November 29, 2010
Calendar — November 29, 2010
COLLOQUIA
Tues., Nov. 30, 4:15 p.m. “Bioorganic Chemistry of Titanium in Medicine and Environment,” a Chemistry colloquium with Ann Valentine, Yale University. 233 Remsen. HW
Wed., Dec. 1, 3:30 p.m. “What Can We Learn About the Origin of Life From Efforts to Design an Artificial Cell?” an STSci colloquium with Jack Szostak, Harvard University. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW
Wed., Dec. 1, 4:30 p.m. “Formin’ New Ways to Look at Endocytosis,” a Biology colloquium with Beverly Wendland, KSAS. Mudd Auditorium. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, 3 p.m. “Molecular Astrophysics With Herschel,” a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with David Neufeld, KSAS. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, 3 p.m. “Science in Three Dimensions: The Anatomy Museum at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1830–1860,” a History of Science and Technology colloquium with Eva Ahren, Uppsala University. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Library. EB
Fri., Dec. 3, 2 p.m. Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with the winners of the Hart Prizes for Excellence in IR&D: Stergios Papadakis (Research), “Carbon Nanotube Triodes for Harsh Environment Electronics”); and Brian Funk (Development), “Weaponized Small Unmanned Aircraft System for Engaging Moving Urban Targets.” Parsons Auditorium. APL
CONFERENCES
Tues., Nov. 30, noon to 6 p.m. “Fishing for Cooperation, Netting for Development,” a SAIS Korea Studies Program conference with various speakers. Co-sponsored by the Korea Maritime Institute. To RSVP, e-mail cay.sais@gmail.com or call 202-670-1261. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
Fri., Dec. 3, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “The Health of Urban Youth,” a Children’s Center conference with author Paul Tough, who has written extensively on urban youth; morning keynote address by John Rich of Drexel University and author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men; afternoon panel discussion with youth representatives focusing on urban education, health care, psychology and community initiatives. (See In Brief, p. 2.) E2030 SPH. EB
DISCUSSION/TALKS
Mon., Nov. 29, 5 p.m. “Increasing Transparency in Africa Through New Media,” a SAIS African Studies Program panel discussion with Cinnamon Dornsife and Peter Lewis, SAIS; Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Band Group and Transparency International; and Matthias Chika Mordi, founder and CEO, Accender Africa. To RSVP, go to chris@
accenderafrica.org. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
Tues., Nov. 30, 12:30 p.m. “Debt, Globalization and the U.S. Foreign Policy Role,” a SAIS Global Theory and History Program panel discussion with Charles Doran, Michael Mandelbaum and Anne Krueger, SAIS; Earl Fry, Brigham Young University. To RSVP, e-mail sLee255@jhu.edu or call 202-663-5714. 517 Nitze Bldg. SAIS
Tues., Nov. 30, 4:30 p.m. “How to Free the Transatlantic Marketplace: Two Approaches,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations panel discussion with Koen Berden, Ecorys and Erasmus University; Charlie Ries, Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund and RAND Corp.; and Daniel Hamilton (moderator), SAIS. For information, e-mail transatlanticrsvp@jhu
.edu or call 202-663-5880. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS
Tues., Nov. 30, 5 p.m. “The Rise of Asia: What It Means for Europe,” a SAIS European Studies Program discussion with Hanns Maull, University of Trier, Germany; and Giovanni Andornino, University of Turin, Italy. For information, e-mail ntobin@jhu
.edu or call 202-663-5796. Rome Auditorium. SAIS
Wed., Dec. 1, 12:30 p.m. “The Transformation of Medellin: Democracy, Development and Social Policy,” a SAIS Office of the Dean discussion with Frank Fukuyama, SAIS/Stanford University. Co-sponsored by the SAIS Student Government Association. To RSVP, e-mail mevans49@jhu
.edu or call 202-663-5673. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
Wed., Dec. 1, 5:30 p.m. “The Cyber Challenge: Threats and Opportunities in a Networked World,” a SAIS Review of International Affairs discussion with Melissa Hathaway, Hathaway Global Strategies LLC, and Dan Chenok (moderator), IBM Center for the Business of Government. To RSVP, e-mail saisreview@jhu
.edu. Rome Auditorium. SAIS
GRAND ROUNDS
Mon., Dec. 6, 8:30 a.m. “Transplant Pathology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” Pathology grand rounds with Lorraine Racusen, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB
LECTURES
Tues., Nov. 30, 4 p.m. The Kenneth O. Johnson Memorial Lecture—“On the Selection and Control of Behavior” by Jeffrey Schall, Vanderbilt University. Reception follows. Co-sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and Biomedical Engineering. Mason Hall. HW
