UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 27, Page 6
April 16, 1992
Up and coming

Elderly Brothers in concert May 8
     A concert by the Elderly Brothers, Jerry Beasley and Tom Calhoun,
both faculty members in the Department of English, will be presented
at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 8, in St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Newark.
     Former professional musicians and long-time fans of rock 'n'
roll, they began their duo career in 1977. Their music, mainly from
the 1950s, sometimes features rewritten lyrics, often containing a
satirical theme.
     The performance will benefit the Emmaus House, the emergency
shelter for homeless families in Newark. A $5 donation will be
requested at the door.
     For information, call (410) 885-2480 or 831-2368.

Two programs by Mendelssohn quartet
     The Department of Music will offer two programs next week. At
12:20 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, the NoonNotes Lecture/Performance
Series will feature the Mendelssohn String Quartet in Bacchus Theatre
of the Perkins Student Center.
     Members of the audience are encouraged to bring lunch.
     A recital, featuring the Mendelssohn String Quartet with pianist
Julie Nishimura, will be presented at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 23, in
the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.

Business investment is seminar topic
     The Department of Business Administration's distinguished guest
speaker series, "Managing Better in the 1990s and Beyond," will
feature Steven A. Lippman, professor of management sciences at the
Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California at
Los Angeles.
     Lippman will speak on "Optimal Investment Selection" at 3:30
p.m., Thursday, April 23, in 114 Purnell Hall.
     The presentation will discuss how corporate capital should be
allocated and which, if any, rules of behavior should guide business
investment decisions. Particular attention will be directed toward the
internal rate of return (IRR) criterion.
     For more information, call 831-2554.

Two honor societies set lecture series
     The Last Lecture Series continues this spring, providing several
faculty the last opportunity to share "last words" with students
before the close of the academic year.
     The two remaining presentations will be at 7:30 p.m., Tuesdays,
in the Perkins Student Center. James Dean, professor of English, will
be featured April 21 in the Blue and Gold Room. Brian Ackerman,
professor of psychology, is scheduled for April 28 in the Kirkwood
Room.
     Light refreshments will be provided. For information, call
738-4627.
     The series is sponsored by Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa.

World chemists at campus meeting
     The University is hosting a symposium, entitled "On-Line Fault
Detection and Supervision in the Chemical Process Industries,"
sponsored by the International Federation of Automatic Control from
April 22-24 in Clayton Hall.
     The federation, founded in 1957, is a multi-national organization
of engineering and scientific societies in 45 countries. Authors from
20 countries will present 64 papers to the 200 international
participants.
     The University was chosen as the site as a result of its
pioneering research in the area of fault diagnosis in the FALCON
project, a joint venture with the Du Pont and the Foxboro companies
researching expert systems methodologies for diagnosis of faults in a
commercial chemical process.
     Prasad Dhurjati, professor of chemical engineering, is
chairperson of the national organizing committee.
     For more information, call 831-2879.

'Students' view' lunchtime topic
     "From the Student's Point of View--What Helps Us Learn" is the
topic of a Center for Teaching Effectiveness program from 12:45-2
p.m., Tuesday, April 21, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student
Center.
     Four student panelists representing three colleges will answer
questions about campus teaching and learning issues.
     Beverages will be available at 12:30 p.m. For more information,
call 831-2027.

Archaeologist in Dover series tonight
     Learn about important discoveries in southern Delaware concerning
early native Americans in Delaware in a talk by Jay Custer, professor
of anthropology and director of the University's Center for
Archaeological Research.
     Custer will speak on "Recent Salvage Archaeology in Southern
Delaware," at 7:30 tonight, in the Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control Auditorium in Dover.
     His talk will examine discoveries made during recent excavations
along the planned Route 13 Relief Route in Kent County.
     The free public lecture is part of the University's Southern
Delaware Lecture Series, "The Legacy of Columbus," designed to
commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to America. It
is sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Committee of Southern
Delaware.
     Custer is a national leader in using innovative tools such as
remote sensing and computerized data bases to study archaeological
sites.
     He is the author or co-author of numerous publications concerning
Delaware's archaeology. He earned his doctorate in anthropology at
Catholic University of America.
     A question-and-answer session will follow his talk.
     Concluding the series will be a lecture by John T. Deiner,
associate professor of political science and international relations.
He will discuss "The Latin American Melting Pot: Integrating Diverse
Peoples and Cultures" on April 30 in Lewes.
     For more information, contact June Cason at 831-2104.

