Wife beating in Karnataka topic of CSSEAS brown bag
“Wife Beating and Its Implications for Caloric Allocations to Children: A Case Study of a Potter Community in Rural Karnataka” is the topic of a brown-bag presentation by Vijayendra Rao, population studies and economics, at noon Fri. (Nov. 19) in the Lane Hall Commons Room. The presentation is sponsored by the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies (CSSEAS).
For the record . . .
Kathy Crockett Richards, senior graphic artist at the U-M Transportation Research Institute, sculpted the bust of professor emeritus of chemistry Charles D. Overberger. Dedication of the bust was covered in the Nov. 1 Record.
The U-M Japan Technology Management Program is housed within and managed by the Center for Japanese Studies. It is a cooperative undertaking of the Center for Japanese Studies, the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, the College of Engineering and the School of Business Administration. The Record announced Nov. 8 that the program had received a $1.3 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Record to publish 2-week Calendar Nov. 22
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Record will not publish Nov. 29. The Nov. 22 Calendar and News Briefs will cover Nov. 22–Dec. 6. The deadline for the Nov. 22 issue is 5 p.m. Tues. (Nov. 16).
Regents meet this week
The Regents will begin their monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Thurs. (Nov. 18) at the Maternal and Child Health Center on the Medical Campus for a briefing on Medical School research programs and Universitywide programs and activities related to alcohol and other drugs. Public comments will be heard at 4 p.m. in the Anderson Room, Michigan Union. The meeting will resume at 9 a.m. Fri. (Nov. 19) in the Regents’ Room, Fleming Administration Bldg. Agenda items include a report from the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.
President to address Senate Assembly today
President James J. Duderstadt will address Senate Assembly today (Nov. 15) beginning at 3:15 p.m. in Rackham Amphitheater on “Vision 2017: The Third Century.” Also on the agenda is a presentation by mathematics Prof. Peter Hinman and John H. D’Arms, vice provost for academic affairs, on the evaluation of the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. Refreshments will be served at 2:45 p.m. in the Assembly Hall.
ABPA will meet Thursday
The Association of Black Professionals and Administrators (ABPA) will meet noon–2 p.m. Thurs. (Nov. 18) in Anderson Rooms A and B, Michigan Union. Donald Deskins, professor of sociology and urban geography, will be the guest speaker. Lester P. Monts, vice provost for academic and multicultural affairs, will be available to talk to ABPA members. Also scheduled is the election of 1994 ABPA executive officers.
Salary information available
The 1993–94 Salary Disclosure List has been published and is available for $21 per copy from the Personnel Office, Room 6066, Fleming Administration Bldg. Copies are available for review at the reference desks of the Graduate and Undergraduate Libraries and the Ann Arbor Public Library. For information, call 763-6789.
Create healthy holiday meals
MedSport’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program will present a class on Healthy Holiday Meals 6–8 p.m. Wed. (Nov. 17) at MedSport, Domino’s Farms. Lizzie Burt and Kathy Goldberg will demonstrate preparation of nutritious gourmet holiday meals. Class size is limited. For information, call Diedre Todd, 998-7411.
Nobel winner’s play to be presented Nov. 18–21
The Lion and the Jewel, by Nigerian playwright and Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka, will be performed Nov. 18–21 at Mendelssohn Theater by students in the Department of Theatre and Drama.
The Lion and the Jewel, first produced in Nigeria in 1959, is one of Soyinka’s earliest and perhaps best known works about Yoruba life in rural Nigeria. Soyinka, who received the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, has been called “Africa’s greatest living playwright.”
Performances are at 8 p.m. Nov. 18–20 and 2 p.m. Nov. 21. Tickets, $14 and $10 reserved, $6 for students, are available at the Michigan League box office and one hour prior to performance.
Benefit helps Cancer Center
Nina Perlove, winner of the 1993 International Laurence Beauregard Flute Competition in Quebec, will perform at Kerrytown Concert House Sat. (Nov. 20) to benefit the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Perlove also will perform duet selections with Dan Latterner (piano), Mike Bryce (guitar) and soprano Christina Clark.
Tickets are $10 (reserved seats), $7 and $5 (students) and are available at the Concert House, 769-2999.
