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Calendar Items from the November 7, 2002, Campus News


SEMINARS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

Thursday, November 7 . . . Diversity Awareness Workshop. Sponsored by Human Resources and the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity. Registration required. 13 Crawford Hall, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/finadmin/humres/eddev/divaware.html. Contact: Tina Filsinger, (bjf)

Thursday, November 7 . . . Biochemistry Seminar Series: "Scanning the Receptorsome Reveals Novel Targets for Drug Actions," Bryan Roth. W439 School of Medicine, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/med/biochemistry/calendar.

Thursday, November 7 . . . Chemistry Colloquium: "Biomaterials at the Beach: Metal-Protein Interactions in Mussel and Barnacle Adhesive," Jonathan Wilker. 108 Clapp Hall, 4 p.m. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622.

Friday, November 8 . . . Statistics Seminar: "Estimating Optimal Rules for Individually Tailored Treatments (Dynamic Treatment Regimes)," Susan Murphy. 327 Yost Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. http://sun.cwru.edu/general/colloq.shtml. Contact: Sharon Dingess, 368-6941 (skd4).

Monday, November 11 . . . Neurosciences Journal Club: TBA. Presented by Xiu Yang. E609 School of Medicine, noon to 1:30 p.m. Contact: Sakeenah Bari-Harold, 368-6252 (sxb84).

Monday, November 11 . . . Skeletal Research/Biology Symposium: "Biomimetic Osteochondral Defect Repair: Filling Potholes in your Joints," Jizong Gao. 101N Millis Science Center, 4-5 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/biol/skeletal/skeletal.htm. Contact: Debbie Bush, 368-3562 (ddb9).

Tuesday, November 12 . . . Pharmacology Seminar Series: "New Insights into Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Action," Mark Roberson. W344 School of Medicine, noon to 1 p.m. http://pharmacology.cwru.edu. Contact: Jackie Martin, 368-4617 (jxw65).

Tuesday, November 12 . . . Immunology Seminar Series: "The Role of LT in Mucosal Immunity," Yang-Xin Fu. CME Accredited. 105 Biomedical Research Building, noon to 1 p.m. Contact: Jeannie StMarie, 368-2482 (jxn12).

Wednesday, November 13 . . . Neurosciences Seminar: TBA. Presented by Jens Huseman. E609 School of Medicine, noon to 1:30 p.m. Contact: Sakeenah Bari-Harold, 368-6252 (sxb84).

Wednesday, November 13 . . . History Associates Program: Panel and refreshments "New Directions in History." Panelists: Jim Bernard, Eric Kendell and Susan Murnane. Baker-Nord Center, 206 4:30 p.m. Clark Hall, Contact: 368-2380.

Thursday, November 14 . . . Musculoskeletal Research Seminar: "Regulation of Growth Plate Chondrocyte Differentiation by Nuclear Hormone Receptors," Tracy Ballock and "Gree Tea and Arthritis," Tariq Haqqi. Sponsored by the Department of Orthopaedics and the Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedic Research Center. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 4-5 p.m. Contact: Valerie Schmedlen, 844-3050 (valerie.schmedlen@uhhs.com).

Thursday, November 14 . . . Biochemistry Seminar Series: TBA. Presented by Peter Tongue. Host Paul Carey. W439 School of Medicine, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/med/biochemistry/calendar.

Thursday, November 14 . . . Chemistry Colloquium: "Helicase-DNA Unwindiong," Timothy Lohman. 108 Clapp Hall, 4 p.m. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622.

Friday, November 15 . . . Research Seminar Series: "Informed Consent Writing Workshop," Natale Polinko, Betty Dunger and Philip Cola. Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall, 9-10:30 a.m. Contact: Maureen Dore-Arshenovitz, 368-6925 (mxd4).

LECTURES

Friday, November 8 . . . The Frederick Cox International Law Center hosts: "Indonesian Justice Reform." Presented by the Supreme Court Justices of Indonesia. Moderator: Hiram Chodosh. Sponsored by the Asia Foundation and the International Monetary Fund. Moot Court Room, A59 Gund Hall, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Contact: Alice Simon, 368-3304 (ams45).

