Johns Hopkins Gazette | September 26, 2005
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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University September 26, 2005 | Vol. 35 No. 4
 

Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Conferences | Discussion/Talks | Film/Video | Lectures | Music | Open House | Religion | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Workshops

 

Colloquia

Tues., Sept. 27, 4:15 p.m. "Quantifying the Molecular Origins of Biological Movement," a Chemistry colloquium with Sean Sun, JHU; 233 Remsen. HW

Thurs., Sept. 29, 3 p.m. "Men, Venereal Disease and Culture in Late Imperial China, or Sex, Drugs and Retribution," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Andy Schonebaum, Barnard College; 3rd floor, Seminar Room, Welch Medical Library. EB

Thurs., Sept. 29, 3:30 p.m. "Magnetars and Their Environments," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Bryan Gaensler, Harvard University; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Fri., Sept. 30, 9:30 a.m. "Hispanic Heritage Month," an APL colloquium with Richard Carmona, VADM. Parsons Auditorium. APL

 

Conference

"Imaginary Landscapes: Discourses on Space and Places of the Imagination," a Classics conference and accompanying exhibit, with various speakers. Co-sponsored by History of Art and the Dean of Research, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. www.jhu.edu/classics/calendar.html. 329 Gilman (except for the exhibit opening, which takes place in 129 Gilman). HW

Fri., Sept. 30, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Keynote speaker, Kathryn Morgan, UCLA; and Helene Coccagna, JHU.

Sat., Oct. 1, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Christopher van den Berg, Yale University; Michael Mascio, New York University; and Monica Signoretti, JHU. 2 to 6:30 p.m. Benjamin Haller, University of Pittsburgh; Masa Culumovich, Harvard University; Michael Brumbaugh and Veronica della Dora, UCLA; and Sonia Sabnis, University of California, Berkeley.

 

Discussion/Talks

Wed., Sept. 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Youth Gang Forum with Steffie Rapp, U.S. Dept. of Justice; Joe Mayo, former youth police commissioner, Chicago Police Dept.; Herbert Timberlake, Baltimore City Police Dept.; La Marr Shields, chair and co-founder, Urban Leadership Institute; and youth from Baltimore. Sponsored by the Center for Prevention of Youth Violence. E2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Sept. 29, 12:15 p.m. "Health Care Disparities," a Health Policy and Management panel discussion with physician Claudia Baquet and Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, chair, Maryland House of Delegates Committee on Minority Health; Hampton House Lecture Hall. EB

 

Film/Video

Thurs., Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Screening of Lektionen in Finsternis (Lessons of Darkness), part of the four-part "Filmabend" Series, sponsored by the German Department. 311 Hodson. HW

 

Lectures

Mon., Sept. 26, 4 p.m. The 15th annual Larry L. Ewing Lecture — "Survival Signaling Mechanisms in Androgen-Refractory Prostate Cancer Cells" by Donald Tindall, Mayo Medical School; W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., Sept. 26, 5:30 p.m. "Getting Your Foot in the Door: Transitioning From Research to Business and/or Law," a Hopkins Biotech Network guest lecture by Lynn Bristol, JHU; and Donn Marie Seyfried, Digene Corp. Montgomery County Campus.

Thurs., Sept. 29, 8 a.m. The fifth annual William Wallace Scott Lecture — "Systems Biology and Predictive Medicine" by Leroy Hood. Sponsored by the Brady Urological Institute. Hurd Hall. EB

 

Music


The Shriver Hall Concert Series opens its 40th season this week with a performance by the Emmy-winning Takacs Quartet, joined by pianist Garrick Ohlsson in a program featuring Mozart's 'Dissonance' string quartet, Chopin's B minor piano sonata and Brahms' heroic piano quintet.

