March 8, 2010
Calendar — March 8, 2010
BLOOD DRIVES
Tues., March 9, and Wed., March 10, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. JHU Blood Drive. For more information, call 410-614-0913 or e-mail johnshopkinsblooddrive@jhmi.edu. Turner Concourse. EB
COLLOQUIA
Tues., March 9, 4 p.m. “Creativity and the Continuity of Tradition Among Theravada Buddhists in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia,” an Anthropology colloquium with Charles Hallisey, Harvard Divinity School. 400 Macaulay. HW
Tues., March 9, 4:15 p.m. “Cluster Science: Insights Into Catalysis,” a Chemistry colloquium with A. Welford Castleman Jr., Pennsylvania State University. 233 Remsen. HW
Wed., March 10, 9:30 a.m. “The Integrative Nature of Scene Representation,” a Cognitive Science colloquium with Soojin, MIT. 134A Krieger. HW
Wed., March 10, 4 p.m. “The Capacity and Fidelity of Visual Long-Term Memory,” a Psychological and Brain Sciences colloquium with Aude Oliva, MIT. 234 Ames. HW
Thurs., March 11, 3 p.m. “Hippocrates, Presocratics and the Question of Naturalism,” a History of Science and Technology colloquium wth Daryn Lehoux, Queen’s University. Room 102, 3505 N. Charles St. HW
Fri., March 12, 2 p.m. “The Future of Medicine—Megatrends in Medical Science and in Health Care Delivery,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Stephen Schimpff, University of Maryland Medical Center. Parsons Auditorium. APL
DISCUSSIONS/ TALKS
Wed., March 10, 12:15 p.m. “A Jewish Witness in Palestine Speaks: What Aren’t We Hearing and How Is Peace Possible?” a SAIS Global Security and Conflict Management Club discussion with author Anna Baltzer. Herter Room, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
Wed., March 10, 4:30 p.m. “Which Rights? Whose Rights? Why Rights? Rethinking the Feminist Potential of Rights Claiming,” a WGS talk by Karen Zivi Jepson, University of Richmond. Co-sponsored by Political Science. 113 Greenhouse. HW
Thurs., March 11, 4 p.m. “Reframing Emancipation? Feminist Rights Talk in the Latin American Neoliberal Age,” a WGS talk by Veronica Schild, University of Western Ontario. Co-sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies. 113 Greenhouse. HW
Thurs., March 11, 4:15 p.m. “The Hip Figure: Metaphor and the Making of Postwar Liberalism,” an English talk by Michael Szalay, University of California, Irvine. 201C Dell House. HW
INFORMATION SESSIONS
Mon., March 8, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the Master of Arts in Writing Program. Sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. RSVP to http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=2066. LL7 Washington DC Center.
Tues., March 9, 7 p.m. Information session for the Online Certificate in Geographic Information Systems, sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. RSVP to http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=2086. Log-in information will be provided a few days before the session.
Wed., March 10, 6:30 p.m. Information session for the Master of Science in Environmental Sciences and Policy. Sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. RSVP to http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=2091. LL7 Washington DC Center.
LECTURES
Mon., March 8, 4 p.m; Wed., March 10, and Thurs., March 11, 5 p.m. The James S. Schouler Lecture Series—“Tongues of Fire: Some Slave Creole Languages in the Early Modern World” by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, University of Notre Dame. Sponsored by History. Mason Hall Auditorium. HW
Mon., March 8, 5 p.m. “Yiddish as a Double Agent in Israeli Literature,” a Jewish Studies Program lecture by Shachar Pinsker, University of Michigan. Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel). HW
Mon., March 8, 5:15 p.m. “When Old Stories Are Given New Life: Cinematic Adaptation and the Renewal of Culture,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Millicent Marcus, Yale University. 101A Dell House. HW
The 2010 Lecture Series in Archaeology and Assyriology, sponsored by Near Eastern Studies. 202A Dell House. HW
• Mon., March 8, 5:30 p.m. “The Craftsmen of the Neo-Babylonian Period: Putting Craft Production Into Context” by Elizabeth Payne, Yale University.
