The University Record, February 25, 1997
No Record March 4
The University
Record will not publish on March 4 due to
spring recess. News Brief
and Calendar items received by noon Wed.
(March 5) will be published March
11 issue. Submissions may be sent
by e-mail to
urecord@umich.edu.
Habitat for Humanity
student group meets Tuesdays at
Hillel
Volunteers in Action, a
student organization affiliated with Habitat
for Humanity and committed to
helping those in need, meets 1-3:30
p.m. Tuesdays at Hillel Foundation. To
participate, you must call Dan
at 213-1459 or send e-mail to:
sheked@umich.edu.
'Second Saturday'
program
focuses on 20th-century art
William Hennessey,
director of the Museum of Art, will speak on
"20th-Century Art at the
Museum" at 11 a.m. March 8 at the Museum.
The free, public lecture is
sponsored by the New Art League, a
special group of the Friends of the
University of Michigan Museum of
Art that exists to foster interest in
contemporary visual art. The
group's interests and activities focus
predominantly on art by living
artists. Call 764-0395 for
information.
Lecture examines Fatwas
of
Imam Khomeini
Hamid Algar, professor of Persian and Islamic
studies from the
University of California, Berkeley, will discuss
"Post-Revolutionary
Fatwas of Imam Khomeini: A Mirror of Iranian Society"
at 4 p.m. today
(Feb. 25) in the 4th floor conf. room, Rackham Bldg. The
lecture,
co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Studies, is one in
a
series of Middle East Distinguished Lectures sponsored by the Center
for
Middle Eastern and North African Studies. For information,
call
764-0350.
Find out what dreams
can
do for you
Dream Specialist Rebecca Mullen will present an
overview of dream
work and discuss the potential of dreams as healing
agents and how
they can enrich the mind 1-3 p.m. March 10 at the Turner
Geriatric
Clinic. The lecture is sponsored by Turner Learning Programs of
the
Geriatrics Center's Turner Geriatric Clinic. To register, or for
more
information, call 764-2556.
Spirit of
St. Patrick's Day
comes to Hospital lobby
Violinist Michelle
Giansante and violinist and guitarist Gale Benson
will present a program
of Irish music at 12:10 p.m. March 13 in the
first floor lobby, University
Hospital. The free concert is sponsored
by Gifts of Art, a program of the
University Hospitals. Call 936-ARTS
for
information.
Research Responsibility Program
tackles laboratory
safety
The first presentation of the Research
Responsibility Program's (RRP)
sixth topic of the year, "Laboratory
Safety," will take place 4-6
p.m. March 11 in the Anderson Rooms B, C
& D, Michigan Union. A
second presentation of the same topic will take
place 7-9 p.m. March
19 in the Pendleton Room, Michigan Union. The
presentation will be
coordinated by David P. Ballou, professor of
biological chemistry; W.
Richard Dunham, distinguished research scientist,
biophysics research
division; and Cynthia L. Marcelo, associate research
scientist,
plastic and reconstructive surgery.
RRP sessions, free and open to faculty, students and staff, are designed to provide an opportunity to learn more about issues relating to the responsible conduct and administration of research. Call 763-1289 for more information or to register, or send e-mail to Research.Responsibility@umich.edu. The complete schedule may be seen on the RRP Web page at http://www.responsibility.research.umich.edu.
Video
traces the birth of
modern art in Germany
The influences of
African and primitive art on the birth of modern
art in Germany are
explored in "Die Brucke," an ArtVideo at 12:10
p.m. March 5 in the Media
Room, Museum of Art. The free video
includes works of Kirchner, Bleyl,
Schmidt-Rottluf, Muller, Nolde and
Pechstein. Call 764-0395 for
information.
Gifts of Art sponsors
tribute
to Marian Anderson
Singer Tiana Marquez will present a
musical tribute to Marian
Anderson at 12:10 p.m. Thurs. (Feb. 27) in the
main floor lobby,
University Hospital. A celebration of the centennial of
Anderson's
birth, the program
Hillel will
host zany Purim party
Celebrate Purim, the zaniest Jewish holiday,
at 8:30 p.m. March 22 at
Hillel Foundation. The festivities will begin
with the reading of the
Megillah (Scroll of Esther) and continue with live
music and lots of
hamantashen. The Purim party is co-sponsored by the
Conservative
Minyan and the UJA Half Shekel Campaign. Call 769-0500
for
information.
