Calendar

Calendar from the 11-8-01 Campus News

The deadline for submissions to the November 15 issue of Campus News is November 7. Send items to Maria Wolf, 14 Adelbert Hall, 7017; e-mail them to mew15; or call 368-4440.

SEMINARS, MEETINGS, AND CONFERENCES

Thursday, November 8... "Transcriptional Co-repressors and Histone Deacetylase," Hung-Ying Kao. Frohring Auditorium, School of Medicine, 4-5 p.m. Reception will follow in the lobby, Biomedical Research Building. Contact Barb Nicol, 368-5515 (bxn4).

Thursday, November 8... Chemistry Colloquium. "Strength in Numbers? Ligand Binding, Multivalency, and the Cluster Glycoside Effect," Erick Toone. 108 Clapp Hall, 4:05 p.m. Visitors are welcome for coffee and cookies at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 8... Frontiers in Astronomy: "The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA): Imaging Cosmic Dawn," Alwyn Wootten. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 8 p.m.

Thursday, November 8... Biochemistry Seminar: Presented by James Wang. Host: Cheng-Ming Chiang. W439 School of Medicine, noon.

Thursday, November 8... Pharmacology Journal Club. Speakers: Michael Malone and Melissa Landis. W344 School of Medicine, 3:30 p.m. Contact the Office of Pharmacology, 368-4617.

Friday, November 9... "Scientific and Theoretical Constructs for Constraint Induced Movement Therapy and Update on EXCITE: Clinical Trial for Patients with Subacute Stroke," Stephen Wolf. Spartan Room, Thwing Center. Contact Cathy Walker, 231-3257 (caw22).

Friday, November 9... The Jonathan M. Ault Symposium: "Professional Responsibility and Multi-Discipline Practice Conference." Carole Silver, Laurel Terry. Charles Wolfram. A59, Moot Courtroom, School of Law, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, including CLE credits, call 368-3308 (lawalumni) or visit http://www.law.cwru.edu.

Friday, November 9... "Disciplining the Woman? Gender, Technology, and Work in Popular Weimar Cinema," Angelika Fuerich. Guilford House Parlor, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Max Kade Center for German Studies. Contact Kenneth Ledford, 368-4144 (kxl15).

Friday, November 9... The Friday Morning Seminar: "Proposal Writing Seminar." Presented by Robert Lucas, nationally known expert on grant writing. Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall, 8:30 to noon. Sponsored by the Office of Research Administration. Contact Maureen Dore-Arshenovitz, 368-6925 (mxd4).

Monday, November 12... "Ethical Responsibility in the Supervisor-Trainee Relationship," Caroline Whitbeck. First-floor lounge, School of Nursing, noon to 1 p.m. Sponsored by the Center for Research and Scholarship, 368-5983 (cfrs@fpb.cwru.edu).

Monday, November 12... International Education Week: Global Learning. Join a panel from the Schools of Law, Nursing, and Applied Social Sciences in discussing the global impact with each school and the future of international exchange programs. A59 Moot Courtroom, School of Law, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Office of International Student Services. Wine and cheese reception sponsored by the Cox International Law Center will follow. Contact Elise Lindsay (exl14).

Tuesday, November 13... Pharmacology Seminar Series: "Proinflammatory Signaling by Toll-Like Receptors and Activation of NF-kb in Response to Bacterial Challenge," Joseph DiDonato. W344 School of Medicine, noon to 1 p.m. Contact Jackie Martin, 368-4617 (jxw65).

Tuesday, November 13... "Analysis of non-enzymatic and enzymatic phosphodiester hydrolysis reactions," Adam Cassano. W234 School of Medicine, noon.

Tuesday, November 13... "Welfare Reform Part II: Key Choices for 2002 Welfare Bill." Key national and state policy experts will examine the future of welfare reform. Sponsored by the Center for Policy Studies. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Contact Jennifer Shaw, 368-2690 (jxs164).

Tuesday, November 13... Immunology Seminar Series: "The making and breaking of tolerance to myelin basic protein: Implications for autoimmune disease in the central nervous system," Joan Governan. Frohring Auditorium, Biological Research Building, noon to 1 p.m. CME-accredited activity sponsored by the School of Medicine and hosted by the Department of Pathology. Contact Jeannie St. Marie, 368-2482 (jxn12).

