Campus News
Marketing and Communications

 


 

 

Calendar Items from the February 20, 2003, Campus News


SEMINARS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

Thursday, February 20 . . . Information Technology Services Architecture. Presenter: Jeff Gumpf. 13 Crawford Hall, 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, February 20 . . . Biochemistry Seminar: "Structure-function Studies of Guanylyl Cyclase Receptors," Focco van den Akker. Host: Menachem Shoham. W439 School of Medicine, noon.

Monday, February 24 . . . Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series: "Pulsatile Hemodynamic Analysis of the Transitional Pulmonary Circulation in the Newborn Piglet," Jeff Myers E513 School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m. Contact: Katie Reese, 368-3400 (kar18).

Tuesday, February 25 . . . Pharmacology Seminar Series: "Aromatase and Cyclooxygenases: The Role of the Enzymes and Inhibitors in Breast Cancer," Robert Brueggemeier. W344 School of Medicine, noon. http://pharmacology.cwru.edu. Contact: Jackie Martin, 368-4617 (jxw65).

Wednesday, February 26 . . . Neurosciences Seminar: "Manipulating Voltage-Gated Ion Channels: From Paralysis to Mental Illness," J. Thomas Mortimer. E609 School of Medicine, noon. http://neurowww.cwru.edu. Contact: Gina Ventre, 368-6252 (glv).

Wednesday, February 26 . . . Staff Advisory Council: Staff Policy Committee: You do not have to be an elected member of SAC to serve on a committee. If you are interested in serving on a committee, contact the committee chair listed on the SAC Web site at http://www.cwru.edu/president/sac/sac.html. 1 Adelbert Hall, 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, February 27 . . . Biochemistry Seminar: "An Epigenetic Animal Model for Schizophrenia Vulnerability," Erminio Costa. Host: Jon Evans. W439 School of Medicine, noon.

Thursday, February 27 . . . Chemistry Colloquia: "Strategies for Design of Inhibitors of Amyloid Toxicity," Regina Murphy. Auditorium, 108 Clapp Hall, 4 p.m. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622.

Friday, February 28 . . . Neural Prosthesis Seminar: "In Vivo Measurements of Muscle Motion Challenge Assumptions Made in Musculoskeletal Models," Scott Delp. Sponsored by Biomedical Engineering and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Lerner Research Institute. 8:30 a.m. Contact: Cathy Walker, 231-3257 (caw22).

LECTURES

Thursday, February 20 . . . College Scholars Program Lecture: "Friends and Strangers: Difference, Distinctiveness and Recognition," Mary Catherine Bateson. Strosacker Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/scholars. Contact: Holly McCoy, 368-0528 (hmm8).

Thursday, February 20 . . . Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture: "Silver Nanoparticles: Size-Dependent Optical Properties, Biosensors, and Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopy," Richard Van Duyne. Visitors welcome for coffee and cookies at 4:15 p.m. 108 Clapp Hall, 4:30 p.m. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3620.

Tuesday, February 25 . . . Epidemiology and Biostatistics Lecture: "Impact of Antibiotic Resistance on Outcomes in Adult Outpatient Community-Acquired Pneumonia," Mendel Singer. E501 School of Medicine, noon. Contact: Donna Marine, 368-3197 (dmm33).

Wednesday, February 26 . . . Anesthesia Basic Science Conference: "Obstructive Disease," Raymond Graber. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 7 a.m. Contact: Youlanda Ford, 844-5732 (youlanda@uhhs.com).

Wednesday, February 26 . . . Gharib Distinguished Lectureships in Journalism: Conversations with America's Premier Journalists and Writers. "How the World Sees Us," Andrew Nagorski. 206 Clark Hall, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/ghariblectures/. Contact: Kerry Pohly, 368-2133 (krp4).

Friday, February 28 . . . Frederick Cox International Law Center presents: War Crimes Research Symposium: The Role of Justice in Building Peace. Keynote Luncheon Speaker: M. Cheruif Bassiouni. Registration required. Gund Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Contact: 368-3308 (lawalumni).

Friday, February 28 . . . Raymond Boyer Lecture Series in Macromolecular Science & Engineering: "Protein Absorption in Interfaces with Grafted Polymers," Igal Szleifer. Auditorium, 108 Clapp Hall, 3 p.m.

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

Friday, February 21 . . . Public Affairs Forum: Discussion of Impending War with Iraq. Bring your lunch. Beverages and cookies provided. 13 Crawford Hall, noon. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

Monday, February 24 . . . Neurosciences Journal Club: Topic to be presented by Jared Niedenthal. E609 School of Medicine, noon. http://neurowww.cwru.edu. Contact: Gina Ventre, 368-6252 (glv).

Monday, February 24 . . . Video on Wheels: " Telephone Courtesy: You are the Company." Sponsored by the Staff Advisory Council in partnership with Human Resources. Bring your lunch/ 209 Crawford Hall, noon. Contact: Kathie Dowdell, 368-2644 (kjd4).

Monday, February 24 . . . University Center for Women meeting. Parlor, Guilford House, 11:30 a.m.

Friday, February 28 . . . Public Affairs Forum: "The War Against Anti-aging Medicine," Bob Binstock. Bring your lunch. Beverages and cookies provided. 13

DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Friday, February 21 . . . "The Pet-1 ETS Factor is a Determinant of Central 5-Ht Neuron Identity," Tim Hendricks, neurosciences. Adviser: Evan Deneris. E609 School of Medicine, noon.

