March 26, 2012
Calendar — March 26, 2012
COLLOQUIA
Mon., March 26, 9 a.m. “Pushing Symbols: How Embodied Minds Can Think Abstract Thoughts,” a Cognitive Science colloquium with David Landy, University of Richmond. 111 Krieger. HW
Tues., March 27, 4 p.m. “The Northern Railway: Travel, Temporality and Tamil Aspirations in Northern Sri Lanka,” an Anthropology colloquium with Sharika Thiranagama, The New School. 404 Macaulay. HW
Tues., March 27, 4:15 p.m. “Isomerization and Relaxation in Gases, Liquids and Solids,” a Chemistry colloquium with Fleming Crim, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 233 Remsen. HW
Wed., March 28, noon. “What Life Is Like as a Scientist in Congress,” a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Bill Foster, physicist, inventor, former Democratic congressman—and current candidate—from Illinois. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW
Wed., March 28, 3:30 p.m. “Stellar Ejecta: Steady, Eruptive and Explosive Mass-Loss From Stars to Galaxies,” an STScI colloquium with Lynne Hillenbrand, Caltech. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW
Wed., March 28, 5 p.m. “Dichterliebe and the Telling of Narrative in Song,” a Peabody Musicology DMA colloquium with Don Randel, Mellon Foundation, and Andrew Weaver, Catholic University. 308C Conservatory Bldg. Peabody
Thurs., March 29, 3 p.m. “ ‘Ex-tremely Concerned and Puzzled’: Hereditary Deafness Research at Clarke School for the Deaf,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Marion Schmidt, SoM. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB
Fri., March 30, 2 p.m. “Pardon Me, But Your Paradoxes Are Showing!” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with author Scott Tyson. Parsons Auditorium. APL
Mon., April 2, 4 p.m. “Marsilio Ficino’s Medicine: Between Tradition and Innovation,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Teodoro Katinis, KSAS. 388 Gilman. HW
DANCE
Sat., March 31, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., April 1, 3 p.m. Peabody Dance Choreography Showcase, presenting five premieres performed by upper-level Peabody Dance students and guest professionals. (See story, p. 5.) Four of the six works on the program will be danced to live music by Conservatory cello, guitar and early music students. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for children under 18 and students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
DISCUSSION/
TALKS
Tues., March 27, 5 p.m. “Belarus-EU Relations: Short on Carrots, Short on Sticks,” a SAIS European Studies Program discussion with Matthew Rojansky, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Co-sponsored by the Washington Foundation for European Studies, the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations and the American Consortium on EU Studies. (Reception follows at 6:15 p.m.) For information, call 202-663-5796 or ntobin@jhu.edu. 806 Rome Bldg. SAIS
Wed., March 28, 6:30 p.m. “Prospects for Sino-Latin American Relations in 2012,” a SAIS Latin American Studies Program discussion with Geoff Dyer, Beijing bureau chief for the Financial Times. For more information or to RSVP, call 202-663-5734 or jzurek1@jhu.edu. Herter Room, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
Fri., March 30, 10:30 a.m. “Technology, Community and Public Interest Research: Open Sourcing the Global Integrity Report,” a SAIS International Development Program panel discussion with Ellen Miller, Sunlight Foundation; Nathaniel Heller, Global Integrity; Mikel Maron of OpenStreetMap and GroundTruth Initiative; Francesca Recanatini, World Bank Group; Alejandra Palacios, Mexican Institute for Competitiveness; and Alex Howard (moderator), O’Reilly Media. Co-sponsored by Global Integrity. For more information or to RSVP, go to hazel.feigenblatt@
globalintegrity.org. Rome Auditorium. SAIS
Fri., March 30, 11 a.m. “Championing Women Globally,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Melanne Verveer, U.S. ambassador at large for global women’s issues. For information or to RSVP, go to www.eventbrite
.com/event/2921282635/mcivte. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
Fri., March 30, 3 p.m. “World Wine Trade Group: How a Strategic Industry/Government Trade Negotiation Partnership Has Contributed to Record Exports of U.S. Wine,” a SAIS Development and Alumni Relations panel discussion with Jim Murphy, former U.S. assistant trade representative of agricultural affairs; Robert Koch, the Wine Institute; James Clawson, JBC International; Julia Doherty, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and Robert Kalik, Kalik/Lewin LLC. A “Year of Agriculture” event. A wine tasting will follow the forum at 4:30 p.m. For information or to RSVP, email saisag@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
