The University Record, October 1, 1996
Harris will speak on
film growth of diamond
Stephen J. Harris, of the physics and physical chemistry department
at the research and development center of the General Motors Corp.,
will discuss chemical vapor deposition growth of diamond at 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 11. The lecture, sponsored by the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, will take place in Room 1504, Dow Bldg.
Regents revise meeting schedule for 1997
The Board of Regents at its September meeting approved a revised
schedule for its 1997 meetings. The new schedule changes the
previously approved dates for the January, March and May meetings.
The schedule is as follows: Jan. 23-24, Feb. 20-21, March 13-14 (at
U-M-Dearborn), Apr. 17-18, May 8-9, June 19-20, July 17-18, Aug.---no
meeting, Sept. 18-19, Oct. 16-17 (at U-M-Flint), Nov. 20-21 and Dec.
18-19.
Breast cancer risk is
topic of lecture
Are you at high risk for developing breast cancer? It is a concern
that crosses nearly every woman's mind at some point in her lifetime.
The Comprehensive Cancer Center will present "Breast Cancer Genetics:
Understanding Your Risk" at 7 p.m. Oct. 16. The free, public event
will be held at Temple Israel, located in West Bloomfield at 5725
Walnut Lake Road. For information, call 1-800-865-1125.
Office of International Programs seeks director for
Year in France program
The Office of International Programs (OIP) seeks letters of
application, including up-to-date curriculum vitae, from faculty
interested in the 1997-98 directorship of the Academic Year in
Aix-en-Provence, France. The director will spend 11 months in Aix,
from mid-August to mid-July. Requirements for the director include
tenured rank, fluency in French and administrative skills.
Application deadline is Oct. 31. For information, call 764-4311.
Fire up for Wolverines
at Go Blue Brunch
Billed by its sponsors "the biggest and best tailgate and pep rally
in town," the 20th Annual Alumni Association Go Blue Brunch kicks off
at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 19 in the Track & Tennis Bldg. In addition to
lots of food, the Homecoming weekend event will include a greeting by
interim President Homer Neal, presentation of the Spirit of Michigan
Award to Bo Schembechler and appearances by the Michigan Marching
Band, as well as the Michigan Cheerleaders and the Michigan Alumni
Cheerleaders. Tickets cost $15, $7.50 for students. A limited number
of football tickets at $32 each will be available for those
purchasing brunch tickets. Deadline for ticket purchase is Oct. 11.
Call 763-9747 for information.
Three new professional
development courses
offered by HRD
Human Resource Development has announced three new professional
development courses scheduled for October and November. Performance
Planning will meet 1-5 p.m. Oct. 16. The Benchmarking
Workshop---Quest for the Best, a Qualtec Quality Services Seminar,
will be held 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 24-25. Registration is required
before Oct. 10. Personal Profile System: A Tool for Effective Team
Communication will take place 8:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 7. Call 764-7410
for information.
Sign-up deadline approaches
for IM golf scramble
The entry deadline for the 1996 Two Person Team Scramble Golf
Tournament sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports
Intramural Sports Program is 4:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Intramural
Sports Bldg. An entry fee of $15 per team will be charged. Course fee
($18) is additional. The tournament will be conducted at the U-M Golf
Course Oct. 13. Tee times begin at 8 a.m. For information, call
763-3562.
Deadline nears for
IM Team Tennis Tournament
The deadline for the 1996 Team Tennis Tournament, sponsored by the
Department of Recreational Sports Intramural Sports Program, is 4:30
Oct. 10 at the Intramural Sports Bldg. An entry fee of $25 per team
will be charged. The tournament will be conducted at the Palmer
Tennis Courts beginning at 10 a.m. Oct. 12-13. Call 763-3562 for
information.
Symposium explores ethical
implications of virtual reality
The Office of Policy Development and Education, Information
Technology Division, will sponsor a symposium, "Ethical and
Psychological Issues in Virtual Reality Technology" Fri.-Sun. (Oct.
4-6) in the Media Union. Members of the U-M community are invited to
join a group of scholars and researchers from around the country to
ponder these and other questions related to the ethical implications
of virtual reality and the impact the technology could have on
society. For information and a complete schedule of symposium
sessions, call Theresa Hofer at 647-4709 or send e-mail to
hofert@umich.edu.
In connection with the symposium, free displays and demonstrations of virtual reality hardware and software will be open to the public noon-5 p.m. Fri. (Oct. 4) and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat. (Oct. 5) in the Media Union Gallery.
