UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 12
November 21, 1996
Calendar
Thursday, Nov. 21
Students' advisers registration for spring 1997 begins;
schedule request forms due to Student Services Building by Dec.
6.
Spring semester registration begins.
Diversity workshop: "Welcoming and Appreciating Diversity."
219 Trabant University Center, 8:30 a.m.-noon. For information or
to register, call 831-8735 or e-mail at div-reg@mvs.udel.edu.
Library lecture: "Electronic Threads: Cyberboutiques and
Costume Collections on the Web," with Linda Stein, UD. Class of
1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library, 12:10-1 p.m. Brown-bag lunch.
Call 831-2432.
Foreign languages and literatures lecture: "On Reading and
Writing in an Age of Consumerism," with John A. McCarthy,
Vanderbilt University. 209-211 Trabant University Center, 7:30
p.m.
Concert: Jazz Ensemble I, with Alan Hamant, UD, directing.
Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For
information, call 831-2755.
Friday, Nov. 22
Ticket sales end at noon for a Nov. 23 open itinerary trip
to New York City. Sign up in Room 218 Trabant University Center.
Employee Wellness program: "Menopause: Alternative
Strategies and Nutritional Concerns," with Judy Hendricks and
Marianne Carter, UD. 216 McDowell Hall, noon. Registration
required. For information, call 831-8388.
Chemical engineering seminar: "Novel Approaches to the
Robust Control of Complex Chemical Processes through Nonlinear
Model-based Control," with Frank Doyle, Purdue University. 102-
103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.
Inorganic/organic chemistry seminar: "Synthetic Modeling of
Copper Protein Active Site Chemistry," with William Tolman,
University of Minnesota. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Seminar: "Anatomical Plastination," with Robert Neeves, UD.
Blue Ice Arena Lounge, 4 p.m. Call 831-2265.
Women's basketball: Delaware State. Bob Carpenter Center, 6
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Ice hockey: Penn State. Blue Ice Arena, 7 p.m. Admission, $4
for the public and $2 for students. For information, call 831-
2718.
Meeting: "Finding Help: The Road to Advocacy...Through a
Maze of Professionals," with Dale Bassett-Powell, Woodlyne
School, and young adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. 115
Purnell Hall, 7:30 p.m.; gathering, 7 p.m. Call 234-0208 or 651-
6830.
Men's basketball: Delaware State. Bob Carpenter Center, 8:15
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Concert: Superdrag, with opening bands Kristen Barry and 30
Amp Fuse. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 9 p.m.
Call UD1-HENS.
Film: The Crow: City of Angels. Trabant University Center
Theatre, 9 p.m. and midnight. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest
per ID.
Saturday, Nov. 23
Trip: to New York City, open itinerary. Bus leaves Trabant
University Center, 8 a.m.; return approximately 10:30 p.m. Cost,
$25 for UD faculty and staff with UD ID and $20 for full-time
undergraduates with UD ID. Sign up in Room 218 Trabant University
Center.
Center for Black Culture bus trip: to see Bring in 'Da
Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk in New York City. Bus leaves UD at noon;
returns to Center for Black Culture, approximately 10 p.m. Call
831-2991. SOLD OUT
Film: The Black Stallion, Performing Arts Junior Series.
Trabant University Center Theatre, 10 a.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Film: Supercop. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 and 10
p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Sunday, Nov. 24
Jewish Studies lecture: "Holocaust and Contemporary American
Conciousness," with Michael Berenbaum, Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Arsht Hall, 2:30 p.m.
Concert: UD Chorale, with Patrick Evans, UD, directing.
Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 3 p.m.
Admission, $5. Call 831-2577.
Ice hockey: Indiana University (Pa.). Gold Ice Arena, 4:30
p.m. Admission, $4 for the public and $2 for students. For
information, call 831-2718.
Concert: Gospel Choir. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.
For information, call 837-6427.
Monday, Nov. 25
Civil and environmental engineering seminar: "A Civil
Engineering Career in the Railroad Industry," with Thomas R.
Pavlick, National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak). 348 DuPont
Hall, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-2444.
Biochemistry seminar: "Characterization of the ACYL-CoA
Binding Domain of the E. coli Transcription Factor FadR," with
Concetta DiRusso, Albany Medical College. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4
p.m.
Black Nurses' Association cultural sensitivity workshop: 222
McDowell Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 837-1648.
Concert: University Orchestra, with Peter McCarthy, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8
p.m. Call 831-2577.
