For Sight, a nonprofit organization, is holding an ongoing "Donate Your Eyes" eyeglass drive.

Members of the Yale and Connecticut communities are encouraged to donate used prescription eyeglasses or non-prescription UV-protected sunglasses, which will be sent to eye clinics in developing countries for patients who cannot afford to purchase glasses. Collection bins are located in Sterling Memorial Library and the Yale Cushing/Whitney Medical Library.

Unite for Sight is dedicated to preventing blindness locally and internationally through free community vision screenings, public education about eye disease and the importance of regular eye exams to prevent blindness, a speaker series, and an eyeglass drive. Additionally, Unite for Sight is committed to supporting those community members with deteriorating vision through community assistance.

For more information, send e-mail to jennifer.staple@yale.edu, or visit the website www.uniteforsight.org.

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