"Joint Faculty Exhibition." Features works by 49 faculty members from the schools of Art and Architecture. Opening reception: 5-7 p.m. Nov. 15. Exhibition runs through Dec. 19. Gallery of Art, upper gallery, Steinberg Hall. Hours: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays; 1-5 p.m. weekends. 935-4523.
"type/script: notebooks: an examination." An examination of the writer's notebook as function and as form. Through Jan. 15. Special Collections, Olin Library, Level Five. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. 935-5495.
All Filmboard movies cost $3 and are shown in Room 100 Brown Hall. For the 24-hour Filmboard hotline, call 935-5983.
Midnight. Filmboard Midnight Series. "Revenge of the Creature," in 3-D. (Also Nov. 9, same time, and Nov. 10 at 9:30 p.m.)
7 and 9 p.m. Filmboard Classic Series. "A Man Escaped." (Also Nov. 12, same times.)
Midnight. Filmboard Midnight Series. "Real Genius." (Also Nov. 16, same time.)
Noon. Genetics seminar. "Germ Cell and Establishment in Drosophila," Paul Lasko, prof. of biology, McGill U., Montreal. Room 823 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-7072.
1:10 p.m. Social work discussion. "Election 1996: Impact on Social Issues and Programs." Speakers: Repps Hudson, coordinator of political coverage, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Peter DeSimone, executive director, Missouri Association for Social Welfare; and Pam Lokken, director, governmental and community relations for WU. Brown Hall Lounge. 935-4909.
3 p.m. Chemistry/physics seminar. "The Disoriented Chiral Condensate," Jorgen Randrup, senior scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Room 241 Compton Hall. 935-6530.
4 p.m. Anthropology seminar. 20th annual Mildred Trotter Lecture. Speaker is Jane Buikstra, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of New Mexico. Moore Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-3365.
4 p.m. Cancer Center seminar. "Switch Between Latency in Lytic Cycle in Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus (HHV8)," George Miller, prof. of epidemiology, molecular biophysics and biochemistry, Yale U. School of Medicine. Third Floor Aud., St. Louis Children's Hospital. 362-9035.
4 p.m. Cardiovascular bioengineering seminar. "Cardiac Diastolic Function," Sandor J. Kovacs, assoc. prof. of medicine and director, Cardiovascular Biophysics Lab. Room 507 Lopata Hall. 454-7459.
4:15 p.m. Philosophy lecture. "Kant's Paralogisms Revisited," Karl Ameriks, prof. of philosophy, U. of Notre Dame. Stix International House. 935-6614.
4:30 p.m. Math colloquium. "Syzygies of Projective Varieties: An Interplay Between Algebra and Geometry," B. Purnaprajna, Oklahoma State U. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. 935-6726.
Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "Upstream and Downstream in Death Agonists," Stanley J. Korsmeyer, prof. of medicine and of pathology. Cell Biology Library, Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-6950.
1-5 p.m. Architecture symposium. "On Global Practice." Session I: "Critical Perspectives." Continues Nov. 9 at 9:30 a.m. with Session II: "Corporate Realities." Steinberg Hall Aud. (See story on page 5.) 935-4636.
1:30 p.m. Immunology thesis defense. "Murine Cytomegalovirus Latency," graduate student Jessica Lynn Pollock. Room 7738 Clinical Sciences Research Bldg. 362-3365.
4 p.m. Anatomy and neurobiology seminar. "Synaptic Mechanisms for Modifying the Cortical Representation of Retinal Images," Andreas Burkhalter, assoc. prof. of anatomy and neurobiology and of neurological surgery. Room 928 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-7043.
4:30 p.m. Math colloquium. "A Connection Between Wavelet Theory and Operator Algebras," David Larson, prof. of mathematics, Texas A&M U. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. 935-6726.
5 p.m. Art history lecture. "The Importance of Being Wholesome in the 1890s," Sarah Burns, prof. of American art, Indiana U. Room 116 Givens Hall. 935-5270.
4 p.m. Immunology seminar. "Dissecting the Mechanism of V(D)J Recombination," David Schatz, Dept. of Immunobiology, Yale U. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-3365.
