Johns Hopkins Gazette | April 3, 2006


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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University		April 3, 2006 \| Vol. 35 No. 28

Weekly Calendar

Vincent Desiderio to Deliver Leake Lecture

Vincent Desiderio's Baby/Bath, 2003, oil on canvas, 35.75 x 61 in.

Vincent Desiderio, widely known as one of the most interesting representational painters working today, will deliver the fifth annual Eugene Leake Visiting Artist's Lecture at 5:30 p.m. today, April 3, in Room 101 of the Mattin Center's F. Ross Jones Building, Homewood campus.

A digital projection lecture, "Aspects of Narrativity: Vincent Desiderio Paintings 1977-2006," will look at the "hidden exchanges" between painters and the work of their predecessors and how narrative emerges through technique in Desiderio's paintings.

The artist's repeated themes and motifs, which often appear in narratives of great psychological complexity, strike at the intellect and heart: art history (often manifested in piles of books open to paintings), human intimacy, heroic behavior and, perhaps most viscerally, the plight of Desiderio's disabled son, Sam.

Desiderio was born in Philadelphia in 1955 and studied at Haverford College and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he now teaches. His works have been acquired for the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Walker Art Center, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Desiderio, who lives and works in New York's Hudson Valley, is represented by the Marlborough Gallery in New York City.

The Eugene Leake Visiting Artist's Lecture is sponsored by the Homewood Art Workshops and Homewood Arts Programs. For information, call 410-516-6705.

Colloquia

Tues., April 4, 4:15 p.m. "Biomimetic Synthesis of Complex Molecules," a Chemistry colloquium with John Porco, Boston University; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., April 5, 3:30 p.m. "Seeing the Light From Extrasolar Planets," an STScI colloquium with David Charbonneau, Harvard University; STScI Auditorium. HW

Wed., April 5, 5 p.m. "The Spindle Checkpoint: Dances With Kinetochores," a Biology colloquium with M.A. Hoyt, KSAS; Mudd Auditorium. HW

Thurs., April 6, 3 p.m. "The Birth of Gender: The Sex/Gender Split in 20th-Century Biomedicine," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Sandra Eder, SoM; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Thurs., April 6, 3:30 p.m. "New Results from WMAP," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Charles Bennett, KSAS; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Fri., April 7, 2 p.m. "On Metapolitics," a Political Science colloquium with Tom Donahue; 366 Mergenthaler. HW

Conference

Thurs., April 6, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. "Pesticide-Related Illness: Identifying the Threat, Treating the Problem," a Center for Public Health Preparedness seminar, co-sponsored by MedChi, the Maryland Pesticide Network, the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center and the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing; E2030 SPH (Feinstone Hall). EB

Sat., April 8, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. "With Dignity: Women's Health and Human Rights," the fifth annual Physicians for Human Rights international health conference. For more info, go to www.hopkins-phr.org. E2030 SPH (Feinstone Hall). EB

Dance

Sat., April 8, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., April 9, 3 p.m. Preparatory Spring Dance Showcase. $14, $7 senior citizens and students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Discussion/Talks

Mon., April 3, 5:30 p.m. "The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the 21st Century," a panel discussion with Michael Mandelbaum, SAIS; Fritz Ermarth, former chair, National Intelligence Council; Robert Lieber, Georgetown University; and Robert Guest, The Economist. Part of the SAIS Faculty Book Series. Rome Bldg. Auditorium. SAIS

Pre-Professional Advising events. HW

Mon., April 3, 6:30 p.m. "Errors in Medicine," with Peter Pronovost, SoM. Last in the "Conversations in Medicine" series. Pizza at 6:30 p.m.; program begins 7 p.m. 111 Mergenthaler.
Tues., April 4, 3 p.m. "Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine," with Christian Essman, director of student relations; 160 Mattin Center.

Thurs., April 6, 4 p.m. "Leading Effective Discussions," with Bill Leslie (History of Science, Medicine and Technology) and Sean Greenberg (Philosophy); 162 Mattin Center. HW

Fri., April 7, 2 p.m. "Dietary Fat, Breast Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease: What Is the Hypothesis? A Discussion and Critique of the Study Design and Findings From the Women's Health Initiative," a Center for a Livable Future discussion with T. Colin Campbell, Cornell University College of Human Ecology; W3008 SPH. EB

Film/Video

Thurs., April 6, 7 p.m. Showing of the Mexican film Ruins: A Fake Documentary; 3 Shaffer. HW

Fri., April 7, 8 p.m. Friday Night Films presents Amelie. $2. Mudd Auditorium. HW

Mon., April 10, 4 p.m. Showing of The Doctor, sponsored by Health, Behavior and Society; W1214 (Sheldon Hall). EB

