THE GAZETTE CALENDAR
Feb. 15-22

Johns Hopkins Gazette Online Edition

  

COLLOQUIA

Fri., Feb. 16, 4:15 p.m. "Atom by Atom Organometallic Chemistry at Structured Organic Interfaces," a Chemistry colloquium with David Allara, Pennsylvania State University; 233 Remsen. HW  

DANCE

Mon., Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m. Black History Month Event‹Dance Clinic with the Sankofa Dance Company, dance with the company during rehearsal for Feb. 27 performance; Great Hall, Levering. HW  

DISCUSSIONS/
TALKS

Tues., Feb. 16, 8 a.m. The Roaming Year 2000 Briefing--"Are You Y2K Okay?" a formal presentation followed by open discussion and one-on-one conversation; 305 Olin, and at 9 a.m. in 346 Olin. HW

Tues., Feb. 16, 7 p.m. Black History Month Event--"African Heritage: A Foundation for Our Modern-Day Presence," a discussion on ancient Africa led by Asa Hilliard, Georgia State University; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Wed., Feb. 17, 9:30 a.m. "Exporting Democracy: How Well Does It Work?" a panel discussion with Kenneth Wollack, National Democratic Institute; and Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment; 812 Rome Bldg. SAIS

Wed., Feb. 17, 2 p.m. The Roaming Year 2000 Briefing--"Are You Y2K Okay?" a formal presentation followed by open discussion and one-on-one conversation; 37 Gilman. HW

Thurs., Feb. 18, 9 a.m. The Roaming Year 2000 Briefing--"Are You Y2K Okay?" a formal presentation followed by open discussion and one-on-one conversation; 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Thurs., Feb. 18, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Turkey and Its Neighbors: Challenges for the Regional Economy," panel discussions, with keynote speech by Paul Wolfowitz; sponsored by SAIS and the Middle East Institute; Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS

Fri., Feb. 19, 10 a.m. The Roaming Year 2000 Briefing--"Are You Y2K Okay?" a formal presentation followed by open discussion and one-on-one conversation; 307 Krieger. HW

FILM

Sun., Feb. 21, 8:30 p.m. Film--Why Do Fools Fall in Love? a Black History Month Event; Black Student Union Room, Merryman. HW  

GRAND ROUNDS

Wed., Feb. 17, 4 p.m. "Etiology and Treatment of Pituitary Tumors," Endocrine Grand Rounds with Shlomo Melmed, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; 1 Marburg. JHMI

Mondays, 3 p.m. Otolaryngology Grand Rounds; 6150 JHOC. JHMI

Wednesdays, 4 p.m. "Coagulation Disease"; 1024 Blalock. JHMI

LECTURES

Wed., Feb. 17, 3 p.m. The Alicia Showalter Reynolds Memorial Lecture--"Origin of Human AIDS Viruses" by Beatrice Hahn, University of Alabama, Birmingham; East Lecture Hall, WBSB. JHMI

Wed., Feb. 17, 4 p.m. "Murder at Cinderella: Ethnic Violence and the Birth of New South Africa," an Anthropology lecture by Donald Donham, Emory University; 404-BA Macaulay. HW

Wed., Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m. The Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies SAIS-Japan Lecture--"The Future of the Japanese Economy: Will Muddling Through Work?" by Richard Katz, Oriental Economist Report, with commentary by Bruce Stokes, Council on Foreign Relations, and Nobuo Tanaka, Embassy of Japan; Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS

Thurs., Feb. 18, noon. "The Red Badge of Courage," a Strategic Studies Program/Civil War Staff Ride lecture by Azar Nafisi; Rome Auditorium. SAIS

Thurs., Feb. 18, 12:30 p.m. "Jubilee 2000: Idealism Gone Awry or a Serious Move Toward Poverty Eradication?" a Social Change and Development Program brown bag lecture by Jo Marie Griesgraber, Center of Concern; 812 Rome Bldg. SAIS

Thurs., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. "Reason, Faith and Alienation in the Victorian Fin de Siecle," a History/History of Science/Philosophy lecture by Theodore Porter, UCLA; 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Fri., Feb. 19, 1 to 5 p.m. "Anthropological Investigations of Political Violence," an Anthropology lecture by Veena Das, New School for Social Research; Liisa Malkki, University of California; and Pradeep Jeganthan, University of Chicago; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Sat., Feb. 20, 8 p.m. 1999 Johns Hopkins Symposium on Foreign Affairs--"Solutions to Ethnic and Religious Conflict" by former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres; Shriver Hall. HW

Mon., Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m. "The Future of the U.S.-European Relationship," a European Studies Program lecture by Jacques Andreani; Rome Auditorium. SAIS 

MUSIC

For Peabody concert and ticket information, call 410-659-8124.

