Calendar from the 10-16-97 Campus News

Deadline for submissions to the October 30 issue of Campus News is October 22. (Campus News will not publish October 23 due to fall break.) Send items to Diana Prinzo, 14 Adelbert Hall, 7017; via e-mail to dbp4; or call 368-4440.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16

CWRUnet Training: Dial-In Access for Windows 3.x. 215 Kelvin Smith Library, 11 to 12:30 p.m. Databases for Nurses. 254 Health Center Library, 2-3:30 p.m. Register at 368-2991.

Art for Lunch: "Bonifazio de Pitati and the Grimani Bequest: Collections and Connections in 16th Century Venice." Speaker: Todd Herman, Ph.D. candidate. "Through Eastern Eyes: Robert Campin's Christ and the Virgin." Speaker: Stanton Thomas, Ph.D. candidate. Brown bag lunch. 100 Mather House, 11:45 a.m.

Exhibit: Consumptive Liturgy and Reclaimed Territory. Paintings by Peter Patchen and Beverly Bailis Litton. Through November 7. Mather Gallery. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. weekdays. Call 368-2679.

Discussion: "Educational Software: Finding and Evaluating Software and Practical Advice on Purchasing it for Use on CWRUnet." Presenter: Sharon Scinicariello. UCITE Event. 113 Baker Building, noon to 1 p.m. Lunch provided. Call 368-1224 (gxk4) for reservations.

Seminar: Topic TBA. Speaker: Edward Stavnezer, biochemistry. Biochemistry Seminar Series. W439 School of Medicine, noon.

Colloquium: "Sensors for Space Missions." Speaker: Harold Hosack, Texas Instruments. Physics Colloquia Series. 301 Rockefeller Building, 4:15 p.m.

Colloquium: "Transition Metals in Organic Chemistry; Combinatorial Synthesis of Phosphine Ligands and Stoichiometric Iron Chemistry Transition." Speaker: Scott Gilbertson, Washington University. Chemistry Colloquia Series. Refreshments, 101N Millis Science Center, 3:30 p.m. Lecture, Morley Chemical Laboratories, 4 p.m.

Memorial Service: In memory of Frank Borchert, vice president for budgets and planning, who died September 11. Amasa Stone Chapel, 4:30 p.m.

Drama: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. October 16-18 at 8 p.m., October 19 at 2 p.m. Eldred Theater. $5-$9. Call 368-6262.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17

Open House: Information about M.S. and Ph.D. programs in the Department of Operations Research and Operations Management, Weatherhead School of Management. Sixth floor, Enterprise Hall, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call Jennifer Baker at 368-3845 (jjb2) for reservations.

Faculty/Staff Roundtable Lunch: "AIDS and Public Health." Speaker: Mark Rom, Georgetown University. Brown bag lunch, beverages provided. Faculty Library, Tomlinson Hall, noon to 1:30 p.m. Call Ken Grundy, 368-2646 (kwg).

CWRUnet Training: WWW Site Management. 215 Kelvin Smith Library, 1:30-3 p.m.. Register at 368-2991.

Colloquium: "Real Tunneling Geometries." Speaker: Gary Gibbons, Cambridge University, England. Joint Mathematics and Physics Colloquium. 300 Yost Hall, 2:30 p.m.

Colloquium: "New Directions in Polydiacetylenes." Speaker: Daniel Sandman, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Macromolecular Science Colloquia Series. 205 Morley Chemistry Laboratory, 3:30 p.m. Call 368-3596.

Seminar: "Genomic Instability and Tumor Progression." Speaker: Antonio Gualberto. Physiology and Biophysics Faculty Seminar Series. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18

Symposium: "Physics: A Way of Life." Showcases the variety of careers to which an education in physics can lead. Morning session of five lectures on current advances in theoretical physics, 9:30 a.m. General session, 2 p.m. 301 Rockefeller Building. $30 for dinner following the afternoon session. Contact Angie Amato at 368-4002 (ata2).

CWRU Sports: Volleyball vs. Denison University and Wittenberg University, 11 a.m. Men's soccer vs. Denison University, 1 p.m. Women's soccer at Denison University, 1:30 p.m. Football at Kenyon College, 1:30 p.m. Men's and Women's cross country at Spring Arbor Invitational.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19

CWRUnet Training: Basic CWRUnet for Macintosh and Windows 95. 215 Kelvin Smith Library, 1-2:30 p.m. Register at 368-2991.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20

Fall Break: October 20-21.

