Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Discussion/Talks | Information Sessions | Lectures | Music | Seminars | Special Events | Theater | Workshops

 

Colloquia

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton arrives at Homewood this week to speak as part of the Foreign Affairs Symposium's 10th anniversary season. The theme of this year's student-run series is 'A Decade of Discussion.' See Special Events.

Tues., Feb. 26, 2 p.m. "Asymmetry and Change in Future Warfare," an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Lt. Gen. David Barno, U.S. Army (ret.), National Defense University. Parsons Auditorium. APL

Tues., Feb. 26, 4:15 p.m. "Structure and Chemistry of Nonribosomal Peptide Natural Product Biosynthesis," a Chemistry colloquium with Steven Bruner, Boston College. 233 Remsen. HW

Tues., Feb. 26, 6 p.m. "The Future Birth of the Affective Fact: A Political Ontology of Threat," an Anthropology colloquium with Brian Massumi, University of Montreal. Co-sponsored by Women, Gender and Sexuality and Political Science. STSci Auditorium. HW

Wed., Feb. 27, 5 p.m. "Indigeneity As a Field of Power," a Program in Latin American Studies colloquium with Aida Hernandez, University of Oregon. 113 Greenhouse. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, 3:45 p.m. "Is the Concept of Race a By-Product of Our Evolved Coalitional Cognition?" a Philosophy colloquium with Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh. Co-sponsored by Cognitive Science. 134A Krieger. HW

 

Discussion/Talks

Fri., Feb.29, 4 p.m. Rap session with Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh. Sponsored by Philosophy. 348 Gilman. HW

 

Information Sessions

Hopkins Nursing events, providing opportunities to learn more about the academic programs at the School of Nursing; intended for prospective nursing students. EB

Mon., Feb. 25, 8 to 9 a.m. Doctor of Nursing Practice information session. Carpenter Room, SoN.

Thurs., Feb. 28, 3 to 5 p.m. Online chat for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. To register, go to www.son.jhmi.edu/academics/more/chat.

Tues., Feb. 26, 3 p.m. Earnest and Agnes Gloyna Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Engineering-- "Water Challenges: Past, Present and Future" by Perry McCarty, Stanford University. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering. 26 Mudd. HW

Wed., Feb. 27, 4 p.m. "Neither Aristotle Nor a Masterpiece: Sexual Knowledge in Early America," a lecture by Mary Fissell, SoM, presented in conjunction with the Welcome Little Stranger focus show sponsored by Homewood Museum. $6; free for members and students. Reservations required; 410- 516-5589. Homewood Museum. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, 5:15 p.m. "War in Abeyance: The Habana Libre Hotel," a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Robert Davidson, University of Toronto. 223 Gilman. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m. "Aksum and Ethiopia's Late Antique Heritage" a Center for Africana Studies lecture by historian Marilyn Heldman. Co-sponsored by Near Eastern Studies, History of Art, the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Jewish Studies Program and the Graduate Representative Organization. 101 Remsen. HW

Fri., Feb. 29, 4 p.m. The Vernon B. Mountcastle Lecture — "Assembling a Circuit for Olfactory Behavior" by Cori Bargman, Rockefeller University. WBSB Auditorium. EB

Fri., Feb. 29, 5 p.m. The Ludlow Hopkins Baldwin Lecture — "Sardis in the Lydian Period: Between East and West" by Nick Cahill, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, Baltimore Society. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Mon., March 3, 4 p.m. Dean's Lecture III — "Navigating the Labyrinth of the Inner Ear: Achieving 'Balance' as a Clinician Scientist" by Lloyd Minor, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB

 

Music

Tues., Feb. 26, 8 p.m. Peabody Symphony Orchestra performs "Last Year, in New England," the winning work from the Macht Orchestral Composition Competition, and music by Sibelius and Barber. $15, $10 for senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Wed., Feb. 27, 2:30 p.m. Student Chamber Music Concert. Cohen-Davidson Family Theatre. Peabody

Wed., Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. "The Reconsidered Big Band," a program of compositions and arrangements by Jim Knapp, performed by the Peabody Jazz Orchestra. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody

Sun., March 2, 3 p.m. Preparatory Faculty Recital featuring music by Milhaud, Chopin, Stravinsky, Handel and Gaubert. Griswold Hall. Peabody

 

