Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Discussion/Talks | Information Sessions | Lectures | Music | Reading | Seminars | Special Events | Sports | Theater | Workshops

 

Colloquia

A perennial powerhouse, the high-flying Blue Jays baseball team — which captured its eighth Centennial Conference championship in 2007 and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals — opens the season against Messiah College on Tuesday. See Sports.

Mon., March 3, 9:30 a.m. "Creating and Navigating Structure in Real Time," a Cognitive Science colloquium with Matt Wagers, University of Maryland. 134A Krieger. HW

Tues., March 4, 4:15 p.m. "Proton Transfer in Rapid Enzymatic Catalysis: Superoxide Dismutase and Carbonic Anhydrase," a Chemistry colloquium with David Silverman, University of Florida. 233 Remsen. HW

Tues., March 4, 4 p.m. "Reflections on Doing a Double-Pronged Ethnographic Study: On the TRC and Young Urban Guerilla Fighters Against Apartheid," an Anthropology colloquium with Pamela Reynolds, KSAS. Co-sponsored by Women, Gender and Sexuality. 400 Macaulay. HW

Wed., March 5, 9:30 a.m. "Processing Scalar Implicatures: At the Interface of Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics," a Cognitive Science colloquium with Ming Xiang, Harvard University. 134A Krieger. HW

Wed., March 5, 4:30 p.m. "Melanopsin: A Photo-Sensational Clock Modulator," a Biology colloquium with Samer Hattar, KSAS. Mudd Auditorium. HW

Wed., March 5, 4:30 p.m. "Music and Trauma," a Peabody Musicology colloquium with Fred Maus, University of Virginia. 308 Conservatory. Peabody

Thurs., March 6, 3 p.m. "Random Self-Organization: A Nonequilibrium Dynamical Transition in Periocially Strained Suspensions," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with David Pine, NYU. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Thurs., March 6, 3 p.m. "Regarding the Pain of Africans: Making Historical Sense of Scenes in a Contemporary African Oncology Ward," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Julie Livingston, Rutgers University. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

 

Discussion/Talks

Thurs., March 6, 2 to 6 p.m. "Translation, Recycling and the Power of Storytelling in Manuel Puig," a German and Romance Languages and Literatures panel discussion with Sergio Waisman, George Washington University. 223 Gilman. HW

 

Information Sessions

Tues., March 4, 4 to 5 p.m. Doctor of Nursing Practice information session, providing an opportunity for prospective nursing students to learn more about the SoN program. Carpenter Room, SoN. EB

 

Lectures

Mon., March 3, 4 p.m. Dean's Lecture III — "Navigating the Labyrinth of the Inner Ear: Achieving 'Balance' as a Clinician Scientist" by Lloyd Minor, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB

Mon., March 3, 5:15 p.m. "Doudha: The Folded Page," a Philological Society lecture by Shane Butler, UCLA. 336 Gilman. HW

Tues., March 4, 4 p.m. "Possibility and Constraint: African Independence in Historical Perspective," a Center for Africana Studies lecture by author Frederick Cooper. Boardroom, Shriver Hall. HW

Tues., March 4, 5:15 p.m. "Manuel Puig: His Life and Fictions," a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Suzanne Jill Levine, University of California, Santa Barbara. 336 Gilman. HW

The Holtz Lectures, by Carol Hall, North Carolina State University. Sponsored by Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. HW

Wed., March 5, 3 p.m. "Thermodynamic and Kin-etic Origins of Alzheimer's and Related Diseases: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective." 111 Mergenthaler.

Thurs., March 6, 10:30 a.m. "Self-Assembly of Dipolar Particles: Designing Smart Materials Using Computer Simulation." 110 Maryland.

 

Music

Tues., March 4, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Singers perform, accompanied by pianist Stefan Petrov. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody

Wed., March 5, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Chamber Winds performs music by Gounod, Haufrecht and Kurka. Griswold Hall. Peabody

Fri., March 7, 5:45 p.m. "Peabody at Homewood" Concert Series — Performance by the Peabody Consort, selected early music majors, performing music from the 16th and early 17th centuries. Sponsored by Homewood Museum. $15 general admission, $12 for members; $5 student rush tickets, may be available 15 minutes prior to the performance. Registration required; 410-516-5589. Homewood Museum. HW

Sat., March 8, 11 a.m. "Around the World in Music!" a performance by the Preparatory Sinfonietta and the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra. Sponsored by Peabody. Tickets available through the Meyerhoff box office at 410-783-8000 or www.bsomusic.org. Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

