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Calendar Items from the March 20, 2003, Campus News


SEMINARS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

Monday, March 24 . . . Black and White Women Together Series: Sponsored by the Center for Women. "Work, Money and Our Lives," Dorothy Miller and Mareyjoyce Green. Program will address economic issues. Spartan Room, Thwing Center, 3 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/provost/centerforwomen. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

Monday, March 24 . . . Anesthesia Conference. Speaker: Adam Haas. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 4:15 p.m. Contact: Youlanda Ford, 844-5732 (youlanda@uhhs.com).

Monday, March 24 . . . Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series. Speaker: Brian O'Rourke. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m. Contact: Katie Reese, 368-3400 (kar18).

Tuesday, March 25 . . . Pharmacology Seminar Series: "Pharmaceutical Development of Compacted DNA Nanoparticles: from the Bench to the Clinic," Mark Cooper. W344 School of Medicine, noon. http://pharmacology.cwru.edu. Contact: Jackie Martin, 368-4617 (jxw65).

Tuesday, March 25 . . . Center for Women Meeting. Parlor, Guilford House, 11:30 a.m. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

Thursday, March 27 . . . Biochemistry Seminar: "Assembly of DNA Replication Complexes-The Role of a Proto-oncogene and Transcription Factors," Michael Botchan. Host: Cheng-Ming Chiang. W439 School of Medicine, noon.

Thursday, March 27 . . . Diversity Education Workshop. 13 Crawford Hall, 1-5 p.m. Contact: Tina Filsinger, (bjf).

Monday, March 31 . . . Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series: "Soft metal ion transporters of prokaryotes and eukaryotes," Barry Rosen. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m. http://physiology.cwru.edu. Contact: Katie Reese, 368-3400 (kar18).

Monday, March 31 . . . Neurosciences Journal Club: "Migration of Nerve Growth Cones Requires Detergent-resistant Membranes in Spatially Defined and Substrate-dependent Manner," Christy Butler. E609 School of Medicine, noon. http://neurowww.cwru.edu. Contact: Gina Ventre, 368-6252 (glv).

LECTURES

Thursday, March 20 . . . Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture Series: "SPR Imaging Measurements of DNA, Peptide and Protein Microarrays," Robert Corn. Visitors welcome for coffee and cookies at 4:15 p.m. 108 Clapp Hall, 4:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/chem. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3620 (pme2).

Thursday, March 20 . . . "John Hunter's Museum: Change or Decay?" Stella Mason. Presented by the Dittrick Medical History Center. RSVPs required. Herrick Room, Allen Memorial Library, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Reception to follow in the Powel Room. Contact: 368-6391 (jme3).

Thursday, March 20 . . . Frontiers of Astronomy: "Gas and Galaxy Evolution," Jacqueline Vangorkum. Sponsors: Department of Astronomy, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Cleveland Astronomical Society. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 8 p.m. http://www.cmnh.org. Contact: 231-4600

Friday, March 21 . . . Raymond F. Boyer Lecture Series in Macromolecular Science and Engineering: "Micro-/Nano-Processing of Polymers for Biomems Applications," L. James Lee. 108 Clapp Hall, 3 p.m.

Friday, March 21 . . . "The SLEX Analysis of Multivariate Non-stationary Time Series." Sponsor: Statistics Department. 300 Yost Hall, 3:30 p.m. http://laplace.cwru.edu/general/colloq.shtml. Contact: Sharon Dingess, 368-6941 (skd4).

Monday, March 24 . . . Conversations with America's Premier Journalists: Corporate Corruption and the Collapse of An American Fantasy: the Cases of Andersen, Enron and WorldCom," Kurt Eichenwald. 206 Clark Hall, noon. Contact: Kerry Pohly, 368-2133 (krp4).

Wednesday, March 26 . . . Anesthesia Basic Science Lecture: "Pulmonary Emboli," Matthew Norcia. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 7 a.m. Contact: Youlanda Ford, 844-5732 (youlanda@uhhs.com).

Wednesday, March 26 . . . Schubert Center for Child Development presents: "Physical Punishment at Home: A Question of Children's Rights," Penelope Leach. Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library, noon. Contact: 368-2414.

Thursday, March 27 . . . Chemistry Lecture: "Ribonucleotide Reductases: Radical Enzymes with Suicidal Tendencies," JoAnne Stubbe. Coffee and Cookies at 3:45 p.m. 108 Clapp Hall, 4 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/chem. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622 (pme2).

Friday, March 28 . . . In Celebration of Women's History Month: "Conduct Unbecoming a Woman: Historical Reflections on the Figure of the Difficult Woman: The Libel Trial of Dr. Mary Dixon Jones, Brooklyn, 1892," Regina Morantz-Sanchez. 206 Clark Hall, 4 p.m. Contact: 368-2625.

