The Johns Hopkins Gazette: January 18, 2000
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COLLOQUIA

Fri., Jan. 21, 2 p.m. "Systems Architecting of Organizations" with Eberhardt Rechtin, University of Southern California (retired); Parsons Auditorium. APL Simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

  

TALKS/
DISCUSSION

Wed., Jan. 19, noon. Black Faculty and Staff Association general assembly meeting; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Thurs., Jan. 20, noon. "Coping with Change in a Fast-Moving Society," a Hopkins Women's Network brown bag discussion with Linda Rose; Turner Auditorium (East Room). JHMI

  

LECTURES

Tues., Jan. 18, 4 p.m. Tenth Harold and Marilyn Menkes Memorial Lecture "Reversing Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Biological Intervention Cardiology" by Marlene Rabinovitch, University of Toronto; W1016 SPH. JHMI

  

MUSIC

Wed., Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series--Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes playing works by Schubert, Kurtag and Schumann. $27, $14 for students. 410-516-7164. Shriver Hall. HW

Sat., Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Preparatory's Winter Dance Concert--Presentation of the Delibes ballet Coppélia, choreographed by Giana Jigarhan, with dancers Ninel Cherevko and Dmitri Malikov in the principal roles. $8, $4 for senior citizens and students with I.D. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

  

OPEN HOUSE

Fri., Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. Astronomy Open House and public viewing. Call 410-516-6525 Fridays after 6:30 p.m. to check viewing conditions. Bloomberg Center Observatory. HW

  

SEMINARS

Tues., Jan. 18, 4 p.m. "Insights into Mechanisms of Drug Resistance and Polymerization Catalysis from Structural Studies on HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase," a Biology seminar with Stefan Sarafianos, Rutgers University; 100 Mudd. HW

Wed., Jan. 19, 1:30 p.m. "Geometric Analysis and Comparison of Protein-DNA Interfaces: Why Is There No Simple Code for Recognition?" a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Carl Pabo, MIT; 517 PCTB. JHMI

Wed., Jan. 19, 4 p.m. "Novel Chemical Approaches to the Study of Cyclo Nucleotide Signaling," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Jeffrey Karpen, University of Colorado School of Medicine; 303 WBSB. JHMI

Wed., Jan. 19, 4 p.m. "Synaptic Signaling in CNS Glia," a special Neuroscience seminar with Dwight Bergles, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Jan. 20, noon. "The Nuclear Lamina: New Insights from Worms and Flies," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Yosef Gruenbaum, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 110 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Jan. 20, 1 p.m. "New Roles for Postsynaptic Mechanisms in Classical Conditioning in Aplysia," a Neuroscience research seminar with David Glanzman, UCLA; 811 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., Jan. 20, 4 p.m. "The Dynamic Mechanism of the Molecular Chaperonin GroEL," a Biology seminar with Janpieng Ma, Harvard University; 100 Mudd. HW

Sat., Jan. 22, 10 a.m. to noon. "Proactive Community Crime Prevention," a seminar for residents of Charles Village, focusing on concrete methods for improving personal safety and preventing property-related crime. R.S.V.P. to 410-235-4411. 3 Shaffer. HW

Mon., Jan. 24, 12:15 p.m. "Cytoplasmic Dynein in Filamentous Fungi," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Xiang Xing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Jan. 24, 4 p.m. "Vaccinia Virus Transcription Termination," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Edward Niles, SUNY/Buffalo; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Mon., Jan. 24, 4 p.m. "Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Human Brain Axonal Tracts by Magnetic Resonance Imaging," a Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute Bodian seminar with Susumu Mori; 338 Krieger. HW

  

SPECIAL
EVENTS

Wed., Jan. 19, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. "Race, Class and Health," satellite broadcast of the national town meeting presented by PBS, with community activists, educators and public health leaders. Broadcast to 218 Maryland Hall, Homewood campus, and the Tilghman Room, Turner Building, on the East Baltimore campus. Sponsored by the JHU Diversity Leadership Council.

Thurs., Jan. 20, 5 to 7 p.m. Members Opening Reception for the Homewood House Museum exhibit Bubble to Bottle, Pontil to Prism: Early Glass in Maryland, 1785-1835. Performance by Carolinn Skyler on the glass armonica. Free to members, $25 for non-members (includes annual membership to the museum). Homewood House Museum. HW

Fri., Jan. 21, 11 a.m. and noon. "Glass Is a Blast," a Homewood House Museum tour of the glass exhibit, Bubble to Bottle, Pontil to Prism: Early Glass in Maryland, 1785-1835, and visit to a Baltimore glass studio. Reservations required. $13, $8 for Homewood House members and JHU staff. 410-516-5589. HW

Sat., Jan. 22, 10 a.m. to noon. "Glass Discovery Day," appraisals of visitors' glass objects with experts from Alex Cooper Auctioneers. Reservations required. $10 per item (includes tour of glass exhibit Bubble to Bottle, Pontil to Prism: Early Glass in Maryland, 1785-1835). 410-516-5589. A box lunch is available for $8.50; call to order in advance. Homewood House Museum. HW

  

SPORTS

Sat., Jan. 22, 7 p.m. Women's Basketball, vs. Western Maryland.

Sat., Jan. 22, TBA. JHU Diving Invitational. HW

  

WJHU
88.1 FM

The Marc Steiner Show is broadcast weekdays from noon to 2 p.m. on 88.1 FM, WJHU radio. It is also available live and archived on-line at http://www.sunspot.net. This list of upcoming segments is subject to change.
    Tues., Jan. 18, noon. Sports Talk with Keith Mills from WMAR-TV and Milton Kent from The Sun, followed at 1 p.m. by a talk with Yuri Temirkanov, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, about his inaugural season.
    Fri., Jan. 21, noon. Weekly News Roundtable.


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