Tuesday, Nov. 26
Association of Retired Faculty luncheon/discussion: 207
Trabant University Center, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Brown-bag lunch.
Environment and development colloquium: "The Anti-Nuclear
Movement and Green Politics in Taiwan," with Kao, Chen-Yen,
Taiwan Environment Protection Union and Taiwan Green Party. 185
Graham Hall, noon. For information, call 831-8405.
History workshop: "The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Detroit
and the Fate of the American City," with Tom Sugrue, University
of Pennsylvania. 436 Ewing Hall, 12:15 p.m. Brown-bag lunch. For
information, call 831-2371.
Economics seminar: "A Primer on Spatial Econometrics," with
John Mackenzie, UD. 118 Purnell Hall, 3:30-5 p.m. Call 831-1907
or 831-2563.
Art history lecture: "The Relationship that Exists Between a
Society and the Structures It Builds - From Ancient Times to the
Present," with Alexander Chajes, University of Massachusetts. 202
Old College, 5 p.m.
Men's basketball: Rider. Bob Carpenter Center, 7:30 p.m. For
information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: Collegium Musicum, with Russell Murray, directing.
Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For
information, call 831-2577.
Wednesday, Nov. 27
Thanksgiving recess begins at 5 p.m. Any classes scheduled
to begin at or after 5 p.m. will not meet. Residence halls
close at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 28
Holiday: University offices closed; no classes held
Friday, Nov. 29
Holiday: University offices closed; no classes held
Ice hockey: Blue Hen Classic. Gold Ice Arena, 5 and 8 p.m.
Admission, $4 for the public and $2 for students. Call 831-2718.
Saturday, Nov. 30
Holiday craft show: Clayton Hall/Pencader Hall, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Admission, $1; free for UD community with UD ID and children
under 12.
Ice hockey: ECC, Colorado State and CCSU. Gold Ice Arena, 5
and 8 p.m. Admission, $4 for the public and $2 for students. For
information, call 831-2718.
Sunday, Dec. 1
Residence halls re-open at 2 p.m.
MarketPro computer show: Bob Carpenter Center, 9:30 a.m.-4
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Holiday craft show: Clayton Hall/Pencader Hall, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Admission, $1; free for UD community with UD ID and children
under 12.
Monday, Dec. 2
Classes resume after Thanksgiving recess.
Spring graduate admission application deadline
Faculty Senate meeting: 110 Memorial Hall, 4 p.m. For
information, call 831-2921.
Music master class: Piccoloist Kimberly Reighley, Delaware
Symphony Orchestra. 118 Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 2:30 p.m.
Call 831-2577.
Civil and environmental engineering seminar: "A Civil
Engineering Career in Polar Research," with Jacqueline A. Richter-
Menge, U.S. Army. 348 DuPont Hall, 3 p.m. For information, call
831-2444.
Biochemistry seminar: "Detection and Characterization of
Novel Enzyme Intermediates," with Karen S. Anderson, Yale
University School of Medicine. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
AIDS benefit: Trabant University Center, 7-9 p.m. For
information, call 831-2952.
Admissions program: "An Evening with the University of
Delaware," an information program for high school students and
their parents. Clayton Hall, 7-10 p.m. For information, call 831-
8125.
Concert: Percussion Ensemble, with Harvey Price, UD,
conducting. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8
p.m. For information, call 831-2577.
Tuesday, Dec. 3
Diversity workshop: "Welcoming and Appreciating Diversity."
219 Trabant University Center, 8:30 a.m.-noon. For information or
to register, call 831-8735 or e-mail at div-reg@mvs.udel.edu.
History workshop: ""Interpreting Emancipation in Comparative
Perspective: Russia and the U.S. South," with Peter Kolchin, UD.
436 Ewing Hall, 12:15 p.m. Brown-bag lunch. For information, call
831-2371.
National Student Exchange information session: Admissions
Annex, 188 Orchard Rd., 2-2:45 p.m. For information, call 831-
6331.
State of the Black World lecture: "The Tide Is Still
Low: The Employment Status of Black Women in the U.S.," with
Elizabeth Higginbotham, University of Memphis. 124 Clayton Hall,
7 p.m. For information, call 831-2897 or 831-2189.
Business and economics Hutchinson lecture: "Advising Central
Banks of the Former Soviet Union on Monetary Operations," with
David E. Lindsey, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System. 115 Purnell Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-
1484.
