UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 10
November 7, 1996
Calendar
Thursday, Nov. 7
Islamic Awareness booth: Trabant University Center, noon-7
p.m. For information, call 837-8430.
Library lecture: "Virtual Picassos: Art on the Web," with
Iris Snyder, UD. Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library,
12:10-1 p.m. Brown-bag lunch. For information, call 831-2432.
Entomology and applied ecology seminar: "Historical Natural
History: Insects, Entomologists and the Civil War," with Gary
Miller, USDA. 103 Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, 3 p.m.
National Student Exchange information session: Admissions
Annex, 188 Orchard Rd., 3:30-4:15 p.m. For information, call 831-
6331.
Delaware Seminar: "The New York African Burial Ground: Bio-
Cultural and Engaged," with Michael Blakey. 201 Old College, 4-
5:30 p.m.; reception, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2678.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Asymptotic Analysis for the
Long Time Behavior of Electromagnetic Scatterings," with Da-Qing
Wang, UD. 536 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Slide/lecture presentation: with artist Sue Coe. 204
Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 5:30 p.m. For information, call 831-4105.
History lecture: "Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in
Bismarck's Germany: Small Histories and the Big Picture," with
David Blackbourn, a leading historian of modern Germany. 125
Clayton Hall 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2371.
Concert: Del'Arte Woodwind Quintet. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy
E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577.
Concert: Rock 'n' Roll, Jerry and the Juveniles, with Jerry
Beasley, UD. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 8:30
p.m.
Friday, Nov. 8
Islamic Awareness booth: Trabant University Center, noon-7
p.m. Call 837-8430.
Mechanical engineering seminar: "Lattice-Boltzman
Computational Fluid Dynamics," with S. Chen, IBM Watson Research
Center. 114 Spencer Laboratory, 2 p.m.; coffee in Spencer Lobby
1:45 p.m.
Fluids and plasma seminar: Topic to be announced, with D.P.
Pontius, UD. Bartol Conference Room, Sharp Laboratory, 2 p.m.
Operations research seminar: "Queuing Simulation in ER: An
Operations Research Application in Health Care," with with Cengiz
Tanverdi, Medical Center of Delaware. 122 Old College, 2 p.m.
Chemical engineering seminar: "The Modeling and Dynamics of
Polymerization Processes," with W. Harmon Ray, University of
Wisconsin. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.
Dance program/lecture/ demonstration: with members of the
New York Baroque Dance Company. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 3:30 p.m. Call 831-2044.
Mathematical sciences colloquium: "Strong Laws for Local
Quantile Processes," with Paul Deheuvels, University of Paris VI.
206 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Chemistry and biochemistry colloquium: "Rhodium and
Molybdenum on Y-Alumina: The Case for Molecular-Like Rhodium in
Heterogeneous Catalysis," with Henry Foley, UD. 101 Brown
Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Ice hockey: West Chester. Blue Ice Arena, 7 p.m. Admission,
$4 for the public and $2 for students. Call 831-2718.
E-52 Student Theatre: Cabaret. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 8
p.m. Tickets, $7 for the public; $5 for UD students; and $6 for
other UD community. For ticket information, call 837-6431.
Music program: D#Sharps# fall invitational. Mitchell Hall, 8
p.m. Admission, $7 for the public and $4 for students. For
information, call 837-8525.
Film: A Time to Kill. Trabant University Center Theatre, 9
p.m. and midnight. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Saturday, Nov. 9
Holiday craft show: Arsht Hall, 2700 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Wilmington, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Women's volleyball: Towson State. Bob Carpenter Center, 1:30
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Ag sciences open house: Townsend Hall, 1:30-3:30 p.m. For
information, call 831-2500.
Film: Multiplicity. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 and
10 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
E-52 Student Theatre: Cabaret. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 8
p.m. Tickets, $7 for the public; $5 for UD students; and $6 for
other UD community. Call 837-6431.
Music program: D#Sharps# fall invitational. Mitchell Hall, 8
p.m. Admission, $7 for the public and $4 for students. For
information, call 837-8525.
Sunday, Nov. 10
Women's basketball: Lady Diamonds (exhibition). Bob
Carpenter Center, 7 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
International film: The Celluoid Closet (U.S., 1996).
Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 11
Tickets go on sale for a Nov. 23 open itinerary trip to New
York City. Sign up in Room 218 Trabant University Center.
