October 5, 2009
Calendar — Oct. 5, 2009
COLLOQUIA
Tues., Oct. 6, 4:15 p.m. “The Far-From-Equilibrium Chemistry of Driven Colloidal Suspensions,” a Chemistry colloquium with Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology. 233 Remsen. HW
Wed., Oct. 7, 4:30 p.m. “Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s—Quantum Dots as Probes of Surface Receptor Organization,” a Biology colloquium with Michael Edidin, KSAS and SoM. Mudd Auditorium. HW
Thurs., Oct. 8, 3 p.m. “Put a Tiger in Your Test Tube: Organisms, Molecules and the Comparative Perspective,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Bruno Strasser, Yale University. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Library. EB
DISCUSSIONS/ TALKS
Mon., Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m. “Access to Experts,” a Center for Global Health career panel discussion with Jason Farley, SoN; Brenda Rakama, Jhpiego; and Heather Sanders, JHCCP. Co-sponsored by the Office of Career Services. W1030 SPH. EB
Tues., Oct. 6, noon. Conversation with Meglena Kuneva, European Commission, on the challenges of maintaining consumer protection standards in the face of globalization and rapid technological change. Sponsored by the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5880 or e-mail transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu. 806 Rome Building. SAIS
Tues., Oct. 6, 4:15 p.m. “Philip Roth’s Holocaust,” an English talk with Eric Sundquist, UCLA. Salon B, Charles Commons. HW
Tues., Oct. 6, 5:30 p.m. “What Must Be Done Now to Make Afghanistan a Hub of Continental Trade and Transport,” a Central Asia-Caucasus Institute discussion with Wahidullah Shahrani, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-7723 or e-mail saiscaciforums@jhu.edu. Rome Building Auditorium. SAIS
Wed., Oct. 7, 12:30 p.m. “The Political Economy of Nation Formation in Modern Tanzania,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Elliot Green, London School of Economics. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5676 or e-mail itolber1@jhu.edu. 736 Bernstein-Offit Building. SAIS
Wed., Oct. 7, 12:45 p.m. “Economic Crises and Political Deadlock: What the United States Can Learn From Argentina,” a Latin American Studies Program discussion with Klaus Veigel, Princeton University. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5734 or e-mail jzurek@jhu.edu. 517 Nitze Building. SAIS
Wed., Oct. 7, 1 p.m. “The Challenge of Moderation in Islam: Egypt’s Religious Institution vs. Extremism,” a SAIS Middle East Studies Program discussion with Ali Gomaa, grand mufti of Egypt. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute for Peace. For information and to RSVP, e-mail katarina@jhu.edu. Rome Building Auditorium. SAIS
Wed., Oct. 7, 2 p.m. “Ten Years After the NATO Intervention: Challenges for an Independent Kosovo,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Bujar Bukoshi, member of the Kosovo parliament and former prime minister of the Kosovo government-in-exile. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5880 or e-mail transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building. SAIS
Wed., Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m. “The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War,” a panel discussion of James Mann’s book by the same name with Mann; John McLaughlin, SAIS; Fritz Ermarth, former chair, National Intelligence Council; Richard Perle, former U.S. assistant secretary of defense; and Michael Mandelbaum, SAIS. Sponsored by the American Foreign Policy Program. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5790 or e-mail kkornell@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. SAIS
Thurs., Oct. 8, 12:15 p.m. “Now What? The Future of the European Union After the Second Irish Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty,” a European Studies Program panel discussion with Angelos Pangratis, deputy head, European Commission Delegation; David Calleo, SAIS; Peter Doran, Center for European Policy Analysis; and Mitchell Orenstein (moderator), SAIS. For information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5796 or e-mail ntobin@jhu.edu. 812 Rome Building. SAIS
Thurs., Oct. 8, 12:30 p.m. “Congo Masquerade: Why Reform Initiatives Have Failed,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with Theodore Trefon, Belgian Reference Centre for Expertise in Central Africa. For information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5676 or e-mail itolber1@jhu.edu. 736 Bernstein-Offit Building. SAIS
Thurs., Oct. 8, 6 p.m. “My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran,” with author Haleh Esfandiari. Part of the SAIS Cultural Conversations series. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5635 or e-mail laustin@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. SAIS
Fri., Oct. 9, 12:30 p.m. “Gender Dimensions of HIV/AIDS,” an International Development Program discussion with Geeta Rao Gupta, president, International Center for Research on Women. Co-sponsored by the SAIS Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative and Gender and Development Forum. For information or to RSVP, phone 202-663-5943 or e-mail developmentroundtable@jhu.edu. Rome Building Auditorium. SAIS
Mon., Oct. 12, 12:30 p.m. “Keynsian Intervention and Its Effects on the U.S. and World Economy,” a Global Theory and History Program discussion with Jonathan Kirshner, Cornell University. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5714 or e-mail sLee255@jhu.edu. 812 Rome Building. SAIS
Mon., Oct. 12, 4:30 p.m. “Unlawful Combatants and the International Committee of the Red Cross,” an International Law and Organizations Program discussion with Gary Solis, Georgetown University Law Center. For information and to RSVP, phone 202-663-5982 or e-mail tbascia1@jhu.edu. 812 Rome Building. SAIS
GRAND ROUNDS
Fri., Oct. 9, 12:15 p.m. “Relevance of Informatics and Terminologies for Swedish Health Care,” Health Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Ulla Gerdin, National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden. W1214 SPH. EB
INFORMATION SESSIONS
Wed., Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the MA in Government program; meet faculty, discuss credentials and program requirements and submit an application. RSVP online at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID-1613. LL7, Washington DC Center.