Seminars

Mon., Feb. 25, 9:30 a.m. "What Do Korean Women With Breast Cancer Look For in Online Communication With Physicians?" a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Juhee Cho. W3031 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 25, 10 a.m. "The Relation of Financial Assets and Race/Ethnicity on Cognitive Development of Children That Were Preterm," a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Susan Braid. E4130 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 25, noon. "Characterizing Tafazzin and Barth Syndrome Mutant Tafazzins," a Physiology faculty search seminar with Steven Claypool, UCLA. West Lecture Hall. EB

Mon., Feb. 25, 12:15 p.m. "Euthanasia in Belgium: Policy Making and Reform Proposals," a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull. Co-sponsored by Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. W4030 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 25, 12:15 p.m. "Feedback Regulation of Cholesterol Synthesis Through ER-associated Degradation of HMG CoA Reductase," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Russell DeBose- Boyd, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., Feb. 25, 1 p.m. "Rates of Conformance and Factors Associated With Schizophrenia Treatment Recommendations in a Large Metropolitan Behavioral Health System," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Steven Lascher. E4013 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m. "Molecular Design of Organometalloenzymes," a special Chemistry seminar with Yoshihito Watanabe, Nagoya University, Japan. 233 Remsen. HW

Tues., Feb. 26, 9 a.m. "Measuring Outcomes After Early Pediatric Cochlear Implantations," a Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar with Frank Lin. E2527 SPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 26, 10:45 a.m. "QRST Integral and Its Variability As a Novel Predictor of Sudden Cardiac Death," a Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association seminar with Larisa Tereshchenko. West Lecture Hall, PCTB. EB

Tues., Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m. "Cardioprotection With GSK-3 Beta Inhibitors," a Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association seminar with Samarjit Das. West Lecture Hall, PCTB. EB

Tues., Feb. 26, 3 p.m. "Modeling the Course of Disability Following Trauma," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Renan Castillo. E2527 SPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Information Reduction via Level Crossings in a Credit Risk Model," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Deniz Sezer, York University. [THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELED.] 304 Whitehead. HW

Tues., Feb. 26, 4:30 p.m. "Duality for Anderson T-motives," a Mathematics seminar with Dmitry Logachev, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas. 308 Krieger. HW

Wed., Feb. 27, noon. "Opposing Roles of TLR-2 and TLR-4 in Non-infectious Lung Injury," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with Maureen Horton, SoM. W7023 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 27, 1:30 p.m. "Processive Myosin Motors Combine Directed and Diffusive Motion to Navigate Complex Cellular Environments," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry special seminar with Alex Dunn, Stanford University Medical Center. 517 PCTB. EB

Wed., Feb. 27, 2 p.m. "Mixed Effects Stochastic Process Models of Smoking Cessation Behavior," a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Sheng Luo. E9519 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 27, 3:30 p.m. "Modeling the Thermomechanical Behavior of Shape Memory Polymers," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Thao Nguyen, WSE. 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, 9 a.m. "Effects of Beverage Consumption on Body Weight and Blood Pressure Among Adults in the United States," an International Health thesis defense seminar with Liwei Chen. W2008 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 28, 10 a.m. "Strategy of Studying Association Between Genes in Inflammation and Obesity Related Pathways and Prostate Cancer," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Ming-Hsi Wang. W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 28, 10:30 a.m. "Toward a Molecular Compiler: Developing Complex Molecules That Assemble Complex Molecules," a Computer Science seminar with Christian Schafmeister, Temple University. B17 CSEB. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, 10:30 a.m. "Systems Biology and Metabolic Engineering for Energy," a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with James Liao, UCLA. 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, noon. "Hepatic Foxo1 Integrates Insulin and Nutrients Signals for the Regulation of Metabolism and Growth," a Physiology faculty search seminar with Xiaocheng Dong, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. West Lecture Hall. EB

