Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 23, 2007|Volume 35, Number 19

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"Fiesta Latina" at Peabody

The Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., will host "Fiesta Latina," its fifth annual celebration of Latin American cultures on Saturday, March 3,
10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The free event will include traditional and contemporary Latin American music and dance. Salsa lessons will be given by Alisa's House of Salsa. Children's activities will include storytelling and mask making

The event is presented in collaboration with Junta for Progressive Action Inc. Sponsors include Bristol-Myers Squibb, the International Association of New Haven and the Office of New Haven and State Affairs.

For more information, visit www.peabody.yale.edu.

Logo contest

The Stem Cell Center is accepting entries in a contest to design a logo that signifies stem cell research at Yale.

A prize will be awarded based on "creativity, style and ability." The logo must be entirely one's own work, with no copyrights or trademarks, and in no more than two colors. The contest will end on Friday, March 16. The prize will be awarded on March 30.

For more information, contact Kris Dugan at I213, Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., or at (203) 785-6239.

Classics traveling fellowships

The Department of Classics is accepting applications for Berkeley, Biddle and Woolsey traveling fellowships from graduate students in classics and undergraduate majors in classics or archaeology.

The purpose of the fellowships is to enable students of classical antiquity to view the monuments, topography and landscape of the ancient world first-hand. They are not specifically designed for archaeologists or research travel, although a program of study or research often makes an application more compelling.

New students in classics, graduate and undergraduate, are encouraged to examine some of the programs available for study in Greece and Italy. Especially recommended are the Summer School of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the equivalent program through the American Academy at Rome, which were established for philologists, not archaeologists. These programs are an efficient and professional way of learning about the monuments of antiquity for those who find it difficult to schedule an archaeology course in their programs. Some priority will be given to advanced students and to those who have not had an opportunity for travel to the Mediterranean, but the committee follows no rigid priorities in making its decisions.

Awards have not exceeded $1,800 per applicant in the past, but the amount varies annually depending on the annual income from the prize funds, the number of applicants and the merits of the proposals.

Applications should consist of a statement of the proposed plan of travel, an expense budget, together with a brief signed statement of support from a faculty member, to be submitted by noon on Wednesday, April 4. Applicants should bring their travel applications to the Department of Classics business office, 402 Phelps Hall, 344 College St., where they should complete a form with their full legal name, year of graduation, nationality, gender and e-mail address. Applicants should indicate whether they have received a travel grant from the Department of Classics in the past, specifying the year and amount. They will also be asked to indicate travel funds they have received or applied for from any other university source.

Those who are awarded travel fellowships will be asked to submit a written report on their experience together with receipts for their chief expenses. The report should be received by the second week in September. The award is intended for use in the summer of 2007 only.

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