Lectures
Penn State Intercom......April
24, 2003
Alumnus to present
the McFarland lecture 
Jo-Won Lee, University alumnus and director of the National Program of Tera-level Nanodevices in Seoul, South Korea, will present the McFarland lecture at 10 a.m. April 26 in 112 Walker Building, University Park.
The lecture is "Overview of Nanotechnology and Tera-level Nanodevices Program." A reception will be held at 9 a.m. in 109 Walker Building. These events are free to the public.
Lee is the recipient of the 2003 David Ford McFarland Award for Achievement in Metallurgy, named in honor of David Ford McFarland, who was head of the Department of Metallurgy at Penn State from 1920 to 1945.
Argentine scientist
to give 2003 Mueller Lecture 
Francisco de la Cruz, senior scientist at the Argentina National Laboratory in San Carlos de Bariloche, will present the 2003 Erwin W. Mueller Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. May 1 in 17 Osmond Laboratory, University Park.
De la Cruz will present a lecture concerning high-temperature superconductivity that is intended for nonscientists as well as scientists, titled "Artificially Induced Two- and Three-Dimensional Potentials Acting Upon 3D Soft Vortex Matter."
He will reveal the results of his recent experiments with vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors. He will show how his lab uses electron lithography to form a pattern of indentations at the surface of a three-dimensional superconductor; how the indentations can control the formation of vortices when the material is put into a high magnetic field; and how the vortices undergo a transformation from the solid to the liquid state under these conditions. This research indicates the de la Cruz lab has discovered a new type of vortex structure with unusual properties, which may lead to a better understanding of high-temperature superconductivity.
The event is free to the public.
The Erwin W. Mueller Memorial Lecture in Physics honors the late Erwin W. Mueller, who was a member of the Department of Physics from 1952 until his death in 1977.
Humanities lament topic
for literature luncheon
The Comparative Literature Luncheon, a weekly informal lunchtime gathering of students, faculty and other members of the University community, has announced the next speaker in this semester's series.
John Moore, associate professor of English, will speak on "A Lament Humanities 001" Monday, April 28.
The events begin with lunch from 12:15 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. in 102 Kern Building on the University Park campus. Participants may bring their own lunch or buy something in Kern Cafeteria. Coffee and tea are provided. The speaker will begin at about 12:40 p.m.
The events are free to the public.
For information, e-mail Daniel Walden at dxw8@psu.edu.
Symposium offers 'stump-the-experts' panel
"ANGEL Day: A Symposium of Faculty Examples" will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, in 102 Thomas Building on the University Park campus.
This symposium is designed specifically for faculty to share their experiences using the University's Course Management System, ANGEL.
Rodney Erickson, executive vice president and provost, will start the day with opening remarks at 9 a.m. A panel discussion with ANGEL experts will follow at 9:15 a.m. Concurrent faculty presentations will continue in different rooms throughout the day.
The closing session will be a "stump-the-expert" period in which participants can ask their most challenging ANGEL questions. Prizes will be awarded to participants who have a question that "stumps" the ANGEL experts.
Registration opens on April 28. To register, visit the ITS Training Services Web site at http://its.psu.edu/training/, where more detailed information will be posted soon.
The event is free and lunch will be provided to all participants who register between April 28 and May 9.
Historian to discuss
anti-evolution movement
Ronald L. Numbers, past president of the History of Science Society and the American Society of Church History, is this year's guest speaker for the Harold K. Schilling Memorial Lectureship, to be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel, University Park.
In his talk, "Anti-evolutionism in America: From Creation Science to Intelligent Design," Numbers will provide a historical survey of the anti-evolution movement in America. The event is free to the public. A reception immediately follows the talk.
Numbers is the Hilldale and William Coleman professor of the history of science and medicine and chair of the department of medical history and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The lectureship covers topics on science, religion and contemporary society and honors the memory of Schilling, University professor and former dean of The Graduate School.
For information, call Jeannie McKenzie-Pedlow at (814) 865-2514 or go to http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/announcements/schilling2003.pdf.
Informational seminar
on scholarships slated
Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, state secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, and Louis Blair, executive secretary for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, will discuss their respective programs Thursday, May, 1, in the Alumni Lounge of Old Main, University Park.
Blair also will discuss the Marshall Scholarship for graduate education in the United Kingdom and the Gates/Cambridge Scholarship for graduate study at Cambridge.
The Truman seminar is 1:30 to 3 p.m. The Rhodes seminar is 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Send an RSVP to Linda Craig by calling (814) 863-8199 or e-mailing lkc4@psu.edu.
Talk focuses on
water sources in space
"NASA: In Search of Water Worlds" will be presented by Ann M. Schmiedekamp at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in 112 Woodland Building on the Penn State Abington campus.
Previous space missions have identified sources of water and conditions that could possibly support life. Lecturegoers will find out what NASA has learned and what unanswered questions beckon space explorers.
Schmiedekamp is an associate professor of physics and a NASA Solar System Ambassador.
The program is free to the public.
For information, call (215) 881-7661.
Tanker Lecture looks
at an Aryan Jesus
The Jewish Studies Program will present the annual Paul and Joanne Tanker Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, in the board room of The Nittany Lion Inn, University Park.
Susannah Heschel, who holds the Eli Black chair in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, will present this year's lecture, "How Jesus Became an Aryan: Protestant Theology in Nazi Germany."
Heschel's research areas include modern Jewish thought, feminist theology and German Protestantism.
Meteorology talk looks
at climate, policy-making
Peter Lamb, George Lynn Cross research professor of meteorology at the University of Oklahoma and director of the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, will present the W. John and Gail M. Hussey Commemorative Lectureship in Meteorology at 3 p.m. Friday, April 25, in 112 Walker Building.
The title of his talk is "Development and Application of Weather and Climate Information for Use in Decision Making and Policy Formulation — What Really is Involved?"
This lecture is being co-sponsored by the Penn State Institutes of the Environment.