COLLOQUIA

Thurs., March 30, 3 p.m. "Unmanly and Unverifiably Ill: Hypochondriacs in 19th-Century American Medical Literature," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with James Schafer; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. JHMI

Thurs., March 30, 4 p.m. "Nuclear Physics Meets the Quantum Hall Effect: Skyrmions, NMR and Giant Nuclear-Specific Heat in Quantum Hall Ferromagnets," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Steven Girvin, Indiana University; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Fri., March 31, 2 p.m. "Searching the Web: It Is Worse Than You Thought," a colloquium with C. Lee Giles, NEC Research Institute; Parsons Auditorium. APL Simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

FILM

LECTURES

Mon., March 27, 5 p.m. Dean's Lecture III--"Pharmacologic Regulation of Circadian Rhythm and Gene Transcription with Selective Acetyltransferase Inhibitors" by Philip Cole; Hurd Hall. JHMI

Edward Ball, a 1998 National Book Award winner, will give the Frank R. Kent Memorial Lecture on Thurs., March 30, at 8 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public and no tickets are required.

Tues., March 28, 7 p.m. "From Teaching Physiology to Overcoming Sexual Taboos: A Voyage into the Prevention of STDs," a lecture by Richard Cone. Part of the "Voyage and Discovery" lecture series. Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW

Thurs., March 30, 8 p.m. The Frank R. Kent Memorial Lecture--"Slaves in the Family," by Edward Ball, seventh-generation grandson of a slave owner, and a 1998 National Book Award winner; Shriver Hall. HW

MUSIC

Wed., March 29, noon. "A World Music Tour with the Hammer Dulcimer," a performance by hammer dulcimer master Ken Kolodner. Part of the Wednesday Noon Series, presented by Special Events. Shriver Hall. HW

Wed., March 29, 8 p.m. Recital by the winner of the William Marbury Violin Competition; Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Fri., March 31, 8 p.m. Recital by organist Donald Sutherland in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Bach's death. $16, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for students with I.D. Griswold Hall. Peabody

Sun., April 2, 3 p.m. Peabody Chamber Orchestra and Peabody Sinfonia performance featuring winners of the Peabody Concerto Competition, William Lyoo, piano; Richard Zhu, violin; and 11-year-old Alicia Hui, violin; Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Sun., April 2, 7:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series/Mity Clarke Gann Memorial Concert--performance by trio David Shifrin, David Finckel and Wu Han. $23, $12 for students. Shriver Hall. HW

OPEN
HOUSES

Wed., March 29, noon to 2 p.m. Washington D.C. Center, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Thurs., March 30, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Montgomery County Center, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Md.

Sat., April 1, 10 to 11:30 a.m. 100 Shaffer. HW

Fri., March 31, 7:30 p.m. Astronomy Open House, public viewing. To check viewing conditions, call 410-516-6525 Fridays after 6:30 p.m. Bloomberg Observatory. HW

SEMINARS

Mon., March 27, 4 p.m. "Perceptual Filling-in: Active Neural Representation or Ignoring the Absence of Information," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Peter DeWeerd, University of Arizona; 341 Krieger. HW

Tues., March 28, noon. "Transfer RNA Editing in Acanthamoeba Mitochondria: Mechanism and Evolution," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Michael Gray, Dalhousie University; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., March 28, noon. "Epigenetic Mechanisms That Silence Chemokine Gene Transcription: Potential Therapeutic Applications in GI," a Medicine seminar with Gary Wu, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; 918 Ross. JHMI

Tues., March 28, noon. "Designing a New BCG Vaccine Trial," a Center for Tuberculosis Research seminar with Lawrence Geiter, Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation; W3030 SPH. JHMI

Tues., March 28, 3 p.m. "The Environmental Consequences of War: The Deforestation of Sudan," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Cindy Katz, CUNY; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., March 28, 4 p.m. "Neo-Britains and the Repackaging of Neo-European History," a special meeting of the History seminar with James Belich, University of Auckland/Georgetown University; 315 Gilman. HW

Wed., March 29, noon. "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Form: How a Tubule Becomes a Cyst," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Greg Germino; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Wed., March 29, 12:15 p.m. "From the Mosque to the Majlis: Health Policy Changes and Health Outcomes in Post-Revolutionary Iran," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Carol Underwood; Haryono Room, Suite 310, 111 Market Place.

