Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 14, 2005|Volume 34, Number 7

"The Beetles Book" by Julie Cockburn (London 2003), from the Yale Center for British Art and the Friends of British Art Fund.

Treasures from Yale's Collections

Yale's many libraries showcased unusual items from their holdings at the Special Collections Fair on Oct. 6.

A letter from composer Ludwig Von Beethoven to his sister-in-law Johanna Von Beethoven, from the Music Library.

A sculpture of the head of poet Sára Karig created by Louise McCagg and Robbin Ami Silverberg for Dobbin Books' 1994 limited edition of her "Vorkuta Poems, 1947-1954," featuring works that she wrote and kept in her head while in a concentration camp, from The Arts of the Book Collection.

A baseball signed by Tom Seaver and the New York Mets that was given to pianist Vladimir Horowitz (pictured in the background), from the Music Library.

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

University will work to curb greenhouse gas emissions

From bones to bronze: Building Torosaurus

Yale participating in human genome initiative

Former World Fellows will return to campus for forum

Literary theorist wins Israel's EMET Prize for contributions

'Aesthetics & Politics' in Pakistan to be explored

Experts to address global warming at conference

Treasures from Yale's Collections

Panel to focus on debate over career vs. motherhood

Event honors Jacques Derrida, originator of 'deconstruction'

Chemistry department symposium to celebrate opening of building

Events pay tribute to former University printer Greer Allen

Yale Books in Brief

Edward Kaplan has been designated as an INFORMS fellow