COLLOQUIA

Wed., April 14, 4 p.m. "Neural Systems Involved in Fear and Anxiety," a Psychology colloquium with Mike Davis, Emory University; 234 Ames. HW

Thurs., April 15, 3 p.m. "Medicine at the Baltimore Almshouse, 1833-37: The Medical Casebook of Dr. James Henry Miller," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Alexa Green; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. JHMI

Fri., April 16, 2 p.m. "Killer Impacts: Effect of Impact Angle," a colloquium with Peter Schultz, Brown University. Program will be simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus. Parsons Auditorium. APL

Fri., April 16, 4:15 p.m. "Understanding the Reactivity of Divalent Lanthanides: A Mechanistic and Thermochemical Approach," a Chemistry colloquium with Robert Flowers, University of Toledo; 233 Remsen. HW

DANCE

DISCUSSIONS

FILMS

Thurs., April 15, to Sun., April 18. The second Johns Hopkins Film Festival brings more than 60 features, shorts and long-shorts to three venues on the Homewood campus. Many will be having their premiere showings. For details and listings, see story beginning on page one. HW
   Admission is free for Hopkins students, faculty and staff. Admission for the general public is $3 per show, $25 for a festival pass. 410-516-7517.

GRAND ROUNDS

LECTURES

Mon., April 12, 5 p.m. "No Bones about It--A Genetic Analysis of Angiogenesis during Bone Formation," an Oncology lecture by Zena Werb, University of California, San Francisco. The "Biology of Cancer" lecture series. 119 Oncology. JHMI

Tues., April 13, noon. "Traditional Acupuncture," a Women's Forum/JHMI Caucus brown bag lunch lecture by Laura Coleson-Schreur; G007 Ross. JHMI

Tues., April 13, 4 p.m. "The Most Ancient Landscapes on Earth: Antarctica," an Earth and Planetary Sciences lecture by George Denton, University of Maine; 305 Olin. HW

Tues., April 13, 4 p.m. "Using Powerpoint to Create Presentations," a Scientific Communication lecture by Kathy Friedman. Welch Lecture Series. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

Tues., April 13, 7 p.m. "From a Chinese Leader to Pediatric Paralysis: Investigating a Mysterious Disease," a lecture by Guy McKhann. The "Voyage and Discovery" lecture series. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Tues., April 13, 7 p.m. A DSAGA Presentation--"Race, Class and the Gay Movement," a lecture by activist/ educator Angela Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Wed., April 14, noon. "Transferring Files via Email," an Internet Lecture/ Welch Lecture Series event. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

Wed., April 14, noon. "Interhemisphere Climate Coupling: Evidence from Chile and New Zealand," an Earth and Planetary Sciences lecture by George Denton, University of Maine; 305 Olin. HW

Wed., April 14, noon. "Diversity: Our Nation's Challenge," a lecture by psychologist Edwin Nichols, Nichols and Associates Inc. Part of the Wednesday Noon Series; sponsored by Multicultural Student Affairs and Special Events. Shriver Hall. HW

Wed., April 14, 2 p.m. "Not a Lady Among Us!: Those Dynamic and Daring Women of the 19th Century," by historian Kathleen Waters Sander. $25 ($20 for Evergreen members). 410-516-0341. Evergreen

'Not a Lady Among Us!' Historian Kathleen Waters Sander looks at 'The Dynamic and Daring Women of the 19th Century.'

Wed., April 14, 5 p.m. "Mitochondrial-derived Reactive Oxygen and Cancer," an Oncology lecture by Michael Trush. The "Biology of Cancer" lecture series. 119 Oncology. JHMI

Thurs., April 15, 4 p.m. "Stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheets," an Earth and Planetary Sciences lecture by George Denton, University of Maine; 305 Olin. HW

Thurs., April 15, 4:30 p.m. The 1999 Passano Foundation Lecture--"New Ways of Thinking about Telomeres and Telomerase" by Elizabeth Blackburn, University of California, San Francisco, and "Telomerase, Telomere Function and Cancer" by Carol Greider; WBSB Auditorium. JHMI

Fri., April 16, 1 p.m. "Occupational Asthma," a Clinical Immunology clinical conference with Rebecca Basom, Penn State College of Medicine; 2B.65 JHAAC. Bayview

Fri., April 16, 5 p.m. The Kunkel Lecture--"B Cell Development and B Cell Tumors" by Klaus Rejewsky, University of Cologne, WBSB Auditorium. JHMI

Mon., April 19, 3 p.m. A Don P. Giddens Inaugural Professorial Lecture--"The Butterfly Transforms into the Princess: A Biotechnology Fairy Tale?" by Michael Betenbaugh; Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

Mon., April 19, 5 p.m. "The Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Embryonic Development and Neoplasia," an Oncology lecture by Philip Beachy. The "Biology of Cancer" lecture series. 119 Oncology. JHMI

MUSIC

Wed., April 14, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Wind Ensemble Concert. 410-659-8124. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

OPEN HOUSES

Thurs., April 14, 6 to 8 p.m. Open House for the SCS Women, Leadership and Change program. 1-800-GO-TO-JHU. Downtown Center, Charles and Saratoga streets.

