August 29, 2011

Calendar — August 29, 2011

COLLOQUIA

Thurs., Sept. 1, 4 p.m. “Well-Being in a World of Want: Some Reflections on Recent Fieldwork in Sierra Leone,” an Anthropology colloquium with Michael Jackson, Harvard Divinity School. 400 Macaulay.  HW

INFORMATION
SESSIONS

Mon., Sept. 1, 12:15 p.m. Joint HIV Counseling and Testing Program/Health Leads information session for faculty, staff and students. Sponsored by SOURCE; for more information email source@jhsph.edu. W2015 SPH.  EB

LECTURES

Tues., Sept. 6, 8 p.m. “The History of Light: How Stars Formed in Galaxies,” an STSci public lecture by Kai Noeske, STSci. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg.  HW

SEMINARS

Mon., Aug. 29, 1:30 p.m. “Learning Intermediate-Level Representations of Form and Motion From Natural Movies,” Part 1, a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Bruno Olshausen, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley. 709 Traylor.  EB (Videoconferenced to 110 Clark.  HW)

Mon., Aug. 29, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar—“Learning Intermediate-Level Representations of Form and Motion From Natural Movies,” Part 2, with Bruno Olshausen, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger.  HW

Mon., Aug. 29, 4 p.m. “Lifespan of Quasilinear Wave Equations in Exterior Domains,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with John Helms, University of North Carolina. Sponsored by Mathematics. 300 Krieger.  HW

Wed., Aug. 31, 12:15 p.m. Mental Health Wednesday Noon Seminar—“The Brave New World of Bipolar Disorder Genetics” with Peter Zandi, SPH. B14B Hampton House.  EB

Wed., Aug. 31, 12:15 p.m. “Role of Substance P in the Pathogenesis of Neurocysticercosis,” an International Health seminar with Prema Robinson, Baylor College of Medicine. W2030 SPH.  EB

Wed., Aug. 31, 1 p.m. “Coulomb Interactions Between Internal Residues and Surface Charges in Proteins,” a Biophysics thesis defense seminar with Victor Khangulov. 107 Jenkins.  HW

Thurs., Sept. 1, 1 p.m. “The Burden of Coal Abandoned Mine Lands, Community Context, and Severity and Progression of Type 2 Diabetes in Pennsylvania,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Ann Liu. W7023 SPH.  EB

Thurs., Sept. 1, 1:30 p.m. “Met—alloregulatory Proteins: Linking Metal Ion Binding to DNA/RNA Recognition,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Sarah Michel, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. 701 WBSB.  EB

Fri., Sept. 2, noon. “Applications of Weighted Finite State Transducers in a Speech Recognition Toolkit,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Daniel Povey, Microsoft Research. B17 Hackerman.  HW

SPECIAL EVENTS

Mon., Aug. 29, 5 p.m. Welcoming reception with Bonnie Wilson, associate dean for student affairs at SAIS. Event is open to the SAIS community only. For information, call 202-663-5705 or email lisa
.kahn@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg.  SAIS

WORKSHOPS

The Center for Educational Resources sponsors a series of workshops on the Blackboard 9.1 interface. The training is open to all faculty, staff and students in full-time KSAS or WSE programs who have administrative responsibilities in a Blackboard course. To register, go to www.bb.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library.  HW

• Tues., Aug. 30, 10 a.m. to noon. “Getting Started With Blackboard.”

• Wed., Aug. 31, 10 a.m. to noon. “Communication and Collaboration in Blackboard.”

• Thurs., Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to noon. “Assessing Student Knowledge and Managing Grades in Blackboard.”