The Duke Ellington Fellowship at Yale 30th Anniversary Concert
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, with Jon Faddis, musical director; Slide Hamilton, Frank Wess and Jerry Dodgion, former members of the Duke Ellington Band; and Sean McClowry, bassist, will perform. Video presentations of Jon Faddis on trumpet and Slam Stewart on bass performing at the original Duke Ellington Fellowship concerts from 1972 will be shown. Tickets: $15 and $10; $8 for students. Info.: (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music. (Sch. of Music, Office of New Haven and State Affairs)

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Lunchtime Chamber Music
Noon. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Chamber works will be performed by Sch. of Music students. Info.: (203) 432-4158.

Thursday, Oct. 31

Yale Symphony Orchestra
11:59 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Shinik Hahm, music director, will lead the annual Halloween Concert. Tickets $8. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Info.: (203) 432-4140.

Friday, Nov. 1

Doctor of Musical Arts Recital
1 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Dmitri Novgorodsky will perform on the piano. Info.: (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.

Yale Opera
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Marc Verzatt will direct Yale opera students in scenes from "L'Elisir d'Amore" by Donizetti, "La Clemenza di Tito" by Mozart, "Don Giovanni, Susannah" by Floyd, "Cendrillon" by Massenet and "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" by Rossini. Tickets: $8; $5 for students. Info.: (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.

Saturday, Nov. 2

Yale Opera
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Marc Verzatt will direct Yale opera students in scenes from "Le Nozze di Figaro" and "Lucio Silla" by Mozart, "Rake's Progress" by Stravinsky, "Albert Herring" by Britten and "Thaïs" by Massenet. Tickets: $8; $5 for students. Info.: (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music.

Sunday, Nov. 3

The Glorian Duo
2 p.m. BAC. Harpist Wendy Kerner Lucas and flutist Donna Milanovich will perform works by Romantic composers in conjunction with the British Art Center's "The Year of Romanticism" exhibitions. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

Great Organ Music at Yale
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Alumnus Ann Elise Smoot will perform works by Duruflé, Messiaen, Dupré, Reger, Stanford and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy on the Newberry Memorial Organ. A $5 donation is suggested. Info.: (203) 432-4158 or www.yale.edu/music. (Yale Sch. of Music/Yale Institute of Sacred Music)

"Music for Flute and Harp by Bach, Mozart, Takemitsu, Faure and Bartok"
3 p.m. 15 Hillhouse Ave. Flutist Patti Monson, and harpist June Han will perform. Tickets: $20; $15 for senior citizens and Yale staff; $10 for students. Reservations: (203) 432-0825. (Yale Collection of Musical Instruments)

Theater

Friday & Saturday, Oct. 25 & 26

Monday-Saturday, Oct. 28-Nov. 2

"Breath, Boom"
Tuesday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre. Performances of Kia Corthron's play, which follows the fortunes of a girl gang leader named Prix over a period of 14 years. Directed by Michael John Garcés. Yale night, Oct. 25, free pizza and soft drinks for students; special Monday evening performance, Oct. 28; Opening Night, Oct. 31; Re:Play, a question and answer session with cast and crew members following the matinee on Nov. 2; and a sign-interpreted performance on Nov. 2.Tickets: $20-$40; subscription packages available. Info.: (203) 432-1234 or www.yalerep.org.

Saturday, Oct. 26 Monday-Saturday Oct. 28-Nov. 2

"Alcestis"
Monday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. University Theatre. The Yale Sch. of Drama will present Ted Hughes' new version of Euripides' play. Directed by Alec Tok. Preview performances, Oct. 26 & 28. Opening night, Oct. 29. Tickets: $15-$18 for reserved seating; discounted tickets available for students and seniors. Info.: (203) 432-1234.

Talks

Friday, Oct. 25

"Ugly Stories from the Peruvian Agrarian Reform"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Enrique Mayer. Part of the Program in Agrarian Studies Colloquium series. Info.: jscott@pantheon.yale.edu or (203) 432-9833.

"A Decade of Deadly Mistakes"
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory. Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham, staff writers for the Washington Post, and winners of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, will deliver a lecture in the Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy Luncheon Series. Info.: (203) 432-9935.

"Il Libro del Cortegiano: A Classic in the Making"
4 p.m. 3rd fl., Romance Languages Lounge. Olga Pugliese, Univ. of Toronto.