• Wed., March 10, 5:30 p.m. “On Storage and Consumption, Contractors and Thieves: The Animal Economy of the Eanna Temple of Uruk in the Mid-First Millennium B.C.E.” by Michael Kozuh, Auburn University.
Thurs., March 11, 5:15 p.m. “Incongruous Bodies: Animal Contagion in Medieval Italian Culture,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Eleonora Stoppino, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 101A Dell House. HW
Fri., March 12, 1:15 p.m. “Finding Funding for Your Research,” a Welch Medical Library lecture by Stella Seal, SoM. Weinberg Auditorium. EB
MUSIC
Tues., March 9, 5:30 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert Series presents a talk by Peabody’s Ray Sprenkle, noted composer, historian and lecturer. Free, but reservations are required; call 410-516-7164, e-mail info@shriverconcerts.org or go to www.shriverconcerts.org. Mason Hall Auditorium. HW
Wed., March 10 through Sat., March 13, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Opera Theatre presents Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus. $25 general admission, $15 for senior citizens and $10 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Sat., March 13, 3 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert Series presents cellist Jean-Guihen Queryas and pianist Alexandre Tharaud. Part of the Discovery Series. Auditorium, Baltimore Museum of Art.
READINGS/ BOOK TALKS
Mon., March 8, 5 p.m. David Kirby will discuss his new book, Animal Factory, an expose of the fallout from powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms. Sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Tues., March 9, 5 p.m. Dieter Dettke, author and Georgetown University adjunct professor, will discuss his book, Germany Says ‘No’: The Iraq War and the Future of German Foreign and Security Policy. Sponsored by the European Studies Program. Rome Building Auditorium. SAIS
Wed., March 10, 6:30 p.m. Reading by Irish poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. 111 Mergenthaler. HW
Wed., March 10, 7 p.m. Tania Heller will discuss and sign copies of her new book, On Becoming a Doctor: Everything You Need to Know About Medical School, Residency, Specialization and Practice. (See “In Brief,” in this issue.) Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW
SEMINARS
Mon., March 8, 9:30 a.m. “Neighborhood Environment, Residential Mobility and Health: A Longitudinal Examination of Individual and Neighborhood Factors,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Sophia Lo. 744 Hampton House. EB
Mon., March 8, 10 a.m. “Disentangling the Influences of Acculturation, Housing and Health Care on Asthma Management and Morbidity Outcomes Among Children in an Urban, Low-Income Community,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Maura Dwyer. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., March 8, 11 a.m. “Perceptions, Preferences and Partnerships: A Patient-Centered Approach to Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Care,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Anika Hines. 688 Hampton House. EB
Mon., March 8, noon. “Does Science Have a Place in Environmental Policy? Tales From the Interface of Science and Decisions,” an Institute for Policy Studies brown bag seminar with Thomas Burke, SPH. 526 Wyman Bldg. HW
Mon., March 8, noon. “SUMO Wrestling With Premature Aging,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Bryce Paschal, University of Virginia School of Medicine. W1020 SPH. EB
Mon., March 8, 12:15 p.m. “Rethinking IRBs With Some Empirical Evidence,” a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Charles Lidz, University of Massachusetts Medical School. W3008 SPH. EB
Mon., March 8, 2:30 p.m. “From Raw Microarray Data to Meaningful Gene Lists” a Center for Computational Genomics seminar with Rafael Irizarry, SPH. 517 PCTB. EB
Mon., March 8, 4 p.m. “What Is the Origin of Chiral Specificity in Bacterial Type IIA Topoisomerases?” a Biophysics student seminar with Andrew Buller. 107 Jenkins. HW
Mon., March 8, 4 p.m. “Restriction of Eigenfunctions and Representation Theory,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Andre Reznikov, Bar-Ilan University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 302 Krieger. HW
Tues., March 9, 9 a.m. “Measuring Socio-Economic Position Using an Asset Index—Do Geographical Factors Matter?” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Alex Ergo. W2030 SPH. EB
Tues., March 9, noon. “Tuberculosis-Remodeling Schemes by an Unwelcome Houseguest,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with William Bishai, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., March 9, noon. “The Role of the Specialty Engineer (Truss Engineer) and Introduction to the Structural Building Components Industry,” a Civil Engineering seminar with Jordan Manos, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. B17 CSEB. HW
