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Calendar Items from the March 27, 2003, Campus News


SEMINARS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

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).

Thursday, March 27 . . . Musculoskeletal Research Seminar Series: "Tolerance Inducing Strategies in Composite Tissue Allotransplantation," Maria Siemionow, and " Synthesizing Bone Substitutes by Templating Mineralization Within Native Collagen Fibrils," Steven Eppell. NA5-08, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, 4 p.m. Contact: Valerie.Schmedlen@uhhs.com.

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).

Tuesday, April 1 . . . Conversations on Children: "The Psychological Effects of Disasters on Children," Karen Olness. The last in a new colloquia series meant to foster interdisciplinary discussions and relationships among CWRU students, staff and faculty interested in child development. Light refreshments will be provided. Bring a bag lunch. 206 Clark Hall, Baker-Nord Center, 11:45 a.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/schubert/. Contact: Laura Sielen, 368-2414 (lks18).

Wednesday, April 2 . . . "Tape." Film showing followed by panel discussion. Free pizza, popcorn and beverages. Sponsored by the CWRU Center for Women. Strosacker Auditorium, 4-7 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/provost/centerforwomen. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

Thursday, April 3 . . . Work-In-Progress Colloquium Series: "Of Dogs, Darwin and Disney," Patricia Princehouse. 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, April 3 . . . Staff Advisory Council Meeting Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall, 10 a.m. Contact: Kathryn Howard, (kjh2).

LECTURES

Wednesday, March 26 . . . Anesthesia Basic Science Lecture. Speaker: Matthew Norcia. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 4:15 p.m. Contact: Youlanda Ford, 844-5732 (youlanda@uhhs.com).

Thursday, March 27 . . . Department of Biology Lecture: "Integrating Prey Behavior into Community Ecology," Barney Luttbeg. 405 Clapp Hall, 4:15 p.m. Contact: Bethany Pope, 365-3557 (bvp).

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, Baker-Nord Center, 4 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Department of History, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, CWRU Women's Center, and the Flora Stone Mather Alumnae Association. Contact: 368-2625

Tuesday, April 1 . . . Department of Biology Lecture: "How the Spatial Scales of Dispersal, Competition and Environmental Heterogeneity Interact to Promote or Suppress Species Coexistence, " Robin Snyder. 405 Clapp Hall, 4:15 p.m. Contact: Bethany Pope, 365-3557 (bvp).

Tuesday, April 1 . . . German Studies and Department of Modern Languages: "Kafka's Forbidding Truth," Ralf Nicolai. 206 Clark Hall, 4 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/hsty. Contact: Marissa Ross, 365-2380 (mar14).

Wednesday, April 2 . . . The Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies and the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland's Alvin, Lottie and Rachel Gray Center for Jewish Life and Learning present: "A History of Haggadot," Mara Cohen Loannides. Stonehill Auditorium, Jewish Community Center, Mandel Building, 26001 South Woodland Road, Beachwood, 7:30 p.m. Contact: 368-2414.

Thursday, April 3 . . . Conversations with America's Premier Journalists: "What's Next for the Economy and the Markets," Jan Hopkins. 206 Clark Hall, Baker-Nord Center, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/ghariblectures. Contact: Kerry Pohly, 368-2133 (krp4).

Thursday, April 3 . . . Frontiers in Chemistry Lecture Series: "Monitoring Dopamine in the Brain with Microelectrodes During Behavior," R. Mark Wightman. 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, April 3 . . . Department of Anthropology Kassen Lecture Series: "Reproduction, Polygamy and the State: Challenges to Malian Migrants in Paris," Carolyn Sargent. Reception will follow. 201 Mather Memorial Building, 4 p.m. Contact: Kathleen Dowdell, 368-2264 (kjd4).

Friday, April 4 . . . 14th Annual Harvey D. Buchanan Lecture in Art History and the Humanities: "Cardinal Richelieu and 'Contemporary Art': 'Raison d'Etat' and Personal Taste," Hilliard Goldfarb. Cleveland Museum of Art, 7 p.m. Contact: Jennifer Neils, 368-4039.

