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Weekly Calendar
Colloquia
In a site-specific performance,
Evergreen 'House Guests' artist in residence
Martha McDonald takes her inspiration from Alice Warder
Garrett's 'Songs
in Costume' recitals of the 1920s. Expect to see handmade
Bakst-inspired
costumes worn by McDonald as she sings Irish and Spanish
folk songs. See Special
Events.
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Tues., Oct. 23, 4:15 p.m. "Collisons and Reactions
of Highly Excited Molecules: Mode Specific and Non-
Specific Effects," a Chemistry colloquium with Amy Mullin,
University of Maryland. 233 Remsen. HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, 3 p.m. "Neutrinos: The Dark Side of
the Light Fermions," a Physics and Astronomy
colloquium with Alex Kusenko, UCLA. Schafler Auditorium,
Bloomberg Center. HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, 3 p.m. "Suicide in 20th-Century
Malawi," a History of Science and Technology
colloquium with Megan Vaughan, University of Cambridge.
Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Library. EB
Thurs., Oct. 25, 3:45 p.m. "How the Language
Environment Shapes Brain Function," a Cognitive Science
colloquium with Brendan Weekes, University of Sussex. 134A
Krieger. HW
Fri., Oct. 26, 2 p.m. "The Costs of Unsuitability
and Benefits of Building in Reliability, Availability and
Maintainability," an Applied Physics Lab colloquium with
Ernest Seglie, Office of the Secretary of
Defense. Parsons Auditorium. APL
Fri., Oct. 26, 4 p.m. "Puzzling Out Russell: The
Curiosity of George IV," a Philosophy colloquium with
Ian Proops, University of Michigan. 348 Gilman. HW
Conference
Wed., Oct. 24 through Sat., Oct. 27. Callaloo 30th
anniversary celebration--poetry and fiction
readings, lectures, conversations and panel discussions.
(See story, "Hopkins marks 30th anniversary
of 'Callaloo'," in this issue.) Various locations.
Dance
Sat., Oct. 27, 7 p.m. "Nritya Mala," an exhibition
of classical Indian dance, sponsored by Shakti. $5
general admission, $3 students. Shriver Hall Auditorium.
HW
Film/Video
Mon., Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. Screening of the
documentary Malaria: Fever Wars. Part of Malaria
Awareness Week. For more information, e-mail
malaria.jhu@gmail.com. TV Room, AMR1. HW
Mon., Oct. 29, 7 p.m. Screening of Jeder Schweight
von Etwas Anderem, with writer Utz Rachowski.
Sponsored by German and Romance Languages and Literatures.
3 Shaffer. HW
Information Sessions
Wed., Oct. 24, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Information
session for the School of Nursing's PhD and DNP
programs. Room 202, SoN. EB
Thurs., Oct. 25, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Networking
reception with School of Public Health alumni. W1030
SPH. EB
Lectures
Mon., Oct. 22, 4 p.m. Dean's Lecture I —
"MicroRNA Maestros of Blood Cell Development" by Curt
Civin,
SoM. Hurd Hall. EB
Mon., Oct. 22, 5 p.m. "Issues in Science and
Religion: Biological Evolution and Evolution Education," an
Evolution, Cognition and Culture Project lecture by Brian
Alters, McGill University. Great Hall (room
219), Education Bldg. HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, 5 p.m. "L'univers de la pastorale
d'Honore d'Urfe a Eric Rohmer," a German and
Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Francoise
Lavocat. A screening of Eric Rohmer's Les
Amours d'Astree et de Celadon will follow the lecture. 110
Gilman. HW
Fri., Oct. 26, 10:30 a.m. "Provable Security vs.
Efficiency in Cryptographic Algorithms," a Computer
Science lecture with Rosario Gennaro, IBM T.J. Watson
Research Center. 3 Shaffer. HW
Mon., Oct. 29, 4 p.m. The Catherine DeAngelis
Visiting Lectureship — "Cardiovascular Genomics:
Progress and Opportunities" by Elizabeth Nabel, National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda.
Sponsored by Dean's Office, SoM, and the Women's Leadership
Council. Hurd Hall. EB
Mon., Oct. 29, 4 p.m. The Larry L. Ewing Lecture
— "Testosterone and Leydig Cell Function Through the
Lifecycle" by Barry Zirkin, SPH. W1020 SPH. EB
Mon., Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m. The 2007 Iwry Lecture
— "Justice in Genesis" by Raymond Westbrook, KSAS.
205 Krieger. HW
Music
Mon., Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. "Operatic Passions," a
Peabody Opera workshop, presenting scenes from 19th-
century opera. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Wed., Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Faculty Chamber Music Concert,
with faculty artists Philip Munds, Maria
Lambros, Alison Wells, Herbert Greenberg, Michael Kannen,
Keng-Yuen Tseng, Victoria Chiang, Alan
Stepansky and Katherine Jacobson Fleisher. $15 general
admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for
students with ID. Part of the Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital
Series. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Fri., Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Jazz Orchestra
performs songs by American composers. East Hall.