Wed., March 29, 12:30 p.m. "Education and the Internet in Developing Countries and the Role of the Multilaterals," a Western Hemisphere Program seminar with Robert Hawkins, World Bank; 507 Nitze Bldg. SAIS

Wed., March 29, 4 p.m. "Initiating Eukaryotic Translation from the Beginning and Middle," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Joseph Marcotrigiano, Rockefeller University; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. JHMI

Wed., March 29, 4:30 p.m. "What If Computers Do to Memory What They Have Done to Arithmetic?" a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Michael Lesk, National Science Foundation; Arellano Theater, Levering Union. HW

Wed., March 29, 5 p.m. "Stating the Ominous: Prisons, States and Zero Tolerance," a Program for Comparative American Cultures/Diversity Leadership Council seminar with L. Asale Angel-Ajani, University of Texas, Austin; Ruth Wilson Gilmore, University of California, Berkeley; Shelly Greenberg, Police Leadership Program; Sherwood Room, Levering Union. HW

Thurs., March 30, noon. "The Hidden Colors of Jade," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Sorena Sorensen, Smithsonian Institution; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Thurs., March 30, noon. "Pinching in New Places: Multiple Functions for the Large GTPase Dynamin in Membrane Trafficking," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Mark McNiven, Mayo Clinic; 110 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., March 30, 12:30 p.m. "The Indian National Emergency: Reflections 25 Years Later," a Social Change and Development seminar with Marty Tillman; 535 Rome Bldg. SAIS

Thurs., March 30, 4 p.m. "DNA Methylation and Gene Silencing of an Endogenous Gene Family in Arabidopsis," a Biology seminar with Judith Bender; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., March 30, 4 p.m. "The Proof of the Kepler Conjecture," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Thomas Hales, University of Michigan; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., March 30, 4 p.m. "Connectivity in Image Analysis: Applications and Multiresolution Extensions," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Ulisses Braga Neto; 117 Barton. HW

Mon., April 3, 4 p.m. "Studying Poor Families with Ethnographic Methods," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Kathryn Edin, University of Pennsylvania; Sherwood Room, Levering Union. HW

SPECIAL
EVENTS

Tues., March 28, 5:30 p.m. "Shifting Grounds of Globalization: A Topography for Feminist Political Engagement" a seminar with Cindy Katz, CUNY; 400 Macaulay. HW

Fri., March 31, 8 p.m. "Preaching to the Perverted," a performance art/theater piece by Holly Hughes; 3 Shaffer. HW

"Out in Front," the sixth annual JHU DSAGA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Days:

Wed., March 29, 8 p.m. "Sex, the Media and the Closets of Power," a lecture by advocate Michelangelo Signorile; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Sat., April 1, 1 p.m. "Unlearning Homophobia," a workshop with Robin Ochs, Harvard University; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Mon., April 3, 8 p.m. Poet Mark Doty will read from and discuss his work; 26 Mudd. HW

SPORTS

Sat., April 1, 1 p.m. Men's Lacrosse, vs. North Carolina. HW

WJHU
88.1 FM

Mon., March 27, 1 p.m. A look at the National Aquarium in Baltimore's new Amazon River Forest exhibit with curator Jack Cover, exhibit collector Stuart Keefer and ethno-botanist Mark Plotkin.

Tues., March 28, noon. Maryland District Court judge Robert Bell.

Thurs., March 30, 1 p.m. A look at the documentary film Innocent Until Proven Guilty with filmmaker Kirsten Johnson and James Forman Jr., the featured Washington D.C. public defender.