The Johns Hopkins Gazette: October 15, 2001
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COLLOQUIA

 Tues., Oct. 16, 4 p.m. "Johns Hopkins University: Discovery Through Satellite Technology," a colloquium in honor of Edyth Schoenrich; Academic and Research Building, Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville.

Tues., Oct. 16, 4:15 p.m. "Chemistry at the Surfaces of Laboratory Surrogates for Tropospheric Cloud Particles," a Chemistry colloquium with Jeffrey Roberts, University of Minnesota; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. "From the Chicago School of Sociology to the Pragmatist Philosophical Imagination," an Anthropology colloquium with Isaac Joseph; 400 Macaulay. HW

Wed., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. "Visual Completion: A Case Study in Grouping," a Psychology colloquium with Allison Sekuler, McMaster University; 234 Ames. HW

Thurs., Oct. 18, 3 p.m. "Misunderstanding Pellagra: Gender, Race and Political Economy in Early-20th-Century Epidemiology," a History of Science colloquium with Harry Marks; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. JHMI

Fri., Oct. 19, 2 p.m. "Change and Continuity in Terrorism" with Bruce Hoffman, The Rand Corporation; Kossiakoff Center. APL Simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

  

DISCUSSIONS/
TALKS

 Mon., Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Prehealth: Sophomore Premed Informational Meeting with Mary Catherine Savage and Ronald Fishbein; 111 Mergenthaler. HW

  

FILM

 Fri., Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Program in Latin American Studies Film Series presents El Norte, directed by Gregory Navas; Level A, MSE Library. HW

  

FORUM

 Fri., Oct. 19, 1 p.m. "Learn How You Can Contribute to Science Policy," with AAAS policy fellows Cheryl Boyce and Richard Pouyat. Presentation followed by question-and-answer session. West Lecture Hall, WBSB. JHMI

  

LECTURES

 Mon., Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m. Prehealth: School of Medicine information session on admissions, with James Weiss, Paul White and Robert Siliciano; 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Wed., Oct. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Perceiving the Angry Face: Social-Cognitive Contributions to Youth Violence" by David Schultz; Hampton House Auditorium, BSPH. JHMI

Thurs., Oct. 18, 5:30 p.m. "Presidential Leadership: Eyewitness to Power" by former presidential adviser David Gergen. 202-663-5648. Nitze Building. SAIS

  

MUSIC

Tues., Oct. 16, 11:30 a.m. "Opera in the Afternoon," with members of the Municipal Opera Company of Baltimore Inc. In memory of oncologist William Burns; a brief memorial service will precede the concert. 410-614-2914. Part of "The Art of Healing" music and lecture series. Ceremonial Lobby, Weinberg Bldg. JHMI

Sat., Oct. 20, 8 p.m. Peabody Symphony Orchestra Concert with soprano Laura Knoop Very. $16, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for students with I.D. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Sun. Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m. "Folk and Fashion," the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra's season opener, featuring Bartok's Concerto No. 3 with Christie Julien on piano, Bartok's Dance Suite and Strauss' Suite from Der Rosenkavalier. 4:30 p.m. A pre-concert lecture with Max Derrickson; Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

  

OPEN
HOUSES

Mon., Oct. 15, 9 a.m. to noon. Information Security Institute Open House, with Gerald Masson; 3 Shaffer. HW

Open Houses for the Johns Hopkins Graduate Education Programs. Faculty, advisers and financial aid officers will be available to answer questions.

Tues., Oct. 16, noon to 1:30 p.m.; Downtown Center, 10 N. Charles St.

Sat., Oct. 20, 1 to 2:30 p.m.; Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville.

Tues., Oct. 16, noon to 1:30 p.m. Open House for the Master of Science in Real Estate program; Downtown Center, 10 N. Charles St.

Sat., Oct. 20, 9:30 a.m. School of Nursing Fall Open House for students interested in undergraduate, master's, post-master's, doctoral and certificate nursing programs. 410-955-7548. Pinkard Building. JHMI

  

READINGS

 Tues., Oct. 16, 5:30 p.m. Debora Greger reads from one of her works of poetry. Sponsored by the Writing Seminars. 323 Gilman. HW

  

SEMINARS

Mon., Oct. 15, 12:15 p.m. "International Migration and Late Life Well-Being in Mexico" with Rebecca Wong, University of Maryland; W2030 BSPH. JHMI

Mon., Oct. 15, 12:15 p.m. "Impact of the HEART Campaign: Findings from the Youth Surveys in Zambia, 1999 and 2000," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Carol Underwood; Suite 310, 111 Market Place.

Mon., Oct. 15, 12:15 p.m. "Diarrhea and Its Relationship to Malnutrition in Peruvian Children," an International Health thesis seminar with William Checkley; W2015 BSPH. JHMI

Tues., Oct. 16, 4 p.m. "Slab-Mantle-Arc Magma Transfer Complications as Demonstrated by Lithium Isotopes," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Paul Tomascak, University of Maryland; 305 Olin. HW

Tues., Oct. 16, 4:30 p.m. "Inductive Databases and Knowledge Scouts," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Ryszard Michalski, George Mason University; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Oct. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Early Findings from the Nationwide Evaluation of Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Programs" with Holly Grason and Donna Strobino; W2030 BSPH. JHMI

Wed., Oct. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Regulation of Mucosal Immune Responses to Parasites: Target for Evaluating Nutritional Interventions," an International Health seminar with Joseph Urban Jr., USDA/Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center; W3030 BSPH. HW

Wed., Oct. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Women Reorient Their Lives: Findings From the Impact Evaluation of Arab Women Speak Out," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Carol Underwood; Suite 310, 111 Market Place. JHMI