Expect the unexpected at
annual Halloween concerts
The University Symphony and the University Philharmonia Orchestra
invite the community to join them for some musical hijinks at the
annual Halloween concerts, Oct. 27 in Hill Auditorium. In response to
increasing demand, there will be two performances this year, one at 5
p.m. and the other at 8:30 p.m. In past years, the program has
featured a broad spectrum of spooky music and an assortment of
bizarre costumes and conductorly antics.
All proceeds support the School of Music's undergraduate scholarship fund. Tickets cost $7 for main floor and first balcony and $5 for second balcony. Mail orders will be accepted through Oct. 11. Any remaining tickets will be available for walk-up sales only beginning Oct. 21 at the Michigan League Ticket Office.
U-Move program offers
`Weekender Specials'
U-Move, the U of M Adult Lifestyle Program, is offering drop-in Step
Aerobic classes for $2 in their "Weekender Specials" program 10-11
a.m. Saturdays and 3-4 p.m. Sundays at the Central Campus Recreation
Bldg. No preregistration is required, and attendance is on a
first-come, first-served basis. For information, call 764-1342.
Film explores current political
atmosphere in Jerusalem
The Center for middle Eastern and North African Studies will bring
documentary filmmaker Marty Rosenbluth to campus 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 for
a screening of the award-winning film, "Jerusalem: An Occupation Set
in Stone," which he directed. He also will discuss the film, in which
interviews with Israelis and Palestinians establish what is currently
happening in Jerusalem, three years after the peace accords were
signed. A reception for Rosenbluth will follow the free program. Call
764-0350 for information.
Fair Lane Music Guild
announces 27th season
The 1996-97 chamber music concert season of the Fair Lane Music Guild
opens on Nov. 10 with a performance by New York's Anacapa String
Quartet. The season, chaired by U-M-Dearborn Chancellor and Mrs.
James C. Renick, will feature a wide range of musical performances
and include the Guild's first Artist-in-Residence Program. Four other
performances will round out the season, including the annual
Christmas concert, featuring the Great Lakes Vocal Quartet on Dec. 9;
the Ensemble Ouabache, a baroque quartet, on Mar. 2; the second Irish
Evening at Castle Fair Lane fund-raiser on Mar. 9; and the season
finale, a performance by the Los Angeles-based Festival of Four.
Season tickets are $45 per person, $40 for senior citizens. Admission
at the door is $12 per person. Call 593-5590 for information.
Condominium Association will hold meeting Oct. 2
The University Condominium Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wed.
(Oct. 2) in the 4th floor Assembly Hall, Rackham Bldg. Members of the
Association, persons aged 55 years old and older who are or have been
faculty or staff members, and alumni are invited to attend the
meeting. Drawings of the layouts of houses and apartments will be
presented along with a model of the buildings as situated on the
building site. Prices also will be discussed. Call 662-0292.
OIP holds annual
Study Abroad Fair
The Office of International Programs (OIP) will hold its annual Study
Abroad Fair 4-6 p.m. Thurs. (Oct. 3) in the Union Ballroom. Students
attending the Fair will be able to find out about spending a year,
semester or summer abroad on a U-M study abroad program. Past
participants will be on hand to answer questions about their
experiences. All U-M programs earn in-residence credit and qualify
for financial aid. The University offers programs in Australia,
Canada, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Hungary,
Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland,
Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.
Call 764-4311 for information.
LS&A faculty meeting is Oct. 7
The October meeting of the LS&A faculty will take place at 4 p.m.
Mon. (Oct. 7) in Auditorium B, Angell Hall. Refreshments will be
served at 4 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 4:10 p.m. Agenda items
include reports of the Executive Committee and the Senate Assembly
and a resolution on memorials.
Bentley Library exhibition
featuring works of
James W. Craven opens today
The Bentley Historical Library's fall exhibition, "Artistry and
Bookbinding: The Work of James W. Craven," opening today, will run
through Dec. 23. Craven, conservator for the Bentley, Clements and
Law libraries, as well as for Special Collections at the Hatcher
Library, began working for the University 47 years ago as an
apprentice binder. The exhibit showcases Craven's skill and artistry
with a selection of the many bindings he has created. Library hours
are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sat. Call
764-3482 for information.
Lecture will examine
`Politics of Baptism'
The Wesley Foundation's Henry M. Loud Lecture Series concludes its
99th year with a lecture by Jeanie Wylie-Kellermann on "Wading in the
Water: The Politics of Baptism," at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 in the sanctuary
of the First United Methodist Church, 602 E. Huron at State Street.
