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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University February 19, 2007 | Vol. 36 No. 22
 

Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Discussion/Talks | Film/Video | Lectures | Music | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Theater | Workshops

 

Colloquia


In a two-night engagement at Peabody that begins Feb. 26, faculty artist Marina Piccinini will perform a varied performance of standards from the flute repertoire contrasted with 20th-century compositions. See Music.

Tues., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. "Doing Philosophy With Children," an Anthropology colloquium with Gareth Matthews, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; 400 Macaulay. HW

Tues., Feb. 20, 4:15 p.m. Coenzyme A and Modular Synthases," a Chemistry colloquium with Michael Burkart, University of California, San Diego; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Feb. 21, 3:30 p.m. "4-D Cosmos From 5-D Warped Chaos," an STScI colloquium with Raman Sundrum, KSAS; STScI Auditorium. HW

Wed., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "The Processing of Negative Events in the Medial Frontal Cortex," a Psychological and Brain Sciences colloquium with Bill Gehring, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 234 Ames. HW

Thurs., Feb. 22, 3 p.m. "Biographical Medicine: London Consultants Explain Disease (1840-?)," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Harry Marks, SoM; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Fri., Feb. 23, 2 p.m. "Forensic Aspects of Explosion/Bombing Investigations," an APL colloquium with Ronald Kelly, FBI; Parsons Auditorium. APL

Fri., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Sentimental Values," a Philosophy colloquium with Jesse Prinz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; 348 Gilman. HW

 

Discussion/Talks

Wed., Feb. 21, noon. "College Tuition Survival Guide," a WorkLife Programs discussion with Hugh McDonald, DAC Planning Group. Participants will be provided with a notebook of valuable information. To register, go to www.hopkinsworklife.org. Exact location given upon registration. EB

Thurs., Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m. "Grad School and Cognitive Science," a Q&A session and discussion with Geraldine Legendre, KSAS. Sponsored by the Cognitive Science Club. 134 Krieger. HW

Thurs., Feb. 22, 6 p.m. Pre-Health discussion with Rodney Ulane, director of admissions, New York University School of Medicine. Sponsored by Preprofessional Programs. 160 Mattin Center. HW

 

Film/Video

Wed., Feb. 21, 8 p.m. Screening of Eyes Without a Face (1960), directed by Georges Franju. Part of the Horror of Gender film festival sponsored by the Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality. 113 Greenhouse. HW

Mon., Feb. 26, 7:15 p.m. Screening of Hope in My Heart: Oral Poetry — May Ayim, with an introduction by author Dagmar Schultz. Sponsored by German and Romance Languages and Literatures and Africana Studies. 305 Hodson. HW

 

Lectures

Mon., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. "Coming to One's Senses," a Humanities Center lecture by Daniel Heller-Roazen, Princeton University; 111 Gilman. HW

Tues., Feb. 20, 1 p.m. "Life Beyond PubMed ... Searching With SCOPUS," a Welch Library lecture by Blair Anton, SoM; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

Tues., Feb. 20, 8 p.m. "The Roles of Opportunity, Luck and Serendipity in Scientific Discovery: A Cardiac Surgeon Looks Back and to the Future," a lecture by Vincent Gott, SoM. Part of the Voyage and Discovery lecture series. Mudd Auditorium. HW

Wed., Feb. 21, noon. "Frederick Douglass' Marronage: Understanding Political Freedom From Modernity's Underside," a Center for Africana Studies lecture by Neil Roberts, KSAS. Co-sponsored by Political Science. 113 Greenhouse. HW

George Kempf Lectures, by Ravi Vakil, Stanford University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 302 Krieger. HW

Thurs., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "A Geometric Littlewood-Richardson Rule."

Fri., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Murphy's Law in Algebraic Geometry: Badly Behaved Moduli Spaces."

Thurs., Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m. "City, State and Empire in Early West African History: An Archaeological View" an Early African History lecture by Susan Keech McIntosh, Rice University. Co-sponsored by the Center for Africana Studies and the Graduate Representative Organization. 123 Gilman. HW

Fri., Feb. 23, 11 a.m. "Bacterial Microfluidics," a CEAFM lecture by Kenneth Breuer, Brown University; 110 Maryland. HW

Fri., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. The Hinkley Lecture — "Faking Foucault: Feminism, Orgasm, Optimism" by Annamarie Jagose, University of Auckland; 323 Gilman. HW

Fri., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. The Vernon B. Mountcastle Lecture — "Imaging Neocortical Synapses and Circuits" by Karel Svoboda, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Sponsored by SoM. WBSB Auditorium (ground floor). EB

Mon., Feb. 26, 5:15 p.m. "The Dialectic of Aesthetics: On the New Strife Between Philosophy and Art," a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Christoph Menke, University of Potsdam; 336 Gilman. HW

