Globalization talk will examine world security
The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization will host a visit by Hans Blix, the former chief U.N. weapons inspector and current chair of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Commission, on Monday, Sept. 25.
Blix will discuss "World Security and Weapons of Mass Destruction" at 4:30 p.m. in Luce Hall auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave.
Since 1981, Blix has served as one of the leading international figures working to uncover and prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. He served as the executive chair of the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) from 2000 to 2003. While head of UNMOVIC, Blix was charged with enforcing Security Council resolutions regarding the accounting for and disposal of all Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
The WMD Commission issued its report earlier this year titled "Weapons of Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms." As chair of the WMD Commission, he spearheaded the effort to produce a report that has been hailed as an important contribution to the debate on disarmament and non-proliferation.
Blix is the author of "Disarming Iraq," which presented a detailed history of the diplomacy surrounding what turned out to be the last United Nations inspections in Iraq.
William Rhoden, author and sportswriter for The New York Times, will be the guest at a master's dessert and will sign copies of his most recent book on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
Rhoden will sign copies of "Forty Million Dollar Slaves," a cultural analysis of African-American athletes, at Caffe Adulis, 228 College St., from 5 to 7 p.m. The master's dessert will take place at 8 p.m. at the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St. Sponsored by the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism, the Department of African American Studies, the Afro-American Cultural Center and Calhoun College, both events are free and open to the public.
A sportswriter for The New York Times since 1983, Rhoden has written the "Sports of The Times" column for more than a decade.
A frequent lecturer on issues related to sports and society as well as ethics in journalism, Rhoden's work has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors.
He was the writer on the documentary "Journey of the African-American Athlete," that won a Peabody Award for Broadcasting. A consultant and guest on ESPN's Peabody Award-winning "Sports Century Series," Rhoden has been a staple on the show "Sports Reporters" for 14 years.
Rhoden authored the essay for Grant Hill's book that accompanied the traveling art exhibit "Something of Our Own."
He wrote a piece on the Harlem Globetrotters for their Anniversary Publicity
Rhoden is currently working on an ESPN documentary on African-American athletes.
David C. Steinmetz, the Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of the History of Christianity at Duke Divinity School, will deliver the 2006 Bainton Lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
Titled "The Domestication of Prophecy in the Early Reformation," Steinmetz's lecture will begin at 5:15 p.m. in Niebuhr Lecture Hall, 409 Prospect St. A reception will follow in the Sarah Smith Gallery. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Steinmetz will describe how "fateful consequences" for both Protestants and Catholics grew out of a shift in worship practices during the Early Reformation, when Protestant reformers began to emphasize preaching over the sacramental practices central to Catholic worship.
Steinmetz is a specialist in the history of Christianity in the later Middle Ages and Reformation. In recent years, he has concentrated on the history of biblical scholarship and learning in Europe from 1350 to 1600.
He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University and at the University of Notre Dame as well as a Guggenheim Fellow at Cambridge University and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the Herzog August Bibliotek in Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
He serves as general editor of the series Oxford Studies in Historical Theology. Co-editor of "The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology," Steinmetz is author of "Reformers in the Wings: From Geiler von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza."
Inaugurated in 1988, The Roland Bainton Lectureship honors the two foci of Professor Bainton's life and work: church history and the church's witness to peace and justice. Bainton arrived at Yale as a student in 1914, was appointed to the faculty in 1921 and remained a member of the community until his death in 1984.
Climate expert Joseph Romm will speak at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Romm's talk, titled "Hell and High Water: Global Warming -- The Science, the Solution and the Politics," will begin at
Romm, who has authored a forthcoming book with the same title as his talk, is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he oversees the blog ClimateProgress.org. He is executive director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, which helps businesses and states adopt strategies for saving energy and cutting pollution.
As acting assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in 1997 and principal deputy assistant secretary for that agency from 1995 through 1998, Romm helped manage the largest program in the world for helping businesses develop and use advanced energy technologies.
He is the co-author of the article, "Hybrid Vehicles Gain Traction," published in Scientific American, in which he argues that hybrid cars that can be plugged into the electric grid will soon become standard in the automobile industry.