Thursday, November 14 . . . Work in Progress Lecture Series: "Developing a New Paly . . . 'Aristotle's Cup'," Ron Wilson. Sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities. Baker-Nord Center, 206 Clark Hall, 4:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/bakernord. Contact: Holly McCoy, 368-0528 (hmm8).

Thursday, November 14 . . . Frontiers of Astronomy: "From Stars to Disks and Disks to Planets," Karen Bjorkman. Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 8 p.m. http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/dept/talks.html. Contact: Linda Day, 368-3728 (lmd3).

Thursday, November 14 . . . Anton and Rose Zverina Lecture: "Anatomy of a Discovery: Laennec's 'Invention' of Mediate Auscultation," Jacalyn Duffin. Sponsored by the Dittrick Medical History Center. RSVP required. Herrick Room, Allen Memorial Medical Library. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Contact: James Edmonson, 368-6391 (jme3).

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

Friday November 8 . . . Public Affairs Forum: "American Policy Towards Iraq," Elizabeth Sullivan. Bring your lunch. Beverages and cookies provided. 13 Crawford Hall, noon to 1:15 p.m. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

Monday, November 11 . . . Video on Wheels: "Telephone Courtesy Pays." Bring your lunch. 209 Crawford Hall, noon to 1 p.m. Contact: Tina Jurcisin, 368-2834, (tmj).

Tuesday, November 12 . . . Eldercare Resource Group: "Communication with People with Memory Problems." Bring your lunch. 13 Crawford Hall, noon to 1 p.m. Contact: Diane Boyce, 368-4625 (dlb22).

Wednesday, November 13 . . . Staff Development Seminar: "Using Crystals and Stones for Self Healing," William Hale. Bring your lunch. Spartan Room, Thwing Center, noon to 1 p.m. Contact: Tina Jurcisin, (tmj).

Friday November 15 . . . Public Affairs Forum: "Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba as a Response to the U.S. Embargo," Ed Fritz. Bring your lunch. Beverages and cookies provided. 13 Crawford Hall, noon to 1:15 p.m. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Monday, November 11 . . . "Mechanistic Model of Cardiac Energy Metabolism Under Normal and Ischemic Conditions," Jennifer Salem, biomedical engineering. Adviser: Marco Cabrera. 525 Wickenden Building, noon.

Wednesday, November 13 . . . "The Effect of a Systematic Relaxation Technique on Postoperative Pain in Thailand," Varunyupa Roykulcharoen. Adviser: Marion Good. 2280 School of Nursing, noon.

Thursday, November 14 . . . "Rough Set-based Approach to Data Mining," Jia-Yuarn Guo, electrical engineering. Adviser: Vira Chankong. 709 Olin Building, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 14 . . . "Noninvasive Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Drug Delivery in Livers Following Radio Frequency Ablation," Agata Exner, biomedical engineering. Adviser: Jinming Gao. 525 Wickenden Building, 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, November 14 . . . "Out of the Shadow of Titian: Bonifacio De' Pitati and the 16th Century Venetian Painting," Todd Herman, art history. Adviser: Howard Olszewski. 100 Mather House, 9 a.m.

Thursday, November 14 . . . "FT-IR Imaging of Polymer Dissolution," Beth Miller-Chou, macromolecular science, 231 Kent Hale Smith Building, 10 a.m.

Thursday, November 14 . . . "Low Temperature Metallization of SiC," Chris Deeb, materials science and engineering. Adviser: Arthur Heuer. Van Horn Library, 410 White Building, 2 p.m.

Friday, November 15 . . . "Steady State Imaging Methods for Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging," Ken-Pin Hwang, biomedical engineering. Adviser: Jeffrey Duerk. MR Conference Room, B108 Bolwell Health Center, noon.

COMPUTER CLASSES

Register for classes online at http://kslearn.cwru.edu. If you encounter technical problems or error messages with the process, call extension 2991.

Thursday, November 7 . . . Cascading Style Sheets, 1-4 p.m.

Monday, November 11 . . . Intermediate Word, 10 a.m. to noon.; Digital Images, 2-4 p.m.

