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Weekly Calendar
Colloquia
Piano sensation Gleb Ivanov takes the
stage at Evergreen Museum & Library this week with a repertoire
that includes works by Haydn, Schubert and Chopin. Hailed by
'Symphony Magazine' as one of 'Six on the Rise: Young Artists to
Watch,' the young Russian sensation has made milestone debuts to
rave reviews in New York, Washington, Baltimore and Paris. See Music.
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Thurs., April 10, 3 p.m. "Topological Quantum
Computing," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with
Chetan Nayak, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW
Fri., April 11, 2 p.m. "Sacred Sea: A Journey to
Lake Baikal," an APL colloquium with author Peter
Thompson. Parsons Auditorium. APL
Discussion/Talks
Wed., April 9, 5:30 p.m. "Receptors, Synapses and
Memories," the first monthly Brain Night presented
by the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute, with Richard
Huganir, SoM. Mountcastle Auditorium,
PCTB. EB
Information Sessions
Wed., April 9, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Master of Arts in
Writing session to learn about concentrations in
fiction, nonfiction, poetry and science-medical writing.
Evening courses at Homewood and the
Washington, D.C., Center. Mason Hall. HW
Wed., April 9, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Master of Liberal
Arts Information Session. Opportunity to learn
about the MLA's 10-course "History of Ideas" program, with
courses ranging from northern
Renaissance art to Elvis. Mason Hall. HW
Lectures
Mon., April 7, 4 p.m. The 2008 Ilene Busch-Vishniac
Lecture — "State of the Art of 3-D Theater and
Home Cinema" by Provost Kristina Johnson. Computational
Science and Engineering Building
Auditorium. HW
Mon., April 7, 5:30 p.m. The William Foxwell
Albright Lecture — "Who Were the Sumerians?" by
Jerrold Cooper, KSAS. 111 Mergenthaler. HW
Tues., April 8, 4 p.m. "Womanizing Richard Wright:
Misogyny or Patriarchy" by Floyd W. Hayes III,
Center for Africana Studies. Sponsored by the Center for
Africana Studies and the Program for the
Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality. Sherwood Room,
Levering. HW
Tues., April 8, 4:30 p.m. "Nietzsche und der
Unsichtbare Feind," a German and Romance Languages
and Literatures lecture by Leander Scholz, Forschungskolleg
Medien und Kulturelle Kommunikation.
336 Gilman. HW
Tues., April 8, 6 p.m. A Hopkins Medical Device
Network lecture by Rogelio Rodrguez, UC Irvine. 210
Hodson. HW
Wed., April 9, 3 p.m. "Bounded Gaps Between Products
of Primes with Applications to Class Numbers
and Elliptic," a Mathematics/Number Theory lecture by Frank
Thorne, University of Wisconsin. 308
Krieger. HW
Wed., April 9, 4 p.m. "Rwanda and Darfur," a lecture
by professor and author Scott Straus, sponsored
by the Center for Africana Studies. 109 Maryland. HW
Wed., April 9, 5:15 p.m. "An Errant Eye: The Poetry
of Topography in Early Modern France," a
Philological Society lecture by Tom Conley, Harvard
University. 148 Gilman. HW
Thurs., April 10, noon. "Nuclear Structure as a
Translational Target for Prostate Cancer Biomarkers
and Treatment," an Environmental Health Sciences lecture by
Robert H. Getzenberg, SoM. W1214
SPH. EB
Thurs., April 10, 4:30 p.m. "Hyperkahler Kirwan
Surjectivity for Quiver Varieties: Morsetheory and
Examples," a Mathematics topology lecture by Megumi Harada,
McMaster University. 302 Krieger.
HW
Thurs., April 10, 5:15 p.m. "Epica e Romanzo nel
Racconto Tassiano della Crociata," a German and
Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Sergio Zatti,
University of Pisa. 223 Gilman. HW
Fri., April 11, 5 p.m. The Martha Sharpe Joukowsky
Lecture — "Mythology and Iconography of Divine
Kingship in Ancient Egypt" by Lanny Bell, Brown University.
