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BLOOD |
Wed., Feb. 12, and Thurs., Feb. 13, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
JHU/Red Cross Blood Drive for JHU students, faculty, staff,
retirees and neighborhood residents. To make appointments
or to volunteer at the drive, go to
www.jhu.edu/~outreach /blooddrive/ e-mail
hmwd.blooddrive@jhu.edu or call 410-516-0138. Walk-in
donors are also welcome. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW
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COLLOQUIUMS |
Thurs., Feb. 13, 3:30 p.m. "Electroweak
Superconductivity and the Little Higgs," a Physics and
Astronomy colloquium with Andrew Cohen, Boston University;
Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW Mon., Feb. 17, 4:15 p.m. "The Surprising Fate of [1.1.1] Propellane on Ionization, and What We Have Learned From It," a Chemistry colloquium with Thomas Bally, Fribourg, Switzerland; 233 Remsen. HW
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DISCUSSION/ |
Fri., Feb. 14, 10 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 3 p.m.
WebCT Mid-Atlantic Regional Users Group meeting, covering
updates to WebCT and foreign language teaching with WebCT;
160 Mattin Center. HW
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FILM/ |
Thurs., Feb. 13, 7:15 p.m. The JHMI Office of
Cultural Affairs presents Swept Away starring Madonna,
first in the film series "Make It Stop! or How I Learned
How to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs"; Mountcastle
Auditorium, PCTB. EB
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LECTURES |
Mon., Feb. 10, 5 p.m. Dean's Lecture II--"Molecular
Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Gene Regulation" by Cynthia
Wolberger, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Sponsored by
School of Medicine. Hurd Hall. EB Mon., Feb. 10, 7 p.m. "How Young Physicians View Their Future ... and Yours," a Prehealth lecture by Edward Platia, Washington Hospital Center. Sponsored by AED, the prehealth honor society, and HOPE. 160 Mattin Center. HW Wed., Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. The JHU Press Neighborhood Author Series presents Francis Mark Mondimore, author of Depression: The Mood Disease, Bipolar Disease: A Guide for Patients and Families and Adolescent Depression: A Guide for Parents. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Peabody Room, Episcopal Diocesan Center, N. Charles St. and University Pkwy. Thurs., Feb. 13, 3 p.m. "The Eugenic Impulse," an Institute of the History of Medicine lecture by Nathaniel Comfort, George Washington University. Part of the series "History of Genetic Medicine." Suite 200, 1830 Bldg. EB
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MUSIC |
Sat., Feb. 15, 7 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 16, 2 p.m.
"From Russia with Love," with Opera Vivente, featuring a
performance of Stravinsky's Mavra and excerpts from operas
by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky and others.
$40. Evergreen House, 4545 N. Charles St. 410-547-7997. Sat., Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Camerata program of music inspired by animals, featuring Peabody pianists Katherine Jacobson and Ann Teresa Kang performing Lou Harrison's Praise for the Beauty of Hummingbirds; Gene Young's Butterfly Whispers; George Crumb's Voices of the Whale; Leos Janacek's Concertino; and Oliver Messaien's Oiseaux Exotiques. Griswold Hall. Peabody Sun. Feb. 16, 3:30 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra chamber concert featuring Janacek's Sokal Folk Dances and Mahler's Wayfarer. Great Hall, Levering. HW Mon., Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Percussion Ensemble multimedia performance, featuring Stravinsky's Great Chorale from L'Histoire du Soldat; Paul Rudy's Degrees of Separation "Grandchild of Tree" (Rich Haime, videographer); Edgard Varese's "Ionization"; Emmanuel Sejourn's "Martian Tribe"; Javier Diaz's "The Alchemist" (with sculptor Debra Flug); and Philip Glass' Piano Etudes Nos. 8 and 12. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody
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SEMINARS |
Mon., Feb. 10, noon. "The Forkhead Transcription
Factors in the Control of Apoptosis, Resistance to Stress
and Organismal Longevity," a Biological Chemistry seminar
with Anne Brunet, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical
School; 612 Physiology. EB Mon., Feb. 10, 12:15 p.m. "Evolution of Early Development in Arthropods," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Miodrag Grbic, University of Western Ontario; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW Mon., Feb. 10, 12:15 p.m. "The Decline of Childhood Mortality and the Rise of Life Expectancy in Victorian London," a Population and Family Health seminar with Graham Mooney, University of Liverpool; W3204 BSPH. EB Mon., Feb. 10, 4 p.m. "Abyssal Bathymetry Measurements from the International Space Station," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with David Porter; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW Tues., Feb. 11, noon. "Silencing Is Golden: Studying Trypanosome Biology with RNAi," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Paul