April 23, 2012
Calendar — April 23, 2012
COLLOQUIA
Tues., April 24, 4 p.m. “The Dwelling Science: An Anthropology of the Otherwise,” an Anthropology colloquium with Elizabeth Povinelli, Columbia University. 404 Macaulay. HW
Tues., April 24, 4:15 p.m. “Multilayer Light Harvesting Arrays for Molecular-Based Solar Cells,” a Chemistry colloquium with Peter Dinolfo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 233 Remsen. HW
Wed., April 25, 3:30 p.m. “Clusters of Galaxies: An All-Purpose Laboratory for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics,” an STScI colloquium with Tesla Jeltema, University of California, Santa Cruz. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg. HW
Wed., April 25, 5 p.m. “Johannes Regis,” a Peabody Musicology DMA colloquium with Sean Gallagher, Boston University. 308C Conservatory Bldg. Peabody
Thurs., April 26, 3:45 p.m. “Beyond the Height of Ellipsis: Parallelism Conditions on VP Ellipsis, Pseudogapping and Sluicing,” a Cognitive Science colloquium with Jeff Runner, University of Rochester. 111 Krieger. HW
CONFERENCES
Thurs., April 26, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Fri., April 27, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Exploring Dimensions of African Diasporas, a Center for Africana Studies international conference, with a broad range of global experts on historical and cultural dimensions of the African Diaspora. Johns Hopkins faculty will participate as discussants and session leaders. Breakfast and on-site registration begin at 8 a.m. on both days. To register online, go to eventbrite.com/event/3348977883. For a detailed program schedule, go to krieger
.jhu.edu/africana/conference/
conf.html. Barber Board Room, Charles Commons. HW
Fri., April 27, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Making Public Health Contagious, the third annual Undergraduate Conference in Public Health, featuring poster presentations, oral presentations, skill building events and a keynote address. Sponsored by the Public Health Student Forum. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW
DISCUSSIONS/
TALKS
Mon., April 23, 11 a.m. “Emerging From the Global Economic Crisis: A View From the Balkans,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Bruce Hitchner, Tufts University. For information or to RSVP, call 202-663-5883 or email mcunningham@
jhu.edu. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS
Thurs., April 26, noon. “Green Business in Baltimore,” a discussion with Thibault Manekin, co-founder, Seawall Development, of his social enterprise committed to developing green, affordable housing for Baltimore communities. Co-sponsored by Social Entrepreneurs in Public Health, the Green Student Group and SOURCE. W3030 SPH. EB
Thurs., April 26, 4:30 p.m. “The Open Government Partnership: A Progress Report,” a SAIS International Development Program discussion with Maria Otero, U.S. undersecretary of state for civilian security, democracy and human rights. (See In Brief, p. 2.) For information or to RSVP, email developmentroundtable@
jhu.edu. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg. SAIS
Thurs., April 26, 6 p.m. “Preliminary Findings From an Impact Evaluation of Low-Cost Private Health Insurance in Nigeria,” a SAIS International Development Program discussion with Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Amsterdam Institute for International Development and guest scholar, the Brookings Institution; and Jacques van der Gaag, co-founder, Amsterdam Institute for International Development and senior fellow, Brookings Institution. (Speaker’s comments will be off the record.) For information or to RSVP, call 410-236-5908 or email dbishai@jhsph.edu. Co-sponsored by the Bloomberg School of Public Health. 806 Rome Bldg. SAIS
Fri., April 27, 10 a.m. “How Many Times Must I Tell You? Talking to Patients About Behavior Change,” a Center for Behavior and Health discussion with motivational interviewing expert Stephen Rollnick, Cardiff University, Wales. Asthma and Allergy Center Auditorium. Bayview
