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COLLOQUIA |
Thurs., Dec. 9, 3 p.m. "Plant Hormones and Industry in
America," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology
colloquium with Nicolas Rasmussen, University of Sydney,
Australia; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library.
JHMI Thurs., Dec. 9, 4 p.m. "What Is It Like to Be a Zombie?" a Philosophy colloquium with Robert Stalnaker, MIT; 348 Gilman. HW Fri., Dec. 10, 2 p.m. "Blue Creek: An Ancient Maya City," an APL colloquium with Thomas Guderjan, St. Mary's University. Simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus. Parsons Auditorium. APL
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DISCUSSION/ |
Mon., Dec. 6, 7 p.m. "To Serve Our Communities," a
Prehealth talk by Eric Fine, Baltimore County Health Department;
Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW Wed., Dec. 8, noon. Black Faculty and Staff Association general assembly meeting; Great Hall, Levering Union. HW Wed., Dec. 8, 7 p.m. "Bill Bradley for President" forum, opportunity to find out about the candidate and how to participate; Glass Pavilion, Levering Union. HW
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FILM/ |
Wed., Dec. 8, Thurs., Dec. 9, Fri., Dec. 10 and Sat.,
Dec. 11, 8 and 10:30 p.m. Weekend Wonderflix presents George
Lucas' Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. $3.
Shriver Hall. HW
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LECTURES |
Thurs., Dec. 9, 4 p.m. The Inaugural Alan J. Goldman
Lecture--"Reflections and Translations" by Alan J. Goldman; 304
Whitehead. HW Thurs., Dec. 9, 7:30 a.m. The 16th Annual Howard and Georgeanna Jones Lectureship--"The Ethics of ART: Surfing the Slippery Slope" by Edward Wallach; 240 Phipps (Woodruff Lecture Hall). JHMI Mon., Dec. 13, 4 p.m. "The Police Eye the Booksellers, Especially the Women Booksellers, in 18th-Century Paris," a History valedictory lecture by Orest Ranum; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
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MUSIC |
Tues., Dec. 7, noon. Midday Performance by pianist
Eun-Jung Shon. Sponsored by Cultural Affairs. Hurd Hall. JHMI Tues., Dec. 7, 8 p.m. Peabody Big Band, jazz concert with Ingrid Jensen, trumpet. 410-659-8124. Griswold Hall. Peabody Sun., Dec. 12, 6 p.m. JHU Gospel Choir's annual Christmas concert. All are welcome. Great Hall, Levering Union. HW
Sun., Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series--Violinist Corey Cerovsek, Yale Gordon Young Artist, with pianist Katja Cerovsek performing works by Beethoven, Janacek, Poulenc, Kreisler and Wieniaswki. $23, $12 for students. Shriver Hall. HW
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OPEN |
Fri., Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. Astronomy Open House, public
viewing. Call 410-516-6525 on Friday after 6:30 p.m. to check
conditions for viewing. Bloomberg Center Observatory. HW
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READING |
Tues., Dec. 7, 5 p.m. The Writing Seminars Nonfiction and
Science Writing Programs--readings by graduate students and
faculty: Carol Burke ("The High and Tight Culture of the Military
Academy"), Joann Cavanaugh ("70s Radicals Who Couldn't Spy
Straight") and Mark Hertsaard ("The Dicey Future of the Planet
Earth"); 323 Gilman. HW Wed., Dec. 8, 6 p.m. The Writing Seminars Graduate Student Readings Series--fiction and poetry graduate students Meri Robie, Matt Briggs, Hallie Smith and Leslie Noyes read; 323 Gilman. HW
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SEMINARS |
Mon., Dec. 6, 12:15 p.m. "Meiotic Chromosome Synapsis and
the Regulation of Meiotic Cell Cycle Progression," an Embryology
seminar with Shirleen Roeder, Yale University; Seminar Room, 115
