Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 20, 2004|Volume 32, Number 19

Campus Notes

The Department of Psychiatry will sponsor a playreading of "History Lessons," a new play by Gretchen Law, at the Graduate Club, 155 Elm St., at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22. The play is about an Afro-Trinidadian man, two Yale students and their East Indian landlords. It will be directed by Herman Leverne Jones and feature Michael Rogers. Donations will be accepted. This is a rescheduling of a performance that was canceled earlier this month due to inclement weather. For more information, call (203) 777-6335.

Dr. Nina Kadan-Lottick, associate research scientist in pediatrics, and Dr. Barbara S. Sleight, assistant professor of hematology/oncology, will be honored by the American Cancer Society with "Angel Awards" that acknowledge their dedication in the fight against cancer. The awards will be given on March 26 at the society's Hope Gala, which raises funds for research, education, patient advocacy and service. The event, which will be held at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville, will also feature auctions and raffles, dinner and dancing. Admission is $125 per person. For more information, call (203) 379-4876.

Betty Nelson, associate dean for clinical affairs at the School of Nursing, received the Dorothy M. Smith Nursing Leadership Award for Leadership in Nursing Education from the University of Florida in January. The award recognizes outstanding University of Florida College of Nursing alumni who continue to honor Smith's vision by being influential in improving the way nursing is taught and practiced.

Carlos Eire, the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of Religious Studies and History, will discuss his book "Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy" at a "Books Sandwiched In" discussion on Thursday, Feb. 26. 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. It is free and open to the public.

Robert Forbes, associate director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, gave a talk titled "A Secret Plan to End Slavery? A New Look at the Early American Republic" at York College in Jamaica, New York, on Feb. 19. Forbes discussed a little-known scheme explored during the Monroe Administration that sought, among other things, to end slavery and the slave trade.

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