Mon., April 2, noon. “An Afternoon in Africa” a School of Public Health “Triple A” talk where students and faculty share experiences and public health perspectives on work and life on the African continent. Part of Global Health Week. Co-sponsored by Africa Public Health Network and the Center for Global Health. W2030 SPH. EB
FILM/VIDEO
Wed., March 28, noon. Screening of the documentary Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure. Part of World Water Week 2012. Sponsored by the Global Water Program and the School of Public Health. W4030 SPH. EB
Mon., April 2, 4 p.m. Screening of the documentary Life Before Death, which explores the issues of palliative care and lack of access to essential pain medicines. Sponsored by the School of Nursing as part of Global Health Week. 140 Pinkard Bldg. EB
FORUMS
Mon., March 26, 7 to 9 p.m.; Tues., March 27, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Wed., March 28, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Southeast European Economic Forum, with various speakers. A live webcast of the event is accessible at www
.sais-jhu.edu/pressroom/live.html. Sponsored by the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations and the America-Bosnia Foundation. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
INFORMATION
SESSIONS
Thurs., March 29, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Online information sessions for the Center for Biotechnology Education Master of Science in Bioinformatics and Certificate in Sequencing Analysis graduate programs. RSVP to http://biotechnology.jhu.edu/calendar?contentID=3506.
LECTURES
Mon., March 26, 4 p.m. The Dean’s Lecture III—“360 Evaluations: Are We Just Going Around and Around?” by Pamela Lipsett, SoM. Hurd Hall. EB
Tues., March 27, noon. “Yehuda Amichai—The Poetics and Politics of Translation,” a Humanities Center lecture by Chana Kronfeld, University of California, Berkeley. Co-sponsored by the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies. 208 Gilman. HW
Tues., March 27, 3 p.m. The Earnest and Agnes Gloyna Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Engineering—“Innovative Cost-Effective Control Device for Wastewater VOC Emissions” by Carl Adams Jr., Environ International Corporation. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering. 234 Ames. HW
Tues., March 27, 4 p.m. “Thinking About Contracts: The Merchant of Venice,” a Humanities Center lecture by Regina Schwartz, Northwestern University. 208 Gilman. HW
Wed., March 28, 11 a.m. “Aging, Physical Activity and Well-Being: The Role of Personal Agency,” a Center for Behavior and Health lecture by Ed McAuley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Asthma and Allergy Auditorium. Bayview
Wed., March 28, 5:30 p.m. “Communities of Style: The Inscription of Identity and Memory on Iron Age Levantine Metal Bowls, ca. 1000–600 BCE,” a Near Eastern Studies lecture by Marian Feldman, University of California, Berkeley. Co-sponsored by History of Art. 50 Gilman. HW
Thurs., March 29, 5:30 p.m. “The Future of Catastrophe: On Denouement in Tragedy,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Juliette Cherbuliez, University of Minnesota. 479 Gilman. HW
Fri., March 30, 5 p.m. “Virtual Unwrap: The Scrolls From the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum,” a Baltimore Society of the Archaeological Institute of America lecture by W. Brent Seales, University of Kentucky. Co-sponsored by History of Art. 50 Gilman. HW
Mon., April 2, 3 p.m. “Biophotonics Imaging Platforms Toward Translational Application,” a Biomedical Engineering inaugural professorial lecture by Xingde Li, SoM. Tilghman Auditoriium, Turner Bldg. EB
MUSIC
Tues., March 27, 8 p.m. “Percussion Celebration,” chamber music by Thierry De Mey, Peter Klatzow, Alejandro Vinao, Bela Bartok and John Cage. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Sat., March 31, 3 p.m. Music at Evergreen presents the Baltimore recital debut of 18-year-old clarinetist Narek Arutyunian, with pianist Mariko Furukawa. Sponsored by University Museums. (See In Brief, p. 2.) $20 general admission, $15 for Evergreen members, $10 for full-time students with ID. Limited space; advance tickets are recommended. Tickets include admission to the museum guided tour and a post-concert tea reception with the musicians. Purchase tickets online at www.museums
.jhu.edu or call 410-516-0341. Evergreen Museum & Library.
