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Weekly Calendar
Colloquia
Of note: Polish contralto Ewa
Podles returns, by popular demand, to Shriver Hall. See
Music.
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Mon., Oct. 13, 3 p.m. "Problems of Medical Entomology,"
a History of Science, Medicine and Technology
colloquium with Francois Delaporte, Universite de Picardie
Jules-Verne. Seminar Room, 3rd floor,
Welch Medical Library. EB
Tues., Oct. 14, 4 p.m. "The Fabric of the Nose," an
Anthropology colloquium with Francois Delaporte,
Universite de Picardie Jules-Verne. Co-sponsored by the
Institute for the History of Medicine. 400
Macaulay. HW
Tues., Oct. 14, 4:15 p.m. "New Perspectives on
Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity," a Chemistry
colloquium with Alexander Boldyrev, Utah State Department.
233 Remsen. HW
Wed., Oct. 15, 4:30 to 7 p.m. "Tonality as Colonizing
Force in Africa," a Peabody Musicology colloquium
with Kofi Agawu, Princeton University. 308 Conservatory.
Peabody
Thurs., Oct. 16, 3 p.m. "Medieval Dynamics: The
Interaction of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy," a
History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with
Edith Sylla, North Carolina State
University. Co-sponsored by Physics and Astronomy. Schafler
Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW
Thurs., Oct. 16, 4 p.m. "Making World Literature: J.M.
Coetzee and the Transnational Novel," an ELH
colloquium with Rebecca Walkowitz, Rutgers University.
Sponsored by English. 201C Dell House. HW
Fri., Oct. 17, 2 p.m. "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of
the Middle East," an Applied Physics
Laboratory colloquium with journalist Robin Wright.
Kossiakoff Center Auditorium. APL
Film/Video
Mon., Oct. 13, noon. "Wall of Wonder" video presention
of the documentary Serving Baltimore
(Sirviendo a Baltimore). Sponsored by Bienestar Baltimore.
E2014 SPH (Sommer Hall). EB
Grand Rounds
Wed., Oct. 15, noon. "Addressing Maternal Mortality in
Maryland," Public Health Practice grand rounds
with Meena Abraham, MedChi Center for a Healthy Maryland;
and Marsha Smith, Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Co-sponsored by
the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training
Center and Maryland Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Information Sessions
Wed., Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the
Master of Arts in Applied Economics program, a
chance to meet the program chair, discuss curriculum and
submit applications. RSVP online to
applied-economics.jhu.edu. LL7, Washington D.C.
Center.
Wed., Oct. 15, 7 p.m. Online information session for the
Master of Arts in Museum Studies, a chance
to learn more about this innovative program, participate in
an online question-and-answer session with
the associate program chair, interact with faculty and
visit a unit from the core course Museums in
the Digital Age. RSVP online at
museum-studies.jhu.edu by Oct. 15, and receive more
detailed
information a few days before the event.
Lectures
Mon., Oct. 13, 4 p.m. The 18th Annual Ewing Lecture
— "Cholesterol Transport in Steroidogenic Cells:
Mechanisms and Function in Health and Disease" by Vassilios
Papadopoulos, McGill University. W1214
SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, 12:15 p.m. "Tips for Preparing Your
NRSA Application," a Center for Collaborative
Intervention Research brown bag lecture by Donna Vogel,
Professional Development Office. No
registration required. 217 SoN. EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, 5:15 p.m. " 'I will be King no more':
Hobbes, Lessing and the Politics of Paternity," a
German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by
Silke-Maria Weineck, University of
Michigan. 101A Dell House. HW
Mon., Oct. 20, 4:30 p.m. The Eaton E. Lattman Graduate
Student Community Lecture — "The Combined
Communication and Navigation of Underwater Vehicles" by
Sarah Webster (Mechanical Engineering);
"Lineages of the Iranian Welfare State and Its Implications
for the Global South" by Kevan Harris
(Sociology); and "Practical Renewable Energy Technologies:
Why Some Ought to Work and Others
Most Likely Will Not" by Shane Ardo (Chemistry). First in a
series. Sponsored by Homewood Graduate
Affairs and Admissions. B17 CSEB. HW
Music
Sun., Oct. 19, 4 p.m. "International Year of the Organ,"
performances by Peabody students. $15
general admission, $10 senior citizens and $5 for students
with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody
Sun., Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert Series
presents Polish contralto Ewa Podles,
performing music by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and
Mussorgsky; with pianist Garrick Ohlsson. $33
general admission, $17 for students. Shriver Auditorium.
