Weekly Calendar
Conference
Tues., Aug. 5, 7 p.m. "Is Pluto a Planet?" free
public debate with Mark Sykes, Planetary Science
Institute and Neil deGrasse Tyson, American Museum of
Natural History. Part of the first "Great
Planet Debate" conference, sponsored by the Applied Physics
Laboratory. (See "In Brief," in
this issue.) Event will be streamed live on the Web; for
information go to
gpd.jhuapl.edu. Kossiakoff Center. APL
Reading
Tues., Aug. 5, 7 p.m. Aaron Schatz, Foxsports.com
columnist and creator of Football Outsiders, will
discuss and sign copies of Pro Football Prospectus 2008:
The Essential Guide to the 2008 Pro Football
Season. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW
Seminars
Mon., Aug. 4, 9:30 a.m. "Applying Passamaquoddy
Wisdom to Contemporary Tribal Health Decision-Making," a
Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with
Gail Dana-Sacco. 461 Hampton House. EB
Mon., Aug. 4, 2 p.m. "Understanding the Factors of
Retention for Employees of Continuing Care
Retirement Communities," a Health Policy and Management
thesis defense seminar with Jacquelyn
Kung. 688 Hampton House. EB
Tues., Aug. 5, 11 a.m. "Statins, Cognition, Function
and Health Outcomes in Older Persons With and
Without Head Trauma," a Mental Health thesis defense
seminar with Eric Schneider. 845 Hampton
House. EB
Thurs., Aug. 7, 10:30 a.m. "Structural and
Biophysical Characterization of RNA Recognition by
Arginine-serine-rich (RS) Domains in Splice Site
Regulation," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
thesis defense seminar with Yuan Lin. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Aug. 11, 11 a.m. "Analysis of a Protein Family
Mediating Membrane-Microfilament Interactions in
Cortical Dynamics and Effective Tension During Mammalian
Oocyte Maturation and Early Embryonic Development," a
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar
with Stephanie Larson. W1020 SPH. EB
Wed., Aug. 13, 1 p.m. "Endogenous Hormones in the
Development of Cardiovascular Disease in African
Americans With Kidney Disease," an Epidemiology thesis
defense seminar with Stella Yi. W2030 SPH.
EB
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