Wetland restoration is topic of talk by natural resources engineer
William Mitsch, professor of natural resources and environmental science at Ohio State University, will be the next speaker in the semester-long series "The Restoration Agenda: Water!" at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES). His talk, titled "Mother Nature, Father Time: Chief Contractors in Wetland Design,"
will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium at Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St.
There is a fee of $100 per person for community participants for the entire series. A limited number of fellowships are available for qualified registrants. To register, call Aimlee D. Laderman at 432-3335 or e-mail aimlee.laderman@yale.edu.
Mitsch is founder and director of the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, a 23-acre wetland research facility at Ohio State University. Founder and editor of "Ecological Engineering - The Journal of Ecotechnology," he has provided testimony to the U.S. Congress on wetland matters. He was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1997 and was the recipient of the Environmental Law Institute/US EPA National Wetland Award for Research in 1996. He is the author (with James Gosselink) of "Wetlands," the standard textbook used in colleges and universities for courses in wetland ecology.
Noted conductor to be guest at Calhoun master's tea
Noted Brazilian conductor Emilio Cesar de Carvalho, who is the artistic director of the Brasilia Camerata and of two music groups at the Brasilia School of Music -- the Opera Choir and Brasilia's Madrigal -- will be the guest at a tea on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house, 189 Elm St. The event is free and open to the public.
de Carvalho also teaches at the Brasilia School of Music and serves on the faculty of the Brazilian Foundation of Arts. He is the conductor of the Coral Brasilia and also helps oversee FUNDEC, an educational and cultural foundation founded by his relative, the late renowned conductor Eleazar de Carvalho.
Emilio de Carvalho began his career in music after studying at Brasilia University and in Berlin, where he was an assistant to noted conductor Herbert von Karajan. In addition to appearing throughout South America, de Carvalho also regularly conducts the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of Brazil's Letters and Music Academy.
Biography of Cold War 'icon' will be topic of lecture
Sam Tanenhaus '78 M.A., author of the first comprehensive biography of Whittaker Chambers and an editor at the New York Times, will give a talk titled "The Case for Whittaker Chambers: Revisiting a Cold War Icon" on Thursday, Jan. 29. His talk, which is free and open to the public, will begin at
4 p.m. in Rm. 119 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St.
Tanenhaus' book "Whittaker Chambers: A Biography," published by Random House, was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award and was listed by Time Magazine as one of the 10 best books of the year. The New York Times cited it as one of its "Notable Books" for the year.
In his talk, Tanenhaus will discuss Chambers' evolution from Soviet spy to anti-communist informer (in 1948, Chambers gave testimony that sent Alger Hiss to prison and inaugurated the McCarthy era). Tanenhaus will discuss the case within the broad framework of the East-West conflict and will review the newest evidence to emerge from intelligence archives in the U.S. and abroad.
President of largest provider of work-site child care to lecture
Linda A. Mason, president and cofounder of Bright Horizons, the nation's largest work-site provider of child care, will be the featured speaker in a talk on Friday, Jan. 30, sponsored by the external relations department at the School of Management. Titled "Perspectives on Management: Redefining an Industry: An Opportunity
for Entrepreneurship," her talk will begin at 10 a.m. in Rm. 114 of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, corner of Grove and Prospect streets. The event is free and open to the public.
Bright Horizons operates 144 centers in 25 states, serving 12,000 children and employing 4,500 people. Clients include Allstate Insurance, Motorola, IBM, the United Nations, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures. Mason, a 1980 graduate of the School of Management, also cofounded the Horizons Initiative, a Boston-based organization serving the needs of homeless children. She is coauthor of the book "Rice, Rivalry, and Politics," which analyzes the relief operation in Cambodia. Last year Cornell University named her Entrepreneur of the Year, and Business Week cited her as one of the "Best Entrepreneurs."
State education chief to speak at Bush Center lecture series
Theodore S. Sergi, Connecticut's commissioner of education, will give a talk titled "Public Policy for Children Birth to Five" on Friday, Jan. 30, at noon in the weekly lecture series sponsored by the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Sterling Library lecture hall, 128 Wall St.
Sergi has served as commissioner of education since October 1995. During the past year, he chaired the state's Educational Improvement Panel, which developed recommendations to address the issues raised by the state Supreme Court's decision in the Sheff v. O'Neill desegregation case, and also developed an action plan and special legislation to reform the Hartford Public Schools. His priorities as commissioner have been to raise expectations for student achievement and to encourage educators and citizens to work cooperatively to improve Connecticut's schools.
Tropical biologist will present keynote address at conference
Noted tropical and conservation biologist Thomas Lovejoy, who is counselor to the Secretary for Biodiversity and Environmental Affairs for the Smithsonian Institution, will deliver the keynote address at the School of Forestry's 14th Annual Doctoral Research Conference on Friday, Jan. 30. His talk, titled "Science, Environment and Tomorrow," will begin at 5 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St.
Lovejoy has worked in the Amazon of Brazil since 1965. He introduced the technique of banding and identified patterns of community structure in the first major long-term Amazonian bird study. He is credited with having brought the tropical forest problem to the fore as a public issue. He directed the World Wildlife Fund-
U.S. 1973-87 and served as the fund's executive vice president 1985-87, when he was appointed assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs for the Smithsonian Institution. He has also served as an adviser to the White House Science Council and to the United Nations Environment Programme. He is the author or editor of four books, including "Global Warming and Biological Diversity" (with R.L. Peters).
The 14th Annual Doctoral Research Conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. with 15-minute presentations by doctoral students on their dissertation research.