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Weekly Calendar
Colloquia
Violinist Jonathan Carney and
three colleagues perform in a Peabody Faculty Chamber
Music Concert. See Music.
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Mon., Sept. 22, 3 p.m. "High Performance Computing
Considered Harmful, or What Will Really Improve
Scientific Computing," an STScI Engineering colloquium with
Greg Wilson, University of Toronto.
Bahcall Auditorium, STScI. HW
Tues., Sept. 23, 4:15 p.m. The Ephraim and Wilma
Shaw Roseman Colloquium--"Atomic Oxygen
Chemistry in Low Earth Orbit" with Timothy Minton, Montana
State University. Sponsored by
Chemistry. 233 Remsen. HW
Wed., Sept. 24, 4 p.m. "If Brokeback Was Black," a
Women, Gender and Sexuality colloquium with
Jeffrey McCune, University of Maryland. Co-sponsored by
English. 113 Greenhouse. HW
Thurs., Sept. 25, 3 p.m. "LUX, and the Race to
Detect WIMP Dark Matter," a Physics and Astronomy
colloquium with Thomas Shutt, Case Western Reserve
University. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg
Center. HW
Thurs., Sept. 25, 3 p.m. "'Fever,' Famine,
Population and Politics in Ireland, 1816-1851," a History
of
Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with
Christopher Hamlin, University of Notre Dame.
Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB
Thurs., Sept. 25, 3:45 p.m. "Event Perception and
Memory: A Mind-Brain Perspective," a Cognitive
Science colloquium with Jeffrey Zacks, Washington
University. 134A Krieger. HW
Thurs., Sept. 25, 4 p.m. "Does Moral Theory Corrupt
Youth?" a Philosophy colloquium with Kieran
Setiya, University of Pittsburgh. 102A Dell House. HW
Discussion/Talks
Wed., Sept. 24, noon. "Perspectives on Health Care
Delivery in Latin America," a Bienestar Baltimore
(formerly Programa Salud) panel discussion with faculty and
students. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Thurs., Sept. 25, 5 p.m. Africana Studies Critical
Thought Collective discussion of a paper by Kevin
Meehan, "'To Shake This Nation As Nothing Before Has Shaken
It': C.L.R. James, Radical Fieldwork
and African American Popular Culture," with facilitator
Kelly Baker Josephs. Sponsored by Center for
Africana Studies. 113 Greenhouse. HW
Grand Rounds
Fri., Sept. 26, 12:15 p.m. "Using Decision Analysis
to Adjudicate Clinical Disagreement: The Case of
Pediatric Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura," Health
Informatics grand rounds with Harold
Lehmann, SoM. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Information Sessions
Tues., Sept. 23, 4:30 p.m. Information session for
public health graduate programs, with admissions
representatives from Johns Hopkins, Yale, Harvard and
Columbia. Sponsored by the Krieger School of
Arts and Sciences Public Health Studies Program. Mason
Auditorium. HW
Wed., Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m. Information session for
the Master of Arts in Government program, a
chance to meet faculty, discuss credentials and
requirements, and submit applications. RSVP online at
government.jhu.edu. Lower Level, Washington D.C.
Center.
Wed., Sept. 24, 7 p.m. Online information session
for the Master of Science in Environmental Sciences
and Policy, an opportunity to learn about the program,
experience an online course and interact with
current Environmental Sciences and Policy students. RSVP
online at
environment.jhu.edu, and
login information will be provided a few days before the
information session.
Lectures
Mon., Sept. 22, 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. "Wrestling With
Orlando: Chivalric Pastoral in Shakespeare's Arden,"
a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by
Albert Ascoli, University of California,
Berkeley. 101A Dell House. HW
Wed., Sept. 24, 6 p.m. "The Afterlife of Czernowitz
in Jewish Memory," a Leonard and Helen R.
Stulman Jewish Studies Program lecture by Leo Spitzer and
Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University. Co-
sponsored by Political Science. Smokler Center for Jewish
Life. HW
Thurs., Sept. 25, 12:15 p.m. "Overview of the NIH
Grant Review Process," a Center for Collaborative
Intervention Research brown bag lecture by Donna Vogel,
SoM. No registration required.