111 Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., April 14, 3 p.m. A Mathematics/Analysis
lecture by Matt Blair, University of Rochester. 308
Krieger. HW
Mon., April 14, 4 p.m. Dean's Lecture IV —
"Genes, Vaccines and Immune Checkpoints: An All-Out
Attack on Pancreatic Cancer" by Elizabeth Jaffe, SoM. Hurd
Hall. EB
Music
Wed., April 9, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Wind Ensemble
premieres Perayaan by Ho Chee Kong of Yong
Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore, Peabody's
partner university, and performs James
Beckel's Glass Bead Game featuring faculty artist Larry
Williams, horn, and other works. $15; $10
seniors, $5 students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Fri., April 11, 8 p.m. Music at Evergreen presents
Russian pianist Gleb Ivanov. $20 public, $15
members, $10 students. Tickets online at www.missiontix.com.
Carriage House, Evergreen Museum &
Library.
Sat., April 12, 8 p.m. Peabody Symphony Orchestra
plays Ravel's Alborada del Gracioso; Klatzow's
Concerto for Marimba; and Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D
major, Titan. $15; $10 seniors, $5 students
with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Sun., April 13, 4 p.m. An organ concert by faculty
member John Walker. $15, $10 seniors, $5 students
with ID. Griswald Hall. Peabody
Sun., April 13, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert
Series presents the Choir of King's College, Cambridge,
performing at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Sold out.
Mon., April 14, 7 p.m. The Alan Munshower Trio
(formerly the Boostimus Quartet) performs in Barnes
& Noble Johns Hopkins. Charles Commons. HW
Open House
Sat., April 12, 9:30 a.m. School of Nursing
Admissions Open House — a morninglong program
featuring
panel discussions, financial aid advice and tours. To
register, go to
www.son.jhmi.edu/academics/more/openhouse. SoN. EB
Reading
Tues., April 8, 7 p.m. Poet Mary Jo Salter of the
Writing Seminars reads from her new book, A Phone
Call to the Future. Writing Sems poet Brad Leithauser also
reads. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins,
Charles Commons. HW
Fri, April 11, 4 p.m. Oswald Egger reads from his
works. Sponsored by German and Romance Languages
and Literatures. 223 Gilman. HW
Seminars
Mon., April 7, 12:15 p.m. "Maternal Control of
Fertilization and Early Mouse Development," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Jurrien Dean,
NIDDK/NIH. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin
Drive. HW
Tues., April 8, noon. "The Privilege of Presence:
Ethical Territoriality and the Rights of Immigrants," a
Political Science seminar with Linda Bosniak, who has
published extensively on immigration, equality,
nationalism, globalization and citizenship in law, legal
theory and political theory. 366 Mergenthaler.
HW
Tues., April 8, 3 p.m. A DoGEE seminar with David
Harvey, CUNY. 234 Ames. HW
Wed., April 9, noon. "Ethnicity, Social Capital and
Immigrant Education: Neighborhood-Based
Institutions and Embedded Social Relations in Los Angeles'
Chinatown and Koreatown," a Sociology
Department seminar by Min Zhou, UCLA. 526 Mergenthaler.
HW
Wed., April 9, noon. "Susceptibility to
Ozone-Induced Airway Inflammation," an Environmental Health
Sciences lecture by Rey Panettieri, University of
Pennsylvania. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Wed., April 9, 12:15 p.m. " 'Web 2.0': Risks for
STI/HIV — Opportunities for Prevention," with Kees
Rietmeijer, University of Colorado Denver School of
Medicine and director of the Denver STI Control
Program. Sponsored by the Center for Sexually Transmitted
Diseases — Research, Prevention and
Training. W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., April 9, 4 p.m. "Evaluating Therapies in
Observational Studies: HAART to Heart Lessons from
HIV/AIDS," by Stephen Gange, SPH. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).