"Photodetachment of Mutiply-Charged Anions: From Solution to Gas Phase"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. Lai-Sheng Wang, Pacific Northwest National Lab. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Should We Keep Bilingual Education?"
7 p.m. Dwight Hall. Jorge Garcia, former president of the National Association for Bilingual Education, and Christine Rossell, Boston Univ. Part of "Intersections: Theories and Practice of Civic Engagement." Info.: (203) 432-2420; e-mail intersections@hotmail.com or www.yale.edu/dwight/intersections/.

Monday, Oct. 28

Lecture by Ferdinand Mount
4 p.m. BRBL. Ferdinand Mount, political philospher and constitutional commentator, former head of Margaret Thatcher's policy unit, editor of the Times Literary Supplement and author of nine books.

"The Economic Consequences of a War with Iraq"
4 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. William Nordhaus. (Center for International and Area Studies)

"Informal Networks"
6:30 p.m. Hastings Hall, A&A. Cecil Balmond, structural engineer and Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor. (Sch. of Architecture)

Tuesday, Oct. 29

Yale Leaders Forum: "A Conversation with Dennis Archer"
11:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m. Horchow Hall, SOM. Dennis Archer, president-elect, American Bar Association and former mayor of Detroit. (Sch. of Management)

"Envisioning Britain: The Legacy of Romantic Sites"
12:30 p.m. BAC. Art in Context talk with Eric Stryker. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"The Surreal Art and Lives of Duchamp, Magritte, Matta and Gorky"
2 p.m. YUAG. A Gallery Talk and tour led by John Bett, docent. Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery.

"Commodities: Where Are They Being Provided? Are They Sustainable? How Can Their Sustainability Be Improved?"
4-6 p.m. Sage Hall, Bowers Aud. John Perez-Garcia, Univ. of Washington, College of Forest Resources and Douglas MacCleery, USDA Forest Service. Part of the Achieving Sustainable Forestry Seminar series. Info.: (203) 432-5983 or www.yale.edu/gisf. (Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry)

"The Two Faces of Bioorganic Chemistry"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Ronald Breslow, Columbia Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Post Feminism and Popular Culture . . . Bridget Jones and the New Gender Regime"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 116, WLH. Angela McRobbie, Goldsmiths College, London. Info.: vron.ware@yale.edu.

"In the Workshop of Petrucci's Editor"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 207, WLH. Bonnie Blackburn, Wolfson College, Oxford Univ. Open to members of the Yale community. (Dept. of Music)

"The Role of the Urban Forest in Healthy Human Functioning "
6 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Frances E. Kuo, director of the Human-Environment Research Laboratory, Univ, of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (Hixon Center for Urban Ecology Distinguished Speakers Series). Info.: (203) 432-6570.

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Yale Leaders Forum: "A Conversation with Roland Betts"
11:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m. Horchow Hall, SOM. Roland Betts, chair, Chelsea Piers, L.P.

"Using Human Data to Protect the Public's Interest"
Noon. Lower level conference rm., ISPS. Michael Dourson, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment. Part of the Interdisclipinary Risk Assessment Forum. For info. and luncheon reservations, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188.

"The Women in Charge: Women in Environmental and Natural Resource Leadership"
Noon-1 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Frances Beinecke, Natural Resources Defense Council. Part of the Seminar in Environmental and Natural Resource Leadership. Info.: (203) 436-3981 or (443) 995-3573.

Master's Tea
4 p.m. Branford College master's house. Carol Queen, sex educator, author and LGBT activist. (Branford College/McDougal Center/Student Health Education at Yale Univ. Health Services)

"The Magnificent Seven Leadership Principles"
4 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. The Gordon Grand Fellowship at Yale will sponsor a master's tea by Joseph Grano, CEO and chair, UBS PaineWebber.

"Particle Stability in Natural and Technological Aquatic Environments"
4 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory. The Fall 2002 Barnett F. Dodge Lecture by Charles R. O'Melia, Johns Hopkins Univ. (Dept. of Chemical Engineering)

"Small Is Different: Some Interesting Properties of Materials as Its Size is Reduced to the Nanometer Scale"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Mostafa el-Sayed, Georgia Institute of Technology. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Is Venice in Peril? Deciphering the Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Venice Lagoon"
5 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. J. Kirk Cochran, Marine Sciences Research Center, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook. Part of the Curtis and Edith Munson Marine Conservation Distinguished Lecture Series, "Climate Change and the Oceans: Global Changes, Local Effects." Info.: (203) 432-3026.

