Monday, Feb. 23

12:15 p.m. "Functional Limitations, Disability and Perceived Health of the Oldest Old: An Examination of Health Status in AHEAD," a Population Center/Center on the Demography of Aging seminar with Lee Lillard, RAND Center for the Study of Aging; W2030 SHPH.

12:15 p.m. "Development and History of Injury Control: Assessing the Status of the Field," a Center for Injury Research and Policy seminar with Bernard Guyer; 250 Hampton House.

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

4 p.m. "Protein-Membrane Interactions in the Control of Chromosomal Replication," a Biochemistry seminar with Elliott Crooke, Georgetown University Medical Center; 2030 SHPH.

Homewood

11 a.m. "Putting Back the Pieces: An Attempt at Generalization about Coffee in Brazil and Central America," a special meeting of the History seminar with Steven Topik; 315 Gilman.

4 p.m. "Orbitally Forced Glaciation in Icehouse and Greenhouse Times," an Earth and Planetary Sciences spring seminar with Alfred Fischer, University of Southern California, and Linda Hinnov; Olin Hall Auditorium.

7 p.m. "General and Forensic Toxicology," a Prehealth program with Barry Levine, Maryland State Office of the Medical Examiner, and Joseph Bressler; AMR Multipurpose Room. Sponsored by Academic Advising.

8 p.m. Black History Month Event--"Asian-African Relations," a discussion with Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Colorado State University; Garrett Room, MSE Library.

Tuesday, Feb. 24

Noon. Midday Performance by jazz pianist Charles Covington; Hurd Hall. Sponsored by Cultural Affairs. For information, call 410-955-3363.

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

Homewood

Noon. Black History Month Event-- "Affirmative Action" a brown bag lunch discussion with Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Colorado State University; Garrett Room, MSE Library.

4 p.m. "Evaluating School Choice," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Paul Peterson, Harvard University; Clipper Room, Shriver. For information, call 410-516-7174.

4 p.m. "Native American Assimilation of and Resistance to Western Culture: A Parallax," a National Cultures and the Construction of the Modern World pro-seminar with Veronica Salles-Reese, Georgetown University; 315 Gilman.

4:30 p.m. "The Role of Prosodic Structure in Speech Production Planning," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel, MIT; 100 Shaffer.

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

Wednesday, Feb. 25

Noon. Faculty and Staff Information Session on services offered by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program; 340 Houck. Refreshments will be served. For information, call 410-516-3800.

Noon. "Epidemiology of Variceal Bleeding in Maryland," a Gastroenterology lecture by Sydney Morse; 903 Ross.

4 p.m. "Evaluating the Age to Begin Periodic Breast Cancer Screening Using Data from a Few Regularly Scheduled Screens," a Biostatistics seminar with Stuart Baker, National Cancer Institute; W2030 SHPH.

4 p.m. "Coagulation Disease" with William Bell; 1024 Blalock.

5:30 p.m. "Talking with Patients, Talking with Physicians," a lecture by Eric Cassell, Cornell University Medical College; Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. Part of the humanities series "The Manners of Healing: Communication and Civil Exchange," sponsored by Cultural Affairs and the Maryland Humanities Council. For information, call 410-955-3363.

Homewood

Noon. "Small, Smaller, Smallest: Adults Delights, Children s Enchantments," an illustrated lecture by Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough; Clipper Room, Shriver. The lecture, held in conjunction with an exhibit at the Homewood House museum, is part of the Wednesday Noon Series sponsored by Special Events.

4 p.m. Black History Month Event--Get on the Bus, a film by Spike Lee, followed at 6:15 p.m. by a discussion led by Katrina Bell-McDonald; Garrett Room, MSE Library.

4 p.m. American History Seminar--"Anglican Treatment of Black Slaves and Response to Slavery in Late 17th- and Early 18th-Century Virginia" by Catherine Poland and "Political Crisis and Racial Stratification in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1680-1707" by James Allegro; 315 Gilman.

4:15 p.m. "Harnessing the Biosynthetic Potential of Multifunctional Polyketide Synthases," a Chemistry colloquium with Chaitan Koshla, Stanford University; 233 Remsen.

5 p.m. "Microhistory: A Symptom and a Project," a special meeting of the History seminar with Jacques Revel, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales; 336 Gilman.