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

Friday, March 21 . . . Public Affairs Discussion Group: The University of Michigan Affirmative Action Case, Emery Lee and Jonathan Entin. Bring your lunch. Beverages and cookies provided. See Web site for weekly topics. 13 Crawford Hall, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/cps/PADG.htm. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

Monday, March 24 . . . Video on Wheels: "Give 'em the Pickle." Sponsored by SAC Staff Training and Development Committee in partnership with Human Resources. 209 Crawford Hall, noon. Contact: Kathie Dowdell, 368-2644 (kjd4).

Monday, March 24 . . . Neurosciences Journal Club: Speaker: David Kline. E609 School of Medicine, noon. http://neurowww.cwru.edu. Contact: Gina Ventre, 368-6252 (glv).

Friday, March 28 . . . Public Affairs Forum, the Center for Policy Studies and Susie Gharib Distinguished Lectureships in Journalism present: "War and the Economy," Susie Gharib. Bring your lunch. Beverages and cookies provided. See Web site for weekly topics. 14 Crawford Hall, 12:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/cps/PADG.htm. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Thursday, March 20 . . . "American Zodiac: Astronomical Signs in Dickinson, Melville, Poe," Bradley Ricca. Adviser: Gary Lee Stonum. 106 Guilford House, 11:30 a.m.

Friday, March 21 . . . "Testing a Conceptual Framework for Diabetes Self-Care Management," Valmi Delfino de Sousa, nursing. Adviser: Jaclene Zauszniewski. 203J School of Nursing, 10 a.m.

Friday, March 21 . . . "The Fourteenth Street School," James Ellis, art history. Adviser: Henry Adams. Cleveland Room, Thwing Center, 10:45 a.m.

Friday, March 21 . . . "Structure of Alkylamines and Polymers under the Nanodonfined Space of Silicate Galleries," Yuqin Li, macromolecular science. Adviser: Hatsuo Ishida. 146 Kent Hale Smith Building, 1 p.m.

Monday, March 24 . . . "Factors Predicting Outcome and Resource Use of Home Health Patients," Cynthia Struk, epidemiology and biostatistics. Adviser: Duncan Neuhauser. WG73 School of Medicine, 9 a.m.

Monday, March 24 . . . "AFM Compatible Microfabricated Near-Field Microwave Probes for Scanning Microscopy," Yaqiang Wang, electrical engineering and computer science. Adviser: Tabib-Azar. E519 Glennan Building, 10 a.m.

Monday, March 24 . . . "Onterplay of Disorder and Interaction in Electron Gas on Liquid Helium and in Quantum Dots," Damir Herman, physics. Adviser: Harsh Mathur. 408 Olin Building, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, March 25 . . . "Pathways to Trust: A Grounded Theory of Interethnic Social Capital Formation in a Disadvantaged Neighbor hood," Mark Chupp, applied social sciences. Adviser: Sue Pearlmutter. 223 Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 . . . "Discriminating Between Measures of Discrimination: A Comparison of ROC Area to Alternatives," Matthew Karafa, epidemiology and biostatistics. Adviser: Neal Dawson. E202 School of Medicine, 11 a.m.

Wednesday, March 26 . . . "Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Polymerase Fidelity," Edmunds Reineks, pharmacology. Adviser: Anthony Berdis. E501 School of Medicine, noon.

Thursday, March 27 . . . "Dioxygen Reduction with Metal Complexes Containing Redox-Active Ligands," Qiling Cheng, chemistry. Adviser: Frederick Urbach. 123 Millis Science Center, 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 . . . "Customized Benders' Partitioning for Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP) of Thai Small-to-Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)," Rapeepat Techakittiroj, electrical engineering. Adviser: Vira Chankong. 709 Olin Building 9 a.m.

Thursday, March 27 . . . "Study of Particle Retention in Ultrasonically Enhanced Separation Processes," Michael Grossner, chemical engineering. Adviser: Don Feke. 102 Bingham Building, 10 a.m.

Friday, March 28 . . . "Surface Hardening of Austenitic Stainless Steels Via Low-Temperature Carburization," Yan Cao, materials science and engineering. Adviser: Gary Michal. White Building, 1:30 p.m.

Friday, March 28 . . . "Gender and the Forms of Modernism: Dancers and Painters," Patricia Richmond, art history. Adviser: Ellen Landau. 100 Mather House, 10 a.m.

Friday, March 28 . . . " The Construction of BiCultural Identity in African-American Migrant Autobiography," Brenda Smith, English. Adviser: Suzanne Ferguson. 223 Guilford House, 10 a.m.

Friday, March 28 . . . "Evaluation of Bayesian Diagnostic Methods for Hierarchical Data," Guofen Yan, statistics. Adviser: Joseph Sedransk. 327 Yost Hall, 8:30 a.m.

