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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 25, March 27
Calendar
Thursday, March 27
SLTV-49 film: The Josephine Baker Story, 4 and 9:55 p.m.
Concert: Symphonic Band, with Heidi I. Sarver, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577.
SLTV-49 film: How to Make an American Quilt, 12:05 a.m.
Friday, March 28
Spring recess begins at end of classes; residence halls
close at 7 p.m. Good Friday; see policy on excused absence
Freshman mid-term marking period ends; grades due in
registrar's office by 3 p.m.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Analysis and Synthesis of
Subwavelength Diffractive Optical Elements," with Dennis W.
Prather, Army Research Laboratory. 536 Ewing Hall, 11 a.m.
Softball: Maine (doubleheader). Delaware Field, Nelson
Athletic Complex, 2:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-
HENS.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Tail Index Estimation for
Dependent Data," with Catalin Starica, Wharton School of
Business, University of Pennsylvania. 536 Ewing Hall, 2:30
p.m.
Organic/inorganic chemistry seminar: "Metal Complexes of
Polydentate Ligands as Metalloenzyme Mimics," with Thomas
Sorrell, University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. 214 Brown
Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Saturday, March 29
Men's lacrosse: Rutgers. Delaware Field, Nelson Athletic
Complex, 1 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Softball: Boston University. (doubleheader). Delaware Field,
Nelson Athletic Complex, noon. For ticket information, call
UD1-HENS.
Benefit concert: Hubcaps, to benefit the March of Dimes
Campaign for Healthier Babies. Clayton Hall, 9 p.m.; doors
open 8 p.m. Tickets,$25. For ticket information, call 737-
1310.
Tuesday, April 1
Sabbatical leave recommendations due to provost
Women's lacrosse: Lafayette. Delaware Field, off Chestnut
Hill Road, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Wednesday, April 2
Cellular and molecular biology seminar: "Initiation and SV40
DNA Replication," with Peter Bullock, Tufts University
School of Medicine.316 Wolf Hall, 4 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30
p.m.
Thursday, April 3
Women's lacrosse: Loyola (Md.). Delaware Field, off Chestnut
Hill Road, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. For
information, call UD1-HENS.
Friday, April 4
Fall 1997 textbook requests deadline to bookstore
Baseball: Delaware State. Delaware Diamond, Nelson Athletic
Complex, 3 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Student Union alternative dance: Club
814, Wilmington, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Admission, $3. for
information, call 831-8066.
Saturday, April 5
Baseball: Towson State (doubleheader). Delaware Diamond,
Nelson Athletic Complex, noon. For ticket information, call
UD1-HENS.
Men's lacrosse: Towson State. Delaware Field, Nelson
Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-
HENS.
Concert: Louie Bellson Quartet. Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m.
Tickets, $15 in advance and $18 at the door. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
Sunday, April 6
Residence halls re-open, 2 p.m.
Performing Arts Series program: Alma Em Agua, Brazilian
rhythms. Mitchell Hall, 2 p.m. For ticket information, call
UD1-HENS.
Baseball: Towson State (doubleheader). Delaware Diamond,
Nelson Athletic Complex, noon. For ticket information, call
UD1-HENS.
Softball: Drexel (doubleheader). Delaware Field, Nelson
Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-
HENS.
International film: Ridicule (France 1996). Trabant
University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For more information,
call 737-3955.
Monday, April 7
Classes resume after spring recess, 8 a.m.
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education deadline
for fellowship applications
World Health Day program: "Emerging Infectious Diseases:
Reduce the Risk." Kiosk C, Trabant University Center, 11
a.m.-2 p.m. For information, call 831-8362.
General Faculty Meeting: 110 Memorial Hall, 3:30 p.m. For
information, call 831-2921.
Faculty Senate meeting: 110 Memorial Hall, 4 p.m. For
further information, call 831-2921.
Biochemistry seminar: "Adrift in the Bitter Sea: Enzymes in
Nonaqueous Environments," with Greg Farber, Pennsylvania
State University. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Concert: Michelle Stebleton, horn, with pianist Carolyn
Bridger. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building,
8 p.m. For further information, call 831-2577.
