Johns Hopkins Gazette | November 15, 2004
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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University November 15, 2004 | Vol. 34 No. 12
 

Weekly Calendar

Blood Drive | Colloquia | Conference | Dance | Discussion/Talks | Film/Video | Grand Rounds | Lectures | Music | Open House | Seminars | Special Events | Symposia | Theater | Workshops

 

Blood Drive

Wed., Nov. 17, and Thurs., Nov. 18, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross Blood Drive, sponsored by the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

 

Colloquia

Mon., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. "A Nation of Madame Bovarys: On the Possibility and Desirability of Moral Improvement Through Fiction," a Romance Languages and Literatures/Philosophy colloquium with Joshua Landy, Stanford University. 348 Gilman. HW

Tues., Nov. 16, 4:15 p.m. "NMR Studies of Proteins Associated with Neurodegenerative Disorders," a Chemistry colloquium with David Eliezer, Cornell Medical College; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "Attentional Modulation of Learning-Related Repetition Suppression Effects in fMRI," a Psychological and Brain Sciences colloquium with Marvin Chun, Yale University; 234 Ames. HW

Fri., Nov. 19, 3 p.m. "Ethnography, Literature and Art in the Work of Anne Eisner: Making Sense of Colonial Life in the Ituri Forest," a Romance Languages and Literatures colloquium with Christie McDonald, Harvard University; 336 Gilman. HW

Fri., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. "What Reflective Endorsement Cannot Do," a Philosophy colloquium with Hilary Kornblith, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; 348 Gilman. HW

Mon., Nov. 29, 3:30 p.m. "New Cosmology and New Neutrino Physics," a Physics and Astronomy special colloquium with Alessandro Bettini, Gran Sasso National Laboratory; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

 

Conference

Sat., Nov. 20, 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. "A Woman's Journey," annual women's health conference with addresses by Kay Jamison, Azar Nafisi and others. Sponsored by the JHU Women's Network. 410-955-8660. Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Off campus

 

Dance

Fri., Nov. 19, 6 p.m. Performance by the Soaring Eagle Dance Troupe of pow-wow exhibition dances; a cultural coordinator from the Baltimore American Indian Center will explain the meaning of the dances and answer questions. Sponsored by the Center for American Indian Health. E2030 SPH. EB

 

Discussion/Talks

Mon., Nov. 15, 12:15 p.m. "Job Search Strategies for International Students," a discussion sponsored by JHSPH Career Services. W2015 SPH. EB

Prehealth information sessions, sponsored by Preprofessional Advising. 410-516-6744. HW

Mon., Nov. 15, 5 p.m. "University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine," with Gaye Sheffler, dean of admissions; 111 Mergenthaler.

Mon., Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m. "University of Maryland Dental School," with Patricia Meehan, director of admissions; 162 Mattin Center.

Tues., Nov. 16, noon. Discussion of Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife, with Karen Arnold. Part of "Food for Thought," a lunchtime book discussion series sponsored by WORKlife Programs. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 4 to 6 p.m. Journal Club Talk with Tina Kelleher and Tim Mackin. Sponsored by English. 323 Gilman. HW

 

Film/Video

Thurs., Nov. 18, 9 p.m. Trojka film presentation — Not One Less, directed by Zhang Yimou. Sponsored by GRO. 3 Shaffer. HW

 

Grand Rounds

Mon., Nov. 15, 8:30 a.m. "Obesity: Treatment Strategies 2004," Pathology grand rounds with Jagan Thupari; Hurd Hall Auditorium. EB

Wed., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "Sun, Sand and Sickness: HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean," Preventive Medicine grand rounds with Sir George Alleyne; W1020 SPH. EB

 

Lectures

Mon., Nov. 15, 5 p.m. "Visioning Robert Delaunay's First Disk," a History of Art lecture by Gordon Hughes, Princeton University; 255 Mergenthaler. HW

Wed., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. The Harold and Marilyn Menkes Memorial Lecture — "Multidisciplinary Approach to COPD: Environment by Gene Interactions" by Steven Shapiro, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Sponsored by Environmental Health Sciences. E2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Nov. 18, 5 p.m. "France and the Holy Land: Cultural Exchange in the Age of the Crusades," a Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries lecture by Daniel Weiss. (See "In Brief," this issue.) Bakst Theater, Evergreen House.