Grand Rounds

Mon., April 3, 4 p.m. "Earthquake Disaster in Pakistan: Six Months Later," Preventive Medicine/Public Health Grand Rounds with Richard Brennan, International Rescue Committee. Sponsored by General Preventive Medicine Residency. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Wed., April 5, 4 p.m. "Clinical Vaccine Research: Perspectives From an Embedded Academic," Preventive Medicine/Public Health Grand Rounds with Ruth Karron, SoM/SPH. Sponsored by the Office of the Dean; W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Lectures

Mon., April 3, 12:30 p.m. "Soy Improves Lipoprotein Particle Number in Postmenopausal Women," a Center for Collaborative Intervention Research brown bag lecture with Jerilyn Allen, SoN; 9 Anne M. Pinkard Bldg. EB

Mon., April 3, 5:30 p.m. Eugene Leake Visiting Artist's Lecture — "Aspects of Narrativity: Vincent Desiderio Paintings, 1977-2006," a digital projection lecture by Vincent Desiderio. (See article, above.) Sponsored by Homewood Art Workshops and Homewood Arts Programs. 101 Ross Jones Bldg., Mattin Center. HW

Thurs., April 6, 4 p.m. "Theology of Democracy," a Humanities Center lecture by Denis Guenoun, University of Paris IV/Sorbonne; 111 Gilman. HW

Thurs., April 6, 4 p.m. "From Jogini to Prostitute: A Question of Law?" a summer travel research fellow presentation by Hester Betlem; 400 Macaulay. HW

Thurs., April 6, 5 p.m. "The United Nations: Global Power or Paper Tiger? A Case Study of the Kashmir Dispute," a summer travel research fellow presentation by Hyder Syed; 400 Macaulay. HW

Thurs., April 6, 7 p.m. Distinguished Lecture in Art of the Ancient Americas — "Narratives of War: Supernatural Transformations in Olmec Art" by F. Kent Reilly III, Texas State University, San Marcos. Co-sponsored by History of Art and the Walters Art Museum. Walters Art Museum. Off campus

Fri., April 7, 12:15 p.m. "Understanding Nutrition Is a Matter of Life and Death," a Center for a Livable Future lecture by T. Colin Campbell, Cornell University College of Human Ecology. A reception and book signing follow the lecture. W2008 SPH. EB

Mon., April 10, 4 p.m. "Poetic Materialism: The Changing Horizon of Contemporary Peruvian Culture," a postdoctoral research presentation by Guillermo Nugent, Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; 113 Greenhouse. HW

Mon., April 10, 6 p.m. "History's Black Bile: Native Americans, the Legacy of Conquest and the Task of History Today," an Anthropology lecture by Francisco Ortega, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; 400 Macaulay. HW

Music

Tues., April 4, 8 p.m. Peabody Symphony Orchestra performs, with mezzo-soprano Theodora Hanslowe, tenor Michael Hayes and Marina Piccinini (flute). $18, $10 senior citizens and $8 students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Wed., April 5, noon. The Art of Healing Concert Series presents the Delorean String Quartet. Sponsored by the Kimmel Cancer Center. Lobby, Weinberg Bldg. EB

Sun., April 9, 8 p.m. Ketzev a cappella spring concert; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Open House

Open houses for the Division of Undergraduate Studies; meet with faculty advisers. To RSVP, call 800-GO-TO-JHU or go to www.undergraduate.jhu.edu.

Thurs., April 6, noon to 1:30 p.m. Washington Center.
Sat., April 8, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Columbia Center

Fri., April 7, 8 p.m. Friday Open House at the Maryland Space Grant Observatory; weather permitting. For weekly status, call 410-516-6525 or go to www.mdspacegrant.org/observatory.html. Bloomberg Center. HW

Sat., April 8, 10 a.m. to noon. Open house for the Graduate Division of Education, a chance to meet faculty and discuss career goals. Education Bldg., 2800 N. Charles St. HW

Seminars

Mon., April 3, noon. "Early Holocene (9,000 years B.P.) Archaeology, Geoarchaeology and Paleoecology at the Clary Ranch Site, Nebraska," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Matthew Hill, Iowa State University; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., April 3, 12:10 p.m. "Sexual and Domestic Violence in the Workplace: Implications for Research and Practice," a JHU Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health seminar with Lisalyn Jacobs, Legal Momentum (formerly the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund); W3030 SPH. EB