Wednesday, February 26 . . . "Methods and Quantification of Tissue Response for Image-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy," Roee Saul Lazebnik. Adviser: David Wilson. 525 Wickenden Building, 1 p.m.

Friday, February 28 . . . "Geographic and Patient Variation Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the Use of Follow-up Testing and Skin Examinations After Local Excision of Cutaneous Melanoma," David Barzilai, epidemiology and biostatistics. Adviser: Alfred Rimm. WG73 School of Medicine, 2 p.m.

Friday, February 28 . . . "Random Phenomena in Finite-Dimensional Normal Spaces," Mark Meckes, mathematics. Adviser: Stanislaw Szarek. 321B Yost Hall, 2 p.m.

COMPUTER CLASSES

For the most up-to-date schedule or to register, go to http://kslearn.cwru.edu. If you encounter technical problems or error messages with the process call 368-2991. All classes are held at 215 Kelvin Smith Library unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, February 20 . . . MS Access Topics: Generating Reports, 1-4:30 p.m.; MS Outlook: Calendars, Views and Folders, 9 a.m. to noon; Power Point for Poster Printing, 1-2 p.m. (Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students.)

Thursday, February 20 . . . Government Documents on the WWW, 10-11:30 a.m. (Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students); MS Access Topics: Generating Reports, 1-4:30 p.m.; MS Outlook: Calendar, Views and Folders, 9 a.m. to noon; Power Point for Poster Printing, 1-2 p.m.

Monday, February 24 . . . Researching with PsychInfo, 10-11:30 a.m.; PowerPoint Presentation, 1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, February 25 . . . Intermediate HTML, 10 a.m. to noon; Industry Info Online, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students).

Wednesday, February 26 . . . Creating Graphics with Fireworks, 10 to noon; Videoconferencing, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Intermediate MS Word, 2-4 p.m.

Thursday, February 27 . . . Time Management Using Outlook, 8:30 a.m. to noon (Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students); Research Using Libraries Web site, noon to 1 p.m.; Using Netscape Composer, 2-4 p.m.

SPORTS

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

Friday, February 21 . . . Basketball vs. New York University, Women's 6 p.m., Men's 8 p.m.; Men's and Women's Indoor Track @ Baldwin Wallace College Invitational, 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, February 21 and 22 . . . Men's and Women's Fencing UAA Championships @ Brandeis University, TBD.

Saturday, February 22 . . . Men's and Women's Swimming Veale Invitational, 11 a.m.; Wrestling @ Baldwin Wallace College, 7 p.m.

Sunday, February 23 . . . Basketball vs. Brandeis University, Men's 1 p.m., Women's 3 p.m.;

Friday, February 28 . . . Men's and Women's Indoor Track @ Oberlin College Invitational, 6 p.m.

Saturday, March 1 . . . Basketball @ Emory University, Men's, 1 p.m., Women's 3 p.m.; Wrestling Midwest Regional, 9 a.m.

Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2 . . . Men's and Women's Fencing Midwest Championships, TBD.

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, February 21 . . . "Bowling for Columbine." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight.

Saturday, February 22 . . . "Field of Dreams." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Friday, February 28 . . . "Spirited Away." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight.

Saturday, March 1 . . . Stalag 17. Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

CONCERTS

Saturday, February 22 . . . CIM First Master of Music Recital: Kristy Weedard, french horn. Harkness Chapel, 2 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Saturday, February 22 . . . CIM First Master of Music Recital: Christina Babbich, cello. Harkness Chapel, 5 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Sunday, February 23 . . . Symphonic Winds, University Circle Wind Ensemble and Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony I. Gary Ciepluch, William Caibattari, David Key, Jessica Turner and Martin Witczak, conducting. Admission at the door: $6 general, $4 student. Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music. 6 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Wednesday, February 26 . . . Jazz Ensembles Concert. Paul Ferguson, conducting. Harkness Chapel, 8 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

THEATER

February 20, 21, 22, 23 . . . Eldred Drama Series: Picnic by William Inge. General admission, $10; faculty and staff, $7; students with ID $5. For groups rates contact 368-6262. Eldred Theater, 8 p.m. Sundays, 2:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/thtr.

EXHIBITS

Now through February 28 . . . Artist Reception: "Content of Character," Marc Burnett. The exhibit will continue through February 28. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Mather Gallery, Thwing Center, 4-6 p.m. Contact: 368-2679.

DEADLINES

Friday, February 28 . . . Certification for spring 2003 tuition waiver concludes.

OTHER EVENTS

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday February 26, 27 and 28 . . . TIAA-CREF Individual Retirement Counseling Sessions. Reservations required. 209 Crawford Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: Kay Fulk or Alisia Powell, (877)209-3138.

Friday, February 28 . . . The Nurses' Ball. Sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Nurses Association. Admission: $16. Tickets must be purchased in advance at School of Nursing reception desk. Wyndham Hotel. 7 p.m. Contact: Cookie Jones, 368-4770 (cxj16).

Saturday, March 1 . . . Student Turning Point Society: Exchanging Horizons Event. Undergraduate students are invited to dinner and dialogue with distinguished alumni and community leaders. Location to be decided. 6 p.m. http://home.cwru.edu/stps. Contact: Monica Leigh, 368-0371 (mml17).

 

Return to the online edition of the 2-20-03 Campus News.

 

.
Legal Information | © 2003 Case Western Reserve University | Contact the Department
This page last updated on: Thursday, 02-Dec-2004 12:30:02 EST