Tuesday, November 13... Information Services Monthly Roundtable: "Significant Findings of the 12th annual National Campus Computing Survey: Trends, New Directions Across the Nation." Kenneth Green. 352 Adelbert Hall, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesday, November 14... International Education Week: The Fulbright Experience. Join as a panel of CWRU faculty discusses overseas research and teaching as Fulbright Scholars. Spartan Room, Thwing Center, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Office of International Student Services. Contact Elise Lindsay (exl14).

Wednesday, November 14... Wednesday Women's Forum: "Supporting Survivors." Discussion with survivors of rape and the Rape Crisis Center. Guilford House Parlor, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Contact Amanda Booher, 368-1064 (akb).

Wednesday, November 14... Staff Development Seminar: "Conserving Energy at Home and at CWRU." Gene Matthews. Strosacker Auditorium, noon to 1 p.m. Contact Carolyn Gerich, 368-2458 (cag16).

Thursday, November 15... International Education Week: "Through the Looking Glass: Living and Learning in a Foreign Land." CWRU international students and American students who have studied abroad will share their experiences. 356 Sears Building, noon to 1 p.m. Sponsored by the Office of International Student Services. Contact Elise Lindsay (exl14).

Thursday, November 15... "The Status of CWRUnet," Jeff Gumpf. Question-and-answer session will follow the presentation. 13 Crawford Hall, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 15... Frontiers in Chemistry: "Pharmacogenomics: At the interface of Chemistry and Genetics," Wolfgang Sadee. 108 Clapp Hall, 4:30 p.m. Visitors welcome for coffee and cookies at 4 p.m., Clapp Lobby.

Thursday, November 15... Biochemistry Seminar: "Mechanism of pausing by RNA polymerase," Bob Landick. Host: Pieter deHaseth. W439 School of Medicine, noon.

Friday, November 16... International Education Week: "Global Marketing." Siisi Adu-Gyamfi will provide a unique perspective from his experience in more than 100 countries and six continents. A reception will follow. Enterprise Hall Atrium, 2:30-3:20 p.m. Contact Elise Lindsay (exl14).

Friday, November 16... The Friday Morning Seminar: "Issues when contracting with industry," videotape of National Council of University Research Administrators teleconference. Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall, 8:30 a.m. to noon. Sponsored by the Office of Research Administration. Contact Maureen Dore-Arshenovitz, 368-6925 (mxd4).

LECTURES

Thursday, November 8... "Faith and Multi-Culturalism in America," Arnold Eisen. Hosted by the Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies. 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center, 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 831-3233.

Thursday, November 8... "Confronting the Modern Plagues: The Role of Anthropology and Anthropologists," Jim Kim. 201 Mather Memorial Building, 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology. Contact Barbara Reebel, 368-3703 (bjr12).

Wednesday, November 14... "The Jewish Messiah Who Became a Muslim: Shabbetai Zvi and His Disciples from the 17th Century Through Today," Yom Tov Assis. 206 Clark Hall, 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies. Call 368-2414 or http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/rosenthal.

Thursday, November 15... Annual Anton and Rose Zverina Lecture: "Hollow Victory: The Great Influenza Vaccine Trial of 1943," John Eyler. Dedication of the Zverina Room will take place following the lecture. Herrick Room, first floor, Allen Memorial Library, 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Dittrick Medical History Center. Register at 368-3648 (jks4).

Friday, November 16... City Club Talk: "Prescription for Health," by Surgeon General David Satcher, a double alumnus of CWRU. The City Club, noon. Tickets are $15 for members, $20 for others, and $320 for a table of eight. Call 621-0082 or visit http://www.cityclub.org.

Friday, November 16... Raymond Boyer Lecture Series in Macromolecular Science and Engineering: "New Materials by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization," Kryzysztof Matyjaszewski. Clapp Hall Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

Friday, November 9... The Public Affairs Discussion Group: "The Future of Retirement," Terry Hokenstad. 14 Crawford Hall, noon. Brown bag lunch, beverages provided. Contact Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34), or Joe White 368-2426 (jxw87).

Thursday, November 15... Video on Wheels: "Timing is Everything: How to have a productive 25-hour day." 209 Crawford Hall, noon to 1 p.m. Contact Tina Jurcisin, 368-2834 (tmj).

