Vol. 19, No. 27

April 13, 2000

Delaware Decision Days provides an opportunity for admitted students to find out more about UD.

Photo by Jack Buxbaum

Thursday, April 13

Special event: "Designing Classrooms for Technology Integration and Accessibility," Live Satellite Event. 311 Pearson Hall, noon. Registration is required: call 831-2485.

Seminar: "How to Customize an Online Course," by CTE, MUG, IT-User Services, Media Services, & CEND. Faculty Development Seminars, 208 Gore Hall, 2:30 p.m. To register, send email to [cte-reg@udel.edu].

Seminar: "Drilling for Methane Ice–Gas Hydrates in Continental Margins," with Carolyn Ruppel, Georgia Institute of Technology. 206 Robinson Hall (ITV Room), 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2926.

Lecture: "Beyond the Hierarchical Boundaries of Biology Education," with Charles Drewes, Iowa State University. 103 Gore Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-4296.

Symposium: "Africa and the Media," by the Delaware African Students Association. Trabant University Center Theater, 5 p.m. For information, call 266-7756.

Meeting: Academic Competition Club, 207 Trabant University Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 328-4431.

Workshop: "Instant Beauty–A Guide to Container Gardening," with Chris Bollar. Fischer Greenhouse, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8862.

Meeting: Campus Animal Rights Educators (CARE), Williamson Room, Perkins Student Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 837-3501.

Lecture: "A Voyage to Life's Extreme: The Deep Sea," with Craig Cary, UD. 104 Cannon Laboratory, Hugh R. Sharp Campus, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8083.

Program: Poetry reading by Miriam Sagan. Lane Hall Lounge, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2361.

Theatre: Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Program: Racquetball Club, Hillel Student Center, 7:45 p.m. For information, call 453-0479.

Theatre: Evita, Presented by the Harrington Theatre Arts Company. Pearson Hall auditorium, 8 p.m. For information or to reserve tickets, call 831-4000, mailbox #378513 and leave a message.

Performance: Colorfast, Live Band Series. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 9 p.m. For information, call 831-2428.

Friday, April 14

Delaware Decision Days, for admitted students only

Last day to change registration or withdraw from courses without academic penalty.

Art: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions through April 30. West Gallery of the University Gallery. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, closed Mondays and April 23. Free admission. For information, call 831-8242.

Lecture: "Ethics in Medicine - the Role of Self-experimentation," with Lawrence Altman, The New York Times. 125 Clayton Hall, 9 a.m. For information, call 831-2524.

Seminar: "Transport Mechanisms for Small Molecules in Polymers: New Insights from Infrared Spectroscopy," with Timothy Barbari, University of Maryland (College Park), Department of Chemical Engineering Spring Seminar Series. 102/103 Colburn Laboratory, 10 a.m. For information, call 831-8056.

Art: Master of Fine Arts I. Featuring a body of creative work by students completing their MFA graduate degree, through April 30. University Gallery, Old College, 11 a.m. For information, call 831-2244.

Lecture: "You and Your Taxes," with Sheldon Pollack, UD. The Law and You Lecture Series. Room 104, Gore Hall, 12:20 p.m. For information, call 831-1236.

Seminar: Wednesday Seminar Series Special Seminar: (Note: this is on Friday.) Mary Ann McLane, UD. 316C Wolf Hall, 12:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6977.

Seminar: "Oxyanion Surface Chemistry: Sorption, Kinetics and the Influence of Soluble Organic Matter," with Matthew Eick, Virginia Tech University. Soil Science Seminar Series. 308 Gore Hall, 1:25 p.m. For information, call 831-2531.

Lecture: "Compiler Technology and Scientific Computing," with David Padua, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Distinguished Lecturer Series. 104 Gore Hall, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-2712.

Seminar: "Skeletal Biomechanics: Pursuing the Evolutionary Solutions to Problems in Solid Mechanics," with R. Bruce Martin, UC Davis Medical Center. Mechanical Engineering Spring 2000 Seminar Series. 116 Gore Hall, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-2421.