Romm is also author of "Cool Companies: How the Best Businesses Boost Profits and Productivity by Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions," the first book to benchmark corporate best practices for using advanced energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The third annual C. Davenport Cook M.D. Lecture in International Child Health will be given by Charles MacCormack, president and chief executive officer of Save the Children Federation Inc., on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
MacCormack will speak on "International Child Health: Bringing Knowledge and Results to the Work on the Ground" at noon in the Fitkin Auditorium,
MacCormack is also a member of the board of directors of Save the Children Federation Inc., a nonprofit, non-sectarian, private voluntary organization with programs in the United States and in over 40 countries overseas. Save the Children implements programs that focus on primary health care, micro-enterprise and basic education for disadvantaged children. Save the Children also supports refugee assistance programs in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and provides humanitarian relief assistance worldwide.
MacCormack serves as chair of InterAction, as co-chair of both the Basic Education Coalition and the Campaign for Effective Global Leadership, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
This annual Grand Rounds presentation, named in honor of the former chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Yale, celebrates the accomplishments of dedicated individuals working to improve the health of children worldwide.
William Hoffman, professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota and executive director and founder of the Minnesota Biomedical and Bioscience Network, will visit the campus on Thursday, Sept. 28.
Hoffman will discuss "New Knowledge Frontiers in a Flat World: A Campus Perspective" 1:30-3 p.m. in the Sterling Memorial Library lecture hall, 120 High St. This talk is sponsored by the library's Integrated Library Technology Services Department and is part of the "Global Faces of the Yale Library" program. The lecture is free and the public is invited to attend.
Using Thomas Friedman's New York Times bestseller "The World is Flat" as a springboard, Hoffman will explore the book's themes of globalization and digitization, and what this new "flatness" or "ease of connection" means for research and education communities. Hoffman believes this subtle shift in globalization is no longer exclusively in the hands of major corporations, but the ubiquity of technology has placed this power in the hands of individuals. He will discuss how he thinks a flat world and a flat marketplace will shape universities, and how the business of education is conducted.
Arthur Waldron, the Lauder Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, will speak in the International Security Studies' Grand Strategy lecture series on Thursday, Sept. 28.
"Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on China's Grand Strategy in East Asia" is the topic of Waldron's talk, which will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the faculty room, Connecticut Hall, 344 College St. The talk is free and the public is invited to attend.
Waldron heads the Indo-U.S. Forum and is a member of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response.
Waldron is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the boards of Freedom House and the Jamestown Foundation, and is a regular consultant to the Department of Defense.
Waldron is an associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research and the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, both at Harvard University. His books include "The Great Wall of China: from History to Myth," "How the Peace Was Lost: The 1935 Memorandum 'Developments Affecting American Policy in the Far East'" and "From War to Nationalism: China's Turning Point 1924-1925."
He has edited and contributed to several volumes, including "The Modernization of Inner Asia" and "The Chinese" for the Blackwell series "The People of Asia" and "Mao's Road to Power: Evolutionary Writings, 1912-1949," both forthcoming.
Lawrence Schweinhart, president of the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, will speak in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, Sept. 29.
Schweinhart's talk, titled "A Research-Based Early Childhood Policy Proposal," will be held at 11:30 a.m. in Rm. 116, William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. The talk is free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail sandra.bishop@yale.edu or call (203) 432-9935.
Founded in 1970, the High/Scope Foundation is an independent, non-profit research, development, training and public advocacy organization. Its activities include providing training for preschool and elementary teachers and administrators; conducting research on the effectiveness of educational programs; and developing curricula for various education programs.
Schweinhart, who has been at High/Scope since 1975, was one of the leaders of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project, the landmark study establishing the human and financial potential of high-quality early childhood programs.
He has also served as a lead researcher on the High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Comparison Study, the High/Scope Head Start Quality Research Center, the development and validation of the High/Scope Child Observation Record and the Michigan School Readiness Program Evaluation.
Schweinhart has authored numerous articles and essays on research topics that impact children's educational issues as well as numerous technical reports and program evaluations.
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