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Wayne CravenTradition and Innovation in American Art: Papers for Wayne Craven on His 70th Birthday" is the theme of the Delaware Symposium on American Art scheduled for Friday, March 26, in Clayton Hall.
The daylong event honors Craven, H. F. du Pont Winterthur Professor of Art History, who will be retiring this year.
Craven was instrumental in founding the symposium, the oldest permanent forum for the presentation of new research in the history of the art of the United States.
This year's presenters and panel discussion leader are all UD alumni who were Craven's students. All have had outstanding success in the world of art.
The speakers include Nancy Anderson, associate curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; H. Nichols Clark, the Eleanor McDonald Storza Chairperson of Education at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta; Gail Husch, chairperson and associate professor of art history at Goucher College in Baltimore; Franklin Kelly, curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art and associate professor of art history at the University of Maryland; Joan Marter, professor of art history at Rutgers University; and Susan Rather, associate professor of art history and graduate adviser at the University of Texas at Austin.
Roberta Tarbell, professor of art history at Rutgers University, will be the moderator for the panel discussion on new directions in art history on the brink of the 21st century.
Registration is $45 for the general public and $25 for students.
For registration information or more details, call 831-8415 or visit the symposium's web site at <http://Seurat.art.udel.edu/Events/sym99/ahsym99.html>.
Craven joined the Delaware faculty in 1960 and is an authority on American painting and sculpture. He studied at the John Herron Art School, earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Indiana University and received a doctorate from Columbia University.
In 1964, he created "The Index of American Sculpture," which is the basis for a computerized research archive at the National Museum of American Art. He served as coordinator of the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture for five years.
Craven is a member of the editorial boards of Smithsonian Studies in American Art, The American Art Journal, The Daniel Chester French Papers, the University of Delaware Press and The Peale Family Papers, being published by the Yale University Press and the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.
A winner of the excellence-in-teaching award in 1987, he was Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in the College of Arts and Science in 1982.
Craven also received the Francis Alison Faculty Award in 1984.
--Beth Thomas
Oscar the Grouch--along with Big Bird, Elmo and Cookie Monster--will be featured in this year's Elmo's Coloring Book tour, presented by Sesame Street Live. Tickets are on sale now for the live production, which will appear in the Bob Carpenter Center from today through March 21. This Broadway-style musical extravaganza features Sesame Street classic songs and some new surprises. Cost is $10, $13 and $15 for children and adults, depending on location of the seats. For tickets, call UD1-HENS.
The Office of Alumni and University Relations has scheduled a series of receptions in the Bob Carpenter Center to meet with characters from the show approximately one hour before a number of the performances. The receptions are scheduled at 6 p.m., Friday, March 19; 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturday, March 20; and noon and 3:30 p.m., Sunday, March 21.
For cost and information on these receptions, where attendance is limited, call the Office of Alumni and University Relations at 831-2341 or send e-mail to <AlumNet@mvs.udel.edu>.
The Employee Wellness Center, in conjunction with the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, will be hosting a bone marrow screening from noon-4 p.m., Monday, April 12, in the Room 129 Trabant University Center.
Every year, 30,000 people are diagnosed with leukemia or other fatal blood diseases. For many, the only hope for survival is a marrow transplant. Unfortunately, nearly 70 percent of these people cannot find suitably matched marrow donors within their families, and they need to find unrelated marrow donors--people who have volunteered to donate marrow if ever matched with any patient in need.
The National Marrow Donor Program is a network of donor centers, transplant centers, collection centers and recruitment groups. While the NMDP welcomes any volunteer who wants to join the registry, there is a critical need for minority volunteer donors. Joining the registry is a step-wise process, the first of which involves a simple blood test, to be taken on April 12.
Those interested will be informed of the entire process, as well as which medical conditions warrant ineligibility. Packets of information will be sent to individuals to be completed prior to the screening.
For further information, or to schedule a 15-20 minute appointment for the campus screening, call the Employee Wellness Center at 831-8388.
The Wilmington-based law firm of Hermann & Silverman has raised funds for bone marrow screening and will be covering the costs for the blood analysis of UD employees, friends and family members participating in the screening.
Workshop to focus on respect in the workplace
A Matter of Respect: Situation and Solutions in the Workplace," an interactive workshop featuring performances by UD staff members, will be presented from noon-1:30 p.m., Friday, April 16, in Multipurpose Rooms A and B of the Trabant University Center.
Written and directed by Richard Gaw, housing assignment services, the program is cosponsored by the Commission on the Status of Women and the Career Services Center. All UD staff and students are encouraged to attend. Those attending should bring their lunch; beverages and dessert will be provided.
Reservations are requested by April 9. Call the Office of Women's Affairs at 831-4620 or send e-mail to <Nancy.Soccorso@mvs.udel.edu>.
Ben Yagoda, English, a well-known writer of non-fiction, has been receiving regional and national attention as an author.
Recently, Yagoda was invited to participate in the Penn Humanities Forum's "A Celebration of Philadelphia Writers;" to serve as a judge in New York University's journalism department's selection of the 20th century's top 100 works of American journalism; had an essay selected for Books of the Century, published by The New York Times to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its book review section; and was featured in Booknotes Life Stories: Notable Biographers on the People Who Shaped America.
