Monday, Dec. 15

12:15 p.m. "Youth's Exposure to Community Violence: The Developmental, Mental and Public Health Effects, Part 1," a Mental Hygiene lecture by Michele Cooley-Quille; Hampton House Auditorium.

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

Homewood

11 a.m. " We Did Not Separate Man and Wife But All Had to Work : Freedom and Dependence in the Aftermath of Slave Emancipation," an American Search seminar with Amy Stanley, University of Chicago; 315 Gilman.

Noon. "Morphogens and the Control of Cell Proliferation, Pattern and Polarity in Drosophila," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Gary Struhl, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy.

4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Ocular Dominance Columns: New Insights into Their Structure and Function" by Jonathan Horton, University of California, San Francisco; 341 Krieger.

4 p.m. "Medieval Identity: A Sign and a Concept," a History seminar with Brigitte Bedos-Rezak, University of Maryland, College Park; 315 Gilman.

4 p.m. "Measurements in the Throat of a Volcano: The Quantification of Volcanic Eruption Velocities," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Matthias Hort, GEOMAR Forschungszentrum; Olin Hall Auditorium.

4 p.m. Poetry Readings by Mark Strand, Chester Wickwire, Kathleen Corcoran, David Kriebel and Sam Schmidt; Garrett Room, MSE Library. Sponsored by the Maryland Poetry Review in conjunction with the relase of the CD "Word Up, Baltimore!"

Peabody

7:30 p.m. The Snow Queen, a Peabody Preparatory Winter Dance Concert original story ballet based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen with music by Grieg; Fried-berg Concert Hall. Dancers from leading American ballet companies will dance the principal roles. Tickets are $8, $4 for children, senior citizens and students with I.D. For information, call the Peabody Box Office, 410-659-8124.

Tuesday, Dec. 16

9 a.m. "Of Mice and Women: Models of the Interaction of Estrogens, Aging and Alzheimer's Disease," an Alzheimer's Disease Research Center lecture by Gillian Einstein, 1st Floor Auditorium, Asthma and Allergy Center.

East Baltimore

4:15 p.m. "Antigen Presentation by Non-Polymorphic MHC Class I Molecules: Role in Bacterial Immunity and Potential Target for Vaccines," an Immunology Council seminar with Mark Soloski; 2030 SHPH.

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

Homewood

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

Wednesday, Dec. 17

Noon. "Humanity's Predicament and Challenge: A Livable Future," a Center for a Livable Future seminar with George Jakab; 1016 SHPH. For information, call 410-223-1608 or 410-614-4590.

12:15 p.m. "Changing the Cultural Fabric of Childbirth in America," a Maternal and Child Health seminar with Patricia Burkhardt, New York University; Hampton House Lecture Hall.

12:15 p.m. "Oral Cholera Vaccines: Their Development and Appropriate Use," an International Health lecture by David Sack; W2008 SHPH.

1:30 p.m. "Structure and Function of Alpha-Hemolysis: A Molecular Hole Punch," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Eric Gouaux, Columbia University; 517 PCTB. 4 p.m. "Coagulation Disease," with various speakers; 1024 Blalock.

Thursday, Dec. 18

1 p.m. "AKAPs--Molecular Organizers of cAMP Signaling Events," a Neuroscience research seminar with John Scott, Vollum Institute; 811 WBSB.

Homewood

Noon. "The Role of ORC in Heterochromatin Assembly in Drosophila," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Rebecca Kellum, McGill University; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy.

4 p.m. "Toward Understanding Tryptophan Fluorescence in Proteins," a Biology seminar with Mary Barkley, Case Western Reserve University; 100 Mudd.

4 p.m. "From Visitor to Inferior: Incorporation in Late Medieval Spain," a European History seminar with Hiroaki Sakurai; 315 Gilman.

Friday, Dec. 19

2 p.m. Seventh Annual A.I. Mahan Christmas Lecture--"The Role of Scientific Societies in the Changing World" with Marc Brodsky, American Institute of Physics; Kossiakoff Center. The program will be simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

East Baltimore

Noon. Vector Biology Forum--"Inhibition of Plasmodium Heme Polymerization by the Quinolines" with David Sullivan; E-5130 SHPH. Sponsored by Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.

Homewood

Noon. "Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Rhythms in the Pineal Gland," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Jimo Borjigin; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy.

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

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

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

Monday, Dec. 22

12:15 p.m. "Youth's Exposure to Community Violence: The Developmental, Mental and Public Health Effects, Part 2," a Mental Hygiene lecture by Michele Cooley-Quille; Hampton House Auditorium.

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

Homewood

Noon. "c-Myc Oncogenic Transcription Factor--Target Genes and Neoplasia," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Chi Dang; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy.

Tuesday, Dec. 23

8:30 a.m. "Networking Opportunities," a Women's Forum discussion and social activity; Atrium, SHPH. Sponsored by the Women's Forum/JHMI Caucus.

Thursday, Dec. 25

University offices closed.

Friday, Dec. 26

University offices closed.

Thursday, Jan. 1

University offices closed.

Friday, Jan. 2

University offices closed.

Monday, Jan. 5

4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Fast Non-Invasive Imaging of Brain Function: The Event-related Optical Signal (EROS)" by Gabriele Gratton, University of Missouri, Columbia; 341 Krieger.