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Currents
THIS ISSUE POSTED JUNE
27,
2000
CURRENTS VOLUME 17, ISSUE 18
To submit material to Currents, e-mail currents@d.umn.edu
TWEED MUSEUM EVENTS
The Tweed will present "Earth Surfaces: Paintings by Irving Zane Taran"
from June 27 through August 13. The Tweed is partnering with Lizzards
Gallery in Duluth to welcome artist Irving Zane Taran, a UMD alumnus. The
exhibition reception will begin at Lizzards Gallery from 5-7 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 27. The opening will then move to the Tweed Museum of Art at
7:30 p.m. The reception at the Tweed is hosted by the Seiler family in
honor of Sylvia Seiler.
Irving Zane Taran, professor of art at Michigan State University
since 1965, has paintings that are known for their dynamic surfaces,
coloristic subtlety, and for the enormity of their scale. The Tweed
exhibition will include 12 large canvases representing each of the
dominant periods of Taran's career, including selections from the Aurora
Borealis, ERTS Data Satellite, Glacial Moraines and Alluvial Fan series.
Taran cites Lake Superior, Duluth's diverse landscape and his formal
education at UMD while working with Art Professor Glenn C. Nelson, as
formative inspiration for his work.
Reservations are required for the reception at the Tweed Museum of
Art. Call 726-7823 prior to Thursday, June 22 for reservations.
The Tweed Museum of Art is featuring a selection of 25 art works by
acclaimed Minnesota artist George Morrison. "George Morrison (1919-2000):
Selections from the Tweed Permanent Collection" will run through July
18.
After a long illness, Morrison died on April 17, 2000 in Grand
Marais, Minnesota. At age 80, Morrison became one of the most recognized
and influential contemporary artists from Minne-sota, as well as one of
the most well-known Native America artists in the country. He was recently
selected for the inaugural Eiteljorg Fellowship as the Master Artist by
the Eiteljorg Museum of the American Indian and Western Art in
Indianapolis. In addition, a major exhibition of George Morrison's art and
career has been selected to be the featured exhibition in 2003, in the new
Museum of the American Indian, operated by the Smithsonian Institution.
The Tweed is hosting the Regional Project Series "Chasing Cartier
Bresson: Photographs by D.R. Martin" until July 9. Inspired by the "rush
of time arrested" and the "decisive moment," as exemplified in images by
photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, Duluth native Martin exhibits a
selection of black and white street photographs made in the area thirty
years ago.
From July 18 through October 15, the Tweed will present "The Helen
Band Collection of First Nations Art from the Thunder Bay Art Gallery."
The exhibition, which makes its only U.S. appearance at the Tweed Museum
of Art, contains 49 paintings by 23 artists, including eight works by
Norval Morriseau, who is credited with developing the Woodland painting
style in the 1960s.
The exhibition events include a Meet the Artist Exhibition Preview
and Gallery Talk from 6-8 p.m., Saturday, July 15. The Exhibition Preview
and Gallery Talk is by Janet Clark, curator from the Thunder Bay Art
Gallery, and is hosted by Owens Forest Products. Also, from 6-8 p.m. on
Thursday, Sept
ember 14, there will be an artist lecture by Roy Thomas.
Tom Kerrigan will be featured in a one person exhibition at the Tweed
Museum of Art opening July 18 and continuing through October 1. The
opening reception for "Tom Kerrigan Ceramics at Tweed" will be from 6-8
p.m. on Tuesday, July 18.
Kerrigan retired in 1999 as ceramics area head in the Department of
Art, where he began teaching in 1975. He is known nationally for his
innovative hand-built ceramics, for his experimentation with clay bodies
and for his unique clay forms, glaze and surface designs and images. His
art was inspired by the mood and changing character of Lake Superior, and
later, the southwest desert landscape and plant life, indigenous motifs,
and his continued quest for a personal statement via a spiritual order
found in all these elements.
For more information, call Mary Rhodes at 726-7823.
DINNER WITH PAT KELLY
Join Pat Kelly and his wife for the Summer Fruits and Flowers fine
dining experience at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 23 at Glensheen Historic
Estate.
The evening begins with Pat Kelly and his wife greeting guests at the
front doors of Glensheen. The Kellys will escort guests to the Winter
Garden where the evening's theme of Summer Fruits and Flowers will be
carried out with fruit punch and floral decorations. After the reception,
guests will take a special tour of Summer Fruits and Flowers used as a
decorative motif on Glensheen's first and second floors. The tour
concludes in the dining room where guests will join the Kellys for a
formal catered dinner. To continue the theme, each course of the meal will
feature a different summer fruit. Dinner music features Vivaldi's "Four
Seasons." Finally, guests will be invited to participate in a game with a
thematic prize for the winner.
Reservations for the Summer Fruits and Flowers dinner with Pat Kelly
must be made soon, as seating is limited to 20 guests. The cost is $40
per person.
For information or to make a reservation, call Glensheen at
726-8910.
OUTDOOR PROGRAM'S
SUMMER EVENTS
Kids ages 10-15 years old have the opportunity to be a part of the Arts
and Environment Camp from July 10-14. This recreational day camp combines
experiencing the natural world with interpreting it through art. Kids will
hike, paddle, and explore the northwoods. They will capture their
impressions of the outdoors through hands-on art processes, such as paper
making, watercolor, collage, photography, and fish prints. It is a great
combination of environmental learning, art, and fun!
An Outdoor Adventure Camp for teens will be held from July 24-28.
This camp help teens ages 13 to 15 develop life-long recreational skills
in a fun and supportive environment. Activities include river kayaking,
canoeing, rock climbing, team building challenges and camping skills.
Both camps run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Cost is $225.
For information, call Beth at 726-6533.
MEDICAL SCHOOL
GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Fourth Annual UMD School of Medicine Golf Classic is being held on
Monday, July 24 at the Giant's Ridge Golf Course in Biwabik, Minnesota.
The four-person scramble has tee times assigned from 9:30 a.m. to 1:50
p.m. The 6 p.m. dinner is preceded by a social hour.
Play on a world class golf course in the heart of the Northland and
contribute to the UMD School of Medicine Student Research Fund. The $160
per person fee includes green fees, cart fees, use of the driving range
and putting green, dinner and prizes. For those who don't play golf,
participate by attending the dinner at a cost of $25 per person or sponsor
a student or resident for $160.
Space is limited. Registration deadline is Monday, July 10.
For information or to register, call Lori Isaacson at 726-7572 or
email lisaacso@d.umn.edu.
GLENSHEEN'S SUMMER TOUR
The spring exhibit at Glensheen "Changing Chapeaus: Honoring a Century of
Hats," will remain on display through the summer months at the
historic Congdon Estate. The summer tour schedule runs from 9:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., 7 days a week, including holidays.
Glensheen's collection of 80 men's, women's, and children's hats from
all
periods of the 20th century are included in the exhibit, and can be seen
throughout 17 rooms included on Glensheen's regular tour. Spring straw
hats from the 1910 era greet visitors in the reception room, while winter
fur hats from 1900 wait for cooler weather in the smoking room. The
exhibit includes boaters, cloches, turbans, picture hats, top hats
and many other styles popular during the 20th century. Accessories and
photographs of the Congdon family wearing stylish hats accompany the
exhibit.
Viewing the hat exhibit is included in the admission cost of the
regular house tour of Glensheen. Glensheen's living history tours continue
through Labor Day. For information, call 726-8918.
Campus News
CHANCELLOR MARTIN
HONORED
Chancellor Kathryn A. Martin was honored by the Duluth Girl Scouts of
America at a luncheon held May 19. Chancellor Martin's leadership and
dedication to service were cited as exemplary role models for young girls
and women in society. Karen Stromme, women's basketball coach, was the
featured speaker at the event.
TWEED DEPARTMENT WINS
The Tweed Museum of Art was selected as one of the Top Ten Departments to
Work for at the U of M. Mary Rhodes, Tweed staff member, submitted the
entry for the award, which was based on 11 positive workplace
characteristics.
TWEED MUSEUM NEWS
The Tweed Museum of Art catalog for the Botanica exhibit received an
American Advertising Federation National ADDY award in its 2000 design
competition. The award for the exhibition catalog will be presented on
June 22 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The exhibition "Botanica: Contem-porary Art and the World of Plants,"
which features the work of 58 contemporary artists, was designed by Janice
Kmetz, associate professor, Department of Art. It was edited, organized
and curated by Peter F. Spooner. Since its premiere at the Tweed Museum of
Art in July, 1999, the exhibition continues on a 10 city tour around the
U.S. through December, 2001.