Tues., Feb. 16, noon. Midday Performance by Roy Battle and the Altones; Hurd Hall. JHMI

Wed., Feb. 17, noon. Black History Month Event--"Commemorating Black History Month: A Musical Tribute," a Wednesday Noon Series concert with composer/pianist/conductor Darin Atwater and singer Kishna Davis; Shriver Hall. HW

Thurs., Feb. 18, 8 p.m. Peabody Prep recital with faculty members Nancie Kennedy, Troy Stuart and Corey McVicar; Leakin Hall. Peabody

Sat., Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. "Serial Anyone?" a Peabody Camerata "Summing Up the Century" concert, featuring works by Webern, Berg, Carter, Nono and Babbitt. Tickets are $16, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for students with I.D.; Griswold Hall. Peabody

Sun., Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series--cellist Janos Starker performs sonatas by Bach and Brahms. Tickets are $23, $12 for students. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

READING

Sun., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. Reading by Chester Wickwire from his book of poems, Longs Peak, followed by a signing; Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW  

SEMINARS

Mon., Feb. 15, noon. "The Emerging Discipline of Computational Anatomy," a Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology Engineering Research Center seminar with Michael Miller, 301 Shaffer. HW

Mon., Feb. 15, noon. "To Destroy or Not to Destroy: Control of Mitotic Transitions by Ubiquitin-dependent Proteol," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Guowei Fang, Harvard Medical School; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., Feb. 16, 3 p.m. "Understanding Health Risks in the Urban Environment: A Case Study of South Philadelphia," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Tom Burke; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Feb. 16, 4 p.m. "Neural Cell Determination in Early Embryo," a Biology special seminar with Kristen Kroll, Harvard Medical School; 100 Mudd. HW

Tues., Feb. 16, 4:15 p.m. "T Cell Tolerance and Autoimmunity," an Immunology Council seminar with Abul Abbas, Harvard Medical School; W2030 SHPH. JHMI

Tues., Feb. 16, 4:30 p.m. "Image Understanding, Deformable Templates, and Information Theory," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Michael Miller; 100 Shaffer. HW

Thurs., Feb. 18, 10 a.m. "Crystal Structure of a Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozyme," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Adrian Ferre-Damare, Yale University; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 18, noon. "Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Dynamics," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Robert Jensen; 110 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 18, 12:15 p.m. "Juntos Decidimos Cuando: Together We Decide When‹The Nicaragua National Youth Campaign," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Walter Saba, Rob Ainslie and Maria Elena Figueroa; Suite 310, 111 Market Place, Candler Bldg.

Thurs., Feb. 18, 1 p.m. "Transcriptional Control of Left-Right Asymmetry and Limb Identity in the Chick Embryo," a Neuroscience research seminar with Cliff Tabin, Harvard Medical School; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. "Building a Vertebrate Eye: Searching for Pax6 Target Genes," a Biology seminar with Nadean Brown, University of Michigan; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. "Approximations and the Bootstrap," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Lajos Horvath, University of Utah; 304 Whitehead. HW

Fri., Feb. 19, 1 p.m. "What Cycle Nucleotide-Gated Channels Can Tell Us about Allosteric Proteins," a Neuroscience special seminar with Jeffrey Karpen, University of Colorado School of Medicine; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Fri., Feb. 19, 1 p.m. "On Human Motor Control, Planning, Learning and Unlearning," a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Kurt Throughman; 709 Traylor. JHMI

Mon., Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m. "A Helicase-Driven Switch That Couples Splicing to Intron Recognition," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Jonathan Staley, University of California, San Francisco; 517 PCTB. JHMI

Mon., Feb. 22, noon. "Optimal Visualization of Local Contrast in Multispectral Imagery with Applications to Fusion and Registration of Medical Images," a Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology Engineering Research Center seminar with Lawrence Wolff; 301 Shaffer. HW

Mon., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "Cell Adhesion Molecules of Mammalian Fertilization," a Biochemistry seminar with Janice Evans; W2030 SHPH. JHMI

Mon., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "Cyclostratigraphic Patterns in the Appalachian Basin during the Late Devonian Mass Extinction--A Record of Climate/Sea Level Instability," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Jonathan Filer, Towson University; 305 Olin. HW

Mon., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "Nation, Governance and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century China," a History seminar with Michael Tsin, Columbia University; 315 Gilman. HW  

SPORTS

Tues., Feb. 16, 7 p.m. Women's Basketball, Hopkins vs. Western Maryland.

For updated schedule information, call 410-516-0552.  

TALENT NIGHT Fri., Feb. 19, 8 p.m. Black History Month Event--Talent Night with Hopkins and Baltimore-area participants; Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

THEATER

Fri., Feb. 19, and Sat., Feb. 20, 8 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 21, 2:15 p.m. Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, a Theatre Hopkins production. For ticket information, call 410-516-7159. Merrick Barn. HW


WJHU

Tues., Feb. 16, noon. The Marc Steiner Show. Tim Wendel, author of Castro's Curveball: A Novel.

Wed., Feb. 17, noon. The Marc Steiner Show.  Matthew Crenson, Hopkins professor of political science, discusses his new book, Building the Invisible Orphanage: A Prehistory of the American Welfare System.