UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 19, Page 6
February 11, 1993
Up and coming
Pianist Brubaker in campus recital hall
A piano recital by guest artist Bruce Brubaker will be presented at 8
p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont
Music Building.
A graduate of the Juilliard School where he was awarded the school's
highest prize, Brubaker was named Young Musician of the Year by the
magazine Musical America after his 1988 New York debut at Alice Tully Hall.
Following an acclaimed London debut at Wigmore Hall, he returned to
Tully Hall, earning glowing reviews from The New York Times ("a sound that
was rich in texture...carefully sculpted phrasing") and The New Yorker
("captivating-elegant, personal and charming...a splendid performance").
Brubaker has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has
recorded for the BBC in England. He recently performed at Lincoln Center's
Mostly Mozart Festival and with Gerald Schwarz and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic.
Included on the Feb. 24 program will be works by Schumann, Schoenberg
and Brahms.
Trio performance Sunday in Loudis
A trio recital, sponsored by the Department of Music, will be held at
3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 14, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont
Music Building.
The trio, composed of Timothy Clinch, oboe; Cynthia Carr, horn; and
Julie Nishimura, piano-will perform works by Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and
Herzogenberg.
The performance is free and open to the public. For more information,
call 831-2577.
Engineering college centennial activities
On Monday, Feb. 15, the University will throw a party that's been 100
years in the making. Alumni and friends from around the country are
preparing for the College of Engineering's centennial celebration, which
will feature campus and department tours, alumni speakers and a reception
and banquet.
The centennial celebration, which is part of National Engineers Week,
will begin with a bus tour of the campus, followed by a luncheon featuring
Mark Clark, author of the official history of the College of Engineering.
Stuart L. Cooper, new dean of the college, also will be on hand to meet
alumni and friends.
In the afternoon, the college's four departments-chemical engineering,
civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering-will
be featuring alumni speakers and tours of their facilities. A highlight of
the Department of Civil Engineering's program will be the rededication of
the Ocean Engineering Laboratory, which was recently renovated.
Concluding the day will be a reception and banquet in Clayton Hall
featuring keynote speaker Alexander Giacco, former chairman of Hercules and
ceo of HIMONT. Currently, he is chair and managing co-director of the AXESS
Corp. Also that evening, the Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) will
present its first Outstanding Alumni Award to John Volk, a 1950 graduate in
civil engineering.
All centennial celebration events are free and open to alumni and
friends of the College of Engineering. For more information or to attend
the celebration, contact Skip Cook in the college at 831-2401.
Other activities also are scheduled in the college for National
Engineers Week.
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the National Engineers Week Banquet will be held
in Clayton Hall, beginning with a cash bar at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served
at 7 p.m., followed by a program with Joe Paul Jones, president of the
National Society of Professional Engineers. He will discuss "National Level
Concerns of the Engineering Profession." Tickets for the banquet are $19 in
advance.
Senior engineering students will be inducted into the Order of the
Engineer at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 17, in Clayton Hall. This ceremony
recognizes those students who are preparing to enter the field of
engineering.
On Thursday, Feb. 18, the Society of Women Engineers will host women
high school students for a day on campus to learn about the field of
engineering and the programs offered at the University.
At 6:30 p.m., Feb. 18, the college will hold its annual open house for
high school students and their parents in the auditorium of Newark Hall on
Academy Street. This event features an overview of the college and the four
departments, as well as tours of the facilities and an opportunity to meet
current students and faculty. The open house is designed for high school
students of any age and their families.
For more information on any of the National Engineers Week activities,
call 831-2401.
Series to examine better managing
How do you create an ecology-friendly business and still make a
profit? What information should you use to price a product so that it's
sure to sell? And how do people learn or fail to learn from experience?
In March and April, the College of Business and Economics will bring
distinguished scholars to the Newark campus to answer these questions as
part of the Department of Business Administration's second annual "Managing
Better during the '90s and Beyond" lecture series.
What sets this lecture series apart is that it is geared to the needs
of the business community and is open to anyone who feels they can benefit
from the information and advice these scholars are offering.
On March 5, Paul Shrivastava, professor of management at Bucknell
University and author of "Bhopal: Anatomy of a Crisis," will explain how to
prepare for an environmentally conscious future with management practices
that integrate protection of the environment with sound business decisions.
Kent Monroe, professor of marketing at the University of Illinois,
will be at the University on Friday, March 19. He will explain why consumer
behavior needs to be studied in order to design profit-enhancing pricing
policies.
The final speaker of the series, Robin Hogarth, professor of
behavioral science at the University of Chicago, will explain the method
he's devised for helping or training people. It centers on teaching them
how to learn from their own experiences. His lecture is scheduled for
Wednesday, April 28.