Peabody
Sun., Oct. 28, 2 p.m. Preparatory Young People's
String Program performance. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Seminars
Mon., Oct. 22, noon. "Keratins Let Liver Live:
Biochemical and Genetic Testimonies," a Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology seminar with M. Bishr Omary, Stanford
University School of Medicine. W1020
SPH. EB
Mon., Oct. 22, 12:15 p.m. "Molecular Pathways in
Melanoma Progression," a Carnegie Institution
Embryology seminar with Rhoda Alani, SoM. Rose Auditorium,
3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Oct. 22, 12:15 p.m. "Planning for an Influenza
Pandemic: Social Justice and the Needs and
Interests of Economically and Socially Disadvantaged
Groups," a Berman Institute of Bioethics
seminar with Lori Uscher-Pines, SPH, and Ruth Faden, SPH.
208 Hampton House. EB
Mon., Oct. 22, 1 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Sensory Integration and Adaptation:
Behavior, Optimality and Neural Models" with Philip Sabes,
University of California, San Francisco.
Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger.
HW
Mon., Oct. 22, 3:30 p.m. Randolph Bromery Seminar
— "Volcanic Processes at the East Pacific Rise 9Ð10¡
N: Insight From the 2005-2006 Eruption" with Adam Soule,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Oct. 22, 4 p.m. "Recent Developments in
Non-Equilibrium Quantum Statistical Mechanics: An
Overview," a Mathematics seminar with Vojkan Jaksic, McGill
University. 308 Krieger. HW
Mon., Oct. 22, 4 p.m. "Thinking About Food in
Chinese History," a History seminar with Mark
Sweslocki, Brown University. 315 Gilman. HW
Tues., Oct. 23, noon to 1:15 p.m. SPH Postdoctoral
Fellows seminars — "Canada Forest Fires,
Transboundary Air Pollution and Hospitalizations Among the
Elderly in the Northeastern USA in July
2002 with Sorina Eftim (Environmental Health Sciences), and
"Low Exposure Does Not Guarantee No
Risk — A Mechanistic Study of Cadmium on Estrogen
Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Cells" with
Janet Zang (Environmental Health Sciences). Sponsored by
the SPH Postdoctoral Association and the
SPH Office of Graduate Education and Research. W2030 SPH.
EB
Tues., Oct. 23, 3:30 p.m. "Who Are the Lonely
People? Social Predictors of Loneliness in Two
Population-Based Samples," a Center on Aging and Health
seminar with M.E. Hughes, SPH. Suite 2-700,
2024 E. Monument St. EB
Tues., Oct. 23, 4 p.m. "You're Out of Order," a
Civil Engineering seminar with Peter Chomowicz, MICA.
110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Oct. 24, noon. "Judging Necessity: Democracy
and Extra-Legalism," a Political Science seminar
with Leonard Feldman, University of Oregon and Prince-ton
University. Sponsored by the James
Schouler Lectureship. 366 Mergenthaler. HW
Wed., Oct. 24, 1:30 p.m. "Under the Hood of the
Replisome: A Single-Molecule View of DNA
Replication," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
seminar with Antoine van Oijen, Harvard Medical
School. 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., Oct. 24, 3:30 p.m. "Virtual Aluminum Castings:
The Ford Experiment in Integrated
Computational Materials Engineering," a Materials Science
and Engineering seminar with John Allison,
Ford Motor Company. 110 Maryland. HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, 11 a.m. "Potential Mechanisms
Linking Inflammation and Cancer Metastasis," a
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with Cheng
Dong, Penn State University. 110 Maryland.
HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, noon. "Redox Pathways for Cellular
Disulfide Bond Formation: Mechanisms, Specificity
and Regulation," a Cell Biology seminar with Carolyn
Sevier, MIT. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Oct. 25, noon. "We Are All Going to Die:
End-of-Life Care," a Health Policy and Management
fall policy seminar with Maryland assistant attorney
general Jack Schwarz, Leslie Piet and Gary
Applebaum. B14 Hampton House. EB
Thurs., Oct. 25, noon. "Mediators of Germ Cell
Migration and Lipid Metabolism During Zebra-fish
Development," an Infectious Diseases and Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology joint seminar with
Steven Farber, Carnegie Institution. W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 25, 1 p.m. "Bidirectional Wnt Signaling
During Activity-Dependent Synapse Dynamics," a
Neuroscience research seminar with Vivian Budnik,
University of Massachusetts Medical School. West
Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Thurs., Oct. 25, 3 p.m. "Haptic Experience-Based
Neuroplasticity for Motor Teaching and
Rehabilitation," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with
James Patton, University of Illinois/Center for
Rehab Robotics/Rehabilitation Institute of Illinois at
Chicago. 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, 4 p.m. "Finding a Simple Polytope
From Its Graph: Connections to Linear Programming
Complexity," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar
with Eric Friedman, Cornell University.
