Weekly Calendar

Colloquia

Cellist Alban Gerhardt arrives at
Homewood for an evening of Beethoven, Janacek and Chopin.
See Music.
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Fri., Feb. 1, 2 p.m. "Airplane Crash Forensics:
Beyond the Black Box," an Applied Physics Laboratory
colloquium with George Bibel, University of North Dakota.
Parsons Auditorium. APL

Discussion/Talks
Wed., Jan. 30, 6 to 9 p.m. "Health Care for All!" a
Bloomberg School of Public Health town hall
meeting, providing an opportunity to learn about the new
health care expansion laws and offer
comments on an overall plan to give access to affordable
health care for Marylanders. Co-sponsored
by the Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative's Technical
Advisory Committee. W1214 SPH (Sheldon
Hall). EB

Film/Video
Tues., Jan. 29, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Screening of the
documentary Child Brides: Stolen Lives, followed by
a panel discussion with leading experts. (See
"In Brief," in this issue.)
W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Forum
"Focus the Nation," a forum on global warming
solutions, featuring events on both the Homewood and
East Baltimore campuses. Sponsored by the Center for a
Livable Future, International Health Student
Organization, Environmental Health Sciences Student
Organization and the Environmental
Stewardship Committee.
Thurs., Jan. 31, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. National,
interactive webcast of the film 2% Solution,
followed by discussion with Cindy Parker, SPH; Mike
Schoeffield, Facilities Management; Roni Neff,
SPH; and Leana Pitkevits, SPH. W2008 SPH. EB
Thurs., Jan., 31, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Panel discussion
of interdisciplinary solutions to the problem
of global warming, with Darryn Waugh, KSAS; Peter Shulman,
KSAS; and Erica Schoenberger, WSE.
Questions and thoughts from audience members are
encouraged. Moderated by William Blair, KSAS. 3
Shaffer. HW

Lectures
Tues., Jan. 29, noon. "Challenges in Urban Community
Collaborations for Intervention Research," a
Center for Collaborative Intervention Research brown bag
lecture by Jackie Campbell, SoN. Room 10,
SoN. EB
Tues., Jan. 29, 5 p.m. The Sir Henry Hallett Dale
Memorial Lecture 2008 — "Nicotine Addiction:
Pharmacology, Clinical Research and Public Policy" by Neil
Benowitz, University of California, San
Francisco. Hurd Hall. EB
Fri., Feb. 1, 5 p.m. The Gladys
Callahan-Vocci-Justice Lecture — "Elegant in Life,
Ambiguous in Death:
An Elite Moche Mummy from Northern Coastal Peru" by John
Verano, Tulane University. Sponsored by
the Archaeological Institute of America, Baltimore Society.
111 Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., Feb. 4, 3 p.m. "Proteolysis and the Cell
Cycle," a Cell Biology "Discovery" lecture by Marc
Kirschner, Harvard Medical School. WBSB Auditorium. EB
Mon., Feb. 4, 5:15 p.m. "Changer la Vie: Poetique de
la Revolution Litteraire (Changing Life: The Poetics
of Literary Revolt)," a German and Romance Languages and
Literatures lecture by Arnaud Buchs,
University of Lausanne. 336 Gilman. HW

Music
Mon., Jan. 28, noon. Performance by Ilya
Finkelshteyn, principal cellist of the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra and pianist Lura Johnson. Part of the Art of
Healing concert series sponsored by the Johns
Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Weinberg Ceremonial Lobby.
EB
Tues., Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m. The Complete Beethoven
Cello Sonatas, performed by Amit Peled, violoncello,
and Alon Goldstein, piano. Part of the Sylvia Adalman
Artist Recital Series. $15 general admission, $10
for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg
Hall. Peabody
Fri., Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Awadagin Pratt returns to
Peabody to perform music by Beethoven, Bach, Franck
and Liszt. Part of the Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital
Series. $15 general admission, $10 for senior
citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall.
Peabody
Sat., Feb. 2, 8 p.m. Peabody Symphony Orchestra
performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major,
Op. 68, the Pastorale and Debussy's La mer. $15 general
admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for
students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Sun., Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert
Series presents cellist Alban Gerhardt. $33 general
admission, $17 for students and free for JHU students.
Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

