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Calendar Items from the March 6, 2003, Campus News


SEMINARS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

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).

Monday, March 10 . . . Neurosciences Journal Club: "A p75NTR and Nogo Receptor Complex Mediates Repulsive Signaling by Myelin-associated Glycoprotein," Jae Ryun Ryu. E609 School of Medicine, noon. http://neurowww.cwru.edu. Contact: Gina Ventre, 368-6252 (glv).

Monday, March 10 . . . Linear and Non-linear Time Series. Sponsor: MSS-ET Program. Second Annual Spring Break Workshop Covering Sixth Sigma Topics. Week long lecture series. Speakers: Harold Haller and Gyorgy Terdik. Registration is required and limited to 16 students. 327 Yost Hall, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: Sharon Dingess, 368-6941 (skd4).

Monday, March 10 . . . Skeletal Research Center Seminar Series: "Cartilage tissue engineering," Jean Welter. 123 Millis Science Center, 4 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/biol/biol.htm. Contact: Debbie, (ddb9).

Monday, March 10 . . . Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series: Presenter: Michael Chan. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m. http://physiology.cwru.edu. Contact: Katie Reese, 368-3400 (kar18).

Tuesday, March 11 . . . Pharmacology Seminar Series: "The Molecular Architecture of Kinase Phosphatase Signaling Complexes," John Scott. W344 School of Medicine, noon. Contact: Jackie Martin, 368-4617 (jxw65).

Tuesday, March 11 . . . Diversity Education Workshop. 13 Crawford Hall, 1-5 p.m. Contact: Tina Filsinger, (bjf).

Wednesday, March 12 . . . Neurosciences Seminar: "Microdomains of Calcium Entry at the Neuromuscular Junction: Implications for Transmitter Release Regulation," Stephen Meriney. E609 School of Medicine, noon. http://neurowww.cwru.edu. Contact: Gina Ventre, 368-6252 (glv).

Monday, March 17 . . . Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series: "Knocking Cytoplasmic Myosin Out, Down and In," Bob Adelstein. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m. http://physiology.cwru.edu. Contact: Katie Reese, 368-3400 (kar18).

Monday, March 17 . . . Neurosciences Journal Club: Speaker: Ling Cheng. E609 School of Medicine, noon. http://neurowww.cwru.edu. Contact: Gina Ventre, 368-6252 (glv).

Tuesday, March 18 . . . Vision Forum: A conversation with Edward M. Hundert regarding the president's vision for the University. Light refreshments will be provided. All SAC committee posters will be displayed. 2 Peter B. Lewis Building, 3:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/president/sac/sac.html. Contact: Kathryn Howard, (kjh2).

Tuesday, March 18 . . . Pharmacology Seminar Series: "Drug Delivery Technology for Cancer Treatment," Jinming Gao. W344 School of Medicine, noon. Contact: Jackie Martin, 368-4617 (jxw65).

LECTURES

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 (pme2).

Friday, March 14 . . . Frontiers in Biological Sciences: "From Mad Cows to "Psi-chotic" Yeast: New Paradigm in Disease and Genetics," Susan Lindquist. Sponsor: Physiology and Biophysics. There will be a reception on 'The Bridge' (fifth floor) immediately following the lecture. E301 School of Medicine, 4 p.m.

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 . . . 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 . . . "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).

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.

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

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).

Wednesday, March 12 . . . Eldercare Resource Group: Karen Vrtunski on the Passport Program. Lounge, Guilford House, noon. Contact: Diane Boyce, 368-4625 (dlb22).

Thursday, March 13 . . . Staff Development Seminar: "Tai Chi for Health," Pat Adler. Bring your lunch. 13 Crawford Hall, noon. Contact: Tina Jurcisin, (tmj).

Thursday, March 13 . . . UWIN2 brown bag information session. 13 Crawford Hall, noon. http://uwin2.asmgi.com.

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. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

DISSERTATION DEFENSES

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.

Friday, March 14 . . . "Metal Ion Interactions in the Active Site of Ribonuclease P," Nicholas Kaye, molecular biology and microbiology. W234 School of Medicine, 2 p.m.

Friday, March 14 . . . "Zonation of Labeling of Lioogenic Acetyl-CoA Across the Liver: Implications for Studies of Lipogenesis by Mass Isotopomer Analysis," Ilya Bederman, nutrition. Adviser: Henri Brunengraber. NOA210 School of Nursing, 11 a.m.

Monday, March 17 . . . "An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Tuberculosis Control Intervention Using High Burden Countries Using Mathematical Modeling: A Case Study in Uganda," David Guwatudde, epidemiology and biostatistics. Adviser: Christopher Whalen. E202 School of Medicine, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, March 17 . . . "SR Protein Function and Regulation During Spliceosome Assembly," Suzanne Furuyama, molecular biology and microbiology. W234 School of Medicine, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 18 . . . "The Focal Adhesion Protein Paxillin is Necessary for the Activation of Focal Adhesion Kinase," Ramon Wade, pathology. Adviser: Scott Vande Pol. 932 Biomedical Research Building, 2 p.m.

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.

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 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).

Monday, March 10 . . . Introduction to Flash MX, 2-4 p.m. Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students.

Tuesday, March 11 . . . Introduction MS Excel, 10 a.m. to noon.

Wednesday, March 12 . . . MS Access Topics: Tables & Relations, 8:30 a.m. to noon; MS Excel Formulas & Functions, 1-4 p.m.

Thursday, March 13 . . . Cascading Style Sheets, 9 a.m. to noon; The Invisible Web, noon to 1 p.m. Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students; Building Course Content Blackboard, 1-3 p.m.

Friday, March 14 . . . PowerPoint Presentation, 9 a.m. to noon.

Monday, March 17 . . . Intro. HTML: Basic Code, 2-4 p.m.

Tuesday, March 18 . . . PowerPoint for Poster Printing, 1-2 p.m. Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students.

Wednesday, March 19 . . . E-mail Filters: Organizing e-mail, 1-2 p.m.; Creating Forms in FrontPage and Dreamweaver, 2-4 p.m.; Copyright at CWRU, 2-3 p.m. Class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students.

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.

SPORTS

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

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.

Tuesday, March 11 . . . Men's and Women's Tennis vs. Wilmington College @ Orlando, FL. Noon.

Thursday, March 13 . . . Men's Tennis vs. Western New England @ Orlando, FL. Noon.; Women's Tennis vs. St. Cloud State @ Orlando, FL. Noon.

Thursday through Saturday, March 13 through 15 . . . Women's Swimming NCAA Championships @ Emory, 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, March 15 . . . Softball vs. Alma College at Capital, 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 16 . . . Softball @ Capital University, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 18 . . . Softball @ Ursuline College, 3 p.m.

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.

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

CONCERTS

Friday, March 14 . . . Cello Recital: Featuring Cleveland Orchestra cellist Brian Thornton. Harkness Chapel, 8 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Wednesday, March 19 . . . Second DMA lecture recital in Early Music Performance Practice: "Hebrew Song in Renaissance Mantua," Anna Levenstein, soprano. Harkness Chapel, 4 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

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).

EXHIBITS

March 7 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.

DEADLINES

Thursday, March 6 . . . Semi-monthly payroll cut off. 10 a.m. Monday, March 10 . . . Mid-term grades due (UG).

Friday, March 14 . . . Last day to nominate a non-faculty employee for the President's Award for Distinguished Service. For the nomination form visit: http://www.cwru.edu/president/sac/committees/presaward.pdf. Return the completed form along with your letter and two additional letters of recommendation to: SAC Staff Recognition Committee, c/o Patsy Harris, Materials Science and Engineering, White Building, LC: 7204. Contact: 368-4230 (pah7).

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

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.

OTHER EVENTS

March 10 through 14 . . . Spring Break.

Wednesday, March 19 . . . Vanguard Individual Retirement Counseling Sessions. Reservations required. 209 Crawford Hall, 8:30 a..m. to 5 p.m. Contact: 1-800-662-0106, ext. 14500.

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.

 

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