The BananoTech team will demonstrate how it proposes to produce and market carbon nanotubes, microscopic structures with potential for applications in cellular telephones, flat-panel television displays, stealth aircraft, as well as limitless other possibilities in nanotechnology. The teams will demonstrate their competitive, marketable products and detailed business plans. Campus to host conference encouraging open dialogue for people of all cultures Friday, May 4, and Saturday, May 5 Some 40 university students and professors will share their beliefs and research during a conference on enhancing the voices of ethnic diversity in higher education communities. The program opens with a reception at 5 p.m. May 4 in Morrill Hall, Clark Room. May 5 in the Jot Travis Student Union Auditorium.
Panel discussions continue throughout the day in the student union.
The students work in pairs to design, program and build robots made with the popular interlocking plastic pieces. The object of the competition is to have the Lego robots push the greatest number of balls onto their opponent's side of the field. The University Women's Chorus with special guests the Nightingale String Quartet, will be featured in Spring in the Air, a free concert to be held Wednesday, May 9 at 8 p.m. in Nightingale Concert Hall. The chorus, which will feature compositions by eight composers including Mozart and Duke Ellington, will be directed by Michael Cleveland, with accompanist Julie Dimick.