Yale Bulletin and Calendar

December 1, 2006|Volume 35, Number 12|Two-Week Issue

Campus Notes

Russian art expert to lecture in seminars during Yale visit

Yakov Bruk, a specialist on Russian art from the early icons to the 20th-cen-tury avant-garde, is currently visiting the University.

Bruk will lecture in Russian on Vrubel in a seminar taught by Vladimir Alexandrov, the B.E. Bensinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures. He will also talk about the history of the Tretyakov Gallery both in the art history department as well as in Ezra Stiles College. Simultaneous translations will be provided.

Bruk worked for many years at the Tretyakov Gallery, the major museum in Moscow. He is editor-in-chief of a 20-volume scholarly catalogue of the Tretyakov, considered a treasure of the history of Russian art and its foreign connections.

Bruk does collaborative research with Benjamin Harshav, the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Languages and Literatures, and professor of comparative literature and Slavic languages and literatures. He will be at Yale until Dec. 14.

For more information, call Harshav at (203) 432-2754.

ISM affiliates to perform a 'Bing Crosby Holiday'

Ted Taylor, lecturer in voice at the Institute of Sacred Music (ISM), and Doug Williams, postgraduate associate at ISM, will perform a "Bing Crosby Holiday" concert on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m.

The event will take place at CHOW, 966 Chapel St. Tickets are $15, with an $8 beverage minimum.

For reservations, call (203) 772-3002. For more information, visit www.chownewhaven.com or send e-mail to debbie@bisnoproductions.com.

Downtown church to host 'Messiah Sing-In'

Fenno Heath, the Marshall Bartholomew Professor Emeritus of Music, will present a "Messiah Sing-In" at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10, at Church of Christ in New Haven (Center Church on the Green) on Temple Street.

The concert will feature, among others, organist Kendall Crilly and soloists Judith Caldwell, Kyle Pruett and Joshua Copeland.

The suggested donation is $5. "Messiah" scores will be available for purchase on the afternoon of the sing-in. For more information, call (203) 432-4136.

Brass quintet to perform holiday concert at local church

Brass, a quintet of current and former Yale music students, will perform a holiday concert at the North Haven Congregational Church, 28 Church St. in North Haven, on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10; children under 12 will be admitted free. All proceeds will benefit church programs. The building is handicapped accessible. Free off-street parking will be available.

For more information, call (203) 239-5691.

Kaplan is named winner of Koopman Prize

Edward H. Kaplan, the William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Management Sciences, professor of public health, and professor of engineering, was recently named the winner of the Koopman Prize for the outstanding publication in military operations research of the previous year.

Kaplan's paper, "Operational Effectiveness of Suicide-Bomber-Detector Schemes: A Best-Case Analysis," was co-written with Moshe Kress. It was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Koopman Prize is given by the Military Applications Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, the largest professional society in the world for the field of operations research.

Kaplan previously received the Koopman Prize in 2002 for his analysis of emergency responses to a smallpox bioterror attack.

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

Yale boasts five Rhodes Scholars

Special events mark reopening of Kahn Building

Fellow scientists honor four Yale researchers as AAAS Fellows

Climbing Iranian peak was 'exercise in citizen diploma

"Arts at Yale"

Amy Meyers is reappointed as museum's director

Expanded program helps physicians meet . . .

Yale cell biologist is honored for his research with Wilson Medal

Yale Rep's 'Black Snow' takes satirical look at life in the theater

Noted author and peace activist Elie Wiesel to give Chubb Lecture

Drama school's 'Zero Hour' recounts student's experience of Bosnian war

Annual educational concert to benefit needy in New Haven

Exhibit chronicles gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender history

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