UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 28, Page 4
April 18, 1996
Up and coming
Cosmo Club to feature cultures
The Cosmopolitan Club will host its annual International Night,
an evening of performances representing countries from around the
world, at 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 26, in Mitchell Hall.
The program will include dances from the Philippines, songs from
Russia, Cuba and the U.S. and a Japanese Aikido demonstration, plus
other acts representing various cultures.Tickets are $1 at the door.
For information, call 837-8676.
Del'Arte quintet concert tonight
The Del'Arte Wind Quintet- featuring Eileen Grycky, flute; Lloyd
Shorter, oboe; Charles Salinger, clarinet; Cynthia Carr, horn; and Jon
Gaarder, bassoon-will be featured in a free, public concert at 8
tonight in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music
Building.
The program, with works by Franz Danzi, Mozart, Luciano Berio and
Leos Janacek, will feature guest artists Julie Nishimura, piano, and
Vincent Marinelli, bass clarinet.
Graduate students hold symposium
Graduate students from the College of Agricultural Sciences and
Department of Biology will present the 1996 Graduate Student Research
Symposium from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, April 26, in Rooms 124 and 125
of Clayton Hall.
The symposium will include presentations and poster sessions.
Rita Colwell from the University of Maryland will give the
keynote address on marine biotechnology at 1:45 p.m.
The event is open to the public and lunch is available to those
who pre-register by April 19.
For information, call Calvin Keeler at 831-2524.
Climate change topic of program
"Socio-Economic Aspects of Climate Change: Overview of the IPCC
Working Group III Report" is the topic of a presentation by Erik
Haites from noon-1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 25, in the Ewing Room of
the Perkins Student Center.
During the past three years, Haites has been the head of
technical support of a working group in the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change. He has directed several studies to estimate emission
of greenhouse gasses and analyzed for utilities and governments
various options for reducing or offsetting such emissions.
The program is part of the UD Science, Society and Sandwiches
seminar series.
Seating is limited to 100. Registration must be completed by
April 19. Contact Ella de Courcelle at 831-2351 or e-mail to
Ella@strauss.
Take daughters to work on April 25
Take Our Daughters to Work, a nationwide program celebrating the
potential of girls, will be held on Thursday, April 25.
The day is designed for girls, ages 9-15, and for their parents,
relatives or friends of the family.
A buffet luncheon, featuring a program and panel of University
career women, will be provided from noon-1:15 p.m. in the Rodney Room
of the Perkins Student Center. A campus tour will be conducted from
1:30-2:30 p.m. Individual office sites may be conducting their own
activities.
To make reservations for the luncheon and/or tour, call 831-4620
or send e-mail to Nancy.Soccorso@mvs.udel.edu
Deadline for reservations is Wednesday, April 24.
The event is sponsored by the Office of Women's Affairs and the
Commission on the Status of Women.
Artists' exhibition dates extended
"Celebrating Our Friendships," an exhibition featuring 21
Delaware artists and the women who inspire their work, will remain on
display until April 29.
The exhibition consists of 81 pieces, including paintings,
photographs, textiles, prints, collages and ceramics. Many are on
display for the first time. Each piece is accompanied by a photograph
of the artist and the woman- mother, grandmother, teacher, friend,
companion or colleague-who motivated the artist's efforts.
For more information, call Susan Matsen at 831-3063.
Black theatre to give fashion show
The Black Student Theatre at the University will present
Moodswings: A Theatrical Presentation in Fashion, on Sunday, April 28,
as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Center for Black
Culture.
The fashion show will be held in Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins
Student Center. The evening will begin with a social hour from 5-6
p.m.
The Afri-centric fashion show, dedicated to displaying the talent
and beauty of young African Americans, will run from 6:15-7 p.m.,
followed by an exhibition from 7:15-9 p.m.
Admission is $10 for students and children under 12, and $15 for
the general public.
For information on the fashion show, call Mikelle Drew at 837-
3656.
Program set about lecture methods
"Lecturing for Learning: Getting Students to Use Their Minds as
Well as Their Pens" is the topic of a Center for Teaching
Effectiveness program from 2-4 p.m., Tuesday, April 30, in the Collins
Room of the Perkins Student Center.
