THE CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

 All events are free and open to the public at the location indicated.

For information, dinner reservations and directions, phone the CAAS office at (203) 432-3113 ext. 2 or email to:
caas.membership@yale.edu.
 

Dinner reservations are required by Thursday prior to meeting. Any cancellations must be received by that date in order for us to refund dinner cost.    

 

Previous Meeting Minutes & Lecture Précis



Wednesday September 10, 2008, New Haven Lawn Club

"The Coming Transformation: American Capitalism and the Environment"

James Speth, Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor, and Dean of School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

Reception at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE
open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.





Thursday, October 16, 2008, Trinity College, Hartford

"Student Athletes or Athletic Students: Reflections on the Ideal of Sports and Liberal Arts Education"

Paul Assaiante, Sports Director, Trinity College

Lecture at 4:30 p.m. (FREE
open to the public)
followed by reception and dinner at 6:15 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
Reese Room, Smith House, Vernon Street,
Trinity College, Hartford

 



Wednesday, November 5, 2008, New Haven Lawn


"Autism Spectrum: Studies of Social Engagement in Infants and Toddlers"

Ami Klin
, Associate Professor, Child Study Center, Yale University

Reception at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.




Tuesday, December 2, 2008, New Haven Lawn Club


"The Drive for Purity: The Emergence of an American Icon-the Science of Eugenics in the 20th Century"

Kathy Cooke, Professor of History, Quinnipiac University

Reception at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE
open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.




Wednesday, January 14, 2009, So. Conn. State University, New Haven


"Homemakers and Partisans: Italian Women and War"

Pina Palma, Professor of Italian, Southern Connecticut State University


Reception at 5:00 p.m. Lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE
open to the public)
followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven



Tuesday, February 10, 2009, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT


"Recent Archaeological Findings in the Praedia (Properties) of Julia Felix in Pompeii"

Christopher Parslow, Professor of Classics and Archaeology, Wesleyan University


Lecture at 5:15 p.m. (FREE open to the public) in the McKelvey Room, 70 Wyllys Avenue (Admissions Office), Wesleyan University
followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
Wesleyan University, Middletown




Wednesday, March 25, 2009, New Haven Lawn Club


"The Medical Mystery of the Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten and the 18th Dynasty"

Irwin Braverman, Professor of Dermatology, Yale University

Location: New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Reception at 5:00 p.m. followed by lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE
open to the public).
Dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.


Wednesday, April 22, 2009, University of Connecticut, Storrs


"A New World Is at Hand: Revisiting the American Revolution"

Christopher Clark, Chair, History Department, The University of Connecticut

Lecture at 4:30 p.m. (FREE open to the public)
followed by dinner at 6:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
North Reading Rm. Wilbur Cross Building, 233 Glenbrook Rd., The University of Connecticut, Storrs,




Wednesday, May , 2009, New Haven Lawn Club


"Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems for Treatment of Brain Tumors: the Integration of Engineering and Biological Systems"

Mark Saltzman, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Physiology; Chairman of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University

Location: New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Reception at 5:00 p.m. followed by lecture at 5:30 p.m. (FREE
open to the public).
Dinner at 7:00 p.m. for members and guests ($40 pp. reservations required)
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.