LECTURES
Tues., Oct. 6, 10:30 a.m. “Academic Science: A Good Career Choice for Women?” a lecture by Phoebe Leboy, national president, American Women in Science. Inaugural event for the AWIS Greater Baltimore chapter. 510 Kennedy Krieger Institute. EB
Wed., Oct. 7, 12:30 p.m. “The Origins of the Rule of Law: Europe and the Middle East” by Francis Fukuyama, part of his lecture series Getting to Denmark: Where the State, Rule of Law and Accountable Government Come From. Sponsored by the Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism. For more information or to RSVP, phone 202-349-0985 or e-mail scolby2@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building. SAIS
Thurs., Oct. 8, 4:15 p.m. “On Modernism and Early Postcolonial Style,” a Tudor and Stuart Lecture by Simon Gikandi, Princeton University. Sponsored by English. 201C Dell House. HW
Thurs., Oct. 8, 5:15 p.m. “Archival Identities: Foucault and Michon,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Michael Sheringham, All Souls College, Oxford University. 101A Dell House. HW
Thurs., Oct. 8, 5:15 p.m. “The Emergence of Latin American Literature: Cultural Capital and the Politics of Scholarship,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Fernando Degiovanni, Wesleyan University. 201C Dell House. HW
MUSIC
Tues., Oct. 6, 8 p.m. Amit Peled, violoncello, will perform music by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov; with guest artist pianist Eli Kalman. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Wed., Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Wind Ensemble performs the world premiere of Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra, Solar Traveller by Judith Lang Zaimont, with pianist Timothy Hoft. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
OPEN HOUSES
Mon., Oct. 12, 1 to 5 p.m. Fall Open House for the Bloomberg School of Public Health, an opportunity for prospective students to learn about the school’s academic community, tour the building and meet faculty, department coordinators and current students. Registration required; go to www.jhsph .edu/admissions/visit_jhsph/open_house/Open_House_Registration_Page. 615 N. Wolfe St. EB
READINGS/ BOOK TALKS
Thurs., Oct. 8, 7 p.m. Frank Warren will discuss his new book, PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God. (See “In Brief,” in this issue.) Sponsored by Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. 272 Bloomberg Center. HW
SEMINARS
Mon., Oct. 5, 12:15 p.m. “Ovarian Histogenesis, Sex Determination and Regulation of Menopause,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with David Schlessinger, National Institute on Aging, IRP. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Oct. 5, 4 p.m. “Counterexamples to the Strichartz Estimates for the Wave Equation in Domains,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Oana Ivanovici, KSAS. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW
Mon., Oct. 5, 4 p.m. “ ‘Red Cross, Double Cross’: Race and America’s World War II–Era Blood Donor Service,” a History seminar with Tom Guglielmo, George Washington University. 102B Dell House. HW
Tues., Oct. 6, noon. “Regulation of Calcium Signaling in T Lymphocytes by Natural and Non-Natural Inhibitors,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Jun Liu, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Oct. 6, 12:10 p.m. “Legal and Community Interventions to Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Ralph Hingson, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. 250 Hampton House. EB
Tues., Oct. 6, 3 p.m. “The International Upper Great Lakes Study: Forensic Science of the St. Clair River,” a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Eugene Stakhiv, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 234 Ames. HW
Wed., Oct. 7, 8:30 a.m. “Early Phase Clinical Cancer Trials: Where the Rubber Hits the Road,” a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Stuart Grossman, SoM. Sponsored by Epidemiology. W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Oct. 7, noon. “Americans’ Attitudes Toward Psychiatric Medications: 1998–2006,” a Mental Health seminar with Ramin Mojtabai, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., Oct. 7, 2 p.m. “An Evaluation of the Impact of an Electronic Health Record on a Program for All-Inclusive Care for Elders Site,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Paulina Sockolow. 688 Hampton House. EB
Wed., Oct. 7, 3 p.m. “The Role of QSAR in Predicting in vivo Risk,” a Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing special seminar with Gilman Veith, International QSAR Foundation. Co-sponsored by Environmental Health Sciences. W7023 SPH. EB
