Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Discussion/Talks | Film/Video | Grand Rounds | Information Sessions | Lectures | Music | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Theater | Workshops

 

'Tour de Clay' stops at JHU

In the 1960s, American ceramicist Howard Kottler experimented with manipulated decals on mass-produced cheap white plates.

The countdown has begun as the Baltimore region unveils more than 160 exhibitions that comprise Tour de Clay, the largest arts event ever hosted here. The series is part of the National Council for Education on Ceramic Arts' annual conference, being held March 16-19, and 99 different arts and cultural institutions are featuring works by 878 regional, national and international artists.

Among the 122 venues — expected to attract thousands attending the Feb. 2 to Feb. 27 American Craft Council Show as well as conference-goers and locals — are three at Johns Hopkins.

This week, Evergreen House opens "The Soul of a Bowl, A Glimpse into Echizen Ceramics" and "Lookalikes: The Decal Plates of Howard Kottler," and Homewood House offers "Culturing Surfaces" and "Earthenware Potters." The works will be on display from Feb. 19 to March 20, with opening receptions at both houses from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 19.

Already open is Maryland Clay, on display at the George Peabody Library through March 31.

 

Colloquia

Mon., Feb. 14, 1:30 p.m. "Global Economies and Local Knowledge in the East Indies: Jacobus Bontius Learns the Facts of Nature," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Hal Cook, University College London; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Tues., Feb. 15, 4:15 p.m. "Nonadiabatic Photoinitiated Processes and Photostability in Nucleobases," a Chemistry colloquium with Spiridoula Matsika, Temple University; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Feb. 16, 2 p.m. "An Overview of the Naval Studies Board," an APL colloquium with Vincent Vitto, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory; Parsons Auditorium. APL

Wed., Feb. 16, 4 p.m. "Perceiving Persisting Objects," a Psychological and Brain Sciences colloquium with Brian Scholl, Yale University; 234 Ames. HW

Thurs., Feb. 17, 3 p.m. "Moments of Truth: Folk and Social Knowledge in Genomic Medicine," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Susan Lindee, University of Pennsylvania; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Fri., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. "Words, Pictures and Conceptual Thought," a Philosophy colloquium with Christopher Gauker, University of Cincinnati; 348 Gilman. HW

 

Discussion/Talks

Tues., Feb. 15, noon. "Separate but Equal Has No Place," an illustrated presentation and discussion by Janet Sims-Wood, Howard University; a historical overview of the 1954 Brown v. the Board of Education Supreme Court case, using photos showing segregated schools for African-Americans, often with overcrowded classrooms, run-down buildings, no indoor plumbing, and old books. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW

Tues., Feb. 15, 12:30 p.m. "Globalizing the History of Medicine," a brown bag lunch discussion with Hal Cook, University College London. Sponsored by History of Science, Medicine and Technology. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Fri., Feb. 18, 12:15 p.m. "The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Project," a Center for a Livable Future discussion and book signing with Carole Baldwin, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History; W2030 SPH. EB

 

Film/Video

Thurs., Feb. 17, 7:15 p.m. Cultural Affairs Winter Film Series presents North by Northwest, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB

 

Grand Rounds

Wed., Feb. 16, 4 p.m. "Building a Modern Health System in Afghanistan," Preventive Medicine grand rounds with Gilbert Burnham; W1020 SPH. EB

 

Information Sessions

Preprofessional Advising Programs. HW

Tues., Feb. 15 —

4:30 p.m. Pre-Law: law school mock admissions panel and information session with Derek Meeker, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Jason Trujillo, University of Virginia School of Law; and Sarah Zearfoss, University of Michigan Law School; 162 Mattin Center.

5 p.m. Pre-Business: Stanford Summer Institute information session; Career Center, 3rd floor, Garland Hall.

Pre-Health: Information sessions with Joni Huff, University of Chicago-Pritzker Medical School.

Thurs., Feb. 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Individual sessions; sign-up required in 311 Garland.

Fri., Feb. 18, noon. Sherwood Room, Levering.