Wed., Dec. 1, 4 p.m. “Looking at the Stars Forever: The Endless Postwar,” a Tudor and Stuart lecture by Rei Terada, University of California, Irvine. Sponsored by English. 130D Gilman. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, noon. “Patterns of Inscription: On the Historical Transmission of Chinese Pictures,” an East Asian Studies lecture by De-nin Lee, Bowdoin College. 10 Gilman. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, 3 p.m. The 16th Annual Bell Lecture—“Experimental-Computational Analysis of the Mechanics of the Lens Capsule of the Eye” by Jay Humphrey, Yale University. Sponsored by Mechanical Engineering. 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, 5:15 p.m. “Bones of Contention: Darwin in South America,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Leila Gomez, University of Colorado, Boulder. 479 Gilman. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, 5:15 p.m. “Science and Slavery in Buffon’s Natural History,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Andrew Curran, Wesleyan University. 208 Gilman. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, 5:30 p.m. “Were There Reforms in Greek and Roman Antiquity?” a Classics lecture by Uwe Walter, Universitat Bielefeld. 108 Gilman. HW
MUSIC
Thurs., Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Brass Ensemble performs after the lighting of the Washington Monument. Griswold Hall. Peabody
Fri., Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Jazz Orchestra performs. $15 general admission, $10 senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody
Sat., Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Chamber Percussion Ensemble performs. Griswold Hall. Peabody
Sat., Dec. 4, 8 p.m. The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra performs music by Beethoven, Bruch and de Falla, with guest conductor Tao Fan. (See In Brief, p. 2.) 7 p.m. Pre-concert talk by Jonathan Palevsky. $10 general admission, $8 for senior citizens and non-JHU students; free for JHU students with valid ID. Shriver Auditorium. HW
Sun., Dec. 5, 3 p.m. The Peabody Children’s Chorus performs. (See photo, this page.) Free but advance tickets required; call 410-234-4800 or go to boxoffice@peabody.jhu.edu. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Sun., Dec. 5, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Concert Series presents the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio. $38 general admission, $19 for non-JHU students; free for JHU students. Shriver Auditorium. HW
Mon., Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Improvisation and Multimedia Ensemble perform. $15 general admission, $10 senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. East Hall. Peabody
SEMINARS
Mon., Nov. 29, 12:15 p.m. “Micro RNAs in Cancer and Development,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Andrea Ventura, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Nov. 29, 2 p.m. “Systematic RNA Interference to Probe Cancer Cell Vulnerabilities,” an Institute of Genetic Medicine seminar with Kenneth Chang, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. G-007 Ross. EB
Mon., Nov. 29, 2 p.m. “The Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the U.S. Population: Prevalence, Correlates and Mortality,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Mariana Laza-Elizondo. Suite 2-600, 2024 Bldg. EB
Mon., Nov. 29, 2:30 p.m. “Controversy and Cancer Prevention: Media Messages About the HPV Vaccine,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Dana Casciotti. 250 Hampton House. EB
Mon., Nov. 29, 3:30 p.m. “Aetna’s Commitment to Reducing Disparities in Health Care: Aetna’s Racial and Ethnic Equality Initiatives,” a Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions seminar with Wayne Rawlins and Michelle Toscano, Aetna. B14B Hampton House. EB
Mon., Nov. 29, 4 p.m. “Monotonicity for the Chern-Moser Curvature Tensor and the CR Embedding Problem Into Hyperquadrics,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Xiaojun Huang, Rutgers University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW
Mon., Nov. 29, 4:30 p.m. “An Equivalence of Towers,” a Topology seminar with Rosona Eldred, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Sponsored by Mathematics. 300 Krieger. HW
Tues., Nov. 30, noon. “Mass Spectrometry: From Signaling Pathways to Proteogenomics,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Akhilesh Pandey, SoM. 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Nov. 30, 12:15 p.m. “World AIDS Day,” a Health, Behavior and Society seminar with Sandra Thurman, director, Office of National AIDS Policy. W1214 SPH. EB
Tues., Nov. 30, 2 p.m. “Innate Immunity in Allergen-Induced Airway Inflammation: Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) and Cholesterol 25-Hydroxylase (CH25H) in Long Macrophages and Dendritic Cells,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Kiwon Park. W2030 SPH. EB
Tues., Nov. 30, 4 p.m. “Targeting mTOR for Cancer Prevention,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Philip Dennis, NCI. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Tues., Nov. 30, 4:30 p.m. “Height of the Gross-Schoen Cycle,” an Algebraic Complex Geometry/Number Theory seminar with Xinyi Yuan, Columbia University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 308 Krieger. HW
