The following is an incomplete listing of some of the highlights of the 1997-98 celebration.

Among special events are the Katz-Newcomb Lecture Series, Nov. 6, 7 pm, Rackham Auditorium. U-M President Lee C. Bollinger, opening comments; Michael Berenbaum, public address.

Other lectures and a symposium will occur on Nov. 7 ("Contending With the Nazi Past"), 11 ("Constructing Majorities in Turkey"), 14 (Tanner Lecture: "Knowledge, Feeling and Self") and 15 (Symposium on Tanner Lecture).

A Lecture Series in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, all at 4 pm, will feature Charles Tilly, "The Story of Social Construction," Dec. 4, Rackham Amphitheater; James Heckman, "New Paradigms for Social Program Evaluation and Cost Benefit Analysis," Jan. 22, 1998, Alumni Association; Marta Tienda, "Color and Opportunity," Feb. 26, 1998, Clements Library; Robert Bates, "Frontiers of Comparative Politics," April 16, 1998, Rackham Amphitheater.

A National Symposium on Social Science and Policy Making will be held March 13-14, 1998, , with more than a dozen U-M scholars conducting panel discussions on social reform, early childhood education, welfare reform, social security, and public policy formation.

On May 7-10, 1998, Polish and American social scientists will focus on gender and social change in those two countries. The conference will be held in the ISR building.