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Biodiversity expert Lovejoy is the next Zucker Fellow
Thomas E. Lovejoy, the chief biodiversity adviser to the president of the World Bank, and the president of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, will visit the campus as the next Zucker Environmental Fellow on Monday, Oct. 25, and Wednesday, Oct. 27.
Lovejoy will be the guest at a master's tea on Monday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. in the Saybrook College master's house, 90 High St. He will give a public lecture titled "Is There Hope for Nature? Science, Policy and the Environment" on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m. in Rm. 119, William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St.
Lovejoy, who received both his Bachelor of Science degree and Ph.D. in biology from Yale, previously served as the director of the World Wildlife Fund and as assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
The originator of the concept of debt-for-nature swaps, Lovejoy is also the founder of the public television series "Nature."
He is generally credited with having brought the tropical forest problem into the forefront as a public issue and, in 1980, coined the term biological diversity. As a tropical and conservation biologist, Lovejoy has worked in the Amazon of Brazil since 1965.
He is currently chair of the external advisory board of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies.
Sponsored by the Yale College Dean's Office, the Zucker Fellowship was established in 1990 by a gift from the Class of 1962 to inspire students to embark on careers in environmental fields by bringing a major scientist, public policy figure or author in the field of environmental studies to campus each year.
Poet Irving Feldman, the Distinguished Professor of English at the State University of New York, Buffalo, will give a reading on campus on Monday, Oct. 25.
Feldman will read from his works at 5 p.m. at Saint Anthony Hall, corner of Wall College streets. Sponsored by the Department of English, the event is free and open to the public.
Feldman's 10 collections of poetry include "Beautiful False Things: Poems"; "Leaping Clear" and "The Pripet Marshes," which were National Book Award finalists; "All of Us Here" a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; and "Works and Days," which won the Kovner Poetry Prize. His 1994 work, "The Life and Letters," was a finalist for the Poets' Prize.
Feldman is the recipient of a National Institute of Arts and Letters award as well as fellowships from The Academy of American Poets, The Guggenheim Foundation, The Ingram Merrill Foundation and The MacArthur Foundation.
Feldman's most recent publication is titled "Collected Poems: 1955-2004."
On Monday, Oct. 25, Calhoun College will host a master's tea by author Suzanne O'Malley.
O'Malley will speak at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St. The talk is free and open to the public.
O'Malley is the author of "'Are You There Alone?' The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates," which investigates the legal, religious, medical and mental health issues surrounding the mentally ill mother who drowned her five children in 2001.
Currently a writer-in-residence in Rice University's English department, O'Malley has discussed the Andrea Yates trial in The New York Times Magazine, Oprah Magazine and on "Dateline NBC." In addition, she has appeared on the "Today Show," "CBS Early Show" and NPR's "Diane Rehm." The author's discovery of false testimony during the Yates trial resulted in the pending appeal of Yates' conviction.
She is a freelance producer and on-air news consultant for NBC and MSNBC and CNN's "American Morning with Paula Zahn."
O'Malley is a frequent contributor for NBC's Emmy Award-winning "Law and Order" series. Her screenplay "Private School" was produced by Universal Pictures in 1983 and her bestselling humor book "How to Avoid Love and Marriage" was adapted both for television (Home Box Office, 1989) and stage (John Drew Theater, Summer Festival 1992).
As an actress, O'Malley has appeared at the John Drew Theater in "How to Avoid Love & Marriage" and Off-Broadway in the role of Fido in "Arf!" Her television credits include NBC's "Law and Order" and HBO and Showtime comedy shorts.
Patrick Guerriero, executive director of Log Cabin Republicans and president of the Liberty Education Forum, will be the guest at a master's tea on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
Sponsored by Calhoun College, Guerriero's talk will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the master's house, 434 College St. It is free and open to the public.
Patrick Guerriero has devoted his career to public service. The former mayor, state representative and candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts has served as executive director of Log Cabin Republicans and president of the Liberty Education Forum since 2003.
Guerriero is considered a leading voice for freedom and fairness in the Republican Party. He has appeared on such television programs as "Hardball with Chris Matthews," "The O'Reilly Factor," "Nightline" and "Inside Politics." He has also been featured in many publications, and has written op-eds for The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and other newspapers.
Since becoming executive director of Log Cabin, which is considered to be the leading conservative organization working to defeat the anti-family Federal Marriage Amendment, Guerriero has doubled the organization's membership and developed new chapters across America.
Guerriero's advocacy for strong local government earned him the 1998 Fenn Award for Political Leadership from the Kennedy Library's New Frontier Society and the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard will visit the campus on Thursday, Oct. 28.
Howard and John Hollander, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of English, will give a reading at 7 p.m. in Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St. The event, sponsored by the Department of English, is open to the public free of charge.
Howard is the author of 11 volumes of poetry, including "Trappings: New Poems," "Like Most Revelations: New Poems," "No Traveller" and "Untitled Subjects," for which he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1970.
Howard is also the author of "Alone with America: Essays on the Art of Poetry in the United States Since 1950." In 1994 he edited the Library of America edition of the "Travel Writings of Henry James," and in 1995, "The Best American Poetry."
He has published more than 150 translations from French, including works by Giraudoux, Cocteau, Camus, De Gaulle, Breton, Claude Simon, Stendhal and Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du mal," for which he received the 1983 American Book Award for translation.
Howard is currently the poetry editor of The Paris Review and Western Humanities Review. His most recent work is a translation of Stendhal's "The Charterhouse of Parma."
His honors include the Levinson Prize, the National Institute of Arts and Letters Literary Award and the Ordre National du Mérite from the French government, as well as fellowships from The Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.
On Thursday, Oct. 28, the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health will confer the C-E.A. Winslow Medal on Dr. William H. Foege, Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, and a Fellow of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Foege, who is being recognized for a lifetime of achievements and leadership in epidemiology and public health, particularly for his role in the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s, will receive the award at a 4 p.m. ceremony in Harkness Auditorium, 333 Cedar St. He will also present a lecture titled "Health for Some." A reception will follow. The event is open to the public free of charge. For additional information, call (203) 785-2867.
In 1966, Foege joined the Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program at the Center for Disease Control, later renamed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as an epidemiologist. In 1970, he became director of CDC's Smallpox Eradication Program. Following a global vaccination campaign, the disease was eradicated in the late 1970s.
Foege served as director of the CDC 1977-1983, during which time the agency responded to the earliest HIV/AIDS cases. In 1984, he and several colleagues formed the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, and the program's success in accelerating childhood immunization led to the expansion of its mandate to include other issues that diminish the quality of life for children.
Foege's honors include the World Health Organization's Health for All Medal and the CDC Special Achievement Award.
The award and lecture commemorate the outstanding contributions of Charles-Edward Amory Winslow to public health in the United States. In 1915, he established one of the first public health programs in the United States at Yale, where he served as department chair and professor for 30 years.
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Celebrated poet will read from his works
'Are You There Alone?' author to be guest at master's tea
Log Cabin Republicans director to give master's tea
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet to give reading of his works
Renowned epidemiologist to receive C-E.A. Winslow Medal
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