November 16, 2009

Calendar — Nov. 16, 2009

BLOOD DRIVE

Wed., Nov. 18, and Thurs., Nov. 19, 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Red Cross Homewood campus blood drive. Sponsored by Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs. Register online at http://hrnt.jhu.edu/fsrp/outreach/blooddrive/schedule .cfm. Glass Pavilion, Levering.  HW

COLLOQUIA

Tues., Nov. 17, 4:15 p.m. The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Colloquium—“Molecular Determinants Governing Oxylipin Biosynthesis in Fatty Acid Oxygenases” with Michael Malkowski, Hauptman-Woodard Medical Research Institute. Sponsored by Chemistry. 233 Remsen.  HW

Wed., Nov. 18, and Thurs., Nov. 19, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Fifth Annual Lavy Colloquium—The Jewish Jesus, with various speakers. (See “In Brief,” p. 2.) Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel).  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, 3 p.m. “The Schon Affair,” a Physics and Astronomy colloquium detailing a recent case of scientific fraud, with science and technology writer Eugenie Samuel Reich. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center.  HW

Fri., Nov. 20, 2 p.m. “Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Human Spaceflight,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum. Parsons Auditorium.  APL

Fri., Nov. 20, 5 p.m. “Emotions, Reasons and the Functional Imaging of Moral,” a Philosophy colloquium with Colin Klein, University of Illinois, Chicago. 160 Mattin Center.  HW

DISCUSSIONS/ TALKS

Mon., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m. “Challenges and Prospects of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference,” a SAIS Global Energy and Environment Initiative discussion with Tim Wirth, president, United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building.  SAIS

Mon., Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. “Winning Hearts and Minds: American Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century,” a SAIS American Foreign Policy Program panel discussion with Alec Ross, Office of the U.S. Secretary of State; Joan Mower, Voice of America; Philip Seib, University of Southern California; and Phyllis Elliott Oakley, SAIS. Co-sponsored by the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. LL7 Bernstein-Offit Building.  SAIS

Tues., Nov. 17, 5 p.m. “John Maynard Keynes: Return of the Master,” a SAIS European Studies Program discussion with Robert Skidelsky, University of Warwick (professor emeritus). Rome Building Auditorium.  SAIS

Wed., Nov. 18, 12:30 p.m. “Macroeconomic Imbalances: Neoliberal Ideas and the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons and Policy Implications,” a SAIS European Studies Program discussion with Matthias Matthijs, American University. 103 Rome Building.  SAIS

Wed., Nov. 18, 12:30 p.m. “Managing Ocean Resources: The Case of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna,” a Global Energy and Environment Initiative at SAIS discussion with Steve Rody, Earthjustice. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building.  SAIS

Wed., Nov. 18, 12:45 p.m. “What We Have Learned About the Inter-American System From the Recent Institutional Crisis in Honduras,” a SAIS Latin American Studies Program discussion with Joy Olson, executive director, Washington Office on Latin America. 517 Nitze Building.  SAIS

Mon., Nov. 30, 12:30 p.m. “China’s Civil Nuclear Energy Plans and Their Implications,” a SAIS China Studies Program discussion with Bo Kong, director, SAIS Global Energy and Environment Initiative; and David Lampton, director, China Studies Program. 806 Rome Building.  SAIS

GRAND ROUNDS

Wed., Nov. 18, noon. “Who Will Keep the Public Healthy in 2020?” Public Health Practice grand rounds with Henry Taylor, SPH. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Live webcast available at www.jhsph .edu/maphtc/training_events/events_calendar.html. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).  EB

Wed., Nov. 18, 3:30 p.m. “Meta-Leadership in the Time of Crisis,” with Leonard Marcus, Harvard School of Public Health and the Kennedy School of Government, and faculty respondents Jonathan Links, SPH, and Michel Ibrahim, SPH. Part of the Inspiring and Training Future Public Health Leaders grand rounds lecture series, co-sponsored by Health Policy and Management, the Pfizer Corp., the SPH Office of Public Health Practice and Training, the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center, the Mid-Atlantic Health Leadership Institute, the Maryland Public Health Association and the Maryland Association of County Health Officers. Live webcast available at www.jhsph .edu/maphtc/training_events/events_calendar.html. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).  EB

