The Resident Ensemble Players continues its 2009-2010 season with Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
With the University of Delaware home to a large number of fans of both the defending World Champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League Champion New York Yankees - evidenced by the many hats and jerseys seen across campus this week - the Student Centers Programming Advisory Board (SCPAB) has planned a special large-screen showing of World Series Game 4.
Team registration has opened for the University of Delaware Student Centers Campus Quiz Tourney, to be held Nov. 1 in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Trabant University Center.
The University of Delaware Library announces that Steven E. Sidebotham, UD professor of history, will present a lecture titled "Berenike: University of Delaware's Archaeological Excavations 1994-2001 and 2009 at a Red Sea Port on the Ancient Maritime Spice Route" at noon, Monday, Nov. 2, in the Class of 1941 Lecture Room in the Morris Library.
Kate Bornstein, author, playwright, performance artist and transsexual trailblazer, will speak at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Room 100 Wolf Hall on the topic "How America's Bully Culture is Messing with Your Sex Life."
Elon Musk, the chairman, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, will make a presentation Thursday, Nov. 5, as part of the University of Delaware Presidential Lecture Series. Musk will speak at 4 p.m. in the Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.
The Rumi Forum University of Delaware Chapter, in collaboration with American-Turkish Friendship Association, will host the inaugural Friendship Dinner at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Hilton Christiana.
Christopher McDougall, author of The New York Times bestseller Born to Run, will present a seminar at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6, in Room 100 Wolf Hall.
The University of Delaware New Castle County Alumni Club will hold a buffet dinner reception before the Tuesday, Nov. 3, UD Speaks program featuring former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell.
Larry Temkin, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, will deliver the fall 2009 David Norton Memorial Lecture at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center.
The "Picture This: Your Health Reframed" health fair organized by students in a University of Delaware high-risk nursing course with help from the Student Nurses Organization, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Trabant University Center food court.
The University of Delaware Greek Nation's 2nd annual Step-n-Stroll Show will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Bob Carpenter Center.
"The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse and Redemption" will be the topic of a lecture by Kenneth Lapatin, associate curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Calif., at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, in 100 Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
The University of Delaware Department of English will hold an event called "Shakespeare First" at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Roselle Center for the Arts.
Ellen Kullman (http://www2.dupont.com/Our_Company/en_US/executives/kullman.html), CEO of DuPont, will give a talk, "Positioning for Growth in a Changed Economic Landscape," during a seminar from 6-7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13, in Arsht Hall, 2600 Pennsylvania Ave., on the University of Delaware's Wilmington campus. Dinner will be provided.
From Oct. 23 through Nov. 13, the University of Delaware will host an international show of "Outsider Art" in the Second Life virtual community.
The University of Delaware StUDent Government Association will host ONE, a special event to support the international ONE Campaign that seeks to raise public awareness of poverty, hunger and disease, on Friday evening, Nov. 13, in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Trabant University Center.
On Wednesday, Nov. 18, Beverly Hall, superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools and the 2009 National Superintendent of the Year, will address Delaware's school leaders, policy makers, University of Delaware faculty, and students.
University of Delaware experts in art and history will present gallery talks surrounding the "Sound: Print: Record: African American Legacies" exhibition that is on view at Mechanical Hall Gallery until Dec. 6.
The inaugural University of Delaware Geospatial Research Day (GRD) will be held Thursday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Trabant University Center Multipurpose Rooms. This free event will showcase UD researchers in their use of geospatial techniques and technologies.
Jack Tarburton, the Delaware and Maryland state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Program, will be the featured speaker at the Friends of Agriculture Breakfast to be held Friday, Nov. 20, in Dover, Del.
The University of Delaware's fall International Film Series will be held at 7:30 p.m., Sundays, from Oct. 11 through Nov. 29, in the Trabant University Center Theatre.
The University of Delaware is planning a fall public affairs lecture series titled "Assessing Obama's First Year" that will feature both faculty experts and national speakers, including David Plouffe, who attended UD and played a central role in the campaign of President Barack Obama, and Ed Gillespie, former chairperson of the Republican National Committee and White House adviser to George W. Bush.
The University of Delaware Women's Studies Program has announced the fall 2009 "Research on Women" lecture series.
A Material Culture Studies fall colloquium series, "Interpreting Objects," will meet weekly from 1:25 to 2:15 p.m., Wednesdays, in Room 326B Alison Hall.
The University of Delaware Library announces that "ABC: An Alphabet Exhibition" will be on view in the Special Collections Exhibition Gallery of the Morris Library from Monday, Aug. 24, through Friday, Dec. 18.
"Many people who think opera is not for them have just not experienced it," says Larry Peterson, opera trip leader for the University of Delaware's Professional and Continuing Studies since 1980. UD's opera studytrips are open both to seasoned opera fans as well as new participants wishing to take in a world-class performing arts experience.
NEWS
- Colin Powell entertains, educates UD audience
- Tesla CEO champions sustainable energy, space exploration
- Small Business Development Center honors Gary Simon
- Top speakers to discuss creating new economies for Delaware and the nation
- UD in the News, Nov. 6, 2009
- For the Record, Nov. 6, 2009
- Additional Maroon 5 tickets to go on sale for UD students Nov. 9
- UD professor testifies about offshore wind for legislative hearing
- Delaware Army ROTC team competes in Ranger Challenge
- Association for Computing Machinery cites UD student
- UD profs discuss Nobels in chemistry, literature, economics
- Blue Hen alums return to UD for Homecoming
- UD alum Christopher Christie elected governor of New Jersey
- UD survey on technology amenities in hotel rooms
- Gamma Sigma Sigma supports Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
- University's 'Chunksters' get set for Chunkin
- University hosts conference on ethics of climate change
- Solar panels latest in green technology at UD dairy farm
- UD Library Special Collections on the road
- UD pre-service students assist with Teachers of Science newsletter
- UD honors 2009 Presidential Citation recipients
- Starburst galaxy sheds light on longstanding cosmic mystery
- Blue Hen Leadership Program offers students opportunities
- Ellen Wise joins College of Education and Public Policy as director of development
- Alumni Relations seeks volunteers for reunion class committees
- Information on Chrysler site work posted
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- Snyder-Mackler delivers Alison Lecture
- UD start-up company prepares to commercialize novel detector for medical, military applications
- New exhibit celebrates the origins of the University of Delaware
CAMPUS FYI
- UD's Winter Faculty Institute kicks off Jan. 5
- Student anchors, videographers compete for spot at 82nd Academy Awards
- LMS Committee explores focus for the future
- State offers UD faculty, staff free health risk assessment
- Upgrade to Windows 7 available for UD students
- CAS Research Institute invites 'integrated semester' proposals
- CAS Research Institute invites visiting scholar, artist proposals
- Oct. 20-Nov. 10: UD announces long-term care open enrollment