Lectures
Penn State Intercom......April 19, 2001

Phila. councilwoman to
discuss politics, education

Philadelphia Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown will speak on "The Impact of Politics on Education" from 3 to 4 p.m. April 27 in 102 Kern Graduate Building on the University Park campus.

Reynolds Brown is chair of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Committee and sits on several other committees including Commerce and Economic Development, Education, Public Health and Human Services, and Licenses and Inspections. She also serves on the board of the Philadelphia Housing Development Corp.

The event is free to the public.

Modeling approach is
topic for ag discussion

Barry Evans, doctoral candidate in soil science, will discuss "Development of a Comprehensive GIS-Based Modeling Approach to Support Watershed Assessments Within Pennsylvania" from 3:35-4:25 p.m. April 20 in 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the University Park campus.

The Department of Agronomy is the host for the event. For information, call (814) 863-1601.

Aspects of supply chain
research to be topic

Faculty from the Center for Manufacturing Enterprise Research Integration and the Center for Logistics Research will make presentations during a Supply Chain Research Colloquium from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in 102 Leonhard Building on the University Park campus.

The program is aimed at exploring supply chain research opportunities to graduate students as well as allowing researchers to network. For information, call W.L. Grenoble at (814) 865-3262 or e-mail wlg2@psu.edu

3 to read from
Ukrainian author's work

Yuriy Andrukhovych, Michael Naydan and Michael Bernosky will present group readings at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 in the International Lounge in 222 Boucke Building on the University Park campus.

The presentation by the International Speakers Series includes bilingual readings from a novel by Andrukhovych, an independent writer and journalist from Ukraine who has spent several months at the University as a visiting Fulbright scholar.

The joint reading by Naydan and Andrukhovych will be enlightened by Bernosky, an actor and publicist. Andrukhovych believes that Bernosky captures the polyphony and diversity of his novel.

For information, call Janet Haner at (814) 865-0771 or e-mail jah3@psu.edu.

Aalborg Industries CEO
to be featured speaker

James S. Davis, president and CEO of Aalborg Industries, will speak from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in Roche Hall at Penn State Erie.

Davis is the keynote speaker for Senior Projects 2001, a presentation by graduating seniors in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology. Aalborg Industries is involved in new power generation projects.

Senior Projects 2001 extends from 8:30 a.m. to noon with presentations in half-hour sessions. Teams of students in electrical and mechanical engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering technology, electrical and computer engineering, and plastics engineering technology will present industry-sponsored projects.

The presentations and Davis' address are free the public.

For information, call (814) 898-6133.

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