Englund; 612 Physiology. EB Tues., Feb. 11, 12:15 p.m. "SeKarang! (Save the Coral Reefs Now!) a Campaign in Indonesia Combining Mass Media and Community-based Approaches to Promote Marine Resource Management," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Douglas Storey; W2030 BSPH. EB Tues., Feb. 11, 4 p.m. "Prevention and Treatment for Juvenile Delinquency: Results from Meta Analysis," an Institute for Policy Studies Social Policy seminar with Mark Lipsey, Vanderbilt University; 526 Wyman Bldg. HW Tues., Feb. 11, 4:30 p.m. "Kernel Machines for Pattern Classification and Sequence Decoding," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Gert Cauwenberghs; 100 Shaffer. HW Wed., Feb. 12, 10 a.m. "AAALAC--What Are the Expectations?" a JHU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee seminar with James Owiny. Second of two special seminars in preparation for AAALAC evaluation. Tilghman Room, Turner Bldg. EB Wed., Feb. 12, 4 p.m. "Cryptococcus neoformans as a Model Pathogen," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar wiith Joseph Heitman, Duke University Medical Center; 303 WBSB. EB Wed., Feb. 12, 4 p.m. "Laser Engineering Mesoscale Energy Storage Systems," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Craig Arnold, Naval Research Laboratory; 110 Maryland. HW Wed., Feb. 12, 5 p.m. "The Challenge of Clinical Trials in Patients with Acute Severe Illness: The SHOCK Experience," a Bloomberg School of Public Health seminar with Judith Hockman; Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys, 5100 Falls Rd. Thurs., Feb. 13, noon. "Regulation of Cell Adhesion, Migration and Matrix Assembly by the Integrin-binding Protein Tissue Transglutaminase," a Cell Biology seminar with Alexey Belkin, American Red Cross Holland Laboratory; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB Thurs., Feb. 13, 12:15 p.m. "An Empirical Investigation of Attitudes Toward Wifebeating Among Men and Women in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries," a Center for Communication Programs Gender Task Force seminar with Manju Rani, Sekhar Bonu and Nafissatou Diop-Sidibe; International Room, BSPH. EB Thurs., Feb. 13, 12:45 p.m. "Hox Genes and Wise Ways of Patterning Head Development," a Neuroscience research seminar with Robb Krumlauf, Stowers Institute for Medical Research; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB Thurs., Feb. 13, 3:30 p.m. "Anaphora, Generative Grammar and Formal Pragmatics," a Cognitive Science seminar with Yan Huang, University of Reading, U.K.; 134A Krieger. HW Thurs., Feb. 13, 4 p.m. "cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase: Dynamics of Signaling and Localization," a Biology seminar with Susan Taylor, University of California, San Diego; 100 Mudd. HW Thurs., Feb. 13, 4 p.m. "The Battle of the Sexes: Cell Signaling in Mammalian Sex Determination," a Reproductive Biology seminar with Blanche Capel, Duke University Medical Center. Sponsored by Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 240 Houck. EB Thurs., Feb. 13, 4 p.m. "What's So Surprising About Turbulent Flow?" a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Greg Eyink; 304 Whitehead. HW Fri., Feb. 14, 12:15 p.m. "JAK/STAT Signaling Regulates Cell Migration During Development and Cancer," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Debra Silver; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW Fri., Feb. 14, 1 p.m. "Is Everything a Placebo Effect? Science, Medicine and Ways of Knowing," a JHU Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine seminar with Paul Root Wolpe, University of Pennsylvania and NASA; Auditorium, Weinberg Bldg. EB Mon., Feb. 17, 12:15 p.m. "ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeling Complexes for Transcription," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Carl Wu, NIH/NCI; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW Mon., Feb. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Reproduction and Reform in Modern India," an International Health seminar with Sarah Hodges, University of Cambridge; W3031 BSPH. EB Mon., Feb. 17, 4 p.m. "Geology and Genesis of the World's Largest Zinc Ore Deposit at Red Dog, Alaska," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Grant Garven; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW
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SPECIAL |
Black History Month events sponsored by Multicultural
Student Affairs. HW
Tues., Feb. 11, 3 p.m. "Slave Spirituals, Gospel and Blues," second in a series about the origins of music with African influences. Multipurpose Room, AMR2.Wed., Feb. 12, noon. Wednesday Noon Series--The Sacrifice, a drama by Benedict Dorsey, founding director of the Dunbar Baldwin Hughes Theatre Company. In observance of Black History Month. Co-sponsored by the Office of Community Relations and Volunteer Services and Multicultural Student Affairs. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW Thurs., Feb. 13, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Opening reception for A Russian's Winter in Baltimore: Leon Bakst at Evergreen. Exhibition continues through May 25. Evergreen Carriage House, 4545 N. Charles St.
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