Mon., April 3, 12:15 p.m. "The Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier (SUMO): A Big Regulator of Cell Cycle Progression," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Mike Matunis, SPH; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., April 3, 4 p.m. "Light Reception for Non-Image Detection: Role of Rods, Cones and the New Photoreceptors (Melanopsin-containing Retinal Ganglion Cells)," a Molecular Biology and Immunology research presentation with Samer Hattar. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 3, 4 p.m. "Regulatory Networks Mediated by RNA Silencing," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with David Baulcombe, the Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK; W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., April 3, 4 p.m. "Looking Good, Feeling Good From Head to Toe," a Bayview Medical Center seminar with Nirutisai "Nancy" Graff, Jennifer Heller and Bruce Lebowitz; Pavilion Conference Center. Bayview

Mon., April 3, 4 p.m. "Gluing Results for Special Lagrangian Cones," an Analysis seminar with Mark Haskins, Imperial College; 308 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 3, 5 p.m. "A Localization Sequence for K(ku)," a Topology seminar with Andrew Blumberg, Stanford University; 308 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 3, 5:15 p.m. "Boccaccio Is Writing History: Linguistics, Literature and Historical Grammar," a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with Elisabeth Stark, Free University Berlin; 223 Gilman. HW

Tues., April 4, noon. "Targeting the Orthodox Jewish Community in Baltimore for a Study on Reproductive Genetic Interventions," a Health, Behavior and Society seminar with Ilana Mittman, Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene. Co-sponsored by the JH Urban Health Institute. B14B Hampton House. EB

Tues., April 4, noon. "The Emergence of the 'PL-System' in Romance," a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with Elisabeth Stark, Free University Berlin; Conference Room A, Levering. HW

Tues., April 4, 4:30 p.m. "Defending the Integrity of the Biomedical Literature," an Epidemiology seminar with Fiona Godlee, editor of British Medical Journal; W1020 SPH. EB

Tues., April 4, 4:30 p.m. "Is Sengwato a Possible Language?" a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Elizabeth Zsiga, Georgetown University; 3 Shaffer. HW

Wed., April 5, 8:15 a.m. "Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Risks in ADAPT," a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Barbara Martin, SPH; W4030 SPH. EB

Wed., April 5, noon. "To Pump or Not to Pump? Signaling and Silencing the Vacuolar H+-ATPase," a Physiology seminar with Patricia Kane, SUNY Upstate Medical University; 202D Physiology (Library). EB

Wed., April 5, 12:15 p.m. "Making It Sane: The Participation Benefits of Nonprofits Operated by People with Mental Illness," a Mental Health seminar with Louis Brown, SPH; B14B Hampton House. EB

Wed., April 5, 12:15 p.m. "Building Champion Communities...Boosting Impact," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Peter Gottert, SPH; Suite 310, Candler Bldg., 111 Market Place.

Wed., April 5, 3:30 p.m. "Bioreactors for Bone Tissue Engineering," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Tony Mikos, Rice University; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., April 5, 4 p.m. "The Ethics of Close Reading," a Women, Gender and Sexuality seminar with Jane Gallop, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; 113 Greenhouse. HW

Wed., April 5, 5:15 p.m. "De la Chine a l'Academie Francaise: le Miracle Francois Cheng," a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with Madeline Bertaud, Universite de Nancy 2; 336 Gilman. HW

Thurs., April 6, noon. "The Role of Alpha4Beta1 Integrin in Shear Stress-Stimulated Cell Migration," a Cell Biology seminar with Joy Yang, SoM; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., April 6, noon. "Effector and Regulatory Immune Responses to Toxoplasma Infection," an Infectious Diseases/Molecular Microbiology and Immunology seminar with George Yap, Brown University; W3030 SPH. EB

Thurs., April 6, 1 p.m. "Molecular Mechanisms of Neuron-Glia Interactions," a Neuroscience research seminar with Gabriel Corfas, Harvard Medical School; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., April 6, 1:30 p.m. "Personal and Professional Perspectives on Mental Illness," a Mental Health seminar with Kay Jamison. Co-sponsored by Hopkins Sommer Scholars. W1020 SPH (Becton Dickinson Hall). EB

Thurs., April 6, 3 p.m. "Automotive Materials: Technology Trends and Challenges," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Alan Taub, General Motors Corp.; 210 Hodson. HW

Thurs., April 6, 3:30 p.m. "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Muscle Cell Survival," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with Kevin Campbell, HHMI/University of Iowa. Co-sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 517 PCTB. EB

Thurs., April 6, 4 p.m. "CMOS Luminescence Detection Lab-on-Chip: Modeling, Design and Characterization," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Khaled Salama, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 117 Barton. HW

Thurs., April 6, 4 p.m. "Maximum Matching on Graphs for Kidney Paired Donation," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Sommer Gentry, U.S. Naval Academy; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., April 6, 4 p.m. "Where Do Little Golgi Stacks Come From?" a Biology seminar with Benjamin Glick, University of Chicago; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., April 6, 5:15 p.m. "The Playwright and the Director: A Shifting Hierarchy" a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with Noel Peacock, University of Glasgow; 336 Gilman. HW