 

Music

Tues., Feb. 20, 8 p.m. The Peabody Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler's Symphony No. 7in e; there will also be a performance of Shafer Mahoney's Sparkle and Haydn's Cello Concerto in C featuring cellist Go Eun Park. $18 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Wed., Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Contemporary Percussion Ensemble performs. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Mon., Feb. 26, 8 p.m. Performance by Peabody faculty artist and flute virtuoso Marina Piccinini. $18 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody

 

Seminars

Mon., Feb. 19, noon. "Exploration of Minerals at High Pressure," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Nancy Ross, Virginia Tech; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 19, noon. "The City Year Action Tank Model and the Future of National Service," an Institute for Policy Studies brown bag seminar with Adam Donaldson, City Year Baltimore; 526 Wyman Bldg. HW

Mon., Feb. 19, 12:15 p.m. "Interrogating Development and Disease With Nuclear Transfer and Stem Cells," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Kevin Eggan, Harvard University; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. "Mechanisms of Cortical Modification," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Alfredo Kirkwood, SoM. An MBI lab research presentation by Kirkwood Lab. 338 Krieger. HW

Tues., Feb. 20, 9:15 a.m. "Indoor Air Pollution and Breast Cancer Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Honghong Zhu; E2527 SPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 20, 11 a.m. "Using Large Scale Computer Simulations for Solving Intractable Problems," an Institute for Computational Medicine seminar with Nilay Roy, Brandeis University; 110 Clark. HW

Tues., Feb. 20, noon. "From Charcot to Lou Gehrig: Mechanisms and Treatment of ALS," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Don Cleveland, University of California, San Diego; 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Feb. 20, noon. "The Hope Project: Enhancing Research Quality Through Collaborating With Adolescents and Young Adults," a Health, Behavior and Society seminar with Amy Templeman, SPH; 208 Hampton House. EB

Tues., Feb. 20, 1 p.m. "Cerebral Perfusion and Tissue Dysfunction in Ischemic Stroke," a Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar with Rebecca Gottesman; W4013 SPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 20, 1 p.m. "Exploiting Sparsity and Structure in Parametric and Nonparametric Estimation," a joint Center for Imaging Science and Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with John Lafferty, Carnegie Mellon University; 110 Hodson. HW

Tues., Feb. 20, 2 p.m. "Malaria and Helminth Co-Infection: Investigations Into Malaria Pathogenesis Immunology, Parasite Transmission and Vaccine Response," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Gregory Noland; W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. "Sensation, Cilia and Cystic Kidney Disease," a Biology seminar with Maureen Barr, University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy; 100 Mudd. HW

Tues., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. "Building Community Partnerships for Cancer Prevention and Control Initiatives," an Urban Health Institute seminar with James Zabora, National Catholic School of Social Service, Catholic University of America; W1020 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 21, 9 a.m. "Diabetes Prevention in Northwestern Ontario First Nations: A Multi-Institutional Program to Improve Diet and Increase Physical Activity," an International Health thesis defense seminar with Lara Ho; W4013 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 21, noon. "Mapping the Arabidopsis Ionome," a Physiology seminar with David Salt, Purdue University. Co-sponsored by the High Throughput Center; 202D Physiology. EB

Wed., Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Class and Race Differences in Behavioral and Cognitive Functioning of Children," a Mental Health seminar with Lisa Dubay, SPH; B14B Hampton House. EB

Wed., Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Perspectives on Global Health," a Center for Global Health seminar with Tadataka Yamada, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program. Second in a series of seminars, part of the Global Health Leaders Forum. E2014 SPH (Sommer Hall). EB

Wed., Feb. 21, 1 p.m. "Insulin Resistance in HIV and Its Potential Treatment With American Ginseng," a Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar with Todd Browon; W2008 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 21, 3:30 p.m. "Electrochemistry in Synthetic and Biological Nanopores," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Henry White, University of Utah; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Catholicism in Southern California's Myth of the Spanish Past, 1880-1930," an American History seminar with Kate Moran; 315 Gilman. HW

Wed., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Why Cry When No One's Listening?" an Urban Health Institute seminar with Philip Leaf, SPH; W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Wed., Feb. 21, 5 p.m. "Targeted Human Genome Engineering of Cancer and Stem Cells," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with Curt Civin, SoM; Srinivasan Chandrasegaran, SPH; and Fred Bunz, SoM; W1030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 22, 10 a.m. "Ethics and Policy Issues of the Diffusion and Marketing of CT Screening Exams," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Ingrid Burger; 339 Hampton House. EB