Sat., March 31, 8:30 and 10 p.m. Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club presents alto saxophonist Russell Kirk and the Path. $35 general admission, $18 for JHU students. Buy tickets online at www
.peabodyjazz.org/hopkinsclub or go to www.showclix.com/event/kirk_
set1 or www.showclix.com/event/kirk_set2. Johns Hopkins Club. HW
Sun., April 1, 3 p.m. The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Piano, opus 56 (Triple Concerto). SDS Room, Mattin Center. HW
READINGS/
BOOK TALKS
Mon., March 26, 12:30 p.m. Colin Waugh will discuss his new book, Charles Taylor and Liberia: Ambition and Atrocity in Africa’s Lone Star State. Sponsored by the SAIS African Studies Program. For information, call 202-663-5676 or email itolber1@jhu.edu. 736 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS
Barnes & Noble book discussions and signings. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW
• Tues., March 27, 7 p.m. On an Irish Island by Robert Kanigel.
• Thurs., March 29, 7 p.m. The Greatest Show by Michael Downs.
SEMINARS
Mon., March 26, 11:30 a.m. “Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged,” a Sociology brown bag seminar with KSAS Dean Katherine Newman and Rourke O’Brien, Princeton University. 526 Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., March 26, noon. “Epi-genomic Regulation of Metabolism,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Mitchell Lazar, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. W1020 SPH. EB
Mon., March 26, 12:15 p.m. “Ctenophores: New Insights From an Ancient Lineage,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with William Browne, University of Miami. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., March 26, 1:30 p.m. “Toward Bioengineered Control of Cell Fate Post-Transplantation,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Jeffrey Karp, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 709 Traylor. EB (Videoconferenced to 110 Clark. HW)
Mon., March 26, 4 p.m. “Gluing Methods and Self-Shrinker Solitons in Mean Curvature Flow,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Niels Martin Moller, MIT. 302 Krieger. HW
Tues., March 27, 10:45 a.m. “Learning to Detect Malicious URLs,” a Computer Science seminar with Justin Ma, University of California, Berkeley. B17 Hackerman. HW
Tues., March 27, noon. “Polo-like Kinase 1 un-SYPs Homologs During Meiosis I,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Philip Jordon, Jackson Laboratory. W1020 SPH. EB
Tues., March 27, noon. “Taming Cancer at the Neural Crest,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with Paul Kulesa, Stowers Institute for Medical Research. 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., March 27, noon. “Linguistic Structure Prediction With AD3,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Noah Smith, Carnegie Mellon University. B17 Hackerman. HW
Tues., March 27, 12:10 p.m. “A Comprehensive Approach to Youth Violence Prevention in Baltimore’s Park Heights Neighborhood,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Philip Leaf, SPH. Co-sponsored by the Center for Injury Research and Policy, the Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence and the Center for Gun Policy and Research. 250 Hampton House. EB
Tues., March 27, 4:30 p.m. “Du Bois Singularities and Characteristic p Analogs,” an Algebraic Geometry/Number Theory seminar with Karl Schwede, Pennsylvania State University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 300 Krieger. HW
Wed., March 28, 9 a.m. “Analyzing the Performance of a Trauma Team Activation Tool Used at an Urban Pediatric Trauma Center,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Rosemary Nabaweesi. 461 Hampton House. EB
Wed., March 28, 10 a.m. “Biblical Justice,” a Humanities seminar with Regina Schwartz, Northwestern University. 208 Gilman. HW
Wed., March 28, 11 a.m. “Aging, Physical Activity and Well-Being: The Role of Personal Agency,” a Center for Behavior and Health seminar with Ed McAuley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Asthma and Allergy Auditorium. Bayview
Wed., March 28, 12:15 p.m. Mental Health Noon Seminar—“Research Among the Ruins: Dissertations in the Era of Health Care Reform” with Laysha Ostrow, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., March 28, 1:30 p.m. “Protein Interactions and Dynamics by NMR and Computation,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Rafael Bruschweiler, Florida State University. 701 WBSB. EB
Wed., March 28, 4 p.m. “The Impact of Age and Pharmacogenetics on Pediatric Drug Metabolism,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Jeff Stevens, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Wed., March 28, 4 p.m. “False Discovery Rate Under Arbitrary Dependence,” a Biostatistics seminar with Jianqing Fan, Princeton University. W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 29, noon. The Bromery Seminar—“The Earth System Archive: Travels Through Deep Time” with Chris Scotese, University of Texas, Arlington. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW
Thurs., March 29, noon. “Iron and Heme Uptake in the Intracellular Pathogen Leishmania amazonensis,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Norma Andrews, University of Maryland. W1020 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 29, noon. “New Tools at the Microscope Facility: Better Specimen Preps and Bridging Light/Electron Microscopy,” a Cell Biology seminar with Scot Kuo, SoM. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., March 29, 1 p.m. “Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Death Following Seizures: Role of Neurotrophins,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Wilma Friedman, Rutgers University. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., March 29, 1:30 p.m. “Quickest Detection of Drug-Resistant Seizures Using Network-Based Analysis,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Sri Sarma, WSE. 304 Whitehead. HW
Thurs., March 29, 3 p.m. “Fracture Mechanics at the Nanoscale: An Atomistic J-Integral Based on Estimates of Continuum Fields,” a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Jonathan Zimmerman, Sandia National Laboratories. 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., March 29, 4 p.m. “Is the Middle of the Job Market Disappearing? The Polarization Hypothesis and Its Implications for Education and Workforce Policy,” a Social Policy seminar with Harry Holzer, Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies and the departments of Economics and Health Policy and Management. 111 Mergenthaler. HW
Thurs., March 29, 4 p.m. “Molecular Mechanisms of Translational Reprogramming: Lessons From Hungry Yeast,” a Biology seminar with Wendy Gilbert, MIT. 100 Mudd. HW
Thurs., March 29, 4:30 p.m. “Kant, Possibility and the Threat of Spinoza,” a Philosophy seminar with Andrew Chignell, Cornell University. 288 Gilman. HW
Fri., March 30, 11 a.m. “Equatorial Planetary Waves, the Tropical Tropopause and Climate Variability,” a CEAFM seminar with Kevin Grise, McGill University, Quebec. 50 Gilman. HW
Fri., March 30, 12:15 p.m. “Structure and Function of Cajal Bodies and Histone Locus Bodies in Drosophila and Xenopus Nuclei,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology thesis defense seminar with Zehra Nizami. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Fri., March 30, 12:30 p.m. “Fundamental People,” a Philosophy seminar with Kris McDaniel, Syracuse University. 208 Gilman. HW
Fri., March 30, 1 p.m. “Homology and Function Uber Alles: Lessons From Platyrrhines and Tarsiers,” a Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution seminar with Alfie Rosenberger, Brooklyn College, CUNY. Suite 2-301, 1830 Bldg. EB
Mon., April 2, noon. “Injury Surveillance at Major League Baseball,” an Occupational and Environmental Health seminar with Chris Marinak, Major League Baseball. W3008 SPH. EB
Mon., April 2, 4 p.m. “Nonlinear Bound States on Manifolds,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Jeremy Marzuola, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Sponsored by Mathematics. 302 Krieger. HW
Mon., April 2, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar—“Subjective Contours” with Ken Nakayama, Harvard University. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wed., March 28, 6:30 p.m. “Great Houses of Havana: A Century of Cuban Style” a discussion by architect and author Hermes Mallea. (See story, p. 7.) First in the three-part The House Beautiful lecture series, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Museums. $20 general admission, $15 for museum members and students. Advance registration recommended; call 410-516-0341 or go to www.brownpapertickets
.com/event/219364. Evergreen Museum & Library.
Wed., March 28, 8 p.m. The 2012 Foreign Affairs Symposium—The Paradox of Progress: Chasing Advancement Amidst Global Crisis—presents Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. (See photo, p. 12.) Mason Hall. HW
Sun., April 1, noon to 4 p.m. “Historic Farm Day,” activities in conjunction with the exhibition Federal Foodies: From Farm to Table in Early Baltimore, including an outdoor petting farm, presentations by urban beekeepers, stories of early American food preservation techniques by actress and culinary historian Dory Gean Cunningham; also, winter seed-starting workshops at 1 and 3 p.m. and a tour of Homewood’s former farm grounds at 2 p.m. (See story, p. 10.) Indoor activities included with paid museum admission; admission to outdoor petting farm is free. Homewood Museum. HW
WORKSHOPS
Tues., March 27, 4:30 p.m. “RefWorks,” an MSE Library workshop on the online citation manager. Electronic Resource Center, M-Level, MSE Library. HW