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COLLOQUIA |
Wed., Sept. 13, 4 p.m. "Rat Cerebal Asymmetries Are
Computationally Similar to Human Cerebral Asymmetries," a
Psychology colloquium with Tom Bever, University of Arizona; 234
Ames. HW
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DISCUSSION/ |
Wed., Sept. 13, 7 p.m. "Sculpture at Evergreen,"
exhibiting artists Leonard Streckfus, Jann Rosen-Queralt and
Timothy Lonergan will discuss their work. $8 for Evergreen
members, $10 for non-members. Evergreen Theater, 4545 N. Charles
St. Thurs., Sept. 14, noon. The MSEL Diversity Book and Video Discussion Group--Becoming a Man by Paul Monette; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
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EXHIBIT |
Sun., Sept. 17, 2 to 4 p.m. Sculpture tour of Artscape's
20 Sculptures/20 Pedestals exhibition, with curator Gary
Kachadourian. Meet at Maryland Institute Station Building.
Sponsored by Evergreen House. For more information or to make
reservations, call 410-516-0341.
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LECTURE |
Mon., Sept. 11, 5 p.m. The Percy Turnbull Memorial
Lecture--"The Life and Works of Rainer Maria Rilke" by William
Gass; 111 Mergenthaler. HW
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MUSIC |
Fri., Sept. 15, 8 p.m. A cappella singing by Lionheart,
featuring Gregorian chant and medieval, Renaissance and
contemporary works. Admission is $15; Evergreen fellows,
contributors and patrons admitted free with one guest.
410-516-0341. Evergreen Carriage House, 4545 N. Charles St.
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OPEN |
Tues., Sept. 12, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Open House for SPSBE's
Certificate in Environmental Studies Program, with instructors
and current students. 410-516-4842. Light refreshments served.
Shaffer Hall. HW
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SEMINARS |
Mon., Sept. 11, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Java Technology
Day--Java-related topics and moderated technical panel
discussion: "Jini Architecture for Distributed Computing" by Ken
Arnold, Sun Microsystems; "Real-Time for Java" by Greg Bollella
of Sun Microsystems; "Java and Wireless Technologies" by Joseph
Fung, Blue Flame (formerly PCSI Inc.); "Jini and JavaSpaces
Technology" by Susanne Hupfer, Mirror Worlds Technologies/Yale
University; "Java Security Meets Smart Cards" by Gary McGraw,
Reliable Software Technologies; and "Java and XML Technologies"
by Doug Tidwell, IBM. Part of the "Cyber Tech Seminar Series."
Kossiakoff Center. APL Mon., Sept. 11, 12:15 p.m. "Genetic Analysis of Invasive Cell Behavior," a Carnegie Institution of Washington seminar with Denise Montell; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW Mon., Sept. 11, 4 p.m. The Bodian Seminar--"Controlling the Central Pattern Generator Locomotion: Problems and Solutions" with Avis Cohen, University of Maryland, College Park. Sponsored by the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 341 Krieger. HW Wed., Sept. 13, 12:15 p.m. "Cambodia: Health in a Country in Transition," a Health and Child Survival Fellows Program seminar with Randy Kolstad, USAID/Cambodia; 2008 SPH. JHMI Thurs., Sept. 14, noon. "Molecular Analysis of Neuronal Membrane Trafficking," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Phyllis Hanson, Washington University School of Medicine; 110 WBSB. JHMI Thurs., Sept. 14, 1 p.m. "Some Thoughts (and Data) on Cellular Mechanisms of Successful Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders," a Neuroscience research seminar with Mark Mattson, National Institute on Aging; 811 WBSB. JHMI Thurs., Sept. 14, 3 p.m. "Effects of Surfactants on Heat Transfer in Pool Boiling," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Gad Hetsroni, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; 110 Maryland. HW Thurs., Sept. 14, 4 p.m. "An In-Depth Probabilistic Analysis of Quicksort," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with James Allen Fill; 304 Whitehead. HW Fri., Sept. 15, 8:30 to 5 p.m. "Applying Basic Science to Complementary Medicine Research" with Hans Peter Durr, Max Planck Institute, Munich; Rustum Roy, Pennsylvania State University; and Wayne Jonas, former director of the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine. Part of the "Building Bridges" series co-sponsored by JHMI and the Traditional Acupuncture Institute. Dickenson Room, SPH. JHMI Mon., Sept. 18, 12:15 p.m. "Axis Formation during Mammalian Em-bryogenesis," a Carnegie Institution of Washington seminar with Richard Behringer, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW
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SPECIAL |
Wed., Sept. 13, 8 p.m. MSE Symposium 2000--"Unfinished
Business: Addressing Race, Class and Gender at the Turn of the
Millennium." Tonight's topic: "Confronting 'isms' Head On: Ending
a Dominating Culture," with Bell Hooks, feminist scholar, poet
and social critic; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
Wed., Sept. 13, 10 p.m. Hopkins 24/7. Anorexic young women meet with therapists in a psychiatric clinic, and a profoundly deaf child hears for the first time with a microchip implant. ABC-TV
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