Men's and women's tennis: Hofstra. Delaware Field House Courts, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Women's lacrosse: Away at New Hampshire, 3:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Seminar: Discrete Math Seminar, with Gene Fiorini, Shippensburg University. 436 Ewing, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2653.

Seminar: "Tellurium Chemistry: Applications in Imaging Technology and Ligand Chemistry," with Henry Gysling, Eastman Kodak Company. Inorganic/Organic Chemistry Seminar. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247.

Art: "Not Yet Famous Artists Revealed," through April 23. Featuring selected works in the annual undergraduate exhibition. Opening reception. University Gallery, Old College, 4:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2244.

Program: Shabbat Dinner, Chabad House, 208 Cheltenham Road, 6 p.m. For information, call 455-1800.

Program: Shabbat Dinner and Services, Hillel Student Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 453-0479.

Men's lacrosse: Hofstra. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket inforamtion, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Concert: Widespread Panic. Bob Carpenter Center, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Evita. Presented by the Harrington Theatre Arts Company. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. For information or to reserve tickets, call 831-4000, mailbox #37513 and leave a message.

Film: Sleepy Hollow, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Saturday, April 15

Delaware Decision Days, for admitted students only

Men's and women's outdoor track: Away at Towson Invitational. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Women's rowing: Away at Murphy Cup, Philadelphia. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Workshop: "Frond-ly Persuasion–Hardy Ferns We Love in Our Gardens," with NCC Master Gardeners. Fischer Greenhouse, 9 a.m. For information, call 831-COOP.

Men's and women's tennis: Drexel. Delawre Field House Courts, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 11 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Baseball: Hofstra (doubleheader). Delaware Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 12 noon. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Softball: Towson (doubleheader). Delaware Softball Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Meeting: Exercise and practice the relaxation techniques of Tai-Chi breathing and forms. Perkins Student Center Gallery, 1 p.m. For information, call 324-9663.

Special event: The Annual Richard Wilson Stepshow, presented by the Center for Black Culture. Bob Carpenter Convocation Center, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission charged. Call 831-2991.

Film: Sleepy Hollow, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, presented by the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Theatre: Gershwin by Request, Performing Arts Series, Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-8741.

Theatre: Evita. Presented by the Harrington Theatre Arts Company. Pearson Hall auditorium, 8 p.m. For information or to reserve tickets, call 831-4000, mailbox #37513 and leave a message.

Film: Any Given Sunday, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Sunday, April 16

Flag Football Tournament: Park Place and Academy Fields. 11 a.m. Team entry fee charged. For information, call 837-8550.

Baseball: Hofstra (doubleheader). Delaware Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 12 noon. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Women's lacrosse: Away at Boston University, 12 noon. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Program: Bagel Brunch, Hillel Student Center, noon. For information, call 453-0479.

Special event: Ultimate Frisbee Tournament to support CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Harrington Beach, noon (rain date 4/30). For information, call 737-9403.

Softball: Towson (doubleheader). Delaware Softball Diamond, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Evita. Presented by the Harrington Theatre Arts Company. Pearson Hall auditorium, 2 p.m. For information or to reserve tickets, call 831-4000, mailbox #37513 and leave a message.

Workshop: "Networking and Professional Etiquette: How to Make a Memorable Impression," by Residence Life and Business Student's Association. Brown Hall Lounge, 7 p.m. For additional information, call 837-8505.

Men's lacrosse: Drexel. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Film: The Limey, United States 1999. Spring 2000 International Film Series. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free admission. For information, call 831-4066.

Monday, April 17

Fall 2000 registration begins; schedule request forms due to Student Services Building by April 28

UDRF awards announced

Deadline for submission of doctoral dissertations and executive position papers for May 2000 conferral

Seminar: "Hydration and Sequence Effects on Collagen Structure," with Helen Berman, Rutgers University. Biochemistry Spring Seminar Series. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247.

