Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 26, 2007|Volume 36, Number 8

Campus Notes

David Brion Davis receives Emerson Award for book

David Brion Davis has been awarded the Phi Beta Kappa Society's 2007 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for his book "Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World."

The Emerson Award is offered for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.

Established in 1960, this award may recognize work in the fields of history, philosophy and religion. These fields are conceived in sufficiently broad terms to permit the inclusion of appropriate work in related fields such as anthropology and the social sciences.

The prize will be awarded in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 7.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Biggest ‘small’ black hole discovered

Study reveals Legionnaire bacteria’s survival ‘trick’

Yale must take lead in promoting a ‘green’ future, says Levin

Working for a living: Scholar explores difference between ‘callings’ . . .

Bring in the books

Yale’s longest-serving master reappointed for two more years

New director to take helm at Yale Center for Language Study

Yale World Fellows discuss social change in Latin America

Chubb Fellowship to host reading by former U.S. poet laureate

Yale singers will present a selection of popular opera scenes

School of Drama to stage Brecht’s first play, ‘Baal’

Conference will commemorate 25 years of Holocaust archives

Rarely staged sequel to ‘Beggar’s Opera’ . . .

Panel to explore world of ‘Shakespeare the Thinker’

Changing students’ food habits and attitudes is focus of summit

Music of Charles Ives will highlight second

Ceremony to honor memory of former YDS faculty member

Physics is team sport in Yale ‘Olympics’

From the United Way: ‘A Tale of Building Self-Esteem’

Campus Notes