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PULITZER IN HISTORY LECTURER GAUGES WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN: ºÙºÙÊÓƵ' Pulitzer Prize Winners in History Series is set to continue next week with a talk titled "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History," by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, recipient of a Pulitzer in 1991 for her book A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812.

Ulrich is the Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard. Her ºÙºÙÊÓƵ talk, free and open to the public, is scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in the ARC's Ballroom B.

The Pulitzer Prize Winners in History Series is sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Affairs; the Center for History, Society and Culture; and the Department of History.

RMI's FALL LECTURESHIP FOCUSES ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF BEER, WINE: The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science announced that the speakers in the Fall 2007 Lectureship Series will address the health implications and the history of beer, wine and other fermented beverages.

The program is scheduled from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. The speakers:

-- Arthur Klatsky, "Is Abstinence from Beer and Wine Hazardous to Your Health?" Klatsky is a physician and senior consultant in cardiology, as well as an adjunct investigator for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program.

-- Solomon Katz, "Origins of Agriculture, the Rise of Civilization and the Evolution of Cuisine: The Special Roles of Fermented Food Beverages in Human History." Katz is an anthropology professor at the University of Pennsylvania and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Food and Culture.

The program is free and open to the public. Registration is required by Nov. 9, and is limited to the first 200 people to sign up. Contact Patricia Glass, (530) 754-6349 or pglass@ucdavis.edu.

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