University of Delaware
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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 30, May 8

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                            Thursday, May 8

Resident Student Association canned food drive: Donations
may be dropped off at Rodney, Kent and Russell dining halls.
For information, call 831-2773.

Resident Student Association children's book
drive: Donations may be dropped off at 230 Trabant
University Center. For information, call 831-2773.

Slide/lecture presentation: on historic architecture and
campus landscapes, with David Ames, UD. 209/211 Trabant
University Center, noon-1:30 p.m. For information, 831-1050.

Baseball: America East tournament. Frawley Stadium,
Wilmington, noon, 3 and 7 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Steele Symposium: featuring undergraduate and graduate
student research in the College of Human Resources. 202
Alison Hall, 7-9 p.m. For reservations, call 831-2302.

Slide/lecture program: "River Runs Through It: Daily Life in
the Mekong Delta, Southern Vietnam," with Mark McLeod, UD.
Lecture Hall, Georgetown Higher Education Building, 7 p.m.
For information, call 831-6779.
Poetry reading: with Greg Djanickin. 004 Kirkbride Lecture
Hall, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2361.

Theatre: Shakespeare's Henry VI (Part III), presented by
Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30
p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Concert: Wind Ensemble, with Robert J. Streckfuss, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.

Theatre: Euripides' The Bacchae, presented by E-52 Student
Theatre. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m.
Admission, $5 for the public and $4 for UD faculty, staff
and students. Call 831-6014.
Performing Arts Series music program: Corky Siegel's Chamber
Blues. Mitchell Hall, 8 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.


                             Friday, May 9

Nursing breakfast: honoring graduating students. 209/211
Trabant University Center, 8:30-10:30 a.m. For information,
call 831-8506.
Marine studies Honors Day ceremony: 104 Cannon Laboratory,
Lewes, 11 a.m.

Mathematical sciences seminar: "A Simple Method Using
Morozov's Discrepancy Principle for Solving Inverse
Scattering Problems," with David Colton, UD. 536 Ewing Hall,
11 a.m.

Baseball: America East tournament. Frawley Stadium,
Wilmington, noon, 3 and 7 p.m. For ticket information, call
UD1-HENS.
Honors Day ceremonies: modified class schedule; agricultural
sciences, Mitchell Hall; arts and science, Multipurpose
Room, Trabant University Center; business and economics, 115
Purnell Hall; education, 101A Clayton Hall; engineering,
Pearson Hall Auditorium; human resources, 128 Clayton Hall;
nursing, Trabant University Center Theatre; physical
education, athletics and recreation, Rodney Room, Perkins
Student Center, all 2:30 p.m.

Mathematical sciences seminar: "Using Random Graphs to Prove
a Martinglae Property," with David Mason, UD, and Tatyana
Turova, Moscow State University. 536 Ewing Hall, 2:30 p.m.

Chemical engineering seminar: "Mechanism and Bonding in
Surface Chemistry," with Cynthia M. Friend, Harvard
University. 102-103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.

Mathematical sciences colloquium: "Diffuse-Interface
Modeling in Phase Change," with Richard Braun, UD. 006
Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Business and economics honor societies induction: 115
Purnell Hall, 3:45 p.m. By invitation only.

Organic/inorganic chemistry seminar: "Organic
Transformations Using Platinum," with P. Wyn Jennings,
National Science Foundation. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

President's reception: for members of honor societies, award
recipients, their sponsors and families, administrators,
academic deans and department chairs. President's House, 47
Kent Way, 4-5:30 p.m. (Rain location: Perkins Student Center
Gallery)
Reception: for "Bachelor of Fine Art Senior Exhibitions."
Department of Art Gallery, Recitation Hall, and Clayton Hall
Lobby Gallery, 5-7 p.m. For information, call 831-2244.

Phi Kappa Phi initiation/ buffet dinner: Trabant University
Center, 5:15 p.m. By invitation only.

Continuing education honors ceremony: 101A Clayton Hall, 6
p.m.
Theatre: Shakespeare's Henry VI (Part II), presented by
Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30
p.m. Call UD1-HENS.
Concert: University Chorale, with Patrick Evans, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.

Theatre: Euripides' The Bacchae, presented by E-52 Student
Theatre. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m.
Admission, $5 for the public and $4 for UD faculty, staff
and students. For information, call 831-6014.


