The Johns Hopkins Gazette: February 18, 2002
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COLLOQUIA

Mon., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. “Witchcraft and Modernity--Thoughts About a Strange Convergence,” an Anthropology colloquium with Peter Geschiere, University of Leiden; 400 Macaulay. HW

Tues., Feb. 19, 4:15 p.m. “Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain: Central Role of Amyloid Beta-Peptide 1-42,” a Chemistry colloquium with D. Allan Butterfield, University of Kentucky; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. “The Role of Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Pattern Completion and Memory Recall,” a Psychology colloquium with Sususmo Tonegawa, MIT; 234 Ames. HW

Thurs., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. “Comparing Quantum and Classical Complex Systems,” a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Susan Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Fri., Feb. 22, 2 p.m. “African Americans and Technology: A Harbinger for the Future,” an Applied Physics Laboratory Black History colloquium with Calvin Mackie, Tulane University; Parsons Auditorium. APL Simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

  

DISCUSSION/
TALKS

Mon., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. “Do It Yourself Design,” a presentation and discussion with Clarence Lin. Part of the weekly “Salon” series sponsored by the Digital Media Center. 225 Mattin Center. HW

Mon., Feb. 25, 4 p.m. “Dance and Technology,” a presentation and discussion with dance educator Debbie Williams. Part of the weekly “Salon” series sponsored by the Digital Media Center. 225 Mattin Center. HW

  

FILM/
VIDEO

Thurs., Feb. 21, 7:15 p.m. Faat-Kine (Senegal), directed by Ousmane Sembene. Part of the Winter Film Series “The African Diaspora II: More New Black Cinema from Africa and Beyond.” In French and Wolof with English subtitles. Sponsored by Cultural Affairs. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB

  

LECTURES

Mon., Feb. 18, 12:15 p.m. “The Risk of Inheriting a Birth Defect--Reflections on Eugenics, Genetic Determinism and Public Health” by Allen Wilcox, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; W3030 BSPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 18, 5 p.m. Dean’s Lecture III--“How Retrotransposons Shape the Genomes of Yeast and Man” by Jef Boeke; Hurd Hall. EB

  

MUSIC

Wed., Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Wind Ensemble Concert, progressive music by Dello Joio, de Meij and del Borgo, with soloist Russell Rolen. $16, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Thurs., Feb. 21, noon. The Art of Healing series--The Vesalius String Quartet (see article, p. 6). Lobby, Weinberg Bldg. EB

Sat. Feb. 23, 8 p.m. JHU Habitat for Humanity Benefit Concert featuring Hopkins student groups the Allnighters, the Mental Notes, the Gospel Choir, VIBE, JHU Modern Dance, JHU Jazz Band and the Entertainers Club. Proceeds go to Sandtown Habitat for Humanity. A reception follows. $8, $5 for students with ID. Shriver Hall. HW

  

SEMINARS

Mon., Feb. 18, 10:15 a.m. “Structural Biology of Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Ning Zheng, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; W1020 BSPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 18, noon. “Teaching Literacy to High School Students With Weak Prior Preparations,” an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with James McPartland; 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Mon., Feb. 18, 12:15 p.m. “Axonal Pathfinding Mechanisms in the Development of the Corpus Callosum,” a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Linda Richards, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Feb. 18, 12:15 p.m. “The Associations Between HIV and Violence: Findings From a Study in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania” with Suzanne Maman; W2030 BSPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. “Dilemmas of Eastern European Jewish Culture in a Revolutionary Age, 1917-21,” a History seminar with Kenneth Moss, Stanford University; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. “Subduction Zone Megathrusts: Why Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Matter,” an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Michael Underwood, University of Missouri; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. “The Immunology of Leishmaniasis,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Abhay Satoskar, Ohio State University; 303 WBSB. EB

Tues., Feb. 19, noon. “Ink4A/Arf: Regulation of Rb and p53,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Charles Sherr, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Feb. 19, 12:15 p.m. “HIV/ AIDS Telephone Hotlines--Big and Small,” a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Chamberlain Diala, Kate Stratten, Patrick Coleman and Liz Thomas; International Room, BSPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 19, 12:15 p.m. “Rebuilding Afghanistan,” an International Health seminar with Nancy Lindborg, Mercy Corps. Co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for International Emergency Disasters and Refugee Studies. W3030 BSPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. “Patterning and Morphogenesis of the Vertebrate Central Nervous System,” a Biology seminar with Rachel Brewster, Carnegie Institution of Washington; 100 Mudd. HW

Tues., Feb. 19, 4:30 p.m. “Ordering of Groups in Three-Manifold Topology” with Dale Rolfsen, University of British Columbia; 211 Krieger. HW

Wed., Feb. 20, 1:30 p.m. “Site-Specific Recognition of Nucleosomal DNA: X-ray Crystallographic Studies,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Karolin Luger, Colorado State University; 517 PCTB. EB

Wed., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. “Genetic Sources of Functional Diversity in Innate and Adoptive Immunity,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Stephen Desiderio; 303 WBSB. EB

Thurs., Feb. 21, 10:30 a.m. “A Research Agenda for the New Computing: Preventing Terrorism, Strengthening Communities, Reducing Inequities,” a JHU Information Security Institute seminar with Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, College Park; 3 Shaffer. HW

