LECTURE - “Values/Ethics — Are they important? Meaningful?” Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m., $4 with Zip Card. Part of the UA Forum Series.
May 1, 2003
MEETING - Faculty Senate, Buckingham Center 201, 3 p.m.
LECTURE - “Biologically-inspired Intelligent Robots Using Artificial Muscles — Reality and Challenges,” presented by Yoseph Bar-Cohen, senior research scientist and group leader, Nondestructive Evaluation and Advanced Actuators (NDEAA) Lab, Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calif.,) Polymer Engineering Academic Center, Aggarwal Lecture Hall, 1 p.m. Part of the Department of Polymer Engineering Spring 2003 Seminar Series. For more information, call ext. 8368.
May 2, 2003
LECTURE - “Building Architectures with Carbon Nanotubes,” presented by Pulickel Ajayan, associate professor of materials engineering, Materials Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Polymer Engineering Academic Center Aggarwal Lecture Hall, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Part of the Department of Polymer Engineering Spring 2003 Seminar Series. Call ext. 8368 for more information.
ATHLETICS - Baseball Zips vs. Kent State, Jackson Field, 3 p.m.
May 3, 2003
PERFORMANCE - “Laughter and Reflections with Carol Burnett,” New Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron, 8 p.m., $51 and $61.
May 4, 2003
ATHLETICS - Baseball Zips vs. Kent State, Canal Park, 300 S. Main St., Akron, 1 p.m., doubleheader.
ATHLETICS - Track Zips host Akron Tri Meet, Jackson Field, all day.
May 6, 2003
PERFORMANCE - Tuesday Musical presents pianist Stephen Hough, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 3 p.m., $22 to $35.
PERFORMANCES - “The Vagina Monologues,” New Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron, 7:30 p.m., Also May 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m., May 9 at 8 p.m., May 10 at 5 and 8 p.m., and May 11 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $35.
May 7, 2003
EVENT - Service Awards Ceremony, Martin University Center, Ballroom, 2:30 pm. More than 370 University of Akron employees will be honored.
May 10, 2003
ATHLETICS - Track Zips host Campbell/Wright Open, Jackson Field, all day.
EVENT - Spring Commencement ceremonies, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 10 a.m. and
2 p.m. (See News Briefs for details.)
May 11, 2003
EVENT - Spring Commencement ceremonies, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 2 p.m. (See News Briefs for details.)
May 12, 2003
EVENT - Summer semester classes, 15-week, 10-week and first five-week sessions begin.
May 17, 2003
PERFORMANCE - Michael Feldman’s “Whad’Ya Know?,” New Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron, 2 and 10:30 a.m., $60. The National Public Radio show will focus on Akron and be broadcast live to more than 300 stations across the country. Ticket price includes post-performance reception with Michael Feldman.
May 18, 2003
EVENT - School of Law Spring Commencement, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 2 p.m. (See News Briefs for details.)
May 26, 2003
HOLIDAY - Memorial Day Observance University closed.
