Monday, April 6

Noon. "Cell Polarity and Cell Fate in Early C. elegans Embryos," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with Bruce Bowerman, University of Oregon; 517 PCTB.

12:15 p.m. "Lobbying and Advocacy for Injury Control," a Center for Injury Research and Policy seminar with Jon Vernick; 250 Hampton House.

12:15 p.m. "The FDA Process: Approval of the Pill in Historical Perspective," a Population Center seminar with Suzanne Junod, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; W2030 SHPH.

3 p.m. Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, with rotating roster of speakers; 6150 Outpatient Center.

4 p.m. "Dynamics of Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions in Gene Regulation," a Biochemistry seminar with Tariq Mahmood Rana, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; W2030 SHPH.

5 p.m. New Approaches to Cancer Therapy 1998--"Where Molecular Genetics is Taking Us in Cancer Therapy," opening presentation by Kenneth Kinzler; 119 Oncology.

Homewood

3 p.m. "Asymptotic Methods in Statistics," a Mathematical Sciences lecture by David Pollard, Yale University; 304 Whitehead.

4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Studying Organization vs. Representation by Neuronal Assemblies" by George Gerstein, University of Pennsylvania; 341 Krieger.

Tuesday, April 7

Noon. "How Do Proteins Translocate across or Insert into the ER Membrane without Destroying Its Permeability Barrier?" a Cell Biology and Anatomy and Biological Chemistry seminar with Arthur Johnson, Texas A&M University; Mountcastle Lecture Hall, PCTB.

Noon. Midday Performance by the JHMI Chamber Music Society; Hurd Hall.

Noon. "SHARE: A Message Worth Passing On," a Women's Forum/JHMI Caucus brown bag lunch discussion; 2140 Outpatient Center.

5 p.m. "The Price of Oil in Ogoni Land, Nigeria," a panel discussion with Deborah Robinson, World Council of Churches, Robert Lawrence, Physicians for Human Rights and speakers from Shell Oil Co. and the Nigerian government; East Wing Auditorium.

7 p.m. Christian Fellowship Meeting, musical worship and Bible study; Reed Hall Library. All are welcome.

Homewood

3 p.m. "Asymptotic Methods in Statistics," a Mathematical Sciences lecture by David Pollard, Yale University; 304 Whitehead.

4 p.m. "Preserve Labor: Workers in Madagascar's Forest Conservation and Development Projects" by Genese Sodikoff, and "The Ingathering: State, Capital and Assimilation in Israel" by Guy Ben-Porat, an Institute for Global Studies in Culture, Power and History seminar; 404 Macaulay.

4:15 p.m. "Ubiquitous Water," a Chemistry colloquium with Mark Gordon, Iowa State University; 233 Remsen.

4:30 p.m. "Constraints on the Coordination of Articulatory Gestures," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Louis Goldstein, Yale University; 100 Shaffer.

7 p.m. DSAGA Event--Talk by Dan Renzi, cast member of MTV s Real World; Glass Pavilion, Levering. Part of the "Pride and Prejudice: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Realities in the Nineties" series.

7:30 p.m. Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Discussion and Social Group; 217 Ames. For information, call Bob at 410-889-7081.

8 p.m. "Dark Matter and the Case of the Missing Socks," an "Open Night at the Institute" public lecture; STScI Auditorium. Sponsored by the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Wednesday, April 8

6 to 8 p.m. Open House for the School of Continuing Studies Women, Leadership and Change program; Berman Auditorium. To RSVP, call 1-800-GO-TO-JHU.

East Baltimore

4 p.m. "Skeletal Dysplasias," Endocrine Grand Rounds with Clair Francomano; 1 Marburg.

4 p.m. "Microencapsulated Cells as a Novel Gene Therapy Delivery System," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Gonzalo Hortelano, McMaster University, Canada; 303 WBSB.

4:30 p.m. "Glutamate Transporters: Normal and Degenerative Disease Neurobiology," an Integrated Metabolism and Physiology seminar with Jeffrey Rothstein; 709 Traylor.

5 p.m. Special Dean's Lecture by John Wennberg, Dartmouth-Hitchcook Medical Center; 2030 SHPH.

5 p.m. New Approaches to Cancer Therapy 1998, Section I: Prevention of Cancer--"Cell Structure as the DNA Decoder: Implications for Therapy" by Donald Coffey; 119 Oncology.

Evergreen

6 p.m. "Joseph Sheppard and the Maroger Group," a lecture by Joseph Sheppard, including a 12-minute film of artist Jacques Maroger Evergreen Theater, 4545 N. Charles St. In conjunction with the exhibition "Baltimore Realists."

Homewood

Noon. "Broadcast News: Behind the Scenes and Beyond the Bright Lights," a talk with Marcellus Alexander, WJZ-TV; Shriver Hall. Part of the Wednesday Noon Series sponsored by Special Events.

3 p.m. Robert B. Pond Sr. Distinguished Materials Science Lecture--"Composite Materials Sciences, Associated Mysteries and a Myth" by Kenneth Reifsnider; 110 Maryland.

