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October 17, 2003|Volume 32, Number 7



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YUWO event

The Yale University Women's Organization (YUWO) will sponsor the third in a series of five lectures, titled "Genius of the 20th Century: Freud, Einstein and Marx," on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The speaker will be Martin J. Klein, the Eugene Higgins Professor Emeritus of Physics and History of Science. His lecture is titled "Albert Einstein: Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man."

The lecture will be held in the Sterling Memorial Library lecture hall at 10:30 a.m. The fee for the series is $40. The series is open only to members of YUWO and their guests. For more information, call (203) 562-2894 or (203) 288-4164.


Safety training sessions

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety will offer a series of training sessions in October for University employees who work with dangerous substances.

Sessions will include "Non-Laboratory Personnel Training," a required course for non-laboratory personnel who work in areas such as physical plant, the print shop and grounds maintenance and "Safe Use of Biological Safety Cabinets," for employees who work with biological safety cabinets.

All sessions are free and will take place in the basement of 135 College St. For a complete list of sessions and schedules, visit the website at www.yale.edu/oehs/trainreq.htm.


Affordable psychoanalysis

The Psychoanalytic Clinic of the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis is evaluating new applications for classical psychoanalysis.

A limited number of space will be available for individuals who are interested in this treatment method. Yale faculty, staff, students, spouses and members of the New Haven community may apply for treatment. The commitment requires meeting four or fives times per week over several years. Fees are on a sliding scale in accordance with ability to pay.

For more information, call Kathy Wilcox at (203) 562-2103 or write to the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis, 255 Bradley St., New Haven, CT 06510.


Child Conduct Clinic

The Yale Child Conduct Clinic is currently accepting children between the ages of 2 and 13-1/2 who are displaying behavioral problems such as lying, disobeying parents, swearing, cheating, fighting, not getting along with others or getting into trouble at school. For more information, call (203) 432-9993.


HIC announcement

The offices of the Human Investigation Committe (HIC) at the School of Medicnine will be closed on Tuesday, Oct. 28, so that the HIC staff may attend and support a local educational symposium. The deadline for submission for the HIC meeting on Nov. 5 is 4 p.m. on Oct. 27.


ISM film series

The Institute of Sacred Music (ISM) will present a series of lectures, demonstrations and film screenings this year in its "Good Moves!" film series.

The series will investigate the cultural ideals expressed by religion and music on film. All events in the series will be held in the institute's Great Hall at 409 Prospect St. Free parking is available.

Events will include faculty composer Martin Bresnick discussing his film score for "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet" and showings of films by Carl Dreyer, Federico Fellini and ISM director Margot Fassler.

For more information, call the institute at (203) 432-5180.


Postdoctoral fellowships

Applications are now being accepted for James Hudson Brown-Alexander Brown Coxe postdoctoral fellowships in the medical sciences.

The fellowships support new postdoctoral fellows conducting research at the School of Medicine. Candidates must have received the M.D., Ph.D. or other doctoral degree by July 1, 2004. Investigators cannot have completed more than three years of postdoctoral research as of July 1, 2004. There are no citizenship restrictions. The deadline is Nov. 13. Application instructions and forms are available online at http://grants.med.yale.edu/scholars/brown-coxe.html.


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Russian Singing Angels to perform in benefit concert on campus

Memorial Service

Campus Notes


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