The Johns Hopkins Gazette: April 1, 2002

THE GAZETTE CALENDAR

Apr 1-8

COLLOQUIA

Tues., April 2, 4:15 p.m. �Laser Probes of the Potential Energy Landscapes and Dynamics of Small, Flexible Biomolecules,� a Chemistry colloquium with Timothy Zwier, Purdue University; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., April 3, 5 p.m. �Come Meet the Family,� a Biology colloquium with Maurice Bessman; Mudd Lecture Hall. HW

Wed., April 3, 5:45 p.m. �Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment: Case Studies from South America and Central Africa,� a colloquium for prospective students and environmentalists with Francisco Dallmeier, Smithsonian Institution. Part of the JHU Master�s in Environmental Sciences and Policy Program. Overview and reception follow. 410-516-6749. Olin Hall. HW

Mon., April 8, 4 p.m. �The Gender of Mania,� an Anthropology colloquium with Emily Martin, New York University; 400 Macaulay. HW

DISCUSSION/
TALKS

Mon., April 1, 4 p.m. �The U.S. Department of Art and Technology,� with Randall Packer, secretary of the USDAT. Continuing the weekly �Salon� series sponsored by the Digital Media Center. 226 Mattin Center. HW

Mon., April 1, 6:30 p.m. �AED Series: Our Natural Resources: Patients, Health, Environment,� a discussion intended for all prehealth professions students; 160 Mattin Center. HW

Mon., April 8, 4 p.m. �Digital vs. Traditional Photography,� with Phyllis Berger, Studio 2701. Continuing the weekly �Salon� series sponsored by the Digital Media Center. 226 Mattin Center. HW

FILM/VIDEO

Mon., April 1, 7 p.m. Film: Bombay Eunuchs; 3 Shaffer. HW

Wed., April 3, 12:15 p.m. Video preview of Shabuj Chaya (Bangladesh), a 13-episode serial drama designed to promote family planning, maternal and child survival services in Bangladesh. International Room, BSPH. EB

Fri., April 5, 7 p.m. La estrategia del caracol (The Snail�s Strategy), Colombia. Film presentation by the Program in Latin American Studies. Level A, Large Viewing Room, MSE Library. HW

LECTURES

Wed., April 3, 4 p.m. The Annual Edward and Nancy Dodge Lecture--�Why Urban Agriculture Is the Next Frontier of Public Health� by Wayne Roberts, Toronto Food Policy Council; W1030 BSPH. EB

Thurs., April 4, and Fri., April 5, 3:30 to 5 p.m. The Richard Ely Lectures--�Computational Agent-based Theories of Investment Behavior and Market Volatility� by Blake Lebaron, Brandeis University. Next lecture: April 11, 3:30 p.m. 426 Mergenthaler. HW

Fri., April 5, 11 a.m. �Reference Manager,� a Welch Library lecture by David Wright. Part of the series �An Introduction and Update on the Digital Library.� Weinberg Auditorium. EB

Fri., April 5, 2 p.m. �The Association of Enamel Hypoplasia, White-Sot Lesions and Fetal Growth Patterns with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) Among a Low-Income Preschool Population� by Maria Rosa Watson; W2030 BSPH. EB

MUSIC

Tues., April 2, 5:30 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents �Homecoming and On to Victory,� a special concert to benefit AMC Cancer Research Center Chesapeake Chapter. Shriver Hall. HW

Tues., April 2, 8 p.m. The Peabody Trio performs. $16, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. 410-659-8100, ext. 2. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Wed., April 3, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Wind Ensemble will perform music by de Meij, Gregson, Bennett, Rodrigo and Makris. $16, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Fri., April 5, 5:45 p.m. �Peabody at Homewood, Music at the Museum,� with Svetoslav Stoyanov performing selections for marimba, timpani and percussion. $10, $8 for JHU affiliates; free to Homewood House members at $50 level and above. 410-516-8639. Homewood House Museum.