CHEMISTRY NEWS
Sarah Elfering, a cell biology major senior working with Cecilia Giulivi,
assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, won the Winchell Award for
Excellence in Undergraduate Research on Saturday, April 27, at the
Minnesota Academy of Sciences meeting held in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Elfering's presentation was titled "Mitochondrial Nitrosated Proteins."
UMD undergraduates have won this award six of the seven years since
its inception in 1994. Previous UMD recipients of the Winchell Award are:
Jason Boltz (1994) and Jessica Woodward (1996), both working with Viktor
Zhdankin, professor, Department of Chemistry; Milan Bajmoczi (1997)
working with Les Drewes, professor, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology; Tim Lindley (1998), working with Paul Anderson,
professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; and Jonathan
Delf (1999) working with Raj Karim, professor, Department of Biology and
Robert Carlson, professor, Department of Chemistry.
Nikolai S. Zefirov, professor and academician of Moscow State
University, learned, while visiting UMD and participating in Indo-Amer
Math
Chem Conference, that he is the recipient of the Gosudarstvennaia Premia
(State Prize in Chemistry) in Russia, the highest scientific award given
by the Russian government. He is known to many people in the UMD community
and is a frequent visitor to the Chemistry Department.
HEALTH SERVICE NEWS
Gary Peterson accepted the position of Director of Health Services and
will start on August 15. He received his doctor of medicine degree from
the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in 1983. He is
currently
the chief of staff at St. Luke's Hospital and a physician at Skyline
Family Medical Center. Peterson has been active in many societies and
committees, with a special interest in the Hospice Duluth at St. Luke's
Hospital.
MATH-STATISTICS NEWS
The request from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics to change
the name of their degree from Mathematics-Statistics to Mathematics-
Statistics and Actuarial Science has been approved by the Board of Regents
at their June meeting. This change becomes effective Summer, 2000.
PSYCHOLOGY NEWS
The request from the College of Edu-cation and Human Service Professions
to change the current name of the De-partment of Psychology and Mental
Health to the Department of Psychology has been approved by the Board of
Regents. This change will become effective July 1, 2000.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE NEWS
University College director Lou Poirier announces that Karen Heikel will
be the new director of summer session. Heikel recently completed work for
her doctorate degree, which included research on the effectiveness of
centralized vs. decentralized university summer session programs.
CURRENTS SCHEDULE
Currents is printed regularly throughout the school year. The remaining
summer 2000 schedule is:
Deadline: Wednesday, July 12;
Print date: Tuesday, July 18
Deadline: Wednesday, July 26;
Print date: Tuesday, August 1
Submit items to Currents via email at currents@d.umn.edu. Communication
student Pakou Vang helped edit this issue of Currents. Questions? Contact
Cheryl Reitan at 726-8996. Currents can be viewed at
www.d.umn.edu/currents.
UMD STORES NEWS
The Split Rock Arts Program will run from Sunday, July 9 through Saturday,
August 12. Split Rock books are available in Campus Books.
The general book and textbook areas of Campus Books will be closed
for
inventory on Thursday, June 29 and Friday, June 30. For general book
information during inventory, contact Gretchen Conant at 726-6399 or email
gconant. For textbook information, contact Judy Pearson at 726-8708 or
email jpearso3, or Alice Ridgewell at 726-8543 or email aridgewe.
All UMD Stores will be closed on Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4
in observance of Independence Day.
Faculty and Staff
News
Mustafa al'Absi, assistant professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences,
has been selected to receive the Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award by
the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. The award is presented in
recognition of his "imaginative and careful early research" in the areas
of
cardiovascular and neuroendocrine adjustment to stress, and pain
perception and cardiovascular responses in persons with a positive
parental history for hypertension.
John C. Green, professor emeritus, Department of Geological Sciences,
received the Goldich Medal, awarded annually by The Institute on Lake
Superior Geology board of directors to a geologist for outstanding
contributions to the geology of the Lake Superior region. Green received
this award at the 46th annual meeting of I.L.S.G. in May in Thunder Bay,
Ontario.
