The Johns Hopkins Gazette: April 5, 1999
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PRESENTATIONS

 Thurs., April 8, 4 p.m. Young Investigators' Day; Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

  

CARIBBEAN WEEK

Sponsored by the Caribbean Cultural Society. Events are open to the public.

Mon., April 5, noon. "Education in the Caribbean," a discussion with diplomats from Caribbean nations on the policies and structure of education; Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

Mon., April 5, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Caribbean Cafe featuring Caribbean food and steel band music. $7 (free for those on meal plans). Wolman Station and Terrace Court Café. HW

Wed., April 7, 7 p.m. Movie Night--Dancehall Queen, filmed in Jamaica. Refreshments served. McCoy Multipurpose Room. HW

Thurs., April 8, 7 to 10 p.m. Spades Tournament, a chance to play spades, win $80. Pizza served. $3 per team. Basement, AMR2. HW

Fri., April 9, 10 p.m to 2 a.m. Caribbean Vibes '99, featuring Caribbean music--soca, calypso and reggae with D.J. Lovesounds International. $3. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

Sun., April 11, 1 to 4 p.m. Soccerfest and Potluck Picnic for the Caribbean Cultural Society and other campus groups; Garland Field. HW

  

COLLOQUIA

 Wed., April 7, 4 p.m. "Attentive and Post-Attentive Processes in the Control of Saccadic Eye Movements," a Psychology colloquium with Eileen Kowler, Rutgers University; 234 Ames. HW

Wed., April 7, 5 p.m. "Drosophila Minidiscs Encode a Component of an Endocrine Signaling Pathway Required for Proliferation of Imaginal Disc Cells," a Biology colloquium with Allen Shearn; Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW

  

COMMEMORATION

 Wed., April 7, all day. National Day of Silence Project, a DSAGA event. Booths around campus will offer information on the event. HW

  

DISCUSSIONS

 Tues., April 6, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tax Information Sessions for internationals, discussion of non-resident alien tax issues; basement, Reed Hall. JHMI

Tues., April 6, noon. Women's Forum/JHMI Caucus Journal Club discussion; 9019 1830 Bldg. JHMI

Fri., April 9, noon. Black Faculty and Staff Association meeting, discussion of agenda items; Hampton House Lecture Hall, SPH. JHMI

  

FILMS

 Wed., April 7, 8 p.m. Strawberry and Chocolate, a DSAGA presentation and discussion; Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW

Wed., April 7, and Thurs., April 8, 8:30 and 10 p.m. Spike and Mike Classic Festival of Animation, a Weekend Wonderflix/Reel World presentation. $3. 410-516-8666. Shriver Hall. HW

  

GRAND ROUNDS

 Wed., April 7, 4 p.m. "Role of AKT in Regulating Thyroid Cell Growth and Apoptosis," Endocrine Grand Rounds with Matthew Ringel, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; 1 Marburg. JHMI

  

LECTURES

 Mon., April 5, 4:30 p.m. " 'Walakota'--Traditional Philosophies of Helping and Healing among Lakota Indians," a lecture by Marvin Clifford Sr., Oglala band of the Lakota Sioux. Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins International Society. 1030 SPH (Anna Baetjer Room). JHMI

Mon., April 5, 5 p.m. "Cellular Senescence, Cellular Immortalization and Cancer," an Oncology lecture by J. Carl Barrett, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, N.C. The "Biology of Cancer" lecture series. 119 Oncology. JHMI

Tues., April 6, 4 p.m. 1999 Ferdinand G. Brickwedde Lectures in Physics--"Holding onto Atoms and Molecules with Lasers" with Steven Chu, Stanford University; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg. HW

Tues., April 6, 4 p.m. "Nursing Research and Practice Innovations Needed in the Field of Violence," a lecture by Jacquelyn Campbell, part of a School of Nursing open house to provide information on graduate degree programs. For directions, call 410-955-7548.

Tues., April 6, 4 p.m. "Illustrating Your Lecture with Slides, Part 2," a Scientific Communication lecture by Edie Stern. Welch Lecture Series. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

Tues., April 6, 7 p.m. "From Failing the 5th Grade to Cancer Research: A Journey through Academia," a lecture by Donald Coffey. The "Voyage and Discovery" lecture series. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Tues., April 6, 8 p.m. "The Growth of Delta Lambda Phi and the Role of Academic Institutions in the Gay Community," a DSAGA lecture by Peter Colohan, Delta Lambda Phi. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg. HW

Wed., April 7, noon. "Advanced Search Strategies," an Internet Lecture/ Welch Lecture Series event. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

Wed., April 7, 5 p.m. "Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Etiology of Cancers at Genital and Non-Genital Sites," an Oncology lecture by Keerti Shah. The "Biology of Cancer" lecture series. 119 Oncology. JHMI

Wed., April 7, 6 p.m. "Colonial Revival: Architecture in the Age of Reform," a lecture by Charlie Duff, Baltimore Architecture Foundation. $10 ($8 for members). Reservations required. 410-516-5589. Homewood House. HW

Thurs., April 8, 2:30 p.m. 1999 Ferdinand G. Brickwedde Lectures in Physics--"The Physics and Biology of Individual Biomolecules: A New Frontier" with Steven Chu, Stanford University; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg. HW

Thurs., April 8, 4 p.m. "The Blood of Government: Race, Empire and Democracy in the Anglo-Saxon Fin-de-Siecle," an Anthropology lecture by Paul Kramer; 404-BA Macaulay. HW

Fri., April 9, 4:30 p.m. Women's History Month--"Thinking the Postcolonial, Thinking the Empire," by Catherine Hall, University of London; 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Sat., April 10, 4 p.m. Institute for Global Studies Spring Distinguished Lecture--"Old Multiculturalisms: New Racisms" by Stuart Hall; Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., April 12, 4 p.m. 1999 Ernst Cloos Memorial Lecture--"The Cause of the Ice Ages" by George Denton, University of Maine; 305 Olin. HW