W. University Pkwy. HW Mon., Dec. 6, 4 p.m. "The Development of an Androgen-Regulated Prostate Cancer Model in Transgenic Mice," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Robert Matusik, Vanderbilt University; W2030 SPH. JHMI Mon., Dec. 6, 4 p.m. "Morphogenesis of the Rhesus Lateral Geniculate Nucleus: Why Form Isn't Always Driven by Function," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute Bodian seminar with Joseph Malpeli, University of Illinois; 341 Krieger. HW Mon., Dec. 6, 4 p.m. "Medicare, Medicaid and the Market for Long-Term Care," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Marilyn Moon, The Urban Institute; Conference Room, 5th floor, Wyman Park Bldg. HW Tues., Dec. 7, 3 p.m. "Modeling Transport of Dissolved Silica in a Forested Headwater Catchment," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with George Hornberger, University of Virginia; 234 Ames. HW Tues., Dec. 7, 4:15 p.m. "Humoral Immunity to Papillomavirus," an Immunology Council seminar with Richard Roden; W2030 SPH. JHMI Wed., Dec. 8, 12:05 p.m. "Programmatic Issues in Early Infant Nutrition," a Health and Child Survival Fellows Program seminar with Kristen Marsh, U.S. Agency for International Development; 2008 SPH. JHMI Wed., Dec. 8, 3:30 p.m. "Temporal Processing in the Rat Vibrissal System," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Ehud Ahussar, Weizmann Institute of Science; 341 Krieger. HW Wed., Dec. 8, 4 p.m. "Ennobling Love," a Medieval Studies Group seminar with Stephen Jaeger, University of Washington, Seattle; 315 Gilman. HW Wed., Dec. 8, 4 p.m. "Reforming Chinatown: New York's Chinese Community and New Chinese Women in the Early 20th Century," an American History seminar with Motoe Sasaki-Gayle; 323 Gilman. HW Thurs., Dec. 9, noon. "Life or Death Decision of Cells by Bcl-2 Family Proteins," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Yoshihide Tsujimoto, Osaka University School of Medicine, Japan; East Lecture Hall, WBSB. JHMI Thurs., Dec. 9, 1 p.m. "The Neuro-trophic Hypothesis: A Closer Look," a Neuroscience research seminar with Rosalind Segal, Harvard Medical School/Dana Farber Cancer Institute; 811 WBSB. JHMI Thurs., Dec. 9, 4 p.m. "Performance Measures for Sensory Information Processing Under Physical Constraints," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Pamela Abshire; 117 Barton. HW Thurs., Dec. 9, 5 p.m. "Cricket: Why It's Not; Wickets: Why They're Sticky, The Fair Reporting of Trials," a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Drummond Rennie, University of California at San Francisco/Journal of the American Medical Association and Encyclopedia Britannica; W1020 SPH. JHMI Fri., Dec. 10, 1 p.m. "Calmodulation of Cardiac Calcium Channels: Novel Insights from an Ancient Calcium Sensor," a Biomedical Engineering seminar with David Yue; 707 Traylor. JHMI Mon., Dec. 13, 12:15 p.m. "The Role Played by 23S rRNA in Translation," an Embryology seminar with Rachel Green; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW Mon., Dec. 13, 12:15 p.m. "Should Epidemiologists Hang Up on the Cell Phone Debate?" a Center for Epidemiology and Policy seminar with Martha Linet, National Cancer Institute; W3030 SPH. JHMI Mon., Dec. 13, 1 p.m. "A Light-Induced Release of Calcium in Vertebrate Rod Photoreceptors," a special Neuroscience seminar with Hugh Matthews, Cambridge University; 811 WBSB. JHMI
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SPECIAL |
Tues., Dec. 7, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. "Business Prospects in
Indonesia under the New Government," a SAIS Southeast Asia
Studies Program conference (co-sponsored by the Japan External
Trade Organization), with a panel of experts on the region;
Edward Masters, U.S.-Indonesia Society; and Dorodjatun
Kuntjoro-Jakti, Indonesian ambassador to the U.S. Portions of
the conference are free and open to the public, but advance
registration is required. To register, contact Mitch Kitamura,
212-819-7747. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg., 1740 Massachusetts
Ave., N.W. SAIS Fri., Dec. 10, 10 a.m. Annual Gathering of the Greens. 410-516-8060. Keyser Quad. HW Mon., Dec. 13, 5 to 7 p.m. Candlelight Tour of Homewood House--historic Federal house decorated in period style; tour includes holiday refreshments. Homewood House members (with accompanying guest) and JHU staff and students free; admission for others is $6, $5 for senior citizens, $3 for students. 410-516-5589. Homewood House Museum. HW
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WORKSHOP |
Fri., Dec. 10, 7 to 9 p.m. Johns Hopkins Ballroom Dance
Club--cha-cha and samba workshops for beginners $5. Followed by
free dance party. 410-516-8117. Glass Pavilion, Levering Union.
HW
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