Master's art students in two exhibitions
     Ten University Master of Fine Art (MFA) students will display
their thesis exhibitions at the University Gallery from April 20
through May 31. Two groups of five students each will have works
ranging from traditional paintings to multimedia installations
included in the exhibition.
     This is the first time the thesis exhibitions have been displayed
in the University Gallery. In previous years, MFA students arranged
individual exhibitions in private galleries.
     "In the past, the very best and most mature graduate student work
was not being seen by the University community," Belena Chapp, curator
of the University Gallery, said. "We are pleased that the art
department has decided to have the thesis exhibition here. We plan to
make it a real focal point of our exhibitions each spring."
     Martha Carothers, chairperson of the Department of Art, said in
the past the gallery has hosted a general display of all graduate
student work but that by focusing on the work of just those students
who will be receiving a degree, patrons viewing the exhibit will get a
much more in-depth look at their work.
     "By highlighting thesis work, the exhibit allows viewers to see
the culmination of these students' research and creative efforts,"
Carothers said.
     She added that works in the show include ceramic brickwork, laser
projection and light reflection, large installation pieces, figurative
work, relief work in unconventional material, papermaking, works with
a Chinese influence and urbanscapes.
     Students who will exhibit works from April 20 through May 1
include Y. Ran Choy, Diane Darrow, William Dunwody, Tina Krovetz and
Taira Liceaga.
     An opening reception for these artists will be held from
4:30-6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 20, in the gallery.
     Five more students--Alda Godines, Al Gury, Zhi Lin, William
Mammarella and Christine Whittaker---will have works on display from
May 11-31. A reception for them is scheduled from 4:30-6:30 p.m., May
11.
     Concurrently, selected works by the same students will be on
display at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in Wilmington from
April 17-May 31.
     The University Gallery is located on the second floor of Old
College. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays through
Fridays, and from noon to 5 p.m., Saturdays.  There is no admission
charge.
     For more information on the University exhibit, call 831-8242.
For more information on the exhibition at DCCA, call 656-6466.

Women's groups topic of lecture
     Women's organizations and the ways these volunteer, charitable
and political groups have helped shape the course of American history
is the theme of the University's J. Joseph Huthmacher Memorial Lecture
for 1992.
     The lecture--"Ladies of the Club: Unlikely Revolutionaries" by
Anne Firor Scott, W.K. Boyd Professor Emerita at Duke University--will
be presented at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 23, in 125 Clayton Hall.
     A noted scholar in Southern history and women's history, Scott
has played an important part in establishing women's history as a
major field of research. Her books include The Southern Lady: From
Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930, One Half the People: The Fight for
Women's Suffrage and Making the Invisible Woman Visible. Her most
recent book, Natural Allies: Women's Associations in American History,
recounts the story of women's organizational activities since the
early 1800s.
     The lecture, sponsored by the Department of History and the
Visiting Women Scholars Fund, is free and open to the public.

Author to discuss Holocaust history
     James E. Young, a faculty member in the departments of English
and Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will
speak on "The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials in History." The
lecture and slide presentation will be held at 7:30 p.m, Thursday,
April 30, in 100 Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
     Young is the author of Writing and Rewriting the Holocaust (1988)
and the upcoming book, The Texture of Memory: Holocaust Memorials and
Meaning in Europe, Israel and America, which is scheduled for
publication by the Yale University Press this year.
     His presentation marks Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Memorial Day.