Sat. and Sun., April 6 and 7, 3 p.m. Spring Dance Concert, with the Dance Department of Peabody Preparatory, a program of ballet and contemporary dance. $12, $6 for children, senior citizens, students with ID. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Sun., April 7, 3 p.m. Spring Chamber Music Concert by the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra. $7, $5 for senior citizens and students; JHU students free with valid ID. Great Hall, Levering. HW

Sun., April 7, 7:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series--The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will perform works by Schubert, Schoenberg and more. Box office opens at 6:15 p.m.; all seats reserved. Shriver Hall. HW

OPEN HOUSES

Open Houses for undergraduate part-time programs for adults.

Thurs., April 4, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Md.
Sat., April 6, 10:30 a.m. to noon. 100 Shaffer. HW

SEMINARS

Mon., April 1, noon. �Molecular Control of Growth and Survival of Neurons in the Developing PNS,� a Clinical Neuroscience seminar with David Ginty; 1-191 Meyer. EB

Mon., April 1, 12:15 p.m. �Computational and Experimental Annotation of the Drosophila Genome Sequence,� a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Gerald Rubin, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., April 1, 4 p.m. �Modeling the Geodynamo From One to One Million Years,� an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Peter Olson; 305 Olin. HW

Tues., April 2, noon. �Regulation of Focal Adhesion Protein: Protein Interactions in vivo Through Conformational Activation of Vinculin and the Strange and Beautiful Properties of Talin 2,� a Biological Chemistry seminar with Susan Craig; 612 Physiology. EB

Wed., April 3, 8:15 a.m. �Clinical Trials and Conflicts of Interest,� a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Frank Davidoff, editor, Annals of Internal Medicine; W2030 BSPH. EB

Wed., April 3, noon. �UNO, UNESCO and the Refoundations of International Scientific Cooperation in the Immediate Postwar Period,� a History of Science, Medicine and Technology lunch-time seminar with P. Petitjean, CNRS, Paris; 234 Ames. HW

Wed., April 3, 1:30 p.m. �Impact of Protein Folding Landscapes on Biological Function: Longevity Through Kinetic Stability,� a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with David Agard, University of California; 517 PCTB. EB

Wed., April 3, 4 p.m. �Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces and Fuchsian Systems of Ode�s� with Ian McIntosh; 308 Krieger. HW

Wed., April 3, 4 p.m. �Structural Studies of the Insulin and MuSK Receptor Tyrosine Kinases,� a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Stevan Hubbard, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine/New York University School of Medicine; 303 WBSB. EB

Thurs., April 4, 10:30 a.m. �Issues in Secure Electronic Voting,� an Information Security Institute seminar with Moti Yung, CertCo/Columbia University; 3 Shaffer. HW

Thurs., April 4, noon. �Calpain Regulation of Cell Migration and Chemotaxis,� Cell Biology seminar with Anna Huttenlocher, University of Wisconsin Medical School. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., April 4, 12:15 p.m. �Evaluation of the Ghana Stop AIDS/ Love Life Campaign,� a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Marc Boulay; International Room BSPH. EB

Thurs., April 4, 12:45 p.m. �Dissecting the Apoptosis Pathways by Cellular, Genetic and Chemical Biological Approaches,� a Neuroscience research seminar with Junying Yuan, Harvard Medical School; 811 WBSB. EB

Thurs., April 4, 3:30 p.m. �Translation Initiation by Internal Ribosome Entry in Viral and Cellular mRNAs,� a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with Peter Sarnow, Stanford University School of Medicine; 517 PCTB. EB

Thurs., April 4, 4 p.m. �A New Look at a Classical Subject: The Role of Gonadotropins in the Control of Spermatogenesis,� a Reproductive Sciences seminar with Tony Plant, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; W2030 BSPH. EB

Thurs., April 4, 4 p.m. �An Analog VLSI Multichip Architecture for Competitive Orientation Selective Image Filtering,� an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Bert Shi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; 117 Barton. HW

Thurs., April 4, 4 p.m. �Quantitative Political Methodology,� a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Langche Zeng, GWU; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., April 4, 4 p.m. �Some Like It Hot: Harnessing the Heat Shock Response,� a Biology seminar with Hillary Nelson, University of Pennsylvania; 100 Mudd. HW

