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Calendar Items from the April 3, 2003, Campus News


SEMINARS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

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).

Thursday, April 3 . . . Biochemistry Seminar: "Two Yeast RNA Polymerase Complexes: One Nuclear, the Other Mitochondrial," Judith Jaehning. Host: Cheng-Ming Chiang. W439 School of Medicine, noon. Contact: Sakeenah Bari-Harold, 368-3334 (kjh2).

Friday, April 4. . . Department of Mathematics Seminar: "Mathematical Problems Arising from a Model for Unorthodox Crystals," Victor Mizel. 300 Yost Hall, 2:30 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/artssci/math/seminar.html. Contact: Diane Robinson, (drr).

Friday, April 4 . . . Civil Engineering Seminar Series: "Structure and Function of Environmental Biofilms," Kimberly Gray. 103 Bingham Building, 3:30 p.m. http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/kls23/2003ECIV_Seminar_Series.html. Contact: Karen Skubal, 368-6938 (skubal).

Monday, April 7 . . . Anesthesia Conference: Speaker: David Dininny. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 4:15 p.m. Contact: Youlanda Ford, 844-5732 (youlanda@uhhs.com).

Monday, April 7 . . . The Louis Stokes Leadership Symposium on Social Issues and the Community: "A Call to Action for Affirmative Action," Rep. John Conyers Jr. from the 14th District of Michigan. Sponsored by the Office of the President and Provost. Reception immediately following in the 1914 Lounge. Ballroom, Thwing Center, 5 p.m. Contact: (symposium).

Monday, April 7 . . . Physiology and Biophysics Seminar Series: Speaker: Allen Taylor. E531 School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m. http://physiology.cwru.edu. Contact: Katie Reese, 368-3400 (kar18).

Tuesday, April 8 . . . Neurosciences and Biology Seminar: "The Intrinsic Function of a Neuronal Network: From Ion Channels to Motor Behavior," Sten Grillner. Frohring Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building, 4:15 p.m. Contact: Bethany Pope, 368-3557 (bvp).

Wednesday, April 9 . . . Frontiers in Biological Sciences: "The TOR (Target of Rapamycin) Signaling Pathways Links Translation Initiation and Cancer," Nahum Sonnenberg. Sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry. E301 School of Medicine, 4 p.m. Contact: Sakeenah Bari-Harold, 368-3334 (bvp).

Wednesday, April 9 . . . Neurosciences Seminar: "Synaptic Transmission: From Stem Cells to Mature Synapses," Michael Finley. E609 School of Medicine, noon. http://neurowww.cwru.edu. Contact: Gina Ventre, 368-6252 (glv).

Thursday, April 10 . . . Chemistry Colloquium: "Diruthenium Metallaynes: Monomers, Dimers and Oligomers?" Tong Ren. Visitors welcome for coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m. 108 Clapp Hall, 4 p.m. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622.

Friday, April 11 . . . Black and White Women Together Discussion Series: "Bonds and Issues in Friendships" will feature three duos of women friends discussing their interracial friendships. Sponsored by the CWRU Center for Women. 320B/C, Mandel School of Applied Social Science, 3 p.m. http://www.cwru.edu/provost/centerforwomen. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

Friday, April 11 . . . Civil Engineering Seminar Series: "History and Future of Our Built Infrastructure," Henry Petroski. 103 Bingham Building, 3:30 p.m. http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/kls23/2003ECIV_Seminar_Series.html. Contact: Karen Skubal, 368-6938 (skubal).

Saturday, April 12 . . . Copyright Town Hall Meeting. Speakers to include artists, lawyers and academics from around the United States. Co-sponsored by the Center for Law, Technology and the Arts, Cleveland Museum of Art, National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH), Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association and Americans for the Arts. $50 fee for CLE credit. Cleveland Museum of Art, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. http://ninch.org/copyright/cleveland.html#agenda. Contact: Alice Simon, 368-3304 (ams45).

LECTURES

Thursday, April 3 . . . Conversations with America's Premier Journalists: Speaker: Regina Brett. 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.

Monday, April 7 . . . IGERT Neuromechanics Special Lecture: "An Experimental and Computational Analysis of the Neuronal Networks Underlying Locomotion-From Ion Channels to neuromechanical Simulations," Sten Grillner. 312 DeGrace Hall, 12:30 p.m. http://neuromechanics.cwru.edu/announce.htm. Contact: Al Pollack, 368-3691 (ajp3).

Tuesday, April 8 . . . The Sumner Canary Lecture: "University Governance in the Enron Era," Jose Cabranes. Reception following lecture. One hour of CLE credit will be available. A59, Moot Court Room, School of Law, 4:45 p.m. http://www.law.cwru.edu. Contact: Office of Development and Public Affairs, 368-3308 (lawlaumni).

Wednesday, April 9 . . . Anesthesia Basic Science Lecture: "Pulmonary Function Testing," Dennis Fitzpatrick. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 7 a.m. Contact: Youlanda Ford, 844-5732 (youlanda@uhhs.com).

Wednesday, April 9 . . . History Associates Program: "The Last French Slave," Gillian Weiss. 206 Clark Hall, Baker-Nord Center, 4:30 p.m. Contact: 368-2380.

Thursday, April 10 . . . Conversations with America's Premier Journalists: "What are You Willing to Pay for Knowledge? Is Animal Research Necessary?" Deborah Blum. Last lecture in the Gharib Distinguished Lectureships in Journalism Spring 2003 Series. 206 Clark Hall, Baker-Nord Center, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/ghariblectures. Contact: Kerry Pohly, 368-2133 (krp4).