HW
Mon., Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. "Opera Potpourri — Opera
in English," a program of one-act operas, including
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Riders to the Sea; Seymour Barab's
A Game of Chance; and Jacques
Offenbach's Marriage by Lanternlight. Friedberg Hall.
Peabody
Seminars
Mon., Oct. 13, noon. "Using Public Policy Skills in the
Private Sector," an Institute for Policy Studies
brown bag seminar with Barbara Lam, CFO, e.imagination,
LLC. 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW
Mon., Oct. 13, 12:15 p.m. "Uses (and Misuses) of
Epidemiology: Challenges for the Future," an
Epidemiology seminar with Pat Buffler, University of
California, Berkeley. W3030 SPH. EB
Mon., Oct. 13, 12:15 p.m. "Rethinking the Ethics and
Science of Clinical Trials: The Case of Alzheimer's
Disease Drug Development," a Center on Aging and Health
seminar with Jason Karlawish, University of
Pennsylvania. Co-sponsored by the Memory and Alzheimer's
Treatment Center. W4030 SPH. EB
Mon., Oct. 13, 1 p.m. "CD8+T Cell Responses to Malaria
Vaccination: Functionality and Survival," a
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense
seminar with Michael Overstreet. W1214 SPH
(Sheldon Hall). EB
Mon., Oct. 13, 4 p.m. "From War Talk to Rights Talk:
Rene Cassin, Human Rights and the Two World
Wars," a History seminar with Jay Winter, Yale University.
102B Dell House. HW
Tues., Oct. 14, noon. "Unveiling the Mechanisms of
Myoblast Fusion," a Biological Chemistry seminar
with Elizabeth Chen, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Oct. 14, 12:10 p.m. "The Trauma Survivors
Network: A New Program to Optimize Recovery Post-
Injury," a Center for Injury Research and Policy seminar
with Ellen MacKenzie, SPH. Part of the
Graduate Seminar on Injury Research and Policy. 250 Hampton
House. EB
Tues., Oct. 14, 2 p.m. "Discussion of Innateness and
Cognitive Science," an Evolution, Cognition and
Culture Project seminar with Richard Samuels Kings College
London and Ohio State; and Steven Gross,
KSAS. 102A Dell House. HW
Tues., Oct. 14, 4:30 p.m. "Unsupervised Training of an
HMM-based Speech Recognizer for Topic
Classification," a Center for Language and Speech
Processing seminar with Herb Gish, BBN
Technologies. B17 CSEB. HW
Tues., Oct. 14, 4:30 p.m. "Extending Normal Functions
Without Singularities," an Algebraic and
Complex Geometry/Number Theory seminar with Christian
Schnell, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Sponsored by Mathematics. 104 Maryland. HW
Wed., Oct. 15, 3 p.m. "Hermitian Curvature Flow," a
Topics in Complex Geometry seminar with Jeff
Streets, Princeton University. Sponsored by Mathematics.
300 Krieger. HW
Wed., Oct. 15, 3:30 p.m. "Useful Vibrations: Monitoring
and Harvesting," a Materials Science and
Engineering seminar with Daniel Inman, Virginia Tech. 110
Maryland. HW
Wed., Oct. 15, 4 p.m. "Use of Preclinical in vitro and
in vivo Stroke Models to Address the Efficacy
and the Mechanisms of Action of Neuroprotective Agents," a
Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
seminar with Sylvain Dore, SoM. West Lecture Hall (ground
floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, 10:30 a.m. "The Virtual Lung Project:
Measuring and Modeling Mucus Propulsion and
Flow," a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with
Richard Superfine, University of North
Carolina. 110 Maryland. HW
Thurs., Oct. 16, noon. "Role of the AP-4 Adaptor Complex
in Trafficking of the Amyloid Precursor
Protein," a Cell Biology seminar with Juan Bonifacino,
NICHD/NIH. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, noon. Randolph Bromery Seminar —
"Late Cenozoic Antarctic Ice Sheet Oscillations and
Implications for Global Climate" with Tim Naish, Victoria
University, Wellington, New Zealand.
Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium.
HW
Thurs., Oct. 16, noon. "The War on Drugs — Time to
End?" a Health Policy and Management Fall Policy
seminar with Jack Cole, LEAP (Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition). B14B Hampton House. EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, noon. "Regulation and Function of
Polyamine Biosynthesis in Trypanosoma brucei," a
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases
seminar with Margaret Anna Phillips,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. W2030 SPH.
EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, 12:15 p.m. "Presumed Communication
Effects and Their Consequences," a Connecting
Health and Sustainability seminar with Albert Gunther,
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Co-
sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future; Health,
Behavior and Society; and the Program on Global
Sustainability and Health. W3030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, 12:15 p.m. "Global Health and Foreign
Policy: Why Public Health Practitioners Need
Training in International Relations," a Center for Global
Health seminar with Harley Feldbaum, SAIS.
W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, 1 p.m. "Neural Substrates of Spectral
Discrimination in Drosophila," a Neuroscience
research seminar with Chi-Hon Lee, NICHD/NIH. West Lecture
Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., Oct. 16, 4 p.m. "Random Threshold Graphs," an
Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar
with Edward Scheinerman, WSE. 304 Whitehead. HW
Thurs., Oct. 16, 4 p.m. "Race, Gender, the Achievement
Gap and Social Behavior Norms in U.S.
Secondary Schools," an Institute for Policy Studies Social
Policy seminar with Ronald Ferguson,
Harvard University. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) 526
Wyman Park Bldg. HW
Thurs., Oct. 16, 4 p.m. "The Women's Health Initiative,
Cohort Studies and the Population Science
Research Agenda," a Biostatistics seminar with Ross
Prentice, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center and the University of Washington. W4030 SPH. EB
Fri., Oct. 17, 10 a.m. "Population and Quantitative
Genetics in the West Nile Virus Vector Culex
tarsalis," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis
defense seminar with Meera Venkatesan.
W2030 SPH. EB
Fri., Oct. 17, 1 p.m. "The Role of Matrix
Metalloproteinases in Anaplasma phagocytophilum and
Borrelia
burgdorferi Infections" with Diana Scorpio, SoM; and
"What's Happening in the Mouse House That
Could Affect My Research" with Julie Watson, SoM. Joint
seminars sponsored by Molecular and
Comparative Pathobiology. 181 BRB. EB
Fri., Oct. 17, 3:30 p.m. "Sex Isn't That Simple: Sexual
Health Promotion Programs for Gay/Bisexual
Male Youth," a Health, Behavior and Society seminar with
Gary Harper, DePaul University. Co-
sponsored by the Anna Baetjer Society. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Oct. 20, noon. "Raw Encounters: Politics of
Casualization in Africa's Chinese Enclaves," a
Sociology seminar with Ching Kwan Lee, UCLA. 526
Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., Oct. 20, 12:15 p.m. "Lsh, a Guardian of
Heterochromatin," a Carnegie Institution Embryology
seminar with Kathrin Muegge, NCI. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San
Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Oct. 20, 3 p.m. "Helicoid-like Minimal Disks," an
Analysis seminar with Jacob Bernstein, MIT.
Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW
Mon., Oct. 20, 4 p.m. "Scandalous Events: Metropolitan
Culture and Moral Change in Postwar London," a
History seminar with Frank Mort, KSAS. l02 Dell House.
HW
Mon., Oct. 20, 4 p.m. Bodian Seminar — "Risk
Prediction and Cognitive Control of Decision Making" with
Joshua Brown, Indiana University. 338 Krieger. HW
Special Events
Sat., Oct. 18, 11 a.m. Annual Health Fair, sponsored by
Project Prevent, a community-oriented JHU
student group, providing education, information and free
screenings. Volunteers are also needed; for
more information, e-mail
jhu.projectprevent@gmail.com. Oliver Recreation Center,
1400 Federal St.
Mon., Oct. 20, 8:30 a.m. 2008 Torch Relay for the
Children's Miracle Network, walkathon from Billings
Circle at JHH to Rash Field in the Inner Harbor to benefit
the Hopkins Children's Center. Registration
is required. To register online, go to
www.torch-relay.org.
Sports
Wed., Oct. 15, 4 p.m. Women's Soccer, vs. Franklin &
Marshall. Homewood Field. HW
Wed., Oct. 15, 7 p.m. Field Hockey, vs. Franklin &
Marshall. Homewood Field. HW
Wed., Oct. 15, 7 p.m. Women's Volleyball, vs. Franklin &
Marshall. Athletic Center. HW
Sat., Oct. 18, 1 p.m. Women's Volleyball, vs.
Swarthmore. Athletic Center. HW
Theater
Fri., Oct. 17, and Sat., Oct. 18, 8 p.m., and Sun., Oct.
19, 2 p.m. The Barnstormers present its annual
fall showcase featuring freshman one-act plays. Arellano
Theater, Levering. HW
Workshops and Training
Thurs., Oct. 16, 1 p.m. "Introduction to Photoshop," a
Center for Educational Resources workshop.
Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
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