The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections will be closed to the public from Wednesday, March 5, through Wednesday, March 12. New carpet will be installed in the area at that time. Plutzik features Barrett Local author Andrea Barrett, whose latest book, Ship Fever, won the 1996 National Book Award for fiction, will give a reading in the Plutzik Memorial Poetry Series Thursday, February 27, at the University. Browne Room of Rush Rhees Library.
Admission is free and open to all.
For more information, call x5-4092. The Summer Microbiology Academy is seeking high school students with an interest in the biological sciences to take part in a four-week summer program. The program will meet from July 21 through August 15 and will enroll 40 students. The program involves guided and independent lab projects, discussion workshops, computer labs, seminars, and field trips. The concert also will include Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition .