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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA University News Service University ofMinnesota - 6 Morrill Hall- 100 Church Street S.£. - Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 YALE LAW SOIOOL DEAN TO SPEAK AT U OF M LAW SOIOOL TUESDAY, JAN. 21 Guido Calabresi, Yale Law School dean and Sterling Professor, will deliver a William B. Lockhart lecture on, "An Introduction to Law: Four Approaches to the Allocation ofBody Pans," at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, in room 25 of the University of Minnesota Law School. As a scholar, Calabresi is known for his economic analysis of tort law, as well as his work involving the allocation ofresources for medical care and theories ofjudicial review. Born in Milan, Italy, Calabresi immigrated to the United States in 1939. Following his graduation from Yale College, Oxford University and Yale Law School, he served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. He began his career on the Yale Law School faculty in 1959 and became the youngest full professor at Yale in 1962. Calabresi was named Yale's John Thomas Smith Professor in 1970, its Sterling Professor in 1978 and its dean in 1985. The lecture honors Lockhart, who served as dean of the University of Minnesota Law School from 1956 to 1972. Contact: Nina Shepherd, (612) 624-0214 or Kristi Rudelius-Palmer, (612) 626-7794 1/4/92 ----------------------------------------------- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA University News Service University ofMinnesota • 6 Morrill Hall • 100 Oturch Street S.E. • Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 To: Editors and Producers From: Deane Morrison, University of Minnesota News Service, 624-2346 Re: Gloria Steinem visit Feminist author, editor and lecturer Gloria Steinem will attend a private opening reception for the University of Minnesota An Museum's next exhibit, Presswork: The AnofWomen PrintmaJcers, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.rn. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the museum, located in Northrop Auditorium, 84 Church St. S.E., oil the Minneapolis campus. She will be available for interviews during the event; to arrange a time, call Robert Bitzan at 624-9876 or 588-Q728. Steinem, the co-founder and contributing editor ofMs.: The World ofWomen, is the author of the forthcoming book Revolution from Within: A Book ofSelfEsteem, published by Little, Brown. She also wrote Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, a bestselling collection ofnew and past work, . and Marilyn: Norma Jean, a biography ofMarilyn Monroe. She helped found the weelQy New York magazine in 1968, serving as political columnist until 1972, and has published pieces in numerous other magazines, newspapers and anthologies nationally and internationally. 1/6/92 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA University News Service University ofMinnesota • 6 Morrill Hall • 100 Church Street S.E. • Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 U OF M ART MUSEUM SPOTLIGHTS FEMALE PRINTMAKERS Presswork: The Art ofWomen Printmakers, a sampling of the work ofcontemporary female printrnakers, opens at the University of Minnesota Art Museum Thursday, Jan. 9. The exhibit explores the strength, vitality and range ofprints created by women in the 19808. It includes 65 selections from the Lang Communications Corporate Collection ofprints. Lang Communications is the publisher ofWorking Woman, Ms., Working Mother and Sassy magazines and is the sponsor ofthis touring exhibit. The museum is located in Northrop Auditorium, 84 Church St S.E., on the Minneapolis campus. Gallery hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Public parking is available in the Church Street Garage adjacent to Northrop. For more information call the museum at 624-9876. Contact Robert BUzan. (612) 624-9876 V6I92 dm -------------- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA University Nevvs Service University ofMinnesota • 6 Morrill Hall • 100 Gzurch Street S.£. • Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 INFANTE RECOMMENDED FOR CONTINUED APPOINTMENT AS ACADEMIC VP AT U OF M Ettore F. "Jim" Infante, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Minnesota, will be recommended for continuation in the post by university President Nils Hasselmo at the February meeting of the university's Board of Regents. Hasselmo will use university search guidelines permitting "non-competitive appointments" in asking the regents to continue Infante's one-year appointment without a formal search. The rule states that persons may be appointed without searches when a unique hiring situation exists. Such situations include "the opportunity to hire an under-represented minority, or someone so recognized in professional or academic achievements as to confer a definite and distinct benefit to the mission ofthe university." Hasselmo said the university's financial situation constitutes special circumstances that require continuous and strong leadership, and that Infante's qualifications as an administrator make it unlikely that a search would turn up a bener candidate. Also, Hasselmo said a search would be costly, and he expressed reluctance to undertake one in which the odds offinding a more qualified candidate are low. Although a fonnal search hasn't been