UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 29, Page 3
April 30, 1992
Up and coming
Southern Delaware trip to art museum planned May 21
Reservations are being accepted on a first-come first-served
basis for a University-sponsored bus trip for southern Delawareans to
the Delaware Art Museum and Arsht Hall, home of the University's
Academy of Lifelong Learning in Wilmington.
The trip, scheduled for Thursday, May 21, will depart at 8:30
a.m. from the Cannon Lab parking lot at the College of Marine Studies
in Lewes; at 9 a.m. from the Foto Hut area of the Milford Plaza
Shopping Center; and at 9:30 a.m. from the K-Mart parking lot in
Dover.
The bus is scheduled to arrive at the Delaware Art Museum at
10:30 a.m.. Lunch and tours of Arsht Hall are scheduled for 12:30
p.m., with departure scheduled at 2:30 p.m.
At the time of the tour, the art museum will be featuring three
exhibits: "French Paintings of Three Centuries in the Collection of
the New Orleans Museum of Art," "Mostly Baroque: Italian Paintings and
Drawings from the Carol Croce Collection" and "American Illustration
by Howard Pyle."
The French exhibition includes 36 paintings by such luminaries as
Boucher, Corot, Degas, Gauguin, Pisarro, Courbet and Monet. The
collection reflects many of the significant stylistic transitions in
the history of French painting from the early 17th century to the late
19th century.
The Italian collection features 17th-century paintings and works
on paper from a private collection. It was originally held in
conjunction with the National Gallery of Art's 400th anniversary
celebration of Italian artist Guercino.
Cost of the trip is $25 per person. For more information, call
735-8200 or 855-1620.
Music duo to play in Rehoboth Beach
Flutist Eileen Grycky and guitarist Christiaan Taggart will
perform in the last program of the Department of Music concert series
"Sundays at Four." The concert is scheduled at 4 p.m., Sunday, May 3,
in the home of James Goodwill of Rehoboth Beach.
Admission is $12.50, and advance reservations are necessary as
seating is limited. The series is in its third season and is designed
to bring concerts featuring U.D. faculty artists to locations
throughout southern Delaware.
For reservations, call 831-2577.
Shipman to discuss extraterrestrial life
Harry L. Shipman, professor of physics and astronomy, will
discuss "Are We Alone? The Search for Extraterrestrial Life" at 7:30
p.m., Wednesday, May 6, in Newark Hall.
Shipman is the author of several books, including Humans in
Space: 21st Century Frontiers, The Restless Universe, Black Holes,
Quasars and the Universe and Space 2000: Meeting the Challenge of a
New Era.
A question-and-answer period will be held at the conclusion of
the talk.
Regression topic of visiting prof's talk
Clark Glymour, alumni professor of philosophy at Carnegie-Mellon
University, will discuss "Regression and Causation" at 3:30 p.m.,
Friday, May 8, in 206 Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
Glymour is the author of Discovering Causal Structure and
Causality, Prediction and Search, two books on the logic of discovery.
His presentation should interest anyone using the popular
technique of regression analysis in an attempt to discover cause and
effect relations. Glymour's talk is sponsored by the Department of
Mathematical Sciences.
CISMER seminar in Newark Hall today
The Center for Information Systems Management, Education and
Research (CISMER), of the College of Business and Economics, will host
a satellite broadcast seminar, "Workstations of the Future: A Users'
Perspective," from noon -3 p.m., today, in the ITV studio of Newark
Hall.
Registration is $15 for University employees. Seats are limited.
To register, contact Skip White, CISMER director, at 831-6902.
Gamelan in concert for 10th anniversary
Gamelan Lake of the Silver Bear, the University's Indonesian
gamelan ensemble, will celebrate its 10th year by hosting "A
Celebration of Gongs" at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 3, in the Loudis Recital
Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
The ensemble will premiere an original dance-drama based on a
portion of the Indian epic drama, The Mahabarata, featuring original
music composed by Michael Zinn, choreography by Allison Kaplan and
narration by Michael Foster. "The Best of Gamelan,"the finest pieces
of Gamelan Lake of the Silver Bear, will also be performed.
For information, call 831-2577.
Marketing talk set on new products
Paul Green, S.S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania, will present "Approaches for
New Product Design and Market Segmentation," at 3:30 p.m., Friday, May
8, in 114 Purnell Hall.
Green's seminar will demonstrate conjoint analysis, a research
technique that has been used in evaluating consumers' judgments, and
show how to apply it to a variety of products and services.
This seminar is part of the distinguished guest speaker series,
"Managing Better in the 1990s and Beyond," sponsored by the Department
of Business Administration in the College of Business and Economics.
Japanese-USA accounting seminar
Two visiting accounting scholars and a University accounting
faculty member will present "Using BITNET for International Accounting
Education: A Japan-USA Study" from 3:30 -4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 14,
in 329 Purnell Hall.
