Upcoming talks in the International Center's Yale Luncheon Speaker Series will feature Robert Sternberg, the IBM Professor of Psychology and Education Psychology, and Peter Salovey, professor of psychology, epidemiology and public health. Professor Salovey will examine "Emotional Intelligence: Another Way to Be Smart?" on Thursday, Feb. 6; Professor Sternberg will discuss "All Intelligence Testing Is Cross-Cultural: What Does It Really Mean To Be Smart?" on Thursday, Feb. 27. Both talks will take place noon-1:30 p.m. at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave. The cost for the luncheon is $30; $25 for International Center members, Lawn Club members or students. Reservations are needed. For more information, call the International Center at 432-6460.
The School of Music now has its own page on the World Wide Web at http://www.yale.edu/schmus/ and may be accessed for information on the school's concerts, curriculum, faculty and admissions process.
Connecticut State Comptroller Nancy Wyman was recently installed as the second president of the Women's Campaign School at Yale during a ceremony at the State Capitol. Ms. Wyman said she felt "honored to have been asked to serve as the school's president. ... The Women's Campaign School makes an extraordinary contribution to the role of women in politics." Ms. Wyman has served as a member of the board of advisors for Women in Government, a political action committee devoted to supporting candidates showing leadership in women's and family issues. The Women's Campaign School was founded as a nonpartisan organization that seeks to help women become more politically involved and to run for higher office. The next session will take place June 4-8. For more information, call 1- 800-ELECTS-U.
The Connecticut HIV/AIDS Peer Education Network Steering Committee is among 23 organizations and individuals recently nominated to receive a Health Commissioner's AIDS Leadership Award for excellence in HIV/AIDS education. The honorees were lauded for their work in the area of HIV prevention and AIDS care. Sally Rinaldi, health educator at Yale University Health Services, sits on the three-person steering committee for the network, which has developed a statewide consortium to provide information, resources and technical support to HIV/AIDS programs at colleges and universities. The organization has been awarded a grant from the State of Connecticut Department of Health Services, AIDS Section.
Cardiologist Dr. Siegfried Kra, associate clinical professor of medicine, will discuss his latest book, which focuses on women and heart disease, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2-3 p.m. at the Yale Co-op, 77 Broadway. "What Every Woman Must Know About Heart Disease" is a comprehensive guide to heart disease that focuses on women's needs and covers overlooked symptoms, stress-reducing ex- ercises, diets and the most effective treatments, says Dr. Kra. The book has been described as "groundbreaking" and lauded as "an excellent resource for women concerned about a healthy lifestyle." For more information, call 772-2200.
The first Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security was presented last month to Robert J. Shiller, the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, Cowles Foundation, for his book "Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society's Largest Economic Risks." The award is sponsored by the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund TIAA-CREF . Professor Shiller's book relayed "fundamental new ideas for future market developments that could do much to build financial security for individuals in the 21st century," said award copresenter John H. Biggs, chair and CEO of TIAA-CREF. In accepting the award, Professor Shiller said, "It is very gratifying to me that TIAA-CREF, a pension fund that has been most creative in developing and implementing new plans that benefit its participants, has recognized my scholastic research efforts." The Samuelson Award carries a $20,000 cash prize.
Dr. Wilfred Reguero, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine, has received the HERA Award for his work developing and serving as director of the Hospital of St. Raphael's Project Mothercare. The project is a mobile clinic that provides prenatal and primary care for women and children in the New Haven area. The HERA Award is presented annually to organizations and individuals for programs or projects that improve health outcomes for women and children. Project Mothercare has been credited with drastically reducing the Hospital of St. Raphael's perinatal mortality rate and improving primary care access to lower- income New Haven residents. Dr. Reguero introduced Project Mothercare in 1990 as the first of its kind in the nation.
Katerina Clark, professor of comparative literature and Russian, was recently awarded the 1996 Wayne S. Vucinich Prize by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. The association is the largest organization of social scientists, humanists, and literary scholars devoted to the study of Eastern Europe. The Vucinich Prize recognizes the best book in any field on Eastern Europe published in a given year. Professor Clark was honored for "Petersburg: Crucible of Cultural Revolution" Harvard University Press, 1996 . The book traces the cultural history of the city from 1913 to 1929, considered the "Golden Age of the Russian avant garde in Petersburg," according to Michael Holquist, chairman of the Council on Russian and East European Studies. The award citation says, Ms. Clark "captures in a new way the spirit of revolutionary possibility that characterized artists who were neither politicians nor writers. Her book is one of the finest contemporary examples of the nuancing -- and humanizing -- of the Soviet past."
A book by Wendell Bell, professor emeritus of sociology, was selected as one of the top 10 publications of 1996 by the World Future Society's "Future Survey." The book, "Foundations of Futures Studies: Human Science for a New Era" Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University, 1996 , is the first part of a two-volume work titled "History, Purposes, and Knowledge." Volume I focuses on the history and function of futures studies. Volume II, titled "Values, Objectivity, and the Good Society," concentrating on ethical issues, was recently published.