Sat., March 8, 1 p.m. Concert for Children and Families, 16th annual performance by the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Shriver Hall. HW

Sun., March 9, 3 p.m. The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra performs music by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. 2 p.m. Pre-concert talk by James Kinstle. $24 general admission, $18 for senior citizens, non-JHU students and JHU affiliates; free for JHU students with ID. Shriver Auditorium. HW

Mon., March 10, 7 p.m. Jazz performance by the Alan Munshower Trio. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

 

Reading

Tues., March 4, 6 p.m. Reading by Nic Pizzolatto, author of Between Here and the Yellow Sea. 101 Remsen. Sponsored by Writing Seminars. HW

 

Seminars

Mon., March 3, 9 a.m. "International Medical Graduates and Patient-Centered Indicators of Primary Care Quality," a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Shivonne Laird. W2029 SPH. EB

Mon., March 3, noon. "Motor Behaviors: From Worm to Mouse to Man," a Physiology faculty search seminar with Asim Beg, Columbia University. West Lecture Hall. EB

Mon., March 3, 12:15 p.m. "Modeling Human Disease in the Mouse: From Cancer to Neuropsychiatric Disorders," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Mario Capecchi, University of Utah School of Medicine. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., March 3, 3 p.m. "Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations on Domains With Boundary," a Mathematics seminar with visiting professor Ramona Anton, Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay. 308 Krieger. HW

Mon., March 3, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Action Monitoring and Outcome Expectancy in Rodent Orbitofrontal Cortex" with Tomo-yuki Furuyashiki, KSAS. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., March 3, 4 p.m. "Engineered Antibodies Based on a Minimalized Genetic Code: Applications in Structural and Cell Biology," a Biophysics seminar with Anthony Kossiakoff, University of Chicago. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Mon., March 3, 4:30 p.m. "Bundle Structures and Algebraic K-theory," a Mathematics seminar with John Klein, Wayne State University. 302 Krieger. HW

Tues., March 4, 10 a.m. "Three Novel Approaches to Analyzing Longitudinal Data: Regression on Longitudinal Propensity Scores, Enhanced Sensitivity Analysis Framework and Marked Renewal Stochastic Processes," a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Aristide Achy-Brou. W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., March 4, 10 a.m. "Genetic Epidemiology of Inflammatory Response to a Single High-Fat Meal," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Yu-Ching Cheng. W2017 SPH. EB

Tues., March 4, 10 a.m. "The Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Population Immunity to Measles Virus Among Children in an Urban Township in Zambia," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Sara Ann Lowther. W2015 SPH. EB

Tues., March 4, 10 a.m. "Applications of Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) to Radar," an Electrical and Computer Engineering thesis defense seminar with John Stralka. 209 CSEB. HW

Tues., March 4, 10:30 a.m. "The +CAL Algorithm Language," a Computer Science seminar with Leslie Lamport, Microsoft Corp. B17 CSEB. HW

Tues., March 4, noon. "Effects of the CCS Copper Chaperone on SOD1 Mutants Linked to Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Jody Proescher. W7023 SPH. EB

Tues., March 4, noon. "Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Improved Diagnostics for Tuberculosis in Developing Countries," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with David Dowdy. W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., March 4, 3 p.m. "Desire for HIV Testing and Counseling in Kenya: The Individual, Couple and Community Perspectives," a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Li Liu. E4611 SPH. EB

Tues., March 4, 3 p.m. "Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Ed Bouwer, WSE. 234 Ames. HW

Wed., March 5, 8:30 a.m. "War Stories From the Field: A Case Study of Community Trials in the Philippines and Nepal," a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Joanne Katz, SPH. Sponsored by Epidemiology. W4030 SPH. EB

Wed., March 5, noon. "Examining the Relationship of Education and Late-Life Mental Activity With Cognitive Decline," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Lea Drye. W2015 SPH. EB

Wed., March 5, noon. "Assessing the Demand for a Childhood Pneumococcal Vaccine in Dhaka, Bangladesh," an International Health thesis defense seminar with Rebekah Heinzen. W2008 SPH. EB

Wed., March 5, 12:15 p.m. "Supporting Risk-Based Decision Making at FDA for Inspections, Sampling and Imports," a Risk Sciences and Public Policy seminar with Kara Morgan, USFDA. Co-sponsored by the Center for Public Health Preparedness and the Center for a Livable Future. W3008 SPH. EB

