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November 17, 2006|Volume 35, Number 11|Two-Week Issue


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Visiting on Campus

Financier will give SOM Leaders Forum talk

Financier Wilbur Ross will speak in the School of Management Leader Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 21.

Ross' talk will be held 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in the General Motors Rm., 55 Hillhouse Ave. The talk is free and open to the public.

Ross is a well-known turnaround financier in the United States, having been involved in the restructuring of more than $200 billion of defaulted companies' assets around the world. In 1998, Fortune magazine called him "the King of Bankruptcy."

A Yale College graduate, Ross organized International Steel Group (ISG) in 2002 and is its board chair. By acquiring Bethlehem, LTV, Weirton, Acme, Georgetown and U.S. Steel's plate operation, ISG has become the largest integrated steel company in North America and is now listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

In 1999, President Kim Dae Jung awarded Ross a medal for his help during Korea's 1998 financial crisis. He is a former chair of the Smithsonian National Board and of the Parrish Art Museum, among other cultural institutions. Earlier, President Clinton had appointed him to the board of the U.S.-Russia Investment Fund and he served as privatization adviser to Mayor Giuliani.


Nissan executive to speak on 'a unique business model'

Carlos Ghosn, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., will speak in the School of Management Leader Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 28.

Ghosn will discuss "Inside the Alliance: The Win-Win Nature of a Unique Business Model" 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in the General Motors Rm., 55 Hillhouse Ave. The talk is open to the public free of charge.

Ghosn leads the global automotive company with 180,000 employees and $83 billion in revenue. Ghosn joined the company as its chief operating officer in 1999, became its president in 2000 and was named CEO in 2001.

In 2005, Ghosn was named president and CEO of Renault S.A. in addition to his current responsibilities at Nissan. As head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, he is responsible for two separate companies with combined annual global sales of 6.1 million vehicles.

Prior to joining Nissan, Ghosn served as executive vice president of the Renault Group, a position he had held since December 1996. In addition to supervising Renault activities in the Mercosur, he was responsible for advanced research, car engineering and development, and car manufacturing and purchasing.

Before he joined Renault, Ghosn had worked with Michelin for 18 years. As chair and CEO of Michelin North America, he presided over the restructuring of the company after its acquisition of the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company in 1990.


Preiskel-Silverman Lecture will explore 'law and leadership'

Benjamin W. Heineman Jr., the former senior vice president and general counsel at General Electric (GE), will give the Preiskel-Silverman Lecture on Monday, Nov. 27.

Titled "Law and Leadership," Heineman's talk will begin at 4:30 p.m. in
Rm. 127, Sterling Law Buildings, 127 Wall St. Sponsored by the Law School's Dean's Office, the free talk is open to the public.

Heineman served as senior vice president for law and public affairs until his retirement at the end of 2005. He was responsible for managing a team of 1,100 in-house lawyers in over 100 countries.

A senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Heineman is a distinguished senior fellow at the Program on the Legal Profession at the Harvard Law School and a senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

He researches and writes on a variety of topics, including globalization, anticorruption, corporate citizenship and dispute resolution. A senior counsel to the firm of WilmerHale, Heineman is the author of books on British race relations and the American presidency.

Heineman, who received his J.D. from the Yale Law School, was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year. Also this year, he received the Scales of Justice Award from Equal Justice Works.


British historian to deliver lecture series on Andrew Mellon

The Yale Center for British Art will host a visit by British historian David Cannadine, who will give a series of three lectures, Tuesday-Thursday, Nov. 28-30.

The lecture series, titled "Andrew W. Mellon: An American Life," will focus on Andrew W. Mellon, founder of the National Gallery of Art and father of Yale Center for British Art founder, Paul Mellon. On Tuesday, Cannidine will discuss "The Making of a Collector"; on Wednesday, he will speak on "Grand Designs and Grand Purchases"; and Thursday's lecture will explore "The National Gallery of Art."

The talks, which are free and open to the public, will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the center's lecture hall. A public reception and book-signing in the Library Court will follow the final lecture.

Cannidine is the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Professor of British History at the University of London's Institute of Historical Research. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including "The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy," "G.M. Trevelyan: A Life in History" and "Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire."

The chair of the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, Cannidine is also a trustee of the Kennedy Memorial Trust and the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum and a commissioner for English Heritage.


Renowned bass-baritone will lead opera master class

The School of Music's Yale Opera department will present a master class with bass-baritone Alan Held on Wednesday, Nov. 29.

