Lectures
Penn State Intercom......May 23, 2002

University to hold symposium
in molecular biology

"Xenobiotic Receptors in Toxicology and Carcinogenesis," the 21st Summer Symposium in the molecular biology series, will be held July 31 to Aug. 3 at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus.

The series, administered by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has achieved global acclaim as a forum for sharing the latest information and discussing current trends in biotechnology.

Given the importance of nuclear receptors in diseases such as cancer and diabetes, this symposium will be of particular interest to people in academic, pharmaceutical and biomedical fields.

To learn more about the symposium, visit the Web site at http://www.psu.edu/dept/symposium/index.htm or call
(814) 863-1918.

McNair Conference shows
off research findings

McNair scholars, research advisers, mentors and program staff may participate in the University's McNair Scholars Summer Research Conference, to be held Aug. 2-4 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, University Park.

The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program was established by Congress in 1986 in memory of McNair, the physicist-astronaut who died aboard the space shuttle Challenger. The program is a federally funded, nationwide initiative to prepare low-income, first-generation college students and students from other groups underrepresented in graduate education, for doctoral study.

The conference will provide an opportunity for undergraduate McNair scholars to present their summer research findings to a national audience, network with students and staff from McNair programs across the country and meet with graduate admissions personnel from many institutions.

For information or to register, call Chriss Schultz at (814) 863-5100 or check the Web at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/McNairScholars.

Conference planned on
cataloging standards

The University Libraries are sponsoring the video conference "Paper Past, Digital Future: Managing Metadata Standards in Transition" from noon to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, in the Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library, on the University Park campus.

The conference is the final in a series of satellite video conferences titled "Steering by Standards." It is presented by the Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. The series is designed to help librarians and other information professionals face the challenges of charting new organizational directions that incorporate emerging standards for electronic resource sharing.

Gary Houk, vice president of center's Cataloging and Metadata Services, is the conference host. The featured speaker is Barbara Tillett, chief of the Library of Congress' Cataloging Policy and Support Office.

The conference is free to the public.

For information, call Judy Hewes at (814) 865-1755 or e-mail jjh@psulias.psu.edu.

Sculptor to talk
about 'Stacks' at library

Peter Calaboyias will give a slide presentation about his work and sculpture, "Stacks," at 2:15 p.m. Friday, May 31, in Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library, University Park.

"Stacks" is installed at the entrance to Paterno Library. Calaboyias will begin a tour of the library at 1:30 p.m.

Calaboyias is known for "Tribute," his Centennial Park sculpture at the Atlanta site of the 1996 Olympic Games where a pipe bomb exploded.

The events are free to the public.

For information, call (814) 865-0401.

Faculty Academy focus
is 'learning without walls'

Donald Marinelli of Carnegie Mellon University and Kyle Peck of Penn State will be the keynote speakers at the 2002 Faculty Academy June 30 through July 2 on the University Park campus.

The academy will focus on "Embracing Problem-based Approaches Online: Learning Without Walls." Sessions will be held in The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.

A professor of drama and arts management at Carnegie Mellon, Marinelli also is a researcher in the School of Computer Science, working on the Informedia Project, a digital video library, where he applies dramatic and cinematographic theory to multimedia interface and application design.

Peck, professor of education, is head of the Department of Adult Education, Instructional Systems, and Workforce Education and Development, and co-founder of the project-based, technology-supported Centre Learning Community Charter School.

For information, go to http://www.pafaculty.org.

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