Harvard scholar to reassess public-nonprofit sector relations
Peter Frumkin, an assistant professor of public policy in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, will give a talk titled "Rethinking Public-Nonprofit Sector Relations" on Tuesday, May 12, noon-1:30 p.m. in the first-floor conference room of the Program on Non-Profit Organizations (PONPO), 88 Trumbull St. Sponsored by PONPO, the event is free and open to the public; however, as seating is limited, those interested in attending are asked to call Karen Refsbeck in advance at 432-2121.
Frumkin will address whether the model of cooperation and collaboration between the public and private sectors that influenced partnerships in the 1980s is the most effective model for meeting the challenges of the 1990s, or whether sectoral autonomy may be called for. Frumkin's publications include articles on the governance of community foundations and professionalization of the nonprofit sector, as well as a working paper titled "Rethinking Public-Nonprofit Relations: Toward a Neo-Institutional Theory of Public Management," which was recently published by PONPO. He has served as program officer of the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation and as a consultant to the MacArthur Foundation and the Council on Foundations.
Psychiatrist to lecture on
cultivating a 'photographic eye'
Dr. Barbara Young, an assistant clinical professor emeritus of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University who is also a respected photographer, will discuss "The Emerging of a Photographic Eye" at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, in the Beaumont Room of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St. Her talk, part of the Program for Humanities in Medicine series, is free and open to the public.
Young took up photography less than
10 years into her career as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, which she began after completing her residency at Johns Hopkins in 1949. She began by photographing people on Harbour Island in the Bahamas. Today, her works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Baltimore and Santa Barbara (California) art museums and the Yale University Art Gallery, as well as in many private collections. Her publications include "The Plop-a-Lop Tree," which includes 70 of her color photographs of the community of Dunmore Town in the Bahamas, with text by one of the elders of the island. Since 1995, Young has been lecturing across the country about her experience as a psychiatrist and photographer. In her lectures, titled "The Creative Way of Life," she encourages her listeners to take the time to observe the natural world and discusses the important role of mothering in infants' lives.
Museum event to feature authors of book about dogs and trainers
Americana chroniclers Jane and Michael Stern and representatives from the guide dog training center Guiding Eyes for the Blind will be featured in an event at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave., on Saturday, May 16. At 1:30 p.m., the Sterns, authors of the book "Dog Eat Dog: A Very Human Book about Dogs and Dog Shows," will share their research with Guiding Eyes for the Blind for their forthcoming book "Two Puppies." Puppy-training families and their puppies will join the Sterns in the demonstrations.
The Sterns have written over 20 books, including "Where to Eat in Connecticut," "Jane and Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture" and "Elvis World." Their regular column in Gourmet magazine, "Two for the Road," won the 1997 James Beard Award for best magazine series. Their other articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire and Spy magazines.
Since 1954, Guiding Eyes for the blind has paired blind and visually impaired people with trained guide dogs. The organization has placed 4,500 teams of guide dog graduates throughout the country. Guide dogs are trained with the assistance of volunteer foster families that commit at least one year to the puppies.
The event is free with museum admission. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 3-15 and senior citizens aged 65 and older. For information, call 432-5050.