Vol. 20, No. 2

Sept. 21, 2000

THURSDAY, SEPT. 21 Seminar: "Materials Science of Polymeric Vesicles: From Physical Properties to Cell Membrane Mimicry," with Dennis Discher, University of Pennsylvania. Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series. 366 Colburn Lab, 10:15 a.m. For information, call 831-8810. Seminar: "The Wind-Momentum Luminosity Relation: From Atomic Scales to the Hubble Constant," with Joachim Puls, University of Munich, Germany. Thursday Seminar. 217 Sharp Laboratory, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-8111. Presentation: "The SciFinder Scholar," Fall 2000 Electronic Library Class. Class of 1941 Lecture Room, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2432. Art: "Designed for Desecration: Fumi-e and European Art," with Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Princeton University. Wayne Craven Annual Lecture, Art History Department Lecture Series. 101 Recitation Hall, 5 p.m. For information, call 831-8415. Meeting: Academic Competition Club. 207 Trabant University Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, contact [joebro@udel.edu]. Student: Word of Life Thursday Night Bible Study. 127 Memorial Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 837-3079. Film: Building A Common Ground. Presented by the Christina Cultural Arts Center. National Hispanic Month event. 104 Gore Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2059. Special event: Membership drive sponsored by Phi Sigma Pi co-ed National Honor Fraternity RUSH. 209/211 Trabant University Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 453-9052. Seminar: "Water and Life, Seen through the Cells of Marine Plants," with John Boyer, UD. 104 Cannon Laboratory, Hugh R. Sharp Campus, Lewes, 7 p.m. For information, call 645-4279. Film: Life is Beautiful. Funny Movies/Deep Thoughts Film Series. 005 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 837-8562. Music: Gingham Shmuz: Thursday Band Series "R." The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, 9 p.m. For information, call 831-2428. FRIDAY, SEPT. 22 Volleyball: Delaware Invitational. Carpenter Sports Building (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Field hockey: Away at Northeastern (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Seminar: "Biomembrane and Cellular Organization: Vibrational Spectroscopic and Imaging Studies," with Ira W. Levin, National Institutes of Health. 2000 Delaware Biotechnology Institute Fall Seminar Series. 126 MBNA America Hall, 9:30 a.m. For information, call 831-4888. Seminar: "The Wonderful World of Water," with Bernard L. Dworsky, Gerald Kauffman and Martin Wollaston, UD. Department of Geography Friday Afternoon Seminar Series. 203 Pearson Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2294. Seminar: "The Method of Adjoint Problems for the Domain Sensitivity Analysis in Scattering from Nonsmooth Domains," with Fioralba Cakoni, UD. Applied Mathematics Seminar. 436 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2653. Seminar: "Lamps–On an IMO Problem and a Conjecture," with Frank Fiedler, UD. Discrete Mathematics Seminar. 204 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2653. Seminar: "Simplification of DNA Topology by Type II DNA Topoisomerases," with Alexander Vologodskii, New York University. Friday Biochemistry Seminar Series. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2462. Program: Shabbat Services and Dinner. Hillel Student Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Music: Donald Byrd to perform with UD Faculty Brass Quintet. Admission charged. Mitchell Hall, 7 p.m. Call 831-8242. Film: Gladiator. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS. Performance: The Entire Contents of the Refrigerator, Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2204. Music: Band Night with Steve Germann, Intereference and Gellner. Brew Ha-Ha!, 9 p.m. For information, call 369-2559. Film: U-571. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission. Call UD1-HENS. SATURDAY, SEPT. 23 Volleyball: at Delaware Invitational. Carpenter Sports Building (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Men's cross country: Away at Griak Invitational (University of Minnesota), 11 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men's tennis: Away at Swarthmore Tournament (exhibition, time to be announced). Call UD1-HENS. Special event: Canoe trip down the Brandywine River, sponsored by Episcopal Campus Ministries. Reservations required. Meet at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 9 a.m. Call 837-8562. Workshop: "Taming of the Wild Ivy: A Children's Topiary Workshop," with New Castle County Master Gardeners. Fischer Greenhouse, 10 a.m. For information, call 831-COOP. Dance: Dark Arts Dance Company auditions. All styles and levels of dancers invited. Gymnasium 3, Carpenter Sports Building, 11 a.m. For information, call 837-1521. Performance: The Entire Contents of the Refrigerator, Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 p.m. Call 831-2204. Men's soccer: Away at Rider University, 2 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Meeting: Saturday Afternoon Tai-Chi Club. Gallery, Perkins Student Center, 2 p.m. For information, call 324-0401. Blue Hen Football: West Chester (Band Day). Delaware Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. Pregame Hen House activities include YoUDee, Baby Blue and Misty, Pikachu and Charmander from Pokemon, plus moonbounce, face painting and crafts. Call UD1-HENS. Film: U-571. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS. Performance: The Entire Contents of the Refrigerator, Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2204. Music: UD Guitarists, Bill Carleton and Derek Fuhrmann. SCENE Music Night. Brewed Awakenings, 9 p.m. For information, call 369-2559. Film: Gladiator. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS. SUNDAY, SEPT. 24 Men's tennis: Away at Swarthmore Tournament, (exhibition, time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Student: Word of Life Sunday Services. Transportation provided. Word of Life Christian Center, 9:30 a.m. For information, call 837-3079. Women's tennis: Army (exhibition). Delaware Field House Courts, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, noon. For information, call UD1-HENS. Program: Bagel Brunch, Hillel Student Center, noon. For information, call 453-0479. Women's soccer: Vermont. Field #4, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Field hockey: Away at Boston University, 1 p.m. Call UD1-HENS. Special event: Ice Skating Party, sponsored by Arby's, UD and WSTW-FM. Admission is free, but by ticket only, available at local Arby's Roast Beef restaurants. Fred Rust Ice Arena, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Music: Guest Artist Recital with Carol Leone, piano. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Special event: Jewish Cultural Foods Night, Hillel Student Center, 6 p.m. For information, contact [jaredm@udel.edu]. Program: Shabbat 101. Hillel Student Center, 6 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Film: The Mission. National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, 116 Gore Hall, 7 p.m. Call 831-2059. Film: Mifune (Mifune's Last Song). 2000 International Film Series. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-4066. Special event: Lambda Kappa Beta Rush for sophomores and juniors. Perkins Collins Room, and 206 Trabant University Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 292-3598. MONDAY, SEPT. 25 Seminar: "Hyperpolarized Gases for Lung Imaging and for Ultrahigh Sensitivity NMR," with Mark Conradi, Washington University. Analytical and Physical Seminar Fall 2000. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2462. Student: ROTC Drill Practice. Frazer Field, 6 p.m. For information, call 831-3623. Meeting: College Democrats. 206 Trabant University Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 454-7802. TUESDAY, SEPT. 26 Seminar: "The Hooper Boy Takes on the Devil: Rethinking Early American Industrialization," with Brooke Hunter, UD. History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture. 203 Munroe Hall, 12:15 p.m. Call 831-2371. Program: Fire Extinguisher Training, with Bernie Alexander. 130 General Services Building, 2 p.m. Call 831-8475. Seminar: Laboratory Animal Safety Training, with Robin Elliott. 130 General Services Building, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-8475. Film: The Chosen. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies. For information, call 831-3324. Performance: Steven Coleman (Slam Poetry): Tuesday Night Coffeehouse Series. The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2428. Music: Taggart Grycky Duo. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For further information, call 831-2577. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27 Lecture: "Body Image and Eating Disorders," with Ellen Feingold, du Pont Hospital for Children. Research on Women Fall 2000 Lecture Series. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20 p.m. For information, call 831-8474. Seminar: "Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor (PPAR) Modulators for Obesity and Diabetes," with Ranjan Mukherjee, DuPont Pharmaceuticals. Department of Biological Sciences Seminar. 316C Wolf Hall, 1 p.m. For information, call 831-4296. Lecture: "Media Literacy for Alcohol Abuse Prevention," with Peter DeBenedittis, media literacy expert. Mitchell Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-6107. Seminar: "Redox-Promoted Reactions of Organometallic Complexes," with Bernadette Donovan-Merkert, University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Inorganic/Organic Seminar Fall 2000. 214 Brown Lab, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2462. Art: "Piazza Navona: Renaissance Potential and Baroque Fulfillment," with Joseph Connors, Columbia University. Art History Department Lecture Series 2000. 103 Gore Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-8415. Student: ROTC drill practice. Frazer Field, 6 p.m. For information, call 831-3623. Volleyball: Away at Loyola, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Field hockey: St. Joseph's. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. For further information, call UD1-HENS. Lecture: "A Writer's Responsibility: Fiction and History," with author, Susan Sontag. Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Program. 