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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 31, May 15
Calendar
Thursday, May 15
Deadline for filing application for graduate degrees to be
conferred in August 1997
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 additional
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 more information, call 831-2577.
Friday, May 16
Urban affairs and public policy honors ceremony: Conference
Room, Center for Composites Materials, 11 a.m. For
information, call 831-2394.
Mathematical sciences seminar: "Image Reconstruction from
Projections Using Image Modeling Gibbs Prior," with Gabor T.
Herman, University of Pennsylvania. 006 Kirkbride Lecture
Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Theatre: an afternoon of French and Italian theatre, Le
Mariage Force by Moliere and Gil Sposi, an original play in
the commedia dell'arte tradition. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins
Student Center, 3:30 p.m. For additional information, call
831-2044 or 831-2749.
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.
For information, call 831-2842.
Reception: for "Master of Fine Art Exhibition." Department
of Art Gallery, Recitation Hall, 4:30-6:30 p.m. For
information, 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 additional 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. For additional information, call 831-2577.
Concert: The Deltones, a cappella group. Bacchus Theatre,
Perkins Student Center, 8 p.m. Admission, $3. For
information, 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
Workshop: Bicycle safety. 203 Carpenter Sports Building,
12:15-1:15 p.m.
Biochemistry seminar: "Wavelength-Selective Fluorescence as
a Novel Tool to Monitor Organization and Dynamics in
Biological Membranes," with Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Centre
for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India. 214 Brown
Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Concert: Jazz Chamber Ensemble, with Tom Palmer, UD,
directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, 8 p.m. For information, 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.
Applied coastal research seminar: topic to be announced,
with Mark Orzech, UD. 348 DuPont Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Film: Evening of Irish film. 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 additional details and 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.
Analytical/physical chemistry seminar: "Creating Your Own
Career Path," with Hafeez Fatunmbi, Separations Methods Inc.
and Ken James, Supercritical Fluid Technologies Inc. 214
Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.
Thursday, May 22
Reading Day
Slip-n-slide/karoake day: Outside Amy E. du Pont Music
Building, all day. Admission is free; $1 for five slip-n-
slide rides or $5 for all day pass, and $1 for one karoake
song or $5 for unlimited songs; combination pass for all
day, $8. For information, call 433-2364.
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education
orientation meeting: 209 Trabant University Center, 9 a.m.-
3:30 p.m.
Friday, May 23
Final exams begin; grades to registrar's office 72 hours
after scheduled exam or last class meeting when no final
exam is given.
Reception: "Visual Communications Senior Exhibition."
Department of Art Galleries, Recitation Hall, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
For additional details and information, call 831-2244.
Chemical engineering seminar: "Polyelectrolyte Solution
Rheology," with Ralph H. Colby, Penn State University. 102-
103 Colburn Laboratory, 3 p.m.
Performance: Shakespeare: Everything and Nothing, a one-man
show of Shakespeare performances with theatrical anedotes by
David Howey. Chapel Street Theatre, 27 North Chapel St., 8
p.m. Admission, $5. For additional details and information,
call 731-4682.
Saturday, May 24
Reading Day
Reception: "Visual Communications Senior Exhibition."
Department of Art Galleries, Recitation Hall, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
For information, call 831-2244.
Sunday, May 25
Reading Day
Monday, May 26
Holiday; University offices closed
Tuesday, May 27
Board of Trustees semiannual meeting: Multipurpose Room,
Trabant University Center, 3 p.m. For additional details and
information, call 831-2113.
Applied coastal research seminar: "Nonlinear Evolution of
Shear Instabilities of the Longshore Current," with H. Tuba
Ozkan-Haller, UD doctoral student. 348 DuPont Hall, 3:30
p.m.
Friday, May 30
Final exams end; residence halls close at 10 p.m. (except
for graduating students)