Thurs., Feb. 28, noon. "Virulence Shifts in the Biology of Toxoplasma Pathogenesis," an In-fectious Diseases and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology joint seminar with Michael Grigg, NIH. W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 28, noon. "The Legacy of WWI Chemical Weapons Development: Arsenic, Cancer and Community Health," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with Mary Fox, SPH. W1020 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 28, noon. Randolph K. Bromery Seminar — "Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Antarctic Dry Valleys" with Diana Wall, Colorado State University. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, noon. "Epigenetic Regulation of Germ Cell Differentiation in a Stem Cell Lineage," a Cell Biology seminar with Xin Chen, SoM. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Feb. 28, 12:10 p.m. "'Can You Say Sex?' Enhancing New York State's Approach to Sexual Risk Reduction," a Health, Behavior and Society seminar with Dan O'Connell, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health. Part of the series Translation and Dissemination Research: The Scholarship of Public Health Action. W2008 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 28, 3 p.m. "Toward Self-Sustaining Integrated Microsystems for Chemical and Biological Detection," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Reza Ghodssi, University of Maryland. 210 Hodson. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. "Periodicity and Other Structure in a Family of NIM-like Arrays," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Lowell Abrams, George Washington University. 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. "Has the Americans With Disabilities Act Changed Workplace Accommodations? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study," an Institute for Policy Studies Social Policy seminar with Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University. Co-sponsored by Economics and Health Policy and Management. 526 Wyman Bldg. HW

Fri., Feb. 29, 11 a.m. "Core Structure and Motion of Intense Atmospheric Vortices," a CEAFM seminar with Rupert Klein, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. 110 Maryland. HW

Fri., Feb. 29, noon. "Ten Years of Tony Blair: What Became of the Ethical Foreign Policy, 1997-2007?" a Political Science seminar with Richard Coggins, Westminster College, Missouri. 366 Mergenthaler. HW

Fri., Feb. 29, 12:15 p.m. "An Evaluation of the Quality of Resuscitation Delivered During Simulated Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrests," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Elizabeth Hunt. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., March 3, 9 a.m. "International Medical Graduates and Patient-Centered Indicators of Primary Care Quality," a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Shivonne Laird. W2029 SPH. EB

Mon., March 3, noon. "Motor Behaviors: From Worm to Mouse to Man," a Physiology faculty search seminar with Asim Beg, Columbia University. West Lecture Hall. EB

Mon., March 3, 12:15 p.m. "Modeling Human Disease in the Mouse: From Cancer to Neuropsychiatric Disorders," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Mario Capecchi, University of Utah School of Medicine. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., March 3, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Action Monitoring and Outcome Expectancy in Rodent Orbitofrontal Cortex" with Tomoyuki Furuyashiki, KSAS. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., March 3, 4 p.m. "Engineered Antibodies Based on a Minimalized Genetic Code: Applications in Structural and Cell Biology," a Biophysics seminar with Anthony Kossiakoff, University of Chicago. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Mon., March 3, 4:30 p.m. "Bundle Structures and Algebraic K-theory," a Mathematics seminar with John Klein, Wayne State University. 302 Krieger. HW

 

Special Events

Feb. 25, 3 to 5 p.m. Welcome reception for Nobel laureate Peter Agre, hosted by Dean Michael Klag, SPH. Sponsored by the Office of the Dean. E2030 SPH (Feinstone Hall). EB

Black History Month events. Various locations.

Mon., Feb. 25, 7 p.m. "Homophobia in Hip-Hop," a multimedia presentation by Tomas Bell. Great Hall, Levering. HW

Tues., Feb. 26, 6 p.m. Showing of the final part of Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Multipurpose Room, Charles Commons. HW

Wed., Feb. 27, 12:15 p.m. Afrofusion: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, featuring live performances by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, SLAM Hip Hop Dance Group, Spoken Word and the DBH Theater Company. Sponsored by the Black Graduate Student Association, SPH. Reception will follow. W1214 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. "White Identity," an exploration of white cultural identity by Rita Hardiman, Goddard College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 110 Hodson. HW

Fri., Feb. 29, noon. Closing ceremony for Black History Month. Attendees are invited to bring lunch; dessert will be provided. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

Fri., Feb. 29, 7 p.m. The Minority Pre-Health Conference on the topic "Empowering Change: The Challenges of Urban Health," with keynote speaker Ben Carson, SoM. 110 Hodson. HW

 

Theater

Fri., Feb. 29, and Sat., March 1, 8 p.m.; Sun., March 2, 2 p.m. Theatre Hopkins presents the final performances of Rebecca Gilman's drama Spinning Into Butter. Tickets are $15 and $5 for student rush tickets at curtain time, if space allows. Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center. HW

 

Workshops

Thurs., Feb. 28, 1 p.m. "Effective PowerPoints Without Common Errors," a Center for Educational Resources workshop. To register, go to www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

 

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