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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University April 23, 2007 | Vol. 36 No. 31
 

Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Conferences | Dance | Discussion/Talks | Lectures | Music | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Symposia | Theater | Workshops and Training

 

Colloquia


Frank Rich of 'The New York Times' called Lanford Wilson's 1978 'Fifth of July' 'the wisest and funniest play of its generation on the war's fallout at home.' See Theater.

Tues., April 24, 4:15 p.m. "Do It Yourself Detection of Protein and DNA Free Radicals in Organelles, Cells and Tissues: A 30-Year Odyssey," a Chemistry colloquium with Ronald Mason, NIH/NIEHS; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., April 25, 4:30 p.m. "L'Orfeo, or the Anxiety of the Moderns," a Peabody Musicology colloquium with Karol Berger, Stanford University; 308 Conservatory. Peabody

Thurs., April 26, 3 p.m. "Of Microbes and Men: Joshua Lederberg and the Bacterium E. coli As a Model for Human Genetics," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology seminar with Cynthia Love, KSAS; Seminar, Room, 3rd floor, Welch Library. EB

Fri., April 27, 2 p.m. "Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Challenges for Applications Beyond Hydrogen," an APL colloquium with Greg Jackson, University of Maryland, College Park; Parsons Auditorium. APL

Sat., April 28, 8:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. "From Enrico to Andrea Dandolo: Imitation, Appropriation and Meaning at San Marco in Venice," a History of Art colloquium with various speakers. Co-sponsored by Dumbarton Oaks. 210 Hodson. HW

 

Conference

Mon., April 23, noon. "UN Week for Global Road Traffic Safety," a JB Grant Society conference, with various speakers. Co-sponsored by International Health, Health Policy and Management and the Center for Global Health. W3030 SPH. EB

Sat., April 28, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. "Unspoken: Health Issues Affecting Asian-Americans," an Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association Region III conference. Speakers include Stephen Yang, SoM; Richard Zhou, University of Maryland School of Medicine; and Ben Ho Park, SoM. $30, includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. Tilghman Auditorium. EB

 

Dance

Fri., April 27, 7:30 p.m. "Hipnotize," with Karim Nagi of Turbo Tabla. Sponsored by Egyptian Sun. $8 general admission, $15 reserved section tickets and $5 for students. Shriver Hall. HW

Sat., April 28, 8 p.m. Eclectics Showcase with the Eclectics Dance Group, featuring dances developed by the group in various styles including hip hop, raving, step, tap, modern and breakdance, as well as performances by other dance groups. SDS Room, Mattin Center. HW

 

Discussion/Talks

Mon., April 23, 2 p.m. Pre-Health discussion about the Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, with associate director of admissions Elizabeth Brooks. Sponsored by Preprofessional Programs and Advising. 160 Mattin Center. HW

Mon., April 23, 4 p.m. "Poverty and Poor Health," a Project HEALTH discussion with John Colmers, Maryland secretary of health; 101 Remsen. HW

Wed., April 25, 6:45 p.m. "Desegregation: Illegal but Not Binding," a rap session with Femi Vance, IPS; Hess Boardroom, Baltimore Museum of Art.

Thurs., April 26, 5 p.m. "Conversations With Photographers IV," Denise Alexander of Norwich School of Art and Design talks with Alexander McCall and Tacita Dean. Lecture Hall, Baltimore Museum of Art.

Fri., April 27, 4 p.m. "Proper Ceremony: The Tory Origins of the English Marriage Plot," an English talk with Lisa O'Connell, KSAS; 323 Gilman. HW

Mon., April 30, 6 p.m. Pre-Health discussion about the Washington University School of Medicine, with associate dean of admissions W. Edwin Dodson. Sponsored by Preprofessional Programs and Advising. 162 Mattin Center. HW

 

Lectures

Mon., April 23, 3 p.m. The Barton Childs Lecture — "Chance, Opportunity and Planning" by Oliver Smithies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

Tues., April 24, 4:30 p.m. The Passano Lecture — "TGFb Signaling: From Cytostasis to Metastasis" by Joan Massague, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute/HHMI. Sponsored by Molecular Biology and Genetics. East Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

Tues., April 24, 5:30 p.m. "A People Called Amurru: Politics and Ethnicity in an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom," a Near Eastern Studies lecture by Piotr Michalowski, University of Michigan; 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Wed., April 25, 12:30 p.m. "Keeping Current on Your Favorite Research Topics," a Welch Medical Library lecture by Blair Anton, SoM; Alumni Auditorium (room 140), Anne M. Pinkard Bldg. EB