Programs promote science careers for minority students
The Introduction to the Biomedical Research Program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) offers information on career opportunities in biomedical research to academically talented minority students, with a goal of increasing the number of minority scientists. Approximately 55 students will be selected for the 1994 program, scheduled for Feb. 6-10. Students also will have an opportunity to apply for summer positions in the NIAID Division of Intramural Research.
Students must have a 3.0 or better GPA and be recommended by their dean and faculty members. Selection is based on the recommendations and the students’ personal and academic achievements.
For an application packet, contact NIAID, Room 7A19, Building 31, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call (301) 496-4846
Kids can learn about ‘Living in Space’
The Exhibit Museum will sponsor a workshop on “Living in Space” 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Dec. 4 for children in grades 3–5. Participants will be divided into teams, one functioning as mission control and the others as a space shuttle crew. Each team will perform experiments using computers and other devices to learn about such things as microgravity, eating in space and space suits. All communication between teams will take place via radio which, sponsors say “is guaranteed to fail at some point, testing the ability of the teams to find alternative ways to contact each other.”
The registration fee is $10 and space is limited. For information or to register, call 764-0478.
Gilbert and Sullivan presents Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride
The U-M Gilbert and Sullivan Society will present Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride Dec. 2–5 in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Patience, sponsors say, “is a send-up of the aesthetic movement in England that centered around Oscar Wilde, and it particularly jabs at those who affected to be aesthetic, not out of any true feeling, but simply because it was in fashion.”
Performances are set for 8 p.m. Dec. 2-4 and 2 p.m. Dec. 4–5. Tickets are $8–$12 ($5 for college students in rear sections) and can be ordered from the Society at 761-7855 or the Michigan League box office beginning Nov. 29.
Blood battle with OSU is on
The annual Blood Battle with Ohio State University, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity and the American Red Cross, continues through Fri. (Nov. 19).
Over the past 11 years, the U-M has raised more than 100,000 units of blood for 59 hospitals in southeastern Michigan. The goal this year is 2,100 units. The U-M has a 7-4 record in the competition.
Appointments are not necessary, but can be made by calling 663-6004. Dates, locations and hours are: today (Nov. 15), Tues. (Nov. 16) and Wed. (Nov. 17), 1–6 p.m., Michigan Union; Wed. (Nov. 17), 1-6:30 p.m., North Campus Commons; Thurs. (Nov. 18) and Fri. (Nov. 19), 1–6 p.m., Michigan Union.
Rights of Children topic of presentation
Bernadine Dohrn will discuss “Advocating for the Rights of Children” 10–11 a.m. Thurs. (Nov. 18) in Room 220, Hutchins Hall. Dohrn is director of the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University’s School of Law. She has worked extensively in the Cook County, Ill., child welfare system, with the Juvenile Law Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, and with the Children’s Rights and Homeless Advocacy Projects of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago. Her presentation is sponsored by the Law School and the Child Advocacy Law Clinic.
Trees, forests, CO2 are topic
“Trees and Forests in a CO2-Enriched Atmosphere” is the topic for a presentation by Richard J. Norby, a tree physiologist on the research staff of the Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, at 4 p.m. Thurs. (Nov. 18) in Room 1046, Dana Bldg. Norby has been conducting laboratory and field research on the responses of trees to elevated CO2 since 1982, with particular focus on interactions between CO2 and other environmental resources.
The free, public presentation is co-sponsored by the Global Change Project and the School of Natural Resources and Environment.
CEW offers second talk in ‘Research in Process’ series
Yvonne “Baubie” Paschal, a doctoral student in English literature, will talk about “Workings of the Spirit: Writing and Research in the Preliminary Stages of a Graduate Student’s Career” as part of the Center for the Education of Women’s (CEW) series “Research in Process: A Graduate Woman’s Forum.” The free, public presentation will be noon–1:30 p.m. Wed. (Nov. 17) at CEW, 330 East Liberty. For information, call 998-7080.
Black journalists present public forum on Haiti
The Trotter Group, composed of Black newspaper columnists from around the country, will present a free public forum, “Haiti: An American Dilemma,” at 4:30 p.m. today (Nov. 15) in the East Conference Room, Rackham Bldg.