"A Celebration of Philadelphia Writers' will combine the city's literary past with current novelists, poets, journalists, playwrights and screenwriters who make Philadelphia their home through readings, performances, tours and exhibitions on March 26 and 27.
Yagoda, who resides in Swarthmore, is scheduled to read from his forthcoming history of The New Yorker at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 27, at the Library of the American Philosophical Society.
As a judge for the top 100 works of American journalism, Yagoda joined such well-known figures in the field as David Brinkley, former ABC/NBC anchor; Mary McGrory, Washington Post columnist; Morley Safter, 60 Minutes coeditor; and George Will, syndicated columnist and ABC News commentator; as well as members of NYU's journalism faculty. In the list of judges, Yagoda was cited for The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism, a textbook used here and at many other colleges that he coedited with Kevin Kerrane, English.
The panel of judges recognized excellence in reporting, nonfiction writing, criticism and commentary in newspaper and magazine articles, in television and radio reports and programs and in literary journalism.
During the judging process, which was conducted by mail and e-mail, nominations were made and then winnowed down, with judges ranking their choices for the final list.
The 100 top winners were announced March 1 at NYU, and in coverage in The New York Times, judge Jeff Greenfield of CNN was quoted, "The cliché of journalism is that it is a first rough draft of history. This makes you go back and look at what journalistic works have endured."
It was an exciting event, Yagoda said, and many of the winners and their families were present. John Hersey's Hiroshima garnered first place, and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was second, followed by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's investigation of the Watergate break in, appearing in The Washington Post. Because of his work on the history of The New Yorker, where Silent Spring was first published, Yagoda was asked to speak briefly about the work.
"It was interesting to note," he commented, "that of the 100 works selected, 20 had been published in The New Yorker."
In 1986, Yagoda wrote an essay for The New York Times Book Review on the use of present tense in writing, citing such authors as Ann Beattie and Jay McInerney. Entitled "No Tense Like the Present," the essay was reprinted in Books of the Century: 100 Years of Authors, Ideas and Literature, published last fall.
The just-published Booknotes: Life Stories contains excerpts from interviews host Brian Lamb conducted with biographers for his C-Span television program, Booknotes. In the excerpt, Yagoda talked about his 1993 book, Will Rogers: A Biography.
Yagoda also is the coauthor with Ruth Westheimer, a noted sex therapist, of three books including The Value of Family: A Blueprint for the 21st Century. He also has contributed articles to many major national magazines.
--Sue Moncure
Learn the fox trot, waltz, swing, tango, cha-cha and other dances by enrolling in the UD spring dance series. Taught by Pat Grim, nursing, and student members of the Ballroom Dance Team, classes are held one hour per week for 10 weeks, beginning Tuesday, March 23; Thursday, March 25; and Sunday, March 28; in the Pearson Hall gymnasium. The cost is $30 for full-time students and $60 for all others.
Ballroom dance lessons will be offered
* Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m., beginner class and swing class;8-9 p.m., beginner II class;
* Thursdays, 7-8 p.m., beginner class and advanced class;8-9 p.m., Latin class (cha-cha, rumba, samba, swing, etc.);
* Sundays, 6-7 p.m., swing class; and7-8 p.m., beginner and swing class.
For information, contact Pat Grim at 831-1117, send e-mail to <spring@udel.edu> or visit the web site at <www.udel.edu/dance>.
Cholesterolcheck will be offered during Med Tech Week
In celebration of Medical Technology Week next month, a cholesterol screening will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in one of the kiosks of the Trabant Center on Tuesday, April 13, and Thursday, April 15.
Cost is $10 Wellness Dollars plus a $5 copay. The test takes 10 minutes and provides immediate results on total cholesterol and HDL (the good cholesterol) levels. Call 831-8388 to schedule a 10-minute appointment.
The Race to Save 100 Years, a 1998 documentary film on the conservation of motion pictures, will be shown at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, in the Trabant University Theatre. The screenings are free and open to the University community.
In 1995, the first 100 years of cinema were celebrated worldwide. However, as much as 85 percent of films made in the first 30 years of this century may be lost. After the advent of sound, few saw fit to conserve early silent pictures. Nitrate film stock was high flammable and vulnerable to temperature and humidity variations. When acetate safety film replaced nitrate film, color fading became the new challenge, with such films as Gone with the Wind, Giant and Star Wars suffering degradation.
This documentary, which is an introduction to cinema history, highlights successful conservation efforts and features a panel of film preservation experts. It can be enjoyed by all audiences and has been shown only at major film festivals and at such venues as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The showing of The Race to Save 100 is made possible through the cooperation of Richard May, Warner Bros., the Association of Moving Image Archivists, the University of Delaware Library Assembly of Professional Staff and the Office of the Director of UD Libraries.
For more information, contact Francis Poole @ 831-8461 or send e-mail to <Francis.Poole@mvs.udel.edu>.
In conjunction with the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, a seminar on "Balancing Work and Family" will be presented from noon-1 p.m., Thursday, April 1, in Room 103 Gore Hall. Linda Bankowski from Quality Leadership Associates will speak. Cost is $10 Wellness Dollars, and preregistration is required.