Thurs., April 26, 4 p.m. The 2007 Acheson J. Duncan Lecture — "Automatic Learning and Multi-sensors Diagnosis" by Robert Azencott, University of Houston. Sponsored by Applied Mathematics and Statistics. 205 Krieger. HW

Thurs., April 26, 5 p.m. "An 'Idea of Rome': Politics and Poetics of the Antique in Renaissance Rome," a History of Art lecture by Kathleen Christian, University of Pittsburgh; Smokler Center. HW

 

Music

Tues., April 24, 8 p.m. The Peabody Trio performs an all-Schubert program. $18 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Thurs., April 26, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., April 29, 4 p.m. "A Vanished World: Music of Christian, Jewish and Arabic Spain, circa 1492," a Peabody Renaissance Ensemble concert of secular and sacred music, and Sephardic and Arabic music. $18 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody

Fri., April 27, 8 p.m. The Evergreen Concert Series presents cello prodigy Matt Haimovitz, performing music by Bach, Ligeti and Rorem. (See story, "Cellist Matt Haimovitz concludes Evergreen Concert Series season," in this issue.) $15 for members, $20 for non-members. Evergreen Museum.

Fri., April 27, 8 p.m. The Octopodes, a co-ed a cappella group, performs. Bloomberg Center, Schafler Auditorium. HW

Sat., April 28, 7 p.m. The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra performs music by Canteloube and Mahler. $10 general admission, $8 for senior citizens. A pre-concert discussion will take place at 7 p.m. Shriver Hall. HW

Sat., April 28, 8 p.m. Annual Spring Concert with all-male a cappella group the Allnighters, and a performance by an all-female a cappella group from Elon University. There will also be a screening of the Allnighters' humorous 15-minute spring film (some content may not be appropriate for children). Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Sat., April 28, 8 p.m. The Peabody Symphony Orchestra performs a program that includes works by Kevin Puts, Peabody, and Stephen Jaffe, with violoncellist David Hardy, Peabody. $18 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Sun., April 29, 5:30 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert Series presents pianist Louis Lortie performing music by Chopin. (A pre-concert lecture takes place at 4:30 p.m. in the Clipper Room.) $33 general admission, free for JHU students. Shriver Hall. HW

Sun., April 29, 6 p.m. The JHU Gospel Choir Spring Concert; Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

 

Seminars

Mon., April 23, noon. "Mechanisms of Air-Sea CO2 Flux Variability in the North Atlantic," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Galen McKinley, University of Wisconsin; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., April 23, 12:15 p.m. "Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Adult Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis," a Carnegie Institution seminar with Hongjun Song, SoM; Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., April 23, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "DARPA's Approach to Advancing Science" with Geoffrey Ling, DARPA Defense Sciences Office. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 23, 4 p.m. "Hex3-Slx8: A Ubiquitin Ligase Involved in DNA Repair and Stimulated by Substrate Sumolyation," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Oliver Kerscher, College of William and Mary; W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., April 23, 4 p.m. "The American Agent in His Majesty's Secret Service: Espionage, Policy Formation and Geopolitical Imagination in the Age of Revolution," a History seminar with Leonard Sadosky, Patrick Henry Fellow; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., April 23, 4 p.m. "Discrete Minimal Energy Problems," an Analysis seminar with Edward Saff, Vanderbilt University; 308 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 23, 4 p.m. "An Introduction to the Arithmetic Geometry of the Functional Equation," a Working Group in Noncommutative and Arithmetic Geometry seminar with Frederic Paugam, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VII. 302 Krieger. HW

Tues., April 24, noon. "3-D Geologic Visualizations Using gOcad," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Dean Peterson, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Olin Auditorium. HW

Tues., April 24, 12:15 p.m. "Community Leadership in Population and Reproductive Health in the Philippines: A Presentation of the Findings," a Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health seminar with Jaime Galvez Tan, University of the Philippines College of Medicine; W3008 SPH. EB

Tues., April 24, 1:30 p.m. "Statistical Aspects of Quarantine Interventions and Incubation Periods in Epidemics," a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Xiaojun You; E9519 SPH. EB