205 Gore Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8474. Meeting: Unity Forum: interactive and open discussion. Multipurpose Room C, Trabant University Center, 8 p.m. For information, call 837-2978. Student: Episcopal Campus Ministries Wednesday Night Gathering. St. Thomas Church, 276 South College Ave., 9 p.m. For information, call 368-4644. THURSDAY, SEPT. 28 Golf: Away at St. John's Invitational (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Seminar: "Late Eocene Impacts and the Aftermath," sponsored by the Department of Geology, with Shaobin Liu, graduate student. 004 Penny Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2710. Meeting: Academic Competition Club. 207 Trabant University Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, contact [joebro@udel.edu]. Presentation: "Pureto Rican Migration to the Philadelphia Area," a lecture and slide presentation by Carmen Whalen, Rutgers University. National Hispanic Heritage Month event. 209/211 Trabant University Center, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2059. Music: "gropies Berlin" concert by the German youth chorus. Bayard Sharp Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 453-9872. Music: Daze Alone: Thursday Band Series "R." The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, 9 p.m. For information, call 831-2428. FRIDAY, SEPT. 29 Men's cross country: Away at George Washington Invitational, 4 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Golf: Away at St. John's Invitational (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Men's tennis: Away at North-South Rumble (University of New Hampshire, exhibition, time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Seminar: "The Prediction of Turbulent Convection without Empiricism," with Stuart Churchill, University of Pennsylvania. Robert L. Pigford Memorial Lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering Fall 2000 Seminar Series. Room 102/103 Colburn Lab, 10 a.m. For information, call 831-8056. Seminar: "Design of a Flexible Foot Prosthesis Using Finite Element Methods," with Paul Allard, University of Montreal. Department of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2000 Seminar Series. 114 Spencer Laboratory, noon. For information, call 831-2421. Seminar: "The National Estuarine Research Reserve System: Research and Education Opportunities for University Faculty and Students," with Robert W. Scarborough, Delaware Coastal Programs. Department of Geography Friday Afternoon Seminar Series. 203 Pearson Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2294. Program: Shabbat Services and Dinner. Hillel Student Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 453-0479. Women's soccer: Towson. Field #4, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Men's soccer: Away at Hartford, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Film: Shanghi Noon. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission charged. For information, call UD1-HENS. Film: Virgin Suicides. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission. For further information, call UD1-HENS. SATURDAY, SEPT. 30 Women's cross country: Away at LaSalle Invitational (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Men's tennis: Away at North-South Rumble (University of New Hampshire, exhibition, time to be announced). For more information, call UD1-HENS. Special event: Rosh Hashanah Services, Hillel Student Center, 9:30 a.m. For information, call 453-0479. Volleyball: Drexel. Carpenter Sports Building, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Presentation: Football Color Guards (Pershing Rifles), Delaware Stadium Field, 1 p.m. For information, call 831-3623. Meeting: Saturday Afternoon Tai-Chi Club. Gallery at Perkins Student Center, 2 p.m. For information, call 324-0401. Ice hockey: Blue/Gold Intersquad. Fred Rust Ice Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 4:15 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS Blue Hen Football: Northeastern (Youth Day). Delaware Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. Pregame Hen House activities include Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Jesse, YoUDee and Baby Blue, plus moonbounce, face painting and crafts. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS. Film: Virgin Suicides. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS. Music: "Here to Stay," presented by the UD Lyric Theatre. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission charged. For information, call 831-2577. Music: Piper Down, Gellner, Stepanian, Healthy Doses, Braxton Hicks. Band Night sponsored by SCENE. Bacchus Theater, Perkins Student Center, 9 p.m. Call 369-2559. Film: Shanghi Noon. Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call UD1-HENS. SUNDAY, OCT. 1 Special event: Rosh Hashanah Services, Hillel Student Center, 9:30 a.m. Call 453-0479. Men's soccer: Away at Vermont, 1 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Music: "Here to Stay," presented by the UD Lyric Theatre. Admission charged. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-2577. Film: The Price of Glory. National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. 