"Thomas Bewick (1753-1828): Artist, Naturalist and Revolutionary Wood Engraver"
5:15 p.m. BAC. Iain Bain, author of "The Workshop of Thomas Bewick" and "The Watercolors and Drawings of Thomas Bewick." Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"A Certain Curve of Horn: The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola"
6 p.m. Peabody Museum. John Frederick Walker, journalist and author. A reception will take place prior to the lecture at 5:15 p.m. Fee: $15; $10 for talk only. Part of the O.C. Marsh Program. Advance registration is required; call (203) 432-5099.

"Analyzing Urban Forest Structure, Functions and Value"
6:30-7:30 p.m. Rm. 24, Sage Hall. David Nowak, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. Part of the Hixon Center for Urban Ecology Distinguished Speakers Series. Info.: (203) 432-6570.

Thursday, Oct. 31

"Romantic Watercolor: The Hickman Bacon Collection"
11 a.m. BAC. A Gallery Talk tour led by docents. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"The Surreal Art and Lives of Duchamp, Magritte, Matta and Gorky"
Noon. YUAG. A Gallery Talk tour led by John Bett, docent. Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery.

"Igitero: Means and Motive in the Rwandan Genocide"
2:30-4:20 p.m. ISPS. Charles Mironko, Brown Univ. Part of the Genocide Studies Program Seminar series exploring "Genocide Through the Ages: Was the Twentieth Century the 'Century of Genocide'?"

Friday, Nov. 1

"The Decline of the Peasant, the Rise of the Indian: Neoliberal Democratic Transition and the Implications for Political Opposition in Mexico"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Courtney Jung, New School Univ. Info.: (203) 432-9833 or jscott@pantheon.yale.edu. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Ethics for Mental Health Science Involving Ethnic Minority Children and Youth"
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Laboratory. Celia Fisher, Center for Ethics Education, Fordham Univ. and bioethicist-in-residence 2002-2003, will deliver a lecture in the Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy Luncheon Series. Info.: (203) 432-9935 or www.yale.edu/bushcenter.

"EMU and the Euro: Past and Future"
Noon. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. Amy Verdun, Univ. of Victoria, Canada. Lunch will be available. (Council on European Studies/Program on European Union Studies)

"'A New History of the Silk Road': A Book Under Construction"
Noon-1:30 p.m. Rm. 217A, HGS. The China Workshop will feature a presentation by Valerie Hansen. Lunch will be provided. Open to members of the Yale community. The deadline to sign up for the event is Oct. 29. Call (203) 432-3426 or e-mail eastasianstudies@yale.edu. (Council on East Asian Studies)

"Balokole Revival Spirituality in East African Christianity: A Vibrant or a Moribund Tradition?"
12:30 p.m. OMSC. Kevin Ward, Univ. of Leeds and Episcopal Divinity Sch. Bring a lunch at 12:15 p.m. Coffee will be served. Part of the Missions Research Colloquia. Info.: (203) 624-6672 ext. 315 or www.omsc.org. (Overseas Ministries Study Center)

"Pakistan in the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan"
12:30-2 p.m. Faculty lounge, SLB. A Human Rights Workshop with Mary Anne Weaver, author of "Pakistan in the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan." (Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights)

Saturday, Nov. 2

"Wood Turning in North America Since 1930"
11 a.m.-noon; 1:30-4:30 p.m. YUAG. A lecture and demonstration with Mark Sfirri, wood turner and furniture maker. Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery.

"Romantic Watercolor: The Hickman Bacon Collection"
Noon. BAC. A Gallery Talk tour led by docents. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

Films

Friday, Oct. 25

"Coronación"
1:15 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge, 82-90 Wall St. Preceded by tertulia at 12:45 p.m. Info.: (203) 432-1150 or (203) 432-5439. (Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese)

Friday & Saturday, Oct. 25 & 26

"My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
7:30 and 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Joel Zwick. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Saturday, Oct. 26

"Rob Roy"
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

Sunday, Oct. 27

"Rebecca"
7:30 and 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Wednesday, Oct. 30

"Godzilla, King of the Monsters!"
7 and 9 p.m. Rm. 119, WLH. Directed by Honda Ishiro. Part of the Atomic Cinema Series. (East Asian Languages and Literatures)

Thursday, Oct. 31

"High and Low (tengoku to jigoku)"
7 and 9:30 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Part of the 2002 Japan Film Series, "Japanese Cinema: Classic, Modern and Beyond." Info.: (203) 432-3426 or alexander.han@yale.edu. (Council on East Asian Studies/Film Studies Program)

Friday & Saturday, Nov. 1 & 2

"My Wife Is an Actress"
7:30 and 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Yvan Attal. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Sunday, Nov. 3

"Two Women"
2:30 p.m. WHC. Directed by Tahmineh Milani.