Mon., April 12, 5 p.m. "No Bones about It--A Genetic Analysis of Angiogenesis during Bone Formation," an Oncology lecture by Zena Werb, University of California, San Francisco. The "Biology of Cancer" lecture series. 119 Oncology. JHMI

  

MUSIC

 Wed., April 7, noon. "An American Sampler: Vintage Popular and Traditional Music from Stephen Foster to Billie Holiday," a performance and commentary by pianist/recording artist Jacqueline Schwab. Part of the Wednesday Noon Series sponsored by Special Events. 410-516-7157. Shriver Hall. HW

Fri., April 9, 8 p.m. Folk singer/ songwriter Michelle Malone, a DSAGA presentation; Shriver Hall. HW

Sat., April 10, 7:30 p.m. Concert by jazz and classical pianist Stefan Scaggiari and his trio, with guest artist Navasha Daya Boxley (Billie Holiday competition winner). $16, $13 for senior citizens and $10 for full-time students with I.D. Shriver Hall. HW

Sun., April 11, 3 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra Concert, La Creation du Monde by Darius Milhaud. Tickets required. 410-516-6542. Great Hall, Levering. HW

  

OPEN HOUSES

 Thurs., April 8, 6 to 8 p.m. Open House for the SCS Leadership Development for Minority Managers program. 1-800-GO-TO-JHU. Washington Center, 1625 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Mon., April 12, noon to 1:30 p.m. Open Houses for the following SCS programs: Graduate Certificate in Investments, Master of Science in Organization Development and Human Resources, Master of Science in Real Estate, all information technology programs and Master of Science in Marketing. 1-800-GO-TO-JHU. Downtown Center, Charles and Saratoga streets.

  

SEMINARS

 Mon., April 5, noon. "Software: Research Friendly/Product Friendly," a Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology Engineering Research Center seminar with Raghu Raghaven; 301 Shaffer. HW

Mon., April 5, 4 p.m. "Probing the Molecular Mechanism of Inhibition and Drug Resistance in HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase," a Biochemistry seminar with Karen Anderson, Yale University School of Medicine; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Tues., April 6, noon. "Integrin-mediated Cell Adhesion and Migration in Mouse Development," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Joy Yang; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., April 6, 1:30 p.m. "The Isoprostanes: Unique Bioactive Markers of Lipid Peroxidation--Their Role in Human Disease," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Jason Morrow, Vanderbilt University; 303 WBSB. JHMI

Tues., April 6, 3 p.m. "A Cycle of Urban Sedimentation and Erosion Revisited," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with James Pizzuto, University of Delaware; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., April 6, 4:15 p.m. "T Cell Recognition of Antigen," an Immunology Council seminar with David Hafler, Harvard Medical School; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Wed., April 7, 8:15 a.m. "A Web-based Clinical Trials Support Tool," a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Daniel Reshef and Edward Kobrinski, Vector Research Inc.; 6015 SPH. JHMI

Wed., April 7, 4 p.m. "Neuroimmunophilin Ligands and Neuronal Regeneration," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Joe Steiner, Guilford Pharmaceutical Inc.; 303 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., April 8, 1 p.m. "Assembly of Synaptic Inputs to Retinal Ganglion Cells: Adult Function and Postnatal Development," a Neuroscience research seminar with David Copenhagen, University of California, San Francisco; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., April 8, 4 p.m. "Real Time Applications of the Internet," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Nicholas Maxemchuk, AT&T Research Laboratories; 117 Barton. HW

Thurs., April 8, 4 p.m. "Statistical Inferences for Generalized Varying-Coefficient Models," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Jianqing Fan, University of California, Los Angeles; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., April 8, 5:15 p.m. "Five-Element Acupuncture: Theory and Implications," a lecture by Laura Coleson-Schreur. "Building Bridges: A Complementary and Alternative Lecture Series." G007 Ross. JHMI

Fri., April 9, noon. "Early Human Adaptation to Changing Landscapes," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Richard Potts, Smithsonian Institution; 110 WBSB. JHMI

Mon., April 12, 12:30 p.m. "Policy vs. Reality in Clinical Trials," a Center for Epidemiology and Policy seminar with Curtis Meinert; W2008 SPH. JHMI

Mon., April 12, 4 p.m. "Computational Models of Visual Grouping," a Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Jitendra Malik, University of California, Berkeley; 341 Krieger. HW

  

SPORTS

 Wed., April 7, 7 p.m. Men's Lacrosse, Hopkins vs. Villanova.

Sat., April 10, 11 a.m. Women's Lacrosse, Hopkins vs. Drexel.

Sun., April 11, 1 p.m. Men's Lacrosse, Hopkins vs. Ohio State.

  

THEATER

 Thurs., April 8, 7 p.m. Catalyst Theater, an interactive play about coming out, a DSAGA presentation; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg. HW

  

WALKING TOUR

 Sat., April 10, 1 to 4 p.m. "Colonial Revival Architecture Walking Tour" through Guilford with local architectural historians. $35 ($30 for members). Reservations required. 410-516-5589. Homewood House. HW

  

WJHU

 Tues., April 6, noon. The Marc Steiner Show. Computer/Internet Hour, with David Troy of Toad Net, Sean Gallagher of Information Week Labs and Erik Monti of Charm Net. Wed., April 7, noon. The Marc Steiner Show. Income tax preparation help with CPAs Scott Somerville and Carol Katz, followed at 1 p.m. by Ron Shapiro, attorney-agent and author of The Power of Nice.

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