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Colloquia | Discussion/Talks | Lectures | Music | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Symposia | Theater | Workshops

 

Colloquia


Renowned organist Cherry Rhodes, the first American to win an international prize at the Munich Competition, performs at Peabody. See Music.

Tues., Feb. 6, 4:15 p.m. "Iron-Sulfur Proteins: Electronic Devices of Living Cells," a Chemistry colloquium with Toshiko Ichiye, Georgetown University; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Feb. 7, 3:30 p.m. "Cosmic Star Formation and the Metallicity History of Galaxies," an STScI colloquium with Lisa Kewley, University of Hawaii; STScI Auditorium. HW

Wed., Feb. 7, 4 p.m. "The Unquiet Riots: Racism, Immigration and Nationhood in Contemporary France," a Political Science colloquium with Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia, Sciences-Po, Paris; Clipper Room, Shriver Hall. HW

Thurs., Feb. 8, 3 p.m. "Sacred Philosophy, Secular Theology: The Pious Physics of Levinus Lemnius (1505-1568) and Francisco Valles (1524-1592)," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Kathleen Crowther-Heyck, University of Oklahoma; Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Thurs., Feb. 8, 3:30 p.m. "The Power of Weighted Constraints," a Cognitive Science colloquium with Joe Pater, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; 134A Krieger. HW

Thurs., Feb. 8, 4 p.m. "The Sacrifice of the Secular: Theology and Law in Early Modern Europe," a Seminar in Political and Moral Thought colloquium with Jonathan Sheehan, University of Michigan; 348 Gilman. HW

Fri., Feb. 9, 2 p.m. "What Lies Beneath? Using Radar to Look Below the Surface of the Moon and Mars," an APL colloquium with Bruce Campbell, Smithsonian Institution; Parsons Auditorium. APL

Fri., Feb. 9, 4 p.m. "Biological Realism," a Philosophy colloquium with Michael Devitt, CUNY; 348 Gilman. HW

 

Discussion/Talks

Preprofessional Programs and Advising events. HW

Tues., Feb. 6, 6 to 7 p.m. Jr./Sr. Health Professions application meeting #1 for 2007 applicants, with David Verrier, KSAS, and Melinda Marris, KSAS; 26 Mudd (Auditorium).

Thurs., Feb. 8, 6:30 to 8 p.m. "The Inside Story About Being a Law School Student," a law school alumni panel discussion with Ana Droscoski, KSAS; Great Hall, Levering.

Fri., Feb. 9, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Baltimore-Washington Malaria Meeting with Terrie Taylor, Michigan State University; and Christopher Stowe, University of Maryland, Baltimore. Sponsored by the JH Malaria Research Institute. RSVP by Tues., Feb. 6 to mbrooks@jhsph.edu. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

 

Lectures

Mon., Feb. 5, 4 p.m. The Henry G. Kunkel Lecture — "DNA Deamination and the Generation of Antibody Diversity" an SoM and JH Immunology Council lecture by Michael Neuberger, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK; Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB

The 2007 Walter M. Elsasser Lectures, by Robert Hazen, George Mason University and Carnegie Institution of Washington. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. HW

Mon., Feb. 5, 4 p.m. "Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins"; Olin Auditorium.

Tues., Feb. 6, noon. "Right and Left: Mineral Surfaces, Molecular Selection and the Origin of Life's Homochirality"; 304 Olin.

Wed., Feb. 7, noon. "Functional Information and the Evolution of Complex Systems"; 304 Olin.

Wed., Feb. 7, 5:30 p.m. "The Geopolitical Context of the Ebla Kingdom in Third-Millennium B.C. Syria," a Near Eastern Studies lecture by Maria Giovanna Biga, University of Rome; 123 Gilman. HW

Thurs., Feb. 8, 5:15 p.m. "The Death of God and the Return of Religion," a German and Romance Languages lecture and job talk by John Smith, University of California, Irvine; 336 Gilman. HW

Fri., Feb. 9, 12:15 p.m. "Policy Challenges in Global Health: What Will It Take to Succeed?" a Center for Global Health lecture by Ruth Levine, Center for Global Development. Co-sponsored by International Health. First in a series of lectures. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Mon., Feb. 12, 5:15 p.m. "Exotic Encounters: France and India in the 17th Century," a German and Romance Languages lecture by Faith Beasley, Dartmouth College; 336 Gilman. HW

 

Music

Wed., Feb. 7, 8 p.m. Peabody Concert Orchestra performs music by Milhaud, Gershwin, Formanek and Ellington, with members of the Peabody Jazz Orchestra. $18 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Thurs., Feb. 8, 10:30 a.m. Demonstration of the koto, a Japanese stringed instrument, with Kyoko Okamoto, University of Maryland. Sponsored by Peabody Musicology. 308 Conservatory. Peabody