"Wild Strawberries"
7:30 and 10 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Fee: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (Yale Medical Sch. Film Society)

Conferences/Symposia

Friday & Saturday, Nov. 1 & 2

Crossing Borders Conference
Luce Hall. Arjun Appadurai will deliver the keynote address, "War, Terror and Identity: The Future of Disciplinary Sovereignty," on Friday at 4:30 p.m. There will be three panel discussions: "Environment and Development: Dilemmas of Power and Place," on Friday at 2 p.m.; "Migration and Globalization: Dilemmas of Sovereignty and National Belonging," on Saturday at 9 a.m.; and "Language and Culture: Translating the Globe," on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. The keynote address and conference are open to members of the Yale community. (Ford Foundation/Yale Ctr. for International and Area Studies)

Biomedical Sciences

Monday, Oct. 28

"From Nothing to Something: Donor Response to AIDS"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 103, JEH. Duff E. Gillespie, Bureau for Global Health, USAID. Part of the Center for the Interdisclipinary Study on AIDS Research Seminar series.

"Single Muscle Fiber Contractile Properties With Aging"
4 p.m. JPL. Scott Trappe, Ball State Univ. Refreshments will be served prior to the lecture at 3:45 p.m. Info.: (203) 562-9901. (John B. Pierce Laboratory)

Tuesday, Oct. 29

"Studying the Pathogenesis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Mice"
8:30 a.m. Rm. 1092, LMP, Fitkin Amph. Dr. Richard A. van Etten, Harvard Univ. Sch. of Medicine. (Yale Cancer Center)

"A Safer Haven: Tracking Developmental Trajectories and Emotional Health in an Urban Context"
1-2 p.m. Cohen Aud., E floor, Harris Bldg. Yale Child Study Center Departmental Conference featuring Dr. Mary Schwab-Stone. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: Robert King, (203) 785-5880.

"Signal Transduction Mechanisms Controlling Cell Migration in the Nervous System"
4 p.m. Rm. I-304, SHM. The Genetics Seminar Program featuring Yi Rao, Washington Univ. Sch. of Medicine. (Dept. of Genetics)

Wednesday, Oct. 30

"Liver Resection: New Techniques and the Phosphate Fallacy" and "Laparoscopy in the Management of Undescended Testes"
7-8 a.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Surgery Grand Rounds lectures by Dr. Ronald Cohen and Dr. Kevin Anderson.

"Mechanisms of Chromosome Segregation"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 131, BML. Kerry Bloom, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Dept. of Cell Biology)

"Medical-Legal Collaboration: An Unlikely Partnership"
Noon-1 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Pediatric Grand Rounds lecture and the Maurice Wakeman Lecture by Dr. Barry Zuckerman, Boston Univ. Sch. of Medicine.

"From a Frog's Egg to a Mouse's Brain: Translational Control by CPEB"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. Joel Richter, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Sch. Tea will be served prior to the lecture at 3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)

Thursday, Oct. 31

"Pre-admission Testing and Prepping of Patients"
4 p.m. Rm. B131, Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds lecture by Dr. David Silverman.

For Students Only

Friday, Oct. 25

Friday Conversations
12:30-1:30 p.m. Common rm., McDougal Center, HGS. An opportunity for international students to practice their English conversation skills. Free coffee.

Sunday, Oct. 27

Pumpkin Carving Contest
2-4 p.m. Rm. 119, HGS. Graduate students and postdocs, including those with children, will compete in a Halloween pumpkin carving contest, along with other seasonal activities. Pumpkins, carving tools and refreshments will be provided.

