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U of S : Communications : OCN : Apr 9, 1998
- Agbiotech: The Science of Success
Saskatoon will host the conference which runs from Tuesday, June 9 to Friday, June 12. Among the speakers scheduled are Rita Pirkl, executive vice-president of the California-based Silicon Valley Bank, and Dr. Michael Smith, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist from the University of British Columbia.
FMI, call Peter McCann, ABIC '98 Chair at (306) 975-1939; or Sharon Murray, Conference coordinator at (306) 934-1772. For a schedule of events and registration details, including information on group discounts, see the ABIC '98 web site at: http://www.lights.com/abic.
On Friday, April 24, The University of Saskatchewan's Annual Retirement Banquet for retiring faculty, administrative and support staff will be held in Marquis Hall with reception at 7 p.m. and banquet at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person. FMI, phone Conference and Catering at 966-8600.
-Fourth International Symposium
"Rural Health and Safety in a Changing World," October 18 - 22, 1998 - Saskatoon.
Companion conferences on: Rural Nursing; Canadian Farm Safety and Health; and Tri-Council Eco-Research projects. Abstract Deadline: April 15, 1998
FMI, phone -7888, fax -8378, E-mail: symposium.98@usask.ca
Web: www.usask.ca/medicine/agmedicine/symp98.html
-Conversation Classes
Sign up for a conversation class in English, French, Japanese, or Spanish. Classes are held twice a week for five weeks beginning the week of May 4, 1998. $140 each. FMI, call 966-4351.
On Tuesday, April 14, the fourth-year dental students will present their research findings related to a broad range of clinical techniques, equipment, and materials during the Annual Table Clinic Night, in the Dental Clinic, at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Computing Services presents the following free-of-charge workshops to faculty, staff, and students of the University:
FMI, or to register, call -4866. Our Web page address is: www.usask.ca/dcs/courses
On Monday, April 27, "The Collegial Processes" - Office of the Associate Vice-President (Academic), in the Private Dining Room, Marquis Hall, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All department heads are invited to lunch from 12 noon to 1 p.m.
- BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND COMMERCE
- PROGRAMS
Explanations of Saskatchewan bird identification, using slides, study skins, videos, and field trips. May 4, 11, 18, 25 - Sparrows. June 1, 8, 15, 22 - Warblers. 7 - 9:30 p.m. $50 or $90 FMI phone Melanie at 966-5484.
Monday, April 13, to Friday, April 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 10 Kirk Hall. This is for children 8 - 12 years during the Easter break. Fee: $154 + $10 for care until 5 p.m. Instructors: Ecology kids staff. FMI, call Melanie at 966-5484. To register, call 966-5539.
Teens and Adults: On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 24, 25, and 26, this class, part of the Community Arts Program, will be held in Kirk Hall. Fee: $85.To register, call 966-5539.
Relaxing but educational hikes on local prairie, riverbank, parks, wetlands. Caregiver attends with 2- to 5-year-olds. Wednesdays, May 6, 13, 20, 27 and June 3 and 10. 10-11:30 a.m.. Fee: $75. FMI phone Melanie at 966-5484.
- TOURS
On Thursday, April 16, Fiona Buchanan, of Animal and Poultry Science, will give a lecture entitled "Using DNA Marker to Distinguish Beluga Whale Populations," in 106 Biology, at 7:30 p.m.
The University Observatory's hours for public viewing of objects in the Saturday night sky for April 11, 18, and 25, are 9:30 - 11:30 p.m. On clear evenings, visitors may view the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades star cluster through the telescope.
FMI, phone the U of S Astronomy Information Line at 966-6429. To inquire about educational tours of the Observatory, phone 966-6393.
On Wednesday, April 22, to Saturday, April 25 , the Divisions of Plastic Surgery and Continuing Medical Education will be presenting Primary Care of the Hand and Wrist, a conference directed to family and emergency physicians. Guest faculty include Dr. Mark Hill, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon from Victoria, and Dr. Kenneth Murray, associate professor of surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery,University of Manitoba. FMI, phone 966-7795
On Friday, April 24, Dr. Abhijit Guha, assistant professor, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, will deliver the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Medalist in Surgery Lecture, entitled "Ras Mediated Mitogenic and Angiogenic Signals in Nervous System Tumours," in the Theatre-in the Mall, Royal University Hospital, at 12:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.
- Saskatoon Research Centre
On Friday, April 17, Dr. Bernie Glick, of the Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, will present a seminar entitled "Mechanisms Used by Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria," in 2nd floor boardroom, Saskatoon Research Centre, at 1:00 p.m.
- Distinguished Graduate Lecture 1998
On Monday, April 13, Dorothy Josephson of SGI Canada, Information Technology Management, Regina, will give the 1998 Distinguished Graduate Lecture entitled "A New General Insurance System for SGI," in 1B71 Engineering at 7 p.m.
To be held on Monday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 1B71 Engineering.
On Thursday, April 16, Philip Ronald, a graduate student in Horticulture, will present a seminar entitled "Developing fruit trees for the Canadian Prairies," in 2C71 Agriculture, 12 noon to 1 p.m.
On Tuesday, April 14, Colleen Fennig, B.Sc. graduate student, Neuropsychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, will present a seminar entitled "Receptor based pharmacology of neuroleptics," in A127 MR Building, at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
- 898 Series
- 990 Series
On Monday, April 20, Shannon Smith, M.Sc. candidate in nutrition, will present a seminar entitled "Food label use and beliefs about diet disease relationships among university students," in 110 Thorvaldson at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
- Veterinary Pathology (2)
- Children and the Holocaust
The DCC has mounted a photography exhibit showing children caught up in the Holocaust. Entitled "How Their Hearts Must Have Trembled: Children and the Holocaust," the exhibit will be showing throughout April and May. See separate story.
Continuing to April 19: Mixed Messages: Semantics and Contemporary Painting, featuring Canadian artists Julie Duschenes, David Elliott, Marie Lannoo, Susan Menzies, Ron Moppett, Margaret Vanderhaeghe, Paul Smith and Janet Warner, in which the relationships between painting and semantics are variously explored.
The Gallery is located on the 2nd level of the Agriculture Building. Gallery hours: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, 12:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Saturdays. FMI phone -4571.
On Sunday, April 19, Professor Barry Brown, Educational Communications, will, as part of the Mendel Gallery's Plain Truth exhibition (of prairie photographers and filmmakers (1858-1950)), discuss old photographic techniques and equipment, at the Mendel, at 2 p.m.
The Gallery is located in Romm 191 of the Murray Building. Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday; Noon to 5 p.m., Saturday.
The Museum of Antiquities is displaying a collection of more than 300 original, ancient, and medieval coins from Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Holy Land, and Great Britain. An additional exhibit features original military and domestic artifacts from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, including an Egyptian Ka mask, amulettes, oil lamps, pottery, sword, dagger and arrow points.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon and usually Monday-Wednesday-Friday afternoons until 2:30. The Museum is located in Room 237 of the Murray Building. FMI, phone -7818.
Saturday, April 11, for their final directing projects, the Drama Department's student directors will present free theatre, 7 p.m., in the North Studio, John Mitchell Building.
FMI, call 966-5177.
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