Lecture to examine role of media in education programs
Richard Colvin, director of The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College, Columbia University, will speak in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, Jan. 19.
His talk, titled "Moving into the Mainstream: Will Journalists' Coverage of Early Childhood Education Lead, Follow or Stand in the Way?" will be held at 11:30 a.m. in Rm. 116, William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. The lecture is free and open to the public. For further information, e-mail sandra.bishop@yale.edu or call (203) 432-9935.
The Hechinger Institute is the nation's major provider of professional development opportunities for journalists who cover education issues. Colvin has been with the institute since 2002 and was appointed director in 2003.
Prior to joining the institute he wrote about national education issues for the Los Angeles Times, where he was a reporter and editor for 13 years. Colvin has contributed chapters to a number of books, the most recent of which are "Social Studies and the Media: Keeping the Beast at Bay" and "The Best of Intentions: How Philanthropy is Reshaping K-12 Education."
Colvin also has written for Carnegie Reporter, Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Week, Ford Foundation Reports, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times Magazine, The School Administrator and State Legislator.
Munib A. Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, will visit the campus on Monday, Jan. 22.
Younan will discuss the future of Christianity in the Middle East at 7 p.m. in Niebuhr Lecture Hall at Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, 409 Prospect St. The lecture is open to the public free of charge and will be followed by a reception.
Younan is a prominent ecumenical leader in the Middle East, playing a significant role in the Middle East Council of Churches, the Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches, the International Christian Committee, Jerusalem, as well as the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation.
He made the first translation of the Augsburg Confession into Arabic and was the initiator of an ongoing dialogue between the three monotheistic religions in Palestine. Educated in Palestine and Finland, he was ordained to the Lutheran ministry in 1976 and consecrated bishop in 1998.
Currently, Younan is president of the board of managers of the International Christian Committee of Jerusalem, serving with the three patriarchs and nine other bishops of Jerusalem.
The Honorable Frederica Brenneman, judge trial referee in the Stamford/Norwalk Judicial District, will speak in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, Jan. 26.
Brenneman will discuss "Impact Thinking in Making Child Placement Decisions" 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 further information, e-mail sandra.bishop@yale.edu or call (203) 432-9935.
In 1967 Brenneman became only the second woman appointed to the bench in Connecticut history. Throughout her career, she has specialized in child abuse and neglect cases, and has advocated for stronger legal protections for children. She has also trained judges, social workers, lawyers and laypersons in understanding the legal response to child abuse.
She has won numerous awards, including the first Albert J. Solnit Child Advocacy Award from Lawyers for Children America. Brenneman has also been honored by the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, Prevent Child Abuse Connecticut and Big Brothers of Greater Hartford.
Brenneman graduated from Harvard Law School in 1953, in the first class to admit women.
She was the inspiration for the television series "Judging Amy," which starred her daughter, Amy Brenneman.
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