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Friday, Sept. 19

"We're All Mexican Here: Poultry Processing, Latino Migration and the Transformation of Class in the U.S. South"
11 a.m. Seminar rm., ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Steve Striffler, Univ. of Arkansas. Info.: (203) 432-9833 or jscott@pantheon.yale.edu. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"The Origins of American Child Care Policy"
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 104, Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave. Kimberly Morgan, George Washington Univ. Info.: (203) 432-9935, www.yale.edu/bushcenter, or sandra.bishop@yale.edu. (Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy)

"Worker Sorting and the Risk of Death on the Job"
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Thomas DeLeire, Kennedy Sch. of Government. Info.: www.econ.yale.edu/seminars/labor/index. htm.

"The Church in North Korea: Challenges and Prospects"
12:30 p.m. Overseas Ministries Study Center, 409 Prospect St. Missions Research Colloquia with Hyun-Sik Kim, Pyung Yang Univ., North Korea. Bring a light lunch at 12:15 p.m.; coffee will be provided. Info.: (203) 624-6672 ext. 315 or www.omsc.org. (Overseas Ministries Study Center)

"Human Rights Workshop"
12:30-2 p.m. SLB, 127 Wall St. Joanne Mariner, Human Rights Watch, Americas Division. (Orville H. Schell Center for International Human Rights)

"Cosmology After WMAP"
4 p.m. Rm. 59, SPL, 217 Prospect St. Richard Easther, Columbia Univ. Tea will be served at 3:30 p.m. (Physics Dept.)

"The First Female Gynecologist"
5 p.m. Historical Library, SHM, 333 Cedar St. Dr. Patricia Last. (Beaumont Medical Club)

Saturday, Sept. 20

"Life as They Knew It"
1 p.m. Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. Prof. Derek Briggs. Part of the exhibition "The Burgess Shale: Evolution's Big Bang." Free with museum admission: $7; $6 for seniors (65+); $5 for children (ages 3-18); free with valid Yale I.D. Info.: (203) 432-5050 or www.yale.edu/peabody.

Sunday, Sept. 21

"Life As a Scholar and As a Believer"
6 p.m. Saint Thomas More Chapel Hall, 268 Park St. A dinner discussion with Prof. Margaret Farley. Part of the Catholic Faculty Series. Info.: (203) 777-5537.

Monday, Sept. 22

Political Economy Seminar Series
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Daron Acemoglu. Info.: www.yale.edu/leitner/pew.htm. (George Walter Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy)

"Disability Identity, Disability Rights and Quality of Life"
12-1:30 p.m. Aud., Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. Bioethics Project Public Lecture by Harriet McBryde Johnson, disability rights advocate and attorney-at-law. Info. and luncheon reservations: Carol Pollard, (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

"Sensuality, Depravity and Ritual Murder: French Orientalism and Jews in the 19th Century"
4 p.m. Rm. 208, Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. Julie Kalmen, University of Melbourne. (Program in Judaic Studies)

"Toxic Science: The Lead Industry and the Makings of a Childhood Epidemic"
4:30 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM, 333 Cedar St. David Rosner, Columbia Univ. Tea will be served at 4 p.m. (History of Medicine and Science)

Tuesday, Sept. 23

"Frederic Leighton's 'Ms. James Guthrie'"
12:30 p.m. BAC, 1080 Chapel St. Art in Context talk by Angus Trumble. Info.: (203) 432-2800.

"French Universalism in the Nineties"
4 p.m. Rm. 211, HGS, 320 York St. The Naomi Schor Memorial Lecture by Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Sch. of Social Science. (French Dept.)

Working Research Group: "Health Behaviors and Lifestyles"
4-6 p.m. ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Speaker and topic TBA. Info.: Carol Pollard, (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

"Breaking Bonds with Low-Coordinate Iron: Chemistry Inspired by Nitrogenase"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL, 225 Prospect St. Patrick Holland, Univ. of Rochester. (Dept. of Chemistry)

Wednesday, Sept. 24

"Giving of Self, Giving Up, Caregiving"
Noon. Aud., Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave. David H. Smith, bioethicist-in-residence. Info. and luncheon reservations: Carol Pollard, (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

"Molecular Interactions Between Microbes and Surfaces"
4 p.m. Rm. 107, Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave. Terri A. Camesano, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (Dept. of Chemical Engineering)

Thursday, Sept. 25

Genocide Studies Program Seminar Series
1:30-3:20 p.m. ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Speaker and topic TBA.

"In Quest of the Canonical Boris Godunov: The Case for Pushkin's 1825 Original"
4 p.m. Rm. 119B, HGS, 320 York St. Trumbull Lecture by Caryl Emerson, Princeton Univ. (Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures)

"Islam and Modernity: Toward a Historical Sociology of the Islamicate Civilization"
4-5:30 p.m. Rm. 107, Williams Hall, 80 Sachem St. Sociology Colloquium series with Said Arjomand, SUNY, Stony Brook. Info.: (203) 436-4350 or www.yale.edu/socdept/.

Master's Tea
4:30 p.m. Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anthony Hecht will read from his works.

"Putting Life On Stage"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM, 333 Cedar St. The Robert Penn Warren Lecture by Donald Margulies, playwright. Info.: Clara Gyorgyey, (203) 785-6102. (Program for Humanities in Medicine)

"Selling Our Kids Short: How State Budget & Policy Decisions Are Leaving Thousands of Kids Behind"
5:30-7:15 p.m. ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Shelley Geballe and Janice Gruendel, CT Voices for Children. Part of the working research group "Children Under Stress." Info., reading materials and dinner reservations: lili.beit@yale.edu or carol.pollard@yale.edu.

Friday, Sept. 26

"Sin Agua No Hay Vida: The Acequia Watershed Commonwealth"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS, 77 Prospect St. Devon Peña, Univ. of Wash. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Early Literacy and Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Programs for Young Children"
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rm. 104, Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave. Sue Bredekamp, Council for Professional Recognition, Washington, D.C. Info.: (203) 432-9935, www.yale.edu/bushcenter or sandra.bishop@yale.edu. (Yale Center in Child Development and Social Policy)

"Wage Determination and Employment Fluctuations"
2-3:30 p.m. Cowles Seminar Rm., Rm. B8, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Robert Hall.

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• 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

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• 'Stereotype lift' aids those not targeted . . .
  
  
• Study finds no racial differences in survival rates after treatment . . .
  
  

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