Carol Weiss, of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science,
will present an interactive session on the content-coverage issue and
related problems in courses that involve large amounts of factual
material. She will provide practical strategies for promoting
students' thinking skills along with their mastery of the subject
matter.
To register, send e-mail to cte-reg@mvs.udel.edu
'Fires in Mirror' set in Bacchus
The Black Student Theater will present Fires in the Mirror: Crown
Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities on April 20, 21, 26, and 27.
Performances begin at 8 p.m. in the Bacchus Theatre.
A compilation of dramatic monologues based on true stories, the
play relates real-life experiences in the conflict between Hasidic
Jews and blacks in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in August of 1991.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the performance at 8 p.m.. Admission
is $5 for the general public and $3 for those with UD I.D.
For more information, call Mikelle Drew at 837-3656 or Jamie
Wilson at 837-8824.
Course offered on 'Business Basics'
The Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the
University will offer "Starting Out In Business Basics," a two-session
course designed to help people tackle the daunting task of starting or
expanding an existing small business.
The course will be offered from 6:30-9:30 p.m., Tuesday, April
23, and Thursday, April 25, at the center in Purnell Hall. Cost is
$30.
The six-hour program, to be led by SBDC staff and distinguished
professionals in the small business community, will cover such topics
as forms of business, business licenses, record keeping, taxes,
insurance, benefit planning, choosing a location, marketing tips, the
business plan and sources of financing.
Copies of the How To Start A Business Guide and Small Business
Money Guide are included in the registration fee.
To register, call the center at 831-1555.
'96 Earth Week events continue
The University's Earth Week activities will conclude at 4 p.m.,
Friday, April 19, on the North Mall, near Memorial and Hullihen halls,
with a reading of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax.
This is a final program of a week-long series of events sponsored
by the Student Environmental Action Coalition in celebration of Earth
Week.
'Last Lecture' by Ken Haas April 24
Kenneth Haas, criminal justice, will be featured in the Mortar
Board National Honor Society's Last Lecture Series at 7 p.m.,
Wednesday, April 24, in Room 108 Memorial Hall.
The topic of the free, public program answers the question: "If
the world ended tomorrow, what would be the last lecture you would
give?"
For further information, call 292-2704.
Ceramist talk on Holocaust 'bones'
Ceramic artist Roy Strasserg will present a slide-lecture,
"Holocaust Bone Structures," at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, in Room
005 Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
Strasserg has made ceramic shapes that look like bones and
assembled them into pieces of art.
His talk is sponsored by the UD ceramics program and the Center
for Jewish Studies.
For more information, call 831-2706.
Program about U.S.-Japan-Korea
"Japan's Seizure of Korea (1905) and Its Impact on U.S.-Japan-
Korean Relations in the 20th Century" is the topic of a lecture by
Wayne Patterson of St. Norbert College, who is a visiting professor at
the University of Pennsylvania.
The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 22, in
Room 205, Kirkbride Lecture Hall, and is sponsored by the East Asian
Studies Program, the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Affairs and
Public Events and the departments of History and Political Science and
International Relations.
Museum studies panel discussion
"Why Visitors Matter" is the topic of a panel discussion at 3
p.m., Friday, April 19, in Room 202 Old College. Sponsored by the
Museum Studies Program, the event is one of the 1996 Spring Forum
Lectures and is open to the entire University community.
The participants are Minda Borun, director of research and
evaluation of the Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia;
Elizabeth Bredin, director of public programs of the Hillwood Museum,
Washington, D.C.; and Randi Korn, evaluation consultant with Randi
Korn & Associates, Alexandria, Va., who has worked with such
organizations as Colonial Williamsburg, the Museum of the American
Indian, the National Archives, the National Geographic Society and the
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Architect of new center to talk
Robert Venturi, of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates Inc., will
be the featured speaker of the second annual Art History Distinguished
Alumni Lecture, at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, in the theatre of
the new student center.
The Philadelphia architect, whose firm designed the new student
center, will present a free, public program on "Iconography and
Electronics for Generic Architecture."
A reception will follow immediately after the lecture.