Wed., Nov. 18, 3:45 p.m. “Statistical Challenges in Modeling Human Fecundity,” Biostatistics grand rounds with Germaine Buck Louis and Rajeshwari Sundaram, both of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. W2030 SPH.  EB

Wed., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. “Update on Health Care Reform,” General Preventive Medicine fall grand rounds with Rep. John Sarbanes. Co-sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Live webcast available at www.jhsph .edu/maphtc/training_events/ events_calendar.html. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).  EB

Fri., Nov. 20, 12:15 p.m. “Information Technologies for Smarter Health Care,” Health Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Joseph Jasinski, IBM Research. Co-sponsored by SoM and SPH. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).  EB

INFORMATION SESSIONS

Mon., Nov. 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Online information session for the MS in Bioscience Regulatory Affairs. Learn about admission requirements, curriculum design, course structure, degree requirements; participate in an online discussion or chat with faculty and the associate program chair. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=1619. Sponsored by Advanced Biotechnology Studies.

Wed., Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the MA in Applied Economics Program, an opportunity to discuss curriculum, submit an application and meet associate program chair Frank Weiss. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=1539. LL7, Washington DC Center.

Thurs., Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the Master of Arts in Writing Program and reception. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index .cfm?ContentID=1620. Mason Hall.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the Master of Liberal Arts Program and reception. Learn about the program, submit an application and talk to associate program chair Melissa Hilbish. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index .cfm?ContentID=1621. Mason Hall.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, 7 p.m. Online information session for the MS in Environmental Sciences and Policy. Learn about the program, experience an online course, interact with current students and ask questions. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=1622.

LECTURES

Mon., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. “Malevich and the Dynamics of Space,” a History of Art lecture by Christina Lodder, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Co-sponsored by History. 255 Mergenthaler.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 5:15 p.m. “Is There Such a Thing as Inner-European Postcolonial Studies?” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Birgit Wagner, University of Vienna. 101A Dell House.  HW

Tues., Nov. 17, 5 p.m. “Spinoza’s Counterfactual Zionism,” a Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies lecture by Warren Zev Harvey, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel).  HW

Tues., Nov. 17, 6 p.m. “Rus in Urbe: Visual Pleasures in Pompeian Townhouses,” a History of Art lecture by Herica Valladares, KSAS. Banquet Room A, Charles Commons.  HW

Wed., Nov. 18, 7:30 a.m. Leaders & Legends series—“Building a 21st-Century Company” by Greg Lucier, president and CEO, Life Technologies. (See story, “CEO of Life Technologies to give ‘Leaders & Legends’ talk,” in this issue.) Sponsored by the Carey Business School. Legg Mason Tower, Harbor East.

The Kempf Lectures, by Eric Bedford, Indiana University. Sponsored by Mathematics.  HW

Wed., Nov. 18, 4:30 p.m. “Dynamics of Complex Surface Automorphisms.” 308 Krieger.

Thurs., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. “Dynamics of Rational Surface Automorphisms.” 304 Krieger.

Thurs., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. The Fifth John C. and Susan S.G. Wierman Lecture—“Houston Air Quality: A Simultaneous Examination of Multiple Pollutants” by Katherine Bennett Ensor, Rice University. Sponsored by Applied Mathematics and Statistics. 111 Mergenthaler.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, 5:15 p.m. “The Baroque Tsunami” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Gregory Lambert, Syracuse University. 101A Dell House.  HW

MUSIC

Thurs., Nov. 19, Fri., Nov. 20, and Sat., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 22, 3 p.m. The Peabody Opera Theatre, with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra,  presents Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, with guest stage director A. Scott Parry. $25 general admission, $15 senior citizens, $10 students with ID. For tickets, call 410-234-4800 or e-mail boxoffice@peabody.jhu .edu. Friedberg Hall.  Peabody

Thurs., Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Vocal Chords a cappella group presents its fall concert. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, 8 p.m. “S.L.A.M.” hip-hop and step fall dance concert. Shriver Hall Auditorium.  HW