Fri., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Jazz Orchestra performs new compositions. $18, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody

Sun., Feb. 11, 4 p.m. Organist Cherry Rhodes performs. $18 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $8 for students with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody

 

Seminars

Mon., Feb. 5, 8:30 a.m. "Scientific Methods: Survival Skills for Young Investigators," an SoM Professional Development Office seminar with Tung-Tien Sun, NYU School of Medicine. Medical community only. W1214 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 5, 11 a.m. "An American Option Pricing Method on Markov Processes," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Suneal Chaudhary, University of Utah; 304 Shaffer. HW

Mon., Feb. 5, noon. "Chemical Reactivity of Environmental Nanoparticles," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with R. Lee Penn, University of Wisconsin; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 5, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Multielectrode Arrays for Embodied Cultured Networks" with Steve Potter, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/ Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Feb. 5, 4 p.m. "The Politics of Privacy: Finding the Cold War Roots of New Right 'Family Values,'"a History seminar with Michelle Nickerson, University of Texas, Dallas; 315 Gilman. HW

Tues., Feb. 6, noon. "Communication for Social Change — A Focus on Community Change Outcomes," a Health, Behavior and Society and Urban Health Institute (SPH) seminar with Maria Elena Figueroa, SPH; 208 Hampton House. EB

Tues., Feb. 6, noon. "Poly (ADP-ribose), an Essential Multifunctional Modification, Is Required for Spindle Function," a Cell Biology seminar with Paul Chang, Harvard Medical School; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Tues., Feb. 6, 12:15 p.m. "New Insights Into Arf Targeting and Function at the Golgi Complex and Plasma Membrane," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Julie Donaldson, NIH and NHLBI; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Tues., Feb. 6, 12:15 p.m. "Achieving the MDGs through the Millennium Villages," a Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health special seminar with Rehana Ahmed, United Nations Millennium Development Goals Centre, Nairobi, Kenya; W3030 SPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 6, 12:15 p.m. "The Epidemiology of Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Rural Bangladesh," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Alain Labrique; W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., Feb. 6, 3 p.m. "New Treatment and Risk Assessment Technologies for Potable Wastewater Reuse," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with James Englehardt, University of Miami; 234 Ames. HW

Wed., Feb. 7, 8:15 a.m. "Collaborations Between Government and Industry for Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Other Retinal Diseases," a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Emily Chew, National Eye Institute; W4030 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 7, 12:15 p.m. "X-Chromosome Inactivation: Not Just for Women," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Jeannie Lee, Massachusetts General Hospital; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Wed., Feb. 7, 2 p.m. "Combining High Through-Put Genomic Data: Methods and Utility," a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Robert Scharpf; E9519 SPH. EB

Wed., Feb. 7, 3:30 p.m. "Toward a Molecular Understanding, and a Molecular Engineering, of HIV," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with David Schaffer, University of California, Berkeley; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Feb. 7, 4 p.m. "Dynamic Cortical Rearrangements, Mechanosensing and Mechanical Feedback of Living Cells," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Douglas Robinson, SoM; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., Feb. 8, noon. "Co-Factors in the Development of Cervical Cancer," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with Amy Berrington, SPH; W3030 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 8, 12:15 p.m. "The Moral Lives of the Mentally Ill," a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Anita Allen, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Co-sponsored by Psychiatry, Mental Health and Health Services. E9519 SPH. EB

Thurs., Feb. 8, 1 p.m. "Molecular Genetic Analyis of Neural Circuits Underlying Innate Behavior in Drosophila," a Neuroscience research seminar with Greg Suh, Caltech; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., Feb. 8, 1 p.m. "Diffusion Kernels on Graphs," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Bruno Jedynak, WSE; 301 Shaffer. HW

Thurs., Feb. 8, 3 p.m. "Fins, Scales and Stripes: Genetic Analysis of Adult Pattern in the Zebrafish," a Cell Biology seminar with Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology; WBSB Auditorium. EB

Thurs., Feb. 8, 4 p.m. "Calculus of Functors and Model Categories," a Topology seminar with Georg Biedermann, University of Western Ontario; 302 Krieger. HW

Thurs., Feb. 8, 4 p.m. "Hedging Under L^2 Convex Risk Measures," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Antoine Toussaint, Princeton University; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Feb. 8, 4 p.m. "Meeting Children's Needs When Parents Work," an Institute for Policy Studies seminar with Jane Waldfogel. Co-sponsored by Economics and Health Policy and Management. Part of the Social Policy seminar series. 526 Wyman Bldg. HW