Fri., April 7, noon. "Trends in End-of-Life Medicare Utilization and Associations with Functional Status and Caregiving, 1989-1999," a Geriatric Health Services research-in-progress seminar with Sidney Morss Dy, SPH. Sponsored by the Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care and the Health Services Research Program of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. 250 Hampton House. EB

Mon., April 10, 10 a.m. "Injuries in Building Bombings: A Comparative Study of Risk and Protective Factors in the Oklahoma City Bombing," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Mary Glenshaw; 461 Hampton House. EB

Mon., April 10, noon. "Diversity, Redundancy, Heterogeneity: Three Major Challenges in Soil Ecology," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Kathy Szlavecz, KSAS; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., April 10, 12:15 p.m. "The Physiological Outputs of C. elegans Insulin Are Differentially Regulated by Insulin Signaling Within the Nervous System and Intestine," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Cathy Wolkow, National Institute on Aging; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., April 10, 12:30 p.m. "Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Among Ethnically Diverse Populations," a Neurology seminar with Jennifer Manley, Columbia University; 140 Phipps. EB

Mon., April 10, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "The Psychophysics of Decision: Studying Inter-Temporal Choice" with Paul Glimcher, NYU. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 10, 4 p.m. "Stability of Ricci Solitons" an Analysis seminar with Huai-Dong Cao, Lehigh University; 308 Krieger. HW

Special Events

Mon., April 3, 8 p.m. 2006 Foreign Affairs Symposium — Ideologies in Flux — "War and the Media" with Chris Matthews, MSNBC. 110 Hodson. HW

Johns Hopkins Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Awareness Days 2006, sponsored by DSAGA. HW

Tues., April 4, 7:30 p.m. "Gay Baltimore," panel discussion with representatives from the GLCCB, Equality Maryland, Chase Brexton and a local LGBT community entertainment leader; Great Hall, Levering.
Sat., April 8, 7:30 p.m. Talk with adult film director Chi Chi LaRue; Glass Pavilion, Levering.

Thurs., April 6, noon. Mattin ART Munch presents "Duende: That Flamenco Feeling" a demonstration and discussion of flamenco with Tamara Sol. Sponsored by Digital Media Center. SDS Room, Mattin Center. HW

Fri., April 7, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. "Chocolate Factory," the second annual chocolate festival at Hopkins, sponsored by the Center for Social Concern. $5 buys tickets that can be redeemed for either vendor samples or a chance to enter a raffle or play games. (See "In Brief," this issue.) Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

Fri., April 7, 5 to 10 p.m.; Sat., April 8, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sun., April 9, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Shriver Hall 40th anniversary "Piano Celebration," featuring piano recitals, lectures, exhibits and demonstrations; with special guests Leon Fleisher, Krystian Zimerman, Kit Armstrong and McCoy Tyner. (For details of events, see story, "Three days of nonstop piano performances," in this issue.) HW

Sat., April 8, all day. Undergraduate Research Symposium with keynote speaker Solomon Snyder, SoM, and presentations of independent research by JHU undergraduates. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Mon., April 10, 10 a.m. Biomedical Career Fair. Sponsored by the JHU Professional Development Office. Turner Concourse. EB

Mon., April 10, 5 p.m. "A Perfect Vision: The Rare Book Collection of William Holland Wilmer," a gallery talk by Richard Semba, SoM, in conjunction with an exhibition of the books. (See story, "W.H. Wilmer's rare books now on view at George Peabody Library," in this issue.) George Peabody Library, 17 E. Mt. Vernon Place.

Sports

Sun., April 9, noon. Women's Lacrosse, vs. Maryland; Homewood Field. HW

Theater

Fri., April 7, Sat., April 8, and Sun., April 9, 8 p.m. The Barnstormers present Stephen Sondheim's musical Into the Woods. $10 general admission, $5 for JHU affiliates, $3 for children under 12. Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center. HW

Workshops

Digital Media Center workshops; 226 Mattin Center. HW

Mon., April 3, 7 to 9 p.m. "Music Production," with Andrew Cole.
Thurs., April 6, 4 p.m. "Pro Video Editing: Premiere Pro/PC," with Leslye James.

Wed., April 5, noon. "Helping You Plan for a New Retirement," a JHU Women's Network workshop with Dena Frenkel, Ameriprise Financial Services; Conference Room A, Levering. HW

Fri., April 7, noon. "Bits and Bites: Setting Up a Wireless Network in Your Home or Office," a Center for Educational Resources workshop with Brian Cole, JHU. Bring your laptop. Register by using the "Calendar" link at www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

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