MUSIC
Thursday, March 18
-- "The Mikado," Carl Rosa Opera, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
SEMINARS
Monday, March 15
-- Bhanu P.S. Chauhan on "Highly Active Yet Stable Novel Metal Nanoparticles and their Applications," 11:15 a.m., S5 Osmond Laboratory.
-- James Lynch on "Advising International Students," noon to 1 p.m., 251 Willard.
-- Ted Newman on "The Vacuum Einstein Equations, Twist, Shear, Principle Null Vectors, The Goldberg-Sachs Theorem, Spin Angular Momentum, Magnetic Moments and a Little More," 3 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory.
Tuesday, March 16
-- Valerie Red-Horse on "Native American Empowerment Through Control and Literacy: 'One Entrepreneur's Story ...'" 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. For tickets, call (814) 865-7590.
-- Brian Holmes on "Public Subversions: Civil Disobedience as Art/Art as Civil Disobedience," 11:30 a.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.
-- Minjoung Kyoung on "Hand-Over-Hand Walking Model: Myosin V," 4 p.m., S5 Osmond Laboratory.
Wednesday, March 17
-- Godmar Back on "Processes in KaffeOS: Isolation, Resource Management and Sharing for Java," 11 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology.
-- Heiko Weber on a subject to be announced, 11:15 a.m., S5 Osmond Laboratory.
-- Research Unplugged: Nina Fedoroff on "Genetically Modified Foods: Is There Anything to Fear? noon to 1 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
-- Divid Kirkman on "Elder Fraud: Crime Groups Exploiting Age-Related Cognitive Decline," noon to 1 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory.
-- Kwadwo Osseo-Asare on "Wet Processing in Microelectronic/Semiconductor Manufacturing: Solutions, Colloids and Interfaces," 3:35 p.m., 114 Earth-Engineering Sciences.
Thursday, March 18
-- Robert Davis on "Growth and Characterization of GaN-, SiC- and ZnO-based Thin Films," 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 26 Hosler.
-- Graham Fleming on "The Chemical Physics of Photosynthesis," 12:15 p.m., S5 Osmond Laboratory.
-- Boyna Norris on "Issues and Approaches in Scientific Component Software Development," 4 p.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building.
-- Graham Fleming on "Photons and Femtoseconds — The Primary Steps of Photosynthesis," 7:30 p.m., 112 Kern.
Friday, March 19
-- John Floros, Lisa Squire and Hannah Kliger on "More Data-based Approaches for Strategic Planning and Process Improvement," 8:30 to 10 a.m., 404 Old Main. To attend, call (814) 863-8721.
-- Abhaya Datye on "Restructuring of Heterogeneous Catalysts," 10:30 a.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory.
-- Karyn Esser on "mTOR and Skeletal Muscle Growth: Upstream Signaling and Downstream Functions," 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., 127 Noll Physiological Research Center.
EXHIBITS
HUB-Robeson Center
-- "Dolls of Distinction," administrative area, through April.
-- "Valuing the Creative Expressions of Women's Work from the Collection of the Matson Museum," first-floor exhibit cases, through July 22.
-- Traditional and non-traditional quilts, Robeson Gallery, through April 30.
-- Wall sculptures by James Agard, Art Alley, through March 31.
North Halls
-- Abstract paintings by Jake Gillespie, through March.
Palmer Museum of Art
-- "Arneson and the Object," by Robert Arneson, through May 16.
Pattee and Paterno Libraries
-- "Family History: Preserving Pennsylvania Heritage through Family Papers," through March 29.
-- "Selections from the B. and H. Henisch Photo-History Collection," 201A Pattee Library, through March 29.
Zoller Gallery
-- "Objects in/and Visual Culture," through March 20.
For a full listing of University Park activities, including sporting events, go to the Web at http://cac.psu.edu/calendar/
For a detailed listing of upcoming Conferences and Institutes' conferences, visit the Web at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/conferences.html