Meeting: E-52 Student Theatre, Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 4:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6014.

Meeting: HOLA Group, Collins Room, Perkins Student Center, 5:30 p.m. For information, call 837-1526.

Meeting: Pre-Law Student Association, 205 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 6 p.m. For information, call 837-8966.

Concert: Collegium Musicum, with Russell Murray, UD, directing. Newark United Methodist Church, 69 East Main St., 8 p.m. Call 831-2577.

Tuesday, April 18

Colloquium: "Natural Capitalism–Business Strategies to Solve Environmental Problems at a Profit," with L. Hunter Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, noon. Call 831-1687.

Workshop: "Too Modern for My Tastes: Domesticity, Black Women's Magazines and Urban Culture, 1891-1925," with Noliwe Rooks, Princeton University. History Workshop in Technolopgy, Society and Culture, Brown Bag Lunch. 203 Munroe Hall, 12:15 p.m. For information, call 831-2371.

Lecture: "Hebrew Speakers Learning English: Pronouns That They Can't Get Rid Of Them," with Preston Becker, UD. 108 Memorial Hall, 12:30 p.m. For information, call 831-3324.

Seminar: Applied Mathematics Seminar: "Modeling and Simulation of Martensitic Microstructure Near a Laminate-Single Variant Interface," with Bo Li, University of Maryland, College Park. 436 Ewing, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-2653.

Women's tennis: Bucknell. Delaware Field House Courts, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Seminar: Yasunori Watanabe, Hokkaido University, Japan (title to be announced). Ocean Engineering Seminar Series, 348 P.S. Dupont Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6531.

Lecture: "History, Witchcraft, Macbeth," with Lawrence Normand, Middlesex University, London. 318 Gore Hall, 3:30 p.m. Call 831-2361.

Show/exhibit: "Icons of Cultural Memory," art exhibition of original linocut prints by the students of ARSC 390, Technologies of Cultural Memory, University Honors Program. Lane Residence Hall Lounge, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2340.

Music: Merrie Amsterburg, acoustic music. SCPAB Tuesday Coffeehouse Series. Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 7:30 p.m.

Lecture: "Financial Modernization: Vastly Different or Fundamentally the Same?" with Edward G. Boehne, Federal Reserve Bank. The annual Hutchinson Lecture, 115 Purnell Hall, 7:30 p.m. Call 831-2563

Program: Racquetball Club, Hillel Student Center, 7:45 p.m. For information, call 453-0479.

Wednesday, April 19

Lecture: "The Destruction of Tunisian Women's Silences Behind Closed Doors in the Film 'The Silences of the Palaces' by Moufida Tlatli," with Anny Dominique Curtius, Foreign Languages and Literatures. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20 p.m. Call 831-8474.

Colloquium: "From Their Hands to Yours: Alternative Trade in the Global Economy," with Kimberly Grimes, Made by Hand: International Cooperative. Anthropology Alumni Colloquium Series. 205 Kirkbride Lecture 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-1855.

Colloquium: "Robert Boyle As Father of Chemistry and Son of Alchemy," with Larry Principe, Johns Hopkins University. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247.

Meeting: SAGE Student Meeting. 227 Purnell Hall, 6 p.m. For information, call 454-9432.

Program: First Seder for Passover. Registration for dinner can be placed at http://udel. edu/stu-org/hillel. Deadline is April 12, cost $15. Hillel Student Center, 6 p.m. For information, call 837-8661.

Meeting: Walt Disney College Program information session, 120 Smith Hall, 6 p.m. Interviews will be held on 4/20, 120 Alison Hall. For information call 831-6747

Film: Incredibly True Adventures... LGBT Film Series. 204 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8703.

Meeting: Word of Life Campus Ministry Bible Study, 122 Memorial Hall, 8 p.m. For information, call 894-1389.