Deadline for submission of doctoral dissertations and
executive position papers for December degree conferral
Winter Session late registration and change of registration
begin via UDPHONE.
Diversity workshop: "Welcoming and Appreciating Diversity."
219 Trabant University Center, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Call 831-8735 or e-
mail at div-reg@mvs.udel.edu.
PRSSA UNICEF kiosk: to benefit women and children in foreign
countries. Trabant University Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Call 783-
0801.
Civil and environmental engineering seminar: "Patterns in
the Water, Patterns in the Sand: Sediment Transport and
Suspension in the Nearshore Region," with Anthony J. Bowen,
Dalhousie University. 209/211 Trabant University Center, 11 a.m.
Biochemistry seminar: "The Alpha Helix in Peptides and DNA-
Binding Proteins," with Neville R. Kallenbach, New York
University. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Lecture: "The Universe: Accident or Design?," with author
and astrophysicist Hugh Ross. Multipurpose Room A and B, Trabant
University Center, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
PRSSA UNICEF kiosk: to benefit women and children in foreign
countries. Trabant University Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Call 783-
0801.
UD Association of Retired Faculty luncheon/discussion: 207
Trabant University Center, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Brown-bag lunch.
Employee Wellness program: "Menopause: Information and
Health Promotion for Midlife Women," with Jenny Hughes, UD. 216
McDowell Hall, noon. Registration deadline, Nov. 7. For
information or to register, call 831-8388.
History workshop: "MIT Abroad: Putting Modernization Theory
into Practice in Iran, India and Spain," with Bill Leslie, Johns
Hopkins University. 436 Ewing Hall, 12:15 p.m. For information,
call 831-2371.
Committee on Information Resource Planning and Management
meeting: 209/211 Trabant University Center, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Opening reception: for "Annual Department of Art Faculty
Exhibition." University Gallery, Old College, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ccall 831-8242.
Economics seminar: "Economics and Moralism in Corporate
Law," with William T. Allen, Delaware Court of Chancery. 205
Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 5-6 p.m.
Reception: "Visual Communications, 1976 & 1986 Alumni
Exhibition." Department of Art Gallery, Recitation Hall, 5-6:30
p.m. Call 831-2244.
Continuing education studytrip: Philadelphia Orchestra,
featuring conductor Andre Raphael Smith, gospel singer Jevetta
Steele, Hannibal Lokumbe on trumpet and the Morgan State
University Choir. Bus leaves Clayton Hall, 6 p.m., and Wilcastle
Center, Wilmington, 6:30 p.m.; return approximately 11 p.m. Cost,
$50; amphitheatre seats, $20; motorcoach transportation
additional $20. For information or to register, call 831-2746.
(If orchestra is not on strike.)
Women's basketball: Lithuania (exhibition). Bob Carpenter
Center, 6 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Men's basketball: Lithuania (exhibition). Bob Carpenter
Center, 8:15 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Circle K hot chocolate giveaway: Trabant University Center,
8 a.m.-2 p.m.
National Student Exchange information session: Admissions
Annex, 188 Orchard Rd., 11-11:45 a.m. Call 831-6331.
Dynamics and control seminar: "Driver Behavioral Process
Under Curve Following Situations," with S. Kikuchi, UD. 114
Spencer Laboratory, 11 a.m.
Lecture: "Street Codes: Adaptation to Urban Community
Distress," with Elijah Anderson, University of Pennsylvania. 209-
211 Trabant University Center, noon-2 p.m. Call 831-6500.
Employee Wellness program: "Hypertension." 215 McDowell
Hall, noon-1 p.m. Cost, $10. For information, call 831-8388.
Research on Women lecture: "Violence Against Women: Where Do
All These Estimates Come From?," with Ronet Bachman, UD. 007
Willard Hall Education Building, 12:20-1:10 p.m. Call 831-8474.
English colloquium: "Questions of the Curriculum," with
Susan Goodman. 110 Memorial Hall, 4 p.m. Call 831-2361.
American Marketing Association lecture: "How to Market
Yourself." Room to be announced, Purnell Hall, 6-7 p.m.
State of the Black World lecture: "The Enterprise of the
Indies after 500 Years," with Lloyd Best, Trinidad and Tobago
Institute of the West Indies. 124 Clayton Hall, 7 p.m. Call 831-
2897 or 831-2189.
