Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 29, 2008|Volume 36, Number 20

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Porter and Field prizes

Applications are now being accepted for the John Addison Porter Prize and the Theron Rockwell Field Prize.

The John Addison Porter Prize is given for a written work of scholarship in any field in which it is possible, through original effort, to gather and relate facts and/or principles and to make the product of general human interest. The award was established in 1872 by the Kingsley Trust Association (The Scroll and Key Society) in honor of the late Professor Porter, who received a bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1842.

The Theron Rockwell Field Prize, established in 1957 by Emilia R. Field in memory of her husband, Theron Rockwell Field 1889S, is given for “a poetic, literary or religious work” of scholarship.

The deadline for submissions for both prizes is Thursday, April 3. For more information, including application forms, visit the websites at www.yale.edu/secretary/prizes/porter and www.yale.edu/secretary/prizes/field.

YUWO scholarships

The Yale University Women’s Organization (YUWO) is offering scholarship awards to women whose formal education has been interrupted or delayed and who wish to resume their studies, or to enhance or change their careers.

Members of the Yale community and their direct family members are eligible for the awards. YUWO members and family are not eligible. Present staff members and wives of staff members will be given first consideration. Applicants are judged upon merit and need.

Applications for the 2008-2009 academic year may be obtained by writing to Alexandrine Koontz, 204 Totoket Rd., Branford, CT 06405. Applicants should state their Yale affiliation and enclose a self-addressed, stamped, business-sized envelope. Completed applications must be postmarked by March 1. For more information, call Koontz at (203) 483-9629 or visit the website at www.yale.edu/yuwo.

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