Program: "Evidence for the Resurrection," with John Guest. Inquiry for Truth Lecture Spring 2000. Mitchell Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. For information, call 368-5050.

International Cooperative. Anthropology Alumni Colloquium Series. 205 Kirkbride Lecture 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-1855.

Colloquium: "Robert Boyle As Father of Chemistry and Son of Alchemy," with Larry Principe, Johns Hopkins University. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247.

Meeting: SAGE. 227 Purnell Hall, 6 p.m. For information, call 454-9432.

Program: First seder for Passover. Hillel Student Center, 6 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For information, call 837-8661.

Meeting: Walt Disney College Program information session, 120 Smith Hall, 6 p.m. Interviews will be held April 20. For information, call 831-6747

Film: Incredibly True Adventures... LGBT Film Series. 204 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8703.

Meeting: Word of Life Campus Ministry Bible study, 122 Memorial Hall, 8 p.m. For information, call 894-1389.

Program: "Evidence for the Resurrection," with John Guest. Inquiry for Truth Lecture Spring 2000. Mitchell Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. For information, call 368-5050.

Thursday, April 20

Spring 2000 final installment deadline

Men's tennis: Away at America East Championships at Concord Resort, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Women's tennis: Away at America East Championships at Concord Resort, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Special event: "The Price of Leadership," with John Guest. Sixth annual Leadership Breakfast for faculty, staff and student leaders. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 8 a.m. For information, call 368-5050.

Workshop: "Building Relationships with Your Stepchildren," with Yvonne Nass, Child Inc. Lunchtime program, 130 General Services Building, noon. Beverages and dessert will be served. For information and to register by April 17, call 831-2414, or email.

Program: ITUE/PBL Lunch Bunch Gatherings, Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 12:15 p.m. Call 831-2986.

Women's lacrosse: Hofstra. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 4 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Program: Second seder for Passover. Advance registration required. Hillel Student Center, 6 p.m. Call 837-8661.

Meeting: Academic Competiton Club, 207 Trabant University Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 328-4431.

Workshop: "You Can't Not Compost," with John Kennel. Fischer Greenhouse, 7 p.m. For further information, call 831-8862.

Meeting: Campus Animal Rights Educators (CARE), Williamson Room, Perkins Student Center, 7 p.m. Call 837-3501.

Theatre: Rainbow Scriptwriting Competition–Staged Readings. Rainbow Books and Music, Main Street, 7 p.m. For information, call 837-1142.

Concert: Faculty chamber music recital with cellist Hekun Wu, UD, and pianist Michael Steinberg, UD. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.

Performance: Anadine, Live Bands Series, Perkins Student Center Scrounge, 9 p.m. For information, call 831-2428.

Friday, April 21

Golf: Away at Princeton Invitational. Call UD1-HENS.

Men's and women's tennis: Away at America East Championships at Concord Resort, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Baseball: Away at Northeastern (doubleheader), noon. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Softball: Away at Hartford (doubleheader), 2 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Colloquium: "Perfect Codes and Balanced Generalized Weighing Matrices," with Dieter Jungnickel University of Augsburg, Germany. 006 Kirkbride, 3:30 p.m For information, call 831-2653.

Seminar: "Protein Structure and Function Explored Through Semi-Synthesis," with Tom Muir, The Rockefeller University. Inorganic/Organic Chemistry Seminar. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-1247.

Men's lacrosse: Away at Hartford, 5 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Program: Shabbat Dinner, Chabad House, 208 Cheltenham Road, 6 p.m. Call 455-1800.

Program: Shabbat Services, Hillel Student Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 453-0479.

Film: Pulp Fiction, Spring Film Series, Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission charged. Call UD1-HENS.

Meeting: Word of Life Campus Ministry Off Campus Home Group. 7:30 p.m. For directions, call 453-1183.

Program: Passover Shabbat Dinner. Registration for dinner can be placed at [http://udel. edu/ stu-org/hillel]. Deadline is April 12, cost $15. Hillel Student Center, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 837-8661.