Yale Bulletin and Calendar

August 26, 2005|Volume 34, Number 1

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Peabody event

"The Dog (and Cat!) Days of Summer" will be celebrated at the Peabody Museum of Natural History on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 28, from noon to 4 p.m.

Among the highlights of the event will be a visit on Sunday at 1 p.m. from Atka, a three-year-old Arctic wolf. Atka travels to schools, nature centers and other events to help the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York, educate people about wolves.

Other activities will include sheepherding and frisbee dog demonstrations. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet dogs that help humans and to learn about the unique behaviors of cats. Museum staff will display skulls, skeletons and pelts from the museum's wild dog and cat collections. Individuals may also enter their dogs in a contest at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

For more information or to register for the contest, call (203) 432-3776. For a complete schedule, contest rules and categories, visit the website at www.peabody.yale.edu/events/dogdays. Events and contests are free with museum admission. Some outdoor events, such as sheepherding, may be viewed at no charge.

Choral auditions

Four University choral groups will hold auditions from Aug. 30 through Sept. 12 at the Institute of Sacred Music or Battell Chapel.

The Yale Camerata is open to all singers at the University and from the greater New Haven area.

The Yale Schola Cantorum is open to all University students. All members will be given a stipend of $25 per hour.

The Yale Repertory Chorus and Yale Recital Chorus are open to all University students. Both ensembles may be taken for credit or for pay.

Audition requirements include good sight-reading ability and a solo performance. For more information or to set up an audition, contact Laura Chester at (203) 432-9671 or at laura.chester@yale.edu.

New Haven Chorale auditions

The New Haven Chorale will hold auditions for all voice parts on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 6 and 7, from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

Future Chorale events will include a performance of Haydn's works in Battell Chapel, an a cappella concert to benefit The Children's Center of Hamden and a performance of Berlioz's "Te Deum" with 400 other musicians in Woolsey Hall.

Auditions will be held at the Educational Center for the Arts, 55 Audubon St. For more information, call (203) 248-9760 or (203) 453-8818, or visit the website at www.newhavenchorale.org.

Tommy Fund Family Day

The Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer will hold its 12th annual Family Day at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven on Sunday, September 25.

The Tommy Fund seeks to increase participation and awareness to help children receiving cancer treatment at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and their families.

Participants may run a 5K road race, walk two miles or run in a .3 mile fun run for children under the age of 10. The fun run begins at 10 a.m. and the 5K run and 2-mile walk at 10:30 a.m. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and costs $15; $8 for children under 10. Participants who raise $100 do not have to pay the registration fee and the first 800 to register will receive a long-sleeved shirt that was specially designed by Kellie MacLean, a 9-year old patient from Trumbull.

Other activities will include an interactive science experiment, face painting and moonwallking.

For more information or a registration form, call the Tommy Fund at (800) 974-5559 or visit the website at www.tommyfund.org.

Tax notice

The Tax Office has issued a notice for international affiliates of the University.

All new international students, scholars, faculty members and other visitors who will receive any payments through the University payroll system -- for example, stipends, fellowships or wages -- must meet with the Tax Office prior to receiving payment.

At this meeting, a member of the office will review the individual's tax status to determine proper tax withholding, including whether the individual is eligible to claim a reduced income tax withholding rate pursuant to a tax treaty. The office will also determine if payments to the individual are exempt from Social Security and Medicare (FICA) tax withholding. For more information regarding payments to international individuals, visit the website at www.yale.edu/tax/int.

If an individual has not been set up on the payroll system prior to meeting with the Tax Office, he or she will need to provide documentation from the department regarding the position held (for example, postdoctoral fellow or postdoctoral associate) and type of payment (for example, stipend, fellowship or wage) at the appointment.

International students and scholars may schedule appointments through the International Tax Office website at www.yale.edu/tax/int/appointments.html. In addition, department administrators may schedule an appointment on behalf of an international student or scholar. To schedule an appointment with the office directly, call (203) 432-5530 or (203) 432-5597, or send e-mail to jodie.stewart-moore@yale.edu or daysi.cardona@yale.edu.

During the months of August and September, appointments will be scheduled 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Thursday,

Volunteers sought

The Department of Linguistics is seeking volunteers to participate in a speech production experiment to be conducted at Haskins Laboratories.

The experiment will involve ultrasound imaging of the tongue and head movement tracking with a lightweight helmet attached to infrared sensors. The experiment will last for one hour. Participants will be asked to repeat English words after a visual prompt. There are no risks or discomfort associated with the procedure.

To participate, volunteers must be a native speaker of English with normal hearing and speech. Compensation of $20 will be provided. To apply, contact leonardo.oliveira@yale.edu.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Margaret Grey is named dean of School of Nursing

Benson to step down as dean of School of Art after this year

Team discovers new planet in the outer solar system

Grant will fund center for study of nervous system

Study: Alligator eggs show effect of oxygen on development

Yale Librarian Prochaska appointed to a second term

New master's program prepares nurses for leadership roles

Exhibit explores the 18th-century 'worlds' of Francis Wheatley

Private portrait miniatures showcase the faces of public figures

Gallery hosting festive open house . . .

Architecture gallery to feature traveling art show 'Ant Farm'

Sterling Library launches new academic year with two exhibits

Researchers create powerful tool for decoding gene functions

Galapagos tortoises more diverse than once believed, say scientists

Team identifies 'signatures' of protons in water

'Canary Database' shows animals offer health warnings for humans

Team digitally reconstructs long-extinct 'Lamp Shell'

'Gene trapping' reveals how flower development is controlled

Discovery may aid development of treatment for melanoma

Drinking alcohol may lower risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Lyme disease prevention program launched in Connecticut

For 35 students, summer was a time of service in New Haven

IN MEMORIAM

John Ostrom: He revolutionized field of paleontology

Robert Abelson: Psychologist was adviser to presidential candidates

Greer Allen: University printer was inspiration to School of Art students