done, Hasselmo said he has consulted representatives of the university's deans, faculty, professional and administrative staff, civil service staff and students in making his recommendation. Hasselmo cited Infante's record of hiring and promoting women and minorities. Before assuming his current post, Infante was dean of the university's Institute ofTechnology, where he hired IT's first female associate dean and program director, created new positions in order to hire women in engineering departments, and established working relationships between the university and Howard and Jackson State universities, both historically black institutions. Before joining the university, Infante was director of the National Science Foundation's Division ofMathematics and Computer Science, where he hired women as deputy director and senior administrator. Infante began a one-year appointment as academic vice president last July, following the resignation of Leonard Kuhi. Contact: Deane Morrison, (612) 624-2346 1/23/92 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA University Nevvs Service University ofMinnesota • 6 lvforrill Hall • 100 01l.lrCh Street S.E. • Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 • (612) 624-5551 U OF M PRESIDENT HASSELMO TO VISIT ROCHESTER JAN. 30 University ofMinnesota President Nils Hasselmo and university Regent Bryan Neel of Rochester will meet with educational and community leaders in Rochester Thursday, Jan. 30. Their visit will include a tour of the University Center at Rochester and the Mayo Clinic's Video Communications Unit and meetings with university staffand alumni. Hasselmo's Jan. 30 itinerary follows: o 11 a.m. to noon. Tour of Mayo runic's Video Communications Unit. o Noon. Rotary luncheon with community leaders including FIrSt Bank president and Higher Education Board district manager John Mulder. o 1:30 p.m. Interview for Rochester Repon, a public affairs program on Rochester's Channel 10. o 2:30 p.m. Coffee with area University of Minnesota staff and faculty. o 3:45 p.m. Visit the University Center at Rochester. o 5 p.m. Alumni reception at Radisson Hotel Centerplace. 06:30 p.m. Dinner with Greater Rochester Area Universtiy Center board members and area legislators at Rochester Country Club. Contact: Nina Shepherd. (612) 624-0214 1/24/92 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA University Nevvs Service Unii.'asity ofAflmu?so ta ·6Ml'mil HIll • 100 Church Street 5.£. • A1imzcapolis. •YlimzesotLi 55455 • (012) 624-5551 U OF M SOURCES ON MEDIA ETHICS AND POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS Don Gillmor, a University of Minnesota journalism and mass communications professor who specializes in media ethics, will be available after 4 p.rn. Tuesday and all day Wednesday to comment on issues surrounding the media's treatment ofGennifer Flower's accusations about presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Gillmor can be reached through his assistant Kathleen Paul at (612) 625-3421, or via voice mail at 625-9038. William Flanigan, a university political science professor who teaches a class in political campaigns, can speak'on past campaigns and issues specific to politics and privacy. Flanigan can be reached after Tuesday at (612) 624-2569 or 624-4144, or at home at 374 2892. Contact: Nina Shepherd, (612) 624-0214 1/28/92 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA University NewsService University ofMinnesota • 6 Morrill Hall • 100 Church Street S.E. • Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 • (612) 624-5551 To: Radionv Public Service Directors From: Bill Brady, University of Minnesota News Service, (612) 625-8510 Re: Ad Council speaker Ruth Wooden, president ofthe Advertising Council and a University ofMinnesota graduate, will speak at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, in 105 Murphy Hall on the east bank of the university's Minneapolis campus. Wooden's lecture, ''The Evolution ofPublic Service Advertising:' will cover the role of advertising in today's society, especially as it relates to the public service arena. The Advertising Council generates $1.5 billion annually in donated media time for non-profit causes such as child abuse prevention, AIDS research and seat belt use. Wooden, a native ofMadison, Wis., received a bachelor's degree from the university in 1968. She was elected president of the Ad Council in 1987. Her free lecture is co-sponsored by the university's School ofJournalism and Mass Communication and the Advertising Educational Foundation. Contact: Bill Brady, (612) 625-8510 1/30/92 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA University Nevvs Service University afMinnesota • 6 Morrill HaIl • 100 Church Street S.E. • A'finneapalis, Minnesota 55455 • (612) 624-5551 YOUNG PEOPLE'S JAZZ SERIES INAUGURATED AT U OF M FEB. 24 In an effort to bring young people in contact with practicing jazz artists and scholars, the University ofMinnesota School of Music will inaugurate the Reginald T. Buckner Lecture/Recital series at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, in Ferguson Recital Hall. The series begins with black composer and cellist David Baker of Indiana University, who will speak on "Black Composers: Their Contribution to American Music" and perform with the university Faculty Jazz Quintet before an audience oflocal junior and senior high school students.