Friday, April 11 . . . Raymond F. Boyer Lecture Series in Macromolecular Science and Engineering: "Reverse-Selective Nanocomposite Gas Separation Membrane Materials," Benny Freeman. 108 Clapp Hall, 3 p.m.

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

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).

Friday, April 11 . . . Public Affairs Discussion Group: "How 9/11 could or should affect attitudes towards technology," Miriam Levin. 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, April 4 . . . "On Flame Propagation of Primary Reference Fuels and Reformer Gas: Implifications of Improving Cold-Start Performance," Yimin Huang, mechanical and aerospace engineering. 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.

Monday, April 7 . . . "Biophysical Studies of Abri Peptide Associated with Familial British Dementia," Rekha Srinivasan, chemistry. Adviser: Michael Zagorski 123 Millis Science Center, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, April 8 . . . "The Frontal Lobes: The Neural Mechanism of Social Cognition in Adolescence," Angela Hein Ciccia, communication sciences. Adviser: Lyn Turkstra. 414 Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 9 . . . "Identification of Susceptibility Genes for Cancer in a Whole Genome Scan Utilizing Novel Phenotypes with the Assumption of Genetic Heterogeneity," Denise Daley, epidemiology and biostatistics. Adviser: Robert Elston. R258, Second Floor Conference Room, Rammelcamp Center for Education, MetroHealth Medical Center, noon.

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, April 8 . . . Blackboard Overview, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Computer Basics, 3-5 p.m. (class meets in LL06 and is limited to 10 students).

Thursday, April 10 . . . MS Excel Managing Workbook, 9 a.m. to noon; MS Word: Tables, Columns, Graphics, & Drawing, 1-4 p.m.

SPORTS

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

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 4 and 5 . . . 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.

Monday, April 7 . . . Softball @ Mount Union College, 3:30 p.m.; Women's Tennis @ Baldwin Wallace College, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 8 . . . Baseball @ John Carroll University, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 9 . . . Baseball vs. Kenyon College, 1 p.m.; Softball vs. Thiel College, 4 p.m.;

Thursday, April 10 . . . Men's Tennis vs. John Carroll University, 3:30 p.m.

Friday, April 11 . . . Women's Tennis vs. Notre Dame College (OH) 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 12 . . . Men's and Women's Outdoor Track @ Mount Union College Invitational, TBD

Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13 . . . Golf @ Denison Invitational (Granville CC), TBD

Saturday, April 12 . . . Baseball @ University of Chicago, 1 p.m.; Softball @ Thomas More College, 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 13 . . . Baseball @ University of Chicago, 11 a.m.; Softball @ Marietta 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, April 4 . . . "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight.

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

Friday, April 11 . . . "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Saturday, April 12 . . . "Camelot." Strosacker Auditorium, 7 p.m.

CONCERTS

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).

Wednesday, April 9 . . . Cleveland Youth Wind Symphonies I and II with Mentor Wind Symphony, Gary Ciepluch, conducting. Mentor Fine Arts Center, Mentor High School, 3 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Wednesday, April 9 . . . Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony II with CSU Orchestra, Gary Ciepluch, conducting. Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, 7 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Friday April 11 . . . Concerto Competition. Kathleen Horvath, director. Members of the CWRU Chamber Orchestra compete for solo parts in upcoming concerts. Harkness Chapel, 2 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

Saturday, April 12 . . . Chapel, Court and Countryside: The Marion Verbruggen Ensemble presents "Golden Baroque." Admission: $20. Harkness Chapel, 7:30 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu. Contact: Pam Mittelstadt, 368-2400 (pdm3).

EXHIBITS

April 11 through May 19 . . . "Landscape and Portrait" paintings by Patricia Rohrbacher. Artists' reception: Friday, April 11, 5-7 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Mather Gallery, Thwing Center. Contact: 368-2679.

THEATER/DANCE

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.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 10, 11 and 12 . . . Mather Dance Collective Performance. Ensemble featuring undergraduate dancers, members of the community and students with a wide range of majors and backgrounds. Tickets at the door $3. No reservation required. Mather Dance Center, 8 p.m. with additional 7 p.m. performance on April 12. http://dance.cwru.edu.

DEADLINES

Monday, April 7 . . . Semi-monthly payroll cut off. 10 a.m.

OTHER EVENTS

Thursday, April 3 . . . Mandel Center Information Session: Learn about graduate programs in nonprofit management. Guildford House, 5:30 p.m. http://cwru.edu/mandelcenter. Contact: Rebecca Zirm, 368-6025 (admissions@mcno.cwru.edu).

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).

Monday, April 7 . . . Open registration for fall classes begins.

Tuesday, April 8 . . . Reception to welcome Ralph Horwitz. Please RSVP and specify event. Hovorka Atrium, Agnar Pytte Center for Science Education and Research, 4:30 p.m. Contact: 368-2104, (rsvp).

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 9, 10 and 11 . . . CWRU Views: Weekday visit days for admitted high school seniors. Seniors are able to visit classes, meet with faculty, have lunch in the dining hall, and stay overnight with a current CWRU student. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact: Diane Feckanin, 368-6570 (dcf8).

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 9, 10 and 11 . . . 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.

Thursday, April 10 . . . U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Session. Four cases of about 30 minutes each will be heard. Sponsored by the Center for Law, Technology and the Arts. A59, Moot Court Room, School of Law, 9:30 a.m. http://lawwww.cwru.edu/academic/Ita/events.htm. Contact: Alice Simon, 368-3304 (ams45).

 

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