Wed., March 5, 2 p.m. "The Influence of Climate on Dengue Transmission in Puerto Rico," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Michael Johansson. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Wed., March 5, 3:30 p.m. "Materials That Control Biology: From Fundamental Science to Regenerative Medicine," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Kevin Healy, University of California, Berkeley. 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., March 5, 4 p.m. "Sexual Health, HIV/STI and Human Rights," an Epidemiology seminar with Chris Beyrer, SPH. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Wed., March 5, 4 p.m. "Which Powers of a Holomorphic Function Are Integrable?" a Mathematics seminar with Janos Kollar, Princeton University. 302 Krieger. HW

Thurs., March 6, 9 a.m. "Selenium and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Joachim Bleys. W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 6, 10 a.m. "Bio-accumulation, Retention, Depuration of Enteric Pathogens by Crassostrea ariakensis and Crassostrea virginica Oysters," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Sharon Nappier. W7023 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 6, noon. The Randolph Bromery Seminar — "Early Solar System History Recorded in the Structure and Isotopic Composition of Extraterrestrial Organic Matter" with George Cody, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW

Thurs., March 6, noon. "Cellular microRNAs and HIV-1 Latency," an Infectious Diseases and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology joint seminar with Hui Zhang, Thomas Jefferson University. W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 6, noon. "Determining the Influence of Hospital Characteristics, Market Conditions and Financial Performance on Clinical Quality in a Sample of U.S. Rural Hospitals," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Lilly Engineer. 461 Hampton House. EB

Thurs., March 6, noon. "Integrins, Mechanotransduction and Atherosclerosis," a Cell Biology seminar with Martin Schwartz, University of Virginia. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., March 6, 12:15 p.m. "Tonofla Women's Group in Mali," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Nafissatou Diop and David Awasum. Suite 310, Candler Bldg., 111 Market Place.

Thurs., March 6, 12:30 p.m. "An Evaluation of Visual Triage of HPV-Positive Women," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Julia Gage. W2015 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 6, 4 p.m. "Training Classifiers for Non-Euclidean Data," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Robert P.W. Duin, Delft University, Netherlands. 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., March 6, 4 p.m. "Diophantine Subsets of Function Fields of Curves," a Mathematics seminar with Janos Kollar, Prince-ton University. 302 Krieger. HW

Thurs., March 6, 4 p.m. "The Resilient City," a Social Policy seminar with Howard Chernick, Hunter College and CUNY. Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies. 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW

Fri., March 7, 10 a.m. "The Development and Implementation of the Health Disparities Collaborative," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Patricia Collins. E6519 SPH. EB

Fri., March 7, 11 a.m. "The Geometry of Primary Drainage," a CEAFM seminar with W. Brent Lindquist, SUNY Stony Brook. 110 Maryland. HW

Fri., March 7, noon. Framework Program in Global Health Project Presentations — "Role of Gender Concepts and Social Norms in Fueling Sexual HIV Transmission" with Emily Holman, and "Examining the Correlation Between Changes in the Level of Malaria Parasite DNA/RNA in Urine and Saliva With Patient Parasitemia and Clinical Parameters" with Curtis Chong. Sponsored by the Center for Global Health. W3031 SPH. EB

Fri., March 7, 12:15 p.m. "Biomedical Grids: Are They Worth the Trouble?" a Health Sciences Informatics seminar with J. Robert Beck, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Fri., March 7, 12:15 p.m. "Intrahousehold Dynamics and Treatment Responses to Severe Febrile Illness in Children in Kolikoro Region, Mali," an International Health thesis defense seminar with Amy Ellis. W2015 SPH. EB

Fri., March 7, 1 p.m. "A Randomized Community-Based Educational Intervention to Improve Infant Feeding Practices in Rural China," a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Ling Shi. E4130 SPH. EB

Fri., March 7, 4 p.m. "Acute Melancholia: On Loss, Mourning and Christian Mysticism," a Humanities Center seminar with Amy Hollywood, Harvard Divinity School. 111 Gilman. HW

