The Johns Hopkins Gazette: November 17, 1997
WEEKLY CALENDAR
Nov. 17-24

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Monday, Nov. 17

East Baltimore

12:15 p.m. "Adding a Four-Letter Word to Your Professional Vocabulary: Exploring Issues of RACE, Ethnicity and Culture in Public Mental Health," a Mental Hygiene lecture by Kim Nickerson; Hampton House Auditorium.

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

Homewood

Noon. "Factors That Control Neural Development in the Mouse," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Heiner Westphal, NIH; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy.

4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Visuo-Spatial Functions of Premotor Cortex" by Charles Gross, Princeton University; 341 Krieger.

4 p.m. "Britain and Spain in America: Some Comparative Approaches," a National Cultures and the Construction of the Modern World seminar with John Elliott, Oxford University; 315 Gilman.

Tuesday, Nov. 18

Downtown Center

Noon. "The Miracle-Gro Miracle," a lecture by Horace Hagedorn, Miracle-Gro Products; Berman Auditorium. Part of the "Downtown at Noon" series.

East Baltimore

Noon to 2 p.m. The Ninth Annual Interaction Community Outreach Program Community Fair to increase awareness about community organizations and volunteer opportunities; Student Lounge and Courtyard, SHPH.

Noon. "Children's Risk Policy Dilemmas," a Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute seminar with Steven Galson, Environmental Protection Agency; 2009 SHPH.

Noon. Midday Performance by Duo Virago, performing works by Piazzola, Marias, Bea-ser and Rorem; Hurd Hall. Sponsored by Cultural Affairs. For information, call 410-955-3363.

12:15 p.m. "Background for Substance Use and Abuse in Brazil, Part 2," a Mental Hygiene lecture by Anna Maria Azevedo, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 845 Hampton House.

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

Homewood

3 p.m. "Industrial Approach to Environmental Management," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Robert Kissell, Dupont; 234 Ames.

4:15 p.m. "Born-Oppenheimer and non-Born-Oppenheimer Quantum-Mechanical Calculations on Atomic and Molecular Anions," a Chemistry colloquium with Ludwik Adamowicz, University of Arizona; 233 Remsen.

7 p.m. "Clinical Aspects of Mental Health," a discussion of the future of mental health with mental health workers; 109 Maryland.

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

Wednesday, Nov. 19

East Baltimore

Noon. "Grant Writing: Beyond the Instructions," a Welch lecture on points that reviewers look for when evaluating proposals; Hurd Hall.

12:15 p.m. "Closing the Gaps--Addressing the Disparity of Infant Morality among African American and White Infants: Approaches for Clinicians and Policymakers," a Maternal and Child Health lecture by Linda Thompson and the panel of authors from the Maryland Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention; Hampton House Lecture Hall.

2:30 p.m. "Making Choices, Taking Chances: A Path to Nursing Leadership," a lecture by Martha Hill; Hurd Hall. Part of the annual Doris Armstrong Leadership Forum. For more information, call 410-955-7552.

4 p.m. "The Ins and Outs of HIV-1 Replication," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Bryan Cullen, Duke University Medical Center; 303 WBSB.

4 p.m. "From User to Publisher," a Welch Internet lecture discussing the tools and resources that transform Web users into Web publishers; West Lecture Hall, WBSB.

4 p.m. "Coagulation Disease"; 1024 Blalock.

5:30 p.m. "A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis," a lecture by Diane Ackerman; Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. Part of the humanities series "The Manners of Healing: Communication and Civil Exchange," sponsored by Cultural Affairs.

Homewood

Noon. "American Race Relations: Progression or Regression," a lecture by Gregory Kane, The Sun; Clipper Room, Shriver. Part of the Wednesday Noon Series sponsored by Special Events.

4 p.m. "Medieval Origins of Crowd Psychology," a Medieval Studies seminar with Gary Dickson, Edinburgh University/Princeton Institute; 323 Gilman.

Thursday, Nov. 20

East Baltimore

Noon. "Pathogenesis of Ehrlichial Infections," an Infectious Diseases/Molecular Microbiology and Immunology seminar with Stephen Dumler; 2030 SHPH.

Noon. "MAP4: A Ubiquitous Microtubule-associated Protein with Multiple Potential Roles," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Joanne Olmstead, University of Rochester; 110 WBSB.

12:15 p.m. "Background for Substance Use and Abuse in Ukraine," a Mental Hygiene lecture by Victor Chtenguelov, Ukrainian Research Institute of Social and Forensic Psychiatry; 845 Hampton House.

1 p.m. "New Insights into the Function of Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels," a Neuroscience research seminar with Richard Kramer, University of Miami; 811 WBSB.

4 p.m. "The Sperm Acrosomal Matrix: Does Structure Give Us Clues to Function?" a Reproductive Biology seminar with George Gerton, University of Pennsylvania Medical School; 240 Houck.

5 p.m. "Animals and Society: A Perfect Harmony," a Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing lecture by Roger Caras, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; 2030 SHPH. Part of the CAAT Thursday Lecture Series.

Homewood

10 a.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Mechanisms for Visual Integration in Detection and Grouping Tasks" by Marius Usher, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK; 341 Krieger.

3 p.m. "Wallace Sabine and the Acoustics of Symphony Hall: Scientific, Architectural and Musical Culture circa 1900," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Emily Thompson, University of Pennsylvania; 234 Ames.

