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"Classical Furniture in America, 1800-1840"
Friday, Sept. 19, 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m.; Sunday, Sept. 21, 5:30 p.m. Levinson Aud., SLB, 127 Wall St. On Friday, Roger G. Kennedy, former director, U.S. National Park Service, will deliver the Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque Memorial Lecture in American Art. Held in conjunction with the exhibit "Curule: Ancient Design in American Federal Furniture." Info. and registration: (203) 432-0632 or katherine.chabla@yale.edu.

"SARS: Globalization's Newest Challenge"
Friday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.; Saturday, Sept. 20, 8:45 a.m. Davies Aud., 15 Prospect St.; Sunday, Sept. 21, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. A workshop designed to foster a better understanding of the first 10 months of the SARS outbreak in a socio-cultural framework. Open to members of the Yale community only. Info.: Abbey Newman, (203) 432-9382, www.yale.edu/ycias/ceas, or abbey.newman@yale.edu. (Council on East Asian Studies/Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences)

"Religion as Colonial Commodity: An International Conference"
Thursday, Sept. 18, 5:30 p.m. BRBL, 121 Wall St.; Friday, Sept. 19, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. WHC, 53 Wall St.; Saturday, Sept. 20, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Rm. 102, LC, 63 High St.; Sunday, Sept. 21, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lecture hall, SML, 120 High St. The conference will explore the modern development of religion as an object of academic inquiry and a mode of cross-cultural comparison. Registration fee: $10 for meals. Info.: www.yale.edu/religion_as_commodity. (Dept. of Religious Studies)

"Women and Colonization: The North American and Australian Frontiers Compared"
Friday, Sept. 19, 5:15 p.m.; Rm. 102, LC, 63 High St.; Saturday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m.-Noon. Rm. 101, LC, 63 High St. Friday, Ann McGrath, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National Univ., will deliver the keynote address. A reception, hosted by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, will follow at the Yale Center for British Art. Saturday, there will be a follow-up panel discussion, moderated by Virginia Scharff, Univ. of New Mexico. Info.: Katie McFarland, (203) 432-2328 or www.yale.edu/lamarcenter. (Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders)

Symposium in Honor of Timothy H. Goldsmith
Friday, Sept. 26, 8:55 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave. Symposium will feature talks by leading biologists.

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Mark Gerstein is named the Williams Associate Professor

In Focus: Women's Health Research at Yale

• 'From Vision to Innovation' will mark fifth anniversary
  
  
• Aim is to support work with 'practical benefits,' says director
  
  
• Scientists tackling important women's health issues . . .
  
  
• Three new recipients of Donaghue grants announced
  
  

Leading biologists will share research . . .

Weekend festival will showcase films from around the world

Event will explore the impact of colonization on women

SCIENCE & MEDICAL NEWS

• Astronomers trace origin of X-ray flashes
  
  
• Study shows estrogen improves reading ability . . .
  
  
• Research supports letting primary care doctors prescribe naltrexone
  
  
• Images reveal distinct brain activity patterns . . .
  
  
• 'Stereotype lift' aids those not targeted . . .
  
  
• Study finds no racial differences in survival rates after treatment . . .
  
  

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