Mon., March 10, 9 a.m. "The Effects of Weight Loss and Macronutrient Intake Independent of Weight Loss on Serum Adiponectin Levels, a Study Nested in the Fatty Liver Look-AHEAD Ancillary and OMNI-Heart Studies," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Edwina Yeung. W2033 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, 10 a.m. "Mass Spectrometry for Determining the Role of Aldo-Keto Reductases in Aflatoxin B1 Metabolism," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Denise Johnson. W1030 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, 10 a.m. "Childhood Drowning in Matlab, Bangladesh: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Potential Interventions," an International Health thesis defense seminar with Nagesh Borse. E9519 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, 10 a.m. "Modeling Composite Outcome and Jointly Modeling Its Components," a Population Dynamics thesis defense seminar with Xianbin Li. W2009 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, 11 a.m. "Multi-generational Factors Related to Influenza: A Longitudinal, Area-Level Analysis of Influenza and Pneumonia Morbidity in the U.S. Elderly and Its Associations With Vaccination Coverage in Children and Related Socio-demographic Characteristics," a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Steven Cohen. E2527 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, noon. Framework Program in Global Health Project Presentations — "The Indian Matrimonial Service for HIV+ People" with Caitlin Kennedy. Sponsored by the Center for Global Health. W3030 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, noon. "Antidepressant Binding Site in a Bacterial Homologue of Neurotransmitter Transporters," a Physiology faculty search seminar with Satinder Singh, Oregon Health Sciences University. West Lecture Hall. EB

Mon., March 10, 12:15 p.m. "Using C. elegans to Dissect Cell Division Mechanisms," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Karen Oegema, University of California, San Diego. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., March 10, 12:15 p.m. "Providence or Pandora's Box? The Ethics of Incidental Findings in Research," a seminar in research ethics with Jeffrey Khan, University of Minnesota Medical School. Co-sponsored by the SPH and SoM Institutional Review Board offices and the Berman Institute of Bioethics. Lunch provided. W4030 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, 12:15 p.m. "The Association of Insulin Resistance and Inflamation With Sporadic Colorectal Neoplasia: Risk Mediated by Colonic Epithelial Damage?" an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Konstantinos Tsilidis. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, 1:30 to 4 p.m. "Mouse Breeding," an Animal Care and Use Committee seminar with experts from Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, Maine. Tilghman Auditorium. EB

Mon., March 10, 4 p.m. "Hormones, Homeoboxes and Transcriptional Control," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Miles Wilkinson, University of Texas Cancer Center. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., March 10, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Emotion and Attention in the Primate Amygdala" with Katalin Gothard, University of Arizona. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., March 10, 4:30 p.m. "Topological Structure of Digital Images From a Non-Morse Height Function," a Mathematics seminar with Lowell Abrams, GWU/WSE. 302 Krieger. HW

 

Special Events

Mon., March 3, 3 p.m. "The Future Is Now," an External Affairs lecture on U.S. health care by Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Tues., March 4, 8 p.m. The 2008 Foreign Affairs Symposium — College Democrats and College Republicans debate current issues. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

Wed., March 5, 7 p.m. Joel Epstein will discuss and sign copies of his book The Little Book on Big Egos: A Guide to Manage and Control the Egomaniacs in Your Life. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

Fri., March 7, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Public Health Career Fair for undergraduate and graduate students looking for full-time positions, internships, consultancy and fellowship positions in the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors; over 40 employers are scheduled to attend. Sponsored by the SPH Career Services Office. Courtyard 1 and Feinstone Hall (E2030), SPH. EB

 

Sports

Tues., March 4, 3 p.m. Baseball, Blue Jays vs. Messiah. Homewood Field. HW

Tues., March 4, 4 p.m. Men's Lacrosse, Blue Jays vs. UMBC. $7 general admission, $10 reserved seats, $5 for children 12 and under. Homewood Field. HW

Fri., March 7, 4 p.m. Women's Lacrosse, Blue Jays vs. Georgetown with televised coverage ESPNU. Homewood Field. HW

Sun., March 9, 1 p.m. Women's Lacrosse, Blue Jays vs. Ohio State. Homewood Field. HW

Mon., March 10, 3:30 p.m. Baseball, Blue Jays vs. York. Homewood Field. HW

 

Theater

Wed., March 5, 4 p.m. Performance of Mistress of Riversdale with Cherie Weinert. Presented in conjunction with the Welcome Little Stranger focus show sponsored by Homewood Museum. $6; free for members and students. One show only; reservations required. 410-516-5589. Homewood Museum. HW

 

Workshops

Thurs., March 6, 1 p.m. "Communicate Online With Elluminate and Skype," a Center for Educational Resources workshop. To register, go to www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

 

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