Held will work with singers from Yale Opera at 7 p.m. in Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College St. Tickets are $8; $5 for students. For more information, visit www.yale.edu/music, call (203) 432-4158 or stop by the Sprague Hall box office, corner of Wall and College streets, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

An internationally acclaimed opera singer, Held's numerous prizes and honors include the 1991 Birgit Nilsson Prize, two Richard Tucker Music Foundation Career Grants, and a Richard Gold Award from the Shoshana Foundation for his work with Wolf Trap Opera.

Recognized internationally as one of the leading singing actors in opera, Held has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in roles including "Les Contes d'Hoffmann," Wagner's "Ring Cycle" and "Romeo et Juliette." He has become a regular at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he appeared most recently as Leporello opposite Bryn Terfel in "Don Giovanni."

Held has also appeared in leading roles at the Washington Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Alla la Scala, Teatro Real in Madrid, the Bavarian State Opera and Opera National de Paris, among others.

On the concert stage, Held has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony, and has worked with many distinguished conductors.


Religion and public policy scholar to give ISS talk

International Security Studies' Grand Strategy Lecture Series will continue with a talk by George Weigel, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, on Wednesday, Nov. 29.

"The Pope's Divisions: The Global Strategies of John Paul II" is the title of Weigel's talk, which will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 211, Hall of Graduate Studies,
320 York St. The talk, sponsored by International Security Studies and the Class of 1961, is free and open to the public.

A Roman Catholic theologian, Weigel is considered to be one of America's leading commentators on issues of religion and public life.

Weigel is the author or editor of 17 books, including "Catholicism and the Renewal of American Democracy," "The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism" and "Soul of the World: Notes on the Future of Public Catholicism."

He has also contributed essays, op-ed columns and reviews to the major opinion journals and newspapers in the United States and has appeared on numerous network television, cable television and radio discussion programs. A consultant on Vatican affairs for NBC News, Weigel's weekly column, "The Catholic Difference," is syndicated to 60 newspapers around the country.

Weigel prepared a major study of the life, thought and action of Pope John Paul II titled "Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II," which was published to international acclaim in 1999.


Navajo history will be examined in annual Betts Lecture

The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders presents the sixth annual Betts Lecture featuring Peter Iverson, the Regents' Professor in the Department of History at Arizona State University, on Thursday, Nov. 30.

Iverson will speak on "Erasing Edward Curtis: Incorporation, Expansion and Continuation in Navajo History" at 5 p.m. in Rm. 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St. The talk is free and open to the public.

Iverson's primary area of research is American Indian history in the 20th and 21st centuries. His approach views Indian history as an ongoing account that requires fresh perspectives and is centered on Indian culture and people rather than federal policies. His method of research centers on speaking with those who lived through historical times; traveling the land he writes about; and observing the relationship of Indian people to their land and home.

He is the author of "Dine: A History of the Navajos," "We Are Still Here: American Indians in the 20th Century" and "The Plains Indians of the 20th Century."

Iverson's awards include a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Research Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship.

This lecture series honors Roland W. Betts II, an alumni fellow of the Yale Corporation, for his support of the Howard R. Lamar Center. The annual Betts Lecture is given by the immediate past president of the Western History Association, an organization founded in 1961 "to promote the study of the American West in all its varied aspects."


Zigler Center talk will focus on school children in Ghana

Jocelyn Mackey, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Southern Connecticut State University, will speak in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, Dec.1.

Her talk, titled "Skin Tone Preferences and Ghanaian Youth: The Doll Studies Revisited," will be held at 11:30 a.m. in Rm. 116, William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail sandra.bishop@yale.edu or call (203) 432-9935.

Mackey's recent research has extended the landmark study of Kenneth and Mamie Clark which was cited in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, school segregation case in 1954. This research, conducted in Ghana, involved 200 school-aged children.

She has also designed and implemented Pathways Youth Development Program, which is a therapeutic, school-based intervention program. The curriculum supports development in children along six key pathways: psychological, social, moral/ethical, physical, language and cognitive. In addition, Mackey is collaborating on a textbook, "Introduction to Psychology: A Multicultural Perspective."

Mackey was previously a school psychologist and a special education public school teacher.


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University begins mandatory training for faculty involved with grants

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Scientists trace evolution of one of the earliest multi-cellular life forms

Study shows seat of emotions in the brain may also contribute . . .

Troupe hopes to dispel stereotypes about ancient dance

Nobel laureate to give public lecture on campus

Colleagues to pay tribute to Bresnick in Carnegie Hall

T.P. Ma honored for pioneering work with semiconductors

Symposium will examine filmmaker's 'European period'

Panel will discuss reconciliation between Israelis, Palestinians

It is the jurists who will be judged at student mock trial tournament

Renowned painting to remain on view at British Art Center

Gala to raise funds for research, treatment of reproductive cancers

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