Land & Sea Lecture Series set for Lewes, Milford

Ralph Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication and distinguished journalist in residence, discusses global media March 4.

4:10 p.m., Feb. 28, 2005--The Land and Sea Lecture Series, a month-long program featuring talks by members of the University of Delaware faculty, will be held each Friday in March at 10 a.m. in UD’s Virden Center in Lewes and again at 1:30 p.m. in the Milford Public Library.

Now in its 20th year, the series, which is sponsored by the Office of Alumni and University Relations, features four lectures on topics ranging from global media and the power of images to the juvenile death penalty.

“This lecture series exposes people in Southern Delaware to the quality of our faculty and the value of the research they are doing,” Gary Simpson, assistant director of alumni and University relations, said. “This is a great opportunity for the University as well because it gives our faculty the opportunity to interact with members of the southern
Delaware community in a one-on-one exchange of ideas.”

The lectures will be held at the Milford Public Library for the first time, providing an opportunity for Milford residents to join the discussions in a convenient public facility.

“The Milford Public Library is very excited to be the host for the UD Lecture Series,” Kay Hudson, library director, said. “This is a great opportunity for residents of Milford and surrounding areas to participate in the lecture series. We have a wonderful facility and are proud to be able to share it with the UD.”

The series opens on Friday, March 4, with a discussion of global attitudes and how media behavior can affect the future with Ralph Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication and distinguished journalist in residence, in a lecture titled “Global Media & The Power of Images, or What They Think of Us and Why it Matters.”

On Friday, March 11, John Talley, state geologist and director of the Delaware Geological Survey, will discuss what is being done to protect the environment and ensure that adequate supplies of good quality water will meet growing demand in a lecture titled “Water Resources in Southern Delaware--Will We Have Enough?”

Valerie Hans, professor of criminal justice, will share the results of a just-published study by UD faculty members and Northeastern University researchers that challenges the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty in a lecture titled “Too Young For The Death Penalty,” on Friday, March 18.

The series ends on Friday, March 25, with a discussion of distinctive features of classroom teaching that help to explain students’ achievement by James Hiebert, Barkley Professor of Education, in a lecture titled “Improving Mathematics Teaching in U.S. Schools: What We Can Learn From International Comparisons.”

Each lecture will be offered at 10 a.m. at the Virden Center at the Hugh R. Sharp campus, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes; and again at 1:30 p.m. in the public meeting room of the Milford Public Library, 11 SE Front St., Milford.

All the lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Office of Alumni & University Relations at (302) 735-8200.

Article by Martin Mbugua

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