Thurs., Feb. 22, noon. "Caloric Restriction and Aging: Cues From the Invertebrate Models," a Cell Biology seminar with Brian Kennedy, University of Washington Medical School; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Feb. 22, noon. "Molecular Diagnostic Studies in Cancer Detection and Treatment," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with David Sidransky, SoM; W3030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 22, noon. "Exploring Links Between Micronutrients, Infection and Immune Responses — Implications for Improving Infectious Disease Control," an International Health seminar with Christian Coles, SPH. Co-sponsored by Disease Prevention and Control. W2017 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 22, 1 p.m. "Cortical Network Dynamics and the Formation of Cell Assemblies," a Neuroscience special seminar with Tara Thiagarajan, NIH; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., Feb. 22, 3 p.m. "A Depolymerization Winch Drives Nematode Sperm Motility," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Charles Wolgemuth, University of Connecticut Health Center; 210 Hodson. HW

Thurs., Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m. "Modeling Analysis of Satellite and Related Observations: From Regional Air Pollution to Global Climate," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Qinbin Li, JPL; Olin Auditorium. HW

Thurs., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "Drosophila Let-7-Cluster Micro-RNAs and Their Roles in the Development of Adult Behavior," a Biology special seminar with Nicholas Sokol, Dartmouth Medical School; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "Turbulent Diffusion of Lines and Circulations," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Gregory Eyink, WSE; 304 Whitehead. HW

Mon., Feb. 26, 10 a.m. "Novel Functions of Mitochondrial Proteins in Chromosome Segregation During Meiosis and Mitosis," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Akila Moore; W2017 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 26, noon. "Ice Mass Fluctuations and Earthquake Hazard in Southern Alaska," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Jeanne Sauber, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 26, noon. "Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research: Must They Exclude the Poor From Advanced Medicine?" a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Thomas Pogge, Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the Center for Global Health. Part of the Bioethics Interest Group seminar series. W2015 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 26, 12:15 p.m. "Defining Developmental Potency by the Expression Profiling of Mouse Early Embryos and Stem Cells," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Minoru Ko, NIH; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., Feb. 26, 1 p.m. "Voltage Sensing in Excitable Membranes: When the Sensor Becomes a Channel," a Neuroscience special seminar with Francesco Tombola, University of California, Berkeley; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Mon., Feb. 26, 3:30 p.m. "Organic Chemistry in the Atmosphere: From Smog to Climate Change," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Dylan Millet, Harvard University; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Complex Zeros of 1-D Schroedinger Eigenfunctions," an Analysis seminar with Hamid Hezari, KSAS; 308 Krieger. HW

Mon., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Insights Into Primate Training," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Gary Wilson, Moorpark College; 338 Krieger. HW

 

Special Events

SPH Black History Month Events, sponsored by the SPH Black Graduate Student Association and the SPH Student Assembly. EB

Tues., Feb. 20, 5 p.m. "Life Experience, Diversity and Disparities," an SPH Black Graduate Student Association discussion with Benjamin Carson, SoM. Co-sponsored by the Public Health Christian Fellowship. E3018 SPH (Sommer Hall).

Mon., Feb. 26, noon. "AfroFusion," a talent extravaganza of perspectives related to the African Diaspora, with master of ceremonies and BET comedian Larry Lancaster. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).

Homewood Black History Month Events, sponsored by the Black Student Union. HW

Sat., Feb. 24—
8 to 10 p.m. Fashion Show; Glass Pavilion, Levering.
10 p.m. to 2 a.m. After Party; Great Hall, Levering.

Sun., Feb. 25, 7 p.m. "Health in the Black Community: Reversing History," hosted by the Xi Tau chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.; BSU Room, AMR II.

Mon., Feb. 26, 4 to 6 p.m. Lecture by Katrina Bell McDonald, KSAS; Sherwood Room, Levering.

Thurs., Feb. 20, 7 p.m. "Coronary: A True Story of Medicine Gone Awry," a discussion with author Stephen Klaidman of his book. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

Thurs., Feb. 22, noon to 2 p.m. 2007 Commemoration Day Celebration, honoring the founding of Johns Hopkins University. (See article, "Commemoration Day: An occasion to celebrate, in this issue.) Levering Lobby. HW

 

Sports

Sat., Feb. 24, noon. Men's Lacrosse, Blue Jays vs. Albany; Homewood Field. HW

 

Theater

Fri., Feb. 23, and Sat., Feb. 24, 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 25, 2 p.m. Theatre Hopkins presents Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley's Folly. $15 general admission, $5 student rush tickets (if space allows). Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center. HW

 

Workshops

Thurs., Feb. 22, 1 p.m. "Bits and Bytes: Interactive Maps in the Curriculum," a Center for Educational Resources workshop with Richard Shingles, CER; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

 
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