Tues., Sept. 27, 12:30 p.m. "Tropical Swing With a Touch of Cool Jazz," a performance and lecture/discussion, with Hawaiian master artist/teacher Henry Kaleialoha Allen; Cohen-Davison Theater. Peabody

Thurs., Sept. 29, 8 p.m. Performance by guitar duo Sergio and Odair Assad. $30. Sponsored by the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society and Peabody Conservatory; Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Sat., Oct. 1, 8 p.m. Peabody Symphony Orchestra performs music by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich, with pianist Eric Zuber, Yale Gordon Concerto Competition winner. $18, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Part of the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Series. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Sun., Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert Series presents the Takacs Quartet with pianist Garrick Ohlsson. $33 general admission, $17 for students; $8 for student rush tickets. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

 

Open House

Sat., Oct. 1, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In-person registration and "meet the instructor" date for the Baltimore Free University. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Registration fee is $10 (paid by cash or check). Additional registrations accepted Oct. 3, 4 and 5. 410-235-2210. Village Learning Place, 2521 St. Paul St. EB

 

Religion

Rosh Hashana Eve Services

Conservative. Mon., Oct. 3, 6:15 p.m. Service led by Rabbi Joseph Menashe, Hopkins Hillel director; Glass Pavilion, Levering. 7:30 p.m. Dinner; Smokler Center for Jewish Life. $10 student/$15 nonstudents, guests; RSVP to Wendy Schelew at 410-516-0333 or wschelew@jhu.edu. HW

Reform. Mon., Oct. 3, 6:15 p.m. Service led by Rabbi Rachel Hertzman; Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center. 7:30 p.m. Dinner; Smokler Center for Jewish Life. $10 student/$15 nonstudents, guests; RSVP to Wendy Schelew at 410-516-0333 or wschelew@jhu.edu. HW

Orthodox, co-sponsored by JHU and Chabad of Central Baltimore. Mon., Oct. 3, 7 p.m. Services. 8:15 p.m. Dinner; Inn at the Colonnade, 4 W. University Pkwy. $25 adults, $10 students. RSVP by Sept. 29 to Rabbi Zev Gopin, 410-243-8672.

 

Seminars

Mon., Sept. 26, 10 a.m. "The Impact of Body Mass Index on Nonfatal Traumatic Occupational Injury in Hourly Manufacturing Employees," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Keshia Pollack; 688 Hampton House. EB

Mon., Sept. 26, noon. "Power, Knowledge and the Role of Black Policy Experts," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Floyd Hayes III; 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Mon., Sept. 26, 12:15 p.m. "Behavioral Genetics: Will Applications Outpace the Science (Again)?" a Berman Bioethics Institute seminar with Mark Rothstein, University of Louisville School of Medicine; 250 Hampton House. EB

Mon., Sept. 26, 4 p.m. "The Geo Wall and Visualization in Geoscience Education," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Paul Morin, University of Minnesota. Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., Sept. 26, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Network Synchronization via Recurrent Synapses and via Electrical Coupling, in Hippocampal and Neocortical Cortices: Simulation and Electrophysiological Studies" with Roger Traub, SUNY Health Science Center. Sponsored by the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Sept. 26, 4 p.m. "Survival Signaling Mechanisms in Androgen-Refractory Prostate Cancer Cells," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Donald Tindall, Mayo Medical School; W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., Sept. 26, 4 p.m. "The Spoils of Empire: Corruption, Reform and U.S. Colonialism at the Turn of the 20th Century," a History seminar with Paul Kramer, JHU; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., Sept. 26, 4 p.m. "On the Well-Posedness of KdV," an Analysis seminar with Thomas Kappeler, Universitat Zurich; 308 Krieger. HW

Tues., Sept. 27, 12:15 p.m. "The Art and Science of Creative Advertising," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Joan Yonkler; Suite 310, Candler Bldg., 111 Market Place. EB

Tues., Sept. 27, 3 p.m. "Nano-Iron: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Wei-xian Zhang, Lehigh University; 234 Ames. HW

Wed., Sept. 28, 10 a.m. "Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Unintentional Nonfatal Injuries Among the Air Force Active Duty," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Margaret Haynes; 461 Hampton House. EB

Wed., Sept. 28, 12:15 p.m. "Understanding Problems Related to the Extramedical Use of Opioid Pain Relievers," a Mental Health seminar with Howard Chilcoat, SPH; B14B Hampton House (auditorium). EB

Wed., Sept. 28, 4 p.m. "Bedside to Bench: Development of a Novel Neuroprotective Target," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Joseph Steiner, SoM; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Wed., Sept. 28, 4:30 p.m. "The Relative Trace Formula and Its Applications," a Number Theory seminar with Erez Lapid, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 304 Krieger. HW