Conference: "The Electrochemistry of Carbon Allotropes: Graphite, Fullerenes, and Diamond." October 20-22. Dively Executive Education Building. $100 registration fee. Call Jesse Wainwright, 368-4072.

Lecture: "Birds, Bees, Flowers and Trees -- Where are They?" Speakers: James Aronson, geological sciences; Norman Robbins, Center for Neurosciences; Gloria Helfand, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan. Grazella Shepherd Lecture Day. Cleveland Playhouse Club, 8501 Carnegie Avenue, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. $17-$28. Call 368-2090.

CWRUnet Training: Eudora E-Mail for Macintosh. 254 Health Center Library, 10:30 to noon. Register at 368-2991.

Seminar: "Immunoepithelial Biology of Psoriasis." Speaker: Kevin Cooper, dermatology. Pathology Seminar Series. B12 Pathology Amphitheater, noon to 1 p.m.

Seminar: "The Use of Immortomouse Cells for Analysis of Lineage Decisions -- External Rest or Immortality?" Speaker: Jim Dennis. Skeletal Research Center Seminar Series. 101N Millis Science Center, 4 p.m. Call 368-3562.

Seminar: "Regulation of Programmed Cell Death." Speaker: Gabriel Nunez, University of Michigan Medical School. Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21

Toastmasters Club: Learn the arts of speaking, listening, and thinking. Meets first and third Tuesday of each month. Enlow/Gould Seminar Room, Orthodontics Department, first floor School of Dentistry, noon to 1 p.m. Call Diana Plesec at 368-3793.

Seminar: "Aldehyde-Mannose Preferentially Localizes to Class I Pathway and Unusual Features of MUCI Peptide Presentation." Speaker: Vasso Apostopoulos, Austin Research Institute, Australia. Immunology Seminar Series. 105 Biomedical Research Building, noon. Call 368-2482.

Seminar: "Mechanisms of PhosphoSerine-Mediated Transduction: Structural Biology Meets Combinatorial Chemistry and Novel Drug Design." Speaker: Michael Yaffe, Harvard Institutes of Medicine. Pharmacological Science Seminar Series. W344 School of Medicine, noon.

CWRUnet Training: Eudora E-Mail for Windows. 254 Health Center Library, 2-3:30 p.m. Register at 368-2991.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22

Seminar: "Working with Difficult People." Leader: William Frankel, Behavior Management Associates Inc. Sponsored by human resources and the SAC Staff Training and Development Committee. Strosacker Auditorium, noon to 1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m.

Recital: Early music recital. Djurdja Mirkovic, recorder. Harkness chapel, noon.

Seminar: "G Protein Gated K Channels." Speaker: David Clapham, Harvard Medical School. Neurosciences Seminar Series. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 12:10 p.m. Call 368-6253.

CWRUnet Training: Searching on the World Wide Web. 215 Kelvin Smith Library, 1:30-3 p.m. Medline Databases. 254 Health Center Library, 5:15-6:45 p.m. Register at 368-2991.

Colloquium: "Brain Mapping." Speaker: Fred Brookstein, University of Michigan. Statistics Colloquium Series. 327 Yost Hall. Refreshments 3:30 p.m., colloquium 4-5 p.m.

Lecture: "Emigration as Emancipation: Jewish Students, Scientists, and Engineers from the Russian Empire in France (1860-1950)." Speaker: Irina Gouzevitch, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Center for Judaic Studies and history department lecture.1914 Lounge, Thwing Center, 4 p.m. Call 368-0528.

CWRU Sports: Men's soccer vs. College of Wooster, 4 p.m. Women's soccer at College of Wooster, 4 p.m. Volleyball at Allegheny College, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23

CWRUnet Training: Introduction to HTML. 215 Kelvin Smith Library, 11 to 12:30 p.m. HTML Forms on the World Wide Web. 215 Kelvin Smith Library, 2-3:30 p.m. Register at 368-2991.

Seminar: "Risk Factors for Connective Tissue Diseases." Speaker: William Teel, epidemiology and biostatistics. Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Seminar Series. 105 Biomedical Research Building, noon to 1:30 p.m.

Seminar: "Cysteine Proteases: The Structural Basis of Mechanistic Specificity." Speaker: Andrew Storer, Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal. Biochemistry Seminar Series. W439 School of Medicine, noon.