Wylie-Kellermann graduated from the U-M with honors in 1978. The
Henry M. Loud Lectures, free and open to the public, are sponsored
through a bequest administered by the Wesley Foundation campus
ministry at the University and have been held every year but one
since 1897. Refreshments follow the lecture and child care will be
provided. For information, call 668-6881.
Seminar addresses spatial
information systems
Kass Green, President of Pacific Meridian Resources, an environmental
consulting company, will speak on "Monitoring Environmental Change
with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing," 9:10-11:30
a.m. today (Oct. 1) in room 3358, Media Union. The lecture will be
followed by a talk 12:10-1 p.m. on "Developing a Hi-Tech Geographic
Information System/Remote Sensing Environmental Consulting Company,"
in the Boulevard Room in the adjacent Pierpont Commons. The seminar,
part of the campus-wide seminar series on Applications and Analysis
in Spatial information Systems, is supported by the Office of the
Vice President for Research, Rackham School of Graduate Studies and
the University's schools and colleges. Call 764-3391 for information,
or send e-mail to kbergen@eecs.umich.edu.
Audience decides `whodunit'
in music hall comedy
Local audiences will have a chance to cast a ballot to decide the
conclusion of Rupert Holmes' comic musical whodunit, "The Mystery of
Edwin Drood," at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at 8 p.m. Oct. 17-19
and 2 p.m. Oct. 20. The musical mystery is loosely based on the
unfinished Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Because Dickens
died before finishing the novel, the intended ending has remained an
enigma. Over the past 125 years, the story has received scores of
dramatic treatments. Holmes' version departs from the pack, however,
in its use of open-ended polling to determine the story's end (there
are eight separate possible endings). Tickets, $18 and $14, are
available at the Michigan League Ticket Office. For information, call
764-0450.
Theatre department
presents `Pamela'
The Department of Theatre and Drama will open its 1996-97 season with
the English-language premiere of Carlo Goldoni's 18th century comedy,
"Pamela," Oct. 10-20 at the Trueblood Theatre, Frieze Bldg.
Performances are at 8 p.m Oct. 10-12 and Oct. 17-19. Matinee
performances begin at 2 p.m. Oct. 13 and Oct. 20. The play is based
on Samuel Richardson's 1740 novel of the same name. A preview
performance is scheduled for 8 p.m. Oct. 9. Tickets are $14 for
general admission, $7 for student seating. Preview performance prices
are $7 for general admission and $4 for student seating. Tickets may
be purchased in the Michigan League Ticket Office, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Mon.-Fri. and at the Trueblood Box Office one hour before curtain on
performance days. For information, call 764-0450.
Academic Job Search
Symposium set for Oct. 4
Career Planning and Placement, the Horace H. Rackham School of
Graduate Studies and sponsoring schools and organizations offer an
Academic Job Search Symposium 8:30a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fri. (Oct. 4) at the
Michigan Union. The event is an interdisciplinary forum designed to
provide graduate students access to information and support for the
transition to their professional lives. Registration materials are
available through graduate departments and at the Career Planning and
Placement offices, 3200 SAB. Call 764-7460 for information.
Satellite symposium will examine relationship between
science and journalism
The University will host a satellite symposium, "Science and
Journalism: A Marriage of Opposites," noon-3 p.m. Thurs. (Oct. 3) in
the Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union. Top national journalists covering
science will serve as panelists for the free, public symposium, which
is being presented by the California Institute of Technology. The
purpose of the symposium is to bring researchers and journalists
together to discuss media coverage of scientific research and how
communication between scientists and reporters can be improved.
Refreshments will be served. The broadcast will be carried on UMTV
channel 12. For information, call 764-7260.
LGBPO offers three
support/discussion groups
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Programs Office has announced meeting times
for three support and discussion groups meeting at the Michigan
Union. The Women of Color group meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays in room
3110. The women's group meets at 5 p.m. Mondays and the men's group
meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, both in the LGBPO Lounge. Call 736-4186
for information.
Michigan League Buffet
announces new hours
of operation
The Michigan League Buffet has ceased serving dinners but continues
to offer lunch service. New hours of operation for the facility are
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
U-M-Flint offers
swimming instruction
The U-M-Flint Recreational Center will conduct swimming lessons for
boys and girls six years of age and older, and adults beginning Sept.
