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March 1, 2002 Vol. 26, No. 23
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Exhibitions

"Max Weber in America and Other Paintings." Werner Gephart, Fulbright Distinguished Chair for German Studies. Through March 31. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 320. 935-7988.

"Selections of Works From the Permanent Collection." Through April 12. Gallery of Art re-opens public exhibition spaces. Gallery of Art. 935-4523.

"Typoetica: Typographic Poetry Broadsides, Kinetic Books, & More." Robert C. Smith, prof. emeritus, School of Art. Through April 26. Olin Library, Lvl. 5, Special Collections. 935-5495.

Film

Wednesday, March 13

6:30 p.m. International Film Series. "Woman in the Dunes." Hiroshi Teshigahara, dir. Sponsored by Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. Ike's Place. 935-5156.

Sunday, March 17

1 p.m. Contemporary French Film Series. "Alice et Martin." Andre Techine, dir. Sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture. Brown Hall, Rm. 100. 935-4056.

Wednesday, March 20

6:30 p.m. International Film Series. "Family." Chen Xihe & Ye Ming, dir. Sponsored by Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. Ike's Place. 935-5156.

Lectures

Friday, March 1

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for Spastic Cerebral Palsy --Update." Tae Sung Park, Shi H. Huang prof. of neurosurgery, prof. of pediatrics, and anatomy and neurobiology, neurosurgeon-in-chief, St. Louis Children's Hospital. Clopton Aud., 4960 Children's Place. 454-6006.

Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "Monoubiquitin as a Signal for Protein Transport." Linda Hicke, asst. prof. of biochemistry and molecular and cell biology, Northwestern U. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-2713.

4 p.m. Music dept. lecture. "Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Outside of the Theatre." Christine Armistead, senior lecturer, music dept. and Allison Felter, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Music Classroom Bldg., Rm. 102. 935-4841.

4 p.m. Neuroscience seminar. "Democracy and Aristocracy in the Mammalian Circadian System." Erik Herzog, asst. prof of biology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 928. 362-7043.

6 and 8:30 p.m. Travel Lecture Series. "The Real World of Western Europe." Rick Howard. Cost: $5. Graham Chapel. 935-5212.

Monday, March 4

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Regulation of Autoimmunity" Nora Sarvetnick, immunology dept., Scripps Research Inst., La Jolla, Calif. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763.

Tuesday, March 5

Noon. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "The Role of Toll Receptors in Regulating the Innate Immune System." Alan Aderem, prof. and assoc. dir., Inst. for Systems Biology, Seattle. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-8873.

Wednesday, March 6

6:30 a.m. Anesthesiology Grand Rounds. "New Insights Into the Pathophysiology of Head Injury and Intracerebral Hemorrhage Provided by PET." William John Powers, prof. of neurology. Wohl Hosp. Bldg. Aud., 4960 Children's Place. 454-8707.

Thursday, March 7

Noon. Genetics Seminar Series. "Genetics and Genomics of mRNA Stability in Arabidopsis." Pamela J. Green, Del. Biotechnology Inst., U. of Del. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

3 p.m. Basic Science Seminar Series. "Combining Bioinformatics and Genomics to Gain Insight into the Etiology of Cancer." Kenneth H. Buetow, dir., NCI Center for Bioinformatics, chief, Lab. of Population Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 454-8566.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. Neil Kelleher, prof. of chemistry, U. of Ill., Champaign/ Urbana. McMillen Hall, Rm. 311. 935-6530.

4 p.m. Neurology lecture. The 45th Annual Robert J. Terry Lecture. "The Human Genome and Beyond." Eric Lander, dir., Whitehead Inst., MIT Center for Genome Research and prof. of biology, MIT. More Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-7043.

6 p.m. Historia Medica Lecture Series. "The American Medical Student: A History." Kenneth Ludmerer, prof. of medicine. King Center, 660 S. Euclid, Medical School Library, seventh floor. 362-7080.

Friday, March 8

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Primary Care Research to Improve Children's Health: A National Response." Mort Wasserman, prof. of pediatrics, dir. of pediatric research in office settings, U. of Vt. College of Medicine, Burlington, Vt. Clopton Aud., 4960 Children's Place. 454-6006.

Noon. Cell Biology and Physiology lecture. The Erlanger-Gasser lecture. "Ion Channels From Bacteria to Brain." Clay M. Armstrong, prof. of physiology, U. of Penn. More Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-6630.

4 p.m. Anatomy and neurobiology seminar. Dr. Gina Turrigiano, asst. prof. of biology, Brandeis U., Waltham, Mass. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 928. 362-7043.

Monday, March 11

10 a.m. Div. of Infections Diseases seminar. "Host Factor Requirements for HIV Assembly: Towards a Mouse Model for AIDS." Benjamin Chen, Whitehead Inst. for Biomedical Research, MIT. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 775. 362-1514.