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

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).

Wednesday, April 2 . . . University Women's Book Club: Discussing the book "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Own Diary 1785-1812" by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Bring your lunch. 720 Crawford Hall, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/president/uwc/calendar.html. Contact: Rosemary Alexander, 368-2008 (rka2).

Friday, April 4 . . . Public Affairs Discussion Group: "On the Homeless in Cleveland," Bill Hahn. 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

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 Fourteenth Street School," James Ellis, art history. Adviser: Henry Adams. 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.

Friday, April 4 . . . "On Flame Propagation of Primary Reference Fuels and Reformer Gas: Implifications of Improving Cold-Start Performance," Yimin Huang, mechanical and aerospace. Adviser: Chi-Jen Sung. Canavin Room, Glennan Building, 1:30 p.m.

Friday, April 4 . . . "Development of High Performance Diamine-based Polybenzoxazines," Douglas Allen, macromolecular science and engineering. Adviser: Hatsuo Ishida. 146 Kent Hale Smith Building, 1:30 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 27 . . . Industry Info Online, 10-11:30 a.m.; Introducing Dreamweaver, 1-3 p.m.

Tuesday, April 1 . . . Introduction MS Access Database, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2 . . . Introduction to SQL, 1-5 p.m.

SPORTS

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

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.

Tuesday, April 1 . . . Baseball vs. Baldwin Wallace College, 3:30 p.m.; Men's Tennis @ Hiram College, 3:30 p.m.; Women's Tennis vs. Hiram College, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2 . . . Baseball vs. Oberlin College, 3:30 p.m.; Men's and Women's Tennis vs. Allegheny College, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 3 . . . Softball vs. John Carroll University, 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 5 . . . Men's and Women's Outdoor Track CWRU Invitational, 10:30 a.m.; Men's and Women's Tennis @ Heidelberg College w/Rose Hulman, TBD.

Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6 . . . Golf @ Kenyon College Invitational (Apple Valley GC), TBD

Sunday, April 6 . . . Softball vs. College of Wooster, 1 p.m.; Baseball @ PSU Behrend, 1 p.m.

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 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.

Friday, April 4 . . . "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." Strosacker Auditorium, 7, 9:30 p.m. and midnight.

Saturday, April 5 . . . "Better Off Dead." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

CONCERTS

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 First Master of Music Recital: Leann Currie, bassoon. Harkness Chapel, 7 p.m. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Saturday, April 6 . . . University Wind Ensemble, Gary Ciepluch conducting. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2:30 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Saturday, April 6 . . . Ensemble LautenKonzert: Music c. 1700. Lisa Rainsong, soprano; Stephen Toombs, lute. Harkness Chapel, 7:30 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Wednesday, April 6 . . . Second lecture recital for the DMA in Early Music Performance Practice: "Time Suspended: The Unmeasured Prelude as a Dissolving Emblem," Vivian Montgomery, harpsichord. Harkness Chapel, 7:30 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

EXHIBITS

March 27 through April 4 . . . Women's History Celebration: Sculpture and Painting by Ruth Waldman, Jill Ziccardi and Deborah Boardman. 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).

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, April 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 . . . Eldred Drama Series: "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde. A dazzling blend of farce and morality, Wilde's romantic comedy about political ambition and sexual intrigue. General Admission, $10; students with ID, $5; adults 60+ and CWRU faculty and staff, $7. Box Office hours noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Reservations may be placed anytime on voice mail. Eldred Hall, 8 p.m. with 2:30 p.m. performances on April 6 and 13. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/thtr. Contact: 368-6262.

DEADLINES

Friday, March 28 . . . Deadlines: 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).

OTHER EVENTS

Saturday, April 5 . . . Saturday Sampler. Admitted high school seniors, get the inside scoop on college survival. Veale Center. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/ugadmis/openhouse.htm. Contact: Diane Feckanin, 368-6570 (dcf8).

 

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