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Weekly Calendar
Colloquia
Fri., May 23, 2 p.m. "Naval Explosives," an Applied
Physics Laboratory colloquium with Anh Duong,
science adviser, The Pentagon. Parsons Auditorium. APL
Information Sessions
Wed., May 21, 7 to 9 p.m. Online information session
for the MS in Environmental Sciences and Policy
graduate degree program. Sponsored by Advanced Academic
Programs. To RVSP, go to
advanced.jhu.edu/environmental _sciences. Log-in
information will be provided a few days
before the information session.
Tues., May 27, noon to 1 p.m. Provost's information
session on proposals for the Framework for the
Future strategic plan. (See story, "Provost to host info
session on strategic planning RFPs May 27," in
this issue.) 213 Hodson. HW
Forum
Mon., May 19, 4 to 6 p.m. Third Biannual Baltimore
Faith Forum, focusing on education and afterschool
programs, with panel members Pastor Melvin Tuggle, Garden
of Prayer Baptist Church; Provost Kristina
Johnson; Bishop Douglas Miles, Koinonia Baptist Church;
Ralph Fessler, dean, School of Education;
Pastor Thomas Schwind, New Covenant Tabernacle; Ron
Fairchild, Center for Summer Learning; Carol
Reckling, Child First Authority; and Yash Gupta, dean,
Carey Business School. Co-sponsored by the
Urban Health Institute and Clergy United for the Renewal of
East Baltimore (CURE). Zion Baptist
Church, 1700 N. Caroline St.
Lectures
Mon., May 19, noon. "The Last Flight of the Scarlet
Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's
Most Beautiful Bird," a Mental Health lecture by Sharon
Matola, director and founder of the Belize
Zoo and Tropical Education Center. B14B Hampton House
(auditorium). EB
Tues., May 27, 2 p.m. "Higher Education in
Lithuania," a School of Education lecture by Fulbright
scholar Aldis Gedutis, Klaipeda University, Lithuania.
Education Building. HW
Seminars
Mon., May 19, 12:15 p.m. "Looking for Fat in All the
Wrong Places," a Carnegie Institution Embryology
seminar with Jean Schaffer, Washington University School of
Medicine. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San
Martin Drive. HW
Mon., May 19, 12:15 p.m. "Long-term Injection
Cessation Among Injection Drug Users in the ALIVE
Study," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Becky
Genberg. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., May 19, 2 p.m. "Characterization of Vaccinia
Virus Entry-Fusion Proteins A28 and H2," a Biology
thesis defense seminar with Gretchen Nelson. 100 Mudd.
HW
Mon., May 19, 3:30 p.m. "Endogenous and Exogenous
Sex Hormones, Health and Longevity in Older
Adults," a Center on Aging and Health seminar with
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, University of California
at San Diego School of Medicine. Co-sponsored by Geriatric
Medicine and Gerontology and the Claude
D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Suite 2-700,
2024 E. Monument St. EB
Mon., May 19, 3:30 p.m. "Nursing: A Singapore
Perspective," an Institute for Johns Hopkins
Nursing/Office of Global Nursing seminar with nine master
of nursing students from the National
University of Singapore. Reception to follow. Carpenter
Room, SoN. EB
Mon., May 19, 4 p.m. "Secretory Pathway Ca2+ �
ATPases: Mechanism, Structure and Cell Physiology," a
Biophysics seminar with Rajini Rao, SoM. 111 Mergenthaler.
HW
Tues., May 20, 9:30 a.m. "Histone H3
Phosphorylation: A Code for Transcription Elongation," a
Biology
thesis defense seminar with Caline Karam. 100 Mudd. HW
Thurs., May 22, 1 p.m. "Precursor Diversity in the
CNS," a Neuroscience research seminar with Laura
Lillien, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. West
Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Fri., May 23, 12:15 p.m. "Redesigning Electronic
Health Record Systems to Support Public Health," a
Health Sciences Informatics seminar with Paula Soper, SoM.
W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Tues., May 27, noon. "Epigenetic Erasure and
Primordial Germ Cell Establishment in C. elegans," a
Biological Chemistry seminar with William Kelly, SoM. 612
Physiology. EB
Special Events
Tues., May 20, 7 p.m. Award-winning biographer
Daniel Mark Epstein will discuss and sign his new book,
The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage. Barnes & Noble Johns
Hopkins. HW
Thurs., May 22, 9:15 a.m. Commencement,
universitywide conferring of all degrees and certificates.
Homewood Field. HW The university schools also have
scheduled diploma award ceremonies or
convocations, from Wed., May 21, through Fri., May 23 on
various campuses. For details, go to
www.jhu.edu/commencement.
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