Noon. Work, Families, and Public Policy Seminar Series. "Games Children and Parents Play: Risky Behaviors and Parental Reputation." V. Joseph Hotz, chair and prof.of economics, U. of Calif., Los Angeles. Eliot Hall, Rm. 300. 935-4918.

Noon. Neurology and Neurological Surgery Seminar Series. "Regulation of Dendritic Development by Neurotransmission." Rachel Wong, assoc. prof. of neurobiology. Schwartz Aud., Maternity Bldg., first floor. 362-7316.

2:30 p.m. Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. "New Challenges and Approaches in Nucleic Acid Purification." Richard Willson, prof. of chemical engineering, U. of Houston. Cupples II Hall, Rm. 100 (refreshments 2 p.m., Urbauer Hall, Rm. 208).

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "The Role of Lymphotoxins in Innate and Adaptive Immunity." Carl Ware, div. of Molecular Immunology, LaJolla Inst. for Allergy and Immunology, U. of Calf. San Diego. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763.

5:30 p.m. Radiology lecture. Sixteenth Annual Daniel R. Biello Memorial Lecture. "Measuring Tumor Response with PET." Steven M. Larson, chief, Nuclear Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York. Sponsored by Mallinkrodt Inst. of Radiology. Scarpellino Auditorium, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., First floor. 362-2866.

Tuesday, March 12

Noon- 1 p.m. Program in Physical Therapy seminar. "Biomechanical Modeling of Indentation Testing and Application in Nonlinear FEA of Diabetic Foot." Dequan Zou, research asst. prof., of physical therapy, and Cara Lewis, doc. student of physical therapy. 4444 Forest Park Blvd. Rm. B108/B109. 286-1404.

Wednesday, March 13

11 a.m. Assembly Series. Thomas C. Hennings lecture. Strobe Talbott, former deputy Secretary of State, author. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.

4 p.m. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics seminar. "Theory and Experiment Meet in the Folding of the Simplest Proteins." Kevin W. Plaxco, asst. prof. of chemistry, U. of Calif., Santa Barbara. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-0261.

Thursday, March 14

11 a.m. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds. "Pathogenesis of Post-transplant Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome." T. Mohanakumar, Jacqueline and William Maritz Prof. of surgery, pathology and immunology. Barnes-Jewish Hosp. Bldg., East Pavilion Aud. 362-6904.

Noon. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Studies of Hepatitis C Virus Replication." Keril Blight, asst. prof. of the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Rockefeller U., New York. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-7258.

Noon. Genetics Seminar Series. "Investigating the Role of the Spindle Midzone in Cytokinesis." John White, U. of Wis., Madison. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

1:10 p.m. George Warren Brown School of Social Work Lecture Series. "Narrative Ideas in Clinical Practice." Jill Freedman, co-dir., Evanston Family Therapy Center, Evanston, Ill. Brown Hall Lounge. 935-4909.

4 p.m. Anesthesiology lecture. The Fourteenth Annual C.R. Stephen lecture. "Genes, Synapses and Long-Term Memory." Eric R. Kandel, prof. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics and senior investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Inst., College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia U. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 454-5572.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. Ralf Warmuth, asst. prof of chemistry, Kan. State U. McMillen Hall, Rm. 311. 935-6530.

Friday, March 15

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "New Trends in Pediatric Cardiology." Russell Hirsch, asst. prof. of pediatrics, div. of pediatric cardiology. Clopton Aud., 4960 Children's Place. 454-6006.

10 a.m. Access to Justice: The Social Responsibility of Lawyers Series. "Biodiversity and the Human Prospect." Peter Raven, dir. of the Mo. Botanical Garden and Engelmann Professor of Botany. Anheuser-Busch Hall. 935-4958.

Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "Patterning and Cell Fate Specification in the Drosophilia CNS." James B. Skeath, asst. prof. of genetics. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6950.

4 p.m. Neuroscience seminar. "Engineering Altered Patterns of Gene Expression and Neuronal Activity in the Mouse Olfactory System." Haiqing Zhao, prof. of molecular biology and genetics, Johns Hopkins U. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 928. 362-7043.

4 p.m. Physics colloquium. "How Do Cells Know Where to Go?" James A. Glazier, dept. of physics, U. of Notre Dame. Crow Hall, Rm. 204 (coffee, 3:30 Compton Hall, rm. 245). 935-6276.

6 p.m. Gallery of Art lecture. "The Way of Zen." Fukushima Keido, Chief Abbot and Zen Master, Tofuku-ji monastery, Kyoto, Japan. Sponsored by the Saint Louis Art Museum, depts. of East Asian Studies, Religious Studies, and Art History and Archaeology. Gallery of Art. 935-4523.

