Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 14, 2006|Volume 34, Number 26

Bulletin Board

Youth hockey tryouts

Yale Youth Hockey will conduct tryouts for the 2006-2007 season for all travel teams, mite level (ages 7 and under) through bantam level (ages 13 and 14), starting April 27 at Northford Rink. The tryout fee of $200 applies against the annual cost. For more information and to register, visit www.yaleyouthhockey.com.

Blair Dickinson prize

The 22nd Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize will be awarded by the School of Art at this year's Commencement ceremonies to an undergraduate or graduate woman who has pursued courses in the field of studio art at Yale, including graphic design, drawing, painting, photography, filmmaking, printmaking or sculpture.

The prize of $20,000 is open to both art majors and nonmajors.

The prize seeks to encourage "the woman whose whole person demonstrates a developing consciousness, a personal vision and a spirit of search, regardless of whether she has evolved a concrete realization of that vision; a woman who shows promise of fulfilling Blair Dickinson's (Yale '74) concept of an artist."

Applicants must submit a one-page, double-spaced, 12-point type statement of not more than 500 words describing their goals, their work and the ideas it represents; and not more than 10 slides of their work. The slides should be submitted in a slide sheet with the front and top of each slide indicated and should relate to the statement, as the statement will be read aloud while they are shown. DVDs may be submitted in addition to slides.

Applications are due by May 1 and should be sent to the Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize Committee, Yale University School of Art, Rm. 122, 1156 Chapel St., New Haven, CT 06520-8339.

Mathematics prizes

The Department of Mathematics will award the Barge and Runk Prizes on the basis of a competitive exam that is open to sophomores and freshmen.

The exam will be given 9 a.m.-noon on Tuesday, April 25, in Rm. 201, Leet Oliver Memorial Hall, 12 Hillhouse Ave. Students interested in taking the exam should sign up with Bernadette Alston-Facey in Rm. 438, Dunham Laboratory, 10 Hillhouse Ave.

In addition, undergraduates majoring in mathematics who wish to pursue their studies during the summer are eligible to compete for the John Alan Lewis Prize.

For more information about these prizes, call (203) 432-7792.

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

It's Official. President of China to speak April 21

As HHMI Professor, Strobel will take students 'bioprospecting'

Scientists find gene linked to drug dependence

Program puts FOCUS on communication

Joan Steitz, Thomas Pollard win prestigious international prize spirit

Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai to explore the link between faith and . . .

Renowned poet W.S. Merwin to read from and discuss his work

A heroine's determination prevails in 'All's Well That Ends Well'

Event will examine how to preserve access to knowledge

Performances and workshops will explore 'theatrical bodies' . . .

Symposium on human rights will focus on memorializing atrocities

Talk, exhibit explore lessons learned from past flu outbreaks

SOM conference will examine globalization and technology

India's road to independence is topic of film, panel discussion

Dwight Hall fundraiser to include inaugural social justice award

Symposium to look at 'Success with Learning Differences'

Impact of bird-borne infections on wildlife conservation is topic of forum

Panel discussion will focus on 'Class, Race and Inequality in South Africa'

Trainer describes biker Lance Armstrong's winning ways

Tsunami Awareness Week raised funds and refocused humanitarian efforts

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