Concert: Jazz Chamber Ensemble, with Tom Palmer, UD,
conducting. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8
p.m. Call 831-2577.
Wednesday, Dec. 4
Dynamics and control seminar: "Mathematical Modeling of
Muscular Contraction," with A. Wexler, UD. 114 Spencer
Laboratory, 11 a.m.
Research on Women lecture: "You Discuss the Contradictions
in the Rules: Feminist Discourse and the Mass-Market Romance
Novel," with Kathleen Thierren, UD. 007 Willard Hall Education
Building, 12:20-1:10 p.m. for information, call 831-8474.
Chemistry and biochemistry colloquium: "Near Infrared
Spectroscopy: Academic Stepchild/Industrial Prodigy," with Harvey
Gold, DuPont Corporate Analytical. 101 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Muslim Student Association program: a videotaped lecture on
"Islam: Path to Women's Liberation," with Amina Assilmi, a well-
known Muslim speaker. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 p.m.
For information, call 837-8430.
Theatre: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, presented by
the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: Gamelan Lake of the Silver Bear, with Michael Zinn,
UD, conducting. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577.
Thursday, Dec. 5
Business and Economics Management Development Breakfast
lecture: "Public Policy: Post-Election," with former Delaware
Gov. Pierre S. du Pont. Arsht Hall, 7:30-9 a.m. Cost, $25; $21
for UD alumni. For information, call 831-8839.
Center for Teaching Effectiveness workshop: "Introduction to
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - A Framework for Understanding
Differences Between Teachers and Students," with Beth Haslett and
Ann McNeil, UD. 119 Clayton Hall, 1-4 p.m. Advance registration
required. To register or for information, call 831-2027 or e-mail
cte-reg@mvs.udel.edu.
Delaware Seminar: "Toward an American Architecture: Andrew
Jackson Downing and the Gospel of Taste," with David Schuyler.
201 Old College, 4-5:30 p.m.; reception, 3:30 p.m. For
information, call 831-2678.
Workshop: Hesperus and Western Wind, Performing Arts Series.
118 Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 11 a.m. For information, call
UD1-HENS.
HOLA semiformal dinner: annual canned food drive.
Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 7-8:30 p.m.
Donation of canned foods. For information, call 837-8014.
Theatre: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, presented by
the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Performance: Holiday celebration featuring Hesperus and
Western Wind, Performing Arts Series. Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m. For
information, call UD1-HENS.
Friday, Dec. 6
Provost's sabbatical leave actions to individuals
Chemical engineering seminar: "Modeling the Vertical
Transport of Dense Gas-Particle Suspensions," with Jennifer
Sinclair, University of Arizona. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory,
3 p.m.
Mathematical sciences colloquium: "How to Exchange
Secrets-Communication of Cryptographic Keys," with Renate
Scheidler, UD. 206 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Inorganic/organic chemistry seminar: "Combinatorial
Chemistry of Polymer Bound Isocyanates," with Mark Scialdone,
DuPont Co. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Opening reception: "Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior
Exhibitions." Department of Art Gallery, Recitation Hall, 5-7
p.m. For information, call 831-2244.
Theatre: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, presented by
the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Men's basketball: Northeastern. Bob Carpenter Center, 7:30
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: Choral Union, with Larry Hoenig, directing. Loudis
Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For
information, call 831-2577.
Holiday concert: Deltones. Trabant University Center
Theatre, 8 p.m. Admission, $7 for the public and $5 for students.
For information, call 737-1635.
Center for Black Culture program: Carols in Color, featuring
Eleone Dance Troupe. Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Ice hockey: Duquesne, with intermission performance by UD
Precisionaires Precision Skating Team. Gold Ice Arena, 8 p.m.
Admission, $4 for the public and $2 for students. Call 831-2718.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Film: Pete's Dragon, Performing Arts Junior Series. Trabant
University Center Theatre, 10 a.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Theatre: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, presented by
the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30
and 7:30 p.m. For more information, call UD1-HENS.
Men's/women's swimming: Lehigh. Carpenter Sports Building, 1
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: Newsboys. Bob Carpenter Center, 7:30 p.m. For
information, call UD1-HENS.
Concert: University Singers, with Ruth Oatman, directing.
Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For
information, call 831-2577.
Cosmopolitan Club party: to celebrate end of semester.
Border Crossing, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Admission, free for members and
$3 for non-members. For information, call 837-8302.