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Informational Tea House
5:30 p.m. Common rm., Luce Hall. Yale-China Association will award 7 teaching fellowships to recent Yale graduates and members of the Class of 2003. Applications for Yale-China Teaching Fellowships are due Friday, Nov. 22. Info.: Argo Caminis, China Programs officer, (203) 432-0850, e-mail argyro.caminis@yale.edu or www.yale.china.org.

Sports

Dates and times of athletic events are subject to change. For the most timely information about sporting events visit the website at www.yale.edu/athletic or call (203) 432-1435.

Saturday, Oct. 26

Field Hockey
Noon. Johnson Field. Yale vs. Pennsylvania.

Football
1 p.m. Yale Bowl. Yale vs. Pennsylvania. Tickets: $5-$13. Yale employees and their immediate families, and Yale retirees and one guest receive free admission. Present valid I.D. 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Gate A or E. Free parking in Lot A and D.

Women's Hockey
1:30 p.m. Ingalls Rink. Yale vs. Princeton. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Women's Soccer
4 p.m. Yale Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium. Yale vs. Pennsylvania. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Men's Soccer
7 p.m. Yale Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium. Yale vs. Pennsylvania. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Men's Hockey
7 p.m. Ingalls Rink. Yale vs. Western Ontario. Tickets: $7 general admission; $3 for children 14 and under; $8-$10 reserved seating.

Sunday, Oct. 27

Field Hockey
2 p.m. Johnson Field. Yale vs. Sacred Heart.

Men's Hockey
4 p.m. Ingalls Rink. Yale vs. U.S.A. Under-18. Tickets: $7 general admission; $3 for children 14 and under; $8-$10 reserved seating.

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Women's Soccer
7 p.m. Yale Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium. Yale vs. Wagner. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Friday, Nov. 1

Women's Hockey
6 p.m. Ingalls Rink. Yale vs. Wayne State. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Volleyball
7 p.m. Payne Whitney Gym. Yale vs. Dartmouth. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Field Hockey
7 p.m. Johnson Field. Yale vs. Columbia.

Saturday, Nov. 2

Football
12:30 p.m. Yale Bowl. Yale vs. Columbia. Tickets: $5-$13. Yale employees and their immediate families, and Yale retirees and one guest receive free admission. Present valid I.D. 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Gate A or E. Free parking in Lot A and D.

Women's Hockey
2 p.m. Ingalls Rink. Yale vs. Findlay. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Men's Soccer
4 p.m. Yale Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium. Yale vs. Columbia. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Volleyball
4 p.m. Payne Whitney Gym. Yale vs. Harvard. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Women's Soccer
7 p.m. Yale Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium. Yale vs. Columbia. Tickets: $3 general admission; $1 non-Yale students over 15; free for Yale students and children 15 and under.

Men's Hockey
7 p.m. Ingalls Rink. Yale vs. North Dakota. Tickets: $7 general admission; $3 for children 14 and under; $8-$10 reserved seating.

And...

Friday, Oct. 25

Luncheon Meditation
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 109, Suite 107, lower level, 100 CSS. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

"Building Evidence for APRN Practice"
1-6:30 p.m. 100 CSS. The first annual APRNet Meeting. "How APRNet Can Help to Mend the Broken Heart of Health Care," by Dr. John H. Wasson. Margaret Grey, Barbara Marino and APRNet staff and members will conduct workshops. Fee: $20 non-members; $5 for students with I.D.; free for poster presenters. Fee includes reception. Info.: www.APRNet@yale.edu or (203) 785-4809.

Memorial Service for King-lui Wu
3 p.m. Battell Chapel.

"The Earth From Space"
4 p.m. Peabody Museum. Ron Smith will present a lecture in the John H. Ostrom Program Series on biodiversity and global change using images of the earth from space. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

"Redefinition of Identity"
7 p.m. Branford College Common Rm. Magdalen Hsu-Li, singer-songwriter, will perform songs from her latest album "Fire," with Ian Dobson on percussion and drums. A lecture focusing on Asian-American women in the arts, feminist and LGBT issues will follow the performance. Admission: $3 at the door or reserve by e-mail, sarah.chang@yale.edu. (Asian American Heritage Studies/Women's and Gender Studies/Ethnicity, Race and Migration Studies/Chinese American Students at Yale/Prism, LGBT Students of Color/LGBT Co-op/Women's Center/Bi-Ways)

Friday & Saturday Oct. 25 & 26

Internal Medicine Housestaff & Fellows First Alumni Reunion
Current and former medicine faculty will join with current and former housestaff and fellows to celebrate the dept.'s achievements over the past half-century. The reunion will blend academic and social activities. Open to internal medicine housestaff and fellows alumni. Info. and registration: (203) 785-2477 or www.info.med.yale.edu/intmed/alum.

