"Photography Thesis Exhibition." Works by grad. students. Opening reception April 17, 6-9 p.m. Exhibit runs through May 16. Mudd Hall.
"Powerful Grace Lies in Herbs and Plants: A Joint Exhibit on Herbal Medicine." Sponsored by Missouri Botanical Garden Library and Bernard Becker Medical Library. Through August. Seventh floor, Bernard Becker Medical Library, 660 S. Euclid. 362-4235.
"The Book Arts in St. Louis: 1898 to 1998." Through May 22. Special Collections, level five, Olin Library. 935-5495.
Midnight. Filmboard Midnight Series. "Broadcast News." (Also April 18, same time, and April 19, 9:30 p.m.) Cost: $3 first visit; $2 subsequent visits. Room 100 Brown Hall. 935-5983.
10 p.m. and midnight. Filmboard Midnight Series. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." (Also April 25, midnight, and April 26, 9:30 p.m.) Cost: $3 first visit; $2 subsequent visits. Room 100 Brown Hall. 935-5983.
4 p.m. Biology seminar. "Functional Integration, Constraint and the Evolution of Phenotypic Stability." Kurt Schwenk, ecology and evolutionary biology dept., U. of Conn. Sponsored by the Graduate Program in Evolution and Population Biology. Room 322 Rebstock Hall. 935-4656.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "The Dynamics of Organic Reactive Intermediates." Barry Carpenter, prof. of chemistry, Cornell U. Room 311 McMillen Lab. 935-6530.
4 p.m. Earth and planetary sciences colloquium. Speaker is Mark Simons, Calif. Inst. of Tech. Room 112 Wilson Hall. 935-5610.
4 p.m. Film/Media Program lecture. "Real Life in the World of Film and Television." Russell Schwartz, exec. v.p. for business and planning, HBO's Independent Productions. Room 325 Mallinckrodt Center. 935-5858.
4 p.m. Political science lecture and convocation. Seventh annual Eliot Memorial Lecture and Honors Convocation. Speaker is Jan Leighley, prof. of political science, Texas A & M, College Station. Room 200 Eliot Hall. 935-5852.
4:15 p.m. Philosophy colloquium. "Of Conspiracy Theories." Brian Keeley, McDonnell Post-doctoral Fellow. Room 110 January Hall. 935-6640.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics Roever Colloquium. "Solution Equations and Differential Geometry." Chuu-Lian Terng, prof. of mathematics, Northeastern U., Boston. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. 935-6302.
Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "How Fertilization Specifies the Dorsal-ventral Axis in Xenopus Embryos." Randall T. Moon, pharmacology dept., U. of Wash. Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-6950.
Noon. Gallery of Art Friday Forum Luncheon Series. "Collecting Prints." Barbara Butts, curator of prints and drawings, The Saint Louis Art Museum. Cost: $15. Gallery of Art. 935-4523.
3 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. Fifth annual Stanley Spector Lecture on East Asian History and Civilization. "The Cultural Foundation of Asian Nationalism." Lucien W. Pye, the Ford Professor of Political Science, emeritus, MIT. Room 110 January Hall. 935-4448.
4 p.m. Mathematics geometry colloquium. "Integrable Systems and Group Actions." Chuu-Lian Terng, prof. of mathematics, Northeastern U., Boston. Room 115 Cupples I Hall. 935-6302.
4 p.m. Music lecture. "Dvorák and the Other Panic of 1893." Michael Beckerman, prof. of musicology, U. of Calif.-Santa Barbara. Room 102 Music Classroom Bldg. 935-4841.
Noon. Molecular biology and pharmacology seminar. "Structure/function Relationship Studies of DNA-unwinding Proteins." Gabriel Waksman, asst. prof. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. Pharmacology Library: Philip Needleman Library, Room 3907 South Bldg. 362-2725.
4 p.m. Biology seminar. Search Candidates for the Tyson Station Manager Position at WU Seminar Series. "The Maintenance of Species Diversity in Temporary Ponds." Bill Resetarits, assoc. prof., Illinois Natural History Survey. Room 212 McDonnell Hall. 935-6706.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Recent Developments in Small Molecule Activation by Low Coordinate Transition Metal Complexes." Christopher Cummins, prof. of chemistry, MIT. Room 311 McMillen Lab. 935-6530.
7 p.m. School of Architecture Monday Night Lecture Series. "The Art, Architecture and History of the Guggenheim Museums: Bilbao and Berlin." (See story)
Noon. Gastroenterology research conference. "A Tale of Two Opossums and a Discussion of Cholesterol Metabolism." Sum Lee, chief of gastroenterology, VA Medical Center, and prof. and chair of gastroenterology, U. of Wash. Room 901 Clinical Sciences Research Bldg. 362-8951.
Noon. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Infectious Disease Drug Discovery." Dennis Schmatz, exec. dir., basic animal science research, Merck Research Labs., Rahway, N.J. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-8873.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Probing Structure and Chemistry of Complex Material with New Solid-State NMR Techniques." Karl Mueller, prof. of chemistry, Penn. State. Room 311 McMillen Lab. 935-6530.
6:15 p.m. Germanic languages and literatures/Committee on Comparative Literature lecture. "Nature as Artist: Monism and Aesthetics Around 1900." Georg Braungart, prof. of German literature, U. of Regensburg, Germany. Stix International House Living Room. 935-5106.
8 a.m. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds. "Ethical and Legal Aspects of Art Care." Rita Basuray, assoc. prof. of obstetrics and gynecology. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 362-7139.