3 p.m. "Advances in Dynamical Modeling, Navigation and Control of Underwater Robotic Vehicles," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Louis Whitcomb; 106 Latrobe.

4 p.m. "Patriotism in Historical Context," a Program in Political and Moral Thought lecture by Maurizio Viroli, Princeton University; 348 Gilman.

4 p.m. "Ion Channels, Synaptic Efficacy and Neuronal Plasticity in Drosophila," a Biology seminar with Chun-Fang Wu, University of Iowa; 100 Mudd.

4 p.m. "Crumpling Paper," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Thomas Witten, University of Chicago; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center.

Peabody

7:30 p.m. Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, a Peabody Opera Theater production; Friedberg Concert Hall. Tickets are $22, $11 for senior citizens and $8 for students with I.D. For more information, call 410-659-8124.


Carole Cornman and Eric Werner will perform the roles of Susanna and Figaro in the Friday and Sunday performances of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Tickets for the performance are $22, $11 for senior citizens and $8 for students with I.D. For more information, call the Peabody Box Office at 410-659-8124.

SAIS

12:30 p.m. "Corporate and Industry Codes of Conduct: How Effective Are They?" a Program on Social Change and Development brown bag lecture by Pharis Harvey, International Labor Rights Education Fund; 812 Rome Bldg., 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Friday, Nov. 21

APL

2 p.m. "Vibrational Dynamics and Laser Surgery," a colloquium with Glenn Edwards, Vanderbilt University; Parsons Auditorium. The program will be simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

East Baltimore

10 a.m. "The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project: A New Scientific Platform for the Biomedical Research Community," a seminar with Robert Strausberg, National Cancer Institute; 517 PCTB. Part of the Bioinformatics in Gene Discovery and Analysis Seminar Series sponsored by Biomedical Information Sciences and the Genome Database.

Noon. "Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer," an Oncology director's conference/seminar with Carol Greider, 119 Oncology. Noon. Vector Biology Forum with Muhammed Shahabuddin, NIH; E-5130 SHPH.

12:30 p.m. "Privacy and Research: Public Policy Issues," a Center for Epidemiology and Policy seminar with John Fanning, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; 2008 SHPH.

1 p.m. "Control of Hippocampal Cellular Activity with Applied Electrical Fields," a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Dominique Durand, Case Western Reserve University; 709 Traylor.

Homewood

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Theatre Hopkins Open House, includes opportunities to explore the Merrick Barn, backstage visits and viewing scenes from current and previous productions; Merrick Barn.

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.

8 p.m. George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan, a Theatre Hopkins production; Merrick Barn. Tickets are $10, $5 for full-time students and $9 for senior citizens. For more 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.

Peabody

7:30 p.m. Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, a Peabody Opera Theater production; Friedberg Concert Hall. Tickets are $22, $11 for senior citizens and $8 for students with I.D. For more information, call 410-659-8124.

Saturday, Nov. 22

East Baltimore

11 a.m. "Interferons and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia," a Clinical Pharmacology conjoint clinic with Chi Van Dang; Turner Auditorium.

Homewood

12:30 p.m. "Trading Places: From Magmas to Meteorites to the Magazine," a Women s Science Forum discussion with Linda Rowan, Science; Space Telescope Science Institute. For information, call 410-338-4927.

2 p.m. Don t Come Back After Divorce! a Chinese live drama play presented by the Yellow River Drama Group; Shriver Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $7 and $5. For information, call Hailing at 410-516-4136 or 410-366-7612. Co-sponsored by the JHU Chinese Students and Scholars Association.

8 p.m. George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan, a Theatre Hopkins production; Merrick Barn. Tickets are $12, $5 for full-time students and $9 for senior citizens. For more information, call 410-516-7159 weekdays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Off campus

8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. Third Forum on Women's Health Issues--"A Woman's Journey" with various speakers from the schools of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, and participants choice of 44 seminars; Baltimore Sheraton Inner Harbor. Registration is $40, $25 for full-time students. For registration iformation, call 410-955-8660.

Peabody

7:30 p.m. Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, a Peabody Opera Theater production; Friedberg Concert Hall. Tickets are $22, $11 for senior citizens and $8 for students with I.D. For more information, call 410-659-8124.

Sunday, Nov. 23

Homewood

2:15 p.m. George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan, a Theatre Hopkins production; Merrick Barn. Tickets are $10, $5 for full-time students and $9 for senior citizens. Final performance.

Peabody

3 p.m. Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, a Peabody Opera Theater production; Friedberg Concert Hall. Tickets are $22, $11 for senior citizens and $8 for students with I.D. For more information, call 410-659-8124.

Monday, Nov. 24

East Baltimore

12:15 p.m. "Parent/Child Coping and Adjustment in a Racialized Culture: Lessons and Voices from the Black Experience," a Mental Hygiene lecture by Kim Nickerson; Hampton House Auditorium.

12:15 p.m. "Needle Networking and Satellite Exchanges: Social Network Analysis of Syringe Transaction Networks in the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program," a Population Center lecture by Thomas Valente; 2030 SHPH.

12:15 p.m. "Backround for Substance Use and Abuse in India," a Mental Hygiene lecture by Maher Hussain, Tamil Nadu State Government Medical Services, India; 845 Hampton House.

Homewood

11 a.m. "Mapping Magude," an African Search seminar with Heidi Gengenbach, University of Minnesota; 315 Gilman.

5 p.m. "Constitutionalism: Ancient, Modern and American," a Classics lecture by Paul Rahe, University of Tulsa; 329 Gilman.