Thurs., Feb. 21, 10:45 a.m. “Flexible Molecular Sieve Materials” with Sankar Nair, University of Massachusetts; 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., Feb. 21, noon. “Caenorhabditis elegans: A Model Host to Study Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity Responses,” a Cell Biology seminar with Alejandro Aballay, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Feb. 21, 2 p.m. “The Eyes Have It: User Interfaces for Information Visualization,” a JHU Information Security Institute seminar with Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, College Park; Meyerhoff Conference Room, 4th floor, Blalock. EB

Thurs., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. “Computation and Communication Energy Limits in VLSI Circuits: An Information Theoretic Perspective,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Paul Sotiriadis, MIT; 117 Barton. HW

Thurs., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. “The Paradox of Privatization: Informal Markets and the Communist Revival in the Republic of Moldova” with Corey Patterson; and “The Refracted Gaze: Tourism in the Heart of Sicily” with Maria Philips. Sponsored by the Institute for Global Studies in Culture, Power and History. 404 Macaulay. HW

Thurs., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. “Rethinking the ‘Liberal Offer’: The French State and the Jews, 1815-48,” a History special seminar with Michael Shurkin; 315 Gilman. HW

Fri., Feb. 22, 11 a.m. “Dynamics and Statistics of Velocity Gradients in Turbulent Flow” with Charles Meneveau; 234 Ames. HW

Mon., Feb. 25, noon. “Regulation of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in the CNS,” a Clinical Neuroscience seminar with Richard Huganir; 1-191 Meyer. EB

Mon., Feb. 25, 12:15 p.m. “Abortion as a Process: Evidence from Bangladesh and India” with Heidi Bart Johnston; W2030 BSPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 25, 12:15 p.m. “Adapting to Life in the Lung: In vivo Physiology of Mycrobacterium Tuberculosis,” a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with John McKinney, Rockefeller University; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Feb. 25, 4 p.m. “Cellular Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity in the Mammalian Central Nervous System,” a Biology seminar with Hey-Kyoung Lee; 100 Mudd. HW

Mon., Feb. 25, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--“Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Cognition in Parietal and Prefrontal Cortex” with Matthew Chafee, University of Minnesota; 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Feb. 25, 4 p.m. “Paleohydrology and Climate Connections: Lessons from the Geochemistry of Terrestrial Records,” an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with MaryLynn Musgrove, Harvard University; 305 Olin. HW

Mon., Feb. 25, 4 p.m. “Modernization from the Other Shore: American Intellectuals and the Soviet Five-Year Plan,” a History seminar with David Engerman, Brandeis University; 315 Gilman. HW

  

SPECIAL
EVENTS

Black History Month. Student-run events whose theme is“The Black Family: Yesterday, Today and Forever.”

Mon., Feb. 18, noon. Luncheon with OLE and discussion of the portrayal of blacks and Latinos in the media; Clipper Room, Shriver. HW

Tues., Feb. 19, 6 to 8 p.m. The Sheridan Libraries Diversity Book and Video Discussion Group’s panel discussion of Nathan McCall’s Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America, with John Morris; Turner Auditorium. EB

Fri., Feb. 22, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Bus trip to New York City, with visits to the Apollo Theater and the Studio Museum. $60. For more information, e-mail levar@jhu.edu.

Sat., Feb. 23, 7 p.m. African Heritage banquet and Mardi Gras-style celebration, with presentations, catered dinner and music by the Dunbar Jazz Ensemble, DJ Rod and recording artists Fertile Ground. Semiformal. $12 in advance (singles), $15 at the door; $20/ $25 (couples). Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

Sun., Feb. 24, Alpha Kappa Alpha Community Service Day

Tues., Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. Voyage and Discovery series--“Baits of Falsehood, Carps of Truth: A Carpenter’s Journey of Discovery” by James Hildreth; Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW

Wed., Feb. 20, noon. Wednesday Noon Series--“The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower,” a panel discussion with the editors of the JHU Press 21-volume series with Robert Brugger (moderator), Jill Friedman, Louis Galambos, Daun Van Ee, Elizabeth Hughes and Robin Coblentz; Shriver Hall. HW

Thurs., Feb. 21, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. “The Coming Crunch: Population, Food and Water in the 21st Century,” a Center for a Livable Future conference with John Bongaarts, Population Council; Pierre Crosson, Re-sources for the Future; Aaron Wolf, Oregon State University; Thoraya Obaid, United Nations Population Fund; Maurice King, University of Leeds; and Ismail Sirageldin. W1030 BSPH. EB
Registration required. Go to: http://www.jhsph.edu/environment/
CLF_conferences/Population_Feb02.html

Thurs., Feb. 21, 7 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation with civil rights pioneer C.T. Vivian. Sponsored by Multicultural Student Affairs and the Black Faculty and Staff Association. Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center. HW

Fri., Feb. 22, 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Picturing Relatedness,” a conference organized by Anthropology graduates. 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Alphonso Lingis, Penn State University. 404 Macaulay. HW

  

THEATER

Mon., Feb. 18, 6 to 8 p.m. Auditions for An American Dream, a Broadway-style revue to be presented by the Unified Voices of Johns Hopkins. Bring a cued audio tape or CD (music only), sheet music and portfolio. Turner Auditorium. EB

Fri., Feb. 22, and Sat., Feb. 23, 8 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 24, 2:15 p.m. Theatre Hopkins production of Laura. $12 at the door on Friday evening, $15 on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. 410-516-7159. Merrick Barn. HW

  

WORKSHOP

Thurs., Feb. 21, 3 p.m. “New Perspectives on Oral History,” a workshop with Pamela Henson, Smithsonian Institution Archives. Sponsored by History of Science, Medicine and Technology. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library.
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