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UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 32, May 22
Calendar
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.
Music play-a-thon: members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Amy E.
du Pont Music Building, noon-midnight. Donations accepted.
For information, call 831-2577.
Theory seminar: "Ultrahigh Energy Neutrino Interactions and
Detection of Extragalactic Neutrinos," with Ina Sarcevic,
University of Arizona. 217 Sharp Laboratory, 2:30 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 information, call 831-2244.
Chemical engineering seminar: "Polyelectrolyte Solution
Rheology," with Ralph H. Colby, Penn State University. 102-
103 Colburn Laboratory, 2:30 p.m.; refreshments, 2 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 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.
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. 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.
Thursday, May 29
Mathematical sciences dissertation defense: "Bootstrap Based
Goodness of Fit Test for Non-Location/Scale Families of
Statistics," by Xiaosha Zhang.
Friday, May 30
Final exams end; residence halls close at 10 p.m. (except
for graduating students).
Saturday, May 31
Commencement: with noted columnist, lecturer and author
Georgie Anne Geyer. Delaware Stadium, 9 a.m. (Rain or shine)
Convocation ceremonies: See story on this page for college
and department locations and times.
Wednesday, June 4
Cellular and molecular biology seminar: "Treating Type II
Diabetes with Rexinoids: Selective RXR Receptor Agonists,"
with Ranjan Mujkherjee, Ligand Pharmaceuticals. 316 Wolf
Hall, 4 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 8
Residence halls check-in for 5- and 7-l/2-week sessions,
noon-5 p.m.
Monday, June 9
First Summer Session and 7-1/2-week session classes begin.
Late registration begins.
Wednesday, June 11
Applied coastal research seminar: "Numerical Modeling of
Quasi 3-D Nearshore Hydrodynamics," with Ap Van Dongeren, UD
graduate student. 348 DuPont Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 12
Last day of late registration and free drop/add for first
Summer Session; tuition and a $15 fee charged and a grade of
"W" recorded for course withdrawals after this date.
Summer Sessions finals exam scheduling requests due to
scheduling office.
Saturday, June 14
Bus trip: New York City, open itinerary. Bus leaves Trabant
University Center parking lot, 8 a.m.; leaves New York City,
8 p.m. Cost, $25 for UD faculty, staff and others with UD
ID, and $20 for full-time UD undergraduates; one guest per
ID. Sign up in Room 218 Trabant University Center.