28. Four eight-week sessions will be held throughout the school year,
offering instruction in water exploration, primary skills, stroke
readiness, stroke development, stroke refinement, skill proficiency
and advanced skills. Sessions meet for one half hour on Saturdays,
excluding holidays and holiday weekends. Cost is $25 per eight-week
session. To register or for more information, call (810)
762-3441.
Career, cooperative education fair slated for U-M-Flint
U-M-Flint will host a career and cooperative education fair 11 a.m.-3
p.m. Oct. 9 in the Michigan Rooms, Harding Mott University Center.
The fair is designed for co-op students, graduates and soon-to-be
graduates to talk with representatives of more than 40 companies and
organizations about career directions and job openings. The free fair
is open to all present students and recent college graduates in the
Flint area. Pre-registration is appreciated, but not required. Call
(810) 762-3250 for information.
Chamber concert features
early music ensemble
The world-renowned Harp Consort will perform songs, motets and
cantatas by 17th-century composer Barbara Strozzi and instrumental
sinfonias by Claudio Monteverdi and Francesco Cavalli at 8 p.m. Oct.
12 in the Museum of Art. Harpist Andrew Lawrence-King joins
mezzo-soprano Judith Malafronte and theorbo (lute) player Paul
O'Dette to evoke the passions and strong sensuality of 17th-century
Venetian poetry in this concert. The concert, the first in the
Museum's 1996-97 Chamber Concert Series, is co-sponsored by the
Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Academy of Early
Music. Season tickets to all five series concerts, available at the
Museum Gift Shop, cost $70 ($35 for students with ID). Single ticket
prices are $20 and $10 for students. Call 647-0521 for
information.
Enjoy free movies
at U-M-Dearborn
The Student Activities Board at U-M-Dearborn will screen five free
movies during October in the Recreation and Organizations Center on
Evergreen Road, beginning with "Dragonheart" (PG-13), Wed. and Thurs.
(Oct. 2 and 3). All movies begin at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
On Oct. 9-10, moviegoers can take in "Rock" (R), starring Sean
Connery, Nicholas Cage and Ed Harris. "Phenomenon," starring John
Travolta, is slated for Oct. 16-17. "Pinocchio" will be the featured
film for Family Weekend, showing at noon and 3:30 p.m, Oct. 19-20,
and the Halloween Special Feature is "Frighteners," showing at 4 p.m.
and 7 p.m. Oct. 26-27. The movies are open to the public. For
information, call (313)593-5390.
Conference heralds opening of Venice exhibition at
Museum of Art
"Venice Reflected: Making Culture at Home and Abroad" is the subject
of a conference at the Museum of Art in conjunction with its "Venice,
Traditions Transformed" exhibition. Scholars from the University and
other universities will examine the art, architecture, music,
theater, political and social history, and literature of Venice. The
conference is sponsored by the Program in European Studies, the
International Institute and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate
Studies.
Brown bag lectures focus on
Russia, East European countries
The Center for Russian and East European Studies will sponsor five
Brown Bag Lectures at noon on October Wednesdays in the Commons Room,
Lane Hall. Bruce Grant, assistant professor of Anthropology,
Swarthmore College, will discuss "Siberias Past and Present" Oct. 2.
Olga Vainshtein, senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced
Studies in the Humanities, Russian State University for Humanities,
will speak on "Russian Cultural Studies: The Anxiety of Power," Oct.
9. On Oct. 16, Paula Pickering, doctoral student in political
science, will lecture on "Property Problems and Ethnic Conflict in
Post-war Bosnia and Hercegovina," co-sponsored by the Working Group
on Southeast European Studies. "The `Hermitage Group' Artistic
Association" will be the subject of Vladimir Obatnin's lecture on
Oct. 23. Obatnin is an artist and member of the Hermitage Group of
St. Petersburg and lecturer at St. Petersburg College of Composition.
Michael Burawoy, professor of sociology, University of California at
Berkeley, will discuss "Industrial Involution: Russia's Road to
Capitalism" on Oct. 30. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Department
of Sociology. Brown bag lectures are free and open to the public.
Work has begun on
Michigan Women's Handbook
Work has begun on the Michigan Women's Handbook, a resource
and information guide for U-M women. The editors are seeking artists,
writers, poets, researchers, fund-raisers, layout designers,
photographers and brainy ladies to work on the 1997 edition. Topics
include sex and sexualities, health and nutrition, activities and
activism, violence against women, community and identity, academic
and career planning, discrimination and what to do about it, and
more. To lend your expertise, call Ellen Baxt, 669-0041 or e-mail to
ebaxt@umich.edu. When published, free copies will be available at the
Center for the Education of Women and other locations.
