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November 19, 2001
Briefs
Community Invited to Free
Thanksgiving Dinner
Members of the University and the local community are invited to a
free Thanksgiving dinner on November 22 at St. Thomas Aquinas
Center on North Eagleville Road in Storrs. The annual event, a
13-year tradition, typically serves more than 200 people,
particularly international students and senior citizens. Volunteers
for preparation, serving and clean-up, and donations, particularly
turkeys, will be welcome. To volunteer or make a donation, please
call the Rev. Paul Holland at (860) 429-6436.
Grad Student Sought to
Organize Course on Women's Health
The Women's Studies Program, in conjunction with the
Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Women's Health, seeks
an advanced graduate student to organize and supervise a new
course, WS 295, Seminar in Women and Health, for fall 2002. The
instructor may come from any health-related discipline, including
but not limited to anthropology, allied health, biology, family
studies, nursing, psychology, or sociology, and should have active
research interests in some aspect of women and health. In
consultation with women's studies faculty, the instructor will
be expected to develop an interdisciplinary syllabus at the
advanced undergraduate level and coordinate presentations by
invited speakers. The seminar will provide a sequel to the existing
course, SOC/WS 241, Women and Health, and will offer an opportunity
for advanced undergraduate students to learn about current research
and policy issues in the field from those who are actively involved
in it.
The position will be funded as a
10-hour graduate assistantship. It is expected that the course will
be offered each fall for at least the next four years, and the
first instructor will be eligible to coordinate it in subsequent
years.
To apply, send a letter of
application, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to
Mary Crawford, director, Women's Studies Program, U-2181, and
Kathryn Strother Ratcliff, Department of Sociology,
U-2068.
Applications will be reviewed
beginning Dec. 1 and continuing until the position is
filled.
Researchers Seek
Participants for Weight Training Study
A research team in the School of Allied Health and at Hartford
Hospital is looking for individuals between the ages of 18-39 who
have not participated in weight training for the last year to
participate in a study. The project will examine the impact of
muscle genes on response to weight training. Participants will
receive financial compensation, supervised weight training
sessions, and a six-month membership to the Center for Health
Fitness in Hawley Armory on the Storrs campus. For more
information, call Kim Kablik at (860) 486-2735.
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