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 University of Delaware Energy Institute (UDEI) will host the seminar "The Sustainable Energy Challenge" by George Crabtree, senior scientist and distinguished fellow from the Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 10-11:15 a.m., in the Center for Composite Materials, Room 104/106. Refreshments will be served at 9:45 a.m.
Princeton University anthropologist Alan Mann will present "The Origins of Art: Is This What Being Human Is All About?" in the University of Delaware's Year of Darwin Celebration lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19, starting at 5 p.m., in Room 100 Kirkbride Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
The fifth annual International Education Festival at the University of Delaware, hosted by the English Language Institute (ELI), will be held from 4-9 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Perkins Students Center Scrounge and Rodney Room.
University of Delaware alumni are encouraged to join the Philadelphia Alumni Club as they cheer on the Blue Hens men's basketball team as it faces the University of Pennsylvania at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, at the fabled Palestra in Philadelphia.
The University of Delaware StUDent Government Association will be holding its annual Thanksgiving food drive on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 19-20.
UDress Magazine will release the fall issue during the fourth annual Fall Fashion Event to be held Saturday evening, Nov. 21, in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Trabant University Center.
The University of Delaware is going global during International Education Week, to be held Monday, Nov. 16, through Friday, Nov. 22, plus special weekend events, with films, music, lectures, exhibitions, variety shows, an international opportunities and careers fair and more.
The University of Delaware Department of Music will present a "Messiah Sing" event at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 22, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
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.
The University of Delaware Center for Black Culture will hold a Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration starting at 6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Trabant University Center.
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
- UD launches Center for Political Communication
- Princeton anthropologist addresses human language and art in Darwin lecture
- Violinist Xiang Gao to lead China tour in June
- Delaware art history grad student honored for best paper
- MSERC programs in math education receive continued funding
- UD Library Associates elects officers for 2010
- Richards to return to faculty in College of Health Sciences
- UD Police seek information about injured student
- For the Record, Nov. 20, 2009
- UD in the News, Nov. 20, 2009
- UD planning teachers institute in cooperation with Yale National Initiative
- PCS, Academy of Lifelong Learning receive award
- Record 334 students receive General Honors Awards
- Vaughan elected interim president of national education organization
- Lambda Chi Alpha completes annual food drive
- Second Life Outsider art show seen a success
- Dec. 2: Former RNC chairperson Ed Gillespie to speak
- UD Collegiate Figure Skating Team wins Cornell competition
- UD students tour CIA headquarters
- Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center established
- American Vacuum Society honors UD doctoral student
- UD hosts annual Delaware Space Grant Research Symposium
- UD ranks among top institutions in study abroad
- UD's second hydrogen fuel cell bus carries special guests
- UD, Olympic movement complete coaching enrichment modules
- University awarded grant for prostate cancer research
- 5 things you need to know about H1N1 influenza
- Junior Chefs Rockfish Cook-Off accepting entries
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
- UD research team studies missteps, falls and fractures
- Chemical engineering student modifies car to run on cooking oil
- Snyder-Mackler delivers Alison Lecture
CAMPUS FYI
- Changes ahead for recognition of student honors
- Bicyclists, motorists need to watch out for one another
- Career Services Center announces online voting for top video
- Nominations sought for Redding Award recognizing campus diversity efforts
- Nov. 30: Chemical hygiene, lab safety survey deadline
- Princeton Review announces student survey
- UD's Winter Faculty Institute kicks off Jan. 5
- Student anchors, videographers compete for spot at 82nd Academy Awards
- State offers UD faculty, staff free health risk assessment
- Upgrade to Windows 7 available for UD students