Johns Hopkins Gazette | March 29, 2004
 

Weekly Calendar

Colloquiums | Dance | Discussion/Talks | Film/Video | Lectures | Music | Readings | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Symposia | Theater | Workshops

 

Student's Chamber Opera Debuts

When Daniel Thomas Davis was researching the antislavery movement for his undergraduate history studies, he stumbled upon the Hutchinsons, a colorful 19th-century family who wrote and published more than 50 antislavery and reform songs.

Among them was If I Were a Voice, the name Davis has given to the chamber opera he composed and for which he wrote the libretto — and which premieres this weekend with two performances at Peabody. Now finishing a bachelor's degree at Peabody and graduate work in history, Thomas was recently named a Marshall Scholar; he will study for two years at London's Royal Academy of Music.

The opera is funded in part by the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences as a joint project between the Peabody Camerata and the Hopkins History Department and by a Fall 2003 Provost's Undergraduate Research Award. See Music, below.

 

 Colloquia

Tues., March 30, 4:15 p.m. "Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Small Molecule Activation by Metalloproteins," a Chemistry colloquium with Roger N.F. Thorneley, John Innes Centre, UK; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., March 31, 3 p.m. "Biology on Display: Museums and the New Life Sciences in America," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Karen Rader, Sarah Lawrence College; 3505 N. Charles St. HW

Wed., March 31, 4:30 p.m. "The Orchestra and Its Acoustical Environment," a Peabody Musicology colloquium with John Spitzer; 306 Conservatory. Peabody

 

 Dance

Fri., April 2, 7:30 p.m., and Sat., April 3, 3 p.m. Peabody Dance Annual Spring Showcase, with guest artists Jennifer Smith and Alexei Borovik performing works by Balanchine. (See story, this issue.) $12, $6 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Fri., April 2, 8 p.m. JHU Modern Dance Company presents its annual dance concert. $5, $3 for students. Shriver Hall. HW

Sat., April 3, 7:30 p.m. "Egyptian Fun," a modern approach to the art of bellydancing. $10, $7 (in advance) and $5 for students. Shriver Hall. HW

 

 Discussion/Talks

Tues., March 30, noon. "Career Renewal: 26 Steps to Get What You Want at Work," a JHU Women's Network brown bag lunch discussion with Lisa Heiser and Rita Smith; Clipper Room, Shriver. HW

"The Diet Dilemma," co-sponsored by Benefits Administration and Occupational Health Services.

Tues., March 30, noon. 162 Mattin Center. HW

Thurs., April 1, noon. 349 Phipps. EB

Buzzword Bistro Series, discussions sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources, with Theron Feist; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

Tues., March 30, 1 p.m. "Tablet PCs as Teaching Tools."

Thurs., April 1, 1 p.m. "An Introduction to the Hodson Hall 'Smart Classroom.'"

Tues., March 30, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. "Business Careers in Healthcare and Biotechnology," a SPSBE panel discussion and networking opportunity with experts from GE Medical Systems, Biotechnology Industry Organization and Guidant Corp. Academic and Research Bldg., Montgomery County Campus.

Wed., March 31, 7 to 9 p.m. "General Mentoring," an AED Mentoring discussion; co-sponsored by Preprofessional Programs/Preprofessional Advising. AMR1. HW

 

 Film/Video

Anthropology Undergraduate Film Series; 400 Macaulay. HW

Mon., March 29, 4:30 p.m. Mandabi (The Money Order), directed by Ousmane Sembene.

Tues., March 30, 4:30 p.m. Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean.

Thurs., April 1, 4:30 p.m. When Hamlet Came to Mizoram, directed by Pankaj Butalia.

Thurs., April 1, 7:15 p.m. A Man With a Plan (1995), directed by John O'Brien; part of the JHMI Office of Cultural Affairs Film Series "Politics as Usual." Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB

Thurs., April 1, 9 p.m. Trojka: International Movie Group presents Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001), directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Sponsored by GRO. 3 Shaffer. HW

Fri., April 2, 7 p.m. "Bee-Have," a Women, Gender and Sexuality film series, presents The Cement Garden (1992), directed by Andrew Birkin; followed by discussion. 110 Gilman. HW

Sun., April 4, 7 p.m. Screening of A Force More Powerful, sponsored by JHU Season for Nonviolence; 101 Remsen. HW

 

 Lectures

Mon., March 29, 5 p.m. Dean's Lecture IV — "Protection Against Cancer: Plants, Genes and Enzymes" by Paul Talalay. Sponsored by SOM. Hurd Hall. EB

