The Johns Hopkins Gazette: January 29, 2001

THE GAZETTE CALENDAR

Jan 29-
Feb 5

COLLOQUIA

Fri., Feb. 2, 2 p.m. "Heterostructures and Spintronics," a colloquium with Chia-Ling Chien; Parsons Auditorium. APL Simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall (Instructional Television Facility) on the Homewood campus.

DISCUSSION

Mon., Feb. 5, 4 p.m. Prehealth Information Meeting. Sponsored by Preprofessional Programs. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

FILM/
VIDEO

Thurs., Feb. 1, 7:15 p.m. "The African Diaspora: New Black Cinema from Africa and Beyond," the Baltimore premiere of films from Africa and Latin America: This week's presentation is Genesis (1999, in Bambara with English subtitles), directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

LECTURES

Thurs., Feb. 1, 4 p.m. The Annual J. Douglas Colman Lecture--"Smallpox Eradication Program Global Health: What Might Happen?" by William H. Foege of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and "If Two Million People Die in the Forest and No-one Is There to Measure It, Do They Really Make a Sound? Five Mortality Surveys in Eastern Congo" by Leslie Roberts, International Rescue Committee; W1020 SPH. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m. "Eureka! Revealing the Secrets of the Archimedes Palimpsest," a lecture by William Noel, associate curator of manuscripts and rare books, Walter Arts Museum. Sponsored by the Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries. Bakst Theater. Evergreen

MUSIC

Sun., Jan. 28, 3 p.m. "Preparatory Honors Recital," featuring the winners in the Preparatory's Fall Honors Competition; Griswold Hall. Peabody

Tues., Jan. 30, 8 p.m. "Faculty Chamber Music Recital" featuring Martin Beaver, violin; Victoria Chiang, viola; Alan Stepansky, cello; Paul Johnson, doublebass; Joseph Turner, oboe; Steven Barta, clarinet; Phillip Kolker, bassoon; Mary Bisson, horn; and Boris Slutsky, piano. Program includes music by Françaix, Schumann and Beethoven. $16, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for students with I.D. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

SEMINARS

Mon., Jan. 29, 4 p.m. "Introducing the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute: The Need, the Vision, the Future," an Information Security Institute seminar with Ilene Busch-Vishniac; Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

Mon., Jan. 29, 4 p.m. "Physics Students' Beliefs About the Nature of Learning: Implications for Instruction," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; 305 Olin. HW

Mon., Jan. 29, 4 p.m. "Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Man and Mouse," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Arthur Burghes, Ohio State University; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Tues., Jan. 30, noon. "Inhibition of Adipogenesis by Wnt Signaling," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Ormond MacDougald, University of Michigan Medical School. 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., Jan. 30, 12:15 p.m. "New TB Treatment Regimens: From Mouse to Man," an International Health/Center for Tuberculosis Research seminar with Jacques Grosset, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Wed., Jan. 31, 12:15 p.m. "Short and Ultra-Short Course Treatment for Leprosy," an International Health/ Center for Tuberculosis Research seminar with Jacques Grosset, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France; W2008 SPH. JHMI

Wed., Jan. 31, 4 p.m. "B4-Galactosyltransferase and Lactose Biosynthesis: Recruitment of a Housekeeping Gene from the Non-Mammalian Vertebrate Gene Pool for a Mammary Gland-specific Function," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Nancy Shaper; 303 WBSB. JHMI

Wed., Jan. 31, 4 p.m. "Androgen Receptor in Nuclear Signaling," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Olli Janne, University of Helsinki; W1020 SPH. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 1, 3 p.m. "Stratification of Certain Shimura Varieties of PEL Type (After Oort and Others)," with Eyal Goren and Fabrizio Andreatta; 211 Krieger. HW

Thurs., Feb. 1, 3 p.m. "Random Heterogeneous Materials: Bridging the Microscopic and Macroscopic Worlds," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Salvatore Torquato, Princeton University; 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., Feb. 1, 4 p.m. "Geometry and Arithmetic of Hilbert Modular Varieties Over Unramified Primes," with Eyal Goren and Fabrizio Andreatta; 211 Krieger. HW

Thurs., Feb. 1, 4 p.m. "Control of Hedgehog Signaling in Development and Tumorigenesis," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Ronald Johnson, University of Alabama, Birmingham; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 1, 4 p.m. "Testosterone Is Responsible for the Inhibition of Spermatogenesis in Toxicant-induced and Genetic Models of Infertility," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Marvin Meistrich, Anderson Cancer Center; 240 Phipps. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 1, 4 p.m. "Varying Coefficients: Partial Regression Curves as Local Measures of Dependence," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Kjell Doksum; 304 Whitehead. HW

Fri., Feb. 2, 11 a.m. "Small and Large Animals: Friends or Foes in Asthma Development," a Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment research seminar with Diane Gold; W6015 SPH. JHMI

Fri., Feb. 2, 1 p.m. "Biologically Inspired Acoustic Sensors," a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Ronald Miles, SUNY, Binghamton; 707 Traylor. JHMI

Fri., Feb. 2, 3 p.m. "Geometry and Arithmetic of Hilbert Modular Varieties over Ramified Primes," with Eyal Goren and Fabrizio Andreatta; 211 Krieger. HW

Fri., Feb. 2, 4 p.m. "Application to Modular Forms and Special Value of L Functions," with Eyal Goren and Fabrizio Andreatta; 211 Krieger. HW

Mon., Feb. 5, noon. "New Developments in Brain Tumor Therapy," a Neurosurgery seminar with Henry Brem; 1-191 Meyer. JHMI

Mon., Feb. 5, 12:15 p.m. "The Microtubule Destabilizing Kinesin SKCM1, Is a Global Regulator of Microtubule Dynamics," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Claire Walczak, Indiana University, Bloomington; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Feb. 5, 4 p.m. "Linkages of V(D)J Recombination to Transposition and DNA Repair," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Martin Gellert, NIH; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Mon., Feb. 5, 4 p.m. "Chemical Clues to the Signatures of Life," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Marilyn Fogel, Carnegie Institution of Washington; 305 Olin. HW

SPECIAL
EVENTS

Black History Month. This year's theme is "Black History Being Made Every Day."

Thurs., Feb. 1, noon. Opening ceremonies. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW
Sun., Feb. 4, 7 p.m. Movie Night--Nappy, a short film about black hair, followed by a Black Student Union meeting. Presented by the MSE Library Book and Video Discussion Group. BSU Room, Basement, AMR2. HW

WORKSHOPS

Mon., Feb. 5, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Building Blocks: An Educational Workshop for Parents with Cancer," an interactive workshop for the discussion of children affected when a parent, grandparent or guardian is diagnosed with cancer. Suite 1210, Weinberg. JHMI

Sat., Feb. 3, 11 a.m. "Traditional Kenyan Cuisine," a cooking demonstration presented by the Black Faculty and Staff Association; Common kitchen, AMR1. HW

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