The Johns Hopkins Gazette: February 7, 2000
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BLOOD
DRIVE

 Wed., Feb. 9, and Thurs., Feb. 10, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross Blood Drive, sponsored by the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs. 410-516-0138. Glass Pavilion, Levering Union. HW

  

COLLOQUIA

 Tues., Feb. 8, 4:15 p.m. "How the Electronic Wave Function Can (and Can't) Change during a Chemical Reaction," a Chemistry colloquium with Laurie Butler, University of Chicago; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Feb. 9, 4 p.m. "Electrophysiological Studies of Neuroplasticity in the Song System," a Psychology colloquium with David Perkel, University of Pennsylvania; 234 Ames. HW

  

FILM

 Wed., Feb. 9, 7 p.m. The 2000 Winter Film Series, "Getting Her Groove Back: African American Women in Film, 1934-95," presents Carmen Jones (1954) starring Dorothy Dandridge. Preceded by a short film, Picking Tribes (1988). Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

  

LECTURES

 Mon., Feb. 7, 5 p.m. Dean's Lecture II--"Environment and the Eye: Chronic Sunlight Exposure and Ocular Damage" by Sheila West. Sponsored by the Dean's Office, SOM. Hurd Hall. JHMI

Tues., Feb. 8, 5:15 p.m. " [...] Omission Marks," a German lecture by Bernhard Siegert, University of Berlin; 336 Gilman. HW

Wed., Feb. 9, noon. "When Sad Is More Than the Blues: Symptoms and Treatment of Clinical Depression," a lecture by Carol Fox, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital. Part of the Wednes- day Noon Series sponsored by Special Events. Shriver Hall. HW

Thurs., Feb. 10, 1 p.m. "Reference Manager," a Welch Lecture by Cindy Sheffield. Part of the series "Information Tools for Science and Medicine." Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 10, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Alpha Sigma Lambda Honors Lecture--"From Spies to Satellites: U.S. Intelligence Today" by Richard Haver, naval intelligence veteran. Reception follows. Shaffer Hall. HW

Fri., Feb. 11, 10 a.m. "Trade in the 21st Century: Latin America and Beyond," a lecture by William Daley, U.S. commerce secretary. Members of the public who want to attend should make reservations by calling 202-663-5636. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg., 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. SAIS

Fri., Feb. 11, 4 p.m. "On Trust as a Commodity and the Grammar of Trust," an Anthropology lecture by Ali Kahn; 404-BA Macaulay. HW

Mon., Feb. 14, 5 p.m. The Sir Henry Hallet Dale Memorial Lecture--"Cellular Signaling with Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMO" by Nobel laureate Ferid Murad, University of Texas, Houston; Hurd Hall. JHMI

  

MUSIC

 Tues., Feb. 8, 8 p.m. Peabody Symphony Orchestra performs works by Danielpour, Mozart and Nielsen. $16, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for students with I.D. 410-659-8124. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody Preceded by a free chamber music concert--presented by the Conservatory guitar department--in the George Peabody Library.

Wed., Feb. 9, 8 p.m. "Opera for a New Century," a performance by the Peabody Opera Workshop, featuring excerpts from operas through four centuries and a preview of a new opera; Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Fri., Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Peabody Concert Orchestra performs Stravinsky's Pulcinella Ballet 1920 (rev. 1949) and Prokofiev's Scythian Suite, op. 20. $16, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for students with I.D. 410-659-8124. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

Sun., Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series presents a concert in memory of Ella J. Nerenberg, with pianist Arnaldo Cohen performing works by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Liszt. $23, $12 for students. 410-516-7164. HW

  

READINGS

 Wed., Feb. 9, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Creative Writing Open House, featuring readings by poet Joyce Brown and novelist Louise Titchener; Shaffer Hall. HW

  

SEMINARS

 Mon., Feb. 7, 12:15 p.m. "Advocates for Youth: What Can Be Done?" a Center for Communication Programs seminar with James Waggoner and Deborah Hausner, Advocates for Youth; Haryono Room, SPH. JHMI

Mon., Feb. 7, 12:15 p.m. "Dynamics of Nuclear Architecture and Gene Expression," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Thomas Misteli, NIH/LRBGE; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Feb. 7, 4 p.m. "Assessing Affirmative Action," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Harry Holzer, U.S. Dept. of Labor; 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Mon., Feb. 7, 4 p.m. "Harem and Beyond: The Challenge of Gulbadan Banu Begum's 'Ahval-I Humayun Badshah' "; a History seminar with Ruby Lal, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., Feb. 7, 4 p.m. "Photolysis in the Arctic Summer Stratosphere; an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Steven Lloyd; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 7, 7 p.m. "Center for a Livable Future," a Prehealth seminar with Robert Lawrence; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Tues., Feb. 8, noon. "The Role of Engrailed-1 in Limb and Skin Development," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Cynthia Loomis, New York University School of Medicine; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., Feb. 8, noon. "Job Retention and Advancement for Former Welfare Recipients," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Burt Barnow; 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Tues., Feb. 8, 3 p.m. "Transport and Geochemical Controls on Solutes in Clay Aquitards," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with M. James Hendry, University of Saskatchewan; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Feb. 8, 4 p.m. "Signal Transduction: NF-kappab and the Ikappab Kinase," a Biology seminar with David Rothwarf, University of California, San Diego; 100 Mudd. HW