Refreshments will be served. Room 10, SoN. EB
Thurs., Sept. 25, 5 p.m. Inaugural Carey Business
School Dean's Lecture by Rakesh Khurana, Harvard
Business School. Reception follows. Seating is limited;
register at carey.jhu.edu/deanslectures. (See
story, "Carey Business School launches Dean's Lecture
Series this week," in this issue.) Mason Hall.
HW
Thurs., Sept. 25, 5:15 p.m. "Do We Have to Believe
What We See?: On the Filmic Aesthetics of
Illusion," a German and Romance Languages and Literatures
lecture by Gertrud Koch, Institut fur
Theaterwissenschaft at Freie Universitat Berlin. 201C Dell
House. HW
Fri., Sept. 26, 4 p.m. Tudor and Stuart Lecture
— "The Architecture of Concepts: Parsing Human
Rights" by Peter de Bolla, Cambridge University. Sponsored
by English. 201C Dell House. HW
Music
Wed., Sept. 24, 8 p.m. Peabody Faculty Chamber Music
Concert with Jonathan Carney, violin; Maria
Lambros, viola; Alison Wells, violoncello; and Jeffrey
Sharkey, piano. $15 general admission, $10 for
senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg
Hall. Peabody
Sat., Sept. 27, 8 p.m. Peabody Symphony Orchestra
performs works by Knorr, Strauss and Sibelius.
$15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for
students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Reading
Thurs., Sept. 25, 1 p.m. Reading and
book signing by journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates of
The Beautiful Struggle, his memoir of coming
of age in Baltimore during the '80s and early
'90s. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW
Religion
Mon., Sept. 29. Erev Rosh Hashana services. For more
information, call 410-516-0333 (Conservative
and Reform), or 410-243-3700 (Orthodox).
Conservative. 6:15 p.m. Led by Rabbi Jason Klein,
sponsored by Hopkins Hillel; Glass Pavilion, Levering
Hall. Dinner for students in the Smokler Center following
services.
Reform. 6:15 p.m. Led by Rabbi Josh Snyder,
sponsored by Hopkins Hillel; Haebler Chapel, Goucher
College. Free transportation to Goucher.
Orthodox. 7 p.m. Led by Rabbi Zev Gopin, sponsored
by Chabad of Central Baltimore and JHU; Inn at
the Colonnade, 4 W. University Parkway. Dinner following
services; $10 for students, $25 for
community members; reservations required.
Seminars
Mon., Sept. 22, 11 a.m. "Mitochondrial Regulation of
Leydig Cell Steroid Synthesis: Implications for
the Age-related Decline in Male Testosterone Production," a
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
thesis defense seminar with Andrew Midzak. W2030 SPH.
EB
Mon., Sept. 22, 12:15 p.m. "Yeast Prions: Parallel
In-Register Beta Sheet Structure Explains How a
Protein Can Be a Gene," a Carnegie Institution Embryology
seminar with Reed Wickner, NIDDK/NIH.
Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Sept. 22, 12:15 p.m. "Pluripotent Stem Cell
Derived Gametes: Ethical and Policy Challenges," a
Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Ruth Faden, SPH;
and Debra Mathews, SoM. W4030 SPH.
EB
Mon., Sept. 22, 3 p.m. "Using Mitochondrial Mutator
Mice to Study the Role of mtDNA Mutations in
Aging," a Center on Aging and Health seminar with Tomas
Prolla, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Co-
sponsored by the Older Americans Independence Center,
Epidemiology and the Biostatistics of Aging
Training Program. Suite 2-700, 2024 E. Monument Street.
