Intellectual property is focus of law school conference

By Ann Nicholson

Three major figures at the core of U.S. intellectual property policy and business practices will deliver keynote addresses at the School of Law's "2001 Heart of America Intellectual Property Law Conference: Intellectual Property, Digital Technology and Electronic Commerce."

The conference will run from 1-5 p.m. April 6 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 7 in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The event coincides with the law school's inauguration of its new Master's Degree (LL.M.) Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Law at 5:15 p.m. April 6.

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Producer of 'The Big Chill,' 'Erin Brockovich,' to talk

Hollywood producer and 1966 alumnus Michael Shamberg will speak at 11 a.m. April 6 in Graham Chapel.

After graduating, Shamberg wrote for a Chicago newspaper as well as for Time and Life magazines. He went on to found TVTV, a company that produced television documentaries, and now is a partner in Jersey Films with Danny DeVito and Stacey Sher.

  Shamberg has been involved in a number of successful films. He was executive producer for the award-winning "Pulp Fiction," and produced "Erin Brockovich," "A Fish Called Wanda" and "The Big Chill."

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Journalist Cose to deliver keynote address for symposium

Journalist and author Ellis Cose will deliver the keynote address for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Graham Chapel as part of the University's Assembly Series.

Former chairman of the editorial board and editorial page editor of the New York Daily News, Cose is currently an essayist and contributing editor for Newsweek magazine

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Kingsbury Ensemble performs 'Masterpieces of the French and Italian Baroque' at Edison

The Kingsbury Ensemble will present a concert of "Masterpieces of the French and Italian Baroque" for Edison Theatre's OVATIONS! Series at 8 p.m. Saturday in Holmes Lounge.

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