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Weekly Calendar
Blood Drive
Thurs., Feb. 14, and Fri., Feb. 15, 7:30 a.m. to 6
p.m. Homewood campus blood drive. For more
information, go to
www.jhu.edu/~outreach/blooddrive or call 410-516-0138.
HW
Colloquia
A photographer, a former president
of the JHU Muslim Students Association and a representative
of Oxfam discuss 'Perceptions of Islam in the Western
World.' See
Special Events.
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Tues., Feb. 12, 4:15 p.m. "Neglected Ligands Offer
Nearly Unlimited Horizons in Inorganic Chemistry,"
a Chemistry colloquium with Luigi Marzilli, Louisiana State
University. 233 Remsen. HW
Wed., Feb. 13, 4:30 p.m. "The Mysteries of the DNA
Grooves," a Biology colloquium with Peter Privalov,
KSAS. Mudd Auditorium. HW
Wed., Feb. 13, 4:30 p.m. "Sacred Passion and Profane
Love: Handel and the Roman Cardinals," a
Peabody Musicology colloquium with Ellen Harris, MIT. 308
Conservatory. Peabody
Thurs., Feb. 14, 3 p.m. "Spins and Charges in Low
Dimensions," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with
Amir Yacoby, Harvard University. Schafler Auditorium,
Bloomberg Center. HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, 3 p.m. "The Berth of Empire: News,
Engineering and the Geopolitics of Steam Power,
1840-60," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology
colloquium with Peter Shulman, KSAS. 3505
N. Charles St. HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, 4 p.m. "Spinoza's Metaphysics of
Thought," a Philosophy colloquium with Yitzhak
Melamed, University of Chicago. 348 Gilman. HW
Fri., Feb. 15, 2 p.m. "Improvised Explosive
Devices," an Applied Physics Laboraory colloquium with Col.
Michael Shupp, USMC and JIEDDO. Parsons Auditorium. APL
Discussion/Talks
Tues., Feb. 12, noon. "Let's Talk About Professional
Speech and Attire in the Workplace," a Black
Faculty and Staff Association roundtable discussion with
Lynnise Norris and Rita Smith. Shriver Hall
Boardroom HW Videoconferenced to W2303 SPH EB and 1 West
320 APL
Tues., Feb. 12, 4 to 6 p.m. "The Graves of Tarim,"
an Anthropology book discussion with Engseng Ho,
Harvard University. Co-sponsored by Women, Gender and
Sexuality. 400 Macaulay. HW
Lectures
Mon., Feb. 11, 12:15 p.m. "Finding Funding for Your
Research," a Welch Library lecture by Stella Seal,
SoM. B14B Hampton House. EB
Mon., Feb. 11, 4 p.m. Dean's Lecture II--"The Golgi
Complex: Life and Death of an Enigmatic Cellular
Organelle" by Carolyn Machamer, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB
Mon., Feb. 11, 5:15 p.m. "Remarks on a New Regime of
Historicity: Marcel Proust and Jacques
Roubaud," a German and Romance Languages and Literatures
lecture by Maria Muresan, ENS. 336
Gilman. HW
Wed., Feb. 13, 5:15 p.m. "Helene Cixous: Crypts of
the Past," a German and Romance Languages and
Literatures lecture by Nathalie Debrauwere, Vanderbilt
University. 336 Gilman. HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, 4:30 p.m. The 26th David Barap Brin
Lecture — "Unaffordable: The Price of Life and
the Cost of New Cancer Therapies" by Peter Ubel, Ann Arbor
Veteran Affairs Medical Center and
University of Michigan. Owens Auditorium, Cancer Research
Building 2. EB
Fri., Feb. 15, 1:15 p.m. "Evience-Based Resources,"
a Welch Library lecture by Catherine Craven.
Weinberg Auditorium. EB
Music
Wed., Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Wind Ensemble
performs music by Prokofiev, Theofanidis, Emerson,
Hart, Ellerby and Barnes. $15 general admission, $10 senior
citizens and $5 for students with ID.
Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Thurs., Feb. 14, Fri., Feb. 15, Sat., Feb. 16, 8
p.m., and Sun., Feb. 17, 3 p.m. Peabody Chamber
Opera
performs the world premiere of Catherine Reid's The Yellow
Wallpaper. $25 general admission, $15
senior citizens and $10 for students with ID. The Theatre
Project, 45 W. Preston Street.
Sat., Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. TheConservatory Avant-Garde
Ensemble performs. Griswald Hall. Peabody
Sun., Feb. 17, 3 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra
presents a chamber concert, featuring Bach's
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 and Vadim Bibergan's Partita for
Five Solo Instruments and String
Orchestra. Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center. HW
Seminars
Mon., Feb. 11, 12:15 p.m. "The Politics of Obesity:
Ethical and Historical Considerations," a Berman
Institute of Bioethics seminar with Rogan Kersh, New York
University. W4030 SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 11, 12:15 p.m. "Fidelity in RNA Folding
From Ribozymes to Ribosomes," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Sarah Woodson, KSAS.
Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.
HW
Mon., Feb. 11, 3 p.m. "Stability of Minimal Mass
Soliton Solutions for Saturated NLS," a Mathematics
seminar with Jeremy Marzuola, Columbia University. 308
Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 11, 4 p.m. "Structural Studies of
Metabolite-Sensing mRNAs," a Biophysics seminar with
Rob Batey, University of Toronto. 111 Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., Feb. 11, 4 p.m. "Hormonal Control of
Spermatogenesis," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
seminar with Jonathan Jarow, SoM. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 11, 4:30 p.m. "Operator Categories for
Homotopy Coherent Algebra," a Mathematics
seminar with Clark Barwick, IAS. 302 Krieger. HW
Tues., Feb. 12, 10 a.m. "Sexually Transmitted
Infections and Related Risky Sexual Behavior Among
Chinese Adults," a Population, Family and Reproductive
Health thesis defense seminar with Wenjuan
Wang. W4517 SPH. EB
Tues., Feb. 12, noon. "Control of Energy Balance by
the Central Nervous System: Are You in Balance?"
a Biological Chemistry seminar with M. Daniel Lane. 612
Physiology. EB
Tues., Feb. 12, 3 p.m. "Aging Infrastructure and
Ecosystem Restoration," a Geography and
Environmental Engineering seminar with Martin Doyle,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 234
Ames. HW
Tues., Feb. 12, 4 p.m. "Utility-Based Valuation of
Employee Stock Options," an Applied Mathematics
and Statistics seminar with Tim Siu-Tang Leung, Princeton
University. 304 Whitehead. HW
Wed., Feb. 13, noon. "Chromatin-Remodeling Complexes
and Vascular Development," a Center for
Epigenetics/Physiology seminar with Courtney Griffin,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. West
Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Wed., Feb. 13, noon. "Antenatal HIV Counseling and
Testing in Uganda: Women's Experiences,
Counselors' Challenges and Men's Attitudes," an
International Health thesis defense seminar with Amy
Medley. W2008 SPH. EB
Wed., Feb. 13, 3 p.m. "Birational Automorphisms and
Alpha-Invariants," a Mathematics seminar with
Ivan Cheltsov, University of Edinburgh. 308 Krieger. HW
Wed., Feb. 13, 4 p.m. "Mechanisms of ATP-Dependent
Chromatin Remodeling," a Pharmacology and
Molecular Sciences seminar with Geeta Narlikar, UCSD. West
Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Wed., Feb. 13, 4 p.m. "Bayesian Locally Optimal
Design in Knockout Tournaments," a Biostatistics
seminar with Mark Glickman, Boston University School of
Public Health and U.S. Chess Federation
Ratings Committee. W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Feb. 13, 4:15 p.m. "Speed, Efficiency and
Sensitivity Enhancements in Organic and Hybrid
Devices," a special Chemistry seminar with Howard Katz,
WSE. 233 Remsen. HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, 11 a.m. "Particle Migration and
Self-Organization in Simple and Chaotic Flows," a
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with James
Gilchrist, Lehigh University. 110 Maryland.
HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, noon. The Randolph Bromery Seminar
— "Environmental and Chemical Drivers of Soil
Organic Carbon Storage" with Tim Filley, Purdue University.
Sponsored by Earth and Planetary
Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, noon. "How Poxviruses Are
Manufactured Inside of Infected Cells — A Problem in
Membrane-Biogenesis That Still Eludes Contemporary Electron
Microscopy," a Cell Biology seminar
with John Heuser, Washington University School of Medicine.
Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Feb. 14, noon. "How Structure Reveals
Function: The Study of MID1, a RING E3 Ligase," a
Biological Chemistry seminar with Michael Massiah, Oklahoma
State University. 612 Physiology. EB
Thurs., Feb. 14, noon. "Alternative Strategies for
Reducing Poverty in the U.S.," an Institute for Policy
Studies brown bag seminar with Barbara Bergmann, American
University and University of Maryland.
526 Wyman Bldg. HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, 12:10 p.m. "Translation,
Dissemination and External Validity of Research: If We Want
More Evidence-Based Practice, We Need More Practice-Based
Evidence," a Health, Behavior and
Society seminar with Lawrence Green, University of
California, San Francisco. Part of the series
Translation and Dissemination Research: The Scholarship of
Public Health Action. 250 Hampton House.
EB
Thurs., Feb. 14, 12:30 p.m. "Social Ecological
Approach to Communication Programs," a Center for
Communication Programs seminar with Carol Underwood.
Candler Bldg., 111 Market Place.
Thurs., Feb. 14, 4 p.m. "Paying the Tab: The
Economics of Alcohol Policy," an Institute for Policy
Studies Social Policy seminar with Philip Cook, Duke
University. 526 Wyman Bldg. HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, 4 p.m. "Optimal Stopping and
Optimal Switching for Hidden Markov Models," an
Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Michael
Ludkovski, University of Michigan. 304
Whitehead. HW
Fri., Feb. 15, 11 a.m. "VAPOR: A Desktop Environment
for Interactive Exploration of Large Scale CFD
Simulation Data," a CEAFM seminar with John Clyne, National
Center for Atmospheric Research. 110
Maryland. HW
Fri., Feb. 15, noon. "U.S. Healthcare: Five Imminent
Transformational Changes," a Health Services
Research and Development Center seminar with Paul Keckley
and Howard Undersood, Deloitte Center
for Health Solutions, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Health
Policy and Management. 688 Hampton
House. EB
Fri., Feb. 15, 12:15 p.m. "Service Oriented
Architectures in Healthcare," a Health Sciences
Informatics seminar with Ken Rubin, EDS Civilian Government
and DoD Healthcare Portfolio. W1214
SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Mon., Feb. 18, noon. "Studying Wound Healing and
Inflammation in Mice and Flies and Fish," a Cell
Biology seminar with Paul Martin, University of Bristol.
Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Mon., Feb. 18, 12:15 p.m. "Molecular Recognition and
Molecular Switch Mechanisms," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Herschel Wade, SoM.
Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.
HW
Mon., Feb. 18, 3 p.m. "Estimates for Green's
Functions of Schrodinger Operators," a Mathematics
seminar with Michael Frazier, University of Tennessee. 308
Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 18, 3:30 p.m. "Facing the Inevitable:
How, Why and With Whom Older Adults Plan for the
End of Life," a Center on Aging and Health seminar with
Deborah Carr, Rutgers University. Suite 2-
700, 2024 E. Monument St. EB
Mon., Feb. 18, 4 p.m. David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Neuronal Avalanches and the
Organization of Ongoing Cortical Synchrony in the Awake
Macaque Monkey" with Dietmar Plenz, NIH.
Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger.
HW
Mon., Feb. 18, 4:30 p.m. "A Black Box for
Homological Stability," a Mathematics seminar with Ben
Wieland, Brown University. 302 Krieger. HW
Special Events
Black History Month events.
Mon., Feb. 11, 12:30 p.m. Maryland state delegate
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam will discuss issues of
health disparities and provide a legislative update.
Carpenter Room, SoN. EB
Tues., Feb. 12, 12:15 p.m. "War on Drugs and Black
America: Its Origins and Legacy," a panel
discussion with Jerome Jaffe, SPH; Margaret Ensminger, SPH;
and Ryan King, Sentencing Project,
Washington, D.C. Sponsored by SPH Black Graduate Student
Association and SPH Student Assembly.
W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Tues., Feb. 12, 4 p.m. "Revisiting Questions of
African Ethnic Identity in the Americas," with
Rosanne Adderley, Vanderbilt University. Sponsored by the
Center for Africana Studies. 109
Maryland. HW
Tues., Feb. 12, 6 p.m. Screening of the second part
of Spike Lee's documentary When the
Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Multipurpose Room,
Charles Commons. HW
Thurs., Feb. 14, noon. "How Old Are African-American
Women When They Receive Their First
Mammogram?" an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with
Janice Bowie, SPH. W1214 SPH
(Sheldon Hall). EB
Fri., Feb. 15, 4 p.m. "Faith in the Black
Community," a panel discussion. 302 Charles Commons.
HW
Sat., Feb. 16, 6 p.m. Afro-Aesthetic Talent
Showcase, a competition with cash prizes. Glass
Pavilion, Levering. HW
Mon., Feb. 18, 4:30 p.m. "Black Identity," with
William Cross, Cornell University, author of
Shades of Black: Diversity in African-American Identity.
110 Hodson. HW
Tues., Feb. 12, noon. "Closing the Food Gap," a
lecture and book signing with food expert Mark Winne.
Sponsored by Center for a Livable Future. W3008 SPH. EB
The 2008 Foreign Affairs Symposium. HW
Wed., Feb. 13, 5:30 p.m. "Perceptions of Islam in
the Western World," a panel discussion with
photographer Peter Sanders, JHU student Farah Qureshi and
Manal Omar, Oxfam. Glass Pavilion,
Levering.
Thurs., Feb. 14, 9 a.m. "Islam in Britain's Green
and Pleasant Lands, The Art of Integration," an
exhibition of photographs depicting Muslim life in Britain.
Co-sponsored by the Muslim Students
Association, the Organization for Community Building and
Social Change, and the British Embassy.
Exhibit continues through Wed., Feb. 20. Mattin Center.
Wed., Feb. 13, 7 p.m. "Framing the Future: How
Progressive Values Can Win Elections and Influence
People," a discussion and book signing with author Bernie
Horn, Center for Policy Alternatives.
Sponsored by the Hopkins College Democrats. Barnes & Noble
Johns Hopkins. HW
Symposia
Sun., Feb. 17, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Hannah Arendt and
the Exile of Writing," a German and Romance
Languages and Literatures symposium with Thomas Schestag,
KSAS; Barbara Hahn, KSAS; and Thomas
Wild. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW
Theater
Fri., Feb. 15, and Sat., Feb. 16, 7 p.m. The Vagina
Monologues, presented by SoM, SoN and SPH, with
all proceeds benefiting the House of Ruth, Adelante Familia
and the International V-Day Campaign.
(See story, "Nursing, Medicine, SPH join in opposing
violence against women," in this issue.) Sponsored
by the Student Outreach Resource Center (SOURCE). Turner
Auditorium. EB
Workshops and Training
Thurs., Feb. 14, 1 p.m. "Google Is More Than
Searching," a Center for Educational Resources workshop
with Brian Cole. Register at www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett
Room, MSE Library. HW
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