For information, call 998-3577. The Fourth Biennial Genetics Week in Delaware is scheduled from March 23-27. The program is organized to educate health professionals to meet the needs of different areas in the state. Program sites include the Christiana Hospital, University of Delaware, Delaware Academy of Medicine, A.I. du Pont Institute and Delaware State College. Patricia A. DeLeon, professor of life and health sciences, and Mary Ann Miller, assistant professor of nursing, are members of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and are involved in the week-long program.
All programs are free and open to the public.
For additional information, call 737-1310. An Honors Salon Evening will be presented at 8 p.m., Friday, March 13, at the Belmont Honors Community located in the lounge of Ray Street Residence Hall C. Featured will be 10 student artists, poets, and musicians who will present research in their respective fields. This event is free, and refreshments will be served. East Timor is a small nation, illegally invaded and occupied by Indonesia in 1975, after the Portuguese withdrew from the country. The Indonesian military regime brutally repressed the people of East Timor, culminating in the killing of 100 unarmed East Timorese attending a funeral last November.