Seminars
Mon., Jan. 28, 12:15 p.m. "Involving Children With
Life-Limiting and Life-Shortening Illnesses in
Medical Decisions," a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar
with Myra Bluebond-Langer. Co-sponsored
by the Harriet Lane Compassionate Care Program and the
Pediatric Noon Conferences, SoM. 306
Pediatrics, CMSC. EB
Mon., Jan. 28, 12:15 p.m. "Illuminating Neocortical
Synapses and Their Circuits," a Carnegie Institution
Embryology seminar with Karel Svoboda, Janelia Farm
Research Campus. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San
Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Jan. 28, 4 p.m. David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Early Circuits That Regulate Cortical
Development and Plasticity" with Patrick Kanold, University
of Maryland. Sponsored by the Krieger
Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Mon., Jan. 28, 4 p.m. "A New Repair Pathway for DNA
Interstrand Cross-Links?" a Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology seminar with Paul Miller, SPH. W2030 SPH.
EB
Tues., Jan. 29, noon. "Exosome Biogenesis and
Retrovirus Budding," a Biological Chemistry seminar with
Stephen Gould, SoM. 612 Physiology Bldg. EB
Tues., Jan. 29, 12:15 p.m. "The Role of Notch in
Follicle-Cell Differentiation and Cell-Cycle Regulation,"
a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Jianjun Sun,
Florida State University. Rose
Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Wed., Jan. 30, noon. "Sex and Asthma," an
Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with
Sucie Chang. W7023 SPH. EB
Wed., Jan. 30, 12:15 p.m. "HPV Vaccines for
Adolescents: Development and Implementation," a Center
for STD Research, Prevention and Training seminar with
Susan Rosenthal, University of Texas Medical
Branch Children's Hospital. W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Jan. 30, 1:30 p.m. "Theo-zymes: Catalysis
Ahead of Nature," a Biophysics and Biophysical
Chemistry seminar with Anastassia Alexandrova, Yale
University. 517 PCTB. EB
Thurs., Jan. 31, noon. The Randolph Bromery Seminar
— "Geodetic Constraints on Crustal Deformation"
with Brendan Meade, Harvard University. Sponsored by Earth
and Planetary Sciences. 305 Olin. HW
Thurs., Jan. 31, noon. "Role of IL-13 and Its
Receptors in Fibrosis, Asthma and Chronic Helminth
Infection," an Infectious Diseases and Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology joint research seminar
with Thomas Wynn, NIAID/NIH/DHHS. W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Jan. 31, noon. "F-actin at Interfaces: How
Does It Work?" a Cell Biology seminar with Scot
Kuo, SoM. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Jan. 31, 12:15 p.m. "Nature vs. Nurture in
the Development of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes," a
seminar with Frank Hu, Harvard University. Sponsored by the
George G. Graham Professor of Infant
and Child Nutrition Fund. W2017 SPH. EB
Thurs., Jan. 31, 1 p.m. "The Development of
Respiratory Control and Hypoxic Sensitivity in Two Inbred
Strains of Mice," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis
defense seminar with Alexander Balbir.
W7023 SPH. EB
Thurs., Jan. 31, 1 p.m. "Mapping and Functional
Analysis of Circadian-Related Neural Circuits in
Drosophila," a Neuroscience faculty-search seminar with
Yuhua Shang, Brandeis University. West
Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Thurs., Jan. 31, 4 p.m. "Are Volatility Estimators
Robust With Respect to Modeling Assumptions?" an
Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Ying-ying
Li, University of Chicago. 304 Whitehead.
HW
Fri., Feb. 1, 11 a.m. "Fluid Dynamical Issues in
Middle Atmosphere Modeling," a CEAFM/Mechanical
Engineering seminar with Theodore Shepherd, University of
Toronto. 110 Maryland. HW
Fri., Feb. 1, 12:15 p.m. "Engaging Patients and
Communities Using Health Information Technology," a
Health Sciences Informatics seminar with Ted Eytan, Center
for Information Therapy. Sponsored by
Health Policy and Management. W1214 SPH. EB
Fri., Feb. 1, 1:30 p.m. "MCF7 Side Population Cells
and Sphere Culture as Models for Breast Cancer
Stem-Like Cell Biology and Drug Identification," a
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis
defense seminar with Jiangbing Zhou. W2030 SPH. EB
Sat., Feb. 2, 11 a.m. "Dispersion of Pollution In
and Above Cities," a CEAFM/Mechanical Engineering
seminar with Pablo Huq, University of Delaware. 110
Maryland. HW
Mon., Feb. 4, noon. "Sudan Village Midwives,
1920-2008: Pioneering Programming in Primary Care," an
International Health seminar with Hassan Bella, King Faisal
University, Saudi Arabia. W2015 SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 4, 3 p.m. "On Rankin-Cohen Deformations,"
a Mathematics seminar with Yi-Jun Yao,
Vanderbilt University. 302 Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 4, 3 p.m. "Super-Rigidity of CR
Embeddings Into Pseudo-Concave Hyperquadrics," a
Mathematics seminar with Peter Ebenfelt, University of
California, San Diego. 308 Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 4, 4:30 p.m. "Representing Cohomology
Theories in the Triangulated Category of Motives," a
Mathematics seminar with Chenghao Chu, Northwestern
University. 308 Krieger. HW

Workshops and Training
Mon., Jan. 28, noon. "Financial Fitness in 2008:
Getting Back on Track After the Holidays," with author
and financial coach Jennifer Matthews. Sponsored by
Worklife Programs. Location given on
registration at
www.hopkinsworklife.org.
Thurs., Jan. 31, 12:15 p.m. "Resumes vs. CVs," a
Career Services workshop with Paul Hutchinson, SPH.
W4030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Jan. 31, 3 p.m. "Using and Teaching With
Tablet PCs," a Center for Educational Resources
workshop with Richard Shingles, KSAS. Register at www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett
Room, MSE Library. HW
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