8 p.m. Architecture lecture. "Architect as Artisan," Steve Badanes, architect. Steinberg Hall Aud. (See story on page 5.) 935-6200.
4 p.m. Diabetes research seminar. "Glucose Toxicity: Paradoxical Effects of Glucose on Insulin Gene Expression," Paul Robertson, director, Division of Endocrinology, Clinical Research Center, and director, Dept. of Internal Medicine, U. of Minnesota. Pathology Library, Room 3723 West Bldg. 362-7435.
6:30 a.m. Orthopaedic surgery lecture. "The Use of Allograft Bone and Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery," Dempsey Springfield, prof. and chief, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, N.Y. Scarpellino Aud., first floor, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. 747-2522.
8 a.m. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds. "Osteoporosis Update: Managing Patients At Risk for Bone Loss," Louis V. Avioli, the Sydney M. and Stella H. Shoenberg Professor of medicine and prof. of orthopaedic surgery. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-7886.
1 p.m. Math talk. "Survival Analysis and Martingales," Dorota Jarosz, graduate student in mathematics. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. 935-6726.
3:45 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Finite Temperature Quark Confinement," M.C. Ogilvie, assoc. prof. of physics. Room 204 Crow Hall. 935-6252.
4 p.m. Assembly Series. "A View From Washington," David Gergen, editor-at-large, U.S. News and World Report, and former presidential adviser. Graham Chapel. (See story on page 1.) 935-5285.
4 p.m. Biochemistry and molecular biophysics seminar. "Correlation Between Motion and Binding in SH2 Domain-phosphopeptide Interactions," Julie Forman-Kay, asst. prof., Biochemistry Research Division, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-0261.
7:30 p.m. Art lecture. Richard Martin, curator, The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-6500.
4 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "The Waning of the Kuomintang State in Taiwan," Thomas Gold, prof. of sociology, U. of California, Berkeley. Room 162 McDonnell Hall. 935-4448.
4:30 p.m. Math colloquium. Roever Colloquium. "Isospectral Deformation Rigidity for Compact Negatively Curved Manifolds," Christopher Croke, prof. of mathematics, U. of Pennsylvania. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. 935-6726.
5:30 p.m. Art history lecture. "The Tyranny of Woman in Late 19th-century France," Patricia Mathews, prof. of art history, Oberlin College. Room 200 Steinberg Hall. 935-5270.
7 p.m. Art lecture. Speaker is Douglas Fraser, an illustrator from Canada. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-8402.
Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "A Novel Family of Intracellular Chloride Channel Proteins," John C. Edwards, asst. prof. of cell biology and physiology and of medicine. Cell Biology Library, Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-6945.
7:30 p.m. Environmental research lecture. "African Elephants: Too Many or Too Few?" Alan R. Templeton, prof. of biology. Room 215 Rebstock Hall. 935-8430.
Registration continues for the following Office of Continuing Medical Education events: "Bipolar Mood Disorder in Clinical Practice" (Dec. 7) and "Contemporary Management of Congestive Heart Failure" (Dec. 7). 362-6891.
8 p.m. Literary reading. "On the Death of Ken Saro-Wiwa: Readings in Recognition of the Nigerian Writer." Midtown Arts Center, 3207 Washington Ave. Co-sponsored by the International Writers Center. 935-5576.
8 p.m. Hillel Center event. Kristallnacht Theater Program. "Prayer After the Decree," a controversial and intriguing play remembering the Holocaust and "The Night of Broken Glass." Written, directed and performed by students. Room 100 Brown Hall. 726-6177.
8 p.m. Fiction reading. Featuring Ursula Hegi, Visiting Hurst Professor in the Dept. of English and author of "The Salt Dancers," "Intrusions," "Stones From the River," "Floating in My Mother's Palm" and "Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories." Hurst Lounge, Room 201 Duncker Hall. 935-5190.
8 p.m. Reading benefit for hunger relief. "The Writers Harvest: The National Reading." West Campus Conference Center. Co-sponsored by the International Writers Center. Cost: $10 for the general public; $5 for students. (See story on page 7.) 935-5576.
9 a.m.-noon. Book arts workshop. "Make a Family Video Album." Bring your videocamera. Room 104 Bixby Hall. Cost: $40. 935-4643.
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