Latter-Day Saints Student Association lecture: "The World of
the Latter-Day Saints," with Melvyn Hammarbeg, University of
Pennsylvania. 112 Memorial Hall, 7 p.m. Call 266-0322.
Panel discussion: "Election '96." 117 Arsht Hall, 2700
Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, 7-8:30 p.m. Call 831-6075.
Thursday, Nov. 14
Library electronic workshop: "World Wide Web as a Library
Resource." Room 056, Morris Library, 2-3:30 p.m. Preregistration
advisable. For information, call 831-2432.
Economics seminar: "Agency Relations in Finance," with Steve
Ross, Yale University. 118 Purnell Hall, 3:30-5 p.m. Call 831-
1907 or 831-2563.
Readings: local writers to read from their original works,
in conjunction with "Sharing Our Strength's Writers Harvest: The
National Reading." 100 Wolf Hall, 7:30 p.m. Suggested donations,
$5 for adults and $3 for students. Call 455-9750.
Friday, Nov. 15
Freshman and transfer students admission application
deadline
Early decision deadline for freshman applicants for fall 1997
Women's Club holiday craft show: Multipurpose Room, Trabant
University Center, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Call 738-1274 or 731-2150.
Colloquium: "Internet Resources for Counseling and Student
Affairs Professionals," with Robert Snyder, UD graduate student.
215 Willard Hall Education Building, 11:30 a.m. Brown-bag lunch.
Mechanical engineering seminar: "Unified Second-Order
Stochastic Averaging Approach for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems,"
with R. A. Ibrahim, Wayne State University. 114 Spencer
Laboratory, 2 p.m.; coffee in Spencer Lobby, 1:45 p.m.
Fluids and plasma seminar: Topic to be announced, with C.W.
Smith, UD. Bartol Conference Room, Sharp Laboratory, 2 p.m.
Operations research seminar: "Function Minimization in the
Presence of Noise," with A. Vardi, University of Pennsylvania.
122 Old College, 2 p.m.
Museum studies lecture: "From Frogs to Focus
Groups: Creating New Exhibits at the Philadelphia Zoo," with
Kathleen F. Watner, Philadelphia Zoological Garden. 202 Old
College, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-1251.
Mathematical sciences colloquium: "Kinetic Equations," with
Marshall Slemrod, University of Wisconsin at Madison. 206
Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Inorganic/organic chemistry seminar: "Synthetic and Reaction
of 1-Aza-1, 3-butadienes; Studies Toward the Synthesis of
Pyridoacridines," with Gretchen Rehberg, Bucknell University. 214
Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Episcopal Campus Ministry concert: Johnny Q Public, power
alternative rock. St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, 7 p.m. Donation
requested, $5. For information, call 368-4644.
Art display/talent show: "Artistic Expression." Multipurpose
Rooms A&B, Trabant University Center, 8 p.m. Admission, $1 or 50
cents with a canned food item.
Ice hockey: Maryland. Gold Ice Arena, 8 p.m. Admission, $4
for the public and $2 for students. For information, call 831-
2718.
Concert: Country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Bob
Carpenter Center, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Film: Bordello of Blood. Trabant University Center Theatre,
9 p.m. and midnight. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Saturday, Nov. 16
Continuing education opera trip: Rigoletto, Metropolitan
Opera House, New York City. Bus leaves Clayton Hall, 7 a.m., and
Wilcastle Center, Wilmington, 7:30 a.m.; return approx. 5 p.m.
Cost, $140; an additional $40 for transportation. Call 831-2746.
Diversity workshop: "Welcoming and Appreciating Diversity."
219 Trabant University Center, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call 831-8735 or
e-mail at div-reg@mvs.udel.edu.
Women's Club holiday craft show: Multipurpose Room, Trabant
University Center, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Call 738-1274 or 731-2150.
Blue Hen football: Rhode Island. Delaware Stadium, 1 p.m.
For tickets, call UD1-HENS.
Film: The Fan. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 and 10
p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Delta Gamma anchor splash: Carpenter Sports Building, 7 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 18
Deadline for submission of master's thesis for December
degree conferral
PRSSA UNICEF kiosk: to benefit women and children in foreign
countries. Trabant University Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Call 783-
0801.
Biochemistry seminar: "The Catalytic Mechanism of Inorganic
Pyrophosphatase," with Barry S. Cooperman, University of
Pennsylvania. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.