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Weekly Calendar

Discussion/Talks | Film/Video | Lectures | Music | Seminars | Symposia |

 

Discussion/Talks

Tues., Jan. 27, noon. "Strategies for Job Interviewing," a special discussion with John Groopman. Sponsored by Environmental Health Sciences. W7023 BSPH. EB

 

Film/Video

Wed., Jan. 28, Thurs., Jan. 29, and Fri., Jan. 30, noon to 5 p.m. Health and Human Rights Film Festival, screening of various human rights films and, on Friday, a panel discussion with directors. Sponsored by the Student Health and Human Rights Group. W1030 BSPH. EB

 

Lectures

Fri., Jan. 30, 4 p.m. "Rethinking Research Ethics," a Bioethics Program lecture by Dan Wikler, Harvard University School of Public Health; 348 Gilman. HW

 

Music

Thurs., Jan. 29, noon. "The West African Xylophone," performance by Bernard Woma, followed by discussion. Sponsored by Musicology. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Sat., Jan. 31, 3 p.m. Preparatory String Ensemble and the Preparatory Chamber Orchestra perform works by Strauss, Telemann, Corelli and Berger, and the folk song "Shabbat Shalom." Griswold Hall. Peabody

Sat., Jan. 31, 7 p.m. The Preparatory Sinfonietta performs music by Beethoven, Poulenc, Ravel and Brahms; Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Mon., Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Opera Workshop performing Daniel Crozier / Roger Brunyate's The Reunion. Another performance takes place Tues., Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

 

Seminars

Mon., Jan. 26, noon. "Mechanisms of DNA Damage-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis," a Clinical Neuroscience seminar with Lee Martin; 1-191 Meyer. EB

Mon., Jan. 26, 4 p.m. "The Hunt for North American Diamonds," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Kevin Krajick; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Jan. 26, 4 p.m. "Proposal for the Evaluation of Cervical Nitric Oxide Response to Chlamydia trachomatis Infection as a Risk Factor for Reinfection," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Patti Gravitt; W2030 BSPH. EB

Tues., Jan. 27, 8:30 a.m. "SIPA: A Canadian Experiment in Comprehensive Care for the Frail Elderly," a Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care/Health Services Research Program seminar with Howard Bergman, McGill University; Carrol Auditorium, Building A. Bayview

Tues., Jan. 27, 10 a.m. "Pathways to Depression: The Impact of Neighborhood Violent Crime on Inner-City Residents in Baltimore, Md.," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Aaron Curry; 744 BSPH. EB

Tues., Jan. 27, noon. "The Genetic and Cellular Basis of Oligogenic Bardet-Biedl Syndrome," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Nicholas Katsanis; 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Jan. 27, 12:15 p.m. "Capturing Resiliency, Buzz Materials and ... Your Ideas," a JHU Center for Communication Programs seminar with Peter Gottert; Suite 310, 111 Market Place. EB

Tues., Jan. 27, 1 p.m. "Imaging Calcium-Dependent Signaling and Plasticity in Neurons," a special Neuroscience seminar with Ryohei Yasuda, Cold Harbor Spring Laboratory; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

Tues., Jan. 27, 4 p.m. "Three Myths and One Big Lie: Understanding the Political Dynamics of Environmental Degradation in the Chesapeake Bay Region," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Howard Ernst, University of Virginia/U.S. Naval Academy; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Jan. 27, 4 p.m. "Unirationality of Hypersurfaces," an Algebraic and Complex Geometry seminar with Jason Starr, MIT; 302 Krieger. HW

Wed., Jan. 28, 12:15 p.m. "Targeted and Global Proteomic Analysis of Membrane Proteins Using Peptide M LC-MS/MS," an Environmental Health Engineering seminar with Josip Blonder, Mass Spectrometry Center and National Cancer Center Institute at Frederick, Md.; W3204 BSPH. EB

Wed., Jan. 28, 3:30 p.m. "Percolation Problems on Grain Boundary Networks: Crystallographic Constraints and Nonrandom Topologies," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Christopher Schuh, MIT; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Jan. 28, 4 p.m. "SH2-Containing Tyrosine Phosphatases in Health and Disease," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Benjamin Neel, Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center; 303 WBSB. EB

Thurs., Jan. 29, 1 p.m. "LIM Transcription Factors and Spinal Motor Neuron Development," a Neuroscience research seminar with Sam Pfaff, Salk Institute; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

Thurs., Jan. 29, noon. "Regulating with Noncoding RNAs," an Infectious Diseases and Molecular Microbiology and Immun-ology seminar with Gisela Storz, NICHD; W2030 BSPH. EB

Thurs., Jan. 29, 3:30 p.m. "Nuclear Incontinence: The Effects of Age on the Genome's Domain," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with Dan Gottschling, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; 517 PCTB. EB

Thurs., Jan. 29, 4 p.m. "An Overview on Zeros of Random Polynomials," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Wenbo V. Li, University of Delaware; 304 Whitehead. HW

Fri., Jan. 30, 1 p.m. "A Postmodern Theory of Cerebellar Function," a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Lance Optican, NEI/NIH; 709 Traylor. EB

Fri., Jan. 30, 4 p.m. "Signs Not Taken for Wonders: The View from Agra," an English seminar with Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania; 323 Gilman. HW

Mon., Feb. 2, noon. "Reconciling Policy Analysis and Democracy: The Essential Tension in the MPP Career," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Erik Devereux, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management; 526 Wyman Bldg. HW

Mon., Feb. 2, 1 p.m. The Painless Gene and the Genetics of Mechanical and Thermal Nociception in Drosophila," a special Neuroscience seminar with Dan Tracey; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

Mon., Feb. 2, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"Multiple Representations of Song During Vocal Learning" with Todd Troyer, University of Maryland; 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Feb. 2, 4 p.m. "Recent Ad-vances in Characterizing Ground Water Flow and Chemical Transport in Fractured Rock: From Cores to Kilometers," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Allen Shapiro, U.S. Geological Survey; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

 

Symposia

Wed., Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m. "Defending Human Rights on Capitol Hill, From Soviet Jewry to Rwanda," a Government and Communication in Contemporary Society symposium with Mark Talisman, Project Judaica Foundation. Sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. LL7, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington D.C.

Mon., Feb. 2, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Fists, Firearms and Fury: Preventing Violence, a symposium examining violent behavior, its effects and strategies to prevent it: "The Community-Level Context of Violence" by Robert Sampson, Harvard University; "Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them" by James Garbarino, Cornell University; "The Other Bad Guys: Gun Commerce and Gun Violence" by Garen Wintemute, University of California, Davis; and "To the Moon, Alice! To the Moon: Changing Attitudes Is Key in Prevention of Domestic Violence" by Carole Alexander, House of Ruth. There will also be a panel discussion, "Violence as a Public Health Issue" with Margaret Ensminger, Philip Leaf, Daniel Webster and Stephen Teret. Part of the Behavior at the Crossroads of Public Health series. W1020 BSPH. EB

 
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