'Winfrey vs. Texas cattlemen' codefendant to talk at tea
Howard Lyman, program director of
the Humane Society of the United States and co-defendant with Oprah Winfrey in the recent unsuccessful lawsuit brought by
a group of Texas cattlemen, will be the guest at a tea on Tuesday, March 24, at 4 p.m.
at the Davenport College master's house, 271 Park St. The event is free and open to the public.
Lyman, a former rancher who became a vegetarian, appeared on a 1996 Oprah Winfrey show on the subject of mad cow disease. He claimed on the show that U.S. cattle were fed ground-up cattle parts and that the practice increased the risk of a mad cow disease epidemic. His comments prompted Winfrey to proclaim that she would no longer eat hamburgers. A group of Texas cattlemen said Winfrey and Lyman should be held liable for over $10 million in damages they say they suffered as a result of the show. On Feb. 27, a Texas jury ruled in favor of Winfrey and Lyman; their attorneys praised the verdict for protecting the right of free speech.
Attorney for Terry Nichols to give lecture on Jewish ethics
Internationally known defense attorney Michael Tigar, who recently defended accused Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols, will deliver the fifth David and Goldie Blanksteen Lecture in Jewish Ethics on Tuesday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Levinson Auditorium of the Law School, 127 Wall St. His lecture, titled "The Ethics of Compassion," is free and open to the public. Yale Hillel and the Law School are cosponsors of the event.
Tigar is known for his controversial clients, who have included John Demjanjuk (the man accused of being the Nazi known as Ivan the Terrible), the Chicago Seven, Angela Davis and Kay Bailey Hutchinson. He is the author of "Examining Witnesses," "Persuasion" and "Federal Appeals: Jurisdiction & Practice, 2nd Ed."
The David and Goldie Blanksteen Lectureship in Jewish Ethics of Yale Hillel was established to afford the Yale community an opportunity to engage in the discussion of critical ethical questions of the moment with leading thinkers, artists and activists.
Stewardship is topic of talk by award-winning author
Peter Block, an award-winning author
of books about management and organization development, will speak on "Stewardship: Implications for Public Service and Social Justice" on Wednesday, March 25, at
4:30 p.m. at Dwight Hall, 67 High St. The public is welcome to the free event, which was organized by the Dwight Hall Leadership Institute under the sponsorship of the Surdna Foundation and Dwight Hall.
Block, who received a master's degree in industrial administration at Yale in 1963, is the author of three best-selling books: "Stewardship: Choosing Service over Self-Interest," "The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work" and "Flawless Consulting." His work now centers on ways to bring service and accountability to organizations and communities. He is on the board of directors of the Association for Quality and Participation and has joined with the association to create a School for Managing, a year-long program to teach public and private sector teams how to redesign their workplace.
Former Yale chemist will be Sternbach Lecturer
Samuel J. Danishefsky, a former Sterling Professor of Chemistry at Yale who is now professor of chemistry at Columbia University and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, will present two talks this week as the ninth Sternbach Lecturer.
The lectures, which are free and open to the public, will take place Wednesday and Thursday, March 25 and 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 110 of Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, 225 Prospect St. His lecture titles are "On the Chemistry Biology Interface: From
Glycals to Clinically Evaluatable Carbohydrate-Based Antitumor Vaccines" and "A Travel Log in the Fascinating World of Total Synthesis."
Danishevsky taught at Yale 1980-93 and chaired the department of chemistry 1981-87. He moved to New York in 1993. His research focuses on synthetic strategy, synthetic methodology, cytoxic natural products, and most recently, fully synthetic carbohydrate-based tumor antigens. He is the recipient of many awards inckluding Harvard University's Tischler Medal, the Wolf Prize in Chemistry, and the American Chemical Society's Cope Scholar Award.
The Leo Sternbach Lecture Series was established by the Hoffmann-La Roche Company of Nutley, New Jersey, to honor the series' namesake, who was a pioneer in the medicinal chemistry industry.
Church official to discuss promoting youth involvement
His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos,
former archbishop of North and South America, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, will talk on the subject "Evangelismos: an Ever Challenging Call to Youth" on Wednesday, March 25.
His talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Marquand Chapel, 409 Prospect St. The event is sponsored by the Yale College Hellenic Society and the Divinity School.
Iakovos, who was born on the Turkish island of Imvros, was archbishop 1959-96. He has been a crusader in the modern ecumenical movement for Christian unity, and was considered to be dean of all religious leaders in the United States. He served for nine years as president of the World Council of Churches and initiated Orthodox dialogue with Jews. He has been a leading champion of civil and human rights, marching with black civil rights leaders during the 1960s. Among Iakovos' many awards are the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Grand Cross of the Order of Archbishop Makarios III.
Doctor to address issue of decision-making about death
Dr. Timothy E. Quill, who is considered an expert on end-of-life decision-making, will address the subject "Death, Dignity and Individualized Decision-Making" in two events on campus on Wednesday, March 25. He will speak at 4 p.m. in the library of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS),
77 Prospect St. His second talk will take place at 7:30 p.m. that day at the Joseph Slifka Center, 80 Wall St. A reception will follow the latter event.
