Specialist on marine mammals to speak as part of lecture series
"Marine Mammal and Fisheries Interactions" is the title of a talk being presented on Tuesday, Sept. 24, by Robert J. Hofman, scientific program director for the Marine Mammal Commission. His free talk is being offered as part of the series "Fisheries for the Future: Science, Conservation, and Management for the New Century," sponsored by several Yale departments and organizations. It will begin at 5 p.m. in Rm. 202 of Osborn Memorial Laboratories, 165 Prospect St.
Mr. Hofman has been the scientific program director for the Marine Mammal Commission since 1975 and has been a member of the National Marine Fisheries Service's Working Group on Unusual Marine Mammal Mortality Events since 1994. He has written numerous articles on marine mammal life, covering topics ranging from the environmental effects of marine fishing and the interactions between marine mammals and fisheries throughout the world.
Sponsors of the lecture series are the Yale Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, the Program in Organismal Biology and Studies in the Environment. Funding is provided by the Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation, The Henry Foundation and the Coastal and Conservation Association.
Psychologist to discuss biology of sexual orientation
The first in a year-long series of talks on "Scientific Research on Sexual Orientation and Its Implications' will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in the lower-level seminar room at 77 Prospect St. The lectures, which are free and open to the public, are sponsored by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Research Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies.
The first talk, "Towards the Biology of Sexual Orientation," will be presented by Michael Bailey, a member of the psychology department at Northwestern University and one of the leading scientists doing work on the origins of human sexual orientation. His studies on gay twins has received considerable attention in the media. Commenting on Professor Bailey's talk will be one of the leading critics of biological accounts of human sexual orientation, William Byrne of the department of psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
The next offering in the series will be a panel discussion on "The Media and Scientific Research on Homosexuality" on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the same time and location. Watch the Calendar section of this paper for information about other talks in the series.
"Computer Guru to the Stars" to be guest at master's tea
Computer writer, novelist and Broadway conductor David Pogue '85 B.A. will be the guest at a master's tea at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Calhoun College Master's House, 434 College St. The event is open to the public, free of charge.
As a computer writer, Mr. Pogue has made a career translating technical subjects into terms anyone can understand. He is the author of both "Mac for Dummies," the number-one best-selling Macintosh book in all of the 17 languages in which it has been published, and its sequel, "More Macs for Dummies." With Yale classmate Joe Schorr, Mr. Pogue wrote the best-selling "Macworld Macintosh Secrets." He is also the author of "Mac FAQs," which answers frequently asked questions about the operating system. His column "The Desktop Critic" appears monthly in Macworld magazine.
Mr. Pogue has also taught many celebrities the ins and outs of computer use, earning him the moniker "Computer Guru to the Stars." These students have included Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Sondheim, Mike Nichols, Mia Farrow and Harry Connick Jr.
The alumnus' critically acclaimed first novel "Hard Drive" has been optioned for a film and is being developed into a CD-ROM adventure game. He is currently working on another novel.
In his "second career" as a musician, Mr. Pogue has served as a Broadway conductor -- "Kiss of the Spider Woman", orchestrator --the revival of "Flora, the Red Menace"and synthesizer-computer programmer -- Lincoln Center's "Anything Goes.
Sociologist to talk about evolution in home, workplace
"Work, Family and the Everyday Architecture of Time" is the title of the department of sociology's 1996 A.B. Hollingshead Lecture, which will be presented this year by Arlie Hochschild, professor of sociology at the University of California at Berkeley. The talk will take place at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, in Rm. 211 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. It is free and open to the public.
A social psychologist and "sociologist of the family," Professor Hochschild has concentrated on how transformations of the American economy and polity since World War II have shaped interpersonal relationships in the home and the workplace. Her books include "The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home," "The Managed Heart: The Commercialization of Human Feeling" and "The Unexpected Community." Professor Hochschild is currently working on a study of family-friendly reforms in the workplace.
Forestry school to host talk by D.O.T. official
Mortimer L. Downey '58 B.A., deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (D.O.T.), will speak on "The Reauthorization of Surface Transportation and the Environment" at 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, in Bowers Hall, 205 Prospect St. His lecture, which is open to the Yale community, is sponsored by the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
As the D.O.T.'s chief operating officer, Mr. Downey serves on the President's Management Council and chairs the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Transportation Research and Development. He is also a member of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee.
Prior to accepting President Clinton's appointment as deputy secretary, Mr. Downey served as executive director and chief financial officer at New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the nation's largest independent public authority. There, he was involved in the capital rebuilding of the MTA system. During the Carter administration, 1977-81, he was the assistant secretary for budget and programs at the D.O.T. He also was the first transportation program analyst for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget and held a number of positions with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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