EB
Thurs., April 10, noon. "Attempting to 'Catch Up'
With Milan Trpis: Cytoplasmic Incompatibility as a
Supplemental Tool for the Control of Vector Mosquitoes," an
Infectious Diseases and Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology joint seminar with Stephen
Dobson, University of Kentucky. W2030
SPH. EB
Thurs., April 10, noon. "Adaptation and Stress
Response of Microorganisms to Extreme Environments,"
an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Jocelyne
DiRuggiero, University of Maryland. 305 Olin.
HW
Thurs., April 10, 12:10 p.m. "Behavior Change
Approaches for Handwashing and Sanitation," a Health,
Behavior and Society seminar with Jacqueline Devine, World
Bank. W2017 SPH. EB
Thurs., April 10, 12:15 p.m. "Effects of a
Reproductive Health Program for Youth in Northern Nigeria:
A Multivariate Probit Analysis," a Center for Communication
Programs seminar with Stella Babalola.
Suite 310, Candler Building, 111 Market Place.
Fri., April 11, 10:30 a.m. "A Life Course
Investigation of Childhood Risk Profiles and the
Development
of Trajectories of Resilience in Early Adolescence," a
thesis defense seminar by Theresa Thompson,
Health Policy and Management. W2207 SPH. EB
Fri., April 11, 3 p.m. A DoGEE seminar with Ruth
Defries, University of Maryland. 234 Ames. HW
Mon., April 14, 12:15 p.m. "Regulation of Chromosome
Segregation," a Carnegie Institution Embryology
seminar with Sue Biggins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center. Rose Auditorium, Carnegie
Institution. HW
Mon., April 14, 12:15 p.m. "Ethics and the Use of
Evidence to Improve 'Value' in Health Care," a Berman
Institute of Bioethics seminar with Steven D. Pearson, FRCP
president of the Institute for Clinical
and Economic Review, Harvard Medical School. Co-sponsored
by the Center for Hospital Finance and
Management, the Department of Health Policy and Management
and the Interdepartmental Health
Economics Program. Lunch will be served. W3008 SPH. EB
Mon., April 14, 3 p.m. "Sexual Harassment
Prevention," a DoGEE seminar with Alison Boyle, vice
provost
for institutional equity. 234 Ames. HW
Mon., April 14, 4 p.m. "Dynamics of Gene Expression
and Signal Transduction in Single Cells: Noise,
Feedback and Survival," a Biophysics seminar with Alexander
van Oudenaarden, MIT. 111
Mergenthaler. HW
Special Events
Tues., April 8, noon to 5 p.m. Center for a Livable
Future Research Day, with faculty and staff reports
on their work supported by the center. The agenda is
available at
www.jhsph.edu/clf. E2030 SPH
(Feinstone Hall). EB
Tues., April 8, 8 p.m. Foreign Affairs Symposium
with Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winner and former
chief economist of the World Bank. Glass Pavilion,
Levering. HW
Wed., April 9, 7 p.m. Dan Pink, author of The
Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide
You'll Ever Need, visits Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins,
Charles Commons. HW
Wed., April 9, 8 p.m. Foreign Affairs Symposium
— "The Rise of Socialism in Latin America," a panel
discussion with Riorden Roett, SAIS; James M. Roberts, the
Heritage Foundation's Center for
International Trade and Economics; and Dan Restrepo,
America's Project at the Center for American
Progress. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW
Fri., April 11, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. "Andrea Palladio
from Rome to Baltimore," Homewood Museum's
eighth annual Baltimore's Great Architects symposium,
co-sponsored by the Sheridan Libraries and
the Center for Palladian Studies in America. Confirmed
speakers are Guido Beltramini, Tracy E.
Cooper, Vaughan Hart, Peter Hicks, Calder Loth and Edward
C. Papenfuse. $50; $35 members and
students. 410-516-5589. Graham Auditorium, Walters Art
Museum, with concluding reception at
Homewood Museum.