Thurs., Sept. 29, 11 a.m. "New Technologies from Self-Modifying Proteins," a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with David Wood, Princeton University; 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., Sept. 29, noon. "The Role of Nonprofits in International Development," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Kathryn Wolford, Lutheran World Relief; 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Thurs., Sept. 29, noon. "Wolbachia — Master Manipulators of Arthropod Reproduction," an Infectious Diseases and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology seminar with John Werren, University of Rochester; W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Sept. 29, 1 p.m. "Regeneration Beyond the Glial Scar," a Neuroscience research seminar with Jerry Silver, Case Medical School; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., Sept. 29, 3 p.m. "Digital Microfluidics for Biosensors, Bioassays and Biomedicine," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Abraham Lee, University of California, Irvine; 210 Hodson. HW

Thurs., Sept. 29, 4 p.m. "Growth Regulation of Ion Channel Trafficking and the Development of Excitability in an Identified Population of Vertebrate Neurons," a Biology seminar with Stuart Dryer, University of Houston; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Sept. 29, 4 p.m. "Totally Magic Graphs," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Walter Wallis, Southern Illinois University; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Sept. 29, 4 p.m. "Retinoid Mediated Mechanisms for Motor Neuron Differentiation," a Cell Biology seminar with Shanthini Sockanathan, SoM; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Sept. 29, 4 p.m. "Honey Bee Swarm Cognition," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Kevin Passino, Ohio State University; 117 Barton. EB

Mon., Oct. 3, 9 a.m. "PCB Exposure and Neurobehavioral Function in Older Adults," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Joanna Gaitens; E9519 SPH. EB

Mon., Oct. 3, 10 a.m. "Field and Laboratory Investigation of Biological Aerosols," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Ana Rule; W7023 SPH. EB

Mon., Oct. 3, 12:15 p.m. "Deconstructing the Centriole" a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Wallace Marshall, University of California, San Francisco; Singer Research Bldg., 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., Oct. 3, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Dimensional Reduction of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Muscle Activity for Postural Control" with Lena Ting, Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Sponsored by the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

 

Special Events

Wed., Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. "Hope Not Hate: The Future of U.S.-Islamic Relations, at Home and Abroad," a panel discussion with Tim Edgar, ACLU; intelligence analyst Hafid Quosar; Radwan Masmoudi, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy; and moderator Waleed Hazbun, JHU. Sponsored by JHU-ACLU, in conjunction with Americans for Informed Democracy and the JHU Muslim Students Association. Part of a global initiative to commemorate the 9/11 attacks with citizen dialogue on how to improve Western-Muslim relations. Arellano Theater, Levering Union. HW

Fall Festival, sponsored by the HSA Office of Student Development and Programming. 410-516-8209. HW

Fri., Sept. 30, 3 to 6 p.m. Kick-off cookout with steel drum band, Beach. 6 p.m. Video shootout begins. 7 to 11 p.m. Ultimate Frisbee tournament, practice field. 8 to 10 p.m. Comedy Night, Glass Pavilion. 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Casino Night, Great Hall, Levering.

Sat., Oct. 1, 10 a.m. to noon. ROTC Relay Race, practice field. noon to 5 p.m. Ultimate Frisbee finals, practice field. 2 to 7 p.m. Student organization vendor booths, Levering Courtyard and Glass Pavilion. 3 to 8 p.m. Novelty items. 3 to 6 p.m. Root beer floats at the Hop Stop. 4 to 8 p.m. Laser tag. 6 p.m. Video shootout. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Student, staff and faculty variety show, Glass Pavilion. 9 to 11 p.m. Student showcase, Glass Pavilion. 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. LAN computer game night, Digital Media Center. 1 to 3 a.m. Predawn breakfast, Levering Patio and Glass Pavilion.

Sun., Oct. 2, 3 to 5 p.m. AIMS Independent School Fair, representatives from participating schools will be on hand to answer questions; brochures and information materials will also be available. 410-761-3700. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

 

Sports

Wed., Sept. 28, 7 p.m. Men's Water Polo, vs. George Washington; Aquatic Center, Athletic Center. HW

 

Workshops

Mon., Sept. 26, 1 to 4 p.m. "Faculty-Directed Training," WebCT training with Pamela Stefanuca. Sponsored by Center for Educational Resources. Register at www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSEL. HW

Fri., Sept. 30, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. "The Nuts and Bolts of Community-Based Participatory Research 2005," a JHU Urban Health Institute interactive workshop. Co-sponsored by SPH and SoN. No cost, but registration is required; go to www.urbanhealthinstitute.jhu.edu. 910 Anne M. Pinkard Bldg. EB

 
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