Thurs., Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m. "Seeing Is Not Touching: Michael Psellos on Aesthetics and Icons," a History of Art lecture by Charles Barber, University of Notre Dame. Co-sponsored by the Onassis Foundation. 255 Mergenthaler. HW

Fri., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. The Tudor and Stuart Lecture — "Imitate and Punish, or, the Art of Loving Mastery in Shakespeare's Schoolroom" by Lynn Enterline, Vanderbilt University. Sponsored by English. 323 Gilman. HW

Mon., Nov. 22, noon. "Integrating Healing Into Pediatric Rehabilitation," a CAM lecture by Lana Warren; Weinberg Auditorium. EB

Mon., Nov. 22, 5 p.m. The Dean's Lecture I — "Energy Wars: Fatty Acid Synthase as a Metabolic Energy Sensor and Its Role in the Treatment of Cancer, Obesity and Stroke" by Gabriele Ronnett. Hurd Hall, JHH. EB

Mon., Nov. 29, noon. "Ginseng in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus," a CAM lecture by Todd Brown; Room 322, 1830 Bldg. EB

 

Music

Thurs., Nov. 18, Fri., Nov. 19, Sat., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.; and Sun., Nov. 21, 3 p.m. The Peabody Opera Theatre and the Peabody Symphony Orchestra perform Massenet's Cendrillon (Cinderella). $24; $12 for senior citizens and $10 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Fri., Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Fall concert by a cappella group The Octopodes; Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Sun., Nov. 21, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series — The Vermeer Quartet performs music by Mozart, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn. $33; $17 for students, $8 for student rush tickets (one hour before concert). 410-516-7164. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

Sun., Nov. 21, 7 p.m. Annual Fall Concert by Ketzev, the Jewish a cappella group, featuring both traditional liturgy and modern Israeli favorites in Hebrew and English. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

 

Open House

Tues., Nov. 16, noon to 1 p.m. Open house for the MS/MBA Biotechnology Program. Sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. 134 Central Bldg., Montgomery County Campus.

Wed., Nov. 17, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Open house for the Environmental Sciences and Policy Information; an opportunity for prospective students to learn about the department and observe a class. A reception follows. Sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. 301 Olin. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 4 to 7 p.m. Open house for the Engineering and Applied Science Programs for Professionals; HEAT Center, 1201 Technology Drive, Aberdeen, Md.

 

Seminars

Mon., Nov. 15, noon. "American Indian Life Skills Development: Linking Suicide Prevention with Adolescent Resilience," a Center for American Indian Health seminar with Teresa Lafromboise; W1020 SPH. EB

Mon., Nov. 15, 12:15 p.m. "Shared Decision Making for Controversial Screening Tests: Is Default to Patient Choice Our Morally Best Option?" a Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute seminar with Dan Sulmasy, New York Medical College; 250 Hampton House. EB

Mon., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. "Org Syn III — Structure and Process in the 20th and 21st Centuries," a History seminar with Lou Galambos; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuro-science--"Haptic Perception of Shape: Using Real and Illusory Objects to Uncover the Role of Force and Geometry" with Gabriel Robles De la Torre, Queen's University. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. "In vitro and in vivo Studies on Oxidized Abasic Sites: Are Abasic Sites Non-Instructional?" a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Marc Greenberg; W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. "The Terrestrial Impact Crater Record (with special reference to the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure)," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Jeffrey Plescia; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Tues., Nov. 16, noon. "Serine Palmitoyltransferase: Unraveling the Molecular Basis of Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy, Type I," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Teresa Dunn, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences; 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Nov. 16, 12:15 p.m. "The Work of the CORE Initiative: Strengthening Community Solutions to HIV/AIDS," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Kristin Kalla and Moussa Abbo, CORE Initiative; International Room, 111 Market Place. EB

Tues., Nov. 16, 2 p.m. "Douglas Huebler and the Abyss of Photographic," a History of Art seminar with Gordon Hughes, Princeton University; 255 Mergenthaler. HW

