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THIS ISSUE POSTED AUGUST 1, 2000
CURRENTS VOLUME 17, ISSUE 20
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Campus Events
TWEED MUSEUM EVENTS
The Tweed presents "Earth Surfaces: Paintings by Irving Zane Taran"
through August 13.
Irving Zane Taran, professor of art at Michigan State University
since 1965, and a UMD alumnus, has paintings known for their dynamic
surfaces, coloristic subtlety, and for the enormity of their scale.
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.
Tweed presents "The Helen Band Collection of First Nations Art from
the Thunder Bay Art Gallery." through October 15. 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. An
artist lecture by Roy Thomas will be held on Thursday, September 14.
Tom Kerrigan will be featured in a one person exhibition at the
Tweed Museum of Art through October 1.
For more information, call Mary Rhodes at 726-7823.
SUMMER MINNESOTA
REPERTORY THEATRE
The Minnesota Repertory Theatre has two presentations this summer, the
Broadway smash-hit musical, "Dames At Sea" and the "The Musical Comedy
Murders of 1940". These two shows will be run as follows: "Dames" runs
August 2 and 3. "Murders" runs August 4 and 5. All shows are at 8 p.m. All
performances will be in the Mainstage Theatre at the Marshall Performing
Arts Center. Reservations can be arranged by calling the Box Office at 726
8561, open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SUMMER AT GLENSHEEN
The exhibit "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
SEA GRANT FELLOWSHIP
Minnesota Sea Grant is looking for candidates currently completing a
Master's or Doctoral degree to participate in the Dean John A. Knauss
Marine Policy Fellowship Program. The program matches graduate students in
fields related to marine or Great Lakes studies with "hosts" in the
Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, or other institutions located in
Washington, D.C. Fellows receive a $38,000 stipend for a one-year term
beginning February 1, 2001. Apply by September 11, 2000 to Minnesota Sea
Grant. For more information check out the web site www.d.umn.edu/seagr.
A resume, educational and career goal statement, two letters of
recommendation, and transcripts are required. For information contact
Minnesota Sea Grant at 726-8106.
REC SPORTS PASSES
Once again if an Annual Facilities or Life Fitness pass is purchased by
October 6th, UMD employees may use payroll deduction. The Annual
Facilities Pass is $91 and the Annual Life Fitness Pass is $100. We will
also be offering an All Rec Sports Pass for $191 which will combine both
Annual Facility and Life Fitness passes. All deductions will begin on the
pay period ending October 8 for the October 18 paydate. Passes for Fall
Semester will go on sale beginning Monday, August 7. Any questions please
call the Rec Sports Department at 726-7128.
CURRENTS SCHEDULE
Currents is printed regularly throughout the school year. The Fall
Semester 2000 schedule is as follows:
Deadline: Wednesday, August 23;
Print date: Tuesday, August 29.
Deadline: Wednesday, September 6;
Print date: Tuesday, September 12.Deadline: Wednesday, September 20;
Print date: Tuesday, September 26.
Deadline: Wednesday, October 4;
Print date: Tuesday, October 10.
Deadline: Wednesday, October 18;
Print date: Tuesday, October 24.
Deadline: Wednesday, November 1;
Print date: Tuesday, November 7.
Deadline: Wednesday, November 15;
Print date: Tuesday, November 21.
Deadline: Wednesday, November 29;
Print date: Tuesday, December 5.
Deadline: Wednesday, December 13;
Print date: Tuesday, December 19.
Submit items to Currents via email at currents@d.umn.edu. Questions?
Contact Cheryl Reitan at 726-8996. Currents can be viewed at
www.d.umn.edu/currents.
Faculty and Staff News
Deborah Petersen-Perlman, director, UMD Office of Equal Opportunity, hasbeen awarded certification as an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action professional. To achieve this certification, she had to complete 54 hours of classroom training in equal opportunity and the law, affirmative action plan development, and complaint processing, counseling and resolution.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWS
Donna Forbes, associate professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, presented a demonstration of the computer program NeuroView at the Slice of Life Workshop and Computers in Healthcare Education Symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah in June. This annual meeting focuses on the latest applications of computer technology in medical and/or health-related education. Participants in this year's meeting came from throughout the United States plus two other countries. NeuroView has been developed with Arlen Severson, professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, to aid in teaching neuroanatomical structure and terminology to medical students.
NRRI NEWS
Chuying Wu, and Larry Zanko recently made a presentation to the Harbor
Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) regarding the ongoing project for the
Army Corps of Engineers. The presentation centered on Alternative
Technologies for Sediment Remediation at the Duluth Harbor Erie Pier
Confined Disposal Facility (CDF).
Subhash Basak and coworkers presented the following papers at the
Second Indo-US Workshop on Mathematical Chemistry, organized by NRRI and
Visva Bharati University, India: "On the Clustering of Psoralens," by
Basak, Denise Mills, Kanika Basak, Gregory Grunwald, and Alexandru
Balaban, Polytechnic University Bucharest; "Molecular
Similarity Based Estimation of Properties: A Comparison of Structure
Spaces and Property Spaces," by Brian Gute, Grunwald, Mills and Basak; "A
Hierarchical QSAR Approach for Predicting
Property/Activity/Toxicity of Chemicals Using Theoretical Structural
Descriptors," by Basak, Gute, Mills, Balaban, David Opitz, University of
Montana and Krishnan Balasubramanian, Arizona State University;
"Clustering of Chemical Using Theoretical Structure Spaces: A Case Study
with 476 Diverse Chemicals," by Basak, Gute, Grunwald and Mills;
"Clustering of JP-8 Chemicals Using Property Spaces and Structure Spaces:
A Novel Tool for Hazard Assessment," by Basak, Grunwald, Gute, Mills and
Jim Riviere, North Carolina State University; "On Use of the Variable
Connectivity Index 1cf in QSAR: Toxicity of Aliphatic Ethers," by Milan
Randic, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova Slovenia and Basak;
"Topological Indices as Valuable Molecular Descriptors for QSAR and QSPR,"
by Balaban, Ovidiu Ivanciuc, Polytechnic University Bucharest, Mills and
Basak; "Prediction of Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices for Oxygenated
Compounds Using Variable Connectivity Index 1cf," by Matevz Pompe, Marjan
Veber, both of University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Randic, Marjana Novic,
National Institute of Chemistry and Basak; "Topological Indices: Their
Nature and Mutual Relatedness," by Balaban, Basak, Grunwald and Gute.
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