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Weekly Calendar
'Return to Penguin City'
William Sladen
Photo by Diamond Western
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William Sladen, renowned naturalist and professor emeritus
in the Bloomberg School of
Public Health, appears in the documentary "Return to
Penguin City," which is scheduled to air at 7 p.m. on
Sunday, March 23, on Animal Planet, part of the Wild
Kingdom series.
This captivating documentary by Lloyd Fales updates
20th-century observations recorded in
groundbreaking films by researchers such as Sladen, who
journeyed back to Antarctica in January
2007 to assist with filming and on-site research.
Sladen's Operation Migration project served as the
inspiration for the 1996 Hollywood film Fly
Away Home, for which he also served as a consultant.
"Return to Penguin City" features the work of Grant Ballard
and Viola Toniolo, two young
biologists from California. Using advanced technology and
old-school field research, they are
discovering how Antarctic penguins — creatures that
already survive on the edge — are coping with rapid
climate change.
The Johns Hopkins
Center for a Livable Future will feature the
documentary later this year,
along with a presentation by Sladen, as part of a film
series held at the Bloomberg School.
—John Black
Colloquia
Tues., March 18, 4:15 p.m. "Understanding and
Exploiting Molecular Bonding at the Semiconductor
Surface," a Chemistry colloquium with Stacey Bent, Stanford
University. 233 Remsen. HW
Conference
Mon., March 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Why Women Cry
III," a STAR conference on women's health issues.
Topics include sex, love, power, controlling finances;
there will be topics for men also. Sponsored by
SOURCE. Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, 101 W.
Fayette St.
Film/Video
Wed., March 19, noon to 1:30 p.m. "Alcohol Marketing
to Youth and Effective Solutions to Underage
Drinking," a Public Health Practice Grand Rounds live
webcast. Real Player required to connect to
webcast. To get the URL for this event go to
www.jhsph.edu/maphtc. Co-sponsored by Mid-Atlantic
Public Health Training Center and Maryland Dept. of Health
and Mental Hygiene. E2014 SPH (Sommer
Hall). EB
Information Sessions
Tues., March 18, 3 p.m. Doctor of Nursing Practice
information session, with SoN faculty and staff.
Carpenter Room, Pinkard Bldg. EB
Tues., March 18, 5 to 7 p.m. Information session for
the SoN Master of Science in Nursing program,
with faculty and staff. Pinkard Bldg. EB
Wed., March 19, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Online information
session for the fully online MS in Bioinformatics
program, an opportunity to learn about admission and degree
requirements, curriculum design and
course structure; find out how online education works and
how to participate in an online discussion;
chat about the program with faculty and the associate
program chair. Sponsored by the Advanced
Biotechnology Studies Program. RSVP to
advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm. For more
information, go to
bioinformatics.jhu.edu.
Lectures
Wed., March 19, 12:30 p.m. "Finding Funding for Your
Research," a Welch Medical Library lecture by
Blair Anton. Room 140 (Alumni Auditorium), SoN. EB
Fri., March 21, 1:15 p.m. "Life Beyond PubMed," a
Welch Medical Library lecture by Catherine Craven.
Weinberg Auditorium. EB
Mon., March 24, 5:15 p.m. "An Errant Eye: The Poetry
of Topography in Early Modern France," a
Philology lecture by Tom Conley, Harvard University. 223
Gilman. HW
Music
Fri., March 21, 8 p.m. Music at Evergreen presents
woodwind ensemble Astral Winds, performing music
by Ravel, Higdon, Arnold and Nielsen. Sponsored by Johns
Hopkins University Museums. $20 general
admission, $15 for members and $10 for students. Carriage
House, Evergreen Museum and Library.
Seminars
Mon., March 17, 12:15 p.m. "Reprogramming of Micro
RNA Expression by Oncogenes and Tumor
Suppressors," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar
with Joshua Mendell, SoM. Rose Auditorium,
3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., March 17, 1 p.m. "Building a Behavioral
Circuit: Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity in
the C. elegans Brain," a Center for Sensory
Biology/Neuroscience faculty search seminar with Daniel
Colon-Ramos, Stanford University. West Lecture Hall (ground
floor), WBSB. EB
Mon., March 17, 4 p.m. "Blueprint of Breast and
Colorectal Cancer Genomes," a Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology seminar with Victor Velculescu, SoM.
W2030 SPH. EB
Tues., March 18, noon. "Diabetes, Protein
O-GLcNAcylation and Cardiovascular Disease," a Biological
Chemistry seminar with Wolfgang Dillmann, University of
California, San Diego. 612 Physiology Bldg.