116 Gore Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2059. Film: Genghis Blues. 2000 International Film Series. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-4066. MONDAY, OCT. 2 Special event: Coast Day, with lectures, ship tours, nautical flea market, Crab Cake Cookoff and more. Hugh R. Sharp Campus, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes, 11 a.m. For information, call 831-8083. Seminar: "Studying Art in the Laboratory: Identifying Fakes, Workshop Practices, and Preservation Strategies," with Chandra Reedy, UD. Analytical and Physical Seminar Fall 2000. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2462. Student: ROTC drill practice. Frazer Field, 6 p.m. For information, call 831-3623. Meeting: College Democrats. 206 Trabant University Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, call 454-7802. TUESDAY, OCT. 3 Seminar: "A Page, A Day: A History of the Daily Diary in America," with Molly McCarthy, Brandeis University. History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture. 203 Munroe Hall, 12:15 p.m. For information, call 831-2371. Seminar: Laser Safety Training, with William Fendt. 130 General Services Building, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-8475. Volleyball: Away at Towson, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Workshop: "Plant Parenthood– Propagation Techniques," with New Castle County Master Gardeners. Fischer Greenhouse, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-COOP. Meeting: Young Americans for Freedom. 238 Purnell, 7 p.m. For information contact [UDYAF@ cs.com]. Women's soccer: Away at Princeton, 7:30 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Music: Edgar Cruz: Tuesday Night Coffeehouse Series. The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2428. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4 Seminar: "Transgenic and Knockout Mouse Models of Platelet Function and Platelet Disorders," with Steven E. McKenzie, du Pont Hospital for Children. Biological Sciences Wednesday Seminar Series Fall 2000. 316C Wolf Hall, 1 p.m. For information, call 831-2282. Seminar: "Disrupting Protein-Protein Interactions in HIV Enzymes," with Jean A. Chmielewski, Purdue University. Inorganic/Organic Seminar Fall 2000. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2462. Student: ROTC drill practice. Frazer Field, 6 p.m. For information, call 831-3623. Field hockey: Pennsylvania. Fred P. Rullo Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Student: Episcopal Campus Ministries Wednesday Night Gathering. St. Thomas Church, 276 South College Ave., 9 p.m. For information, call 368-4644. THURSDAY, OCT. 5 Program: Adviser's Thank-you Reception. Room 209-211 Trabant University Center, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-2428. Presentation: "Library Research in the Digital Age" Fall 2000 Electronic Library Class. Sussman Room (056), 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2432. Student: Academic Competition Club Meeting. 207 Trabant University Center, 6:30 p.m. For information, contact [joebro@ udel.edu]. Workshop: "Perennials," with New Castle County Master Gardeners. Fischer Greenhouse, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-COOP. Lecture: "Africans in the Americas: Slavery, History and Geneology," with Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Rutgers University. Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2897. Music: Pilot Fisch, Thursday Band Series. The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, 9 p.m. For information, call 831-2428. FRIDAY, OCT. 6 Golf: Away at Temple Invitational (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Seminar: "Unraveling Complex Kinetics Via Detailed Mechanistic Modeling and Computational Chemistry," with Linda J. Broadbelt, Northwestern University. Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecture. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 9:45 a.m. For information, call 831-8056. Women's soccer: Hartford. Delaware Mini-Stadium, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Ice hockey: West Chester. Fred Rust Ice Arena, David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Lecture: "On the Origins of Cuban Baseball, Music, Dance and Literature," with Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, Yale University. Foreign Languages and Literatures Distinguished Scholars Series. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-6882. Film: Dinosaur. Trabant University Center Movie Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call 831-2428. Film: Gone in 60 Seconds. Trabant University Center Movie Theatre, 10 p.m. $2 admission. For information, call 831-2428.  SATURDAY, OCT. 7 Women's cross country: Away at Disney World Invitational (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Golf: Away at Temple Invitational (time to be announced). For information, call UD1-HENS. Special event: Baby Hen 2000, Academic Club Competition. Room 115 and 2nd floor of Purnell Hall. 8:30 a.m. For information, call 328-4431. Men's cross country: Away at Paul Short Invitational (Lehigh), 9:30 a.m. For information, call UD1-HENS. Special event: Bus trip to New York. Meet in Room 217, Trabant University Center, 10 a.m. For information, call 831-2428.