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Past Issues
State of the U address will be Oct. 3, 3 p.m., 25 Mon-dale Hall, TC campus, after joint U Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly meeting. Question-and-answer session will follow. See www.umn.edu for video streaming link; check compatibility between Sept. 25 and Oct. 2. U Senate agenda is at www.umn.edu/usenate/usen/021003agenda.html
Robert Jones has assumed expanded academic, administrative, and financial responsibilities with new title, VP and executive vice provost for faculty and academic programs, effective immediately. Jones will also serve as deputy academic and administrative officer and act on behalf of executive VP and provost Maziar; he will continue to provide leadership for campus life issues.
U has received an $8.5 million grant from National Cancer Institute to participate in an 8-year study to determine which lung cancer screening method—spiral CT scans or chest X-rays—works best to increase survival rates. Participants will be screened at 3 sites; U researchers plan to enroll 5,000 participants within 2 years. Participants will be randomly divided into 2 groups, both of which will receive an initial and 2 subsequent annual screens, with one group receiving spiral CT and one group receiving X-ray screening. Smokers or former smokers ages 55 to 74 are eligible to participate in the study. Call 763-572-4120. For more information on the study or cancer, see www.cancer.umn.edu or call 1-888-CANCER MN.
Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport has teamed up with U's Department of Epidemiology in Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls, a nationwide study of community and school-based intervention programs aimed at encouraging participation in physical activity for middle school girls. Study is funded by National Institutes of Health in collaboration with the U and 6 other universities across the country.
College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture will host "Contemporary Landscapes of Contemplation," national symposium to explore definitions, theories, and case studies of contemplative landscapes, Oct. 18–19. Cost is $100 per person ($85 for CALA alumni, faculty, and donors) and $30 for students. Register by Oct. 10; fee includes lunch on both days. For more information, call 612-624-1832 or see www.cala2.umn.edu/contemplation.
For helpful information and resources on midterm alerts for 1xxx-level courses, see onestop.umn.edu/registrar/midterm-alerts. If you have questions about the alerts, e-mail Tina at rovic001@umn.edu.
"Teaching with Writing," lunch and conversation about teaching writing-intensive (W-I) classes or courses that involve writing assignments, will be
Oct. 16, noon–2 p.m., Radisson Hotel and Nov. 12, noon–2 p.m., St. Paul Student Center. Organized by Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing, the conversations for faculty and teaching assistants will include ideas for formal and informal writing assignments, ways to encourage revision, methods for commenting on and grading student work, and strategies to manage paper load. Lunch provided for first 35 to sign up. RSVP to klegin@umn.edu.
CROOKSTON—2002 homecoming royalty crowned Sept. 19 are Princess Sara Krippner, Kimball; Prince John Burger, Afton; Queen Megan Brorson, Crookston; and King Ben Loll, Campbell.
UMC's natural resources department sponsored "Chronic Wasting Disease: Wisconsin's Response and Implications for Minnesota," by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ecologist Karl Martin Sept. 20. About 150 students, faculty, staff, media, and residents of the region attended.
Representatives from YHR Partners Architecture Planning, Moorhead, and Stanius Johnson Architects, Duluth, are requesting input from the campus community and developing the conceptual design for the Bede Hall replacement project funded by the Minnesota Legislature. Input meetings have been taking place over the past 2 weeks.
DULUTH—Jack Bowman began his duties as School of Fine Arts dean July 1. Bowman was dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College, Spartanburg, SC, and has performed as a professional orchestral conductor in the U.S. and Europe.
David Karpeles, founder and director of Karpeles Manuscript Library and 1956 UMD graduate, will present "The Bible, Genesis, and the Birth of Mathematics" Sept. 27, 3 p.m., 130 Solon Campus Center. Many illustrations, as well as original clay manuscript cuneiform tablets from the Karpeles Manuscript Library will be on display.
