UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 29, Page 4
April 25, 1996
Up and coming

'Bayard Rustin' lecture on May 1
     "Black, Red and Lavender: Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights and
American Homophobia," a lecture originally scheduled in February, has
been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 1.
     The free public lecture by John D'Emilio, director of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, will begin at 7
p.m. in the lecture theatre of the University Center.
     D'Emilio's talk on the late civil rights leader is part of the
Lavender Scholars Lecture Series. The Lavender Scholars is a group of
gay male and lesbian faculty, staff and graduate students at UD.
     D'Emilio, who also is professor of history at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, is currently working on a book entitled
Lost Prophet: Bayard Rustin and the Quest for Peace and Justice in
America.
     He earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from
Columbia University and has taught at the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro since 1983. From 1988-93, he served as director of
graduate studies in history there.
     For information, call 831-8703.


Latin dances on tonight's program
     Dances of the Hispanic world, such as the sevillana, the plena
and the tango, will be performed at a Latin American dance and music
presentation, scheduled at 7, tonight, in Pearson Hall auditorium.
     The event will feature dancers from Wilmington's Latin American
Community Center (De todo un poco), the American Ballroom Academy
directed by Carlos de los Ramos, the HOLA UD student group and
Granada, Spain. Music will be provided by Dos Generaciones and by Los
Jibaritos.
     At the end of the program, those attending will have the option
of trying out the dances.
     The presentation is an outgrowth of a chapter on Latin American
music in a Spanish textbook, Siempre adelante, written by Jorge
Cubillos, foreign languages and literatures.
     The demonstration is free and open to the public.
     For more information, contact America Martinez-Lewis at 831-2758.


'Macbeth' to take the campus stage
     The Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) will present
Shakespeare's Macbeth.
     Performances will be held in Hartshorn Hall. Evening performances
begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday through Monday, May 2-6, and Friday and
Saturday, May 17-18. Matinees are scheduled at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday
and Sunday, May 11-12.
     For ticket information, call the Hartshorn box office at 831-
2204.
     The performance is the last in PTTP's alumni season, which
features program alumni who have gone on to work in professional
theatre and other performing venues.


Local inventors to meet monthly
     "Inventors Mean Business," a support group of inventors who meet
monthly to encourage others, will hold its next meeting from 7-10
p.m., Thursday, May 9, in Room 229 of Purnell Hall.
     The meeting is free and open to interested inventors.
     Each meeting features a presentation by a local inventor who is
actively developing a product, along with information on a variety of
subjects.
     The group is coordinated by Tim Bristow, Small Business
Development Center.
     For more information, call 831-1555. June's meeting is scheduled
for 7 p.m., Thursday, June 13, in the same location.


Assistive tech to hold open house
     The Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative (DATI) and the
Easter Seal Society of Del-Mar Inc. will hold an open house from noon
to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 14, at the Assistive Technology Resource
Center, located in the Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center, 61 Corporate
Circle, New Castle.
     The open house will feature demonstrations of low- and high-tech
innovations for school, work and home use. Special guest will be 4-
year-old Liz Mears, who will demonstrate her new Dynavox
communications device at 1 p.m.
     DATI focuses on improving public awareness, providing access to
information, funding for assistive technology devices and services,
training and technical assistance. The Easter Seal Society is a lead
agency in establishing Assistive Technology Resource Centers. The goal
of the center is to make assistive technology available to help people
pursue educational, vocational and recreational goals.
     DATI is a federally funded program established to increase access
to assistive technology for all Delawareans who need it. It is
administered jointly by the University of Delaware and the Alfred I.
du Pont Institute of the Nemours Foundation.
     Interpreters and special accommodations are available for the
open house.
     For more information, call the center at 328-ATRC or TDD 328-
2905.


Steele sessions to highlight research
     The Steele Symposium, an opportunity to recognize outstanding
research papers that address issues or topics of concern to human
resources, family and consumer sciences, will take place from 7-9
p.m., Thursday, May 2, in the Alumni Room (202) of Alison Hall.
     Named for Marion H. Steele, a distinguished UD alumna, the
symposium is sponsored by the College of Human Resources, in
coordination with Delaware State University's Department of Family and
Consumer Sciences; the Delaware Association for Family and Consumer
Sciences; and the UD Human Resources Alumni Association.
     The event is free of charge and open to the public.
     For more information, call 831-2301.