University Park Calendar
October 25 - November 4

Events Seminars Conferences
Broadcasting Exhibits TIPS


Drawings by Christine Meyers will be on display
in the Hetzel Union Building Art Alley on the University Park
Campus through Nov. 17. The exhibit includes "Big Help," shown
here, and other portraits and still-lift color pencil drawings.


SPECIAL EVENTS

Friday, October 25
Palmer Museum of Art, Christoffers Lobby, 2 p.m. Mary F. Linda, Gallery Talk on "The Gods Must Be Hungry."

Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. "London Chamber Orchestra." For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Graduate Student Association, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., 112 Kern. Film, "Othello," through Oct. 26.

Graduate Student Association, 7 and 9 p.m., 101 Chambers. Film, "Maybe ... Maybe Not," through Oct. 26.

Saturday, October 26
University Resident Theatre Company, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Playhouse Theatre. "A Cry of Players." For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

Penn State Panhellenic Council, 3 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Greek Sing. For tickets, call (814) 865-0510.

Sunday, October 27
School of Music, 3 p.m., Recital Hall. "Penn State Concert Choir/Chamber Singers," D. Douglas Miller, conductor.

Tuesday, October 29
Spanish Club, 7 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium. Film "Il Postino."

Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. "Annie Get Your Gun." For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.

School of Music, 8 p.m., Recital Hall. Flute studio recital.

Thursday, October 31
School of Music, 12:10 p.m. to 12:30 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel. Bach's Lunch Concert presents "The Penn State Clarinet Choir."

School of Music, 8 p.m., Recital Hall. "Penn State Percussion Ensemble," Dan C. Armstrong, conductor.

Friday, November 1
Palmer Museum of Art, 2 p.m., Christoffers Lobby. Patrick McGrady, curator of education, "Some Thoughts on the Steidle Collection."

Graduate Student Association, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Film, "Stealing Beauty," through Nov. 2.

Graduate Student Association, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Film, "Maybe ... Maybe Not," through Nov. 2.

Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Brian Friel's "Philadelphia, Here I Come!"

Saturday, November 2
Palmer Museum of Art, 11:30 a.m., Christoffers Lobby. Gallery Talk presents Jennifer Streb on "Highlights of the Palmer Museum."

School of Music, 8 p.m., Recital Hall. Guest Artist Recital presents Jeffrey Thayer, violin.

Sunday, November 3
School of Music, 1 p.m., Recital Hall. Women's Chorale, Robert Drafall, director.

School of Music, 4 p.m., Recital Hall. "Penn State University Choir," Anthony Leach, conductor.

Tuesday, November 5
School of Music, 8 p.m., Recital Hall. "Penn State Trombone Choir/University Brass," Mark L. Lusk, director.


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SEMINARS

Friday, October 25
Physics, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Lab. Tom Taylor on "Superstring Dualities in Five and Four Dimensions."

Engineering Mechanics, 3:35 p.m., 204 Sackett. John Scully on "The Transition from Metastable to Stabel Pitting: Experiments and Modeling."

Geography, 4 p.m., 206 Walker. Peter Gleick on "Fresh Water in the 21st Century: Problems and Promise."

Saturday, October 26
9 a.m., 124 Sparks. Michael Gilbert on "German-American Studies in the College Classroom."

Monday, October 28
Comparative Literature, 12:15-1:20, 101 Kern. Lisa Reed, "On a Peculiar French Pronoun."

Tuesday, October 29
School of Visual Arts, 3 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum. Roland Reiss on his artwork.

History, 4 p.m., Frizzell Room, Eisenhower Chapel. James McPherson on "Darling You Should Not Have Said That: Married Soldiers in the Civil War."

Nutrition, 4 p.m., 110 Wartik Lab. George Fahey on "Functional Food Properties of Non-Digestible Carbohydrates."

Biology, 4 p.m., 8 Mueller Lab. S. Blair Hedges on "Molecules, Earth History and Vertebrate Evolution."

Center for Women Students, 7 p.m., Hetzel Union Building, Assembly Room. Penn State SURVIVE, Peer Sexual Assault Counselors on "Let's Talk -- Sexual Assault at Penn State."

Wednesday, October 30
Gerontology Center, noon to 1 p.m., 101 Health and Human Development East. Daniel Lago, Wayne Campbell and Helen Smiciklas Wright on "Well at Home: Promoting Exercise and Balanced Nutrition Among the Vulnerable Rural Elderly."

Engineering Mechanics, 3:35 p.m., 214 Hammond. Steve Tait on "Exploitation of Failure Properties."

Thursday, October 31
Ceramics, 11 a.m., 301 Steidle. Jeff Rickman on "Impact of Heterogeneous Boundary Nucleation on Transformation Kinetics and Microstructure."

Physics, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Lab. Lee Smolin on "Critical Phenomena in Cosmology and Quantum Gravity."

Jewish Studies Program, 8 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium. Norman Kleebatt, Susan and Elihu Rose Curator of Fine Arts on "Too Jewish? Challenging Traditional Identities."

Friday, November 1
Geography, 4 p.m., 206 Walker. Lynn Staeheli on "Community, Place and Citizenship: Local Politics in a Transitional Era."

Monday, November 4
Comparative Literature, 12:15 p.m., 101 Kern. Sydney Aboul-Hosn on "Why Doesn't She Speak?: The Feminine Rejection of Narration From Poe to Gilman."

Tuesday, November 5
Geosciences, 4 p.m., 112 Walker. Lonnie Thompson on "Ice Core Records from Tropical Mountain Glaciers."


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CONFERENCES

Saturday, October 26
"Your Horizons in Science, Mathematics and Engineering" for seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade girls is sponsored by Women in Science and Engineering. For information, call (814) 865-3342.

Monday, October 28
"Innovations in Engineering Education" at The Penn State Scanticon is sponsored by the College of Engineering, through Oct. 29. For information, call (800) PSU-TODAY.

Monday, November 4
Pasteurizer Operator's Workshop, Nittany Lion Inn, through Nov. 6.

NCA Chocolate Handling Workshop, Nittany Lion Inn, through Nov. 6.


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PUBLIC BROADCASTING

WPSU-FM 91.5
"Morning Edition," Mon.-Fri., 6-9 a.m.

"Performance Today," Mon.-Fri., 8-10 p.m.

"All Things Considered," Mon.-Fri., 4-7 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 5-6 p.m.

"Weekend Edition," Sat. and Sun., 8-10 a.m.

"Fresh Air with Terry Gross," Mon.-Fri., 7-8 p.m.

"Odyssey Through Literature with S. Leonard Rubenstein," Sun., 6:30 p.m.

"Car Talk," Sat., 10 a.m. and Sun., 4 p.m.

"The Thistle and Shamrock," Sun., 3 p.m.

"Piano Jazz with Marion McPartland," Mon., 10 p.m.

"Libri," Sun., 6 p.m.

View program listings from WPSX Television.

Visit National Public Radio home page


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EXHIBITS

Click here for information about exhibits in the North Halls Cultural Lounge, Kern, the Hetzel Union Building, Pattee Library and the Palmer Museum of Art.

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TIPS

Information Penn State
Call 863-1234, and enter the number of the message you wish to hear. Messages are listed in the front of the telephone directories. Other messages are Weather -- 234; Arts Line -- 345; University Calendar -- 456.


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Last updated at 2:10PM on October 22, 1996.