Monday, March 31 . . . "Manipulating the Surface Active and Anticoagulant Properties of Heparin through Amphiphilic Molecular and Polymeric Constructs," Rosita Candida Mintz, macromolecular science and engineering. Adviser: Roger Marchant. 5th Floor Conference Room, Wickenden Building, 2 p.m.

Monday, March 31 . . . " A Chebyshev Pseudo-Spectral Method for 2-D Thermovibrational Convection," Yuan Zhao, mechanical and aerospace engineering. Adviser: Iwan Alexander. Canavin Room, Glennan Building, 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.

Thursday, March 20 . . . Searching the Web: Can you trust? 10-11:30 a.m.; Managing the Desktop, 1-2 p.m.; Introducing Learning Objects, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students.

Monday, March 24 . . . Introduction Windows XP, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Digital Images, 2-4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 . . . MS Excel List Management Tools, 9 a.m. to noon; MS Access Topics: Forms Designs, 1-4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 . . . Blackboard Assessment Tools, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 . . . Industry Info Online, 10-11:30 a.m.; Introducing Dreamweaver, 1-3 p.m.

SPORTS

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

Thursday through Saturday, March 20 through 22 . . . Men's Swimming, NCAA Championships @ Emory, 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, March 22 . . . Softball vs. Denison University, 1 p.m.; Baseball @ Thomas More College, 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 23 . . . Softball vs. Kenyon College, 1 p.m.; Baseball @ University of Rochester, 1 p.m.

Monday, March 24 . . . Men's Tennis @ Walsh University, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25 . . . Baseball vs. John Carroll University, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 26 . . . Softball @ Notre Dame College, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 27 . . . Men's Tennis @ College of Wooster, 3:30 p.m.

Friday, March 28 . . . Baseball vs. Thiel College, 1 p.m.

Saturday, March 29 . . . Men's and Women's Outdoor Track @ College of Wooster Invitational, TBD

Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30 . . . Softball @ Allegheny College Tournament, 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, March 21 . . . "Star Trek: Nemesis." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 22 . . . "Cinema Paradiso." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Friday, March 28 . . . "Welcome to Collinwood." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Saturday, March 29 . . . "Ghost World." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

CONCERTS

Thursday, March 20 . . . DMA Lecture Recital: A Selection of Bartoli Violin Sonatas, Julie Andrijeski, violin. Harkness Chapel, 4 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Saturday, March 22 . . . Chapel, Court and Countryside: Zorgina: I Know That I'm Too Bold, a storybook of the social and musical life of women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Admission: $20. Harkness Chapel, 7:30 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Sunday, March 30 . . . CIM 1st Master of Music Recital: Emma Murley, trumpet. Harkness Chapel, 4 p.m. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Sunday, March 30 . . . CIM 1st Master of Music Recital: Leann Currie, bassoon. Harkness Chapel, 7 p.m. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

EXHIBITS

March 20 through April 4 . . . Women's History Celebration: 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, 4-6 p.m. Contact: 368-2679.

THEATER/DANCE

Thursday through Saturday, March 27 through 29 . . . Footlighters Present: Grand Hotel-The Musical. Tickets: $5 for students, staff and faculty with ID. $7 general admission. Harkness Chapel, 8 p.m. and midnight on March 29 only. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

DEADLINES

Thursday, March 20 . . . Month-end payroll cut off. 10 a.m.

Thursday, March 20 . . . Final day of Grad Fair. http://www.cwru.edu/commencement/fair.html.

Friday, March 21 . . . Last day to submit application and faculty recommendation form to be considered for the Summer Action learning projects in Budapest. These projects fulfill the action learning requirement for the MBA degree. Contact: Todd Lloyd, 368-6992 (tll9).

Friday, March 21 . . . Last day to submit nominations of faculty members to the Hovorka Prize Committee, c/o Office of the President and the Provost, Adelbert Hall, LC: 7001. Attention: Mary Ann Pelot.

Friday, March 28 . . . Removal of previous term "I" grades (UG); Credit/ Audit (G); Class Withdrawal.

Monday, March 31 . . . 2003 Humanism in Medicine Award nominations due. Contact: Jennifer Hawkins, 368-3442 (jxh14).

Monday, March 31 . . . Final day for faculty and graduates to register to participate in commencement. http://www.cwru.edu/commencement.

OTHER EVENTS

Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21 . . . 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, 1-877-209-3138.

Friday, March 21 . . . Chemistry Department Open House: Be a chemistry major! Consider a career in Chemistry and what it can do for you. Pizza and pop will be available. 123 Millis Science Center, 2 p.m. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622 (pme2).

Wednesday, March 26 . . . Farewell reception for Earl McLane. RSVP requested. Gallery, Tomlinson Hall, 4 p.m. Contact: (rsvphr).

 

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