Thursday, November 15... Elder Care Support Group: "Preparing for the Holidays," Beth Falkner-Brown. 14 Crawford Hall, noon to 1 p.m. Brown bag lunch. Contact Carolyn Gerich, 368-2458 (cag16).

Friday, November 16... The Public Affairs Discussion Group: "The Future and Significance of NASA Glenn," Marty Kress. 14 Crawford Hall, noon. Brown bag lunch, beverages provided. Contact Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34), or Joe White 368-2426 (jxw87).

DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Monday, November 12... "Cytogenetic and Sequence Analysis of a Common Neocentromeric Region From 9p." David Satinover, genetics. Advisor: Stuart Schwartz. 105 Biomedical Research Building, noon.

Monday, November 12... "Pattern-Misture Models Adjusting for Non-Ignorable Dropout with Administrative Censoring." Jingjin Li, epidemiology and biostatistics. Advisor: Mark Schluchter. T501 School of Medicine, 1 p.m.

Monday, November 12... "Evaluating the Impact of Voicemail Use and Bulletin Board Participation on Use of Substance Abuse Treatment Services." Maghboeba Mosavel, social welfare. Advisor: Wallace Gingerich. T501 School of Medicine, 3:15-5:15 p.m.

Wednesday, November 14... "Perceived Barriers to Treatment Adherence Among Pregnant African-American Women with Diabetes." LaTina Brooks, nursing. Advisor: Theresa Standing. 203J Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, 9 a.m. to noon.

Thursday, November 15... "Musculoskeletal Modeling of the Shoulder and Elbow in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury." Anamaria Acosta, biomedical engineering. Advisor: Robert Kirsch. 525 Wickenden Building, 3 p.m.

Friday, November 16... "Re-examining Information Systems Success Through the Appreciative Inquiry Lens: What Information Technology Professionals Know." Michel Avital, information systems. Advisor: Richard Boland. 683 Sears Library Building, 10 a.m. to noon.

Friday, November 16... "Changes in Team Communication Patterns: Learning During Project Problem/Crisis Resolution Phases (Longitudinal Field Study - Diachronic Analysis)." Alex Citurs, information systems. Advisor: Richard Boland. 684 Sears Library Building, 2 p.m.

Friday, November 16... "Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfonic Acid Containing Polyimides for Polymer Electrolyte Membranes (PEMs) in Fuel Cells." Hyoung-Juhn Kim, macromolecular science. Advisor: Morton Litt. Third-floor conference room, Kent Hale Smith Building, 1 p.m.

Friday, November 16... "Real-Time Microstructural and Functional Imaging and Image Processing in Optical Coherence Tomography." Voker Westphal, biomedical engineering. Advisor: Joseph Izatt. Third-floor conference room, Kent Hale Smith Building, 3 p.m.

COMPUTER CLASSES

Register for classes listed below at 368-2992 or via e-mail at kslearn. All classes are at 215 Kelvin Smith Library unless otherwise noted.

Friday, November 9... General Computing and Other Resources. 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Friday, November 9... Reference Manager (for Windows). 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Monday, November 12... Virtual Grand Tour: Art Museums. Noon to 1 p.m.

Monday, November 12... Intermediate Microsoft Word. 2-4 p.m.

Tuesday, November 13... Building Course Content in Blackboard. Class meets in LL06. 10 a.m. to noon,

Thursday, November 15... Web of Science Citation Databases. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, November 15... CWRUnet for New Employees. 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 15... Using Databases to Manage Instructional Resources. Class meets in LL06. 1-3 p.m.

Friday, November 16... Introduction to Windows 98/NT/2000. 10 a.m. to noon.

EXHIBITS

Through November 9... Glass art and contemporary Chinese brush paintings. Works by William Gudgel and Mitzi Lai. Mather Gallery, noon to 5 p.m. weekdays. Call 368-2679.

Through December... Manuscripts on the history of dermatology. Allen Memorial Library, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 1-6 p.m. Sundays.

November 16-December 21... Holiday Sale. Affordable fine arts and crafts. Mather Gallery, noon to 5 p.m. weekdays. An artists' reception is from 5-7 p.m. November 16. Call 368-2679.

