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Weekly Calendar
Colloquia
Golden music
Peabody Preparatory celebrates the golden anniversary of
its Towson campus (See story,
"A legacy of artistic first
steps," in this issue.) with a benefit recital by
award-winning pianist Eric Zuber, an alumnus of both the
Preparatory and the Peabody Conservatory. See Special Events.
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Tues., Oct. 7, 4 p.m. "Rules of the Gaze: Modesty
and Public Appearance in Iran," an Anthropology
colloquium with Niloofar Haeri, KSAS. 400 Macaulay. HW
Tues., Oct. 7, 4:15 p.m. The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw
Roseman Colloquium — "Three-Coordinate Iron
Complexes: Synthesis, Electronic Structure and Insights
into Nitrogenase Pathways" by Patrick
Holland, University of Rochester. Sponsored by Chemistry.
233 Remsen. HW
Thurs., Oct. 9, 3 p.m. "The Lovesick Merchant of
Arles and Other Strange Cases: Observing
Melancholy in the Renaissance," a History of Science,
Medicine and Technology colloquium with Brian
Nance, Coastal Carolina University. Seminar Room, 3rd
floor, Welch Medical Library. EB
Mon., Oct. 13, 3 p.m. "Problems of Medical
Entomology," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology
colloquium with Francois Delaporte, Universite de Picardie
Jules-Verne. Seminar Room, 3rd floor,
Welch Medical Library. EB
Discussion/Talks
Mon., Oct. 6, 4 p.m. "'World of Soy': Its
Contribution to the Future of Food and Eating Habits," a
discussion of the book The World of Soy, with speakers
Warren Belasco, UMBC; Christine Du Bois,
SPH; Jane Guyer, KSAS; and Sidney Mintz, KSAS. Copies of
the book will be available for sale and
signing. Light reception will follow in the Courtyard.
Sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future.
W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Tues., Oct. 7, 12:15 p.m. "Rumble in the Jungle," a
live debate with Clive Shiff, SPH (Team One), and
Nirbhay Kumar, SPH (Team Two), on the topic "Resolved:
Malaria Research and Funding Should Focus
on Improved Vector Control Rather Than Discovery of a
Vaccine"; discussion follows. Sponsored by the
J.B. Grant International Society and the MPH Program. W2030
SPH. EB
Film/Video
Mon., Oct. 6, 6 p.m. Screening and discussion of the
documentary La Americana, with director Nicholas
Bruckman. Sponsored by Bienestar Baltimore. Mountcastle
Auditorium. EB
Tues., Oct. 7, 5 p.m. Screening of the film
Girlhood, which is based on several young Baltimore women's
experiences with the juvenile justice system. Snacks
provided. Sponsored by the Anna Baetjer
Society and SOURCE. W3030 SPH. EB
Mon., Oct. 13, noon. "Wall of Wonder" video
presention of the documentary Serving Baltimore
(Sirviendo a Baltimore). Food provided. Sponsored by
Bienestar Baltimore. E2014 SPH (Sommer Hall).
EB
Grand Rounds
Fri., Oct. 10, 12:15 p.m. "Epidemic Forecasting:
Concepts, Applications, Future Directions," Health
Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Jean-Paul Chretien,
U.S. Navy. E2014 SPH (Sommer Hall). EB
Information Sessions
Mon., Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m. Information sessions for the
Master of Arts in Writing and the Master of
Arts in Communication programs, a chance to meet faculty,
discuss credentials and requirements, and
submit applications. For the writing program, RSVP online
to writing.jhu.edu;
for the communication program, RSVP to
communication.jhu.edu. Lower Level, Washington D.C.
Center.
Lectures
Tues., Oct. 7, 3 p.m. The Charles and Mary O'Melia
Lecture in Environmental Science — "Environmental
Grand Challenges" by Jerald Schnoor, University of Iowa.
Sponsored by Geography and Environmental
Engineering. 26 Mudd. HW
Tues., Oct. 7, 4 p.m. The Cecile Pickart Lecture
— "Machines of Protein Destruction" by Robert Sauer,
MIT. Sponsored by Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. W1214
SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
The Kempf Lectures by James McKernan, MIT. Sponsored
by Mathematics. HW
Thurs., Oct. 9, 4:30 p.m. "Finite Generation of the
Canonical Ring." 109 Maryland.
Fri., Oct. 10, 2 p.m. "The Cone Theorem Revisited."
413 Krieger.
Thurs., Oct. 9, 5:15 p.m. "Proust and
Chronolibidinal Reading," a German and Romance Languages
and
Literatures lecture by Martin Hgglund. 201C Dell House.
HW
Mon., Oct. 13, 4 p.m. The 18th Annual Ewing Lecture
— "Cholesterol Transport in Steroidogenic Cells:
Mechanisms and Function in Health and Disease" by Vassilios
Papadopoulos, McGill University. W1214
SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Music
Wed., Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Wind Ensemble
performs music by Verdi, Mahoney, Ives, Arnold,
Daugherty and Corigliano. $15 general admission, $10 senior
citizens and $5 for students with ID.
Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Reading
Mon., Oct. 6, 7 p.m. Reading and discussion by Kim
Fellman (Wrestling With Starbucks) and Michael
Gates Gill (How Starbucks Saved My Life) of their books.
Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW
Fri., Oct. 10, noon. Reading by Laura Lippman and
Dennis Lehane from their new novels, Hardly Knew
Her and The Given Day. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW
Religion
Yom Kippur Services — Wed., Oct. 8, and
Thurs., Oct. 9, Conservative and Reform services sponsored
by Hillel of Greater Baltimore; Orthodox by Chabad of
Central Baltimore and JHU.
Conservative. Led by Rabbi Jason Klein; Glass
Pavilion, Levering. Wed., Kol Nidre, 6:15 p.m.; Thurs.,
9:15 a.m.; Yizkor, following Musaf, approx. 11:30 p.m.;
rabbi's discussion, 3:30 p.m.; Neilah, 6:15 p.m.,
Shofar, 7:18 p.m. Pre-fast meal for students, 4:15 p.m.,
Smokler Center; break-fast meal, Great Hall,
Levering. HW
Reform. Led by Rabbi Josh Snyder; Haebler Chapel,
Goucher College. Wed., Kol Nidre, 6:15 p.m.
Thurs., 9:15 a.m.; rabbi's discussion, 3:30 p.m.; Yizkor,
5:15 p.m.; Neilah, 6:45 p.m.; Shofar, 7:18 p.m.
Break-fast following services in the Rosenberg Gallery.
Orthodox. Inn at the Colonnade, 4 W. University
Parkway. Wed., Kol Nidre, 6:45 p.m.; Thurs., 9:30
a.m.; Yizkor, approx. 11 a.m.; Mincha and Neilah, 5:30
p.m.
Seminars
Mon., Oct. 6, 12:15 p.m. "Sonic Hedgehog Signaling
in Neural Stem Cells," a Carnegie Institution
Embryology seminar with Sohyun Ahn, NICHD/NIH. Rose
Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Oct. 6, 12:30 p.m. "Ma Ying-Jeou's
Cross-Strait Policy: Challenges and Opportunities," a China
Studies Program seminar with Kwei-Bo Huang, National
Chengchi University, Taiwan. 806 Rome Bldg.
SAIS
Mon., Oct. 6, 3 p.m. "Characterization of
Minimal-Mass Blowup Solutions to the Focusing Mass-Critical
NLS," an Analysis seminar with Xiaoyi Zhang, IAS. Sponsored
by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW
Mon., Oct. 6, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Integrating Sophisticated Choice
Models With Basic Processes to More Fully Account for
Complex Choice Behavior" with Jerome
Busemeyer, Indiana University. Sponsored by the Krieger
Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Tues., Oct. 7, 11 a.m. "Preschool Vitamin A
Supplementation, Middle Ear Infection and Young Adult
Hearing Loss in Nepal," an International Health thesis
defense seminar with Jane Schmitz. W2030
SPH. EB
Tues., Oct. 7, noon. "Unveiling the Mechanisms of
Myoblast Fusion," a Biological Chemistry seminar
with Elizabeth Chen, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Oct. 7, 12:10 p.m. "News Coverage of
Celebrity DUIs: Teachable Moments or Missed
Opportunities?" a Center for Injury Research and Policy
seminar with Kate Clegg Smith, SPH. Part of
the Graduate Seminar on Injury Research and Policy. 250
Hampton House. EB
Tues., Oct. 7, 12:15 p.m. "Exposure Science: What Is
Necessary to Make It Thrive in the 21st
Century," a Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute
seminar with Paul Lioy, Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School of UMDNJ and Rutgers University. Includes
lunch. Co-sponsored by the Center for
Public Health Preparedness. W2008 SPH. EB
Tues., Oct. 7, 4:30 p.m. "Predicting Syntax," a
Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar
with Joan Bresnan, Stanford University. B17 CSEB. HW
Wed., Oct. 8, noon. "Cspg2 Gene Regulation of Heart
Development," a Physiology seminar with Corey
Mjaatvedt, Medical University of South Carolina. 203
Physiology. EB
Wed., Oct. 8, 12:15 p.m. "Race and Racism in the
Workplace," a Population, Family and Reproductive
Health seminar with Levi Watkins, SoM. W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Oct. 8, 3:30 p.m. "Regulation of
Tissue-specific Extracellular Matrix Assembly," a Materials
Science and Engineering seminar with David Birk, University
of South Florida, College of Medicine. 110
Maryland. HW
Wed., Oct. 8, 4 p.m. "Regulation of SR Protein
Splicing Factors Through Phosphorylation," a
Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Joseph
Adams, University of California, San Diego.
West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Wed., Oct. 8, 4 p.m. "Testing Gene-Environment
Interactions With Nuclear Family Data," a
Biostatistics seminar with Nan Laird, Harvard School of
Public Health. W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Oct. 8, 6 p.m. "Counter-Speeds: Bodies in
Space, Written Bodies," a Program in Latin American
Studies seminar with visiting scholar Guadalupe Santa Cruz.