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MORRIS—Newly renovated Science Building west wing was dedicated Sept. 21 during homecoming festivities. Special guests included state representatives Torrey Westrom and George Cassell and Morris mayor Carol Wilcox.
2003 U.S. News & World Report rankings place UMM 4th among the nation's top 21 public liberal arts colleges.
Ralph Nader will open the Campus Activities Council Convocation series Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m., Edson Auditorium. Nader was recently honored by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential Americans of the 20th century.
ROCHESTER—New U School of Nursing Skills Lab at UMR held an open house Sept. 18. Lab will facilitate needs of bachelor of science nursing education.
On Sept. 20, UMR held its 2nd seminar in series of brown bag workshops: "Social Influence" presented by Judith Puncochar, College of Education and Human Development.
TWIN CITIES—Most homecoming activities will continue on schedule despite change in football game from Oct. 12 to Oct. 10. Football game was rescheduled to accommodate a potential Twins playoff game at the Metrodome. For a full list of events, see www.homecoming.umn.edu.
Facilities Management is working with 3M's Commercial Care Division in a new, safe-cleaning program for U custodians; program was launched Sept. 18. Plan includes eliminating the use of all cleaning chemicals that pose health risks and using products and systems that are safe and environmentally responsible by 2005. 3M will also help educate workers on chemicals they are using, gather feedback on the program, and ask for input on new product concepts.
Grand opening and dedication of Ralph Rapson Hall will be Oct. 5, 5–8:30 p.m. Events include discussion on 50 years of design education by Dean Fisher, former dean Harrison Fraker, and former head Ralph Rapson. Steven Holl, who designed the addition and who was named Time magazine's architect of the year, will participate in the opening. Event cost is $35; RSVP to 612-624-1832. Exhibit of Rapson's drawings will run through October in the college gallery.
School of Music's centennial year will kick off with an all-U Convocation Sept. 27 at 11:15 a.m. in Ted Mann Concert Hall. Ceremony will feature reflections by students, faculty, and administration as well as performances by School of Music ensembles and faculty. Event is free and open to the public. Celebration continues throughout the year with free concerts and events; see www.music.umn.edu.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony to open new Washington Avenue pedestrian bridges will be Oct. 2, 11 a.m. Event will feature caramel apples, Goldy Gopher, and comments by interim president Bruininks.
Preliminary planning is under way for next Beautiful U Day, which will coincide with Earth Day in April 2003.
West Bank Weight Watchers group is starting a new 12-week, at-work meeting series Sept. 30–Dec. 16. Current group has lost more than 300 pounds so far. For more information, call Vicki Lund at 612-624-9575 or e-mail vlund@csom.umn.edu.
Sept. 18 Brief reported name change for Institute on Community Integration (ICI). ICI name remains but designation as University Affiliated Program on Developmental Disabilities is changed to University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities as the result of language changes during the reauthorization of the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.
Events: U Film Society will show Metropolis—New Print at 7 p.m. and I am Trying To Break Your Heart at 9:30 p.m., Sept. 27–Oct. 3, Bell Museum Auditorium. Call 612-627-4431.
Lectures: "The Logically Possible Ways in Which Time Can Begin," by philosophy professor Quentin Smith, will be Sept. 27, 3:30 p.m., L-114 Carlson School.
o "Disciplining Feminism," by English professor Ellen Messer-Davidow, will be Sept. 30, 3–5 p.m., 400 Ford Hall. o "The Miami Language: Reclamation from Ground Zero," discussion about the Myaamia Project (joint venture between the Miami tribe of Oklahoma and Miami U in Ohio) will be Oct. 1, 3–4:30 p.m., 207a Lind Hall.
o U Forum will offer a series of discussions on the role of community partners, funding sources, and other external forces in the choice of intellectual pursuits. Series begins Oct. 9, 3–5:30 p.m., Weisman Art Museum. See www.research.umn.edu/forum.
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