Tues., March 30, 3:30 p.m. The Albert L. Lehninger Lecture — "Mitochondrial Gateway to Apop-tosis: Lessons from Mars and Venus for Cancer Therapy" by Stanley Korsmeyer, Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Sponsored by Biological Chemistry. WBSB Auditorium. EB

Tues., March 30, 5:30 p.m. "Post-World War II: The Peak, The Decline," a lecture by musicologist and composer Ray Elam Sprenkle. Part of the Modernism in Music lecture series sponsored by the Shriver Hall Concert Series. Great Hall, Levering. HW

Tues., March 30, 6:30 p.m. The Ginder Lecture — "The Sustainable Promise of Globalization" by Cal Darden, United Parcel Service. Sponsored by SPSBE. Hodson Hall Auditorium. HW

Thurs., April 1, 7 a.m. The William F. Rienhoff Jr. Lecture — "The Competitive and Competent Surgeon of the 21st Century — What Will Be Expected?" by Thomas Russell, American College of Surgeons and Northwestern University Medical Center. Sponsored by SOM. Turner Auditorium. EB

Thurs., April 1, 7:30 a.m. The Nicholson J. Eastman Professor's Lecture — "Impact of Technology on Obstetrics and Gynecology" by Mark Evans, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York. Sponsored by Gynecology and Obstetrics. 240 Phipps. EB

Thurs., April 1, noon. "Literature Investigation: Verifying Citations, Ranking Journals and Tracing Citations," a Welch Medical Library lecture by David Wright. Part of the Welch Spring Lecture Series. Hurd Hall. EB

Thurs., April 1, noon. Mattin ART Munch presents "Unconventional Wisdom for the Web-based Artist," a lecture by Todd Harvey of Baltimore's Mission Media; 160 Mattin Center. HW

 

 Music

Fri., April 2, 5:45 p.m. "Peabody at Homewood," a performance by the Rivendell String Quartet of works by Debussy and Beethoven. A reception with the artists follows in Homewood's wine cellar. $12, $10 for Homewood House members. Reserve tickets by calling 410-516-8645. Reception Hall, Homewood House Museum. HW

Sat., April 3, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Opera Workshop and Peabody Camerata present the world premiere of Daniel Davis' If I Were a Voice (See story, above); the program will also include the world premiere of Lauver's Who Shall Invoke Her, Peaslee's The Devil's Herald, for Tuba Solo, Four Horns and Percussion, and the winning work in the Camerata's student composer contest. There will be a repeat performance of If I Were a Voice on Sun., April 4, at 3 p.m. 410-659-8100, ext. 2. Griswold Hall. Peabody

Sun., April 4, 3 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents its spring concert featuring music by Poulenc, Mozart, Faure, Lalo, Dvorak and Verdi. $8, $6 for senior citizens, students and JHU faculty, staff and alumni; free for JHU students. SDS Room, Mattin Center. HW

Sun., April 4, 7:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series presents contemporary ensemble Continuum, performing music by Stravinsky, Mamlok, Davidovsky, Yi, Moss, Schnittke, Nacarrow and the world premiere of Sharp's No Time Like the Stranger. $33, $17 for students and $8 for student rush tickets. 410-516-7164. Shriver Hall. HW

 

 Readings

Tues., March 30, 5:30 p.m. "Someone Else's Name," a reading from his first book by poet Joseph Harrison. Sponsored by the Writing Seminars. 323 Gilman. HW

Thurs., April 1, 5:30 p.m. "Parthenopi," a reading by poet Michael Waters, Salisbury University; 111 Mergenthaler. HW

 

 Seminars

Mon., March 29, noon. "Mechanisms of Estrogen Carcinogenesis — How Phytoestrogens May Affect the Process," a Johns Hopkins CAM Center seminar with James Yager; 322, 1830 Bldg. EB

Mon., March 29, noon. "Novel Signals for Neuronal Death or Survival," a Clinical Neuroscience seminar with Valina Dawson; 1-191 Meyer. EB

Mon., March 29, 12:15 p.m. "Pebble RhoGEF-dependent Pathways in Cell Division and Cell Morphology During Drosophila Embryogenesis," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Robert Saint, Australian National University; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., March 29, 4 p.m. "Anti-Bax and Antioxidant Mechanisms of Cytoprotection by BcL-2," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Gary Fiskum, University of Maryland School of Medicine; W2030 BSPH. EB