Quill, a professor of medicine and psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, has published and lectured widely about aspects of the doctor-patient relationship, including partnerships, communications, barriers and delivering difficult news. He is the author of "Death and Dignity: Making Choices and Taking Charge" and "A Midwife Through the Dying Process: Stories of Healing and Hard Choices of Life." He has written for many publications and has been featured on such news-related television programs as "Frontline," "20/20" and "Nightline."
The event is sponsored jointly by ISPS and Yale Hillel as part of the Third Annual Forum Series on Bioethical Issues in Society. For further information, call Carol Pollard at 432-6188 or Amy Aaland at 432-8525.
Success after college is topic of entrepreneur's talk
"Climbing your own Mountain, or Life after Yale" is the title of a talk being presented during a master's tea on Thursday, March 26, by John F. Zaccaro, an entrepreneur and inventor. His talk will be at 4 p.m. in the Pierson College master's house,
231 Park St. The event, sponsored by Pierson College and The John Pierson Fund, is free and open to the public.
Zaccaro is executive producer of the American Medical Association's International Health and Medical Film Festival, the world's preeminent competition devoted specifically to health and medical films. In his talk, he will share his formula for success after college, drawing from his book "Climb your own Mountain." The book combines his personal experiences with his 20-year study of the most successful and highly motivated people in the world, as well as the writings of individuals in the success-motivational field.
Scholar will discuss the Jews of Yemen
Ephraim Isaac, a scholar on Jews, Africa and African Americans, will give a talk titled "Can the Donkey Recognize the Messiah when He Arrives?: The Story of the Jews of Yemen" on Thursday, March 26. His talk, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. in Rm. 202 of the Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall St. The event is sponsored by the Morris Levinson Lecture Fund in conjunction with the Program in Judaic Studies and the Council on Middle East Studies of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies.
Born in Ethiopia to a Yemenite father, Isaac specializes in Yeminite and Ethiopian Jewish history and literature. He was the first professor hired in Afro-American studies at Harvard, where he earned his Ph.D. and taught 1968-77. He founded and is now director of the Institute of Semitic Studies in Princeton, New Jersey, where he is also a visiting professor at Princeton University. He has written and edited numerous publications, most recently "An Ethiopic History of Joseph" and "The Book of Enoch." A fellow of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, he is currently working on a new edition of the "Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments of The Book of Enoch," as well as "A History of Religions in Africa." Isaac is widely known in Ethiopia as founder of the National Literacy Campaign of the 1960s. He is the international chair of the board of the Peace and Development Committee for Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.
Canada's minister of industry will present Dean's Lecture
John Manley, minister of industry for Canada, will lecture on "Canada's Science and Technology Strategy: Constructing a Smart, Comparative Advantage" on Thursday, March 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Davies Auditorium of Becton Center, 15 Prospect St. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering as part of the Dean's Distinguished Lecturer series. A reception will follow in the Becton faculty lounge.
Manley was a member of Parliament for Ottawa South before he was appointed minister of industry in November 1993. He is responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec, and the Western Economic Diversification, as well as a number of government agencies. Manley and his colleagues have a central role in advancing the Jobs and Growth Agenda in Canada. Under his leadership, members of his team are acting to build a positive entrepreneurial climate and help small businesses grow; expand markets for jobs and growth through trade; create an efficient and modern infrastructure; build stronger regional economies within an integrated national framework to meet the challenge of global competition; and make technology work for Canada. As minister responsible for telecommunications policy, Manley has also led the development of a strategy for Canada's Information Highway.
African safari guide to speak at the forestry school
Allen Bechky, who has been traveling to Africa for more than 20 years both independently and as a safari guide with Mountain Travel-Sobek, will lecture at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies on Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. His talk, which is free and open to the
public, is sponsored by the African Natural Resources Group at the forestry school.
Noted for his knowledge and love of Africa, Bechky has written two Sierra Club books including "Adventuring in East Africa," which highlights wildlife viewing areas in the Serengeti and Maasai Mara. His newest book, "Adventuring in Southern Africa," is a comprehensive guide to safaris and wildlife parks in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Lesotho and Swaziland. Bechky's writings and photographs have also appeared in Outside, Sierra, The New York Times and other publications.
Religious freedom is topic of Litowitz Lecture
Judge John T. Noonan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will deliver the second annual Robert M. Litowitz Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 30. His lecture, titled "Crusades: The American Experience of Religious Freedom," will be held in the General Motors Room of the School of Management, 55 Hillhouse Ave. The lecture will be followed by a reception at 5:30 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
Noonan has lectured and published extensively on a wide range of topics in law, government, ethics and religion. His books include "The Responsible Judge: Readings in Judicial Ethics" and "The Believer and the Powers that Are: Cases, History, and Other Data Bearing on the Relation of Religion and Government." He has taught at the University of Notre Dame Law School and the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.