Saturday, Oct. 26

"Artful Tales"
10:30-noon. YUAG. A hands-on program for 5-8 year olds accompanied by an adult. Registration and info.: (203) 432-8459.

Architectural Tour of the British Art Center
11 a.m. BAC. Tour will follow a short film about the gallery's architect, Louis I. Kahn.

"Roxi Fox and the Sacred Bush of Sierra Leone"
11 a.m. Peabody Museum. A puppet presentation by Betty Baisden featuring Roxi Fox trying to discover the meaning of sacred West African masks. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

Monday & Wednesday, Oct. 28 & 30

"Preparing for the Job Interview"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LL1, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $110; free for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Tuesday, Oct. 29

"Employee Health/Wellness Fair"
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Harkness Dormitory lounge, Medical Sch. The Yale Health Plan will offer free flu shots, free cholesterol screenings, info. on services and benefits, refreshments and complimentary gifts. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: (203) 432-7214.

Tuesday & Thursday, Oct. 29 & 31

"Excel 97/2000: Level 2"
9-11:30 a.m. Rm. LL3, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $130. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Web Editor: Dreamweaver MX: Level 1
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LL4, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $195. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Web Editor: Dreamweaver MX: Level 2
1:30-4:30 p.m. Rm. LL4, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $215. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Visio 2000
1:30-4:30 p.m. Rm. LL3, 221 Whitney Ave. 2-day course. Fee: $195. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Wednesday, Oct. 30

"Turning Strategy Into Results"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LL1, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.

Sex Education Program
7:30-9:30 p.m. Rm. 119, McDougal Center. "Pleasure, Physiology and Sex Toys," a workshop with Carol Queen, sex educator, author and LGBT activist. (Branford College/McDougal Center/ Student Health Education at Yale Univ. Health Services)

Friday, Nov. 1

F&ES Open House
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sage Hall. Forestry and Environmental Studies will hold an open house for prospective students. A continental breakfast and lunch will be served. To register, e-mail Rosanne Stoddard at rosanne.stoddard@yale.edu.

Saturday, Nov. 2

Public Speaking Workshop
8:15 a.m.-3 p.m. SLB. Women's Campaign School. Advance registration is required and class size is limited. Fee: $95. Fee includes continental breakfast, training materials and luncheon. Info.: (203) 734-7385 or www.wcsyale.org.

Introductory Tour
11 a.m. BAC. A tour and survey of British painting. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

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. Times vary seasonally. 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

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. "William Walton, Composer," through Dec.

Yale Center for British Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "The Romantic Landscape Print: 'The Chiaroscuro of Nature'," through Dec. 29. "Romantic Watercolor: The Hickman Bacon Collection," through Jan. 5.

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 "Cultures of Native America," on view indefinitely. Admission: $5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D. Info.: www.peabody.yale.edu.

Yale University Art Gallery
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m; Sunday, 1-6 p.m. "Nine African American Quilters," through Nov. 10. "Wood Turning in North America since 1930," through Dec. 1. "Yale Collects Wood: Gifts from the Collection of John and Robyn Horn," through Dec. 1. "Justice on Trial: Ben Shahn's Case for Sacco and Vanzetti," through Dec. 29.

Sterling Memorial Library
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, 1-5 p.m. SML exhibition corridor and Arts of the Book Collection. "By Chance: Serendipity and Randomness in Contemporary Artists' Books," through Nov. 6. Nave Exhibition Cases, "Anatol Girs: Book Designer," through Nov. 29.

Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., ISM. "Spiritual Visions from Sri Lanka," through Oct. 25. An exhibition of paintings by Sri Lankan artist Nalini Jayasuriya.

Yale Sch. of Architecture
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 2nd Floor Gallery. "3D City: Studies in Density, Recent Work by MVRDV," through Oct. 25.

Jonathan Edwards College Master's House
Thursdays or by appointment. "My Stuff," a collection of paintings, drawings and prints, through Nov. 24. Info.: (203) 432-0356.

Yale Physicians Building Art Place
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The sixth in a series of exhibitions featuring paintings, photographs, sculptures, pottery and quilts by local artists and Univ. faculty and staff; through March 2003.

