Yale Bulletin and Calendar

March 7, 2008|Volume 36, Number 21|Two-Week Issue

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Museum bus trip

Members of the Yale Art Museums will host a bus trip next month to two college teaching museums in the center of the cultural region of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts.

The trip to Mount Holyoke College Art Museum and Brown Fine Arts Center at the Smith College Museum of Art will take place 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16.

The day will begin with a visit to the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, one of the oldest teaching museums in the country. Founded in 1876, the collection now holds over 14,000 objects ranging from antiquity to contemporary art. The day will continue with a private tour of the Brown Fine Arts Center, featuring highlights of the collection.

The fee for admission and private tours, lunch, transportation, parking and gratuities is $100 for members; $150 for non-members. To register for the trip, call (203) 432-9658.

Lecture series on cancer

Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale Cancer Center will present a health talk, “Innovations in Colon Cancer Treatment,” on Wednesday, March 12, in the hospital’s East Pavilion cafeteria.

The lecture is part of the ongoing “Understanding Cancer” lecture series for patients and families living with cancer.

Dr. Wasif Saif, co-director of the Yale Cancer Center gastrointestinal cancers program and associate professor of medical oncology, will present the latest information on colorectal cancer. At the end of the presentation, guests will have time to ask questions. A light supper will be served at 6 p.m.; the lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The event is free and validated parking is available. To make reservations and for more information, call (203) 688-2000.

BAC lecture

The Yale Center for British Art (BAC) will present the Royal Oak Foundation Lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1.

Eileen Harris, an independent architectural historian and author, will speak on “Classicism in Color: The Country Houses of Robert Adam.” Harris, the leading authority on Adam’s interiors, will discuss the Scottish architect and designer’s masterpieces, including his great country houses and glamorous London townhouses.

The lecture is free and open to the public. The BAC is located at 1080 Chapel St.

Prize essays

Applications are now being accepted for the Jacob Cooper Prize and the Alice Derby Lang Prize.

The Departments of Classics and Philosophy jointly award the Cooper Prize to the resident undergraduate or graduate student who presents the best essay in Greek philosophy. The Lang Prize will be awarded to the student or students, undergraduate or graduate, who presents the best essay in ancient literature or history of art. The examiners may choose to award one undergraduate and one graduate prize.

Applicants must submit three copies of their essays. Submissions should be unbound, omitting any internal reference to the author’s name. Two versions of the title pages are required, one copy with the author’s name and two copies without the author’s name. Submissions may not exceed 30 pages and should be sent to the Department of Classics, 402 Phelps Hall, 344 College St., no later than noon on Friday, April 4.

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