"Throughout his writing Judge Noonan combines a disciplined, sparkling legal mind with an expansive concern for the ethical and religious dimensions of social policy," says Ian Shapiro, director of the Yale Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, which sponsors the lecture series.
The Robert M. Litowitz Lectures in Ethics and Public Policy are intended to promote reflection on ethical and religious dimensions of social policy.
European economist will deliver Henry L. Stimson Lectures
Alexandre Lamfalussy, former president of the European Economic Institute and founder and former president of the European Monetary Institute (EMI), will present this year's Henry L. Stimson Lectures. The four-part lecture series will begin on Monday, March 30, and end on Thursday, April 2.
In his lectures, Lamfalussy will explore the problems and prospects related to the globalization of financial markets. All lectures, which are free and open to the public,
take place 4:30-6 p.m. in Rm. B74 of 135 Prospect St. Individual lecture topics are: Monday, March 30, "An Overview of Financial Crises, 1980-1998"; Tuesday, March 31, "Quest for Explanations: What has Gone Wrong and Why?"; Wednesday, April 1, "Financial Globalization: An Alleviating or Aggravating Force?"; and Thursday, April 2, "Recommendations for the Future."
Lamfalussy has been a leader in the work to develop a coherent structure for the European banking system. He stepped down from his posts as president of the European Economic Institute and of EMI in June, 1997. Based in Frankfurt, the EMI was set up in 1994 to pave the way for the single European currency. EMI was designed to be the forerunner of the European Central Bank, which will be established in 1999. Lamfalussy is currently professor emeritus of economics at the University of Louvain, Belgium.
The Henry L. Stimson Lectures are sponsored by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies.
"Creativity and Disease" is title of lecture by Swiss doctor
Dr. Philip Sandblom of Lausanne, Switzerland will lecture on "Creativity and Disease" on Thursday, March 26, at 3:30 p.m. in the Beaumont Room of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. His lecture, sponsored by the Program for Humanities in Medicine, is a special feature preceding the Robert Penn Warren Lecture later that same day (see the next listing). The event is free, and the public is invited.
In his talk, Sandblom will discuss what writers, poets, artists and musicians have thought about medicine and doctors. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. For further information, call 785-5494.
Oncologist/poet to present Robert Penn Warren Lecture
"One Word: The Poetry of Medicine" is the title of this year's Robert Penn Warren Lecture, which will be given on Thursday, March 26, by Dr. Mark J. Straus, an oncologist and poet. His lecture, sponsored by the Program for Humanities in Medicine, will begin at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Room of the School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. It is free and open to the public.
Straus is president of The Oxford Medical Group, P.C. and is chief executive officer and chair of MDx Med-Care. In addition to three medical textbooks, he has written three books of poetry: "Scarlet Crown," "One Word" and the forthcoming "Not God." His four novels are "The Spa," "The Branford House," "Lindbergh Street" and "Rudolph Valentino's Tie." Straus' poetry has been published in many publications, including The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, the Journal of the American Medical Association, TriQuarterly and Poetry East. His has won many awards for poetry.
Children and welfare reform is subject of Bush Center lecture
"Young Children and Welfare Reform: Lessons from the States" will be the subject of a talk by Jane Knitzer, deputy director of the National Center for Children in Poverty at the Columbia University School of Public Health, on Friday, March 27, at noon. Her talk, part of the weekly lecture series sponsored by the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, will be held in the Sterling Library lecture hall, 128 Wall St. It is free and open to the public.
Knitzer, a psychologist, was deputy director of the National Center on Children in Poverty , executive director of the Citizens Committee for the Children of New York, and also worked for eight years as a senior policy analyst at the Children's Defense Fund in Washington, D.C., where she wrote "Unclaimed Children: The Failure of Public Policies for Children and Adolescents in Need of Mental Health Services" and coauthored "At the School House Door: An Examination of Programs and Policies for Chilldren with Behavioral and Emotional Problems." She is the first recipient of the Nicholas Hobbs Child Advocacy Award from the American Psychological Association.
Coping with illness is topic of psychologist's Hovland Lecture
Shelley E. Taylor, a psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) whose research focuses on the areas of social cognition and health psychology, will present the Hovland Memorial Lecture on Monday, March 30, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 220 of Dunham Laboratory, 10 Hillhouse Ave. The title of her talk is "Harnessing the Imagination: Mental Simulation, Self-Regulation, and Coping." A reception will follow in the lounge of Kirtland Hall,
2 Hillhouse Ave. Both events are free and open to the public.
Taylor, who earned her doctoral degree in social psychology from Yale in 1972, helped develop a training program in health psychology at UCLA that is considered one of the most notable of its kind in the country. She is particularly known for her exploration of how women adjust to diagnoses of breast cancer. Taylor is currently involved in a research program exploring how poverty, racism and social conflict increase people's risk of developing a broad range of diseases. Recently elected president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Taylor has received many honors for her work, including the Distinguished Scientific Contribution from the American Psychological Association.
The Hovland Lecture was established in the early 1960s to honor psychologist Carl Hovland.
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