 

 

Music

Mon., Feb. 14, 7 p.m. JHU Choral Society open rehearsal, with selections from Mozart's Requiem and other classical choral pieces; no experience necessary. Refreshments will be served. SDS Room, Mattin Center. HW

Tues., Feb. 15, 8 p.m. Faculty Chamber Music Concert, with works by Mozart, Dvorak and Brahms. $18; $10 for senior citizens, $8 students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Fri., Feb. 18, and Sat., Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Opera Workshop on Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo Virtutum; Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 811 Cathedral St.

Sun., Feb. 20, 3 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra Chamber Concert, featuring Ives' The Unanswered Question and Haydn's Symphony No. 60; pre-concert discussion in the Clipper Room at 2 p.m. $8; $6 for senior citizens, students and JHU faculty, staff and alumni. SDS Room, Mattin Center. HW

 

Seminars

Mon., Feb. 14, noon. "Making Public Policy Through Budgets," an Institute for Policy Studies lunchtime seminar with Fred Puddester; 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Mon., Feb. 14, 12:15 p.m. "Reaching the Poor with Effective Health Programs: What Works, What Doesn't and Why," a Population and Family Health Sciences/Population Center seminar with David Gwatkin, World Bank. Part of the series Demography and Reproductive Health. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 14, 12:15 p.m. "Effects of Aging on the Brain and Cognition in an Animal Model," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Michela Gallagher; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Feb. 14, 4 p.m. "The December 26, 2004, Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Peter Olson; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 14, 4 p.m. "Atlantic Knowledge and English Colonization," a History seminar with Karen Kupperman, NYU; 315 Gilman. HW

Tues., Feb. 15, noon. "Getting Ready for Systems Biology," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Akhilesh Pandey; 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Feb. 15, 3 p.m. "Limnology From Space: Advances in Remote Sensing of Lake and River Characteristics," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Patrick Brezonik, University of Minnesota; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Feb. 15, 4:30 p.m. "Progress Toward the LIFEmeter: Epidemiology Meets Speech Recognition," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Thomas Glass; 100 Shaffer. HW

Wed., Feb. 16, 12:15 p.m. "SNPS and CHIPS: Recent Advances in the Molecular Genetics of Addictions," a Mental Health seminar with George Uhl, NIDA/NIH/DHSS; B14B Hampton House (auditorium). EB

Wed., Feb. 16, 12:15 p.m. "Subjects with Questionable or Absent Capacity: Doing Research in a Legal Fog," an Office for Research Subjects brown bag seminar with Jack Schwartz, Md. Attorney General's Office; W2017 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 16, 12:15 p.m. "Neighborhoods and Health Research: An Innovative Approach for Advancing the Field," a Population and Family Health Sciences seminar with Jessica Burke; W2030 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 16, 4 p.m. "Non-Parametric Bayesian Data Analysis," a Biostatistics seminar with Peter Mueller, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; W2030 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 16, 4 p.m. "Chromosome Segregation and the Spindle Checkpoint," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Hongtao Yu, UT Southwestern Medical Center; 303 WBSB. EB

Wed., Feb. 16, 4:30 p.m. "Equidistribution and Quantum Variance for Hecke Eigenforms," a Number Theory seminar with Wenzhi Luo, Ohio State University; 304 Krieger. HW

Thurs., Feb. 17, 3 p.m. "Gravity Balancing Leg Orthoses for Robot Gait Rehabilitation," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Sunil Agrawal; 210 Hodson. HW

Thurs., Feb. 17, 3 p.m. "Stem Cells and Their Lineages in Skin," a Cell Biology seminar with Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller University; WBSB Auditorium (ground floor). EB

Thurs., Feb. 17, 4 p.m. "Congruent Strategies for Carbohydrate Sequencing by MS," a Biology seminar with Vernon Reinhold, University of New Hampshire; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Feb. 17, 4 p.m. "Sufficient Dimension Reduction in High-Dimensional Data," a Biostatistics seminar with Lexin Li, University of California, Davis; W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 17, 4 p.m. "Novel Rapid Tracking Methods in Stomic Force Microscopy and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Sean Andersson, Harvard University; 117 Barton. HW

Thurs., Feb. 17, 4 p.m. "'Universal' Approximation Formulas for Estimating Percolation Thresholds," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with John Wierman; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. "Breast and Body Contouring," with Michele Shermak; and "Cosmetic Eyelid and Facial Surgery," with Michael Grant. Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Cosmetic Center. Suite 350, Pavilion I, Green Spring Station.