Tues., Nov. 16, 3 p.m. "Creativity in Engineering: Applying engineering Principles to Water Treatment During Crisis Situations," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Gary Logsdon; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. "The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-2002," a Comparative and World History seminar with Franklin Knight; 315 Gilman. HW

Tues., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. "Localization of Water Waves Scattered by a Randomly Rough Seabed," a Civil Engineering seminar with C.C. Mei, MIT; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Nov. 17, 9 a.m. "The Analysis of Informatively Coarsened Discrete Time-to-Event Data," a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Michelle Shardell; W2030 SPH. EB

Wed., Nov. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Emerging Leaders in the Near East: A Community-based Approach," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Carol Underwood and Bushra Jabre; Draper Room, 111 Market Place. EB

Wed., Nov. 17, 1:30 p.m. "Splicing Regulatory Sequences and Conserved Alternative Exons," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Christopher Burge, MIT; 517 PCTB. EB

Wed., Nov. 17, 3:30 p.m. "Nanomechanics of Adhesion Molecules," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Deborah Leckband, University of Illinois; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "Representational Strategies in the Mosaics of the Koimesis Church at Nicaea (Iznik)," a History of Art seminar with Charles Barber, University of Notre Dame. 255 Mergenthaler. HW

Wed., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "A Decade of Tobacco Control in Massachusetts," a Bloomberg Center for Academic Public Health seminar with Howard Koh, Harvard University School of Public Health; W1030 SPH. EB

Wed., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "Semiparametric Methods for Gene-Environment Case-Control Studies When Gene and Environment Are Independent in the Population," a Biostatistics seminar with Raymond Carroll, Texas A&M University; W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Nov. 18, 11 a.m. "Organic Thin Film Electronics: A Materials Engineering Perspective," a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with C. Daniel Frisbie, University of Minnesota; 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, noon. "Moving Maternal Proteins During Drosophila Oogenesis," a Cell Biology seminar with Lynn Cooley, Yale University School of Medicine; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Nov. 18, noon. "Brain Badness in the Bush — The Neglected Neuron of Sub-Saharan Africa," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Infectious Diseases seminar with Gretchen Birbeck; W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Nov. 18, 12:15 p.m. "Wade Hampton Frost--Johns Hopkins' First Professor of Epidemiology," an Epidemiology seminar with Thomas Daniel, Case Western Reserve University; W2008 SPH. EB

Thurs., Nov. 18, 1:30 p.m. "Molecular Mechanisms of Axon and Vascular Guidance," a Neuroscience research seminar with Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Genentech Inc.; WBSB Auditorium. EB

Thurs., Nov. 18, 2 p.m. "The Maker in the Work: Theodore's Place in Our Analyses of the Theodore Psalter," a History of Art seminar with Charles Barber, University of Notre Dame. 255 Mergenthaler. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. "Mitochondrial Division Proteins in Worms and Mammals," a Biology seminar with Alexander van der Bliek, UCLA School of Medicine; 100 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. "The Number of Linear Extensions of the Boolean Lattice," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Prasad Tetali, Georgia Tech; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. "Facial Rejuvenation: New Individualized Treatment Plans for All Ages" with Craig Vander Kolk; and "New Treatments for Leg Veins" with Kevin Kim; a Johns Hopkins Cosmetics Center educational seminar. Suite 350, Pavilion I, Green Spring Station.

Fri., Nov. 19, noon. "Characterization of Screw Dislocation Cores in BCC MO" with Budhika Mendis; and "Influence of Thermal Softening in Analysis of Adiabatic Shear Bands" with Reuben Kraft; a Mechanical Engineering joint seminar. 106 Latrobe. HW

Fri., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. "Neurobiology of Synaptic Plasticity," a Biology seminar with Richard Huganir. Part of the Frontiers of Neuroscience fall seminar series. 100 Mudd. HW

Mon., Nov. 22, 4 p.m. "Is the Atmospheric Water Cycle Spinning Up?" an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Bill Lau, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Nov. 22, 4 p.m. "Why Have Cocaine and Heroin Prices Fallen in Face of Tougher Enforcement?" an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Peter Reuter, University of Maryland; 526 Wyman Bldg. HW