Thurs., April 15, 6 to 8 p.m. Open House for the SCS Leadership Development Program for Minority Managers. 1-800-GO-TO-JHU. Downtown Center, Charles and Saratoga streets.

READINGS

SEMINARS

Mon., April 12, 12:30 p.m. "Policy vs. Reality in Clinical Trials," a Center for Epidemiology and Policy seminar with Curtis Meinert; W2008 SPH. JHMI

Mon., April 12, 4 p.m. "Computational Models of Visual Grouping," a Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Jitendra Malik, University of California, Berkeley; 341 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 12, 4 p.m. "Accounting for Capitalism in Early American History: Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and Their Economic Worlds," a History seminar with Naomi Lamoreaux; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., April 12, 4 p.m. "Mechanisms of Mammalian DNA Replication," a Biochemistry seminar with Robert Bambara, University of Rochester; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Tues., April 13, noon. "Molecular Mechanisms of Glycerol Transport and Osmoregulation in Yeast," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Stefan Hohmann, University of Goteborg, Sweden; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., April 13, 3 p.m. "Teaching Engineering in a Social and Environmental Context," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Zelman Warhaft, Cornell University; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., April 13, 4 p.m. "Functions and Associations of an Unconventional Myosin (Class VI): Possible Roles in Both Actin and Microtubulin-based Transport Events," a BCMB Distinguished Alumni seminar with Kathryn Miller, Washington University; East Lecture Hall, WBSB. JHMI

Tues., April 13, 4:30 p.m. "Near-Synonymy, Lexical Choice and the Structure of Lexical Knowledge," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Graeme Hurst, University of Toronto; 100 Shaffer. HW

Wed., April 14, noon. "Interrupted Schooling among African Americans: An Alternative Educational Path?" a Sociology/Program on Social Inequality and Comparative International Development seminar with Nan Astone; 526 Mergenthaler. HW

Wed., April 14, 12:15 p.m. "Anyone for Condoms? The Condoms CD-ROM--Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Condoms but Were Afraid to Search," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Anne Compton, Kevin Brubaker and Rick Glasby; Suite 310, 111 Market Place (Candler Building).

Wed., April 14, 4 p.m. "Reason, Emotion and Personal Authority: The Public Sphere in the Virginia Ratification Debate, 1787-88," an American History seminar with Claudius Torp; 315 Gilman. HW

Wed., April 14, 4:30 p.m. "Hot Topics in Neuro-Oncology for Radiology Researchers," a Radiology/Integrated Metabolism and Physiology seminar with Stuart Grossman; 214 Traylor. JHMI

Thurs., April 15, noon. "Analysis of LAP2, a Nuclear Membrane Protein that Interacts with BAF, a DNA-binding Protein Required for HIV DNA Integration," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Katherine Wilson; 110 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., April 15, 12:15 p.m. "The Kenya Girls' Education and Reproductive Health Project: Preliminary Results from the First Year," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Elizabeth Thomas, AED. Suite 310, 111 Market Place (Candler Bldg).

Thurs., April 15, 1 p.m. "Channels and Spikes in Hippocampal Dendrites," a Neuroscience research seminar with Nelson Spruston, Northwestern University; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., April 15, 4 p.m. "Structure of Some Simple Integer Polyhedra, with Application to Facility Location Problems," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Leslie Hall and David Mazur; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., April 15, 4 p.m. "Urban Space and the Power of Language: The Stigmatization of Faubourg and Banlieue in 19th-Century France," a special meeting of the History seminar with John Merriman, Yale University; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., April 19, noon. "Modeling Growth and Mechanics for Biomedicine," a Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology Engineering Research Center seminar with Raghu Raghaven; 301 Shaffer. HW

Mon., April 19, 12:30 p.m. "The Mammography Controversies: The Roles of Evidence and Opinion," a Center for Epidemiology and Policy seminar with Barbara Rimer, National Cancer Institute; W2008 SPH. JHMI

Mon., April 19, 4 p.m. "Color and Motion Processing in the Primate Visual Systems: Insights from Psychophysical and Neurophysiological Experiments," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Karen Dobkins, University of California, San Diego; 341 Krieger. HW

SPORTS

Sat., April 17, 1 p.m. Women's Lacrosse, Hopkins vs. Howard.

SPRING FAIR

Sat., April 17, and Sun., April 18, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Spring Fair--arts and crafts, food, nonprofit vendors, live bands and entertainment, and games and activities for children. Beer garden hours: noon to 5 p.m. HW

Sat., April 17, 10 p.m. "Casino Night"; Great Hall and Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

THEATER

VIDEOS

WJHU

Wed., April 14, noon. The Marc Steiner Show. Maryland Department of Juvenile Justice.

Thurs., April 15, 1 p.m. The Marc Steiner Show. A look at the Westside Development Project, with M.J. "Jay" Brodie, Baltimore Development Corp.