Green has been carrying out geologic mapping and research since 1962
in the Lake Superior area. His work has focused on understanding the
origins of the ancient volcanic rocks of the area,
both in the Vermilion District greenstone belt near Ely, Minnesota, and in
the Midcontinent Rift System along the North Shore and elsewhere around
the lake.
Paul Kiprof, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, has been selected as an Associate Fellow of the University of Minnesota Supercompu ting Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation. This honor is a consequence of the successful peer review that his proposals for supercomputing resources have received in the last two years and his contributions to the Institutes research report series. The term of appointment of associate fellow is one year.
Ron Marchese, professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, had a
paper accepted for presentation at the forthcoming 105th annual meeting of
the Archaeological Institute of America convention for 2001.
Marchese's web site on his continuing research on sacred and secular
textiles in the Armenian church collections of Istanbul is now posted on
the web at www.geocities.com/breu_marchese/ .
Ron Morton, professor, Department of Geological Sciences, along with Carl Gawboy, retired associate professor at the College of St. Scholastica, co authored Talking Rocks. Published by Pfeiffer-Hamilton, Talking Rocks was was named "Best Book of 1999" by the Midwest Independent Publishers Association at the May annual Midwest Book Achievement Awards. The book also received first place in the category of Environmental Books. The book combines the scientific and the Native American tradition, and explores the common ground between them.
Janelle L. Wilson, assistant professor, Department of Sociology Anthropology, wrote "Nostalgic Narratives: An Exploration of Black Nostalgia for the 1950s," included in Volume 9, Issue 2 (1999) of Narrative Inquiry (published by John Benjamins Publishing Company in Amsterdam).
NRRI NEWS
George Host recently gave a set of invited presentations on "Using
Principles of Landscape Ecology in Forest Management" to the MN DNR Area
Supervisors Spring Meeting held at the Cloquet Forestry Center.
Ron Wiegel and Iwao Iwasaki attended the Michigan UP SME meeting recently at which Wiegel presented a paper entitled "Size Reduction/Mineral Liberation for Magnetic Taconite Ores - A Work in Progress," and Iwasaki presented a paper entitled "Iron Ore Flotation - Past and Present." Rod Bleifuss and Iwasaki attended Beyond the Blast Furnace conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
MN SEA GRANT NEWS
The Water on the Web site (wow.nrri.umn.edu) received a gold award from
the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals in May. The
award recognized the site's outstanding educational value. Sea Grant staff
associated with the project include Cindy Hagley, Scott Robertson, Debbie
Bowen, Bruce Munson, Barb Liukkonen and Sharon Moen. Natural Resources
Research Institute staff include Rich Axler, George Host, Lindsay
Anderson, Elaine Ruzycki and Norm Will.
MN Sea Grant staff hosted a station that provided information about aquatic exotic species in May to 832 sixth-graders from area schools for the River Quest program aboard the harbor excursion boat, Vista Star. River Quest is an annual series of educational cruises designed to give students an increased understanding of the St. Louis River estuary. It's sponsored by more than 40 local agencies, organizations and industries.
Douglas Jensen, exotic species information center coordinator, gave an
invited presentation "A Primer on Zebra Mussel Impacts and Control" to 60
participants in May at the 2000 Northeast Water Operator's School in Two
Harbors.
Jensen also hosted a site for the Ballast Water Video Conference in
May in Duluth. Sponsored by the California Sea Grant Program, the
conference held in Canberra, Australia, addressed how the United States
and Australia are approaching ballast water introductions of aquatic
nuisance species, potential ballast water treatment technologies, and
ballast water exchange verification techniques.
Jensen gave a presentation "Threats of Recent Exotic Species to Lake
Superior" in May to 50 volunteers at the Great Lakes Aquarium's Education
Department Volunteer Lecture Series in Duluth.
Glenn Kreag, tourism educator, gave the presentation "More Than You Thought: The Impacts of Tourism" in May at the National Extension Tourism 2000 Conference in Kailua-Kona Hawaii.
Barb Peichel, program assistant, gave a presentation "Biological Pollution: New Threats to our Inland Waters," in May at Gray's Freshwater Institute on Lake Minnetonka to members of the Lake Minnetonka Association and other lake owners. Peichel also gave the same presentation to Itasca County Lake Asso-ciation members in June in Marcell, MN.