Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 7, 2003|Volume 32, Number 10

Campus Notes

Harold Attridge, the Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament and dean of the Divinity School, will discuss Adam Nicolson's book "God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible" at a "Books Sandwiched In" discussion on Thursday, Nov. 13. Sponsored by the New Haven Free Public Library, the talk will take place noon-1 p.m. in the community program room at the library; the lower level entrance is on Temple St.

The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, a scholarly society affiliated with Yale, will host a lecture by Gerhard Böwering, professor of religious studies, on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The lecture, titled "The Challenge of Islam," will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave. It is free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 432-3113, ext. 2.

Two Yale affiliates who are finalists for the 2003 National Book Awards will take part in "Meet the Author" readings and book signings at Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St. in New York City, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Anne Applebaum '86 was nominated for "Gulag: A History" and Carlos Eire, the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of Religious Studies, was nominated for "Waiting for Snow in Havana." The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (212) 362-8835. At 7 p.m. on the same day, all twenty finalists will read from their work at The New School's Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street in New York City. Admission is $5. To purchase tickets in advance, call (212) 229-5488.

Yale was selected as one of three winners of the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association Annual Affordable Housing Award. The award recognizes individuals and organizations for "significant contributions in improving access to affordable housing" in the state. President Richard C. Levin and William Carney, manager of benefit review and compliance, were cited as representatives of the winning organization. The awards were announced at a special dinner banquet on Oct. 16.

Dean Sakamoto Architects (DSA) of New Haven won three American Institute of Architects Connecticut design awards. The Schick-Wilkinson Sword Exhibition won in the category of "Architecture the Encompassing Art" with Pelizza Robinson Architects. DSA also won design awards for Miso Restaurant in the Commercial Design category, and City Story New Haven in the Unbuilt Project category. Sakamoto is a critic at the School of Architecture.

Edward H. Kaplan, the William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Management Sciences at the Yale School of Management and professor of public health at the School of Medicine, is the 2003 recipient of the Koopman Prize. The prize is awarded each year for the outstanding publication in military operations research by the Military Applications Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Kaplan received the award for his paper "Emergency Response to a Smallpox Attack: The Case for Mass Vaccination," published with David L. Craft and Lawrence M. Wein of MIT. The award was presented to Kaplan on Oct. 19.

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

Harold Koh is appointed as next Law School dean

Clinton asserts 'shared responsibilities' among nations . . .

'Women Mentoring Women' program launched

Budget plans for the coming year

Event to explore ethics of media coverage in wartime

Colleges' sustainable dining initiatives are focus of conference

Women astronauts will talk about their 'Place in Space'

Computer scientists to develop ways to protect privacy online

Exhibit looks at Robert Damora's '70 Years of Total Architecture'

Yale Rep show explores collision of politics and culture in America

Her native landscape inspires Irish writer's 'desperate themes'

DeStefano hopes 'game plan' will bring him to Olympics

Study: Recovery rates from childhood leukemia . . .

Memory-enhancing drugs may actually worsen . . .

Dr. Robert Arnstein, counselor to generations of students, dies

World-renowned oncologist Dr. Paul Calabresi passes away

Rare form of obsessive compulsive disorder linked to gene mutation

Older patients may not be prepared to receive diagnosis, study says

Symposium will examine 'American Literary Globalism' . . .

Koerner Center to showcase emeritus faculty member's works

Researchers sequence and analyze the DNA of an ancient parasite

Two books on slavery are winners of the Douglass Prize

United Way Campaign nears halfway mark in meeting its goal

Yale Books in Brief

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