MUSIC THAT MAKES US WEEP: "Why Do Listeners Enjoy Music That Makes Them Weep?" This Valente Lecture, presented by the Department of Music, is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. May 6 in 230 Music Building. (The printed edition of Dateline lists an incorrect starting time; the music department changed the time to 4:10 p.m., and Dateline did not learn of the change until after the paper went to press.)

The lecturer is David Huron of the Center for Cognitive Science and the School of Music, Ohio State University.

The UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain is co-sponsoring the lecture.

'THE LEFT SINCE 9/11': The UC Davis Public Intellectuals Forum, true to its name, brings university discourse to the public, with an evening program May 6 at historic Davis City Hall. The guest for this last forum of the year is Michael Bérubé, and his topic is "The Left Since 9/11: What Happened to Cultural Studies?"

Organizers said Bérubé will talk about mass media and common culture, explaining how leftist scholars' theories not only excuse their failures to influence American politics, but actually allow them to construe such failures as successes.

Bérubé, a literature professor at Penn State University, is the author most recently of What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts? Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education and Harry Potter and the Power of Narrative.

The free program is scheduled to begin with Bérubé's talk at 5:30 p.m. A reception is set for 7 p.m. The historic City Hall, home of the Bistro 33 restaurant, is at 226 F St.

The forum is presented by the Davis Humanities Institute, the Center for History, Society and Culture, and the Institute of Governmental Affairs.

'NEW REGIONALISM, NEW INEQUALITY': USC Professor Manuel Pastor is set to visit UC Davis next week to present a lecture titled "The New Regionalism, The New Inequality and the Future of California." The lecture is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 6 at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center and is free and open to the public.

The lecture is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Regional Change, a new research institute at UC Davis that promotes applied research to inform healthy, sustainable and equitable change in California's Central Valley and Sierra Nevada regions and beyond.

Organizers said Pastor's talk is the inaugural Bradshaw Lecture in Regional Change, named in honor of the late Ted Bradshaw, a UC Davis community development professor and founder of the Center for the Study of Regional Change.

Pastor teaches geography and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, and he is the director of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity at USC's Center for Sustainable Cities. He is founding director of the Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community at UC Santa Cruz.

Pastor speaks frequently on issues of demographic change, economic inequality and community empowerment. His research focuses on issues of environmental justice, regional inclusion, and the economic and social conditions facing low-income urban communities.

FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS, GLOBAL FUNDING: University Outreach and International Programs announced two workshops, one about the Fulbright Scholar Program and the other about National Science Foundation support for international collaborations:

-- Fulbright Scholar Program for U.S. Citizens -- Information on the Fulbright Scholar Program for Faculty and Professionals. Noon-2 p.m. May 13, Institute of Governmental Affairs Reading Room, 360 Shields Library.

-- Global Funding Workshop in Science and Engineering -- Information on funding opportunities offered by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering, in support of U.S. faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students in their collaboration with researchers abroad. Noon-2 p.m. May 14, 206 Olson Hall.

More information on both workshops is available online: uoip.ucdavis.edu/uoip/funding.cfm. Or, contact Nicole Ranganath, nranganath@ucdavis.edu. Reservations are requested by May 9, by e-mailing Estelle Kane, uoipgrad@ucdavis.edu.

All seminars and colloquia: calendar.ucdavis.edu