Fri., April 27, noon. Spike Gjerde from Woodberry Kitchen will discuss the benefits of his farm-to-table philosophy and of using local produce. (See photo, this page.) Co-sponsored by the Environmental Stewardship Committee, the Green Student Group, the Center for a Livable Future and the Office of Sustainability. E2030 SPH. EB
LECTURES
Mon., April 23, 4 p.m. “Black Suns and a Bright Planet: Lars von Trier’s Melancholia,” a Humanities Center lecture by Thomas Elsaesser, professor emeritus, University of Amsterdam. 208 Gilman. HW
Tues., April 24, noon. “David Grossman and the Israeli Akedah,” a Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies lecture by Yael Feldman, New York University. Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel). HW
Tues., April 24, 4 p.m. The 2012 Pickart Lecture—“In vivo Assembly of the Machinery for Ubiquitin-Dependent Protein Degradation” by Mark Hochstrasser, Yale University. Sponsored by Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. W1214 SPH. EB
Tues., April 24, 5 p.m. “Getting the Blues in Medieval French Literature,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Brian Reilly, KSAS. 388 Gilman. HW
Wed., April 25, 4 p.m. “A World Without AIDS: Achievements and Future Challenges in Fighting Against HIV” a Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker lecture by Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, Pasteur Institute, France. Co-sponsored by the Center for AIDS Research. West Lecture Hall, Armstrong Medical Education Bldg. EB
Thurs., April 26, 4:30 p.m. “Manifestations of Early Life Re-Expressed in Cancer,” a Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center visiting professor lecture by Paul Davis, director, BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona State University. Owens Auditorium. EB
Thurs., April 26, 5 p.m. “Augustus and the Lares,” a Classics lecture by Harriet Flower, Princeton University. 108 Gilman. HW
Thurs., April 26, 5 p.m. “Luigi Pulci Between Politics and Allegory in Medici Florence,” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Alessandro Polcri, Fordham University. 479 Gilman. HW
Fri., April 27, 3 p.m. The Carolyn and Edward Wenk Jr. Lecture in Technology and Public Policy—“Forever Ours: Technology, Economics and Institutions for Managing Long-Lived Environmental Problems” by Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future. Sponsored by Economics. Mason Hall Auditorium. HW
Mon., April 30, 4 p.m. “Problems of Content in Kant’s Aesthetics,” a Humanities Center lecture by Eli Friedlander, Tel Aviv University. 208 Gilman. HW
Mon., April 30, 4:30 p.m. The Passano Lecture—“Heart Making and Heart Breaking: The Genetic Circuitry of Cardiac Development, Disease and Regeneration” by Eric Olson, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Sponsored by Molecular Biology and Genetics. East Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
MUSIC
Tues., April 24, 5 p.m. Peabody
at Homewood presents the Janos Quartet, performing music by Beethoven and Bartok. Admission is free but $10 is the suggested donation; $5 for students. Advance reservations are recommended; call 410-516-5589 or email homewoodmuseum@jhu
.edu. A reception with the musicians follows. Homewood Museum. HW
Wed., April 25, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Wind Ensemble performs. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Thurs., April 26, and Fri., April 27, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Renaissance Ensemble performs “Ce moys de May,” early music from 16th-century France and Scotland for Mary, Queen of Scots. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens, $5 for students with ID. Griswold Hall. Peabody
Sat., April 28, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Percussion Group performs. Friedberg Hall. Peabody
Sun., April 29, 4 p.m. Virgil Fox Centennial Concert with organists John Walker and Donald Sutherland. Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1316 Park Ave.
