Mon., May 4, 8:30 a.m. "Immigration Matters Pertaining
to International Faculty and Researcher
Considerations as Part of an Institutional Business Plan,"
a Sociology seminar with Andrew Greenfield,
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP. Mason Hall.
HW
Mon., May 4, 12:10 p.m. "Surgery and Injury Prevention,"
a Graduate Seminar on Injury Research and
Policy with Kent Stevens, JHH; and Kristin Chrouser, JHMI.
Sponsored by Health Policy and
Management. W2033 SPH. EB
Mon., May 4, 12:10 p.m. "Current Issues and
Controversies in Asbestos-Related Diseases," a Johns
Hopkins Education and Research Center seminar with Laura
Welch, the Center for Construction
Research and Training. W4030 SPH. EB
Mon., May 4, 12:15 p.m. "An Unusual Form of RNAi
Monitors Ty1 Copy Number in S. cerevisiae," a
Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with David
Garfinkel, National Cancer Institute. Rose
Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., May 4, 4 p.m. "Probing Structure on Well-Defined
Functional States of Ion Channels Using
Systematically Engineered Ionizable Residues and
Proton-Transfer Events," a Biophysics seminar with
Claudio Grosman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
111 Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., May 4, 4 p.m. David Bodian Seminar — "Reward
Processing in Prefrontal Cortex" with Jonathan
Wallis, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsored by
the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338
Krieger. HW
Tues., May 5, noon. "Mechanisms of Signaling of NF-kB in
Immunity and Cancer," a Biological Chemistry
seminar with Joel Pomerantz, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., May 5, 1 p.m. "Politics and the Pump Handle: The
International Political Economy of Emerging
Infectious Diseases," a SAIS thesis defense seminar with
Joshua Michaud. Open to the SAIS
community only. Room 736, Bernstein-Offit Building.
SAIS
Tues., May 5, 5 p.m. "Risky Business," a Risk Sciences
and Public Policy Institute seminar with
Elizabeth Dederick, ICF International; Bonnie Gaborek,
DuPont Haskell Global Centers for Health and
Environmental Sciences; Col. Mark Melanson, U.S. Army
Medical Command; and Keeve Nachman, Center
for a Livable Future. Sponsored by Health Policy and
Management. B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., May 6, 10 a.m. "The Japanese State and Industry:
Collective Action During Peacetime and
Wartime 1925-1945," a SAIS thesis defense seminar with
Hiromi Murakami. Open to SAIS community
only. Room 806, Rome Building. SAIS
Wed., May 6, 12:15 p.m. "Limits to Growth: The Molecular
Machinery for Carbon Allocation in Plants," a
Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Wolf Frommer,
Carnegie Institution. Rose Auditorium,
3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Wed., May 6, 12:15 p.m. "Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Problems Among Youths From Puerto Rico and
the United States: Implications for the DSM-V," a Mental
Health seminar with Brent Mancha, SPH.
B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., May 6, 4:30 p.m. "On Geodesics in the Space of
Kahler Metrics," a Complex Geometry seminar
with Yanir Rubinstein, KSAS. Sponsored by Mathematics. 302
Krieger. HW
Thurs., May 7, 11 a.m. "The Influence of Individual
Characteristics and Cohort Membership in
Preventive Service Use in the Near Elderly," a Health
Policy and Management thesis defense seminar
with Tanaz Kavas Petigara. 688 Hampton House. EB
Thurs., May 7, noon. "A Novel PtdIns(4)P Binding Protein
Re-veals New Insights Into Golgi Function," a
Cell Biology seminar with Seth Field, University of
California, San Diego. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., May 7, noon. The Randolph K. Bromery
Seminar — "Soil Respiration: Components, Controls and
Succession" with Jim Tang, Woods Hole Marine Biological
Laboratory. Sponsored by Earth and
Planetary Sciences. Olin Hall Auditorium. HW
Thurs., May 7, 12:15 p.m. "Perspective From the
Philanthropy Community: Opportunities and Challenges
for Art, Design and Public Health Collaborations," a
Health, Behavior and Society seminar with a
representative from the Open Society Institute in Baltimore
and a representative from the Annie E.
Casey Foundation. Co-sponsored by MICA. B14B Hampton House.
EB
Thurs., May 7, 1 p.m. "HPV Testing in Cervical Cancer
Screening at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health
System, 2001-2007," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar
with Darcy Phelan. W3030 SPH. EB
Thurs., May 7, 1 p.m. "Optogenetics: Development and
Application," a Neuroscience research seminar
with Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University. West Lecture
Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., May 7, 4 p.m. "Toward the Control of Epidemic
Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in the
Americas," a Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Barry Beaty,
Colorado State University. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Mon., May 11, 12:15 p.m. "The Regulation of Stem Cell
Self-Renewal," a Carnegie Institution
Embryology seminar with Sean Morrison, University of
Michigan. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin
Drive. HW
Special Events
Mon., May 4, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Biomedical Engineering
Design Day presenting the results of research
and course work by students. Featured speaker is serial
medical device entrepreneur Robert Fischell.
Hodson Hall. HW
Tues., May 5, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 28th Annual Senior Design
Project Presentation Day, including device
demonstrations. Visitors may attend any portion of the
program. Sponsored by Mechanical
Engineering. For project descriptions go to
www.me.jhu.edu/design.html. 210 Hodson. HW
Tues., May 5, 1 to 3 p.m. Technology Fellowship
Showcase, with fellowship winners demonstrating new
instructional technology resources. There will be special
give-aways for all attendees, including flash
drives for JHU faculty. Sponsored by the Center for
Educational Resources. Q Level, MSE Library.
HW
Tues., May 5, 5 p.m. Delta Omega Public Health Honor
Society induction ceremony. Sponsored by the
JHSPH Office of External Affairs. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).
EB
Wed., May 6, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Learning, Arts and the
Brain, a School of Education summit and
roundtable discussion with various speakers, including
Jeremy Kagan, Harvard University; Guy
McKhann, KSAS; New York Times columnist William Safire; and
author Dick Deasy. (See "In Brief," in
this issue.) Sponsored by Mathematics. American Visionary
Art Museum.
Fri., May 8, 1 p.m. Second Annual Research on Aging
Showcase, sponsored by the SoM Geriatrics
Interest Group. 1 to 3 p.m. Poster session. Reception to
follow. Co-sponsored by the Alumni
Association, the Center on Aging and Health and the JHSPH
Student Assembly. E2030 SPH
(Feinstone Hall). EB
Fri., May 8, 3 to 6 p.m. The Ninth Annual Mattin Center
pARTy, a celebration of creative endeavors by
Hopkins students, including musical and theatrical
performances and exhibits of visual and digital arts.
3 p.m. Official ribbon cutting for the JHU Gaming Lab and
Game Lounge in the upper lobby of the
Offit Building. Sponsored by the Homewood Arts Programs,
the Digital Media Center and Homewood
Art Workshops. Mattin Center. HW
Sat., May 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aware for All Baltimore
Clinical Research Education Day, featuring free
health screenings for prostate cancer, blood pressure,
obesity and skin cancer. Sponsored by the
Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Turner Bldg. EB
Symposia
Mon., May 4, to Thurs., May 7. "The Search for Life in
the Universe," a Space Telescope Science
Institute symposium with various speakers. Continues
through Thurs., May 7. For times and details, go
to
www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/spring2009.
Muller Building. HW
Wed., May 6, 12:30 to 4 p.m. Women's Health Research
Symposium, for faculty, students and fellows
in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health,
featuring presentations by Sharon Olsen, SoN;
Barbara Migeon, Institute of Genetic Medicine; Karen
Bandeen-Roche, SPH; and Lisa Cooper, SoM and
JHH. Networking reception to follow. Sponsored by the Johns
Hopkins Women's Health Research
Group. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB