Contents for May 8-21, 1998

• President Gee will deliver his inaugural address Saturday, May 23, at 11:30 a.m. on The College Green. Members of the Brown community are invited to attend the event, which is part of the University's Commencement celebration.

• A recent Carnegie Foundation report found that faculty at the nation's major universities ignore or fail to serve their undergraduates. Judging from comments made at a special dinner April 27, however, Brown undergraduates and faculty seem to be an exception.

• A new book, "A Hope in the Unseen," chronicles undergraduate Cedric Jennings' transition from inner-city high school achiever in Washington, D.C., to culture-shocked survivor at an Ivy League university. What was it like for Jennings to be under an author's scrutiny?

• Curiosity about pigeons helped Joshua Woolley's UTRA project take wing.

• Brown has been educating the educators for more than a century. This Commencement weekend, the Education Department celebrates that landmark.

• Last Word: Just in time for Mothers Day, comments on "the breeding of children" from a 17th-century woman.

• Before the end of the academic year, the Red Tape Reduction and Administrative Savings Committee will have identified the top issues to tackle and decided upon the process by which changes can be made.

• What are best office practices regarding information security? Check B-BOP.

• Human Resources' newsletter, the Resource, appears in the paper edition of the George Street Journal.