3 p.m. "Asymptotic Methods in Statistics," a Mathematical Sciences lecture by David Pollard, Yale University; 304 Whitehead.

8 p.m. DSAGA Event--Film Presentation: When Night is Falling; Mudd Hall Auditorium. Part of the "Pride and Prejudice: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Realities in the Nineties" series.

Peabody

8 p.m. Peabody Wind Ensemble Concert, a program of works by Barry, Hartley, Hanson, Copland and de Meij; Friedberg Concert Hall. For information, call 410-659-8124.

Thursday, April 9

6 to 8 p.m. Open House for the School of Continuing Studies Leadership Development Program for Minority Managers; Berman Auditorium. For information or to RSVP, call 1-800-GO-TO-JHU.

East Baltimore

10:30 a.m. to noon. Tax Information Sessions, designed for international affiliates; 1st floor, Reed Hall Library. For information, call 410-955-3371.

Noon. Welch Internet Lecture--"The Web EPR," a discussion and demonstration of the Web prototype of the Electronic Patient Record; Hurd Hall. No registration required.

Noon. "The Synthesis and Functionsof Sphingolipids as Revealed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Teresa Dunn; 110 WBSB.

Noon. "Pathway of HIV-1 Assembly and Morphogenesis," an Infectious Diseases and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology seminar with Xiaofang Yu; W2030 SHPH.

1 p.m. "Functional Studies of Neuron-specific Paraneoplastic Disease Antigens," a Neuroscience research seminar with Richard Darnell, Rockefeller University; 811 WBSB.

4 p.m. Young Investigator's Day, presentations with various speakers; Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB.

Homewood

11 a.m. "Using Mechanical Force to Explore Energy Landscapes of Bioadhesion Bonds and Skeletal Protein Structures," a Chemical Engineering seminar with E.A. Evans, University of British Columbia; 109 Maryland.

4 p.m. The Hinkley Lecture--"'LA Law Encounters 'the Common Law Mind : The Impact of Americanization and Globalization on English Legal Culture and National Identity" by David Sugarman, Lancaster University, England; Garrett Room, MSE Library.

4 p.m. "Silencing the Present: Imperial Magic and Postcoloniality s Nature," an Anthropology seminar with Fernando Coronil, University of Michigan; 404-B Macaulay.

4 p.m. "Spherical Reference Wave Holography: Information Storage and Sensing Applications," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with George Barbastathis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; 105 Barton.

6 p.m. Religious Observance, Holy Thursday Mass (Catholic); Newman House.

9 p.m. DSAGA Event--"Straight Allies in the GLBT Movement, a panel discussion of the role of heterosexuals in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality; Garrett Room, MSE Library. Part of the "Pride and Prejudice: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Realities in the Nineties" series.

SAIS

12:30 p.m. "Politics Can Paralyze: Building Civil Society in Benin," a Program on Social Change and Development brown bag lecture by Sally Scott; 812 Rome. Reservations are not required.

Friday, April 10

12:05 p.m. Religious Observance, Good Friday Mass (Catholic); Glass Pavilion, Levering.

7:30 p.m. Agape Campus Ministry, weekly meeting; 100 Shaffer. All are welcome.

7:30 p.m. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, weekly group meeting; Garrett Room, MSE Library.

8:30 p.m. Astronomy Open House, public viewing; Bloomberg Center Observatory.

Sunday, April 12

11 a.m. Religious Observance, Easter Sunday Mass (Catholic); Glass Pavilion, Levering.

4 p.m. Religious Observance, Easter dinner; Newman House.

6:30 p.m. Santoor Recital with Shiv Kumar Sharma, accompanied by his son; Shriver Hall Auditorium. Children under 10 will not be allowed. For information, call Umang Anand at 410-889-5620.

Monday, April 13

12:15 p.m. "The Promises and Pitfalls of a Cohort Study of Skiing Injuries Conducted on the Internet," a Center for Injury Research and Policy seminar with Jeff Hadley; 250 Hampton House.

12:15 p.m. "Reduced Fertility and Duration of HIV Infection in American Women," a Population Center STD seminar with Lisa Lee; W2030 SHPH.

5 p.m. New Approaches to Cancer Therapy 1998, Section I: Prevention of Cancer-- "Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors in Breast Cancer Point to Strategies for Prevention and Intervention" by James Yager; 119 Oncology.

Homewood

4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Cellular Basis of Network Dynamics in the Mammalian Visual System" by David McCormick, Yale University School of Medicine; 341 Krieger.

4:15 p.m. "Conjugated Porphyrin Polymers: From Molecular Wires to LEDs," a Chemistry colloquium with Wayne Jones, SUNY, Binghamton; 233 Remsen.

8 p.m. DSAGA Event--Film Presentation: Love! Valour! Compassion! 3 Shaffer. Part of the "Pride and Prejudice: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Realities in the Nineties" series.