Johns Hopkins Gazette | February 16, 2004
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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University February 16, 2004 | Vol. 33 No. 22
 

Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Discussion/Talks | Film/Video | Lectures | Music | Open House | Readings | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Symposia | Theater |

 

Area premiere of 'Copenhagen'


Jim Gallagher as Werner Heisenberg, left, and Robert Riggs and Cherie Weinert as Niels and Margrethe Bohr.
PHOTO BY HPS/WILL KIRK

Theatre Hopkins' 82nd season resumes this week with the area premiere of Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning drama Copenhagen.

Fans of Frayn's popular farce Noises Off may be surprised that the playwright's more recent work was inspired by a moment in history when two of the most innovative physicists of the 20th century — Dane Niels Bohr and German Werner Heisenberg — found themselves on opposing sides of World War II.

First as mentor and protege, then as partners, Bohr and Heisenberg had been instrumental in developing theories of atomic fission that finally made nuclear warfare possible. Precluded in 1939 from further collaboration, Heis-enberg finally re-established contact in 1941 by traveling to Bohr's home in Nazi-occupied Copenhagen.

Frayn conjectures what might have occurred during their brief reunion, which is thought to have been as traumatic as it was mysterious. The cast features Robert Riggs and Cherie Weinert as Niels and Margrethe Bohr and Jim Gallagher as Werner Heisenberg.

The production will run four weekends, from Friday, Feb. 20, through Sunday, March 14, at the Merrick Barn on the Homewood campus. Performances begin at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets at the door are $15; student rush tickets, available at curtain time, are $5. For more information, call 410-516-7159 or e-mail thehop@jhu.edu.

 

Colloquia

Tues., Feb. 17, 4:15 p.m. "Strength of the C-H Bond in Methyl Isobutyryl Radicals from the Rates of C/Cr H€ Transfer During Chain Transfer Catalysis," a Chemistry colloquium with Jack Norton, Columbia University; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Feb. 18, 3 p.m. "The 'Scramble for Africa,' Tropical Pessimism and the Nature of Scientific Research, 1880-1940," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Helen Tilley, Princeton University; 3rd floor, Welch Library. EB

Thurs., Feb. 19, 3:30 p.m. "Liquid Crystals: What They Are and Why You Should Know About Them," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Thomas Lubensky, University of Pennsylvania; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Fri., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. "The Possibility of Knowledge," a Philosophy colloquium with Quassim Cassam, Oxford University, London; 348 Gilman. HW

 

Discussion/Talks

Tues., Feb. 17, noon. "Strategies for Job Interviewing," an Environmental Health Sciences Student Organization discussion with John Groopman; W7023 BSPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 17, noon. "Food for Thought," a lunchtime book club discussion series, featuring books on work and personal life; first in the series, a discussion with author Karen Arnold on Alice McDermott's That Night. Sponsored by WORKlife Programs. 162 Offit Bldg., Mattin Center. HW

Buzzword Bistro Series, discussions sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Tues., Feb. 17, 1 p.m. "Online Communication Tool Review," fair use in the digital age.

Thurs., Feb. 19, 1 p.m. "Educational Fair Use/Copyright/Teach Act," how faculty can use bloggers, IM and BBs to facilitate discussions outside class.

Fri., Feb. 20, noon. JHU Women's Network brainstorming meeting; discussion on revitalizing the Homewood/Peabody chapter. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW

 

Film/Video

Fri., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. "Bee-Have," a Women, Gender and Sexuality film series, presents Madame Sata (Brazil/France, 2003), directed by Karim Ainouz; film is followed by discussion. 110 Gilman. HW

 

Lectures

Mon., Feb. 23, 5 p.m. Dean's Lecture II — "Genetic Basis of Craniofacial Development and Disorders" by Ethylin Wang Jabs. Sponsored by SOM. Hurd Hall. EB

 

Music

"An Evening of Jazz," sponsored by the Peabody Institute; $18, $10 for senior citizens, $8 for students with ID. 410-659-8100, ext. 2. Griswold Hall. Peabody

Tues., Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. Guest artist/vocalist Jay Clayton, and faculty artists Gary Thomas and Tim Murphy.

