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Februaury 7, 2000
Nominations for faculty awards due
The Consultative Committee of the Faculty Senate is accepting nominations for the Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professorship and the Thomas Jefferson Award.
The Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professorship Award is made annually to a full-time, regular faculty member (without restriction as to age, rank or school) for distinguished accomplishment in furthering the aims of Vanderbilt University. The purpose of the award is “to recognize, and thereby to encourage in others, that combination of talents and achievements, which we identify as desirable in the University faculty member.”
The Thomas Jefferson Award is made annually “for distinguished service to Vanderbilt through extraordinary contributions as a member of the faculty in the councils and government of the University.” Faculty members in all schools are eligible.
The deadline for nominations is Feb. 18. Persons who wish to nominate a colleague should send a one-page statement presenting reasons and, if possible a curriculum vitae, to Christine Scannaliato, Secretary, Faculty Senate, 312 Kirkland Hall.
Blair to hold performances
The Vanderbilt Orchestra, directed by Robin Fountain, will perform Feb. 10 in Langford Auditorium. The performance is free and open to the public.
The Blair Concert Series will host “The Music of BMI Composer-in-Residence John Harbison,” featuring performances by the Blair String Quartet, the Blair Woodwind Quintet and soprano Amy Jarman. The performance will take place Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. in the Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall. Tickets, available at the Blair box office, are $8 for adults; $6 for Vanderbilt faculty and staff; and $4 for students and senior citizens.
For more information on these and other Blair events, call the Blair information line at 322-7651.
French, Italian to host musical soirée
The Vanderbilt Department of French and Italian, the Alliance Française and Belmont University will sponsor a Franco-American musical soirée Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Acquatorium at Belmont. The concert will include sing-alongs, stories, fiddle tunes, clog-dancing and more. The performers are Lilianne Labbé, an award-winning recording artist; master fiddler Donna Hèbert; and rhythm guitarist Tom Hodgson. Admission is free to students, teachers and Alliance Française members, and $5 for all others.
For more information, call Professor Barbara Bowen at 322-6913.
‘Macbeth’ to be performed
The Acting Company will present Shakespeare’s Macbeth Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. in Langford Auditorium. The play is part of the Great Performances at Vanderbilt series. Tickets are $26, $23, $20; $13 for students, children, and Vanderbilt faculty and staff; and $6 for Vanderbilt students. Tickets are available at the Sarratt Box Office and through Ticketmaster, 255-9600.
Professor to address sex, psychoanalysis
Jessica Benjamin, professor at New School University, will speak Feb. 11 on “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Sexuality and Intersubjectivity in Psychoanalytic Theory” at 3:15 p.m. in Room 109, Furman Hall. A reception will follow her lecture. Benjamin’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the McVean Fund.
Artist to lecture on works
Nashville-native David Lefkowitz will give a lecture on his work Feb. 13 in the Sarratt Gallery from 3 to 4 p.m. A reception will follow the lecture from 4 to 6 p.m. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public. Lefkowitz’s exhibit at the Sarratt Gallery, Natural Curiosities, explores the relationship between humans and nature. For more information, contact JoEl Logiudice at 322-2471.
Economics seminar series
The Department of Economics will host three speakers this week as part of its seminar series. Petra Geraats, of the University of California, Berkeley, will speak Feb. 7 on “Why Adopt Transparency? The Publication of Central Bank Forecasts.” Philip Cross, of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will speak Feb. 8 on “Regressions, Short and Long.” Katherine Cuff, of Queens University, will speak Feb. 10 on “A Minimum Wage Can Be Welfare-Improving and Employment-Enhancing.” Each seminar will begin at 3:10 p.m. in Room 218, Calhoun Hall, and be followed by a wine and cheese reception in Room 415A, Calhoun.
Professor to address math education
Ed Silver, of the University of Pittsburgh, will speak Feb. 9 on “Increasing Equity in Mathematics Education: QUASAR’s Efforts to Improve Instructional Quality and Student Achievement in Middle Schools in Low-Income Communities” at 1:30 p.m. in Room 223, Social Religious Building. For more information, e-mail Lynn Hodge at Lynn.L.Hodge@vanderbilt.edu.
Project Dialogue to host student retreat
The Campus Kaleidoscope Winter Retreat will bring college students together from the Middle Tennessee area to discuss issues of classism, racism and other forms of bigotry. Students interested in attending should contact the Project Dialogue office at 343-0350 for more information. The retreat is sponsored by the National Conference on Community Justice.