UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 13
December 5, 1996
Calendar
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.
Workshop: Hesperus and Western Wind, Performing Arts Series.
118 Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 11 a.m.
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. For information, call 831-2027.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Abstract Noncovex Large
Deviations," with A. deAcosta, Case Western Reserve University.
536 Ewing Hall, 1 p.m.
Pottery sale: Ceramics Studio, 3-8 p.m. For information,
call 831-2706.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Uniqueness in Inverse
Scattering for Tie-Harmonic Waves," with Rainer Kress,
Universitat Gottingen. 536 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m.
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.
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. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
DUSC question-and-answer session: for Newark residents about
the new DUSC program S.M.A.R.T. (Student Mediation Action and
Response Team). 206 Trabant University Center, 7:30 p.m.
Performance: Holiday celebration featuring Hesperus and
Western Wind, Performing Arts Series. Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m. For
ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Friday, Dec. 6
Provost's sabbatical leave actions to individuals
Operations research seminar: "Intelligent Transportation
System (ITS)," with Chris Drane, University of Technology,
Australia. 122 Old College, 2 p.m. Call 831-6242.
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.
Pottery sale: Ceramics Studio, 3-8 p.m. For information,
call 831-2706.
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.
WinterFest '96: Tree sales, carriage rides, store and
restaurant specials, roasted chestnut sales, roaming carolers,
face painting and balloon creations, ice carving and musical
performances. Newark Business District, 4:30-8:30 p.m. (Rain
date: Dec. 7). For information, call 366-7060.
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. For
information, call 831-2718.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Pottery sale: Ceramics Studio, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For
information, call 831-2706.
Film: Pete's Dragon, Performing Arts Junior Series. Trabant
University Center Theatre, 10 a.m. For ticket information, 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 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, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8
p.m. 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.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Theatre: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, presented by
the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Men's basketball: Boston University. Bob Carpenter Center, 1
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Holiday concert: Delaware Brass, with organist David Herman.
United Methodist Church, 69 East Main St., Newark, 3 p.m. Call
831-2577.
Concert: Wind Ensemble, with Robert J. Streckfuss, UD,
directing and guest artist Kimberly Reighley on piccolo. Loudis
Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For
information, call 831-2577.
Monday, Dec. 9
Booksigning: Hershel Parker, UD, will sign copies of his
recently published book, Herman Melville-A Biobraphy, Volume I,
1819-1851. University Bookstore, noon-1 p.m.
Civil and environmental engineering seminar: "A Civil
Engineering Career in Petrochemical and Chemical Industries,"
with A. Louis Dasaro, Hercules Inc. 348 DuPont Hall, 3 p.m. For
information, call 831-2444.
Biochemistry seminar: "Lessons Learned from the Structures
of RNA Oligonucleotides," with Peter B. Moore, Yale University.
214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Concert: Symphonic Band, with Heidi Sarver directing. Loudis
Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For
information, call 831-2577.
Tuesday, Dec. 10
Association of Retired Faculty luncheon/discussion: 207
Trabant University Center, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Brown-bag lunch.
Economics seminar: "Are Weak Patent Rights a Barrier to U.S.
Exports and Foreign Direct Investment?," with Pamela J. Smith,
UD. 118 Purnell Hall, 3:30-5 p.m. For information, call 831-1907
or 831-2563.
Continuing education studytrip: Philadelphia Orchestra,
featuring conductor Myung Whun Chung and baritone Dmitri
Hvorostovsky. 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.
Concert: Jazz Ensemble II, with Vernon James conducting.
Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For
information, call 831-2577.
Wednesday, Dec. 11
Last day of fall semester classes
Fall Campus Interview Program ends.
National Student Exchange information session: Admissions
Annex, 188 Orchard Rd., 11-11:45 a.m. For information, call 831-
6331.
Research on Women lecture: "Suitable for Females But Only
for the Duration: British Munition Workers' Football Teams in
World War I," with Susan Shoemaker, UD. 007 Willard Hall
Education Building, 12:20-1:10 p.m. Call 831-8474.
Physics and astronomy/Bartol Research Institute colloquium:
"Gamma-Rays from Supernova Remnants," with Ocker C. de Jager,
Potchefstroom University, South Africa, and 1995 winner of the
Shakti P. Duggal Award. 131 Sharp Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Interfaith celebration of lights: celebrating the religious
and cultural traditions of Judaism, Islam, Baha'i, Christianity,
Hinduism and the African-American Kwanzaa. Multipurpose Room,
Trabant University Center, 7 p.m.
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.
Thursday, Dec. 12
Reading day
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.
Men's basketball: LaSalle. Bob Carpenter Center, 7 p.m. For
ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
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.
Friday, Dec. 13
Final exams begin; grades due in Registrar's Office 72 hours
after scheduled exam or last class meeting when no final exam is
given.
Winter Session fee payment deadline
Chemical engineering seminar: "Microfiltration of Biological
and Other Suspensions with Self-Cleaning Spiral Vortices or 'Why
Do We Need Fundamental Science?,'" with Georges Belfor,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 3
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. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Musical program: with singing, dancing and musical
instruments. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building,
8 p.m. Admission, $2. For information, call 837-1886.
University Ballroom Dance Club semiformal holiday dance:
Pearson Hall Gym, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Admission, at $10 for the
public and $5 for full-time students, includes light dinner and
refreshments. For reservations, call 831-1117 or e-mail
spring@udel.edu.
Saturday, Dec. 14
Reading day
Continuing education opera trip: L'Elisir d'Amore,
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Bus leaves Clayton Hall,
7 a.m., and Wilcastle Center, Wilmington, 7:30 a.m.; return
approximately 5 p.m. Cost, $140; an additional $40 for
transportation. For information or to register, call 831-2746.
Theatre: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, presented by
the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30
and 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Music program: Fifth annual "all-state" clinics and
concerts, featuring performances of this year's high school All-
State Band audition pieces by UD faculty or UD Community Music
School professional faculty. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont
Music Building, 1-4:30 p.m.
Women's basketball: St. Peter's. Bob Carpenter Center, 3:15
p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Circle K study break: Take a break from studying for finals
and enjoy movies and snacks. 206 Trabant University Center, 7-10
p.m.
University Ballroom Dance Club program: Help set a world
record for the largest Macarena line dance on a college campus.
Carpenter Sports Building, 10 p.m. Admission, $2, and free to UD
students and staff with ID.
Sunday, Dec. 15
Reading day
Notification to early decision candidates
Theatre: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, presented by
the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Board of Trustees semiannual meeting: Trabant University
Center, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-2113.
Wednesday, Dec. 18
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.
Thursday, Dec. 19
University Staff Association luncheon: Holiday Stories and
Legends, Ed Okonowicz, UD. Center for Composites Materials, noon.
For information, e-mail Ann.Raymond@mvs.udel.edu or
Darlene.Blessing@mvs.udel.edu.
Theatre: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, presented by
the Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Friday, Dec. 20
Final exams end; residence halls close at 10 p.m.
Men's basketball: Washington (Md.). Bob Carpenter Center,
7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
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.