Fri., Feb. 18, 1:30 p.m. "Environmental Factors Impacting Mosquito Population Dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic Region," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Scott Shone; W2030 SPH. EB

Fri., Feb. 18, 2 p.m. "Specification and Migration of Primordial Germ Cells in Zebrafish," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with Erez Raz, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; 517 PCTB. EB

Mon., Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Chromosomal Abnormalities Underlying Mental Retardation," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Jonathan Pevsner; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Population Digital Library: A New Model for Information Services from Welch," a Population and Family Health Sciences/Population Center seminar with Claire Twose and Susan Rohner. Part of the series Demography and Reproductive Health. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Marine Bioturbation," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with William Dewar, Florida State University; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Ecology, Biology and Technology: The Historical Vision of Owen Lattimore," a History seminar with Bill Rowe; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Role of a Conserved Pseudouridine in Spliceosomal Branch Site Structure and Recognition," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Nancy Greenbaum, Florida State University; W2030 SPH. EB

 

Special Events

"Leading the Past Into Tomorrow" — Homewood Black History Month events; www.jhu.edu/bsu.

Mon., Feb. 14, 8 a.m. Blood drive and bone marrow registration," in honor of Charles R. Drew, African-American physician who conducted pioneering work in blood preservation. Blood drive: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Marrow donor registration: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Glass Pavilion, Levering.

Wed., Feb. 16, 7 to 9 p.m. Political forum with JHU alumnus Michael Steele, lieutenant governor of Maryland, and other local polticians; a question-and-answer period follows. Glass Pavilion, Levering.

Fri. Feb. 18, 8 p.m. Poetry Slam — Poets will be judged and a cash prize awarded to the winner. $10 to participate in the slam, $5 for all attendees. Arellano Theater, Levering.

Sat. Feb. 19, 6 p.m. "Gospel Jubilee," a collaboration among choirs and dance ministries of area colleges and universities, including Morgan State, Coppin, UMBC, Loyola and Towson. Presented by the Black Student Union and JHU Gospel Choir. Glass Pavilion, Levering.

 

Sports

Wed., Feb. 16, 6 p.m. Women's Basketball, vs. Gettysburg; Newton H. White Athletic Center. HW

Wed., Feb. 16, 8 p.m. Men's Basketball, vs. Gettysburg; Newton H. White Athletic Center. HW

Sun., Feb. 20, 10 a.m. Men's Fencing, vs. Drew, Virginia and William and Mary; Newton H. White Athletic Center. HW

 

Theater

Mon., Feb. 14, 7 p.m. Performance of The Vagina Monologues by JHU students, faculty and staff. Sponsored by SON. $10. Alumni Auditorium (room 140), Pinkard Bldg. EB

Fri., Feb. 18, and Sat., Feb. 19, 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 20, 2:15 p.m. Theatre Hopkins presents the romantic drama Shadowlands. (See story, "Theatre Hopkins presents C.S. Lewis, Joy Davidman love story in 'Shadowlands', this issue.) $15; $14 for senior citizens and $5 for student rush tickets. 410-516-7159. Merrick Barn. HW

 

Workshops

Tues., Feb. 15, and Wed., Feb. 16, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. WORKlife Programs financial planning workshops, for individuals with more than 20 years until retirement. Register at https://learning.jhu.edu/wlp/default.asp for location.

Wed., Feb. 16, 1 to 4 p.m. "Administration and Assessment," WebCT training by Pamela Stefanuca. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

 

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