Thurs., Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. Guest artists Erik Friedlander and the Mark Feldman Quartet (guest artist Mark Feldman with faculty artists Tim Murphy, Michael Formanek and Howard Curtis).

 

Open House

Mon., Feb. 16, 5 to 6 p.m. In-formation session for the master of arts in special education; 134 Central Bldg., Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville.

 

Readings

Fri., Feb. 20, 5 p.m. Reading by Peter Rosei of his prose work; a translator will be present to assist. Sponsored by German. 238 Gil-man. HW

 

Seminars

Mon., Feb. 16, noon. "The Crystal Structure of Plant Photosystem I," a Biology seminar with Nathan Nelson; 23 Mudd. HW

Mon., Feb. 16, 4 p.m. "The Collapse of the Geomagnetic Field: Prelude to Reversal?" an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Peter Olson; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Tues., Feb. 17, 10 a.m. "Access to Health Care and Workplace Productivity: Patients with Migraine Headache," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Jennifer Lofland; 688 Hampton House. EB

Tues., Feb. 17, 10:30 a.m. "The Incredible Egg: Modeling Human Aneuploidy in the Mouse," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Kara Koehler, Case Western Reserve University; W2030 BSPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 17, noon. "Topoisomerase-Mediated Tumor Cell Death," a Biological Chemistry special seminar with Leroy Liu, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Feb. 17, noon. "Access to and Adequacy of Prenatal Care for Adolescents in East Baltimore," an Urban Health Institute Community-Based Participatory Research noontime seminar with Darius Tandon; 250 Hampton House. EB

Tues., Feb. 17, 3 p.m. "Geological Storage of CO2 as a Mitigation Strategy: Environmental Considerations and Analysis of Leakage Potential," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Michael Celia, Princeton University; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Feb. 17, 4:30 p.m. "A Bayesian View of Inductive Learning in Humans and Machines," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Josh Ten-enbaum, MIT; 303 Shaffer. HW

Tues., Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m. "Refractive Surgery" with Walter Stark; Suite 455, Pavilion 2, Greenspring Station.

Wed., Feb. 18, noon. "Synaptic Signaling and Transcriptional Control of Learning," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Mollie Meffert, Caltech; 612 Physiology. EB

Wed., Feb. 18, 12:15 p.m. "The Multiple Uses of Video in Health Communication," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Paul Barese, Quimera; Suite 310, 111 Market Place. EB

Wed., Feb. 18, 3:30 p.m. "Entropic and Enthalpically Driven Colloidal Crystallization of Stimuli-Sensitive Hydrogel Nanoparticles," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with L. Andrew Lyon, Georgia Tech; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. "Structural Basis of Transcription Regulation by MEF2," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Lin Chen, University of Colorado, Boulder; 303 WBSB. EB

Wed., Feb. 18, 4:30 p.m. "Single Molecule Microscopy of Plasma Membrane Dynamics," a Biology seminar with Kokoro Iwasawa, Kenichi Suzuki and Takahiro Fujiwara, Kusumi Laboratory Nagoya, Japan; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Feb. 19, noon. "Regulating T Cell Activation by Signaling in SMACs," a Cell Biology seminar with Abraham "Avi" Kupfer, National Jewish Medical and Research Center; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Feb. 19, 3:30 p.m. "Control of Gene Expression by Riboswitch RNAs," a Molecular Biology and Genetics faculty candidate seminar with Wade Winkler, Yale University; 517 PCTB. EB

Thurs., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. "Random Sums, Mellin Transforms, Gaussian Random Fields, Small Deviations and Reversion," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Jim Fill; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. "Hobbes Against Aristotelity: Natural Philosophy, Civil Philosophy and the Nature of the Will," a Seminar in Political and Moral Thought with Sean Greenberg; 348 Gilman. HW

Thurs., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. "Do Membrane Lipid Rafts Exist? Systematic Evidence from Model Mixtures," a Biology seminar with Gerald Feigenson, Cornell University; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. "Tracing Traitors: Collusion Resistant Multimedia Fingerprinting," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Z. Jane Wang, ECE Institute of Systems Research/University of Maryland, College Park; 117 Barton. HW