Peabody

8 p.m."Songs Less Sung: An Evening of German Art Song" with mezzo-soprano Marianna Busching accompanied by pianist Robert Muckenfuss; Friedberg Concert Hall. Tickets are $16, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for students with I.D. Part of the Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series. For information, call the Peabody Box Office, 410-659-8124.

Thursday, Feb. 26

Noon. Welch Internet Lecture--"Navigating the Web," finding and managing information on the Web; Hurd Hall. No registration required.

Noon. "Regulation and Formation of the Drosophila Salivary Gland," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Debbie Andrew; 110 WBSB.

Homewood

Noon. Faculty and Staff Information Session on services offered by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program; 340 Houck. Refreshments will be served. For information, call 410-516-3800.

3 p.m. "Failure of MEMS Materials," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Stuart Brown, Failure Analysis Association; 106 Latrobe.

4 p.m. "Approximating the Permanent via Importance Sampling," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Francis Sullivan, Institute for Defense Analyses/Center for Computing Sciences; 304 Whitehead.

4 p.m. "Convergence and Compromise: The Politics of Water in Lyon, 1853-1914," a European History seminar with Lisa Yarkony; 315 Gilman.

SAIS

12:30 p.m. "Development Strategies for the New Millennium," a Program on Social Change and Development brown bag lecture by Rashmi Mayur, Global Futures Network; 812 Rome Bldg., 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Friday, Feb. 27

2 p.m. "Telemedicine," a colloquium with Elizabeth Ofili, Morehouse School of Medicine; Parsons Auditorium. The program will be simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

East Baltimore

Noon. "Immune Peptide Production in Fleas," a Vector Biology forum with Jill Troyer, University of Maryland School of Medicine; W2030 SHPH. Sponsored by Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.

Homewood

10:30 a.m. "Mobile Data Access," a Computer Science lecture by Brian Noble; 100 Shaffer.

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

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

8 p.m. Black History Month Event--"Wild and Wacky Apollo Night," talent show followed by the "After Party of Our Lives"; Arellano Theater, Levering. Tickets are $2 per person, or free with ticket to Feb. 28 Black History Month closing ceremony dinner.

8 p.m. Edward Albee s Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? a Theatre Hopkins production; Merrick Barn. Tickets are $10, $9 for senior citizens and $5 for full-time students. For information, call 410-516-7159 weekdays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

8:30 p.m. Astronomy Open House, public viewing; Bloomberg Center Observatory. For information, call 410-516-6525.

Saturday, Feb. 28

11 a.m. "Catheter Ablation for the Therapy of Ventricular Tachycardia," a Clinical Pharmacology conjoint clinic with Hugh Calkins; Turner Auditorium.

Homewood

6 p.m. Black History Month Event--Closing Ceremony and African Heritage Dinner and Theater, featuring soul food and a live performance of the play The Owl Killer by Hopkins students. Tickets are $10. For information, call 410-516-5435.

8 p.m. Edward Albee s Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? a Theatre Hopkins production; Merrick Barn. Tickets are $12, $9 for senior citizens and $5 for full-time students. For information, call 410-516-7159 weekdays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Peabody

8 p.m. Concert--Peabody Symphony Orchestra performance of Gustav Mahler s 10th Symphony; Friedberg Concert Hall. Tickets are $16, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for students with I.D. For information, call 410-659-8124. Part of the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Peabody Symphony Orchestra Series.

Sunday, March 1

1 p.m. "Toys, Tea and Tools," a Homewood House Museum family program; Homewood House Museum. Cost for the program is $6 per person and includes admission to the exhibit "Small, Smaller, Smallest: Adults Delight, Children s Enchantment." Reservations are required. For information, call 410-516-5589.

2:15 p.m. Edward Albee s Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? a Theatre Hopkins production; Merrick Barn. Tickets are $10, $9 for senior citizens and $5 for full-time students. For information, call 410-516-7159 weekdays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series--The Emerson String Quartet performing works by Beethoven; Shriver Hall. Tickets are $25, $13 for students.

6:30 p.m. Eileen Soskin will give a pre-concert lecture in the Clipper Room, Shriver Hall.

Monday, March 2

7 p.m. Junior Prehealth Information Meeting with Ronald Fishbein and Mary Savage; 1 Remsen. Sponsored by Academic Advising.