Fri., April 11, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Population, Family
and Reproductive Health Reserch Day. W1214 SPH
(Sheldon Hall). EB
Fri., April 11, 3 to 5 p.m. Ninth Annual JHU
Business Plan Competition Finals, sponsored by the Center
for Leadership Education. General business category finals,
213 Hodson; life sciences finals, 311
Hodson. HW
Sat., April 12, 7 to 11 p.m. First Society of Black
Alumni Spring Mixer, with music by the New York
Connection. Sponsored by Homewood Alumni Relations. $5
current students; $20 alumni, parents and
friends. Gilman tent, Keyser Quadrangle. HW
Mon., April 14, 8 p.m. Foreign Affairs Symposium
— "Journalism in a War Zone," a talk by CBS News
correspondent Kimberly Dozier, a winner last week of a
Peabody Award for her piece about two
women veterans who lost limbs in Iraq. Glass Pavilion,
Levering. HW
Sports
Fri., April 11, 3:30 p.m. Baseball, Blue Jays vs.
Gettysburg. HW
Sat., April 12, 2 p.m. Men's lacrosse, Blue Jays vs.
Maryland. HW
Symposia
Mon., April 7, noon to 4 p.m. The Institute for Cell
Engineering's spring symposium, with Marla Grant,
Hans Schoeler and Lorenz Studer. Mountcastle Auditorium,
PCTB. EB
Theater
Fri., April 11, and Sat., April 12, 8 p.m.; Sun., April
13, 2 p.m. The Johns Hopkins University Theatre
presents La Ronde, Arthur Schnitzler's tale of sex and
deceit. $15 general admission, $10 for senior
citizens, JHU faculty, staff and alumni and $5 for
students. Merrick Barn. HW
Workshops and Training
Mon., April 7, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Methodologic Issues
in Translational Research," a workshop and
discussion with keynote address by Lawrence Green,
University of California, San Francisco. Other
speakers are Jane Bertrand, Kevin Frick, Lawrence Kincaid,
Barbara Resnick, Souraya Sidani and Peter
Winch. Sponsored by Health, Behavior and Society, the
Center for Collaborative Intervention
Research and the CTSA Institute for Clinical and
Translational Research. To register, go to
www.son.jhmi.edu/research/ccir/news. 10 Pinkard Bldg.
EB
Tues., April 8, 8:30 a.m. to noon. "Influencing for
Impact: A Workshop for Women in Leadership, Part
One," a workshop for SoM faculty. Co-sponsored by the
Office of Faculty Development and Center for
Training and Education. Registration is filled. Suite
1/500, Room 500Q, 2024 E. Monument. EB
Tues., April 8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Getting
Organized," a Center for Training and Education workshop
with
Ray Perry. To register, go to
training.jhu.edu/html/ManagementStaffDev/
msdlinks/msdregform.pdf. B101 Johns
Hopkins@Eastern.
Thurs., April 10, 1 p.m. "Unicorns, Mermaids and
Minotaurs: Finding Rare/Unique Material for Your
Classes," a Center for Educational Resources workshop with
Special Collections curators Margaret
Burri and Danielle Culpepper. Designed for faculty but open
to TAs and staff. Garrett Room/CER
Conference Room, MSEL. HW
Fri., April 11, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "The Downside of
Anger: Making Changes for a Healthier and Happier
Lifestyle," a Center for Training and Education workshop.
To register, go to
training.jhu.edu/html/ManagementStaffDev/
msdlinks/msdregform.pdf. B102 Johns
Hopkins@Eastern.
Sun., April 13, 1 to 4 p.m. "Painting Tiffany: A
Watercolor Workshop" with artist Joyce Durkin. Open
to artists of all levels from novice to professional and
includes a tour of the museum's collection of
Louis Comfort Tiffany art glass. $45, $35 members,
including materials and museum admission. Pre-
paid registration required: 410-516-0341. Bakst Theatre,
Evergreen Museum & Library.
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