Tues., Nov. 30, 4:30 p.m. “Renewal Out of Ruins: Saving Lives and Building Capacity in Fragile and Failed States,” a Center for Public Health and Human Rights seminar with Eric Schwartz, U.S. assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. Reception follows. W1214 SPH. EB
Tues., Nov. 30, 4:30 p.m. “Learning Hierarchies of Features,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Yann LeCun, New York University. B17 Hackerman. HW
Wed., Dec. 1, 8:30 a.m. “Challenges in Emulating Clinical Trials Using Causal Inference Methods,” a Center for Clinical Trials seminar with Stephen Gange, SPH. W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Dec. 1, 12:15 p.m. Wednesday Noon Seminar—“Sexual Revictimizations: A Model of Psychosocial Risk Factors” with Kate Walsh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Sponsored by Mental Health. B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., Dec. 1, 1:30 p.m. “Structural Basis for Allosteric Activation of Glycogen Synthase,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Thomas Hurley, Indiana University School of Medicine. 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., Dec. 1, 4 p.m. “Optical Switches: High-Contrast Fluorescence Imaging and Manipulation of Biomolecules,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Gerard Marriott, University of California, Berkeley. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Wed., Dec. 1, 4:30 p.m. “Adeles and Twin Primes,” an Algebraic Complex Geometry/Number Theory seminar with Tom Wright, Lawrence University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 302 Krieger. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, noon. “Short Chain Fatty Acids and Blood Pressure,” a Cell Biology seminar with Jennifer Pluznick, SoM. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Dec. 2, 1 p.m. “Synaptic Specificity During Interneuron Circuit Assembly in the Spinal Cord,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Julia Kaltschmidt, Sloan-Kettering Institute. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., Dec. 2, 3 p.m. The Bromery Seminar—“What Banded Iron Formations Tell Us About the Precambrian Earth” with Kurt Konhauser, University of Alberta. 305 Olin. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, 4 to 6 p.m., and Fri., Dec. 3, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Futures Seminar—the Department of History, with Mai Ngai, Columbia University; Michele Mitchell, NYU; James Sweet, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ussama Makdisi, Rice University; and Ron Walters, Judith Walkowitz, Peter Jelavich, Sara Berry and William Rowe, KSAS. Mason Hall Auditorium (Thursday) and Charles Commons Conference Center (Friday). HW
Fri., Dec. 3, 10 a.m. “Proteomic Profiling of Epigenetic Signaling and Malignant Progression in Breast Cancer,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Patrick Shaw. W1214 SPH. EB
Fri., Dec. 3, 11 a.m. “Spontaneous Stochasticity, Flux-Freezing and Magnetic Dynamo,” a CEAFM seminar with Gregory Eyink, WSE. 110 Maryland. HW
Mon., Dec. 6, noon. “Mechanisms Underlying the Resolution of Lung Inflammation and Injury Following Mechanical Ventilation in Mice,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Alexis Bierman. W7023 SPH. EB
Mon., Dec. 6, 12:15 p.m. “About Meiotic Silencing…,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Rodolfo Aramayo, Texas A&M. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Dec. 6, 1:30 p.m. “HIV Status, Fertility Intentions and Sexual Risk Reduction Intentions Among Couples Voluntary Counseling and Testing Participants in Ethiopia,” a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Yung-Ting Bonnenfant. E4611 SPH. EB
Mon., Dec. 6, 2 p.m. “Rewirable Gene Regulatory Networks in the Pre-Implantation Embryonic Development of Three Mammalian Species,” an Institute of Genetic Medicine seminar with Sheng Zhong, University of Chicago, Urbana-Champaign. G-007 Ross. EB
Mon., Dec. 6, 3:30 p.m. “Developmental and Intergenerational Origins of U.S. Health Disparities,” a Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions seminar with Christopher Kuzawa, Northwestern University. B14B Hampton House. EB
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wed., Dec. 1, 9 p.m. Sixth annual Lighting of the Quads, featuring performances from JHU a cappella groups; free hot chocolate, hot cider, cookies and doughnuts; a gingerbread house competition; and a countdown to the lights. (See In Brief, p. 2.) Keyser Quad. HW
Thurs., Dec. 2, 5 p.m. Inaugural Light the Labyrinth Celebration to benefit the Johns Hopkins Bayview Fund. (See In Brief, p. 2.) For information or to make a donation, go to www.hopkinsbayview
.org/light or call 410-502-2911. Each person who donates will have a chance to place a candle on the labyrinth. Bayview
SYMPOSIA
Fri., Dec. 3, 8:30 a.m. “The Microbiome: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful,” an SoM Dean’s Office symposium with various speakers. Mountcastle Auditorium, PCTB. EB