Fri., April 5, 11 a.m. �Targeting the Epithelium: Inflammation at the Body�s Interface With the Environment,� a Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment seminar with E. William Spannhake; W2030 BSPH. EB

Mon., April 8, 4 p.m. �Mechanisms of DNA Joining in Eukaryotes,� a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Alan Tomkinson, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio; W2030 BSPH. EB

Mon., April 8, 4 p.m. �Observational and Computational Investigations of Generation of the Earth�s Magnetic Field,� an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Jeremy Bloxham, Harvard University; 305 Olin. HW

Mon., April 8, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--�Understanding Layer 4 of the Cerebral Cortical Circuit: A Model Based on Cat VI� with Kenneth Miller, UCSF; 338 Krieger. HW

SPECIAL EVENTS

DSAGA Awareness Days 2002, Celebrate a Decade of Diversity. HW

Mon., April 1, 8 p.m. Talk by playwright Tony Kushner (Angels in America); Great Hall, Levering. Wed., April 3, 8 p.m. Talk with the Rev. Irene Monroe; AMR Multipurpose Room. Mon., April 8, 8 p.m. Discussion of Maryland�s Anti-Discrimination Act of 2001, with Blake Humphreys of Free State Justice, and Carrie Evans, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Great Hall, Levering.

Wed., April 3, noon. Wednesday Noon Series--�American Voices: Music of Our Time,� a performance by the Baltimore Choral Arts Society Chamber Chorus. 410-516-7157. Shriver Hall. HW

Thurs., April 4, 8 p.m. Symposium on Foreign Affairs--�U.S., Iraq and the War on Terrorism,� panel discussion with Scott Ritter, chief weapons inspector to Iraq; Erik Gustavson, of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center; and Edward Peck. Shriver Hall. HW

Sat., April 6, 7:30 p.m. Guest Artist Series--A recital of opera arias, art songs and spirituals by renowned baritone Simon Estes. Sponsored by Special Events. Shriver Hall. HW

Sun., April 7, 3 to 6 p.m. Camelot at Dawn: Jacqueline and John Kennedy in Georgetown, May 1954, public opening of the exhibition of photographs by Orlando Suero, who will attend. Runs through June 30 (see story in this week�s Gazette). 410-516-0341. Evergreen House, 4545 N. Charles St.

SPORTS

Wed., April 3, 3 p.m. Men�s Baseball, vs. Catholic University; Homewood Baseball Field. HW

Mon., April 8, 3:30 p.m. Men�s Baseball, vs. Villa Julie; Homewood Baseball Field. HW?

SYMPOSIA

Fri., April 5, noon. �Teaching with Technology,� demonstrations of innovative technology-based teaching tools developed by faculty from the schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Peabody Conservatory, with student fellows in the Technology Fellowship Program; featuring electronic poster presentations, project presentations and a raffle. Mudd Hall Auditorium. HW

Fri. and Sat., April 5 and 6, 1 p.m. �Von Kant bis Hegel,� first in the new �Kant to Hegel� seminar series with Eckart Forster; Susan Hahn; Riccardo Pozzo, Catholic University of America; Stephen Barker; and Hilary Bok. Sponsored by Philosophy, German and the Humanities Center. http://www.jhu.edu/~phil/kant-hegelconference /main.htm. 348 Gilman. HW

Sun., April 7, 3 to 5 p.m. �The Brave New World of Molecular Medicine: Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing,� an examination of moral questions raised by advances in prenatal genetic testing with panelists Debra Birenbaum, FDA; Clair Francomano, NIA; Stephen Vicchio, College of Notre Dame of Maryland/Institute of Public Philosophy; Hilary Bok; and Gail Geller. 410-516-6749. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

THEATER

Fri., Sat., and Sun., April 5, 6 and 7, 8 p.m. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the Barnstormers� Spring Musical 2002. $5 admission, $3 for students. Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center. HW

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