Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Conferences | Grand Rounds | Information Sessions | Lectures | Music | Reading | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Workshops

 

Colloquia

Fri., Jan. 16, 2 p.m. "Is God a Mathematician?" an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Mario Livio, STScI. Kossiakoff Center. APL

 

Conference

Tues., Jan. 13, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Human Language Technology Center of Excellence Quarterly Technical Exchange, with various speakers. Registration required; to register, e-mail kdaught2@jhu.edu. Stieff Bldg, 810 Wyman Park Drive.

 

Grand Rounds

Fri., Jan. 16, 12:15 p.m. "Transformation of Health Systems," Health Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Rockefeller Foundation. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. W1214 SPH. EB

 

Lectures

Mon., Jan. 12, 12:15 p.m. Sheila Hutzler Rives Memorial Lecture — "Neuroethics and Disorders of Consciousness: Making Sense of an Emerging Nosology" with Joseph Fins, Weill Cornell Medical College. Part of the Berman Institute of Bioethics Seminar Series. W4030 SPH. EB

Mon., Jan. 12, 4 p.m. Dean's Lecture I — "The Evolution of Trichromatic Color Vision" by Jeremy Nathans, SoM. Sponsored by the School of Medicine. Hurd Hall. EB

 

Music

Sun., Jan. 18, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series — Pianist Ingrid Fliter in a program of works by Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann. $33 general admission, $17 for students, free for JHU students. Shriver Auditorium. HW

 

Reading

Thurs., Jan. 15, 7 p.m. Baltimore City Paper columnist Brian Morton will discuss and sign copies of his latest book, Political Animal: I'd Rather Have a Better Country. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

 

Seminars

Mon., Jan. 12, 10 a.m. "An Evaluation of Biogenic Components of Indoor, Outdoor Particulate Matter and Indoor Settled Dust in Middle Class Homes in Baltimore, Maryland," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Kannika Taenkhum. W7023 SPH. EB

Mon., Jan. 12, 12:15 p.m. "The Causes and Consequences of Aneuploidy," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Angelika Amon, MIT. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., Jan. 12, 4 p.m. "Function of Diverse Transcriptional Coactivators in Animal Cells," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Robert Roeder, Rockefeller University. W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., Jan. 13, 11 a.m. "Test-Retest Reliability of the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) DSM- IV Screen (NODS) for Gambling Problems," a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Kamini Shah. 744 Hampton House. EB

Wed., Jan. 14, 9 a.m. "Immunotoxic Effects of Mercury in Humans: in vivo and in vitro Evidence," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Renee Gardner. W7023 SPH. EB

Wed., Jan. 14, noon. "Statin Use, Cholesterol and Prostate Cancer in the PSA Era," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Alison Mondul. W2030 SPH. EB

Wed., Jan. 14, 4 p.m. "Downscaling Numerical Model Output With Application to an Environmental Exposure Study," a Biostatistics seminar with Veronica Berrocal, Duke University. W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Jan. 15, noon. "Vector-Virus-Vertebrate Interactions," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases research seminar with Stephen Higgs, University of Texas Medical Branch. W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Jan. 15, noon. "Intestinal Stem Cells in Drosophila," a Cell Biology seminar with Benjamin Ohlstein, Columbia University Medical Center. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Jan. 15, noon. "How Much Confidence Can We Have in Published Medical Research?" a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Doug Altman, University of Oxford. W4030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Jan. 15, 1 p.m. "Plasticity of AMPA Receptor Transmission During Cocaine Withdrawal," a Neuroscience research seminar with Marina Wolf, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Fri., Jan. 16, 1 p.m. "Rodent Diseases: Detection, Impact and Management," a Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology seminar with Charles Clifford, Charles River. 181 BRB. EB

Mon., Jan. 19, 12:15 p.m. "Manipulating Cellular Transport Processes: Dynamic Interactions Between Intracellular Toxoplasma and Its Host Cell," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Isabelle Coppens, SPH. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

 

Special Events

Fri., Jan. 16, 7 a.m. "Update About Research in Urogynecology," a Gender and Sex-Based Research Group networking breakfast for students, faculty and fellows in the schools of Nursing, Public Health and Medicine, with featured speaker Victoria Handa, SoM. Co-sponsored by Gyn/OB. Harvey Board Room. Bayview

 

Sports

Tues., Jan. 13, 6 p.m. Women's Basketball, vs. Gettysburg. Athletic Center. HW

Tues., Jan. 13, 8 p.m. Men's Basketball, vs. Dickinson. Athletic Center. HW

Sat., Jan. 17, 1 p.m. Women's Basketball, vs. Swarthmore. Athletic Center. HW

Sat., Jan. 17, 3 p.m. Men's Basketball, vs. Swarthmore. Athletic Center. HW

 

Workshops and Training

WebCT workshops, sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Tues., Jan. 13, 10 a.m. "Getting Started With WebCT."

Wed., Jan. 14, 10 a.m. "WebCT: Content and Communication."

Thurs., Jan. 15, 10 a.m. "WebCT: Assessing Student Knowledge and Managing Students and Grades."

 
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