113 Greenhouse. HW
Thurs., Oct. 9, 10:30 a.m. "Physicochemical
Mechanics in Asymmetric Nanomembranes," a Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering seminar with James Ferri,
Lafayette College. 110 Maryland. HW
Thurs., Oct. 9, noon. Randolph Bromery Seminar
— "Yucca Mountain, Geology and the Nuclear
Renaissance" with Neil Coleman, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary
Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW
Thurs., Oct. 9, noon. "Coming to Expect the
Unexpected: Insights Into the Molecular Biology of
Giardia Lamblia," a Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Heidi
Elmendorf, Georgetown University. W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 9, 12:15 p.m. "High Diversity of Simian
Retroviruses and the Risk for Disease Emergence,"
an International Health thesis defense seminar with David
Sintasath. W2017 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 9, 3:30 p.m. "Logic of a Yeast
Metabolic Cycle," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar
with Benjamin Tu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center. 517 PCTB. EB
Fri., Oct. 10, 11 a.m. "Modeling Sleep Disruption in
Sleep Disordered Breathing: Cross Sectional
Longitudinal Results From the Sleep Heart Health Study," an
Epidemiology thesis defense seminar
with Alison Laffan. W2030 SPH. EB
Fri., Oct. 10, noon. "Science, Policy, Public Health
and Politics: Bridging the Gap," a Health Policy and
Management Fall Policy Seminar, with School of Public
Health faculty members Keshia Pollack and
Shannon Frattaroli. B14B Hampton House. EB
Fri., Oct. 10, 12:15 p.m. "Doubt Is Their Product:
How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your
Health," an Epidemiology seminar with David Michaels,
George Washington University School of Public
Health and Health Services. W3030 SPH. EB
Fri., Oct. 10, 1 p.m. "Veterinary Medicine at the
Food and Drug Administration: Overview and the
Melamine Story," a Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
seminar with Renate Reimschuessel,
Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA. 181 BRB. EB
Mon., Oct. 13, 12:15 p.m. "Uses (and Misuses) of
Epidemiology: Challenges for the Future," an
Epidemiology seminar with Pat Buffler, University of
California, Berkeley. W3030 SPH. EB
Mon., Oct. 13, 1 p.m. "CD8+T Cell Responses to
Malaria Vaccination: Functionality and Survival," a
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense
seminar with Michael Overstreet. W1214 SPH
(Sheldon Hall). EB
Mon., Oct. 13, 4 p.m. "From War Talk to Rights Talk:
Rene Cassin, Human Rights and the Two World
Wars," a History seminar with Jay Winter, Yale University.
102B Dell House. HW
Special Events
Baltimore Week, sponsored by SOURCE and the JHSPH
Student Assembly's Community Affairs. For a
complete listing of activities go to
www.jhsph.edu/source/BaltimoreWeek. EB
Mon., Oct. 6, 12:15 p.m. "The Health of Baltimore
2008: Challenges and Opportunities," with
Mayor Sheila Dixon. E2014 SPH.
Tues., Oct. 7, 12:15 p.m. "Healthy Homes Initiative:
Baltimore's Approach and Lessons From the
First Year of Implementation with Madeleine Shea, assistant
commissioner, Baltimore City Health
Department. W3030 SPH.
Wed., Oct. 8, noon. "Terra Firma: A Journey From
Migrant Farm Labor to Neurosurgery" with
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, SPH. Co-sponsored by Bienestar
Baltimore, Student National Medical
Association, JB Grants International Society and the Latin
Student Network. W1214 SPH.
Mon., Oct. 6, 4 p.m. Dedication of the Benjamin T.
Rome Deanship of the Whiting School of
Engineering. Reception follows ceremony. (See story, "WSE's
Rome Deanship to be Dedicated Today,"
in this issue.) Shriver Auditorium. HW
Coming Out Day, sponsored by the Diverse Sexuality
and Gender Alliance. HW
Thurs., Oct. 9, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coming Out Day
celebration, Breezeway, Levering.
Fri., Oct. 10, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. A Coming Out Dance
featuring free food, a DJ and fun, with
students from five other schools (Morgan, Loyola, Towson,
Goucher and the University of Maryland).
Glass Pavilion, Levering.
Sun., Oct. 12, 3 to 5 p.m. Benefit recital to
celebrate Towson Peabody Prep's 50th Anniversary,
featuring a special all-Chopin program performed by Peabody
alum Eric Zuber. $50 (includes post-
concert reception). For tickets, call 410-659-8100, ext.
1121. Auditorium, Towson Peabody
Preparatory.
Sports
Tues., Oct. 7, 4:30 p.m. Men's Water Polo, Blue Jays
vs. Navy. Aquatic Center/Athletic Center. HW
Fri., Oct. 10, 7 p.m. Football, Blue Jays vs.
Dickinson. Homewood Field. HW
Fri., Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m. Men's Water Polo, Blue Jays
vs. George Washington. Aquatic Center/Athletic
Center. HW
Sat., Oct. 11, 1 p.m. Field Hockey, Blue Jays vs.
Washington (Md.). Homewood Field. HW
Workshops
Thurs., Oct. 9, 1 p.m. "J-Share: Keep Your Files
Online, Share If You Like," a Center for Educational
Resources demonstration. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
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