Wed., Oct. 7, 3 p.m. “Synthetic Multifunctional Materials—Intermetallic Laminate (MIL) Composites,” a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Kenneth Vecchio, University of California, San Diego. 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Oct. 7, 4 p.m. “Doubly Robust Estimation in a Semi-Parametric Odds Ratio Model,” a Biostatistics seminar with Eric Tchetgen, Harvard School of Public Health. W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 8, 10:45 a.m. “Microscale Manipulation of Cells and Their Environment for Cell Sorting and Stem Cell Biology,” a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with Joel Voldman, MIT. 110 Maryland. HW
Thurs., Oct. 8, 11 a.m. “Psychosocial Motivations for Repeat HIV Testing Among Ethiopian Women,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Heather Bradley. E4517 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 8, noon. “Vaccination-Induced Protection Against TB,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Willem Hanekom, University of Cape Town and South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Cape Town. W1020 SPH. EB
Thurs., Oct. 8, noon. “Decoding Inositol Intracellular Signaling Pathways: Lessons Learned From a Six-Carbon Cyclitol,” a Cell Biology seminar with John York, Duke University Medical Center. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Oct. 8, noon. Randolph Bromery Seminar—“What the Heck Is Carbon Sequestration?” with Nick Woodward, Office of Basic Energy Science, U.S. Dept. of Energy. 304 Olin. HW
Thurs., Oct. 8, 1 p.m. “Using Two-Photon Microscopy to Monitor and Manipulate Cell Physiology,” a Neuroscience seminar with Graham Ellis-Davies, Drexel University College of Medicine. West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Thurs., Oct. 8, 4 p.m. “Convex Polytopes With Abelian, Vertex-Transitive Symmetry,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with James Lawrence, George Mason University. 304 Whitehead. HW
Thurs., Oct. 8, 4 p.m. “Remote Listening and Passive Acoustic Detection in a 3-D Sound Environment,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Colin Barnhill, WSE. 110 Maryland. HW
Thurs., Oct. 8, 4 p.m. “Characterizing Barth Syndrome Mutant Tafazzins: There Is More Than One Way to Kill a Transacylase,” a Biology seminar with Steven Claypool, SoM. 100 Mudd. HW
Fri., Oct. 9, 11 a.m. “Windfarm Impacts on Climate and Weather,” a CEAFM seminar with Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, University of Maryland. 110 Maryland. HW
Mon., Oct. 12, 12:10 p.m. “A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words: Engaging Youth in Research Through the Creative Arts to Learn About Neighborhood Safety,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Jessica Burke, University of Pittsburgh, and Michael Yonas, University of Pittsburgh. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. 208 Hampton House. EB
Mon., Oct. 12, 12:15 p.m. “How Does Topoisomerase IV Distinguish Left From Right?” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Keir Neuman, NHLBI/NIH. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Oct. 12, 1:30 p.m. “Toward High-Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics-based Tools for Phonosurgery,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Rajat Mittal, WSE. 110 Clark. HW
Mon., Oct. 12, 4 p.m. “Signaling Cross-Talks in Testicular Gonocyte Development,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Martine Culty, McGill University School of Medicine. W2030 SPH. EB
SPECIAL EVENTS
Tues., Oct. 6, 8 p.m. The MSE Symposium presents a lecture by journalist, author and pop sociologist Malcolm Gladwell. Shriver Auditorium. HW
Through Sun., Oct. 11, 4:30 p.m. to midnight. Baltimore Week 2009, an event designed to raise awareness of and involvement in Baltimore and community issues. Sponsored by SOURCE, the JHSPH Student Assembly Community Affairs Committee, the JHSPH Child Health Society, the JHSPH Environmental Health Sciences Student Organization, the SoN Black Student Nurses Association, the SoM Wolfe St. Workforce and Perfect Cupcakes. For a list of events and locations, go to www.jhsph.edu/source/programs_events/BaltimoreWeek. EB
SYMPOSIA
Thurs., Oct. 8, 3 p.m. “Communities That Care,” part of the Urban Health Institute’s Quarterly Symposium Building Community Collaborations for Families: What Works? with Richard Catalano, University of Washington. W1214 SPH. EB
THEATER
Fri., Oct. 9, 8 p.m. Buttered Niblets performing comedy improv. Arellano Theater, Levering. HW
WORKSHOPS
RefWorks workshops, sponsored by the Eisenhower Library. Hopkins community only. To register, go to http://bit.ly/RefWorksSchedule. Electronic Resource Center, M-Level, MSE Library. HW
• Tues., Oct. 6, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
• Wed., Oct. 7, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 8, 1 p.m. “Introduction to Sharepoint,” a Bits & Bytes workshop intended for Homewood faculty, lecturers and TAs (staff are also welcome to attend). Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW