Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 13, 2004|Volume 32, Number 18

Campus Notes

St. Anthony Hall will host Peter Orszag, the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, in a talk on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The lecture, titled "The Federal Budget Deficit: Why It Matters and What We Should Do About It," will begin at 4:30 p.m. at St. Anthony Hall, 483 College St. It is free and open to the public. For more information, send e-mail to brandon.wall@yale.edu or daniela.dover@yale.edu.

Kelly Brownell, director of the Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, will discuss his new book, "Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It," at a "Books Sandwiched In" discussion on Thursday, Feb. 19. 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.

Maria Rosa Menocal, the R. Selden Rose Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, will discuss Dante and Islam at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 in the multimedia room of the DiMenna-Nyselius Library on the Fairfield University campus. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 254-4044.

Edmund W. Gordon, professor emeritus of psychology, was honored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) with the creation of the Edmund W. Gordon Chair for Policy Evaluation and Research. ETS is the world's largest private, nonprofit educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in education research. Gordon, who has been a consultant to ETS, was cited as "one of the conceptual leaders of several major developments in education, including Head Start, compensatory education, career education, school desegregation, alternatives in education assessment and supplementary education."

Three Yale facilities were cited by the Connecticut chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in its annual design awards program. Vanderbilt Hall and Sterling Divinity Quadrangle won awards in the "Historic Preservation" category. The Prospect Place Modular Buildings project was selected in the "Built" category. AIA Connecticut is the sole professional organization for architects in the state. Its 1,400 members include licensed architects, associate architects and professional affiliates.

Timothy Snyder, assistant professor of history, will receive the annual award of the journal Przeglad Wschodni (Eastern Review) for 2003 at a ceremony at Warsaw University in March. The award honors Snyder for his book, "The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999."

Seyla Benhabib, the Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science, received an honorary degree from the University for Humanistics in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on Jan. 28. Benhabib was cited as "one of the leading social and political theorists of our time."

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

Levin named to review panel on intelligence operations

Scientist gets $6 million for study of Parkinson's disease

U.S. poet laureate appointed as Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence

Yale Rep stages a 'King Lear' for the ages

Yale Rep's 'King Lear': A classic tale in an ancient setting

YHHAP: They don't just work for the homeless, but with them

Yale Art Gallery acquires floor mosaic from ancient city

Graduate School again increases stipends for doctoral students

President re-establishes Minority Advisory Council

Exhibition features 'Big and Green' architectural designs

Law practitioners to explore 'rebellious' strategies for change

Yale's NCAA self-study is available to community online

Scientists discover low level of enzyme in people with epilepsy

Event explores challenges of children in foster care . . .

Japanese puppetry to open Yale Rep's Special Event series

Panetti piece celebrating work with quartet to make East Coast premiere

Yale scholars Snyder and Gay honored . . .

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