UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 9, Page 4
October 26, 1995
Up and coming

Craft shows set during November
     Join crafters of all kinds selling quality, hand-made items at
two different craft shows scheduled on the Wilmington and Newark
campuses during November.
     On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 11-12, the annual UD craft show will
be held in Arsht Hall in Wilmington. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and
admission is $1, free to anyone with a UD ID. For more information,
call 573-4500.
     On Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 25-26, the University's annual
holiday craft show, with different vendors, will be held in Clayton
Hall. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and admission is $1 for the general
public and free to anyone with a UD ID. For information, contact Joyce
Lacy at 831-2886.


Series on diversity continues Nov. 3
     Two sessions remain in the series of free public teleconferences,
entitled "Putting the Pieces of Diversity Together," scheduled through
February.
     These include:
        * "Multicultural Education: Valuing Diversity in the
          Classroom," 1-3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3, in Room 006 Willard
          Hall Education Building; and
        * "Global Education: Bringing the World into the Classroom," 1-
          3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, in Pearson Hall auditorium.
     Dedicated to the late Barbara Rexwinkel, who was director of
housing assignment services, the programs are sponsored by the Campus
Diversity Unit of the Commission to Promote Racial and Cultural
Diversity, the centers for Intercultural Teacher Education and
Teaching Effectiveness and the offices of Student Life, Dean of
Students and International Programs and Special Sessions.
     The series is free and open to the public. Parking is available
in the pay-to-park lot (#57) on Academy Street for all programs,
except the Nov. 3 session in the Willard Hall Education Building. On
that date, parking will be in lot (#17) on Main Street.
     Persons with disabilities may request accommodations by calling
831-2835 (voice), 831-4552 (TDD) or 831-2063 (fax).


Pulitzer winner in Clayton Hall
     Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Arthur Schlesinger
Jr., professor emeritus of the Humanities at the City University of
New York, will deliver the Delaware Humanities Forum's annual lecture
at Clayton Hall at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1.
     The lecture, "Are We Turning Isolationist Again?," is free and
open to the public. The program is part of the forum's ongoing focus
on America's role in the world after the fall of the Soviet Union.
     Educated at Harvard and Cambridge universities, Schlesinger
served in World War II and joined the Harvard University faculty in
1946. He retired in 1961 and served as special assistant to President
John F. Kennedy from 1961-1963.
     He is the author of several books on American history, including
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, for which he
received the Pulitzer Prize for biography.
     For additional information, call 633-2400 in New Castle County or
1 (800) 752-2060 in Kent and Sussex counties.


'West Side Story' show in Milford
     University students in the Harrington Theatre Arts Company will
present the timeless classic West Side Story at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct.
29, in the Milford High School auditorium in Milford.
     Tickets are $3, and the performance is free to children ages 10
and under.
     The Milford presentation is sponsored by the Office of Alumni and
University Relations.
     For more information, call 855-1620 in Georgetown or 735-8200 in
Dover.


Carole Marks in library program
     The next presentation of the Scholar and Library Series will
feature Carole Marks, director of the Black American Studies Program,
at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the Class of 1941 Lecture Room of the
Morris Library.
     Her program, entitled "Dark, Hidden Beauty: Race and Migration in
the Age of Renaissance," focuses on two of the most significant events
in black history, the New Negro Renaissance and the Great Migration.
     The program, which refers to her work in progress, examines
novels, diaries, letters, painting, photography and poetry of 18th-
century, Southern-born figures of the Renaissance and presents the era
through their eyes and in their own words.
     The presentation, sponsored by the University of Delaware
Assembly of Professional Library Staff, is open to members of the
University community.
     Brown-bag lunchgoers are welcome, and no reservations are needed.


'N.Y. Times' editor in Kirkbride Hall
     Michael Winerip, deputy metropolitan editor at The New York
Times, will give a free public talk at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1, in
Room 204 of the Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
     A 1974 Harvard graduate, Winerip has worked for several
newspapers as a reporter, suburban columnist and national education
correspondent.
     He also has written a great deal about the mentally ill,
including the 1994 book, 9 Highland Road: Sane Living for the Mentally
Ill, which is an in-depth look at one particular group home on Long
Island. A reviewer in Library Journal said, "This thorough,
wonderfully written book will set the standard for future works on
this overlooked subject."
     The talk is sponsored by the Department of English, its
journalism program and the University Affiliated Program for Families
and Developmental Disabilities.


Mini-symposium set on Oct. 27
     Tomasz Kapitaniak, a leading authority in engineering
applications and control of the science of chaos and professor of the
Technical University of Lodz, Poland, will lead a mini-symposium to
exchange ideas among different branches of engineering and science
from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 27, in 203 Robinson Hall.
     Other speakers include Marian Wiercigroch, University of Aberdeen
United Kingdom; Jian-Qiao Sun and Valery Roy, mechanical engineering;
Mohsen Badiey, marine studies; and Alexander Cheng, civil and
environmental engineering.
     Among the topics are controlling chaos in mechanical systems and
instability of chaos in underwater acoustics.
     For additional information, call Cheng at 831-6787.