Lecture: "Whose Humanities? China's Varied Perspectives." Speaker: Jonathan Spence, Yale University. Inaugural lecture of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities. Strosacker Auditorium, 4 p.m. Call 368-2622.

Frontiers in Chemistry: "Fluxional Metallocene Catalysts: Control of Sequence Distribution in Olefin Polymers." Speaker: Robert Waymouth, Stanford University. Refreshments, Schmitt lobby, 4 p.m. Lecture, Schmitt Lecture Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Frontiers of Astronomy: "Meteorites, Martians and Microbes: Mars Under the Microscope." Speaker: Ralph Harvey, geological sciences. Murch Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 8 p.m. Call 231-4600.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

Conference: "Public Dollars, Religious Schools: Where Do We Go From Here?" Keynote Speaker: Clarence Page, columnist, The Chicago Tribune. Morning session: "Making Sense of the Law." Afternoon session includes community forum discussion and debate. School of Law, 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call 368-1798.

Faculty/Staff Roundtable Lunch: "Change in China." Speaker: Jonathan Spence, Yale University. Brown bag lunch, beverages provided. Faculty Library, Tomlinson Hall, noon to 1:30 p.m. Call Ken Grundy, 368-2646 (kwg).

Workshop: Midwest Connective Tissue Workshop. Embassy Suites, Downtown Cleveland. Call Julia Brown, Skeletal Research Center, 368-3562.

CWRU Sports: Soccer vs. Brandeis University, 2 p.m. (men), 4 p.m. (women).

Colloquium: "Reptation Models for Strong Flow Conditions: A Progress Report on Recent Experimental Studies and Their Comparison with Theory." Speaker: L. Gary Leal, University of California, Santa Barbara. Macromolecular Science Colloquia Series. 205 Morley Chemistry Laboratory, 3:30 p.m. Call 368-3596.

Seminar: "Regulation of Myosin and Motility in the Amoeba Dictyostelium Discoideum." Speaker: Tom Egelhoff. Physiology and Biophysics Faculty Seminar Series. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Film: Men in Black. 7, 9, 11 p.m. Strosacker Auditorium. $2.50 with Film Society membership. Call 368-2463.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25

CWRU Sports: Volleyball at College of Wooster with Earlham College, 11 a.m. Football vs. Oberlin College (Homecoming and Spartan Spirit Day event), 1:30 p.m.

Film: The Birds. 7, 9:15 p.m. Strosacker Auditorium. $2.50 with Film Society membership. Call 368-2463.

Concert: Theater of Voices, troubadour songs and medieval English lyrics. Chapel, Court and Countryside series. Harkness Chapel. Master class, 2:30 p.m. Preconcert lecture, 7:15 p.m. Concert, 8 p.m. $10-$15. Call 368-2400.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26

CWRUnet Training: PPP Dial-In Access for Windows 95. 215 Kelvin Smith Library, 1-2:30 p.m. Register at 368-2991.

CWRU Sports: Soccer vs. University of Rochester, 11 a.m. (men), 1:30 p.m. (women).

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27

Seminar: Topic TBA. Speaker: Peter Rose, ob/gyn, University Hospitals. Pathology Seminar Series. B12 Pathology Amphitheater, noon to 1 p.m.

Seminar: "Defective Data: Repair of Cartilage Defects." Speaker: Luis Solchaga. Skeletal Research Center Seminar Series. 101N Millis Science Center, 4 p.m. Call 368-3562.

Seminar: "Progression of Heart Failure." Speaker: Hani Sabbah, Henry Ford Hospital. Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Lecture: "Revisiting the War on Breast Cancer: Lessons from History." Speaker: Barron Lerner, Columbia University. Handerson Medical History Society meeting. Herrick Room, Allen Library, 8 p.m. Call 368-3648.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28

Roundtable: "America Reads: The Who, What, Where, Why, and How." Presenter: Paul Schrader, State Director, Corporation for National Services. Fall Northeast Ohio Community Service Roundtable. 14 Crawford Hall. Registration, 11:45 a.m. Lunch, 12:15 p.m. Roundtable, 1-3 p.m. $10. Reservation deadline, October 21. Call 241-7583 (adziak@aol.com) for reservations.

Art for Lunch: "Un Semplice Modello: Michelangelo and His Three-Dimensional Preparatory Works." Speaker: Jeannine O'Grody, Ph.D. candidate. Brown bag lunch. 100 Mather House, 11:45 a.m.