304 Whitehead. HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, 4 p.m. "Motors and Microtubules:
Mechanisms of Mitosis," a Biology seminar with
David Odde, University of Minnesota. 100 Mudd. HW
Fri., Oct. 26, 9 a.m. "Examining HIV/AIDS Within the
Context of Incarceration in Jamaica: A Study
of the Prevalence of Infection, Uptake of Testing and the
Psychosocial Environment," an International
Health thesis defense seminar with Katherine
Andriniopoulos. W2030 SPH. EB
Fri., Oct. 26, 11 a.m. "The Curious Case of
Large-Scale Turbulence in the Atmosphere," a CEAFM
seminar with Paul O'Gorman, California Institute of
Technology. 110 Maryland. HW
Fri., Oct. 26, 2 p.m. "Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
of HPV Vaccines: What Do We Know, What Do We
Need to Know?" a Center for STD Research, Prevention and
Training seminar with Shalini Kulasingam,
Duke University Medical Center. W4030 SPH. EB
Fri., Oct. 26, 2 p.m. "Roles of the Olfactory System
and the Host Cystoskeleton in Sidbis Virus
Pathogenesis," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
thesis defense seminar with Calvin Chein-
Wen Chue. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Oct. 29, 12:15 p.m. "Phosphorylation and the
Regulation of Meiotic Recombination," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Nancy Hollingsworth,
SUNY, Stony Brook. Rose Auditorium, 3520
San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Oct. 29, 3:30 p.m. "Regulation of Chromatin
Structure by ATP-Dependent Remodeling," a
Biophysics seminar with Blaine Bartholomew, Southern
Illinois University. 100 Mudd. HW
Special Events
Mon., Oct. 22, 5:30 p.m. "Outside/Inside: Words on
Technique and Approach When Painting Outdoors,"
a digital slide talk by noted landscape painter Paul
Hotvedt. 101 Ross Jones Bldg., Mattin Center. HW
Tues., Oct. 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lung Health Day,
information about lung disease, asthma and asthma
triggers, smoking, and the functions of respiratory care
practitioners and equipment. Part of National
Respiratory Care Week, sponsored by Respiratory Therapy.
JHOC (across from ATM machine). EB
Tues., Oct. 23, 8 p.m. The 2007 MSE Symposium
— Renewing American Culture: The Perspectives That
Shape Our Identity, with Bill Nye the Science Guy. Shriver
Hall Auditorium. HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, and Fri., Oct. 26, 7 p.m., and Sat.,
Oct. 27, 2 p.m. Dress Me Slow, I'm in a Hurry, a
site-specific performance art piece by interdisciplinary
artist Martha McDonald. Museum members
are invited to a meet-the-artist reception following the
Oct. 25 performance. Evergreen Museum &
Library.
Mon., Oct. 29, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. JHU Community Block
Party, featuring food, games, representatives
from the United Way and from community agencies. (See
story, "United Way: New fund to aid
neighbors," in this issue.) For admission, bring a
completed pledge form, receipt from an online pledge
or a $5 donation. Levering Plaza. HW
Mon., Oct. 29, 6 p.m. J. Craig Venter will discuss
and sign his new book, A Life Decoded: My Genome —
My Life. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins, Charles Commons.
HW
Sports
Wed., Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Field Hockey, Blue Jays vs.
McDaniel College. Homewood Field. HW
Symposia
Sun., Oct. 29, 4 to 6 p.m. "Water and Health," a
symposium on drinking water issues facing low-income
countries and market-based solutions to these issues.
Hampton House Auditorium. EB
Workshops and Training
Tues., Oct. 23, noon to 1:30 p.m. "How to Get Your
Career Going as a Clinician Educator," a Faculty
Development workshop with Pat Thomas, SoM. Co-sponsored by
the Women's Leadership Council. For
faculty only. To RSVP and to register, e-mail facaffairs@jhmi.edu.
G03 Broadway Research Bldg. EB
Tues., Oct. 23, 2 p.m., and Wed., Oct. 24, 10 a.m.
"Using RefWorks to Create Bibliographies and
Format Citations," a Sheridan Libraries workshop. To
register, go to
library.jhu.edu/services/forms/refworks.html.
Electronic Resource Center, M-Level, MSE
Library. HW
Thurs., Oct. 25, 1 p.m. "Teaching Students With
Disabilities," a Center for Educational Resources
workshop with Peggy Hayeslip. Part of the "Bits and Bytes"
series. To register, go to www.cer.jhu.edu
and click on "Events." Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
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