LECTURE - “Recent Advances in High Strain Actuation Materials Based on Organic Polymers and Inorganic Oxides,” presented by L. Eric Cross, Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at the Materials Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University, 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.
PERFORMANCES - Barbershop Quartets, New Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron, 8 p.m., $16 and $18. Also Feb. 22 at 8 p.m.
February 22, 2003
ATHLETICS - Women’s Basketball Zips vs. Bowling Green, JAR, 3 p.m., $4 for faculty and staff.
PERFORMANCE - Akron Symphony Orchestra, Ya-Hui Wang, conductor with special guest Roberto Plano, piano, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m., $12 to $33.
February 23, 2003
PERFORMANCE - The Little Angels, an ensemble of 40 young dancers presenting folk ballet from Korea, New Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron, 2:30 p.m., $9 and $11.
ATHLETICS - Men’s Basketball Zips vs. Ohio University, JAR, 7 p.m., $8 for faculty and staff. (Rescheduled from Feb. 17, due to inclement weather.)
February 25, 2003
MEETING - “Everyday Journeys,” presented by Kate Clark, assistant professor of communication, Gallucci Hall 264, noon. Last lecture in the Travel Tuesdays series sponsored by Women in Higher Education. For more information, contact Linda E. Marx, president, at ext. 7460.
PERFORMANCE - Band Clinic Concert, featuring UA’s Symphonic and Concert Bands with guest conductor Ray Cramer, director of bands at Indiana University, Guzzetta Recital Hall, 7 p.m.
EVENT - Student Union ribbon-cutting ceremony, third floor atrium, 12:45 p.m. Building tours available from noon to 2 p.m.
LECTURE - “Looksism and the Media,” presented by Claudia Gerhardt, a professional counselor, Polsky 464 from 2:45 to 4:15 p.m. Part of the Women’s Studies Program 2003 spring lecture series, “Body Beautiful.”
ATHLETICS - Tennis Zips vs. Western Michigan, Parkview Racquet Club, 3200 Darrow Road, Stow, 1 p.m.
LECTURE - Black History Month event Houston Baker, chair of the Pan African Studies Department at Duke University, will lecture on the myth of color blindness as part of the Pan African Center for Community Studies annual Black History Month lecture series, Martin University Center, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For more information, call ext. 8660.
LECTURE - “Nanotubes and Nanowires — From Material Properties to Nanodevices,” presented by Zhong Lin Wang, professor and director, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 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.
PERFORMANCE - “Madame Butterfly,” E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m., $30-$35.
March 1, 2003
PERFORMANCES - Songs of Ireland, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 2 p.m., $14, and 8 p.m., $18.
March 4, 2003
ATHLETICS - Women’s Basketball Zips vs. Ohio, JAR, 7 p.m., $4 for faculty and staff.
March 5, 2003
ATHLETICS - Men’s Basketball Zips vs. Marshall, JAR, 7:30 p.m., $8 for faculty
and staff.
PERFORMANCES - UA Dance Company, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m., $10. Also March 6 at 8 p.m.
March 6, 2003
MEETING - Faculty Senate, Buckingham Center 201, 3 p.m.
MEETING - “Orientation for Faculty/Staff Leading Student Groups Abroad,” Student Union, Small Banquet Room D, 3 to 5 p.m. Information will be presented on liability, insurance, expectations, emergency responses and reporting requirements for faculty or staff members leading student groups abroad. Sponsored by the Office of International Programs. For more information, call Linda Marx at ext. 7460.
March 7, 2003
LECTURE - “Control of Fiber Orientation from the Macroscale to the Nanoscale,” presented by Julie Chen, program director, Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation, National Science Foundation, 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.
PERFORMANCES - Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet, New Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron,
7:30 p.m., $10-$16. Also March 8 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
March 9, 2003
PERFORMANCE - Tuesday Musical presents the Cleveland Orchestra, with guest conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 3 p.m., $22 to $35.
March 10, 2003
LECTURE - “The Times We Live In,” presented by David Brooks, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m., $4 with Zip Card. Part of the UA Forum Series.
March 14, 2003
LECTURE - “Promising Nanocarbon Materials — Nanodiamond and Mackay Crystals,” presented by Eiji Osawa, professor emeritus of Toyohashi University of Technology and president, NanoCarbon Research Institute Ltd. (Japan), 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.
PERFORMANCE - AEROS, 20 champion athletes from the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m., $30-$45.
PERFORMANCE - Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, New Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main St., Akron, 8 p.m., $13 and $16.
March 15, 2003
PERFORMANCE - “P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour,” E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 8 p.m., $25 and $40.
March 16, 2003
PERFORMANCE - Arturo Sandoval, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 7:30 p.m., $15 and $25.
March 17, 2003
EVENT - Women’s History Month Spring Banquet, Martin University Center, noon, sponsored by Women in Higher Education. Outstanding women students will be honored. For more information, contact Linda E. Marx, president, at ext. 7460.
March 21, 2003
LECTURE - “Development of Transparent, Low Color, Anti-Static Polyimides for Advanced Spacecraft,” presented by John W. Connell, senior polymer scientist, Advanced Materials and Processing Branch, NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., 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.