Tuesday, April 8
Plant and soil sciences seminar: "Career Advancement
Comparison Between Ornamental Horticulture and Certificate
Associate Degree Programs," with Peter Punzi, UD. 102
Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, noon.
History workshop: "Innovation and Domination of Images of
the Bible by the Providence Lithograph Company," with Cheryl
Thurber, Shippensburg University. 436 Ewing Hall, 12:30 p.m.
Brown-bag luncheon.
Baseball: LaSalle. Delaware Diamond, Nelson Athletic
Complex, 3 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Softball: Princeton (doubleheader). Delaware Field, Nelson
Athletic Complex, 3 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-
HENS.
Women's lacrosse: Drexel. Delaware Field, off Chestnut Hill
Road, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3 p.m.Call UD1-HENS.
Men's tennis: Towson State. Delaware Field House tennis
courts, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3 p.m. For ticket
information, call UD1-HENS.
English program: fiction reading, with Peter Landesman. 116
Sharp Laboratory, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-2361.
Continuing education studytrip: to see the Philadelphia
Orchestra, with Christian Thielemann, conducting, and
violinist William de Pasquale. Bus leaves Clayton Hall, 6
p.m. and Wilcastle Center, 6:30 p.m.; return approximately
11 p.m. Cost, $50; $20 for transportation only. Call 831-
1171.
Reading/discussion: "Mother Journeys: Feminists Write About
Mothering," with Amy Sheldon, University of Minnesota. 115
Purnell Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-8474.
Concert:. April Follies Faculty Gala, to benefit Department
of Music Scholarship Fund. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission, $15 for adults, $10
for seniors and $5 for students. For information, call 831-
2577.
Wednesday, April 9
Research on race, ethnicity and culture lecture: "Gender and
Fertility Decision Making in Senegal," with Anna White, UD.
209/211 Trabant University Center, 12:20-1:10 p.m. For
information, call 831-8474.
Physics/Bartol Research Institute colloquium: "First Results
from Super-Kamiokande," with James Stone, Boston University.
131 Sharp Laboratory, 4 p.m.; refreshments in 225 Sharp
Laboratory, 3:30 p.m.
Men's tennis: Drexel. Delaware Field House tennis courts,
Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. For ticket information,
call UD1-HENS.
Analytical/physical chemistry seminar: "Mass Spectrometry in
the 21st Century," with Murray Johnston, UD. 101 Brown
Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Cellular and molecular biology seminar: "Novel Roles for
Astrocytes in the Developing and Pathological Brain," with
Bruce K. Drueger, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
316 Wolf Hall, 4 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30 p.m.
Film: Annie Hall, Films of the '70s series. Trabant
University Center, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2428.
Lecture: "Choosing What One Is Cut Out to Be: Reflections on
David Norton," with Michael Krausz, Bryn Mawr College.
Clayton Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Oxford debate: "This House Believes True Love Waits."
Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 8 p.m. For
information, call 831-1296.
Music performance/lecture:. Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos
and Percussion, with percussionists James Ancona and Harvey
Price and pianists Christine Delbeau and Linda Henderson,
and lecture by Larry Peterson, UD. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy
E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-
2577.
Thursday, April 10
Business and economics management development breakfast
lecture: "The Real Driver of Health Care Costs," with Robert
C. Cole Jr., Center for Health Care Economics Inc. Arsht
Hall, Wilmington, 7:30-9 a.m. Cost, $25; $21 for UD alumni.
For information, call 831-8839.
Electronic library lunch session: "The Greening of the
Internet." Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library, 12:10-
12:50 p.m. Open to the University community. For
information, call 831-2432.
Science, engineering and math program: "Architectural and
Product Accessibility," with Larry Field, Delaware's
accessibility and barrier removal specialist. Idea Factory,
124 East Delaware Ave., 3:30-5 p.m.
Economics seminar: "Constituency Statutes and Shareholder
Wealth," with Jeff Wyatt, University of Miami. 118 Purnell
Hall, 3:30-5 p.m. For information, call 831-2563.
Book signing: Ed Okonowicz, UD, signing copies of Presence
in the Parlor. University Bookstore, 4:30-6 p.m.
State of Delaware pension and retirement workshop: Milford
High School, 7-9 p.m.
History lecture: "Hong Kong: The Impossibility of One
Country, Two Systems," with Merle Goldman, Boston
University. 125 Clayton Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information,
call 831-2371.