CONCERTS

Tuesday, November 13... University Circle Chamber Orchestra. Conducting debut of Kathleen Horvath. Harkness Chapel, 8 p.m. Contact Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

THEATER/DANCE

November 8-11... Fall dance concert: "Collections." Mather Dance Center, 8 p.m. November 8-10 and 2:30 p.m. November 11. Tickets $9, or $7 for CWRU employees and seniors, and $5 for students with ID $5. Call 368-6262.

Friday, November 9... Social Ballroom Dance. Dance lessons from 7-8 p.m. Dance from 8-10 p.m. Salsa, merengue, cha-cha, rumba, samba, tango, swing, hustle, foxtrot, waltz, and others. Carlton Commons. For updated information, visit http://home.cwru.edu/CWRUBDS/.

November 9-11 and 15-18... Performances of Eric Bogosian's contemporary drama, subUrbia. Eldred Theater, 8 p.m. November 9-10 and 15-17, and 2:30 p.m. November 11 and 18. Tickets are $5-$9. Call 368-6262.

FILM

Unless otherwise noted, tickets are $3 for adults, $2 for children 12 and under, or $25 for a 10-film pass. Call the CWRU Film Society, 368-2463.

Friday, November 9... Moulin Rouge. Strosacker Auditorium, 7, 9:30 p.m., midnight.

Saturday, November 10... Cabaret. Strosacker Auditorium, 7, 9:30 p.m.

Friday, November 16... Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Strosacker Auditorium, 7, 9:30 p.m., midnight.

DEADLINES

Thursday, November 8... Last day to register for "Welfare Reform Part II: Key Choices for 2002 Welfare Bill." This day-long symposium will take place on Tuesday, November 13. Sponsored by the Center for Policy Studies. $20 registration includes materials, breakfast, and lunch. Fee waivers available. Call 368-2690.

Thursday, November 15... Vouchers for end-of-the-month payroll are due in the payroll office by 10 a.m.

OTHER EVENTS

Thursday, November 8... The First Annual CWRU Heritage and Cultural Celebration. Open-house of exhibits and displays, performance of music, song, dance, and readings brings the CWRU community together in celebration of our diversity and to foster and inclusive and supportive environment. Thwing Center Ballroom, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Carolyn Gerich, 368-2458 (cag16).

Thursday, November 8... CWRU Social Justice Week Event: Coffee House/Open Mic Night. Your opportunity to read poetry, sing, play music, or dance. Baker Building Lounge, 8-10 p.m. Free trade coffee, mugs and food provided. Sponsored by UPCaM. To perform, call Lisa Wisman, 320-2955 (lmw8).

Thursday, November 8... CWRU Social Justice Week Event: Vigil for Peace. Heart of Campus, Kelvin Smith Library Oval, 10:30 p.m. Contact Lisa Wisman, 320-2955 (lmw8).

Friday, November 9... CWRU Social Justice Week Event: Peace Demonstration. Heart of Campus, Kelvin Smith Library Oval, 4:30 p.m. Sponsored by Catalyst. Contact Marcella Smid (mcs17).

November 9-11... CWRU Family Weekend. Open classes, films, performances, mini-colleges, and more. Visit http://thwing.cwru.edu/familyweekend, or contact Melissa Winter, 368-2679 (maw13).

Saturday, November 10... CWRU Social Justice Week Event: Park Clean Up in East Cleveland. Meet in front of Leutner Dining Hall at noon. Sponsored by the Sierra Club. Contact Loretta Neal (maidenretta@yahoo.com).

Saturday, November 10... Evening of comedy, featuring comedian Joel Chasnoff. Laugh along when Chasnoff takes a look at the funnier aspects of Jewish life. Cleveland Hillel Jewish Student Center, 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Cleveland Hillel Foundation. Admission $5 in advance, $10 at the door. Contact Kate Hirschfeld, 231-0040 (kmh27).

Monday, November 12... Take a chance on being CWRU's president for day. Raffle proceeds benefit the Cleveland Public Schools. Interim President James Wagner will draw the winner. Thwing Center Atrium, 12:30 p.m. Tickets ($1 each, or six for $5) will be on sale during the lunch hour in the Thwing Atrium. Contact Jennifer O'Malley, 754-2508, or Anita Patankar, 754-1546.

Tuesday, November 13... Reception honoring the appointments of Lev Gonick, vice president for information services and chief information officer, and Mark Coticchia, vice president for research and technology management. Tomlinson Gallery, 4:30-6 p.m. Send e-mail to RSVP.