EB
Mon., Sept. 22, 4 p.m. "A Molecular View of
EGFR/ErbB Signaling and ErbB-targeted Cancer
Therapies," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar
with Daniel Leahy, SoM. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Sept. 22, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "UP States Render Neocortical
Circuits Less Sensitive to Thalamic Inputs," with Jason
MacLean, University of Chicago. Sponsored by
the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Tues., Sept. 23, noon. "Design and Characterization
of Two Proteins With 95% Identity but Different
Structure and Function," a Biological Chemistry seminar
with Philip Bryan, University of Maryland. 612
Physiology. EB
Tues., Sept. 23, 12:10 p.m. "Buprenorphine: An
Antidote to Overdose?" a Center for Injury Research
and Policy seminar with Yngvlid Olsen, Harford County
Health Department. 250 Hampton House. EB
Tues., Sept. 23, 3 p.m. "Real-time Forecasting of
Hurricane Impacts on Infrastructure: What Happens
When Research in Statistics, Geography and Engineering
Meets Real Disaster Preparation Planning?" a
Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Seth
Guikema, WSE. 234 Ames. HW
Wed., Sept. 24, 12:15 p.m. "International Family
Planning," a Population, Family and Reproductive
Health seminar with Steve Sinding, Columbia University, and
former director-general, International
Planned Parenthood Federation. W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Sept. 24, 3 p.m. "Projectively Dual Varieties
and K- Energy Maps," a Topics in Complex Geometry
seminar with Sean Paul, University of Wisconsin. Sponsored
by Mathematics. 308 Krieger. HW
Wed., Sept. 24, 3:30 p.m. "Enabling Chemistry for
Controlling the Self-Assembly of Block Copolymer
Materials in Thin-Films," a Materials Science and
Engineering seminar with Padma Gopalan, University
of Wisconsin-Madison. 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Sept. 24, 4 p.m. "Metabolism, Cell Surface
Organization and Disease," a Pharmacology and
Molecular Sciences seminar with James Dennis, Mount Sinai
Hospital. West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Wed., Sept. 24, 4 p.m. "Analyzing High Temporal
Resolution fMRI Data," a Biostatistics seminar with
Martin Lindquist, Columbia University. W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Sept. 25, noon. "Cell Fate Determination in
a Bacterial Biofilm," a Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Roberto Kolter,
Harvard Medical School. W2030 SPH.
EB
Thurs., Sept. 25, noon. "If Contemporary
Architecture Is Art, Then Cities Are Collectors: Linking
Global Competition and Local Common Goods," an Institute
for Policy Studies brown bag seminar with
Davide Ponzini, Politecnico de Milano, Italy. 526 Wyman
Park Bldg. HW
Thurs., Sept. 25, noon. Randolph Bromery Seminar
— "Isotopic Detection of Possible Core-Mantle
Interactions in Plume Sources: Rules of Engagement" with
Richard Walker, University of Maryland.
Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium.
HW
Thurs., Sept. 25, 12:15 p.m. "Creating Baltimore's
Sustainability Plan," a Connecting Health and
Sustainability seminar with Beth Strommen and Sarah
Zaleski, Baltimore City Office of Sustainability.
Sponsored by Center for a Livable Future; Health, Behavior
and Society; and the Program on Global
Sustainability and Health. W2015 SPH. EB
Thurs., Sept. 25, 1 p.m. "Hookworm Infection
Permanently Alters the Pulmonary Environment of Its
Host: Understanding the Induction of the Alternatively
Activated Macrophage," a Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with
Mark Siracusa. W1214 SPH. EB
Thurs., Sept. 25, 4 p.m. "Immunosuppressant
Clofazimine, An Original Anti-Leprosy Drug, Is a kv1.3
Channel Blocker," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
seminar with Yunzhao "Richard" Ren, SoM.