Monday, March 18

Noon. Neurology and Neurological Surgery Research Seminar Series. "Neuronal Processing for 3D Vision: Neurons, Columns, and Perception." Greg DeAngelis, asst. prof. of neurobiology. Schwarz Aud., Maternity Bldg., first floor. 362-7316.

2:30 p.m. Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. "Structural and Physical Consequences of the Processing of Proteins." Todd M. Przybycien, prof. of chemical engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh. Cupples II Hall, Rm. 100 (refreshments 2 p.m. Urbauer Hall, Rm. 208). 935-4988.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Dendritic Cells as Sentinel of the Immune System." Marina Cella, research assoc. prof. of pathology and immunology. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. CBI Seminar. Eric T. Kool, prof. of chemistry, Stanford U. McMillen Hall, Rm. 311. 935-6530.

7 p.m. Monday Night Lecture Series. "Articulating the Everyday." Marlon Blackwell, assoc. prof. of architecture, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Steinberg Hall Aud. (reception 6:30 p.m. Givens Hall). 935-6293.

Tuesday, March 19

Noon. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Parameters of HIV-1 Replication in T Cells with Short Half-Lives." Rahm Gummuluru, research asst. in human biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-0261.

5:30 p.m. Biophysical Evenings Seminar Series. "Water: The 'Ultimate' Biomolecule -- Or Why MRI Works and Is Interesting." Joseph Ackerman, chair and prof. of chemistry. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-0261.

Wednesday, March 20

6:30 a.m. Anesthesiology Grand Rounds. "Hereditary Angioedema." John Patterson Atkinson, Samuel Grant Professor of Medicine. Wohl Hosp. Bldg. Aud., 4960 Children's Place. 454-8707.

11 a.m. Assembly Series. "Is It Natural to Be Moral?" Ursula Goodenough, prof. of biology, author. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.

4 p.m. African & Afro-American Studies Program Lecture Series. "Laying Claim: Dilemmas in the History of African American Art." Sharon Patton, dir. of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Eliot Hall, Rm. 200F. 935-5690.

Music

Thursday, March 14

8-10 p.m. Holmes Jazz Series. Dave Stone Group. Ridgely Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.

Friday, March 15

8 p.m. Acoustic City Concert Series. Pierce Pettis. Cost: $12 in adv., $15 day of show, free to WU faculty, staff, and students. Ike's Place. 935-7576.

8 p.m. Washington University Opera. "Dialogues of the Carmelites." Written by Francis Poulenc. Jolly Stewart, dir., and John Stewart, conductor. (Also March 1, 8 p.m.) Cost: $12, $6 for WU faculty, staff and students. Graham chapel. 935-6543.

On Stage

Friday, March 1

8 p.m. OVATIONS! Series. Pilobolus Too. (Also March 2, 8 p.m., March 3, 2 p.m.) Sponsored by Dance St. Louis. Cost: $25, $13 for students, $20 for WU staff. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

Saturday, March 2

11 a.m. ovations! for young people series. Pilobolus Too. Sponsored by Dance St. Louis. Cost: $7. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

Friday, March 15

8 p.m. OVATIONS! Series. "The Wrath of Achilles." Written by Homer. Aquila Theatre Company. Cost: $25, $20 for WU faculty, staff, and students. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

Saturday, March 16

8 p.m. OVATIONS! Series. "The Tempest." Written by William Shakespeare. Aquila Theatre Company. Cost: $25, $20 for WU faculty, staff, and students. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

Worship

Friday, March 1

11:15 a.m. Catholic Mass. Catholic Student Center, 6352 Forsyth Blvd. 935-9191.

1:15 p.m. Jummuah Prayers. Prayer service. Lower level, Lopata House. 920-1625.

Friday, March 15

11:15 a.m. Catholic Mass. Catholic Student Center, 6352 Forsyth Blvd. 935-9191.

1:15 p.m. Jummuah Prayers. Prayer service. Lower level, Lopata House. 920-1625.

And moreÉ

Tuesday, March 5

Noon- 1 p.m. Toastmasters event. (Also March 19, Noon-1 p.m.) Sponsored by Washington U. Toastmasters for Oratorical Readiness (WUTFOR). 4480 Clayton Ave. Rm. 1140A. 935-6001.

Thursday, March 7

8 a.m. Distance learning course. STD Clinician Course. Presented by St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Ctr. Cost: $90. (Continues Thursdays through April 11.) U. of Mo., St. Louis, Lucas Hall, Rm. 117. To register, call 747-0294.

Tuesday, March 12

6:45- 8 p.m. Twilight Retreat. "Accepting the Truth of Our Humanity." The Rev. John Kavanaugh. (Dinner 6 p.m., opportunity for Reconciliation following the retreat.) To RSVP for dinner, call 935-9191, ex. 203 by March 10.



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