Tues., April 24, 4 p.m. "Forming Cooperative Families: Re-Figuring the Domestic" with Valeria Procupez, KSAS; and "Education and Emergent Forms of Citizenship in Germany" with David Schrag, KSAS. Sponsored by Anthropology. 400 Macaulay. HW

Tues., April 24, 4 p.m. "A House Divided: Mass Conversion, Divided Families and Shifting Conceptions of Conversion in Late Medieval Spain," a European History first-year presentation seminar with Jen Haasis; 315 Gilman. HW

Tues., April 24, 5 p.m. "Photojournalism and the Rise of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia," a European History first-year presentation seminar with Chris Stolarski; 315 Gilman. HW

Wed., April 25, noon. "Nuclear Membrane Proteins and Signaling in Myogenesis," a Cell Biology seminar with Larry Gerace, Scripps Research Institute; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Wed., April 25, noon. "Severe Calorie Restriction: Alteration of Respiratory Structure and Function," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with John Bishai, SPH; W7023 SPH. EB

Wed., April 25, 12:15 p.m. "Depression, Diabetes and Osteoporosis: A Cohort Analysis," a Mental Health seminar with Briana Mezuk; B14B Hampton House. EB

Wed., April 25, 1 p.m. "Challenges in the Clinical Care of the Uninsured," an Anna Baetjer Society seminar with Miriam Alexander, SPH. Co-sponsored by the American Association of Medical Colleges. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB

Wed., April 25, 1:30 p.m. "Dynamic Personalities of Proteins," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Dorothee Kern, Brandeis University; 517 PCTB. EB

Wed., April 25, 2 p.m. "The Role of Nutritional and Genetic Factors of One-Carbon Transfer Pathways in Frailty Syndrome in Older Women," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Amy Matteini; W1020 SPH. EB

Wed., April 25, 4 p.m. "Inspiration From Nature: Natural Products in Drug Discovery Efforts," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Coran Watanabe, Texas A&M; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Wed., April 25, 4 p.m. "Large Values of Eigenfunctions on Arithmetic Hyperbolic Manifolds," a Number Theory seminar with Djordje Milicevic, University of Michigan; 304 Krieger. HW

Wed., April 25, 5 p.m. "Finding Genetic Causes of Mental Disorders: Lessons From Genomics Studies of Other Complex Traits," a Psychiatric Genetics seminar with Mary-Claire King, University of Washington. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Sponsored by Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Hurd Hall. EB

Thurs., April 26, noon. "Relapse in Smoking Cessation: Causes and Cures," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with Maxine Stitzer, SoM; W3030 SPH. EB

Thurs., April 26, 1 p.m. "Neurogenic Astrocytes Send Survival Cues to Migrating Neuroblasts via NMDA Receptors," a Neuroscience research seminar with Angelique Bordey, Yale University; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., April 26, 4 p.m. "Can Foundations Alter Faculty Behavior? The Mellon Foundation's Graduate Education Initiative," a Social Policy seminar with Ronald Ehrenberg, Cornell University. Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies; the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences; and Health Policy and Management, SPH. 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Thurs., April 26, 4 p.m. "Regulation of Protease-Activated Receptor-1 Signaling: A Trafficking Solution to a Signaling Problem," a Biology seminar with JoAnn Trejo, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., April 26, 4 p.m. "Jewish Physicians and the Black Death: Memory, Medicine and Literature," a European History seminar with Susan Einbinder, Hebrew Union College. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program. 315 Gilman. HW

Fri., April 27, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. "HAUSA: Hopkins All-University Seminar on Africa," with faculty and students from all schools at Johns Hopkins presenting their research on Africa. Sponsored by the Center for Global Health. Rooms 9 and 10 Anne M. Pinkard Bldg. EB

Fri., April 27, 11 a.m. "Ultrasound Image Analysis: Speckle Tracking for Recovery of Cardiac Motion," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Robert Azencott, University of Houston; 101 Shaffer. HW

Fri., April 27, 12:15 p.m. "Lost in Transition: Reaping the Benefits of Non-Hypothesis-Driven Genomics and Its Multi-Colored Low-Hanging Fruit," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Henry Krause, University of Toronto; Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., April 30, 9 a.m. "Bankbook, Mapbook or Textbook: Migration, Local Age Structure and Funding of Public Primary and Secondary Schools in the United States," a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Daniel Mercer; E4611 SPH. EB