Tues., Feb. 8, 4 p.m. "Defending Their Masters' Honor: The Participation of Slaves in Household Feuds in 15th-Century Valencia," a special meeting of the History seminar with Debra Blumenthal, Rice University; 315 Gilman. HW

Wed., Feb. 9, 12:15 p.m. "Maximizing the Medium: Call-in TV Shows and Interactive Medical Programming," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Alexa Boer Kimball, National Cancer Institute/NIH; Haryono Room, SPH. JHMI

Wed., Feb. 9, 4 p.m. "Initiation and Propagation of Sodium and Calcium Spikes in the Dendrites of Hippocampal Neurons," a Neuroscience special seminar with Nace Golding, Northwestern University; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 10, 1 p.m. "Neuronal Differentiation, Synaptogensis and Synaptic Remodeling in C. elegans," a Neuroscience special seminar with Yishi Jin, University of California; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 10, 2:30 p.m. "Pre-Steady-State Kinetic Analyis of the Interactions of Nucleotide Cofactor with the RecA-ssDNA Complex," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense by Sunil Nayak; 2030 SPH. JHMI

Thurs., Feb. 10, 4 p.m. "Coarse-to-Fine Computational Vision," a Mathematical Sciences seminar with Donald Geman, University of Massachusetts; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Feb. 10, 5:30 p.m. " 'Who's Afraid of Frances Wright?' Newspaper Editors' Attempts to Define Reading and Listening Audiences in 1829," a Women and Gender Studies general seminar with Carolyn Eastman; 148 Gilman. HW

Mon., Feb. 14, 12:15 p.m. "A Real(!) Y2K Problem: The Origin of Evolutionary Novelty," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Neil Shubin, University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Feb. 14, 12:15 p.m. "Epidemiology As a 'Variable' in Minority Health," a Center for Epidemiology and Policy seminar with Shiriki Kumanyika, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; W3030 SPH. JHMI

Mon., Feb. 14, 4 p.m. "Thrift, Greed and Panic: Or How Paul Gauguin Came to be a Full-time Painter," a History seminar with Stephens Broening; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., Feb. 14, 4 p.m. "Something I Love to Do: Measuring Breaking Waves by High Resolution Radar," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Owen Phillips; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

  

SPECIAL
EVENTS

 Mon., Feb. 7, Iranian Health Forum--Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Iranian Health Forum.

  • Noon. "Health and Medical Education in Post-Revolutionary Iran," a talk by Asghar Rastegar, Yale University Medical School. Becton-Dickinson Lecture Hall, SPH. JHMI

  • 7:30 p.m. "Iranian-American Professionals and Iran: What Is Our Responsibility?" a talk by Asghar Rastegar. $10 (includes dinner from House of Kabob). Becton-Dickinson Lecture Hall, SPH. JHMI

    • February--Black History Month Events

  • Mon., Feb. 7, noon. Talk by medical sociologist and anthropologist Michael Blakey, about the W. Montague Cobb Collection; Sherwood Room, Levering Union. HW

  • Tues., Feb. 8, 8 p.m. Lecture by rapper, writer and activist Lisa Williamson (a.k.a. Sister Souljah); Shriver Hall. HW

    Rapper, writer and activist Sister Souljah arrives on the Homewood campus to deliver a lecture at 8 p.m. on Tues., Feb. 8, in Shriver Hall as part of February's Black History Month celebration.

  • Sat., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. "Voices Unheard," an open-mike and freestyle poetry contest with guest artist Thema Bryant; Arellano Theater. HW

  • Sun., Feb. 13, 10 a.m. Interfaith worship service; Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center.

    • Tues., Feb. 8, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Forum on German Unification--"The Diplomacy of German Unification: Ten Years Later," featuring panelists Robert Zoellick (formerly of the U.S. State Department) and Dieter Kastrup, German ambassador to the U.N. Sponsored by the Foreign Policy Institute. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg., 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. SAIS

    Sat., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. to midnight. Valentine Swing Dance featuring music by the JHU Jazz Ensemble and the Peabody OASIS Sixth Dimension Sax Quartet; pre-dance instruction by Joanne Houlahan (6 to 8 p.m.) 410-366-9332. Conservatory cafeteria. Peabody

      

    SPORTS

    		 Sat., Feb. 12, 4 p.m. Women's Basketball, vs. Dickinson.

    Sat., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. Men's Basketball, vs. Dickinson. (Alumni Game takes place at 6 p.m.)

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