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



Tuesday September 15, 2009, New Haven Lawn Club

"Wine and Terroir: The Science of Good Taste"

Larry Meinert, Professor of Geology, Smith College

A wine tasting will follow the lecture then dinner follows.

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

$50 pp. includes wine tasting and dinner.

$10 pp. for wine tasting without dinner.

reservations required


New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven
Free Parking is available at the New Haven Lawn Club.





Tuesday, October 6, 2010, New Haven Lawn Club

"State of the State"

Susan Bysiewicz, Secretary of State, Connecticut

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, November 11, 2009, New Haven Lawn Club


"The Mummichog (Fundulus) as a Bio-indicator of the Health of Long Island Sound"

Lisa Kaplan
, Associate Professor of Biology, 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.




Tuesday, December 1, 2009, New Haven Lawn Club (1400
th meeting)


"Leaving Connecticut, Shaping America:
The Connecticut Diaspora, 1796-1820 & the Creation of National Identity"

Walter Woodward, Connecticut State Historian

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 20, 2010, New Haven Lawn Club


"Free, Fair or Foul: The International Politics of Free Trade and Globalization"

Kevin Buterbaugh, Professor of Political Science, 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



February (TBA), Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT





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




Tuesday, March 2, 2010, New Haven Lawn Club


"The Legacy of Clifford Beers, Advocate for the Insane: How Far Have We Come?"

Alice Forrester, Ph. D., Executive Director, Clifford Beers Clinic, New Haven

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 7, 2010, University of Connecticut, Storrs


"Confirmation Obfuscation: Supreme Court Appointments in a Conservative Era"

David Yalof, Professor of Political Science, 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 12, 2010, New Haven Lawn Club


"Topic TBA"

Linda Greenhouse, Fellow, Yale Law School. Former Supreme Court reporter, The New York Times.

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.