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.

Bereavement Group
Wednesday, 6-7:15 p.m. Oct. 2-Nov. 6. Trumbull College Fellows Rm. For undergraduate and graduate students dealing with the loss of a loved one. The group will be closed after the second meeting.

Overeaters Anonymous
Monday, 7-8 p.m. 311 Temple St. 12-step recovery program offering a permanent solution for anorexics, bulimics, compulsive eaters and all those who suffer from eating and related disorders. Info.: Sophia, (203) 752-9000; or e-mail oasolution@hotmail.com.

Yale Poetry Group
Thursday, 8 p.m. Fellows Rm., Calhoun College.

Yale Toastmasters Club
Friday, noon. 221 Whitney Ave. Open to members of the Yale community who would like to develop and improve their public speaking skills. Info.: (203) 436-3903; www.yale.edu/yaletoastmasters; ann.straub@yale.edu.

Language Tables

Arabic Table
Tuesday, noon. Ezra Stiles College dining rm. (Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations)

Chinese Table
Wednesday, noon. Silliman College dining hall. Zhengguo Kang. (203) 432-2938.

French Table
Monday, Noon-1 p.m. Jonathan Edwards College dining hall. Brooke Donaldson and Yuliy Masinovsky. (French Dept./Jonathan Edwards); Wednesday, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Calhoun College dining hall. Samuel Sigg and Nomi Claire Lazar; Monday, 5-6 p.m. HGS dining hall. Laure Marcellesi and Brian Reilly. (French Dept./HGS); Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Trumbull College dining hall. Ruth Koizim and Thomas Martin. (French Dept./Trumbull College); Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. HGS dining hall. Agnieszka Tworek and Joseph Acquisto. (French Dept./ HGS); Thursday, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Silliman College dining hall. Jeffrey Boyd and Vincent Giroud. (French Dept./Silliman College)

German Table
Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Blue Dog Cafe, McDougal Center.

Indonesian Table
Thursday, noon. Berkeley College dining hall. Indriyo Sukmono. (Council on Southeast Asia Studies Seminar Series)

Japanese Table
Thursday, noon. Silliman College dining hall. Hiroyo Nishimura. (203) 432-2943.

Korean Table
Wednesday, noon. Morse College dining hall. Thursday, noon. Saybrook College dining hall. Seungja Choi. (203) 432-2866.

Portugese Table
Friday, 12:30 p.m. Jonathan Edwards dining hall. K. David Jackson.

Spanish Table
Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. Silliman College dining hall. "Elementary Spanish," Spanish 115; Thursday, 12:30 p.m. Silliman College dining hall. "Intermediate Spanish," Spanish 130; Monday, 12:30 p.m. Silliman College dining hall. "Advanced Conversational Spanish," Spanish 138. (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese)

Russian Table
Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Pierson College dining hall. Julia Titus; Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., Davenport College dining hall. Emilia Hramov. (Slavic Languages & Literatures)

Religion

University Public Worship
Sunday, 11 a.m. Battell Chapel. Rev. Jerry Streets will preach on Oct. 27. Open weekdays for prayer, 12:30-1 p.m.; simple Communion service on Thursday. Info.: (203) 432-8750. (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 Rev. Ron Rising. Info.: (203) 624-2521.

First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 608 Whitney Ave. 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 Meeting (Quaker)
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
268 Park St. Mass; Sunday, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m.; Sacrament of Reconciliation, Tuesday, 6-7 p.m. Info.: (203) 777-5537. Friday, Nov. 1, 5:30 p.m., Mass for All Saints Day; Saturday, Nov. 2, 10 a.m., Mass for All Souls Day.

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. (Univ. Lutheran Ministry in New Haven)

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

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ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS

• Bender is the new Robert Levy Professor
  
  
• Lockwood named to O'Keefe Young post
  
  
• Schultz assumes the Ford Foundation chair
  
  
• Snyder is appointed Cullman Professor
  

Nelson named next director of Marsh Botanical Garden

In Focus: Postdoctoral Office

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Symposium will mark Yale Center for British Art's 25th year

Anthropologist makes his first Yale address in 'Crossing Borders' conference

MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWS

• Three elected to Institute of Medicine
  
  
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• Researchers' findings challenge previous theories . . .
  
  
• Study shows 'dearth' of federally-funded research . . .
  

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