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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University August 4, 2008 | Vol. 37 No. 41
 

Weekly Calendar

Conferences | Reading | Seminars

 

Conference

Tues., Aug. 5, 7 p.m. "Is Pluto a Planet?" free public debate with Mark Sykes, Planetary Science Institute and Neil deGrasse Tyson, American Museum of Natural History. Part of the first "Great Planet Debate" conference, sponsored by the Applied Physics Laboratory. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Event will be streamed live on the Web; for information go to gpd.jhuapl.edu. Kossiakoff Center. APL

 

Reading

Tues., Aug. 5, 7 p.m. Aaron Schatz, Foxsports.com columnist and creator of Football Outsiders, will discuss and sign copies of Pro Football Prospectus 2008: The Essential Guide to the 2008 Pro Football Season. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

 

Seminars

Mon., Aug. 4, 9:30 a.m. "Applying Passamaquoddy Wisdom to Contemporary Tribal Health Decision-Making," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Gail Dana-Sacco. 461 Hampton House. EB

Mon., Aug. 4, 2 p.m. "Understanding the Factors of Retention for Employees of Continuing Care Retirement Communities," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Jacquelyn Kung. 688 Hampton House. EB

Tues., Aug. 5, 11 a.m. "Statins, Cognition, Function and Health Outcomes in Older Persons With and Without Head Trauma," a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with Eric Schneider. 845 Hampton House. EB

Thurs., Aug. 7, 10:30 a.m. "Structural and Biophysical Characterization of RNA Recognition by Arginine-serine-rich (RS) Domains in Splice Site Regulation," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Yuan Lin. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., Aug. 11, 11 a.m. "Analysis of a Protein Family Mediating Membrane-Microfilament Interactions in Cortical Dynamics and Effective Tension During Mammalian Oocyte Maturation and Early Embryonic Development," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Stephanie Larson. W1020 SPH. EB

Wed., Aug. 13, 1 p.m. "Endogenous Hormones in the Development of Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans With Kidney Disease," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Stella Yi. W2030 SPH. EB

 
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