                           Saturday, May 10
Undergraduate Research Symposium: Perkins Student Center,
9:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8995.
ASPIRE Program Recognition of Achievement luncheon: 120
Clayton Hall, 11:30 a.m. By invitation only.

Baseball: America East tournament. Frawley Stadium,
Wilmington, noon, 3 and 7 p.m. For ticket information, call
UD1-HENS.

Synergy fashion show: Multipurpose Room, Trabant University
Center, 2 p.m. Tickets, $5 for the public and $3 for
students with ID. For information, call 266-6973 or (410)
620-2630.

Advanced Honors Certificates reception: Ewing Room, Perkins
Student Center, 5 p.m. By invitation only.

Kappa Delta Pi initiation: Rodney Room, Perkins Student
Center, 6 p.m. By invitation only.

Concert: Y-Chromes, a cappella group. North Mall, between
Brown and Harter residence halls, 7:30 p.m. For information,
call 831-2773.
Theatre: Euripides' The Bacchae, presented by E-52 Student
Theatre. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m.
Admission, $5 for the public and $4 for UD faculty, staff
and students. For information, call 831-6014.


                            Sunday, May 11
Bus trip: to Marilyn Manson concert, with special guests
Helmet and a musical interlude by Rasputina, at the Sony
Blockbuster Entertainment Center, Camden, N.J. Bus leaves
Trabant University Center, 5 p.m. for 8 p.m. show. Cost, $35
includes transportation and concert ticket; one guest per
I.D. Sign up in 205 Trabant University Center.
Baseball: America East tournament finals. Frawley Stadium,
Wilmington, noon. Call UD1-HENS.

Black Student Union service: with the Rev. Joseph C.
Robinson of Cambridge, Mass., and selections by the UD
Gospel Choir. Multipurpose Room A&B, Trabant University
Center, 11:30 a.m. For information, call 831-2801.

E-52 Student Theatre acting workshop: Baccchus Theatre,
Perkins Student Center, 2-5 p.m. For information, call 366-
1306.

Concert: Taggart-Grycky Duo. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du
Pont Music Building, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.

SLTV-49 film: Sleepers, 8 p.m.

SLTV-49 film: The Spitfire Grill, 10:25 p.m.

                                   
                            Monday, May 12
Biochemistry seminar: "Protein Dynamics in Hemoglobin from
Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy," with Thomas G.
Spiro, Princeton University. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

SLTV-49 film: Sleepers, 4 and 9:15 p.m.

SLTV-49 film: American Graffitti, 6:25 p.m.

Concert: Percussion Ensemble, with Harvey Price, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577.


                            Tuesday, May 13
UDARF informal luncheon/discussion: 207 Trabant University
Center, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. For information, call 731-4218.

History workshop: "Romancing the Fields: The Disciplining of
Feminism in History and Sociology," with Ava Baron, Rider
University. 436 Ewing Hall, 12:30 p.m.

Committee on Information Resource Planning and Management
meeting: 209/211 Trabant University Center, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Mathematical sciences disseration defense: "Several Set
Functions and Continuous Maps," by Sandra Gorka, UD. 436
Ewing Hall, 2:15 p.m.

Condensed matter seminar: "New Hard Magnetic
Materials: Microstructure and Coercivity," with J. Fiedler,
Technical University of Vienna. 217 Sharp Laboratory, 2:30
p.m.

Economics seminar: "Demand Uncertainty and Price
Maintenance: Markdowns as Destructive Competition," with
James Peck, Ohio State University. 118 Purnell Hall, 3:30-5
p.m. For information, call 831-1907 or 831-2563.

Applied coastal research seminar: "Turbulent Boundary Layers
and Their Roles in Sediment Transport and Air-Sea
Interaction," with Qingping Zou, Johns Hopkins University.
348 DuPont Hall, 3:30 p.m.

SLTV-49 film: Surviving Picasso, 4 and 10 p.m.

Art history lecture: "Moore's Mother," with Anne Wagner,
University of California at Berkeley. Trabant University
Center Theatre, 5:30 p.m.; reception following.

Jewish American culture lecture: "Jewish-American
Literature," with Jay Halio, UD. 204 Kirkbride Lecture Hall,
7 p.m. Call 831-3324.

Film: Evening of Irish films. Trabant University Center
Theatre, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2886.