Sponsored by the Michigan Journalism Fellows Program, the session is part of the group’s annual meeting. It will be moderated by Les Payne, assistant managing editor for foreign and national news at New York Newsday. Panelists include Derrick Jackson and Elaine Ray of the Boston Globe and DeWayne Wickham of USA Today and Gannett News Service, all of whom have written extensively about Haiti.
Art faculty works on display at Humanities Institute
“Humanities and the Arts,” an exhibition of works by School of Art faculty, opens Fri. (Nov. 19) with a 4:30 p.m. reception in the Osterman Common Room, Institute for the Humanities, Rackham Bldg. Selected pieces will remain on display through November.
The exhibition highlights art as an important voice in the Institute’s program, which encourages the public, its own fellows and humanities scholars generally to consider new and broader perspectives in the humanities.
The works encompass a broad range of media, from photography to print-making. Artists include Carol Ann Carter, Barbara Cervenka, Mignonette Yin Cheng, Jim Cogswell, Caroline Court, Kim Cridler, Kevin Donahue, Michael Kapetan, Joanne Leonard, Denis Lee, Ted Ramsay, Takeshi Takahara and Edward West.
For information, call 936-3518.
Gifts of Art displays include nutcrackers
Nutcrackers from the collection of Dennis Dimoff are among the items displayed in the Taubman Center and University Hospital under the auspices of the Gifts of Art Program. The nutcrackers are in the north and south first floor Taubman lobbies.
Also on display: Paintings by Ann Arbor Women Painters, first floor University Hospital Lobby and first floor north and south Taubman lobbies; barnscapes and landscapes by Bev Walker, second floor main corridor, University Hospital; color photography by Stanley Livingston, in the University Hospital Amphitheater lobby; and paintings by Joan Shields, first floor, Turner Clinic lobby.
Gems from the vaudeville stage will be presented at 12:30 p.m. Thurs. (Nov. 18) in the first floor lobby, University Hospital. Professor emeritus of music Harold Haugh will be joined by Kerrytown Concert House director Deanna Relyea and pianist Jean Schneider.
Fiction writers Everett, Elman will read from their works
Free, public readings sponsored by the Department of English and Borders Book Shop this month include Percival Everett, fiction, Tues. (Nov. 16), and Richard Elman, fiction, Nov. 23. Both readings begin at 4 p.m. in Rackham Amphitheater.
CIBE research, travel funding deadline is Nov. 29
The application deadline for Faculty Research and Travel Awards and Doctoral Dissertation Research Awards from the Center for International Business Education (CIBE) is Nov. 29.
Support is available to faculty for international research that promises to make a contribution to U.S. competitiveness abroad. Interdisciplinary projects and those in new research areas are encouraged.
Support for travel and other direct research expenses is available for international research at the doctoral dissertation stage.
Funding also is available for business and professional students who are U.S. citizens with secured company internships in foreign countries. Application deadline is May 31.
For information, contact CIBE Awards Program, Room B2268, School of Business Administration, 936-3917.
Learn to capture landscapes on film
Michigan architectural and garden photographer Balthazar Korab will discuss his approach to photographing designed landscapes in “A Photographer’s View of the Landscape” at 7 p.m. Tues. (Nov. 16) in Rackham Amphitheater. His presentation is sponsored by the Landscape Architecture Concentration, School of Natural Resources and Environment.
Teaching Showcase is Nov. 16
The LS&A TA Training Program Teaching Showcase Seminar, which brings outside educators to the University for a public conversation on teaching, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tues. (Nov. 16) in the Vandenberg Room, Michigan League. Peter Frederick, professor of history, Wabash College, and the Benedict Distinguished Visiting Professor of History and coordinator of the Learning and Teaching Center, Carleton College, will discuss “The Emotional Dimension in Learning and Teaching About Diversity” with Andrea Monroe-Fowler, diversity agenda coordinator, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives, and instructor, Program in InterGroup Relations and Conflict.
Service fraternity seeks faculty or staff adviser
Alpha Phi Omega, a national coed service fraternity, is looking for a faculty or staff adviser. The chapter, on campus for 53 years, is dedicated to the principles of leadership, friendship and service. Adviser responsibilities include acting as a resource for the chapter and helping it work with the University. Questions: Call Doug, 930-2597, or 663-6004.
