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.
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