Thurs., Feb. 8, 4 p.m. "Riboswitches as Genetic Regulators and Antibacterial Drug Targets," a Biology special seminar with Kenneth Blount, Yale University; 100 Mudd. HW

Fri., Feb. 9, noon. "The Legal and Moral Justifications of Government-Mandated Privacy," a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Anita Allen, University of Pennsylvania Law School. Co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute and Georgetown University/JHU's Center for Law and the Public's Health. 421 Wyman Bldg. HW

Fri., Feb. 9, 12:15 p.m. "Policy Challenges in Global Health: What Will It Take to Succeed?" an International Health special seminar with Ruth Levine, Center for Global Development. Co-sponsored by the Global Health Leaders Forum. W1214 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 12, 11 a.m. "Optimal Life Insurance Purchase, Consumption and Portfolio Under an Uncertain Life," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Jinchun Ye, Base-2 Capital LLC; 304 Shaffer. HW

Mon., Feb. 12, noon. "Magmas, the Coinage Metals and Granite-Related Ore Deposits," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Philip Candela, University of Maryland, College Park; Olin Auditorium. HW

Mon., Feb. 12, 12:15 p.m. "The Paleontology of the North Pole," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Hope Jahren, KSAS; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., Feb. 12, 3 p.m. "Clustering of Cesareans in Developing Countries," a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Sara Holtz; E4611 SPH. EB

Mon., Feb. 12, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "What Cerebellar Purkinje Cells Encode About Arm Movements: Implications for Theories of Cerebellar Function" with Timothy Ebner, University of Minnesota. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

 

Special Events

2007 V-Day Campaign Events, sponsored by students and staff from the schools of Nursing, Medicine and Public Health.

Mon., Feb. 5, 7 p.m. "Believe: Preventing Domestic Violence in Baltimore," a panel discussion with Jacquelyn Campbell, SoN; Ellyn Loy, House of Ruth; Blanca Picazo, Adelante Familia; and Phyllis Sharps, SoN. Carpenter Room, SoN. EB

Mon., Feb. 12, 6:15 p.m. V-Day Meet and Eat: Dinner and Dancing. $25 for quesadilla buffet dinner, $30 with addition fprofile matching. Austin Bar and Grill, 2400 Boston St.

Black History Month Events, sponsored by the Black Student Union. HW

Fri., Feb. 9, 8 to 10 p.m. Poetry Slam; Nolans 3rd on 33rd. Sat., Feb. 10, 6 to 8 p.m. Gospel Choir Jubilee; Shriver Hall. Sun., Feb. 11, 7 p.m. Cultural Connections; BSU Room, AMRII. Mon., Feb. 12, 4 to 6 p.m. Lecture by Craig Thompson; Sherwood Room, Levering.

 

Sports

Tues., Feb. 6, 7 p.m. Women's Basketball, vs. McDaniel; Goldfarb Gymnasium, Athletic Center. HW

Wed., Feb. 7, 7 p.m. Men's Basketball, vs. McDaniel; Goldfarb Gymnasium, Athletic Center. HW

Sat., Feb. 10, 2 p.m. Women's Basketball, vs. Ursinus; Goldfarb Gymnasium, Athletic Center. HW

Sat., Feb. 10, 4 p.m. Men's Basketball, vs. Ursinus; Goldfarb Gymnasium, Athletic Center. HW

 

Symposia

Thurs., Feb. 8, 1 p.m. "Health and Conflict in Afghanistan," an International Health symposium on rebuilding the health of a nation with Gilbert Burnham, SPH; W1030 SPH. EB

 

Theater

Fri., Feb. 9, Sat., Feb. 10, and Sun., Feb. 11, 8 p.m. The JHU Barnstormers present Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. $5 general admission, $3 with Hopkins ID. Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

 

Workshops

Wed., Feb. 7, and Thurs., Feb. 8, 8:30 a.m. "Small Animal Imaging," a hands-on workshop with Martin Pomper, SoM. Sponsored by Small Animal Imaging Resource Program and ICMIC. $250. Tilghman Auditorium, Turner Concourse. EB

Wed., Feb. 7, noon. "Preventing Caregiver Burnout," a WorkLife Programs workshop with Hazel Kuchinsky, Ivory House. To register, go to www.hopkinsworklife.org. Exact location given upon registration. EB

Thurs., Feb. 8, 1 p.m. "Bits and Bytes: Using Digital Images in the Classroom," a Center for Educational Resources workshop with Meghan Gross, KSAS, and Ann Woodward, KSAS; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

 
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