Give yourself a self-test for depression
Free, anonymous self-tests to screen for depression will be held
during National Depressions Screening Day, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct.
10 in Room 4, Michigan League. Two mental health professionals will
be available to talk with people about the results of their tests and
make referrals if further assistance is necessary.
Depression symptoms include feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, restlessness and irritability, changes in sleep and appetite, loss of energy, and thoughts of death or suicide.
The screenings are sponsored by U-M Counseling and Psychological Services. For information, call Jackie Shakal-Sproat or Jerry Dowis, 764-8312.
For the record . . .
The Investment Funds Update table published in the Sept. 24 Record
contained an error. The Lipper Growth Funds average for 10 years
was reported as 30.5. It is 11.3.
An article in the Sept. 3 issue requesting contributions of computer equipment to the Volunteer Computer Corps caused concern that the organization may be accepting surplus computers or computer-related equipment from U-M departments. The Standard Practice Guide (507.1) forbids the sale or disposition of University property without the concurrence of the Property Disposition Department. Those with questions should call Hugh Wenk, 764-2470.
Communications Studies Department will screen presidential
debates
The campus community is invited to attend the Department of
Communication Studies' public screening of the presidential debates
8:45-11 p.m. Oct. 6 and Oct. 16 in Room 1324, East Hall. A brief
discussion will follow each debate. For information, call
764-0420.
Matthaei Botanical Gardnes
offers photography course
Join David Bay, photographer with the Department of Biology, 9:30-11
a.m. on three successive Saturdays beginning Sat. (Oct. 5) and delve
into the history of photography and the evolution of the camera, the
advantages of different types of film, exposure and depth of field,
and other useful techniques. The $35 course will include a practical
shooting session in the conservatory or outdoors and a viewing of the
results of the week's photographing. Bring your camera and up to ten
of your best or most troublesome slides or prints to the first
session. For information, call 998-7061.
Explore Quaking Quagmires
Floating mats are a highly specialized form of wetland associated
with bogs, sedge meadows, fens and sometimes marshes. Anton Reznicek,
curator of vascular plants at the Herbarium, will lead a two-day
exploration of these little known and poorly understood wetland
phenomena, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 5 and 12. Floating mats can harbor
unusual plants and present an interesting adaptation to fluctuating
water levels. The cost of the class is $55. Participants should wear
tennis shoes and leave anything they don't want to get wet in the
car. Call 998-7061 for information.
Canoe to Hell (Michigan)
Less than an hour from Ann Arbor are eight lakes, most without public
access, which interconnect by way of the Hell Creek Passage. Ellen
Elliott Weatherbee will guide participants in canoes (or kayaks)
through these hidden waterways from 9 a.m. to mid-afternoon Sun.
(Oct. 6). There will be lots of time to examine wild flowers and
woody plants as fall color begins in earnest in the Pinckney
Recreation Area. An intermediate level of paddling expertise is
needed. Cost ($40) includes canoe fee, $30 for those who paddle their
own canoes. Call 998-7061 for information.
Get a wild taste of Fall
Ellen Elliott Weatherbee will lead a Matthaei Botanical Gardens class
on edible wild plants 6-8 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 13.
Under Weatherbee's watchful and knowledgeable eye, class participants
will hunt for the fall season's vegetarian bounty in the form of wild
rice, greens, tubers, pawpaws, cranberries and mushrooms. Appropriate
for all levels of foraging expertise, the class costs $35. Call
998-7061 for information.
CRLT fall workshops under way
Fall workshops offered by the Center for Research of Learning and
Teaching are now under way. Topics include: interactive lecturing,
developing speaking skills, facilitating discussions, and electronic
presentation technology in the classroom. A complete list of
workshops may be viewed at http://www.umich.edu/~crltmich. For
information, call 764-0505 or send e-mail to crlt @umich.edu.
VCM's impact on research
will be explored Oct. 3
Associate Provost Robert S. Holbrook will speak on the impact of
Value-Centered Management (VCM) 3-5 p.m. Thurs. (Oct. 3) in Room
1300, Cehmistry Bldg. His talk is sponsored by Sigma Xi, The Academic
Women's Caucus and SACUA. Refreshments will be served.