Fri., Feb. 20, 9 a.m. "Chemical Mutagenesis in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells: Development of Genetic Tools to Study TGF-Beta Signaling," an Institute for Cell Engineering seminar with Jay Vivian, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Sat., Feb. 21, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. "Clinical Challenges: A Practical Seminar," a Medical Ethics seminar for graduate and medical students, with Benjamin Wilfond, Michael Williams and Peter Terry; 517 PCTB. EB

Mon., Feb. 23, noon. "From Behavior to Neuron and Back: How Mechanisms Revealed in Intracellular Recordings Have Led to a Reevaluation of Natural Behaviors in Weakly Electric Fish," a Clinical Neuroscience seminar with Eric Fortune; 1-191 Meyer. EB

Mon., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Computer Algorithms for Pattern Recognition," a Biophysics student seminar with Devon Sheppard; 107 Jenkins. HW

Mon., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Dynamical Fingerprints of Climate Sensitivity," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Dan Kirk-Davidoff, University of Maryland, College Park; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Minimal Planes in Hyperbolic Space," an Analysis seminar with Baris Coskunuzer, Princeton University; 308 Krieger. HW

Mon., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with Carol Greider; W2030 BSPH. EB

 

Special Events

APL Black History Month Events, with the national theme Brown vs. Board of Education. L1, Applied Physics Laboratory.

Mon., Feb. 16, 11:30 a.m. Documentary — Invisible Soldiers: The Unheard Voices, African-Americans who served in World War II.

Mon., Feb. 23, 11:30 a.m. Documentary — Mississippi America, chronicling the history of America's civil rights movement.

Black History Month Events, performances, speakers and student events celebrating black history. Organized by members of the Black Student Union. HW

Tues., Feb. 17, 7 p.m. Brown vs. Board of Education Day, with Levi Watkins; Glass Pavilion, Levering.

Wed., Feb. 18, 8 p.m. Film — Lean On Me; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center.

Fri., Feb. 20, 8 to 10 p.m. Poetry Slam; Glass Pavilion, Levering.

Sun., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. Celebration dance show; Shriver Hall.

Tues., Feb. 17, 7 p.m. "IRAQ: Today and Tomorrow," a Foreign Affairs symposium with Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. Rend Al-Rahim. (See
story, this issue.) Shriver Hall. HW

Wed., Feb. 18, noon. Wednesday Noon Series presents "Acoustic Urban Blues," a performance by Chic Street Man. In observance of Black History Month. Sponsored by Special Events. Shriver Hall. HW

Wed., Feb. 18, 6 p.m. "The Library of Congress Mission to Baghdad," a Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries lecture by Mary-Jane Deeb, Library of Congress. Wine and cheese reception at 5 p.m. (See story, this issue.) Evergreen Carriage House, 4545 N. Charles St.

Sat., Feb. 21, 10 a.m. "It's in the Bag: Leaders Who Are Inspired, Informed and Involved," a youth symposium for students in grades 9 to 12. Sponsored by the Black Faculty and Staff Association and Sigma Gamma Rho Soro Inc. Preregistration required. 410-614-5475. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

 

Sports

Sat., Feb. 21, daylong. Women's Fencing, Centennial Conference Invitational; Athletic Center. HW

Sat., Feb. 21, 2 p.m. Women's Basketball, vs. Ursinus; Athletic Center. HW

Sat., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. Men's Basketball, vs. Ursinus; Athletic Center. HW

 

Symposia

Wed., Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. "Whys and Wherefores of Voter Turnout in the Presidential Primaries," a Government and Communication in Contemporary Society symposium with Curtis Gans, Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. LL7, Bernstein-Offit Bldg., 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington D.C.

 

Theater

Thurs., Feb. 19, Fri., Feb. 20, and Sat., Feb. 21, 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. V-Day at JHU presents The Vagina Monologues. $10, $5 for JHU faculty, staff and students. Reserve tickets at dayjhu2@HOTMAIL.com. Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

Fri., Feb. 20, Sat., Feb. 21, 8 p.m.; and Sun., Feb. 22, 2:15 p.m. Theatre Hopkins presents Copenhagen. (See story, this issue.) $15 general admission, $14 for senior citizens (Fri. and Sun.) and $5 for student rush tickets. Merrick Barn. HW

 
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