Sun., April 29, 7:30 p.m. Preparatory Recital featuring the winners of the Part-Recital Competition. Goodwin Recital Hall. Peabody
READINGS/
BOOK TALKS
Wed., April 25, 7 p.m. Author Tim Wendel will discuss and sign copies of his latest book, Summer of ’68. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW
Thurs., April 26, 6:30 p.m. Francisco Gonzalez of SAIS will discuss his new book, Creative Destruction? Economic Crises and Democracy in Latin America. Sponsored by the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program. For information or to RSVP, email kkornell@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg. SAIS
SEMINARS
Mon., April 23, noon. “Crowded Environments: Protein Folding From Vitro to the Cell,” a Biophysics seminar with Martin Gruebele, University of Illinois. 111 Mergenthaler. HW
Mon., April 23, 12:10 p.m. “Socio-Institutional Processes of Neighborhoods: Implications for Violence Prevention,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Caterina Gouvis Roman, Temple University. 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
Mon., April 23, 12:15 p.m. “Information in an RNA World,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Irene Chen, Harvard University. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., April 23, 12:15 p.m. “Priority Setting for Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Who Decides?” a Berman Institute of Bioethics noon seminar with Kalipso Chalkidou, director, NICE International, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. W3008 SPH. EB
Mon., April 23, 1:30 p.m. “MRI-Based Models of the Heart,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Natalia Trayanova, WSE. 110 Clark. HW (Videoconferenced to 709 Traylor. EB)
Mon., April 23, 4 p.m. “The ‘Sticky Sediment’ of Daily Life: Radical Domesticity, Revolutionary Christianity and the Problem of Wealth in Early 20th-Century Britain,” a History seminar with Seth Koven, Rutgers University. 308 Gilman. HW
Mon., April 23, 4:30 p.m. “Factorization Homology and Link Invariants,” a Topology seminar with Hiro Lee Tanaka, Northwestern University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 308 Krieger. HW
Tues., April 24, noon. “Not Just for Kids: Enriching Information Retrieval With Reading Level Metadata,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Kevyn Collins-Thompson, Microsoft Research. B17 Hackerman. HW
Tues., April 24, noon. “Evaluating Clinical Practice Variation Using a Knowledge-Based Temporal Sequence Alignment Framework,” a Health Informatics/Information Science faculty candidate seminar with Wei-Nchih Lee, Stanford University. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. 688 Hampton House. EB
Tues., April 24, 3 p.m. The M. Gordon Wolman Seminar—“Perspectives From Sustainability Science About Energy Sustainability” with Thomas Wilbanks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering. 234 Ames. HW
Wed., April 25, 10 a.m. “A Mixed Method Study of Collaboration Among HIV Service Agencies in Baltimore,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Nidhi Khosla. W2017 SPH. EB
Wed., April 25, noon. “Gender and Health: A Multi-Method Approach to Understanding Access to Care and HIV Risk Among Transgender Adults,” an International Health thesis defense seminar with Tonia Poteat. W2015 SPH. EB
Wed., April 25, 12:15 p.m. Mental Health Noon Seminar—“The Impact of Health Care Reform on Substance Abuse Treatment Among Homeless Adults” with Julia Zur, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., April 25, 1:30 p.m. “How to Have Fun With Membrane Receptors and Other Greasy Proteins,” an Institute for Biophysical Research seminar with Kalina Hristova, WSE. Part of the Chalk It Up to Biophysics series. 701 WBSB. EB
Wed., April 25, 3 p.m. “Real-Time Bio-Inspired Sensory Processing,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Garrick Orchard, WSE. 101 Shaffer. HW
Wed., April 25, 4 p.m. “The mTOR and Hippo Pathway in Cell Growth, Organ Size and Tumorigenesis,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Kun-Liang Guan, University of California, San Diego. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., April 26, 10:45 a.m. “The Computational Power of Chemical Reaction Networks,” a Computer Science seminar with Rebecca Schulman, WSE. B17 Hackerman. HW
Thurs., April 26, noon. The Bromery Seminar—“Exploring the Early Bombardment of the Inner Solar System” with William Bottke, NASA/NLSI CLOE Southwest Research Institute. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW
Thurs., April 26, noon. “Using High Throughput Screening to Identify Host Factors Involved in Immunity,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Sara Cherry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. W1020 SPH. EB
Thurs., April 26, noon. “The Life Cycle of the Cell Nucleus,” a Cell Biology seminar with Martin Hetzer, Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., April 26, 1 p.m. “Mechanisms of Motor Control and Reinforcement Learning in the Basal Ganglia,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Anatol Kreitzer, University of California, San Francisco. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., April 26, 1:30 p.m. “Bump Hunting in the Cancer Epigenome,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Rafael Irizarry, WSE. 304 Whitehead. HW