Tuesday, November 12 . . . Advanced Word, 9 a.m. to noon; MS Excel Formulas and Functions, 1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, November 13 . . . PowerPoint Presentation, 10 a.m. to noon; Databases for Nurses, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Health Center Library; The Invisible Web, noon to 1 p.m., LL06; Copyright at CWRU, 1-2 p.m. LL06; Making Forms in Front Page and Dreamweaver, 1-3 p.m.

Thursday, November 14 . . . Building Course Content with Blackboard, 10 a.m. to noon; Searching the Web: Can You Trust? 1-2:30 p.m.

SPORTS

For schedule changes and contest results visit: http://www.cwru.edu/orgs/varsity/varsity.html.

Friday and Saturday, November 8 and 9 . . . Volleyball UAA Championships @ CWRU, TBA

Saturday, November 9 . . . Football @ University of Rochester, noon.

Saturday, November 16 . . . Football vs. University of Chicago, 12:30 p.m.; men's and women's fencing @ Northwestern University, TBD; men's and women's swimming @ Denison University, 1 p.m.

CONCERTS

Saturday, November 9 . . . Senior Recital: Performance by award-winning cellist Brittany Platt. Harkness Chapel, 3 p.m. http://macjeeves.cwru.edu/cwrumusic. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Friday, November 15 . . . Chapel, Court and Countryside: Chris Norman Ensemble: The Caledonian Flute. Sponsored by the Music Department. Admission $20. Harkness Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Sunday, November 17 . . . Saxophones on Sunday. Gregory Banaszak conducting. Harkness Chapel, 5 p.m. http://macjeeves.cwru.edu/cwrumusic. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

THEATER/DANCE

November 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24 . . . "The Secret Rain" by Robert Wray. Award-winning play about hell, a world without television and salvation. General admission: $10, 60+ and CWRU faculty/staff $7, students with ID $5. Eldred Hall, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Box Office hours noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Reservations may be placed on voice mail. Contact: 368-6262.

FILM

Adults $3, children 12 and under $2, 10-film pass $25, semester pass $50. For more information visit: http://films.cwru.edu/schedule.html. Contact: CWRU Film Society, 368-2463.

Friday, November 8 . . . "Minority Report." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 and 10 p.m.

Saturday, November 9 . . . "Wild at Heart." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Friday, November 15 . . . "Lilo and Stitch." Strosacker Auditorium, 7, 9 and 11 p.m.

Saturday, November 16 . . . "A Beautiful Mind." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 and 10 p.m.

EXHIBITS

November 15 through December 20 . . . Annual Holiday Sale, featuring art of local Northeast Ohio artists. Artist's Reception: November 15, 5-7 p.m. Mather Gallery, Thwing Center, noon to 5 p.m. weekdays. Contact: 368-2679.

DEADLINES

Thursday, November 7 . . . Semi-monthly payroll cutoff. 5 p.m.

Friday, November 8 . . . Student Deadlines: Removal of Previous term "I" Grades (UG); Credit/Audit (G); Class Withdrawal.

Thursday, November 14 . . . Month-end voucher cutoff. 5 p.m.

OTHER EVENTS

Thursday, November 7 . . . Heritage and Cultural Celebration: Open House. Sponsored by Human Resources and the Staff Advisory Council. Ballroom, Thwing Center, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/finadmin/humres/eerel/culture.html. Contact: Carolyn Gerich, 368-2458 (cag16).

Thursday, November 7 . . . Information Session. Mandel Center for Nonprofit Management. Interested in graduate programs in nonprofit management? Join faculty, staff and alumni for an information session. RSVP to admissions office, 368-6025 (admissions@mcno.cwru.edu). Guilford House, 6-7:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/mandelcenter. Contact: Rebecca Zirm, 368-6025 (rez4).

Friday, November 8 . . . Ramadhan Dinner. Sponsored by the Muslim Student Association. Join the Muslims on campus as they end a day of fasting during the holy month of Ramadhan. All are welcome. Ballroom, Thwing Center, 5-8 p.m. http://home.cwru.edu/msa. Contact: Sadaf Khan (ssk9).

Monday, November 11 . . . Registration for spring classes begins.

Thursday, November 14 . . . Reception to welcome Derek Bellin, vice president for development and alumni affairs. RSVP to rsvp@po.cwru.edu; please specify event. Hovorka Atrium, Agnar Pytte Center for Science Education and Research. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Contact: 368-2104.

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