Tues., March 9, 12:10 p.m. “Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Beth Moracco, University of North Carolina School of Global Health. Co-sponsored by the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence. 250 Hampton House. EB
Tues., March 9, 12:30 p.m. “Understanding Unintended Pregnancy Among Hispanic Immigrants in Washington D.C.: The Cultural Context, Correlates and Mental Health Consequences,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Anna Christensen. E4611 SPH. EB
Tues., March 9, 2 p.m. “Preprocessing and Barcoding of Data From a Single Microarray,” a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Matthew McCall. W3607 SPH. EB
Tues., March 9, 2:30 p.m. “Exploring Food Acquisition Practices of Food Insecure Populations in New Jersey,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Andrea Smith. 744 Hampton House. EB
Tues., March 9, 3 p.m. The Wolman Seminar—“Governing Climate Adaptation After Copenhagen” with Diana Liverman, University of Arizona. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar 234 Ames. HW
Tues., March 9, 4 p.m. “Measuring the Impact of a Random Variable,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics student seminar with Francisco Sanchez Vega. 303 Whitehead. HW
Tues., March 9, 4:30 p.m. “TAG-based Structured Prediction Models for Parsing and Machine Translation,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Michael Collins, MIT. B17 CSEB. HW
Wed., March 10, 10 a.m. “Health and Cost Impact of Emergency Department Overcrowding,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Michael Wilson. 461 Hampton House. EB
Wed., March 10, noon. “Evidence-Based Reform in Federal Education Policies Making What Works What Matters,” an Institute for Policy Studies brown bag seminar with Robert Slavin, School of Education. 526 Wyman Bldg. HW
Wed., March 10, noon. “Geology of the Outer Planet Satellites,” an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Wes Patterson, APL. 304 Olin. HW
Wed., March 10, noon. “A Mobile Health Application for a Chronically Ill, Low-Literacy Population,” a Health Policy and Management seminar with Kay Connelly, Indiana University. 688 Hampton House. EB
Wed., March 10, noon. “Genomics of Uveal Melanoma: Insights Into the Metastatic Process,” a Molecular Pathology seminar with J. William Harbour, Washington University School of Medicine. Darner Site Visit Room. EB
Wed., March 10, noon. “Cellular Lipid Homeostasis: Managing Fat Stockpiling and Release,” a Physiology seminar with Carole Sztalryd-Woodle, University of Maryland, Baltimore. 203 Physiology. EB
Wed., March 10, 12:15 p.m. “Developing a Research Agenda for Late-Stage Dementia,” a Mental Health seminar with Peter Rabins, SoM. B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., March 10, 12:15 p.m. “ReWIRED for Change,” a seminar with actress Sonja Sohn (Sohn played Det. Kima Gregg on the television series The Wire.) Part of the series “The Wire as a Lens Into Public Health in Urban America,” sponsored by Health, Behavior and Society and Epidemiology. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Wed., March 10, 1:30 p.m. “The Travels of an mRNA Molecule in Living Cells,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Robert Singer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. 517 PCTB. EB
Thurs., March 11, noon. “Wolbachia: Transition From a Reproductive Parasite to a Mosquito Cell Commensal,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Ann Fallon, University of Minnesota. W1020 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 11, 12:15 p.m. “Iron Intake Through Groundwater Is Associated With Improved Iron Status of Women in Rural Bangladesh” with Rebecca Day; “Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation and Biological Pathways That Affect Intrauterine Growth in Rural Bangladesh” with Alison Gernand, SPH; and “Nutrition and Infection: Can Early Life Nutrition Shape Immune Defenses?” with Amanda Palmer, SPH; a Human Nutrition seminar. W2008 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 11, 1 p.m. “The Quality of Primary Care Perceived by Patients in China,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Hui Yang. W2300 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 11, 2 p.m. “Anopheline Foraging Behavior in an Area With Recent Insecticide-Treated Bed Net Introduction in Southern Zambia,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Christen Fornadel. W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 11, 2 p.m. “The Synergy Between Intimate Partner Violence and HIV: Baseline Findings From the SASA! Study, a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Kampala, Uganda,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Leilani Francisco. E9519 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 11, 2 p.m. “Integration of DNA-Sequence Dependent and Epigenetic Transcription Regulation During Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation,” a Center for Epigenetics seminar with Tom Kerppola, University of Michigan Medical School. 490 Rangos. EB
