BLOOD
DRIVE

COLLOQUIUA

Thurs., Nov. 18, 3 p.m. "Big Technology and Resources on the Periphery: Amazonia and Siberia," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Paul Josephson, University of New Hampshire; 329 Gilman. HW

Fri., Nov. 19, 2 p.m. "Space Weather," an APL colloquium with Russell Howard, Naval Research Laboratory. Simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus. Parsons Auditorium. APL

DISCUSSION/
TALKS

FILM/
VIDEO

LECTURES

MUSIC

Wed., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Wind Ensemble concert, including the world premiere of works by Allen, Jacob, Toch, Holst and Dahl. Tickets are $16, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Fri., Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Concert by a cappella group The Mental Notes, with guest groups; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Sat., Nov. 20, 8 p.m. Concert by all-female a cappella group The Sirens, performing contemporary music; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Sat., Nov. 20, 8 p.m. Handel's Messiah, performed by the JHU Choral Society and the Goucher College Choir; Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center. HW

Sun., Nov. 21, 3 p.m. Peabody Camerata performs Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie, op. 19, and Mahler's Der Abschied, from Das Lied von der Erde. Griswold Hall. Peabody

OPEN
HOUSES

Wed., Nov. 17, 6:30 p.m. Open House for the SPSBE's graduate certificate in investments program and graduate business programs. 1-800-GO TO JHU. Columbia Center, 6740 Alexander Bell Drive, Columbia Gateway Park.

Fri., Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. Astronomy Open House, public viewing hours. Call 410-516-6525 on Friday after 6:30 p.m. to check viewing conditions. Bloomberg Center Observatory. HW

PERFORMANCE

Reuben Fast Horse, traditional Lakota singer, dancer, flutist, drummer, craftsman, storyteller and educator, will perform on Wed., Nov. 17.

Sat., Nov. 20, 7 p.m. The Unfinished Symphony, a production by The School of Hard Knocks, a collaborative troupe of choreographers, dancers, actors, singers, musicians and visual artists. Tickets are $25 and $75 (which includes a post-concert reception), to benefit the Peabody Prep's Arts for Talented Youth Program. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

SEMINARS

Mon., Nov. 15, 12:15 p.m. "Regulation of Cytoskeletal Structure and Function by Signal Transduction Proteins," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Mary Dasso, NIH/NICHD; Seminar Room, 115 University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. "Mechanisms of Visual Attention in the Human Cortex," a Krieger Mind/ Brain Institute seminar with Sabine Kastner, NIH/NIMH; 341 Krieger. HW

Mon., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. "Imaging Renal Transplants with 99m- Tc-MAG3," a special Radiology seminar with Salma Khan, Bakersfield, Calif.; B1-182 Nelson. JHMI

Tues., Nov. 16, noon. "Sitting on the Dock of Tar, Just Wondering Where the Kinases Are: Receptors and Signaling in Bacterial Chemotaxis," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Michael Manson, Texas A&M; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., Nov. 16, 3 p.m. "Measuring the Impact of Cities on Forest Decomposition and Nitrogen Cycling," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Margaret Carreiro, Fordham University; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Nov. 16, 4:15 p.m. "Mechanism and Regulation of Antibody Class Switching," an Immunology Council seminar with Janet Stavnezer, University of Massachusetts Medical School; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Tues., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m. "The Ratio Spectrum with Applications to Speech Processing," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with John Harris, University of Florida; 100 Shaffer. HW

Tues., Nov. 16, 5 p.m. "Managing the Heart: Labor and Systemization in the Birth of the Modern U.S. Service Economy," a Business in the 20th Century seminar with Eric Abrahamson; 315 Gilman. HW

Wed., Nov. 17, 1:30 p.m. "Two Enzyme Folds Adapted to Regulate Purine S*ynthesis in Bacillus subtilis," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Janet Smith, Purdue University; 517 PCTB. JHMI

Wed., Nov. 17, 3:30 p.m. "How to Get Your Message Across in a Medium-sized Media Market," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Michael Powell, The Frederick News-Post. Part of the "Press and Public Policy" series. Conference Room, 5th floor, Wyman Bldg. HW

Wed., Nov. 17, 5:30 p.m. "A Tale of Two Cultures: Medicine and the Law," a humanities seminar with Edward Dangel III, Danger & Fine, Boston. Sponsored by Cultural Affairs. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

Thurs., Nov. 18, noon. "Signaling by Polyubiquitin Chains in Proteolysis and DNA Repair," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Cecile Pickart; 110 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Nov. 18, 1 p.m. "Establishment of Neural Connectivity in the Drosophila Visual System," a Neuroscience research seminar with Ulrike Gaul, Rockefeller University; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Nov. 18, 3 p.m. "Trajectory Planning and Control: Modeling Humans and Robots," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania; 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 3:30 p.m. "Toward a Unified View of Chromatin in Dynamics and Transcriptional Regulation," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with James Kadonaga, University of California, San Diego; 517 PCTB. JHMI

Thurs., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. "Maximum Information Extraction from Hybrid Analog-Digital Optical Imaging Systems," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with George Barbasthathis, MIT; 117 Barton. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. Institute for Global Studies Fall General Seminar--"The Civil Society Sector: A New Global Force" by Lester Salamon; and "Transnational Ad-vocacy Networks in International and Regional Politics" by Margaret Keck; 400 Macaulay. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. "Statistical Pattern Recognition for an Artificial Nose," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Carey Priebe; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. "NMR Spectroscopy for Characterizing Bacterial Polysaccharide Vaccines," a Biology seminar with Allen Bush, UMBC; 100 Mudd. HW

Fri., Nov. 19, 1 p.m. "Nanometer Scale Imaging and Biomedical Sensing," a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Weihong Tan, University of Florida/University of Florida Brain Institute; 707 Traylor. JHMI

Fri., Nov. 19, 2:30 p.m. "Subunit Interactions Regulating the Biochemical Activities of Yeast TFIIH," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense by Matthew Healy; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Fri., Nov. 19, 3:30 p.m. "Studies of an L1 Retrotransposon," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with John Moran, University of Michigan Medical School; 517 PCTB. JHMI

Mon., Nov. 22, 12:15 p.m. "Nodal Signaling in Vertebrate Development: Insights from Zebrafish," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Alexander Schier, NYU School of Medicine; Seminar Room, 115 University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Nov. 22, 3:15 p.m. "DAC: A Novel Coiled-Coil Protein Binding Partner of the Bmi-1 Tumorigenic Protein," a Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine thesis defense by Andrew Kenedy; 517 PCTB. JHMI

Tues., Nov. 23, noon. "Folding of Staphylococcal Nuclease as an Equilibrium Process," a Biological Chemistry seminar with David Shortle; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., Nov. 23, 3 p.m. "Dealing with Maximum Daily Loadings in the Clean Water Act," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Bob Summers, Maryland Department of the Environment; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Nov. 23, 4:15 p.m. "Structural Basis of MHC Class I Recognition of Natural Killer Cells: Crystal Structure of the Ly49A/ H-2Dd Complex at 2.3 A Resolution," an Immunology Council seminar with Roy Mariuzza, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Tues., Nov. 23, 4:30 p.m. "Auditory Processing of Temporal Envelope in Speech and Music," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Bertrand A.R. Delgutte, MIT; 100 Shaffer. HW

Mon., Nov. 29, 4 p.m. "Psychophysical Studies of Tactile Perception during Movement," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Elaine Chapman, University of Montreal; 341 Krieger. HW

SPECIAL
EVENTS

Thurs., Nov. 18, 8 p.m. The 1999 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium: Redefining the Role of the Media--"Careers in the Media Forum" with Phoebe Eng, director of the DMI Group. 410-516-7683. Shriver Hall. HW

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