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wellesley's small telescope reveals big findings As
a new astronomy department instructor at Wellesley last
fall, Stephen M. Slivan proved that small telescopes can
yield big discoveries. In fact, his startling findings
were reported in the journal Nature this fall. college police leadership is changing Police
Chief Steven Healy has accepted a position as director of
public safety/chief of police at Princeton University as
of January. In making the announcement, Barry Monahan,
assistant vice president for Administration and Community
Affairs, and Patricia Byrne, vice president for
Administration and Planning, said, "Steven provided the
leadership and vision that has brought the Wellesley
campus police department to new levels of excellence. He
brought a vision of what an outstanding campus police
department should be and under his leadership, the vision
became a reality." Wellesley's Clapp Library has announced an expanded research service, "Chat with Us." The online chat, which operates Monday-Thursday from 4:30 pm-2 am, Saturday from 10 am-5 pm and Sunday from 2 pm-midnight, can be found at www.wellesley.edu/Library/Ask/askus.html. A reference librarian is on hand to help with reference and research questions over the Web, even sending web pages to your computer to help. "We feel it will be a very beneficial service for our students, faculty and staff," said Suzanne Alcott, research and instruction. "Chat with Us" is funded by a grant from the Davis Education Foundation. For more information, call x3107. alumna talks about women and medicine A
Wellesley alumna will present the third campus-wide
lecture in a Fall 2002 series of discussions about gender
and science. wcw to release findings on battered mothers The
Wellesley Centers for Women will hold a press conference,
"Battered Mothers Speak Out: A Human Rights Report on
Domestic Violence & Child Custody In the
Massachusetts Family Courts," Monday, Nov. 25, at 10:30
am at the Women's Education and Industrial Union, 256
Boylston St. Boston. it's not too soon to think about summer school The 2003 Wellesley College Summer School will mark its fifth anniverary this year. Session I runs from from June 16-July 11; Session II is from July 14-Aug. 8. "We are putting together the courses for summer 2003 and will have them available soon," said Lynne Payson, director of External Conferences/Summer Programming. "We are still taking course proposals, and faculty are encouraged to apply." Wellesley College Summer School is a co-educational program featuring full credit courses drawn from the regular Wellesley curriculum. It's open to all college students, college graduates and eligible commuting high school juniors and seniors. Financial aid is available to eligible Wellesley College students. For more information, contact Payson at x2208 or visit www.wellesley.edu/summerschool for the latest updates. jonathan imber, sociology, has written an essay in The Weekly Standard's Books and Arts section titled "Julia Does Wellesley; Hollywood Meets Higher Ed." The piece explored the filming of Julia Roberts' Mona Lisa Smile on campus this fall and the variety of issues the experience raised. "Wouldn't it be nice if the Julia Factor turned out to be the flourish that ushered in a new determination among Wellesley women not to be typecast by political sentiment any more than by figure or face?" Imber wrote. marion just, political science, has been interviewed by The Boston Globe and the Gannett News Service. The Gannett piece, "Congressional Reform May Not Solve Nationwide Voting Woes," discussed Congress' plans to pass a compromise bill to offer states $3.5 billion in grants to modernize polling places, noting money alone may not end Election Day snafus. Just agreed, "If you don't have the personnel support there trained and ready to go, then all the equipment in the world is not going to work for you." She also commented on the Globe story, "Kerry Foe's Antiwar Views Fueled Large Write-in Vote." Just is co-author of the upcoming Oxford University Press book, Rethinking the Vote. julie norem, psychology, and her book, The Positive Power of Negative Thinking, continue to make news on both sides of the Atlantic. Her research on how pessimism can be an effective way to cope with stress has been written about most recently by columnist Jerome Burne in The Times of London as well as in a feature story by Pamela Sacks in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Norem also was invited to be a day-long visiting professor at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., where she presented a public lecture. administrative
council meeting.
11 am-noon, Academic Council Room, GRH. Info: x2272. russian
table.
12:30 pm, FND 417. Info: x3549. vietnamese
classes.
12:30-1:30 pm, Billings 100. Sponsor: VSA. Info:
x1723. thanksgiving holiday. chanukah.
Jewish tradition. Begins at sundown; lasts eight
days. films. Brazil and City of Lost Children. 7 & 9 pm, Collins Cinema. Free with Wellesley/MIT ID; $3, others. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x4544. protestant
christian worship.
11:15 am, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Companionship time,
12:30 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655. laylat
al-qadr.
Islamic tradition. exhibit.
Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons 1500-1650.
Tues.-Sat., 11 am -5 pm; Sun., 1-5 pm. Through Dec. 8.
Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051.
don't miss...have you seen these exhibits at the davis museum? Artist's Choice: Works from the Permanent Collection is on display in the Davis Museum and Cultural Center's Print Study Corridor through Dec. 15. It accompanies the exhibit Interlude: Recent Work by James Rayen, on view in the Contemporary Gallery. Artist's Choice features selections from the DMCC's permanent collections by eight artists who had a profound impact on Rayen. "With one exception they made images- whether figurative or abstract-that present a classical clarity of purpose and form," Rayen said. "They present an art notable for its harmony, calm, simplicity and order. However, within their reserved worlds there are subtle tensions and undertones that imply the throbbing of life held in order by the artists' skill with the formal arrangement of shape and pattern in space." An exhibit titled Selected Recent Acquisitions: Prints, composed of 16th- to 20th-century European and American prints acquired by the DMCC during the last year, is on display in the Bronfman Gallery through Dec. 8. Click Here to View Previous Issues Return to the Office of Public Information's Homepage WellesleyWeek is published each Monday by the Office for Public Information during the academic year. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Phone numbers are dialed 781-283-xxxx. Campus-sponsored event listings are welcome via e-mail to calendar@wellesley.edu. Printed submissions can be sent to Calendar, Public Information, 354 Green Hall, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481. Deadline for calendar submissions is the Monday prior to publication. For paid subscription information, call 781-283-2373. Created
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