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Conference Honoring Michael Turvey held on June 19-21. [PDF]

Katherine S. Harris awarded Acoustical Society 2007 Gold Medal

Doug Honorof talks about dialects on New York Public Radio

Michael Turvey was the main speaker University of Connecticut Convocation on August 25, 2006.

Philip Rubin was named as the chair of the National Academies Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences on July 17, 2006.

Michael Turvey gave a presentation on "The Lecture Method" on Thu., June 15, 2006.

A memorial gathering for Leigh Lisker was held at the Univ. of Pennsylvania on June 11, 2006.

Einar Mencl has been appointed as Haskins Laboratories' new Director of Neuroimaging Research. (Feb. 2006).

Haskins Laboratories has appointed Joseph P. Cardone as its first chief financial officer in its 70-year history. (more ...) (Jan. 17, 2006).

Inventing Languages in the Laboratory. Bruno Galantucci's work featured (Jan. 21, 2006).

NEW HAVEN —You are locked into a room and must find a stranger who is looking for you. You can communicate with the stranger via computer but you can not use letters or any other commonly used symbol. What do you do? Simple: you invent a language. This is what many people do in Bruno Galantucci's laboratory at Haskins Laboratories, demonstrating that communication can arise without any pre-established agreement on the signs to be used and on their meaning. Read more…

Bruno Galantucci's work was featured in a story in The Economist (Nov. 10, 2005).

Speech, Reading and the Linguistic Process, a conference in honor of Ignatius G. Mattingly, was held at the University of Connecticut on Oct. 8, 2004.

Susan Brady has been selected for a new national program to address the shortage of trained education researchers. (June 4, 2004)

Philip Rubin has returned to Haskins as Vice President and is also serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Laboratories. (Dec. 3, 2003)


Board News:
Patrick W. Nye (Aug. 19, 1936 - Mar. 7, 2008)

Joseph Molder and Richard Norgaard have joined the Board.

William T. Golden, former Board member, dies at 97

Marshall Hornblower, former Board member, dies at 88

  Events:

The Haskins Holiday Party took place on Thursday, Dec. 20, at 12 noon in the Main Conference Room.

A Haskins fMRI Workshop was held on Oct. 22, 29, and Nov. 5, 2007.

A CPTV live literacy program was broadcast on Oct. 25, 2007, and involved Haskins representation including Margie Gillis.

A Dyslexia Foundation webcast was held on on Oct. 24, 2007.

An internal Workshop on Speech Production and Motor Control was held at Haskins on Thursday, October 4.

Gallery @ Haskins
Environmental Visions: Beauty and Fragility. August 29 to November 23, 2007.

NEST Meeting
The 16th Annual New England Sequencing and Timing (NEST) meeting was held on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Haskins Laboratories. For additional information, contact Bruno Repp.

A Haskins Open House was held on June 9, 2006. Haskins unveiled its new website on June 1, 2006.

A Haskins fMRI Workshop was held on Jan. 26, 31, and Feb. 2, 2006.

Haskins Open House, May 29, 2004
This was held in conjunction with the ASA's 75th meeting.

Haskins Reception, Redeye Grill, New York, May 25, 2004
A reception was held at the Redeye Grill in conjunction with the ASA's 75th meeting and the special VOT session.

ASA 2004, New York: 40 Years of VOT
A special session was held in honor of Arthur Abramson and Leigh Lisker at the 75th Anniversary Acoustical Society of America Meeting, May 25, 2004.

Haskins Open House, April 29, 2004
Haskins Laboratories had an Open House on April 29, 2004, to welcome friends from Yale, New Haven and Connecticut.

Photos from these events can be viewed in the new Haskins Photo Gallery.

New Awards:

Connecticut Community Foundation grant to Haskins reading program

Constraints on rhythmic action to be studied in NSF grant

Visual speech in children with ASD to be studied in NIH grant

Teacher Quality Grant:
Mastering Reading Instruction
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U.S. Department of Education; Susan Brady, PI.
This project investigates effective strategies for improving the preparation of classroom teachers to teach reading in the first grade.

Other News:

Haskins Has Moved
Haskins Laboratories has moved to a new location at 300 George Street in New Haven, one block away from our previous location on Crown Street. (Apr. 2, 2005).