All lectures are followed by a question-and-answer session and are
free and open to the public. Each program is scheduled at 3 p.m. The March
5 and 19 talks will be in 118 Purnell Hall and the April 28 program will be
held in 004 Kirkbride Hall.
For information about the lecture series, call 831-2554.
Leonard Baskin to speak in library
Noted American artist and bookmaker Leonard Baskin, founder of the
Gehenna Press, will speak at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 22, in the Lecture
Room of the Morris Library.
His talk, entitled "Impulsion to Print-History of the Gehenna Press,"
is in conjunction with the exhibition, "The Gehenna Press: The Work of 50
Years 1942-1992," a traveling exhibition on view now through April in the
Special Collections Exhibition Gallery of the Morris Library.
Although the lecture is free and open to the public, seating is
limited and reservations are recommended by calling 831-2231 by Feb. 18.
The exhibition will be open the evening of his talk.
In conjunction with the exhibition and Baskin's lecture at the
University, a joint open house will be held from 5:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday,
Feb. 23, by Oak Knoll Books and New Castle Arts Ltd., 412/414 Delaware
Ave., New Castle. Baskin will be on hand to meet with individuals and
discuss his works. Books and prints of the Gehenna Press will be available
for purchase.
Honoring the artistic achievements of Baskin, the exhibition at the
University chronicles the 50th anniversary of his Gehenna Press, which is
well known for fine, limited editions. Included in the exhibit are fine
press books, drawings, prints, proofs, manuscripts and other materials
preparatory to publication. Some of the items are drawn from the
collections of the University of Delaware Library.
The exhibition is free and open to the public, and regular gallery
hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and until 8 p.m.,
Tuesdays.
Baskin established the press in 1942. It is unparalleled in its
intended purpose of uniting significant texts, fine typography and
illustrations of the highest artistic order. The press continues to produce
works of innovative form and content with Baskin still its prime mover and
principal creative artist.
Rather than experimenting with new formal structures, media or
methods, Baskin has preferred to develop a mastery of time-honored
techniques-etching, lithography, monotype and woodcut.
The material on exhibition includes specially commissioned original
stories, poems or novels; several items printed from earlier, often
little-known or limited editions and a few exclusive portfolios of images.
By bringing together multiple states, proofs, blocks, drawings, manuscripts
and correspondence related to many of the printed works on view, the
exhibit provides a behind-the-scenes view into the Gehenna studio and
pressroom and the making of fine, limited editions.
A 250-page color illustrated catalog, The Gehenna Press: The Work of
50 Years, 1942-1992, designed by Baskin, with an essay on the press by
Colin Franklin and a complete bibliography of the press by Hosea Baskin,
has been published by the Gehenna Press and The Bridwell Library of
Southern Methodist University. A limited number of catalogs are available
for $50, plus $3.50 postage and handling, from the Office of the Director,
University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE 19717-5267.
For information, call 831-2231.
PTTP to perform 'Enquirer' play
The Professional Theatre Training Program will present Stories from
the National Enquirer, a play written by University of Delaware English
professor Jeanne Murray Walker, at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Hartshorn
Gym.
Stories from the National Enquirer is an endearing tale about Leonard,
a middle-aged man recently fired from a big-city, big-pressure job. Leonard
returns to his small hometown in Minnesota to write wild and wacky stories
for the National Enquirer. The people Leonard meets are charming, a bit odd
and as touching in their humanity as any who have ever inhabited a play.
The cast of characters includes Helen, the amazing skinless women; Leroy, a
would-be rock star whose thumb won't stop bleeding; and Rosale, who lived
with the angels. While churning out stories, Leonard becomes obsessed with
his past and parents and learns to love again.
This play is sponsored by the University Women's Club and is free and
open to the public.
First Stage Theatre to present comedy
The First Stage Theatre Company will present Strindberg in Hollywood,
at 8 p.m., Feb. 18-20, in the Bacchus Cabaret Theatre. The play also will
be performed at 8 p.m., Feb. 26-27, March 5-6 and 12-13 at the Wilmington
Music School Theatre. This comedy, which is premiering at the University,
is written and directed by Drury Pifer.
Tickets for the preview performances in Bachhus are $8 for the general
public, and $5 for students and senior citizens.
Skating send-off in Blue Arena Feb. 21
There will be a World Send-off to honor ice skaters who will be going
to Prague to represent the United States in world competition, at 4 p.m.,
Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Blue Ice Arena. Featured will be U.S. National
winners Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval. The program is being presented by
the University Ice Skating Science Development Center.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children. For more information,
call 831-2788.