Mon., March 29, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Semantic Processing in Rhesus Macaques" with Yale Cohen, Dartmouth College. Sponsored by the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., March 29, 4 p.m. "Translating Tocqueville: The Constraints of Classicism," a History seminar with Arthur Goldhammer, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by Romance Languages and Literatures. 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., March 29, 4 p.m. "Singularities of Immersed, Stable Minimal Hypersurfaces," an Analysis seminar with Neshan Wickramasekera, MIT; 308 Krieger. HW

Mon., March 29, 4 p.m. "Phospate Oxygen Isotopes, Marine Biogeochemistry and the Detection of Ancient and Extraterrestrial Nutrient Cycling," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Albert Colman, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Tues., March 30, noon. "A Multi-Method Approach to Evaluating the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment on Homicide," an Institute for Policy Studies lunch-time seminar with Chris Herbst and Barbara Morgan; 526 Wyman Bldg. HW

Tues., March 30, 12:15 p.m. "From Field to Tube (and Beyond): Heart Formation in Zebrafish," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Deborah Yelon, New York University School of Medicine; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Tues., March 30, 3 p.m. "Understanding Stress and Its Role in Defining Environmental Health," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Nancy Love, Virginia Tech; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., March 30, 4:30 p.m. "Scaling of Information in Natural Language," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Naftali Tishby, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 303 Shaffer. HW

Tues., March 30, 5 p.m. "Isomorphisms of Kac-Moody Groups," a Topology seminar with Pierre-Emmanuel Caprace, University of Virginia; 308 Krieger. HW

Tues., March 30, 5:15 p.m. "Politics and Morality: Camus as Journalist of the Resistance," a History and Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with Arthur Goldhammer, Harvard University; 336 Gilman. HW

Wed., March 31, 3:30 p.m. "Elastic Effects in Microstructural Evolution," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Perry Leo, University of Minnesota; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., March 31, 4 p.m. "Pico Radios — What Does It Take to Design a Link Between Them?" an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Charlie Zhong, University of California, Berkeley; 104 Maryland. HW

Wed., March 31, 4 p.m. "Regulation of GLUT4 Vesicle Trafficking," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Jeffrey Pessin, SUNY, Stony Brook; 303 WBSB. EB

Thurs., April 1, 11 a.m. "Scale Down Studies for Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Heterogeneities in Bioprocesses Based on Recombinant Prokaryotes and Animal Cells," a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with Octavio Tonatiuh Ramirez Reivich, National University of Mexico; 110 Maryland. HW

Thurs., April 1, noon. "Human Disease and the Functional Architecture of the Nuclear Envelope," a Cell Biology seminar with Kathy Wilson; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., April 1, 1 p.m. "Cranial Neural Crest and the Building of the Vertebrate Head: Developmental and Evolutionary Aspects," a Neuroscience research seminar with Nicole le Douarin, College de France, Institut d'Embryologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire du CNRS; WBSB Auditorium. EB

Thurs., April 1, 3 p.m. "Dynamics of Molecular Motors," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Sean Sun; 210 Hodson. HW

Thurs., April 1, 3:30 p.m. "Mycobacteriophage Genomics: Exploring the Unknown," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with Graham Hatfull, University of Pittsburgh; 517 PCTB. EB

Thurs., April 1, 4 p.m. "Ceramide Channels, Transmembrane Protein Flux and the Initiation of Apoptosis," a Biology seminar with Marco Colombini, University of Maryland; 100 Mudd. HW

Fri., April 2, 10 a.m. "Factors That Maintain Cytosine Methylation of Endogenous Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Lisa Bartee; W2030 BSPH. EB

Fri., April 2, 11 a.m. "The Seminal Paper on Reasoning Foundations of Medical Diagnosis: 45 Years Later," a Pathology and Health Sciences Informatics seminar with Robert Ledley, National Biomedical Research Foundation; B105 Meyer. EB

Fri., April 2, 3:30 p.m. "A Tactile Shape Display Driven by Vapor Bubbles," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Xu Geng; 107 Latrobe. HW

Mon., April 5, noon. "The Frizzled Family of Wnt Receptors," a Clinical Neuroscience seminar with Jeremy Nathans; 1-191 Meyer. EB