Photographs
celebrate
Jewish culture in Germany
The Michigan Union Program
Board, in association with Hillel
Foundation, presents "Darkness Into
Light," an exhibition of black
and white photographs celebrating the
renaissance of Jewish culture
in Germany. Opening March 10 at the Michigan
Union Art Lounge, the
exhibition will run through March 31. An artist's
reception will be
held 3-5 p.m. March 28 in the Art Lounge. For more
information, call
769-0500.
Ask the doctor
about arthritis
Raymond Yung, lecturer in internal medicine, will
give an update on
treatment for arthritis and answer questions from
audience members in
a free "Ask the Doctor" session 10 a.m.-noon March 12
at the Turner
Geriatric Clinic, 1010 Wall St. A series of similar programs
on
various medical subjects may be arranged if there is enough interest
in
this first one, says a Turner Clinic representative. Call 764-2556
for
information.
Turner workshop
addresses
care for aging relatives
Turner Learning Programs
will present a six-week series to help
family members care for elderly
relatives 6-8 p.m. Thursdays, March
20-April 24 at the Turner Geriatric
Clinic, 1010 Wall St. Topics will
include: physical, psychological and
emotional changes of aging;
financial and legal planning; community
resources; communication and
decision-making and caregiving roles. The
cost of the series is $30
per person, $50 per couple. Half-price discounts
for M-CARE
participants are available. For more information or to
register, call
764-2556.
consists of African American spirituals and Western European classical music. The event is sponsored by Gifts of Art, a program of the U-M Hospitals, and the Friends of the University of Michigan Hospitals. Call 936-ARTS for information.
Psychologist discusses balancing
work, life and career
Rob Pasick, licensed psychologist, will
discuss "The Delicate
Balance: A Male Perspective" noon-1 p.m. March 5 in
Conference Room
4, Michigan League. The noted psychologist and author of
books about
men will share his insights on how to maintain balance between
work,
family and self in today's hectic society. Both dads and moms
are
welcome. The free brown-bag lecture is sponsored by the Family
Care
Resources Program. Space is limited; pre-registration is
required.
Call 998-6133 for information or to
pre-register.
Where can you find help
for
older parents?
Mary Rumman, clinical social worker at the Turner
Geriatric Clinic,
will explore community resources and discuss ways to get
parents to
seek help when services are needed, noon-1 p.m. March 11,
in
Conference Room 6, Michigasored by the Family Care Resources
Program.
The brown-bag lecture is free, but space is limited,
so
pre-registration is required. Call 998-6133 for information or
to
pre-register.
Faculty/guest recital will
include music of Poulenc,
Debussy
Two School of Music alumni will
collaborate on a faculty/guest
recital at 8 p.m. Thurs. (Feb. 27) in
Britton Recital Hall. Pianist
Timothy Cheek, lecturer in music, and
clarinetist Robert Spring will
present a program of music including
Fantasy (. . . those
harbor lights), by Joan Tower; Sonata
for Clarinet and Piano by
Poulenc; Preludes, Bruyeres and La
Fille aux Cheveux de
Lin, by Debussy; Dance Preludes by Lutoslawski;
and Rossini's
Introduction, Theme and
Variations.
Competition winners appear with
University Symphony
Concerto Competition winners Heather
Zimmerman and Xiang Gao, both
violinists in the School of Music, are the
featured soloists with the
University Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Kenneth Kiesler at 8 p.m.
tonight (Feb. 25) in Hill Auditorium. The free
program includes
Wagner's Prelude to Die Meistersinger, Prokofiev's
Violin
Concerto No. 2, Elgar's Violin Concerto (first movement)
and
Britten's Four Sea Pictures and Passacaglia from
Peter
Grimes.
Turner's LIR offers lectures
on conflict
resolution
The Learning in Retirement (LIR) program of the
Geriatric Center's
Turner Geriatric Clinic will offer a series of five
weekly lectures
on conflict resolution at 10 a.m. Thurs. (Feb. 27) and
March 6, 13,
20 and 28 in the Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium, 990 Wall St.
The
lecture series costs $25 for LIR members and $30 for non-members.