Thurs., April 26, 3 p.m. “The Dynamics of E. coli Ultra-Structure,” a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Paul Wiggins, University of Washington. 1 Remsen. HW
Thurs., April 26, 3:30 p.m. “Characterization of SUMO-Modified Substrates by Mass
Spectrometry,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences thesis defense seminar with Omoruyi Osula. 303 WBSB. EB
Thurs., April 26, 4 p.m. “Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines,” a Biology seminar with Joanna Kubler-Kielb, PDMI/NICHD/NIH. 100 Mudd. HW
Thurs., April 26, 4:15 p.m. “Montaigne and Skeptical Ataraxia,” a Philosophy seminar with Luiz Eva, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil. 288 Gilman. HW
Fri., April 27, 10 a.m. “Changing Health Behaviors in Medical Settings,” a Center for Behavior and Health seminar with Stephen Rollnick, Cardiff University. Asthma and Allergy Auditorium. Bayview
Fri., April 27, 11 a.m. “Nonlinear Growth of Wind-Driven Surface Waves by Critical-Layer Interaction,” a CEAFM seminar with Sang Soo Lee, Naval Surface Warfare Center. 50 Gilman. HW
Fri., April 27, 1 p.m. “Translational Mouse and Human Studies of Neuropsychiatric Diseases,” a Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology seminar with Christopher Ross, SoM. Turner West Room (ground floor), BRB. EB
Mon., April 30, noon. “Informatics for Population Health: New Directions for Getting the Most From ‘Big Data’,” a Health Informatics/Information Science faculty candidate seminar with Taxiarchis Botsis, FDA. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. 688 Hampton House. EB
Mon., April 30, 12:10 p.m. “Law Enforcement Strategies to Prevent Gun Violence,” a Graduate Seminar in Injury Research and Policy with Gerald Murphy and Molly Griswold Davidson, Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, DC. 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
Mon., April 30, 12:15 p.m. “The Evolutionary Origins of Oskar and the Role of Gene Co-Option in Insect Germ Cell Specification,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Cassandra Extavour, Harvard University. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., April 30, 1 p.m. “Designing Vaccines: Differentiation and Function of Follicular Helper CD4 T Cells,” an Immunology Training Program seminar with Shane Crotty, La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology. Tilghman Auditorium, Turner Concourse. EB
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wed., April 25, 6:30 p.m. “A Devotion to Classicism: The Enduring Popularity in Decorative Arts,” a discussion by architect and interior designer John J. Tackett. Second in the three-part 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 brownpapertickets
.com/event/219369. Evergreen Museum & Library.
Fri., April 27, 8 p.m. S.L.A.M. (Stop! and Look at Me) annual dance showcase for Johns Hopkins’ only hip-hop dance group; with guest performances by the Octopodes, Shakti, the Eclectics, Ladybirds and others. Tickets are $3 (purchased at the door); J-Cash is accepted. Shriver Hall. HW
Sat., April 28, 11 a.m. Grand opening of the Blue Jay’s Perch community garden. Johns Hopkins at Eastern.
Mon., April 30, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. East Baltimore Housing and Neighborhood Fair, an opportunity to learn about housing opportunities, community resources and future plans for East Baltimore neighborhoods, with representatives from the Live Near Your Work program, East Baltimore residential developers, the East Baltimore Community School, EBDI and other local associations. (See In Brief, p. 2.) To RSVP, email worklife@jhu.edu by Thurs., April 26. Turner Concourse. EB
SPORTS
Wed., April 25, 7 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse, vs. UMBC. Homewood Field. HW
Sat., April 28, 1 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse, vs. Ohio State. Homewood Field. HW
SYMPOSIA
Tues., April 24, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Many Faces of Depression, the 28th annual Mood Disorders Research/Education Symposium with various speakers. To register, go to hopkinscme
.edu/coursedetail.aspx/80026959. Sponsored by Johns Hopkins Continuing Medical Education, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Mood Disorders Center. Turner Auditorium. EB
Thurs., April 26, 3 to 4:30 p.m. E2SHI symposium with an address, “How Airborne Particles Affect Your Health: Recent Evidence, Remaining Challenges and What They Mean for Environmental Policy,” by Michelle Bell, Yale University. The address will be followed by a discussion with Hugh Ellis, WSE, and Roger Peng, SPH. Members of the community are welcome to attend. E2030 SPH. EB
WORKSHOPS
Thurs., April 26, 12:30 p.m. Presentation on the Safe Space Sticker Program, which uses visible markers to indicate that a campus community is supportive of GLBT people and their allies. (See In Brief, p. 2.) Sponsored by the Committee for Diversity and Inclusion of the Carey Business School. The workshop will be facilitated by members of the GLBTA Resource Center of American University. To register for the event, email carey
.diversity@jhu.edu. Second floor atrium, 100 International Drive.