Mon., April 5, 12:15 p.m. "Nuclear Import and Export: The Rules and the Players," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Susan Wente, Vanderbilt University; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., April 5, 12:30 p.m. "The Relationship Between Airway Inflammation and Asthma," an Allergy and Clinical Immunology seminar with Andrew Wardlaw, The Glenfield Hospital, UK; 2B65 JHAAC. Bayview

Mon., April 5, 4 p.m. "Cilia/Flagellar, Microtubule Motors and Sensory Transduction," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with William Snell, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; W2030 BSPH. EB

Mon., April 5, 4 p.m. "Diamonds from Heaven or Hades? The Carbonato Conundrum," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Peter Heaney, Pennsylvania State University; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., April 5, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Which Way Is the Aquarium? The Neurobiology for a Sense of Direction" with Jeffrey Taube, Dartmouth University. Sponsored by the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., April 5, 5:15 p.m. "Philologie et Litterature: Les Enjeux Poetiques et Esthetiques d'une Pratique Savante (16e-17e Siecles)," a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with Emmanuel Bury, l'Universite de Litterature Francaise/Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines; 336 Gilman. HW

 

 Special Events

Mon., March 29, 5 p.m. "American Narrative Visions," a slide talk on his work by John Hull, University of Colorado, Denver. Opening event of the Homewood Art Workshops' 30th anniversary celebration. Sponsored by the Homewood Art Workshops and Homewood Arts Programs. (See story, this issue) 101 Ross Jones Bldg., Mattin Center. HW

Tues., March 30, 7:30 p.m. The Voyage and Discovery Lecture Series — "Perspectives on Youth Violence" by Edward E. Cornwell III. Sponsored by Preprofessional Advising. 210 Hodson. HW

Wed., March 31, noon. The Wednesday Noon Series presents "Unconscious Crime: Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London," a lecture by author Joel Peter Eigen. Copies of Eigen's book will be available for sale and signing. Co-sponsored by the JHU Press. Shriver Hall. HW

Wed., March 31, 8 p.m. The Foreign Affairs Symposium presents televangelist Pat Robertson; Shriver Hall. HW

 

 Sports

Wed., March 31, 3 p.m. Women's Tennis, vs. Gettysburg; Athletic Center. HW

Fri., April 2, 3 p.m. Baseball, vs. Dickinson; Athletic Center. HW

Sat., April 3, 1 p.m. Men's Lacrosse, vs. North Carolina. $20 for field tickets; $10 reserved and $7 general admission; Homewood Field. HW

Sat., April 3, 3:30 p.m. Women's Tennis, vs. Swarthmore; Athletic Center. HW

Sun., April 4, 9 a.m. Men's Tennis, vs. Muhlenberg; Athletic Center. HW

Sun., April 4, 1 p.m. Women's Tennis, vs. Muhlenberg; Athletic Center. HW

Sun., April 4, 1 p.m. Women's Lacrosse, vs. Vanderbilt; Homewood Field. HW

 

 Symposia

Wed., March 31, 7:30 p.m. "The Future of Legal Music Downloading," a Government and Communication in Contemporary Society symposium and panel discussion moderated by Stephen Janis of Morpheus Records; LL7, Bernstein Offit Bldg., 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington D.C.

Thurs., April 1, 8 p.m. DSAGA Annual Symposium — Awareness Days 2004: People Politics, with columnist Dan Savage; a question-and-answer session follows the talk. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

Fri., April 2, 4 p.m. "Graphic Narrative: A Symposium on Comics and Film," an English symposium with A.O. Scott, film critic, The New York Times; Marcie Frank, Concordia University, Montreal; and Jared Gardner, Ohio State University; 311 Hodson. HW

 

 Theater

Fri., April 2, Sat., April 3, 8 p.m. and Sun., April 4, 2 p.m. The Barnstormers present A Chorus Line. $7, $5 with J-card. Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center. HW

 

 Workshops

Mon., March 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Financial Planning — Phase 2," a WORKlife Programs workshop for individuals with less than 10 to 25 years to retirement, with Bill Leeb and Pete Dixon, Financial Council Inc. B102 JHU@Eastern.

Wed., March 31, 7 p.m. "Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction," a JHU for Nonviolence workshop with Trish Magyari; Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center. HW

Sat., April 3, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. "Beyond Maps II: Technologies for Spatial Information Awareness," an Advanced Academic Programs workshop with GIS consultant Erwin Villiger. Cost is $100; RSVP to 202-452-1280 or thoward@jhu.edu. by April 1. Fourth floor computer lab, Bernstein Offit Bldg., 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington D.C.

 
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