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YUWO events
The Yale University Women's Organization (YUWO) will host two lectures this month.
On Tuesday, March 21, at noon, the organization's "Lunch and Learn" series will feature three speakers discussing "Public Service and Social Justice at Yale Today." The speakers are Kathrine Burdick, executive director of Dwight Hall; and Helena Herring and Amy Wojnarwsky, co-coordinators of the Dwight Hall Student Executive Committee. The event will take place at Dwight Hall Chapel on Old Campus. Attendees may bring a bag lunch; coffee and dessert will be provided. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 488-7279.
On Wednesday, March 22, Milette Gaifman, assistant professor of the history of art and of classics, will deliver the final lecture in the series, "Imaging the Divine in Ancient Greece." The talk, "The Image as Epiphany," will take place at 10:30 a.m. in Rm. 119, Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St.
The series is open to members of YUWO and their guests. The fee for the series is $35 per person. For more information, call (203) 562-2894.
The Yale International Adoption Clinic will hold pre-adoption seminars for prospective parents this spring.
The seminars will offer information about medical and developmental issues relating to internationally adopted children. Practical information about reviewing medical records prior to adoption, traveling to meet children, and medical and developmental issues specific to particular countries will be discussed.
The first seminar will be held on Thursday, March 30, 7-9 p.m. at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital in conference room CH201. To reserve a seat, call Carol Coughlin at (203) 737-1623 or send e-mail to carol.coughlin@yale.edu.
A second seminar will be held on Thursday, May 11, 7-9 p.m., at Greenwich Hospital in the Noble Conference Center. For reservations, call (888) 305-9253 or (203) 863-4277.
For more information about the seminar program, visit www.yalepediatrics.org/
adoption.
Reviews for sophomores who are interested in becoming art majors will be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 5 and 6.
The reviews will be conducted 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. in Rm. GO-2 at the School of Art, Green Hall, 1156 Chapel St. Interested students must sign up in
Rm. 122 of the School of Art building,
8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call Nancy Keramas at (203) 432-2608.
Applications are now being accepted for the Jacob Cooper Prize and the Alice Derby Lang Prize.
The Departments of Classics and Philosophy jointly award the Cooper Prize to the resident undergraduate or graduate student who presents the best essay in Greek philosophy. The Lang Prize will be awarded to the student, undergraduate or graduate, who presents the best essay in ancient literature or history of art. The examiners may choose to award one undergraduate and one graduate prize.
Applicants must submit two copies of their essays. Submissions should be unbound, omitting any internal reference to the author's name. Two versions of the title pages are required, one copy with the author's name and one without the author's name. Submissions may not exceed 25 pages and should be sent to the Department of Classics, 402 Phelps Hall, 344 College St., no later than noon on Monday, April 10.
The Office of the Secretary is accepting applications for two University-wide prizes: the Porter Prize and the Field Prize.
Competition for these prizes is open to all students enrolled at the University for a degree.
The John Addison Porter Prize is awarded for a work of scholarship in any field in which it is possible, through original effort, to gather and relate facts and/or principles and to make the product of general human interest. The Kingsley Trust Association (The Scroll and Key Society) established the award in 1872 in honor of the late professor Porter, who received a bachelor's degree from Yale in 1842.
The Theron Rockwell Field Prize, established in 1957 by Emilia R. Field in memory of her husband, an 1889S graduate of Yale, is awarded for a "poetic, literary or religious work" of scholarship.
Entries must be submitted before
5 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, to Barbara Mordecai, Office of the Vice President and Secretary, 105 Wall St.
For more information, call (203) 432-2311 or visit the websites at www.yale.edu/secretary/prizes/fieldprize.pdf or www.yale.edu/secretary/prizes/porterprize.pdf.
The Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) is seeking volunteers for its new "One-on-One Conversations Program: Connecting Across Cultures for Language and Culture Exchange."
The program allows the international student and scholar community at Yale to connect with the University and New Haven communities. Volunteers from Yale or from the New Haven community, including neighbors and friends, are welcome to participate.
The time commitment is minimal. Benefits include gaining the opportunity to expand and refine cross-cultural understanding and communication skills, as well as spreading goodwill in the community.
For more information or to sign up,
visit www.oiss.yale.edu/conversations or contact Elisabeth Kennedy at elisabeth.kennedy@yale.edu or (203) 432-2305.
The Department of Engineering will host a "Girls in Engineering Day" on Tuesday, April 11, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The event is open to schools in the Greater New Haven area. It will take place at Dunham Laboratory, 10 Hillhouse Ave. Lunch will be provided.
To register, send e-mail to eric.mitchell@yale.edu or call (203) 432-4222.
T H I S
Adoption seminars
Reviews for potential art majors
Prize essays
Porter and Field prizes
Volunteers sought
Event will offer New Haven girls the opportunity to learn about engineering
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