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Calendar Items from the February 27, 2003, Campus News


SEMINARS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

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. Sponsors: Biomedical Engineering and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Lerner Research Institute. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. 8:30 a.m. Contact: Cathy Walker, 231-3257 (caw22).

Monday, March 3 . . . Internet2 Day. Sponsor: Centers for Excellence in Advanced Research and Development. Registration required. Excelsior Ballroom, Thwing Center, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact: Chris Litvak, (cll16).

Monday, March 3 . . . Skeletal Research Center Seminar Series: "Off with your Head-Potential Applications of Tissue Engineering Technology to Reconstruction of Head and Neck Defects," Daphne Bascom. 123 Millis Science Center, 4 p.m. Contact: Debbie, (ddb9).

Tuesday, March 4 . . . Conversations on Children: "A New Look at Intelligence," Joseph Fagan. Sponsors: Schubert Center for Child Development and the Consortium for Children, Families and Communities. The series is meant to foster interdisciplinary discussions and relationships among students, staff and faculty interested in child development. Bring your lunch. Light refreshments provided. Baker-Nord Center, 206 Clark Hall, 11:45 a.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/schubert. Contact: Laura Sielen, 368-2414 (lks18).

Wednesday, March 5 . . . "Asking Different Questions: Women and Science." Film showing followed by panel discussion. Panelists: Kath Bogie, Clare Rimnac, Bonnie Richley-Cody. Pizza, popcorn and beverages served. Sponsor: Center for Women. Strosacker Auditorium, 4 p.m. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

Thursday, March 6 . . . Work-In-Progress Colloquium Series: "Lawn-O-Rama: Revisiting the Crabgrass Frontier," Ted Steinberg, history. Refreshments starting at 4 p.m. 206 Clark Hall, Baker-Nord Center, 4:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/bakernord. Contact: Holly McCoy, 368-0528 (hmm8).

Thursday, March 6 . . . Panel discussion: "College Then and Now." Panelists: Harriet Gould, Carol Griffiths, Monica Ionescu. Reception with light refreshments follows. Sponsor: Center for Women. Parlor, Guilford House, 4 p.m. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

LECTURES

Friday, February 28 . . . Frederick Cox International Law Center: War Crimes Research Symposium. Keynote: "The Role of Justice in Building Peace," M. Cherif Bassiouni. All day event. Registration required. Fee of $75 for those wanting to obtain 7.5 CLE credits. Register online. Moot Court Room, A59 Gund Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. http://www.law.cwru.edu/alumni/warCrimesinvite03.pdf. 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.

Monday, March 3 . . . Arthur W. Fiske Memorial Lecture: "Regulation: The Hidden Tax," Wendy Lee Gramm. CLE credit available. Moot Court Room, A59 Gund Hall, 4:45 p.m. Contact: 368-3308 (lawalumni).

Tuesday, March 4 . . . Frederick Cox International Law Center and Journal of International Law present: "Blind to our Differences: Human Rights, Human Dignity and the Human Cloning Treaty Debate," George Annas. CLE credit available. Moot Court Room, A59 Gund Hall, 4:45 p.m. Contact: Alice Simon, 368-3304 (ams45).

Wednesday, March 5 . . . Evolutionary Biology Lecture Series: "Duplication and the Human Genome Evolution," Evan Eichler. Sponsor: Program in Evolutionary Biology. 312 DeGrace Hall, 4:30 p.m. Contact: CynthiaBeall, 368-2277 (cmb2).

Wednesday, March 5 . . . "Pictures of Childhood Around the World Today," Ann Higonnet. Sponsors: Schubert Center for Child Development, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Department of Art History and Art, Childhood Studies Program and French Studies Program. Lecture Hall, Cleveland Museum of Art, 5 p.m. Contact: Jennifer Neils, 368-4118 (jxn4).

Thursday, March 6 . . . Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture Series: "Electrochemical Measurements at Membrane Nanotubes: Real and Artificial Cell Models of Exocytosis," Andrew Ewing. Visitors welcome for coffee and cookies at 4:15 p.m. 108 Clapp Hall, 4:30 p.m. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3620.

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

Friday, February 28 . . . Public Affairs Discussion Group: "The War Against Anti-Aging Medicine," Bob Binstock. Bring your lunch. Beverages and cookies provided. See Web site for weekly topics. 13 Crawford Hall, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/cps. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

Wednesday, March 5 . . . University Women's Center Book Club: Discussion on the book The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Bring your lunch. 720 Crawford Hall, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/president/uwc/calendar.html. Contact: Rosemary Alexander, 368-2008 (rka2).

Friday, March 7 . . . Public Affairs Discussion Group: "Slavery Reparations: The Case For and Against," William Carter. Bring your lunch. Beverages and cookies provided. See Web site for weekly topics. 13 Crawford Hall, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/cps. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

DISSERTATION DEFENSES

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.

Wednesday, March 5 . . . "Understanding the Role of Race in Physicians' Decision to Prescribe Opioid Analgesic," Joshua Howland Sarver, epidemiology and biostatistics. Advisers: David Baker and Neal Dawson. WG73 School of Medicine, 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, March 5 . . . "DNA Methylation and Gene Silencing in Colon Cancer," Hui Li, molecular biology. Adviser: Sanford Markowitz. W234 School of Medicine, noon.

Friday, March 7 . . . "Passivity Analysis of Interactive Systems Under Sample D-Data Control," Ravi Hebbar, electrical engineering and computer science. Adviser: Wyatt Newman. 210 Glennan Building, 10:30 a.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.

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.

Monday, March 3 . . . Introduction FrontPage, 2-4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 4 . . . Smart Searching for Engineers, noon to 1 p.m.; Virtual Museum Tour, noon to 1 p.m. (Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students).

Wednesday, March 5 . . . Blackboard Overview, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Computer Basics, 4-6 p.m.; E-Journals, 1-2:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 6 . . . MS Access Topics: Queries, 8:30 a.m. to noon.; MS Word for Academic Papers, 1-4 p.m.; Using E-Portfolios, 1-2 p.m. (Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students).

SPORTS

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

Monday, February 27 . . . Women's Tennis vs. Ohio Wesleyan University, 3:30 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.

Saturday, March 1 . . . Women's Tennis @ Hiram College (Doubles) 10 a.m.

Saturday, March 2 . . . Men's Tennis @ Hiram College (Doubles) 10 a.m.

Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8 . . . Men's and Women's Indoor Track UAA Championships @ Brandeis, TBA; Wrestling NCAA Championships @ ONU, 10:30 a.m.

March 7 through 11 . . . Softball UAA Championships @ Altamonte Springs, FL. TBD.

Saturday, March 8 . . . Men's and Women's Fencing, Midwest NCAA Regional, TBD

March 8 through 15 . . . Baseball UAA Championships @ Sanford, FL. TBD.

Sunday, March 9 . . . Men's and Women's Tennis vs. Cleveland State @ Orlando, FL. Noon.

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 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

Monday, March 3 . . . Cleveland Institute of Music Second Master of Music Recital: Marie Thais Levesque, violin. Harkness Chapel, 7:30 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

EXHIBITS

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

March 7 through April 4 . . . Women's History Celebration: "Feminine Trilogy." Sculpture and painting by Ruth Waldman, Jill Ziccardi and Deborah Boardman. Artists' reception: March 21, 5-7 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Mather Gallery, Thwing Center. Contact: 368-2679.

DEADLINES

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

Thursday, March 6 . . . Semi-monthly payroll cut off. 10 a.m.

OTHER EVENTS

Friday, February 28 . . . The Nurses' Ball. Sponsor: 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. 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).

 

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