EB
Wed., March 19, noon. "CNS Control of Energy
Homeostasis by Nutrient and Endocrine Signals," a
Biological Chemistry seminar with Michael Wolfgang, SoM.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Metabolism
and Obesity Research. 612 Physiology Bldg. EB
Wed., March 19, 12:15 p.m. "When Are Randomized
Trials Actually Meaningful?" an Epidemiology
seminar with Milo Puhan, Horten Centre, University
Hospital, Zurich. W4030 SPH. EB
Wed., March 19, 1 p.m. "HIV and Syphilis
Co-Infection in Baltimore, Maryland," a Graduate Training
Program in Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar
with Khalil Ghenem. W2009 SPH. EB
Wed., March 19, 4 p.m. "Chemical Probes of Embryonic
Signaling and Patterning," a Pharmacology and
Molecular Sciences seminar with James Chen, Stanford
University School of Medicine. West Lecture
Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., March 20, noon. "Regulating Cell Polarity
With Formins, Microtubules and Electric Fields," a
Cell Biology seminar with Fred Chang, Columbia University.
Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., March 20, 1 p.m. "Molecular Modulation of
Prefrontal Cortical Networks: Relevance to Mental
Illness," a Neuroscience research seminar with Amy Arnsten,
Yale Medical School. West Lecture Hall
(ground floor), WBSB. EB
Mon., March 24, noon. "SIRT1: A Key Regulator of
Aging and Calorie Restriction," a Physiology seminar
with Danica Chen, MIT. Co-sponsored by the Center for
Metabolism and Obesity Research. West
Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Mon., March 24, 12:15 p.m. "Henry Beecher's
Bombshell? Ethics and Omissions in Clinical Research in
the 1960s," a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with
Susan Lederer, Yale University School of
Medicine. Co-sponsored by the Institute of the History of
Medicine. W3008 SPH. EB
Mon., March 24, 12:15 p.m. "The Human Subventricular
Zone: Neural Stem Cells and Patho-genesis," a
Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Alfredo
Quinones, SoM. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San
Martin Drive. HW
Mon., March 24, 3 p.m. "The Hitchin System for
Parabolic Higgs Bundles," a Mathematics seminar with
Johan Martens, University of Toronto. 308 Krieger. HW
Mon., March 24, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Sleep Function and Synaptic
Homeostasis" with Giulio Tononi, University of Wisconsin
Medical School. Sponsored by the Krieger
Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Special Events
Fri., March 21, 2 p.m. Family Day at Homewood, a
chance for children ages 5 to 13, and their parents
or grandparents, to hear classic children's stories, play
traditional games, make hand-cut silhouette
portraits and enjoy tea and cookies. Presented in
association with Homewood Museum's Welcome Little
Stranger focus show. Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University
Museums. Homewood Museum. HW
Sat., March 22, 10 a.m. Johns Hopkins International
Society's annual Easter Egg Hunt, with over 500
hidden eggs, games, prizes, refreshments and a visit by the
Easter Bunny. (See "In Brief," in this
issue.) Decker Garden. HW
Mon., March 24, 7:30 p.m. "Women for President:
Media Bias in Eight Campaigns," a Master of Arts in
Communication Program round table and book signing with
Erika Falk, University of Illinois and author
of Women for President. Refreshments and networking will
begin at 7 p.m. Copies of Women for
President will be available for purchase. Room LL7,
Washington DC Center.
Sports
Mon., March 17, 4 p.m. Women's Lacrosse, Blue Jays
vs. Maryland. Homewood Field. HW
Symposia
Tues., March 18, 10 a.m. The Genetic Resources Core
Facility Symposium, featuring seminars and
exhibits from several leading life science suppliers and
the GRCF service centers including the Cell
Center, Core Store, DNA Analysis Facility, Fragment
Analysis Facility and SNP Center. Turner
Concourse. EB
Workshops
Mon., March 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Managing Workplace
Diversity," a Center for Training and Education
seminar with Sharon Fries-Britt. Room 2-1002, 2024 E.
Monument St. EB
Wed., March 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Grantcraft," a
Professional Development Office workshop, intended
for new faculty, clinical fellows and postdocs. $1,250 for
faculty and staff and $625 for
postdocs/fellows. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB
Center for Training and Education workshops. To
register, go to
training.jhu.edu/html/managementstaffdev/msdlinks/
msdregform.pdf.
Thurs., March 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "The 7 Habits in
Action," with Virginia Jacobs. Based on
Steven Covey's bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Successful
People. B101 Johns Hopkins@Eastern.
Mon., March 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Conquering
Negativity: Creating Optimism in the Workplace,"
with Mark Henderson. B101 Johns Hopkins@Eastern.
Mon., March 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Assertive
Communication: On and Off the Job," with Virginia
Jacobs. B102 Johns Hopkins@Eastern.
Thurs., March 20, 6 to 8 p.m. "Your Professional
Image: Building and Developing Skills for Success," a
BFSA Professional Development Committee workshop. Suite
C150, Johns Hopkins@Eastern.
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