Thurs., March 11, 2:15 p.m. “The Prospective Relationship Between Adiposity, Diabetes, Inflammation and Cognitive Function: The Women’s Health and Aging Study II,” a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with Jean Ko. 845 Hampton House. EB
Thurs., March 11, 4 p.m. “Cancer Gene Discovery Through Transposon-Mediated Mutagenesis: New Insights From Ancient Elements,” a Biology special seminar with Kathryn O’Donnell, SoM. 100 Mudd. HW
Thurs., March 11, 4 p.m. “Applications of Assignment Algorithms to Nonparametric Tests for Homogeneity,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with David Ruth, U.S. Naval Academy. 304 Whitehead. HW
Fri., March 12, 11 a.m. “Diagnosing Lateral Mixing in the Upper Ocean With Satellite Altimetry,” a CEAFM seminar with Shane Keating, New York University. 110 Maryland. HW
Fri., March 12, 12:15 p.m. “How to Maintain Complete Genome Replication When Under Replicative Stress,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Xinquan Ge, University of Dundee. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Fri., March 12, 1 p.m. “Case Studies in Professional Misconduct: Gray Areas,” a Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology seminar with Sheila Garrity, SoM. The seminar will involve audience participation; come prepared with questions. 181 BRB. EB
Fri., March 12, 1:30 p.m. “Socioeconomic Disparities in Smoking Among Adults in China,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Jiemin Ma. W3030 SPH. EB
Fri., March 12, 2 p.m. “Tangential Flow Ultrafiltration and Molecular Detection of Surrogates and Pathogens in Large-Volume Environmental Water Samples,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Kristen Gibson. E9519 SPH. EB
Mon., March 15, 9 a.m. “Impact of in utero Exposure to Maternal Schistosomiasis on Offspring Immune Responses to Vaccines,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Allison Brown. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Mon., March 15, 10:30 a.m. “Unraveling the Pathogenic Mechanisms Underlying Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Geral Baldeviano. W2014 SPH. EB
Mon., March 15, noon. “Trust Matters: Villagers’ Trust in Providers and Insurers in the Context of a Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme in Cambodia,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Sachiko Ozawa. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., March 15, 12:15 p.m. “Neuronal Lineages in Drosophila: Their Relevance to CNS Development and Function,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with James Truman, Janelia Farm Research Campus. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., March 15, 1 p.m. “Abortion Stigma in the United States: Quantitative Perspectives From Women Seeking an Abortion,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Kristen Shellenberg. E4611 SPH. EB
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wed., March 10, 4 p.m. The 2010 Foreign Affairs Symposium presents EPA administrator Lisa Jackson. (See “In Brief,” in this issue.) Clipper Room, Shriver Hall. HW
Wed., March 10, 8 p.m. The 2010 Foreign Affairs Symposium presents a panel discussion, “The Way Forward: U.S. Military Strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan.” 110 Hodson. HW
Thurs., March 11, 1 to 3 p.m. The Design Revolution road show, an exhibition of 40 humanitarian design solutions in water supply, food, energy, health and the environment. From the book Design Revolution by Emily Pilloton, featured on The Colbert Report. (See “In Brief,” in this issue.) Trailer in front of the MSE Library. HW
Mon., March 15, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Type for Life,” a chance to register to be a marrow or PBSC (peripheral blood stem cell) donor; requires 10 minutes to fill out a form and have a cheek swab done. W1030 SPH. EB
WORKSHOPS
Bits & Bytes workshops, designed for faculty and TAs (staff are also welcome to attend). Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. To register, go to www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW
• Tues., March 9, 1 p.m. “Introduction to Photoshop.”
• Thurs., March 11, 1 p.m. “Intermediate Photoshop.”
Thurs., March 11, 12:15 p.m. “Medical School Application From A-Z,” a Career Services workshop with David Verrier and Kirsten Kirby, Preprofessional Programs and Advising. W2015 SPH. EB