Sat., Nov. 21, 7 p.m. JHU Jazz Bands fall concert. 101 Mattin Center (SDS Room).  HW

Sat., Nov. 21, 8 p.m. The Allnighters a cappella group presents its fall concert. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center.  HW

Sun., Nov. 22, 3 p.m. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents a chamber concert, featuring Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 111, and Shostakovich’s Sinfonia for String Orchestra. Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Center.  HW

Sun., Nov. 22, 7 p.m. The JHU Wind Ensemble presents its fall concert. Shriver Hall Auditorium.  HW

SEMINARS

Mon., Nov. 16, noon. “At the Brink of a Great Transformation? Karl Polanyi, Political-Economic Pendulums and the Crisis Today,” a Sociology seminar with Gareth Dale, Brunel University, London. 526 Mergenthaler.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 1:30 p.m. “Modeling and Simulation of Actin Polymerization in Cells,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Les Loew, University of Connecticut. 110 Clark (videoteleconferenced to 709 Traylor, SoM).  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. “Superrigidity of Hyperbolic DM-Complexes,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with George Daskalopoulos, Brown University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. “NIAID Intramural Research Program and Human Interferons: Structure and Function,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Kathryn Zoon, NIAID. W2030 SPH.  EB

Mon., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. David Bodian Seminar—“Implementing Models of the Primate Visual Cortex in Silicon” with Ralph Etienne-Cummings, WSE. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. “The Diverse Family of Proton-Pumping Respiratory Oxidases,” a Biophysics seminar with Robert Gennis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 111 Mergenthaler.  HW

Tues., Nov. 17, noon. “Too Much and Just Enough of a Good Thing: Trisomy 21 and Down Syndrome,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Roger Reeves, SoM. 612 Physiology.  EB

Tues., Nov. 17, 12:10 p.m. “Injuries in the U.S. Army,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Michelle Canham-Chervak, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Second in the four-part series Occupational Injury, Safety and Health. Co-sponsored by Health Policy and Management and the Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health. 250 Hampton House.  EB

Tues., Nov. 17, 3 p.m. “Climate Variability and Colorado River Basin Water Management,” a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Jeffrey Jacobs, National Research Council. 234 Ames.  HW

Wed., Nov. 18, noon. “Use of Complex Psychotropic Medications Among Children in the Child Welfare System,” a Mental Health seminar with Susan DosReis, SoM. B14B Hampton House.  EB

Wed., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. “Regulation and Function of the Akt-TSC-mTOR Signaling Network,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Brendan Manning, Harvard School of Public Health. West Lecture Hall, WBSB.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 19, 10 a.m. “Central Nervous System Infection of the Human Herpesvirus-6 and Mechanisms of Neuroinflammation Mediated by Engagement of the CD46 Virus Receptor,” a Biology thesis defense seminar with Karen Yao, NIH. 100 Mudd.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, 10:45 a.m. “Molecular Model of the Airway Surface Layer in Lungs,” a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 110 Maryland.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, noon. “Type IV Pilus Structure Function Studies: The Role of the Vibrio cholerae Toxin Coregulated Pilus in Colonization,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Lisa Craig, Simon Fraser University, Canada. W1020 SPH.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 19, noon. “Endowments, Framing, Defaults and the Power of Zero: What Behavioral Economics Can Tell Us About Health Care Reform,” an Institute for Policy Studies brown-bag seminar with Douglas Hough, Carey Business School. 526 Wyman Park Bldg.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, noon. “Split Decisions: Regulating the End of the Cell Cycle,” a Cell Biology seminar with Kathy Gould, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 19, 12:15 p.m. “Genetic Conflict: The Usual Suspects and Beyond,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, 1 p.m. “What Do Astrocytes Do?” a Neuroscience research seminar with Ben Barres, Stanford University School of Medicine. West Lecture Hall, WBSB.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. “Quantitative Nanoscale Imaging of Biological Structures in the Electron Microscope,” a Biology seminar with Richard Leapman, NIBIB/NIH. 100 Mudd.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. “The Solar Judgment of Walt Whitman,” a Political and Moral Thought seminar with Jane Bennett, KSAS. Sponsored by History. 366 Mergenthaler.  HW