SLTV-49 film: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, midnight.

                           Wednesday, May 14
Environmental engineering research seminar: "Surfactant-
Enhanced Bioremediation of PAH," with Peter Jaffe, Princeton
University. 348 DuPont Hall, 2:30 p.m.

Analytical/physical chemistry seminar: "The Many Ways of
Many-Way Analysis on Chemical Data," with Paul Geladi, Umea
Universiteit, Sweden. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

SLTV-49 film: Basquiat, 4 and 9:45 p.m.

Concert: Gamelan Lake of the Silver Bear, with Michael Zinn,
UD, directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577.

SLTV-49 film: The Spitfire Grill, 11:15 p.m.


                           Thursday, May 15
Deadline for filing application for graduate degrees to be
conferred in August 1997

Political science seminar: "Health Care, Meeting the Needs
of Underserved Communities," with Marian Palley, UD. 321
Smith Hall, noon-1:30 p.m.

SLTV-49 film: Rain Man, 3:30 and 9:15 p.m.

Black Student Union lecture: "Success Beyond the Collegiate
Level: Giving Back to One's Community," with the Rev. J.
Stanley Justice of Trenton, N.J. Multipurpose Room A,
Trabant University Center, 6 p.m. For information, call 831-
2801.

Concert: Jazz Ensemble II, with Vernon James, UD, directing.
Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m.
For information, call 831-2577.

SLTV-49 film: Of Mice and Men, 11:30 p.m.

                            Friday, May 16
Urban affairs and public policy honors ceremony: Conference
Room, Center for Composites Materials, 11 a.m. For
information, call 831-2394.

Senior Day celebration: Grounds of Old College, 3-6 p.m.
Theatre: Le Mariage Force and Gli Sposi, presented by
students of French 455 and Italian 455/655. Bacchus Theatre,
Perkins Student Center, 3:30 p.m.

Cellular and molecular biology seminar:"Use of the
Tetracycline Transactivatable Promoter System in Virtual
Drug Design," with Robert Horkick, Pharmacopia
Pharmaceuticals. 316 Wolf Hall, 4 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30
p.m.

Organic/inorganic chemistry seminar: "Bimetallic Reactivity
and Its Relevance to Biological Processes," with Brice
Bosnich, University of Chicago. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

Reception: "A World Under Cover: R.B. Kitaj's 'In Our Time'"
exhibition. University Gallery, Old College. 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Call 831-2842.

Reception: for "Master of Fine Art Exhibition." Department
of Art Gallery, Recitation Hall, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Call 831-
2244.

Reception: for "Bachelor of Fine Art Senior Exhibitions."
Department of Art Gallery, Recitation Hall, and Clayton Hall
Lobby Gallery, 5-7 p.m. For information, call 831-2244.

Concert: Symphonic Band, with Heidi I. Sarver, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577.

Concert: The Deltones, a cappella group. Bacchus Theatre,
Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. Admission, $3. Call 837-8401.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Student Union alternative dance: Club
814, Wilmington, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Admission, $3. for
information, call 831-8066.

                            Sunday, May 18
Auditions: for The Deltones, a cappella group. 206 Trabant
University Center, 2 p.m. For information, call 837-8401.

Concert: University Singers, with Ruth Oatman, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.

                            Monday, May 19
Auditions: for The Deltones, a cappella group. 206 Trabant
University Center, 2 p.m. For information, call 837-8401.

Concert: University Singers, with Ruth Oatman, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. Call 831-2577.

                            Tuesday, May 20
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: "Herbaceous Plant
Establishment in the Landscape," with Jonathan Watkinson,
UD. 102 Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, noon.

Book signing: with James Jones. University Bookstore, 12:30-
1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2637.

Applied coastal research seminar: topic to be announced,
with Mark Orzech, UD. 348 DuPont Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Film: Evening of Irish films. Trabant University Center
Theatre, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-2886.

Concert: Jazz Ensemble I, with Jay Hildebrandt, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577.

                           Wednesday, May 21
Last day of classes

Cellular and molecular biology seminar: "Expression,
Transport and Intracellular Localization of Myelin Basic
Protein (MBP) mRNA and Protein in Differentiating
Oligodendrocytes," with Elisa Barbarese, University of
Connecticut Health Center. 316 Wolf Hall, 4 p.m.;
refreshments, 3:30 p.m.