Mon., April 30, noon. "Three Rocks, Three Planets, A Common Theme and a Big Puzzle," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Glenn MacPherson, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., April 30, 12:15 p.m. "A Protein-Lipid Complex Transduces Touch in C. elegans," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Martin Chalfie, Columbia University; Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., April 30, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Activity in Gap-Junctionally Coupled Networks Depends on Dendrite Diameter," with Jorge Golowasch, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 30, 4 p.m. "An Extreme Case of Regionalism: The Dilemma of the Psychological Sciences in the American South During the Era of Segregation," a History seminar with Anne Rose, Pennsylvania State University; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., April 30, 4 p.m. "Bost-Connes-Marcolli Systems for Shimura Varieties," a Working Group in Noncommutative and Arithmetic Geometry seminars with Frederic Paugam, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VII. 302 Krieger. HW

 

Special Events

Tues., April 24, 7 p.m. Bioethics Week continues with author Michael Crichton on gene patenting and his new book Next. Sponsored by the Kirk Family Foundation and the Berman Institute of Bioethics. To RSVP for events or for more information, go to www.bioethicsinstitute.org. Shriver Hall. HW

Tues., April 24, 7 p.m. "The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book," discussion and book signing with author Frank Warren, postsecret.com. Sponsored by Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Conference Center, Charles Commons. HW

Tues., April 24, 9:59 p.m. "Screamfest," for National Stress Out Day; Keyser Quad. HW

Wed., April 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Biomedical Career Fair, sponsored by the JHMI Professional Development Office; Turner Concourse. EB

Thurs., April 26, 5 p.m. Dedication of the David M. Rubenstein Child Health Building, the new outpatient facility at the Children's Center, with former secretary of state Colin Powell in attendance. (See story, "Colin Powell to join dedication of Children's Center Outpatient Facility," in this issue.) RSVP required; e-mail cjanusz1@jhmi.edu or call 410-516-5365. Hopkins ID will be needed at the door. A reception will follow the program. 200 N. Wolfe St. EB

Sat., April 28, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Recipe for Health," the annual Community Care Initiative Health Fair, with information booths on a variety of areas, including complementary and alternative medicine, sexual health and heart disease; also screening booths for hypertension and glaucoma. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) 32nd St., between Barclay and Abell streets. Off campus

Sat., April 28, 1 to 4 p.m. Annual Relax Fair, sponsored by A Place to Talk; The Beach. HW

Sat., April 28, 1 to 4 p.m. Historic Homewood Artwalk, a chance to discover the history of the landscape connecting the collections of American decorative arts at Homewood Museum and the BMA. Guided tours depart at 1 p.m. from Homewood Museum and 2 p.m. from the BMA. For reservations, call 410-516-5589. Self-guided brochure available at both museums. HW

Sun., April 29, 2 p.m. "En Route," a tour of Evergreen and a chance to meet and talk with Baltimore artists Richard Cleaver and Lauren Ross about their work. The program augments the exhibition, Building a Legacy: Evergreen Scholars at MICA, on view during regular museum tours through June 3. Evergreen Museum.

 

Sports

Fri., April 27, 5 p.m. Women's Lacrosse, Blue Jays vs. Penn State; Homewood Field. HW

 

Symposia

Fri., April 27, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Institute for NanoBioTechnology spring symposium with featured speakers Michael Sheetz, Columbia University; Dennis Discher, University of Pennsylvania; David Mooney, Harvard University; and Gunther Oberdorster, University of Rochester; 1 Remsen. Poster sessions begin at 2 p.m., SDS Room, Mattin Center. (See article, "Nano-Bio Symposium debuts Friday," in this issue.) HW

Mon., April 30, 6 p.m. The 2007 Foreign Affairs Symposium — "From Victim to Activist: The Changing Face of Women's Rights in Pakistan," with Pakistani activist Mukhtar Mai; Glass Pavillion, Levering. HW

 

Theater

Fri., April 27 and Sat., April 28, 8 p.m., and Sun., April 29, 2 p.m. Johns Hopkins University Theatre presents Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July. Tickets are $15 general admission, $5 for students with ID. Merrick Barn. HW

 

Workshops and Training

Wed., April 25, 7 p.m. "Authentic Maryland Cuisine," sponsored by JHU Dining. Learn to cook with local seafoods. Charles Commons Kitchen, Charles Commons. HW

Thurs., April 26, 1 p.m. "Bits and Bytes: Introduction to RefWorks," a Center for Educational Resources workshop with Ellen Keith and Robin Sinn; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

 
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