Fri., Nov. 20, noon. “Vertical Farming and Public Health,” an Environmental Health Sciences Student Organization special seminar with Dickson Despommier, Columbia University, and director of the Vertical Farm Project. Co-sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future. W4030 SPH.  EB

Mon., Nov. 23, noon. “Beyond Social Capital: Routine Organizations and the Origins of Network Inequality of Everyday Life,” a Sociology seminar with Mario Small, University of Chicago. 526 Mergenthaler.  HW

Mon., Nov. 23, noon. “Leptin Secretion: Exocrine-Endocrine Axis Along the Gastro-Intestinal System,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Moise Bendayan, University of Montreal. W1020 SPH.  EB

Tues., Nov. 24, noon. “Molecular Mechanisms of Retinal Cell Fate Specification: The Role of Unconventional Transcriptional Regulators,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Seth Blackshaw, SoM. 612 Physiology.  EB

Tues., Nov. 24, 12:10 p.m. “Injury Control in Professional and Recreational Athletes: An Occupational Safety and Health Issue,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Andy Lincoln, Sports Medicine Research Center, Union Memorial Hospital. Third in the four-part series Occupational Injury, Safety and Health. Co-sponsored by Health Policy and Management and the Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health. 250 Hampton House.  EB

Tues., Nov. 24, 4:30 p.m. “Hierarchical Phrase-based Translation With Weighted Finite State Transducers,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Bill Byrne, University of Cambridge. B17 CSEB.  HW

Mon., Nov. 30, 9 a.m. “Impact of a Statewide Intensive Care Unit Quality Improvement Initiative on Hospital Mortality and Length of Stay,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Allison Lipitz. 688 Hampton House.  EB

Mon., Nov. 30, 10 a.m. “Marital Power and Intimate Partner Violence in the Philippines,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Jessica Fehringer. E4130 SPH.  EB

Mon., Nov. 30, noon. “The Prospect for a New New Deal?” a Sociology seminar with Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center. 526 Mergenthaler.  HW

Mon., Nov. 30, 12:15 p.m. “The Chromodomains of the Chd1 Remodeler Dictate Substrate Specificity Through an Autoinhibitory Mechanism,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Gregory Bowman, KSAS. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.  HW

SPECIAL EVENTS

Tues., Nov. 17, 12:15 p.m. Native American Heritage Month—“Health Care Reform in Indian Country,” keynote address by Yvette Roubideaux, the first Native American woman appointed director of the Indian Health Service. Sponsored by the Center for American Indian Health and Native Circle. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).  EB

Tues., Nov. 17, 8 p.m. MSE Symposium presents a lecture by actor, director and Academy Award–nominated producer Sean Astin. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session and meet-and-greet. Shriver Hall Auditorium.  HW

THEATER

Fri., Nov. 20, and Sat., Nov. 21, 8 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 22, 2 p.m. Johns Hopkins University Theatre presents student playwright Eric Levitz’s Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, with guest artist Mackenzie Astin. Directed by John Astin. Final performances. $15 general admission, $5 for students with ID, $13 for senior citizens, JHU faculty, staff and alumni. Merrick Barn.  HW

Fri., Nov. 20, and Sat., Nov. 21, 8 p.m., and Sun., 22, 3 p.m. Witness Theatre presents student-written one-act plays. Arellano Theater, Levering.  HW

Sat., Nov. 21, 6 p.m. “Nrytia Mala,” a performance exhibition of the classical Indian arts. Sponsored by JHU Shakti. Shriver Hall Auditorium.  HW

WORKSHOPS

Mon., Nov. 16, 9 a.m. “Grantcraft,” a daylong workshop designed to assist faculty and advanced postdocs prepare an NIH or other peer-reviewed grant application. Sponsored by the JHMI Professional Development Office. Cost for faculty is $650; cost for postdoctoral and clinical fellows is $325. Registration required; to register, e-mail jhmipdo@jhmi.edu. Mountcastle Auditorium.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 19, 1 p.m. “Introduction to RefWorks,” a Bits & Bytes workshop intended for faculty, lecturers and TAs; staff are also welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library.  HW