It
is open to those ages 55 and over. This Thursday, Christopher Kolb,
Ann
Arbor city councilman and mayor pro tem, will discuss mediation
in local
issues. On March 6, Jennifer Walters, of the Office of the
Ombudsman, and
Mary Lou Antieau, assistant to the vice president for
student affairs,
will explore conflict resolution strategies for
students. Call 764-2556
for a detailed listing of lecture topics or
further
information.
Conference will explore
health
issues in the Middle East
Some 25 speakers will discuss
various health issues facing the
peoples of Middle Eastern countries
during a two-day conference March
21-22 in the Auditorium, School of
Public Health Bldg. II, 109
Observatory. The keynote speakers are
Haroutune K. Armenian, of the
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public
Health, and Nabil M.
Kronfol, of the HCI International Medical Center,
Glasgow, Scotland.
The conference is sponsored by the Center for Middle
Eastern and
North African Studies, the School of Public Health and
the
International Institute. Call 764-0350 for more information,
including
precise scheduling.
Hearing Loss group to
meet
A Hearing Loss Group for adults ages 60 and over will meet
10
a.m.-noon for five consecutive weeks beginning March 3 in the
Turner
Geriatric Clinic conference room. The series will provide
information
on the physiology of age-related hearing loss, assistive
devices,
communication skills and coping with hearing loss. Call 764-2556
for
information.
Learn about landscape
design
Become familiar with basic landscape design principles,
including
unity, variety, mass, void and balance, at this $45,
two-session
class with Kenneth Rapp, landscape architect and plant
landscape
architect, 7-9 p.m. March 13 and noon-4 p.m. March 15 at
Matthaei
Botanical Gardens. Learn to inventory existing features of a
personal
landscape, determine what the landscape should do, develop a
workable
program and base map, and decide what's needed to get started.
Call
998-7061 to register or for more
information.
Butterflies not free,
but
reasonable at Gardens
Warren H. Wagner, professor emeritus of
botany and former director of
Matthaei Botanical Gardens, will lead a $45,
three-day course,
"Butterflies," 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 11, 18 and 25 at the
Gardens. He
will comment on most Michigan species (about 145 of them),
their
families and common names, their life cycles and stories
of
ecological adaptations. The course is good preparation for summer
field
work. Call 998-7061 for information or to
register.
Jazz up your lunch hour
The
U-M-Flint continues its free, public lunchtime jazz/blues series
with
Kelly Joe Phelps on blues guitar at noon Thurs. (Feb. 27) in
the
University Pavilion Food Court. Phelps recently completed a
16-city
tour with B.B. King. Upcoming series programs include: vintage
jazz
with Ray Kamaly and His Red Hot Peppers, March 20; Jake Reichbarr
on
jazz guitar, April 3; Peter Mulvey performing modern blues, April
17;
and Kevin Gallarello on blues guitar, May 1. For information,
call
(810) 762-3431.
Go for baroque at Fair
Lane
The Fair Lane Music Guild will present Ensemble Ouabache
performing
chamber music from the baroque to the early classical eras at
7:30
p.m. Sun. (March 2) at Fair Lane on the U-M-Dearborn campus.
The
ensemble performs music of the 17th and 18th centuries on
period
instruments including harpsichord, baroque flute, violin and viola
de
gamba. Tickets, $12, are available by calling the Henry Ford
Estate,
593-5590.
Thread your way
through
the information Maize
The Division of Student Affairs
presents a Wednesday Workshop,
"Finding Your Way Through the Maize: Campus
Info," 12:10-1 p.m. March
12 in the CIC Back Office, first floor, Michigan
Union. Participants
will learn to utilize information services. Wednesday
Workshops are a
series of informal educational sessions designed to share
the
division's services and programs with others at the University.
Bring
a brown-bag lunch. Call 763-4637 for more
information.
Reserve spot for Global Change Project research
symposium
now
The reservation deadline for the Global Change
Project (GCP) Research
Symposium scheduled for 3:30-6 p.m. Fri (Feb. 28)
in the Founders
Room, Alumni Center is Wed. (Feb. 26). All interested
faculty and
students are invited to attend the symposium, which
highlights
updated findings for three global change research projects that
were
supported by GCP. After an introduction and welcome by James
A.
