English Prof. Charles Baxter is scheduled to speak at the Rackham Amphitheater at 5 p.m. on Nov. 4.
Baxter, the author of six books of fiction and one book of poetry, will read from his works.
His latest novel "The Feast of Love" is scheduled for release in May 2000.
Nobel Prize-winning author Seamus Heaney wraps up the November series with two appearances.
Heaney, an author of 11 collections of poetry and three books of criticism, teaches at Harvard University.
Both lectures are set for Rackham Amphitheater, on Nov. 15 at 5 p.m.and Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
A reception is planned following Heaney's Nov. 15 appearance, at 6 p.m. in Rackham's Assembly Hall.
Authors Norton Mezvinsky and Israel Shahak plan to visit the University on Nov. 4 to sign their book, "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel" at the Michigan League. The book-signing will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Hussey Room.
Mezvinsky is a professor of history at Central Connecticut University.
He is has written several works on Jewish history Zionism.
Mexvinsky is also the friend and student of Elmer Berger, a classical Reform Jewish opponent of Zionism and supporter of Palestinian rights.
Shahak is a professor of chemistry at Hebrew University. He is a veteran activist for democratic values in Israel and a survivor of the Holocaust.
Ann Arbor's IT Zone, a non-profit organization established to foster high-tech industry growth in Southeastern Michigan, is set to open today in conjunction with sponsor Microsoft Corp.
The Launch Pad, the first stage of the project, is a conference to join entrepreneurs, potential investors and service providers with University students, staff and faculty.
The focus of the center is on launching new programs, but companies with technology may use it to hold meetings and participate in programs involving information and education.
The University's Chief Information Officer and Information Technology Division Chair Jose Marie Griffiths said, "It is the first of its kind to offer a balance of think tank, marketing enterprise and an entrepreneurial networking environment; which poses Washtenaw County as the technology lab of the 21st Century."
The display is a collection from the work of Catherine Smith. The work is on display at East Quad Residence Hall until Nov. 7.
It is being sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, the department of sociology, and the Residential College.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Tiffany Maggard.
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