Wed., Oct. 17, 1:30 p.m. "Geometry and Physics of Proteins," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Jayanth Banavar, Pennsylvania State University; 517 PCTB. JHMI

Wed., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. "The Mechanism of Escherichia coli DNA Topoisomerase III and Its Role in Nucleic Acid Metabolism," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Russell Digate, University of Maryland; 303 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Oct. 18, noon. "Social, Political and Economic Contexts of Drug Use and Abuse in 14 Countries," a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows lunchtime seminar with Esdras Moreira, University of Bahia; and Gabriela Novotna, Institute of Drug Dependencies, Bratislava; 391 Hampton House. JHMI

Thurs., Oct. 18, noon. "Lobbyists and Policy Advocacy," a Health Policy and Management lunch-time seminar with Pegeen Townsend, Maryland Hospital Association; Rob Hendrickson, Maryland Nurses Association; Michael Preston, Maryland Physicians Med-Chi; and Jan Schmidt, Advocates for Children and Youth Health. Discussion follows; questions and comments welcome. Lunch is provided. Part of the series "Health Policy Perspectives." Hampton House Lecture Hall. JHMI

Thurs., Oct. 18, 12:45 p.m. "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Active Zone Assembly," a Neuro-science research seminar with Craig Garner, University of Alabama, Birmingham; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Oct. 18, 3 p.m. "Forces and Heat Transfer From an Isolated Spherical Particle Subjected to Complex Cross-Flow at Moderate Re," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with S. Balachandar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., Oct. 18, 4 p.m. "The Battle of the Sexes: Cellular and Molecular Control of Testis Organogenesis," a Biology seminar with Blanche Capel, Duke University; 100 Mudd. HW

Fri., Oct. 19, 11 a.m. "Ultrasound Facilitated Delivery of Compounds in Farmed Fish--Mechanisms and Applications" with Victor Frenkel, Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute; 234 Ames. HW

Fri., Oct. 19, 12:30 p.m. "Social, Political and Economic Contexts of Drug Use and Abuse in 14 Countries," a Hubert H. Hum-phrey Fellows lunchtime seminar with Cristina Padeanu, Ministry of Health and Family, Bucharest; and Olga Toussova, Saint Petersburg; 391 Hampton House. JHMI

Mon., Oct. 22, noon. "The System's Approach to Policy Formulation," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Arnold Packer; 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Mon., Oct. 22, 12:15 p.m. "The Taiwan Biomarker Study--Overview and Early Results" with Maxine Weinstein, Georgetown University; W2030 BSPH. JHMI

Mon., Oct. 22, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Competition for Attentional Resources in Distributed Neocortical Networks Revealed by Local Field Potential Analysis" with Steven Bressler, Florida Atlantic University; 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Oct. 22, 4 p.m. "Generation of Plate Tectonics from Mantle Convection: Odd Rheologies, Lithospheric-Damage and Shear Localization," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with David Bercovici, Yale University; 305 Olin. HW

  

SPECIAL
EVENTS

Tues., Oct. 16, noon to 3 p.m. "World Food System: Serving All or Serving Some?" the 18th annual World Food Day teleconference featuring Wenche Barthe Eide, Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, Norway. The talk will be broadcast from noon to 1 p.m., when Eide will be available for call-in questions. Sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future. W2030 BSPH. JHMI

Wed., Oct. 17, noon. Wednesday Noon Series--"The Riddle of Amish Culture," a lecture by author Donald Kraybill. Sponsored by Special Events and JHU Press. Shriver Hall. HW

Wed., Oct. 17, 8 p.m. The 2001 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium: A Nation United: Politics and Power in the 21st Century--"A New Forum for Debate: Late Night TV," by author, lawyer, economist and TV host Ben Stein; Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

Sat., Oct. 20, 8 p.m. "LatinoFest," AMR 1 Multipurpose Room. HW

  

SPORTS

 Wed., Oct. 17, 7 p.m. Women's Volleyball, vs. Gettysburg; Newton White Athletic Center. HW

Thurs., Oct. 18, 7 p.m. Women's Soccer, vs. Washington College; Homewood Field. HW

Fri., Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Field Hockey, vs. Eastern Mennonite; Homewood Field. HW

Sat., Oct. 20, noon. Women's Volleyball, vs. Franklin & Marshall; Newton White Athletic Center. HW

Sat., Oct. 20, 1 p.m. Women's Soccer, vs. Mary Washington; Homewood Field. HW

Sat., Oct. 20, 7 p.m. Field Hockey, vs. Muhlenberg; Homewood Field. HW

  

SYMPOSIUM

 Wed., Oct. 17, 4 p.m. The 2001 Daniel Raskin Symposium in Injury Protection--"Alcohol, Drugs and Medications vs. Transportation Safety," with panelists Jim Hall, National Transportation Safety Board; Dennis Canfield, Civil Aeromedical Institute; Mitchell Garber, National Transportation Safety Board; Susan Baker and Guohua Li; Becton Dickinson Lecture Hall, BSPH. JHMI

  

THEATER

Fri., Oct. 19, and Sat., Oct. 20, 8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 21, 2:15 p.m. Theatre Hopkins season opener: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies' Collected Stories. $12 at the door on Friday evening, $15 on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Merrick Barn. HW

  

WORKSHOPS

Thurs., Oct. 18, 5 p.m. Prehealth: 2001-2002 Applicant Interview Workshop with Mary Catherine Savage and Ronald Fishbein. For prehealth applicants only; tips and techniques for a successful interview. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Fri., Oct. 19, 10 a.m. Prehealth: 2001-2002 Mock Interview Workshop with Mary Catherine Savage and Ronald Fishbein. For prehealth applicants who attended interview workshops and signed up with Preprofessional Advising; 3rd floor, Garland Hall. HW

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