Tues., Nov. 23, 1 p.m. "Mechanical Ventilation in Ontario: Incidence, Survival, Hospital Bed Utilization and Future Demand of Non-Cardiac Surgery, Adult Patients," a Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar with Dale Needham; W2029 SPH. EB

Tues., Nov. 23, 3 p.m. "20th-Century Climate Signals in Chesapeake Bay Stratigraphy," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Linda Hinnov; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Nov. 23, 4 p.m. "Uncertainty Quantification in the Prediction of Nonlinear Aeroelasticity," a Civil Engineering seminar with Chris Pettit, U.S. Naval Academy; 110 Maryland. HW

Mon., Nov. 29, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Context-dependent Selection of Visuomotor Maps" with Emilio Salinas, Wake Forest University School of Medicine. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Nov. 29, 4 p.m. "Interpretation of the Miyakejima 2000 Eruption and Dike Emplacement Using Time Animations of Earthquakes," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Tom Wright, USGS; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

 

Special Events


Dozens of the best museum shops from Baltimore and the mid-Atlantic region will bring their unique wares to Evergreen House this weekend for the Carriage House Holiday Sale, an annual tradition that gives savvy shoppers an early start on the holiday season.

CultureFest, events designed to teach about the heritage of diverse ethnic groups in the Hopkins community. HW

Mon., Nov. 15, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Screenings of Bend It Like Beckham; Hodson Hall Auditorium.

Tues., Nov. 16, 7 p.m. Indian classical dance show; Shriver Hall.

Thurs., Nov. 18, 7 p.m. North and South Korea round table discussion; Multipurpose Room, AMR1.

Fri., Nov. 19, 7 p.m. Caribbean Cultural Society beauty pageant; Glass Pavilion, Levering.

Sat., Nov. 20, 1 p.m. Student diversity seminar; Great Hall, Levering.

7 p.m. Closing ceremony; Glass Pavilion, Levering. (Pick up required free tickets in 210 Mattin Center.)

Tues., Nov. 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 2004 JHU Benefits Fair, an opportunity for faculty and staff to learn more about their Hopkins benefits. Turner Concourse. EB

Wed., Nov. 17, noon. Wednesday Noon Series — "The Electric Guitar: A History of an American Icon," a lecture and demonstration by Andre Millard. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

Fri., Nov. 19, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 20, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sun., Nov. 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Carriage House Holiday Sale; unique gifts including balsam wreaths, bows, pine cones and greens. $5. Evergreen Carriage House.

Fri., Nov. 19, 5 to 7 p.m. Oldies But Goodies Social. $10 in advance; $12 at the door. The United Way Thank You Lottery Drawing will take place during the social, from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Great Hall, Levering. HW

 

Symposia

Wed., Nov. 17, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. "Why the Winner Won and the Loser Lost the Presidential Election and What It Means for the Future," a Government and Communication in Contemporary Society symposium with Mark Shields. If you are not a current student, RSVP to 202-452-1280 two days before the event. LL7, Bernstein Offit Bldg.

 

Theater

Fri., Nov. 19, and Sat., Nov. 20, 8 p.m. Throat Culture, a student sketch comedy group, presents its fall show. Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

 

Workshops

WORKlife Programs workshops —

"Bringing Out the Best in You," with Dina Johnson of Accomplishments Inc.

Mon., Nov. 15, noon. 501 Maumenee. EB

Tues., Nov. 23, noon. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW

"Caregiving 101," with Ellen Walderman and Jeanette Spratley.

Tues., Nov. 16, noon. 501 Maumenee. EB Wed., Nov. 17, noon. Sherwood Room, Levering. HW

Digital Media Center workshops; 226 Mattin Center. HW

Thurs., Nov. 18, 5 to 7 p.m. "Photoshop."

Sun., Nov. 21, 5 to 7 p.m. "Graphic Design Principles."

Mon., Nov. 22, 7 to 9 p.m. "Introduction to Flash."

Thurs., Nov. 18, 6 to 8 p.m. Faculty-directed WebCt training with Pamela Stefanuca; 209 Academic and Research Bldg., Montgomery County Campus.

 
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