Ichiro Shiina, visiting scholar from Chuo-Gakuin University,
Chiba, Japan; M. Susan Stiner, from the accounting department of
Villanova University; and Frederic M. Stiner Jr., associate professor
of accounting at Delaware, will conduct the seminar.
Steeplechase party for area alumni
Alumni and guests are invited to an infield party at the Fair
Hill steeplechase races beginning at 11 a.m., Monday, May 25, in Fair
Hill, Md.
This Memorial Day event will feature the steeplechase, a country
festival and tent party. Events are family-oriented and include craft
booths and children's play areas with rides and games.
Tickets are $4 per person if ordered before May 1, and $5 if
ordered after that date. Deadline for reservations is May 11. For more
information, contact Skip Cook at 831-2341.
Honors to recognize undergrad research
The annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will take place from
1:10-3:40 p.m., Monday, May 11, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins
Student Center.
Sponsored by the University Honors Program, the symposium is
designed to recognize exceptional research at the undergraduate level
and to promote student awareness of undergraduate research
opportunities.
There will be two simultaneous sessions, one for presenters in
the humanities and social sciences and another for those in
engineering and the sciences. All student presenters are candidates
for honors degrees or degrees with distinction.
Each student presentation will be 15 minutes long, followed by a
five-minute discussion period. The University community is invited to
attend.
Folklife association to hold meeting
The Middle Atlantic Folklife Association (MAFA) will hold its
annual meeting from 8 a.m-5:30 p.m., Saturday, May 2, at the John P.
Virden Center in Lewes.
"Folklife Conservation and Site Interpretation" is the theme of
the meeting, which will feature speakers and workshop leaders from
five states and Washington, D.C. Presentations include "Conservation
of Folklife Sites in Delaware," Industrial Heritage and the Heritage
Industry" and "Strategies and Resources for Presenting Folk Artists
for Different Audiences."
The registration fee, which includes a program and refreshments,
is $20. For more information, phone Riki Saltzman, visiting assistant
professor in the Department of English, at 831-3658 or 831-2361.
Auction Saturday at Public Safety
The Annual Property Auction, held by the Department of Public
Safety, will begin at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 2, at 79 Amstel Ave.
Pre-auction inspection will begin at 8:30 a.m. Among the items
available are bicycles, watches, jewelry and calculators. All sales
are final, and all articles are sold "as is," with no guarantees.
Payment may be made in cash or by check with proper identification.
Groups to perform modern music
The Mendelssohn String Quartet, the Taggart-Grycky Duo and two
pianists will perform as part of the Contemporary Music Festival,
beginning at 8 p.m., Monday, May 4, at Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy
E. du Pont Music Building.
The quartet will play Bleached Thread, Sister Thread, a
commissioned work by Philadelphia composer Tina Davidson, who will be
present at the performance and will speak about her piece.
The duo will perform Sonata a Duo No. 5 for Flutes and Guitar by
Guido Santorsola.
Pianists Christine Delbeau and Julie Nishimura will premiere
Sonata for Two Pianos, composed by Robert Hogenson, associate
professor of music at the University.
Admission is free.
Library exhibit recalls Holocaust
Remembering the Holocaust, an exhibit highlighting the Morris
Library's Holocaust collections and how they can help remember the
lessons of the tragedy, is on display through June 6.
Prepared by David Landenberg, associate librarian of the
reference department, the exhibit includes materials such as Raul
Hilberg's The Destruction of the European Jews, an authoritative book
making use of surviving German records to document the Holocaust's
destruction, and The Einsatzgruppen Reports, translating German
records into English. Printed memoirs and diaries describing personal
experiences also are displayed.
For further information, call 831-2231.
Del'Arte Quintet in Old College tonight
The Del'Arte Wind Quintet will perform at 8 tonight, at the
Gallery in Old College.
The ensemble will play Trois Pieces Breves by Jacques Ibert,
Walking Tune by Percy Grainger, Quintet Op. 67, no. 2 by Franz Danzi,
Two Sketches by Darius Milhaud and Three Shanties for Wind Quintet by
Malcolm Arnold.
The members of the ensemble include Eileen Grycky, flute; Lloyd
Shorter, oboe; Charles Salinger, clarinet; Cynthia Carr, horn; and
Holly Blake, bassoon.
Admission is free, but seating is limited to 100 persons and is
on a first-come, first-seated basis.
Evening to feature operatic comedy
The University's Opera Workshop Performers will present two
performances of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and P.D. Q. Bach's The
Stoned Guest at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, in Loudis
Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
Tickets are $5 for the general public, faculty and staff and are
free to students with I.D. Tickets will be available at the door.
For more information, call 831-2577.