11 a.m. Assembly Series lecture. "Fire With Fire: The New Female Power and How it Will Change the 21st Century." (See story)
Noon. Occupational therapy brown bag research seminar. "A Typology of Environmental Support for Persons with Disabilities." Susan S.L. Stark, instructor, occupational therapy. Room 1502, 4444 Forest Park Blvd. 286-1600.
1:30 Orthopaedic lecture. St. Louis Orthopaedic Society Distinguished Lecturer Series. "Cervical Spondylosis and Myelopathy: Treatment with Anterior Decompression and Fusion." Henry Bohlman, prof. of orthopaedics, Case Western U., Cleveland. Scarpellino Aud., first floor, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd. 747-2803.
4 p.m. Biochemistry and molecular biophysics seminar. "Mutagenesis of Factor VIIa, A Cofactor-regulated Serine Protease." Wolfram Ruf, assoc. prof. of immunology, Scripps Research Inst., LaJolla, Calif. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-0261.
4 p.m. Biology seminar. Search Candidates for the Tyson Station Manager Position at WU Seminar Series. "Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in Desert Tortoises: Impacts of Human Activities." Patrick Lederle, Science Applications International Corp. Room 362 McDonnell Hall. 935-6706.
4 p.m. Physics lecture. "Confessions of an Unrepentant Reductionist: What the Laws of Physics Don't Tell Us." (See story)
6 p.m. Orthopaedic lecture. St. Louis Orthopaedic Society Distinguished Lecturer Series. "Spinal Kyphosis: Diagnosis and Treatment." Henry Bohlman, prof. of orthopaedics, Case Western U., Cleveland. University Club Tower, Brentwood, Mo. 747-2803.
8 p.m. Writing Program colloquium. "Short Short, Prose Poem or Couldn't Finish?" Amy Hempel, Visiting Hurst Professor. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall. 935-7130.
Noon. Genetics seminar. "Progress Towards the Cloning of One Tumor Suppressor Gene Predisposing Women Towards the Development of Cervical Carcinoma." Daniela S. Gerhard, research asst. prof. of genetics and asst. prof. of psychiatry. Room 823 Genetics Library, McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-7076.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. The 39th Joseph W. Kennedy Memorial Lecture. "Trapping Atoms and Other Neutral Particles with Light." Steven Chu, the Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and co-winner of 1997 Nobel Prize for physics, Stanford U. Room 458 Louderman Hall. 935-6530.
4 p.m. Earth and planetary sciences colloquium. "A Geochemical Investigation of Zircons from the Lyon Mountain Gneiss, Adirondack Mountains, New York State." John M. Hanchar, Environmental Research Div., Geochemical Processes, Argonne National Lab. Room 112 Wilson Hall. 935-5610.
4:15 p.m. Philosophy- Neuroscience-Psychology Program colloquium. "Knowledge-based Vision and Simple Visual Machines." Dave Cliff, MIT. Room 215 A and B, Psychology Bldg. 935-5119.
6:00 p.m. Arts and Sciences Century Club Series lecture. "Mars: Exploration and Life." Raymond E. Arvidson, chair of earth and planetary sciences. Room 162 McDonnell Hall. 935-8003.
8 p.m. School of Architecture Monday Night Lecture Series. The Fumihiko Maki Endowed Lecture. "The Capacity for Endlessness." Ben Van Berkel, architect, Van Berkel & Bos Architecture Bureau., Amsterdam. Steinberg Aud. 935-6200.
9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. The Ableson Lecture. "Gene Therapy for Hematopoietic Stem Cells." Robert Parkman, prof. of pediatrics and microbiology, USC Medical School; head, Div. of Research Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.
Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "Intracellular Survival Strategies of Histoplama capsulatum." William E. Goldman, assoc. prof. of molecular microbiology. Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-6950.
2 p.m. Chemistry seminar. The 39th Joseph W. Kennedy Memorial Lecture. "The Study of Polymer Dynamics and Biological Function at the Single Molecular Level." Steven Chu, the Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and co-winner of 1997 Nobel Prize for physics, Stanford U. Room 458 Louderman Hall. 935-6530.
4 p.m. Music lectures. "A Newly Identified Source for ce qu'on Entend sur la Montagne." Paul Bertagnolli, grad. student, music dept. "Seeing Music: Visuality in the Friendship of Carl Friedrich Zelter and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe." Stephanie Campbell, grad. student, music dept. Room 102 Music Classroom Bldg. 935-4841.
4:30 p.m. Managed care symposium. "Future Directions in Managed Care: Academic and Industry Perspectives." (See story)
8:30 p.m. WU Jazz Combo concert. Tietjens Rehearsal Hall. 935-4841.
8 p.m. OVATIONS! Series performance. Senegalese singer and guitarist Baaba Maal and his 12-piece band, Daande Lenol, joined by Griot guitarist Mansour Seck. Cost: $23. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.
6-9 p.m. The 15th annual St. Louis Printmarket gala preview party. More than 25 dealers from throughout the country display prints and other works on paper. Cost for preview: $50; $35 for those younger than 35. (Printmarket continues April 17-19, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Cost: $5; $2 for students.) Proceeds benefit the Gallery of Art. Upper and lower galleries, Gallery of Art. 361-3737.
7:30 p.m. Feminist reading group. Discussion of Audre Lorde's "Sister Outside" and "The Cancer Journals." Open to faculty and graduate students. 6150 McPherson. 935-5102.
11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurtene Carnival. (Also April 19, same times.) (See story on page 6.)
2 p.m. Poetry reading. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project. Midwest launch of project features 15-20 non-poets reading works by their favorite American writers. Sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and in Jefferson City, Mo. May Aud., Simon Hall. 935-7130.
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