303 WBSB. EB
Thurs., Sept. 25, 4 p.m. "How the Internet Is
Changing Political Journalism," a Press and Public Policy
seminar with Charles Mahtesian, Politico. (See "In Brief,"
in this issue.) Sponsored by the Institute
for Policy Studies. Board Room, Shriver. HW
Thurs., Sept. 25, 4 p.m. "Metabolism, Golgi and Cell
Surface Organization," a Biology seminar with
James Dennis, University of Toronto. 100 Mudd. HW
Fri., Sept. 26, 10 a.m. "Thinking Globally to
Improve Locally: A Systems View Into the Dynamics of
Patient Flow," a Health Policy and Management thesis
defense seminar with David Baker. 688 Hampton
House. EB
Fri., Sept. 26, 12:15 p.m. "New Spatial Statistical
Methods for GIS Analysis With an Emphasis on
Applications in Public Health," an Epidemiology seminar
with Lauren Scott, ESRI. W3030 SPH. EB
Fri., Sept. 26, 1 p.m. "The Effect on Body Weight
and Caloric Intake of Jejunal Infusions of a
Complete and Balanced Diet in Sprague-Dawley Rats" and "A
Functional Requirement for Wnt Signaling
in Prostate Epi," a Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
joint seminar with Gillian Shaw, SoM; and
Brian Simons, SoM. 181 BRB. EB
Mon., Sept. 29, 9:30 a.m. "Patient-Centered Care and
Trust in the Medical Profession Among Adults
With Sickle Cell Disease," a Health Policy and Management
thesis defense seminar with Carlton
Haywood Jr. 339 Hampton House. EB
Mon., Sept. 29, 12:15 p.m. "Post-translational
Modification of Spliceosomal Sm Proteins in snRNP
Biogenesis and Germ Cell Development," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Greg Matera,
University of North Carolina. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San
Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Sept. 29, 3 p.m. "Non-Variational Existence
Problems in Geometry and General Relativity," an
Analysis seminar with Michael Eichmair, MIT. Sponsored by
Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW
Mon., Sept. 29, 4 p.m. "Ratchet-and-Pull: UvrD
Helicase Unwinds DNA One Base Pair at a Time," a
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Wei Yang,
NIH. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Sept. 29, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Attentional Modulation of Visual
Motion Processing: Of Space, Features and Objects," with
Stefan Treue, German Primate Center and
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Gottingen. Sponsored by
the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338
Krieger. HW
Special Events
Fall Fest 2008. Live music, fun activities and free
food. Open to all students, faculty and staff. For
full schedule of events, go to
www.jhu.edu/fallfest. Sponsored by Student Development
and Programming. HW
Fri., Sept. 26 —
4 p.m. Cookout on the Beach. J-Card required.
7:30 p.m. Friday Night Films presents Get Smart.
Wyman Quad (in front of Shriver Hall).
Sat., Sept. 27 —
1 p.m. "Hopkins Engaged," enjoy great music and
speakers, interact with activist groups as the
JHU community prepares for the upcoming presidential
election. Keyser Quad.
7 p.m. Verizon Wireless Concert Tour, with Boys Like
Girls, Cute Is What We Aim For and
Lights. $10 for Hopkins students with J-Card. Student
tickets on sale daily inside Levering Union. $20
for general public at
tickets.zooptix.com. Concert begins at 8 p.m. O'Connor
Recreation Center.
Sun., Sept. 28 —
Midnight. Free hot breakfast; J-Card required. Glass
Pavilion, Levering.
Mon., Sept. 29, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Live Near Your
Work home ownership expo, featuring home buying
experts, exhibitors and a raffle. (See story, "Revamped
home-buying program to be unveiled," in this
issue.) Sponsored by Worklife and Engagement. Turner
Concourse. EB
Sports
Fri., Sept. 26, noon. Water polo, Blue Jays vs.
Princeton. Newton White Athletic Center. HW
Sat., Sept. 27, 1 p.m. Women's soccer, Blue Jays vs.
Swarthmore. Homewood Field. HW
Sat., Sept. 27, 4 p.m. Field hockey, Blue Jays vs.
Swarthmore. Homewood Field. HW
Workshops
Thurs., Sept. 25, 1 p.m. "Introduction to
SharePoint," a Center for Educational Resources workshop
and demonstration. Open to faculty, staff and students
only. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
Sun., Sept. 28, 1 to 4 p.m. "Outdoor Landscapes," a
watercolor workshop, taught by Lois Wolford, open
to artists of all levels. $45 admission, $35 for Evergreen
members (includes materials and museum
admission). Space is limited. Advance paid registration
required; call 410-516-0341. Evergreen Museum
& Library.
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