The Johns Hopkins Gazette: January 25, 1999

THE GAZETTE CALENDAR
Jan. 25-Feb. 1

COLLOQUIA

Fri., Jan. 29, 2 p.m. "Future of the Physical Sciences: A View from Washington," a colloquium with Robert A. Eisenstein, National Science Foundation; Parsons Auditorium. APL Program is simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

DEMONSTRATIONS

Sat., Jan. 30, 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Printmaking demonstration by Martha Macks, Goya Girl Press, and other master printers; Goya Girl Press, The Mill Center, 3000 Chestnut Ave. Reservations are required. Tickets are $20 for Evergreen House members, $25 for non-members. Part of the Collectors' Series sponsored by Evergreen House.
For information and reservations on Collectors' Series lectures and demonstrations, call Evergreen House at 410-516-0341.

DISCUSSIONS/
TALKS

Tues., Jan. 26, noon. "Increasing Active Participation among Members," a Women's Forum/JHMI Caucus brainstorming meeting and discussion; 803 Ross. JHMI

Sat., Jan. 30, 10 a.m. to noon. Gallery talks by Susan Dackerman and Thomas Primeau, BMA, on the exhibition "The Pious and Profane: Looking at Renaissance Prints," selected from the Garrett Print Collection; Baltimore Museum of Art. Tickets are $8 for Evergreen members, $10 for non-members. Reservations required. Part of the Collectors' Series sponsored, by Evergreen House.

EXHIBIT

Fri., Jan. 29, through Sat., Jan. 30 "Sampling the Sacred," an exhibit of digital montages by Vasant Nayak; Rymland Room. Peabody Part of the Peabody Computer Music Department's 30th Anniversary Celebration.

This week Peabody celebrates 30 years of the wonders of computer and electronic music with a series of programs titled "Computer Music--30 Years of Looking to the Future," scheduled for January 29 and 30. (For details, see the story on Peabody's Computer Music Department in this issue.)

GRAND ROUNDS

Mondays, 3 p.m. Otolaryngology Grand Rounds, with a rotating roster of speakers; 6150 JHOC. Wednesdays, 4 p.m. "Coagulation Disease" with William Bell; 1024 Blalock. JHMI

LECTURES

Thurs., Jan. 28, 7 p.m. "The Culture of Collecting," a lecture by folklorist Charles Camp; Evergreen House, 4545 N. Charles St. Tickets are $8 for Evergreen members, $10 for non-members. Reservations required. Part of the Collectors' Series, sponsored by Evergreen House.

Fri., Jan. 29, noon to 2 p.m. "George A. Lucas: A 19th-Century Collector of Contemporary Art," a lecture by Jay McKean Fisher of the Baltimore Museum of Art, and "Building a Collection: The Garrett Print Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art" by Susan Dackerman of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Evergreen House, 4545 N. Charles St. Tickets are $20 for Evergreen members, $25 for non-members. Lunch at 1 p.m. Reservations required. Part of the Collectors' Series, sponsored by Evergreen House.

Mon., Feb. 1, 5 p.m. Dean's Lecture II--"Making the Right Connections: Molecular Insights into the Assembly of Cell Adhesion Junctions" by Susan Craig; Hurd Hall. JHMI

MUSIC

Fri., Jan. 29, 8 p.m. Computer Music--30 Years of Looking to the Future: Concert I; Friedberg Concert Hall. 6:30 p.m. Pre-concert lecture by Raymond Kurzweil in Griswold Hall. Peabody Tickets are $16, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for students with I.D.

Sat., Jan. 30, 8 p.m. Computer Music--30 Years of Looking to the Future: Concert II; Friedberg Concert Hall. Tickets are $16, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for students with I.D. The concert will be followed by a reception and a late-night computer music jam session in the George Peabody Library, free to concert ticket-holders, featuring the duo Interface with Curtis Bahn and Dan Janeman.
The preceding events are part of the Peabody Computer Music Department's 30th Anniversary Celebration. For ticket information, call the Peabody Box Office at 410-659-8124.

Sat., Jan. 30, 8 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series presents pianist Helene Grimaud performing works by Beethoven and Brahms; Shriver Hall. HW Tickets are $23, $12 for students.

Sun., Jan. 31, 3 p.m. Concerts in Turner--American premiere of Vaclav Nelhybel's Viola Concerto with soloist Richard Field, BSO; Turner Auditorium. JHMI The program includes the JHMI Choral Society performing works of Beethoven, Dvorak and Copland. Sponsored by Cultural Affairs.

PREVIEWS

Thurs., Jan. 28, noon. Computer Music--Preview of multimedia concerts and announcement of the winner of the Prix d'Ete Competition; Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody Part of the Peabody Computer Music Department's 30th Anniversary Celebration.

RECEPTIONS

Thurs., Jan. 28, 5 to 7 p.m. Opening Reception for "Narratives in Print"; Evergreen House, 4545 N. Charles St. Part of the Collectors' Series sponsored by Evergreen. The exhibition continues through March 28, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m., with an admission price of $3.

SEMINARS

Mon., Jan. 25, noon. "Messenger RNA and Small Nuclear RNAs Processing in Saccharomyces," a Biological Chemistry special seminar with Guillaume Chanfreau, Institut Pasteur, France; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Mon., Jan. 25, noon. "SR-like CTD-binding Proteins at the Interface between Transcription and Pre-mRNA Processing," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Jeffrey Corden; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Jan. 25, 12:15 p.m. "Social Capital and Children's Behavior Problems: A Sibling Analysis," a Population Center seminar with Linxin Hao; W2030 SHPH.

Mon., Jan. 25, 4 p.m. "The Ubiquitin Conjugating System: Insights into Cell Biology," a Biochemistry seminar with Allan Weissman, NCI/NIH; W2030 SHPH.

Mon., Jan. 25, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Dynamics of the Horizontal Vestibulo-ocular Reflex in Response to High-Frequency, High-Acceleration Rotations in the Squirrel Monkey" with Lloyd Minor; 341 Krieger. HW

Tues., Jan. 26, noon. "Protein Mechanics and Dynamics: From Equilibrium Conformational Fluctuations to Protein-Ligand Dissociation under External Forces to Motor Protein Movement," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Hong Qian, University of Washington; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., Jan. 26, 4 p.m. "Slavery, Liberalism and Civil Law: The Definitions of Status and Citizenry in Documentary Accounts of the Elaboration of the Brazilian Civil Code (1855-1916)," a Comparative and World History seminar with Keila Grinberg, Universidade Federal Fluminense; 315 Gilman. HW

Tues., Jan. 26, 4:15 p.m. "Eotaxin in Asthma and Allergy," an Immunology Council seminar with Timothy Williams, Imperial College School of Medicine, UK; W2030 SHPH.

Wed., Jan. 27, 4 p.m. "Chemokines and Allergic Disease," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Robert Schleimer; 303 WBSB.

Thurs., Jan. 28, 11 a.m. "Dynamics of Reentrant Arrhythmias," a Center for Computational Medicine and Biology seminar with Leon Glass, McGill University, Montreal; 709 Traylor. JHMI Sponsored by Biomedical Engineering.

Thurs., Jan. 28, noon. "Bacteroides fragilis Toxins: A Study in Evolution," an Infectious Diseases and Molecular Microbiology and Immunobiology seminar with Cynthia Sears; W2030 SHPH.

Thurs., Jan. 28, 1 p.m. "The Action of Semaphorins upon Growth Cones in Zebrafish Embryos," a Neuroscience research seminar with John Kuwada, University of Michigan; 811 WBSB.

Thurs., Jan. 28, 2 p.m. "Floral and Climatic Change in the Late Paleocene and Early Eocene," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Scott Wing, Smithsonian Institution; 110 WBSB.

Mon., Feb. 1, noon. "ERC Strategy Update," a Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology Engineering Research Center seminar with Russell Taylor; 301 Shaffer. HW

Mon., Feb. 1, 12:15 p.m. "Prevention First: A Three-Pronged Strategy for Integrating International Family Planning Efforts with HIV/ STD Prevention," a Population Center/Center for Communication Programs seminar with Jim Shelton, USAID; W2030 SHPH.

Mon., Feb. 1, 2 p.m. "The Evolution of Canalization, Integration and Disintegration," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Sean Rice, Yale University; 110 WBSB.

Mon., Feb. 1, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Auditory Processing and Perception of Spectral Cues for Sound Localization in Cats" with Brad May; 341 Krieger. HW

SPORTS

Wed., Jan. 27, 7 p.m. Men's Basketball, Hopkins vs. Western Maryland. HW

Sat., Jan. 30, 11 a.m. Swimming and Diving, Hopkins vs. Goucher. HW

Sat., Jan. 30, 7 p.m. Men's Basketball, Hopkins vs. Franklin and Marshall. HW

Sat., Jan. 30. Women's Fencing, Hopkins vs. Haverford, James Madison and Drew. HW For schedule information, call 410-516-0552.

WJHU

Monday, Jan. 25, noon. The Marc Steiner Show. A look at treatment for the mentally ill.

Tuesday, Jan. 26, noon. The Marc Steiner Show. "Movies" with entertainment reporter Sloane Brown, followed at 1 p.m. by an update on the Senate impeachment trial with Tom Schaller, professor of political science at UMBC.

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m. The Marc Steiner Show. Grammy Award-winning pianist Peter Nero, who is appearing with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Thursday, Jan. 28, noon. The Marc Steiner Show. Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin to discuss the new IMAX film Amazon, followed at 1 p.m. by Ray Kurzweil, author of The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence.

Friday, Jan. 29, noon. The Marc Steiner Show. David Zurawik and Sheri Parks, hosts of WJHU's Media Matters, followed at 1 p.m. by "Issues Facing Maryland," with Governor Parris Glendening.

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