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Concerns film: Stonewall. 100 Kirkbride
Lecture Hall, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-8703 or 831-
8066.
Friday, April 11
Chemical engineering Colburn lecture: "Tests of Poly
Constitutive Equations for Modeling Complex Viscoelastic
Flows," with Wesley R. Burghardt, Northwestern University.
102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.
Organic/inorganic chemistry seminar: "Pseudouridine: A
Commonly Uncommon Nucleotide. Formation and Function in
RNA," with David A. Horne, Columbia University. 214 Brown
Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Philosophy of Science lecture: "Introduction to the Theory
of Machine Inductive Inference," with John Case, UD. Main
Lounge, Ray Street C Residence Hall, 4 p.m.
Recital: pianist Michael Steinberg. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy
E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-
2577.
Black Arts Festival spring comedy jam: Eddie Griffin and Don
"D.C." Currey, with special guest Freez Luv. Bob Carpenter
Center, 9 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Film: Jerry Maguire. Trabant University Center Theatre, 9
p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Film: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. Trabant University
Center Theatre, midnight. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one
guest per ID.
Saturday, April 12
Museum studies conference: "Museums, Education and the New
Technology: Computers, the Internet and Multimedia
Applications for the 21st Century." Trabant University
Center, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; reception following. Cost, $50,
and $25 for students. Registration deadine, April 1. To
register or for information, call 831-1251.
Baseball: Drexel (doubleheader). Delaware Diamond, Nelson
Athletic Complex, noon. For ticket information, call UD1-
HENS.
Women's lacrosse: New Hampshire. Delaware Field, off
Chestnut Hill Road, Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For
ticket information, call UD1-HENS.
Kappa Delta Rho Home Run Derby: Field 3, Carpenter Sports
Building, 1- 4 p.m. Cost, $5 per person; $12 per team of
three. For information, call 266-0699.
Film: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. Trabant University
Center Theatre, 8 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest
per ID.
Film: Jerry Maguire. Trabant University Center Theatre, 11
p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.
Sunday, April 13
Baseball: Drexel (doubleheader). Delaware Diamond, Nelson
Athletic Complex, noon. For ticket information, call UD1-
HENS.
Women's lacrosse: Old Dominion. Delaware Field, off Chestnut
Hill Road, Nelson Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. For information,
call UD1-HENS.
Softball: Hofstra (doubleheader). Delaware Field, Nelson
Athletic Complex, 1 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
E-52 Student Theatre acting workshop: Baccchus Theatre,
Perkins Student Center, 2-5 p.m. For information, call 366-
1306.
Monday, April 14
Last day to change registration or withdraw from courses
without academic penalty
Deadline for submission of Ph.D. dissertations and executive
position papers for May 1997 conferral to graduate office
Biochemistry seminar: "Crystallographic Studies of Cellular
Signaling and DNA Replication," with John Kuriyan,
Rockefeller University. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15
UDRF awards announced
UDARF informal luncheon/ discussion: 207 Trabant University
Center, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Call 731-4218.
Center for Teaching Effectiveness workshop: "TA Training and
Development." 106 Composites Center, noon-1:30 p.m. Brown-
bag lunch. For information, call 831-2027.
Plant and soil sciences seminar: topic to be announced, with
Barbara Valent, DuPont Co. 102 Fischer Greenhouse
Laboratory, noon.
History workshop: "Family Strategies and Household
Production in Changing Traditional Silk Industries: Kyoto
and Lyon," with Tamara Hareven, UD. 436 Ewing Hall, 12:30
p.m. Brown-bag lunch.
Economics seminar: "Dynamic Analysis of Health Care
Expenditures in OECD Countries," with Panos G. Kanavos,
London School of Economics. 118 Purnell Hall, 3:30-5 p.m.
For information, call 831-1907 or 831-2563.
Reception: for "Department of Art Undergraduate Exhibition"
and "Master of Fine Art Exhibition." Department of Art
Gallery, Recitation Hall, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Call 831-2244.
Jewish American Culture lecture: "Aliens in the Wasteland:
American Encounters with the Holocaust in '60s Science
Fiction Television Series," with Jeffrey Shandler. 204
Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. Call 831-3324.