Teeri, GCP director, at 3:30 p.m., John T. Lehman, professor
of
biology, will address the symposium on "The Role of Climate Change
in
the Modern Condition of Lake Victoria" at 3:40 p.m. At 4 p.m.,
Donald
R. Zak, associate professor of natural resources, will talk
about
"Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Cycling of Carbon
in
Terrestrial Ecosystems." Ronald F. Inglehart, professor of
political
science, will discuss "Public Support for Environmental
Protection
Policies" at 4:20 p.m. The symposium will close with a
reception and
pizza dinner at 4:50 p.m. To make a reservation or for
more
information, call 764-2109, or send e-mail to:
cfluder@umich.edu.
Black and white
lithographs
displayed at Pierpont
Martha Levinsky's black and
white lithographic prints will be
exhibited Feb. 23-March 14 on the
Pierpont Commons Gallery Wall. The
exhibition, "Corporeal of Mercy,"
reflects the artist's
interpretation of the female body. Call 674-7544 for
information.
Lecture addresses the
world
of children and families
The Research Club and the
Women's Research Club will sponsor a
lecture, "The Topsy Turvy World of
Children and Families," at 7 p.m.
March 10 in the fourth-floor Assembly
Hall, Rackham Bldg. Speakers
for the free, public lecture will be Susan
Tuttle Darrow, retired
senior social worker in child psychiatry, and
Cecily Legg, retired
lecturer in psychiatry, children's division. Call
662-8067 for more
information.
Library
exhibit documents
history of free thought
The recently opened
exhibit, "Challenging Religious Dogma: A History
of Free Thought," at the
Special Collections Library, Room 711,
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
through April 12, focuses on the
development of free thought, through the
landmark works of such free
thinkers as Copernicus, Bacon, Gibbon and
Voltaire. One section of
the exhibit emphasizes American free thought in
the 19th and 20th
centuries. Exhibition hours are 10 a.m.-noon (except for
March 1
& 8, when the library will be closed for spring break). For
more
information, call 764-9377.
Intramural softball
sign-up nears
The Department of Recreational Sports Intramural
Sports Program will
accept entries for the 1997 Michigan Classics Softball
Program on
March 4 following the mandatory Managers' Meeting which begins
at 7
p.m. An entry fee of $515 per team for the single game leagues
and
$1,030 for the double header leagues will be payable at
registration.
Games will be played weekdays at the Mitchell Fields,
beginning May
5. Call 763-3562 for more
information.
HRD classes designed to help
combat sexual harassment
Human Resource Development (HRD) will
offer two classes, Sexual
Harassment I and II, for staff and faculty who
want to build a
mutually respectful work environment free of harassment.
Sexual
Harassment I, for non-managerial staff and faculty only, will
meet
9-11 a.m. March 14 at HRD, 1111 Kipke Drive; Sexual Harassment
II,
for managerial staff and faculty only, will meet 9 a.m.-noon March
21
at HRD. Participants in the free classes will learn the
characteristics
of sexual harassment, University policy on sexual
harassment and
appropriate workplace behavior. Call 764-7410
for
information.
Lecture will focus
on
ethics in Plato's Republic
Julia Annas, University
of Arizona, will discuss "Ethics Without
Politics in Plato's
Republic at 4 p.m. Fri. (Feb. 28) in Room
2408, Mason Hall. The
free, public lecture is sponsored by the
Department of Philosophy. Call
764-6285 for information.
Ann Arbor Symphony
concert
benefits vision research
Experience the world through
"Symphonic Visions" as the Ann Arbor
Symphony Orchestra delivers a
performance to honor the 125th
anniversary of the Department of
Ophthalmology at 8 p.m. March 8 in
the Michigan Theater. Proceeds from the
benefit concert support the
department's vision research program at the
W.K. Kellogg Eye Center.
The program will include Rossini's William
Tell Overture,
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 and Dvorak's Slavonic
Dance, Op.
46, No. 8 in g minor. Tickets, $18-28, are available by
calling
994-4801.
Osterling speaks to
Prostate cancer support
group
Joseph E. Oesterling, professor of surgery and section
head,
Department of Surgery-Urology, will discuss "The Prostate Gland:
As
Important as Your Heart," when the Prostate Cancer Education
and
Support Group meets at 6:30 p.m. March 6 in the level 2
MCHC
Auditorium. Oesterling will introduce his new book, The ABC's
of
Prostate Cancer and discuss diagnosis and treatment of
prostate
cancer. Refreshments and parking validation will be provided.
The
program is sponsored by the Department of Urology and the School
of
Social Work. Call 936-5938 for information.