Seminar: "Treatment of Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis with Genetically Modified Memory T Cells." Speaker: Peter Mathisen, Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Immunology Seminar Series. 105 Biomedical Research Building, noon. Call 368-2482.

Discussion: Cynthia Selfe, Michigan Technological University, will present two sessions. "Lest We Think It's a Revolution. Computers and the Nature of Change in Educational Settings," 11:45-1 p.m. The second session will include an informal discussion of computers, writing, and change, 2-3 p.m. UCITE Events. 13 Crawford Hall. Lunch provided. Call 368-1224 (gxk4) for reservations.

Seminar: "Transfer of Biotechnology from Academia to Industry." Speaker: James Kovach, NetGenetics Inc. Pharmacological Science Seminar Series. W344 School of Medicine, noon.

CWRUnet Training: Introduction to the World Wide Web. 215 Kelvin Smith Library, 2-4 p.m. Medline Databases. 254 Health Center Library, 2-3:30 p.m. Register at 368-2991.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29

CWRU Sports: Men's Soccer at Oberlin College, 3:30 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Oberlin College, 3:30 p.m.

Lecture: "Race in a Postmodern World." Speaker: K. Anthony Appiah, Harvard University. College Scholars Program lecture. Excelsior Ballroom, Thwing Center, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30

President's Weekend: October 30-31.

Seminar: "Spontaneous Creation of Carbon-Black Network in Polymers." Speaker: V. Bouda, Czech Technical University. Chemical engineering and macromolecular science seminar. 329 A.W. Smith Building. Refreshments, 10:30 a.m. Seminar, 11 a.m.

Seminar: Topic TBA. Speaker: Mario Amzel, Johns Hopkins University. Biochemistry Seminar Series. W439 School of Medicine, noon.

CWRUnet Training: Remote Access Troubleshooting. 254 Health Center Library, 1:30-3 p.m. Register at 368-2991.

Frontiers in Chemistry: "The Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes." Speaker: Malcolm Green, Oxford University. Refreshments, Schmitt lobby, 4 p.m. Lecture, Schmitt Lecture Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Lecture: "The Black Catholic Experience." Speaker: Albert Raboteau, Princeton University. Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Catholic Studies Lecture. 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center, 4 p.m.

Lecture: "Race, Suspicion and the Police." Speaker: Randall Kennedy, Harvard University. Sumner Canary Lecture in Law. Moot Courtroom, School of Law, 4 p.m.

Colloquium: "Quantum Computation." Speaker: David Divencenzo, IBM Watson Research Center. Physics Colloquia Series. 301 Rockefeller Building, 4:15 p.m.

Seminar: "Tissue Engineering and Its Use in Regenerating Body Parts." Speaker: Arnold Caplan. 303 Biology Building, 4:15 p.m..

Masquerade Ball: Sponsored by the CWRU Ballroom Dance Society. Prizes awarded for best costumes. Carlton Commons, 7-11:30 p.m. Tickets $3-$10. Call Marianne Usiak (mfu), 486-5704.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 31

Faculty/Staff Roundtable Lunch: "Public Funding for the Arts." Speaker: Tom Schorgl, executive director, Community Partnership for Arts and Culture. Brown bag lunch, beverages provided. Faculty Library, Tomlinson Hall, noon to 1:30 p.m. Call Ken Grundy, 368-2646 (kwg).

Colloquium: "Continuity and Applications." Speaker: Grace Yang, University of Maryland. Statistics Colloquium Series. 327 Yost Hall. Refreshments 3:30 p.m., colloquium 4-5 p.m.

Colloquium: "Polymerization of Cyclic Olefins by Single-Site Ni and Pd Catalysts." Speaker: Brian Goodall, BF Goodrich Company. Macromolecular Science Colloquia Series. 205 Morley Chemistry Laboratory, 3:30 p.m. Call 368-3596.

Seminar: "Gating and Modulation of Voltage-Dependent Ion Channels. " Speaker: Steven Jones. Physiology and Biophysics Faculty Seminar Series. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Colloquium: "Statistical Computing and Spline." Speaker: Zhen Luo, Pennsylvania State University. Statistics Colloquium Series. 327 Yost Hall. Refreshments 3:30 p.m., colloquium 4-5 p.m.

Recital: Allan Harris, cello. Harkness Chapel, 7:30 p.m.

Film: Gremlins. 7, 9:15, 11:30 p.m. Strosacker Auditorium. $2.50 with Film Society membership. Call 368-2463.

CWRU Sports: Volleyball at UAA Championship at New York University.

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