"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place at Washington University over the next 10 days. For a full listing of medical rounds and conferences, see the School of Medicine's website at medschool.wustl.edu/events/. For an expanded Hilltop Campus calendar, go to www.wustl.edu/thisweek/thisweek.html.
"Early Modern European and American Art." Through Oct. 25. Upper Gallery, Gallery of Art. 935-4523.
"Magnificent Rome: A 16th-Century View." Through Oct. 25. Lower Gallery 1, Gallery of Art. 935-4523.
"19th-Century American Art." Through Dec. 13. Lower galleries 3 and 4, Gallery of Art. 935-4523.
"The Realist Vision: 19th-Century European Art." Through Oct. 25. Lower Gallery 2, Gallery of Art. 935-4523.
"William Jay Smith: Man of Letters." Through Nov. 24. Special Collections, Level 5, Olin Library. 935-5495.
Midnight. Filmboard Midnight Series. "Blade Runner." (Also Oct. 24, same time, and Oct. 25, 9:30 p.m.) Cost: $3 first visit; $2 subsequent visits. Room 100 Brown Hall. 935-5983.
Midnight. Filmboard Midnight Series. "The Crow." (Also Oct. 31, same time, and Nov. 1, 9:30 p.m.) Cost: $3 first visit; $2 subsequent visits. Room 100 Brown Hall. 935-5983.
Noon. Genetics seminar. "Cell Fate Determination in Zebrafish Neural Crest." David W. Raible, Dept. of Biological Structure, U. of Washington. Room 823 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-7076.
Noon. Vision Sciences seminar series. "Genes and Trabecular Meshwork: New Findings and Novel Tools." Ernst Tamm, assoc. prof., Anatomisches Institute, U. of Erlangen, Germany. Schwarz Aud., First Floor Maternity Bldg. 362-3365.
1:10 p.m. Social work lecture series. "Social Issues Confronting Urban America." Gordon D. Bush, mayor of East St. Louis, Ill., and Clarence Harmon, mayor of St. Louis. Brown Lounge. 935-4909.
2:30 p.m. Thesis defense. "Characterization of N-terminal Fibrillin-1 and -2 Fragments and Identification of Their Interaction With the Extracellular Matrix." Timothy Trask, student, Medical Scientist Training Program. Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-3365.
4 p.m. African and Afro-American studies lecture. "A Conception of Race in African-American Philosophy and Religion." Victor Anderson, prof. of Christian ethics, Vanderbilt U. Room 103 Eads Hall. 935-5690.
4 p.m. Cancer Center seminar series. "Gene Transfer Into Hematopoietic Stem Cells." Arthur Nienhuis, dir., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Third Floor Aud., St. Louis Children's Hosp. 747-0359.
4 p.m. Earth and planetary sciences colloquium. "The Resurgence of Young-Earth Creationism and Its Impact on Science Education." Karen Bartelt, assoc. prof., Chemistry, Science and Mathematics Div., Eureka (Ill.) College. Room 162 McDonnell Hall. 935-5610.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. "Tunnel Number of a Knot." Jennifer Schultens, prof. of mathematics, Emory U. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. (Tea: 4 p.m., Room 200 Cupples I.) 935-6760.
9:30 a.m. Thesis defense. "The Molecular Basic of Opioid Analgesia." Seth Silbert, student, Medical Scientist Training Program. Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-3365.
1:30 p.m. Painting dept. slide lecture. "Will Barnett's 'True Freedom': Abstraction in Theory and Practice." Jackson Rushing III, prof. and chair, Dept. of Art History, UMSL. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-8664.
2 p.m. Mechanical engineering seminar. "Nonlinear Dynamics of Aeroelastic Systems." Earl H. Dowell, J.A. Jones Professor and dean, School of Engineering, Duke U. Co-sponsored by the American Helicopter Society. Room 101 Lopata Hall. 935-6047.
3 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. "Factorization Problem of Birational Maps." Kenji Matsuki, prof. of mathematics, Purdue U. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. 935-6760.
4 p.m. Anatomy and neurobiology seminar. "An ES Cell Model of Early Embryonic Cell Fate Choice." David Gottlieb, prof. of neurobiology. Room 928 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-3365.
4 p.m. Hematology seminar. "Iron Deficiency and Iron Overload: Insights From Anemic Animals." Nancy C. Andrews, asst. prof., Dept. of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hosp., Harvard Medical School. Room 8841 Clinical Sciences Research Bldg. 362-3365.
4 p.m. Geometry seminar. "Counting Arguments for the Tunnel Number of a Knot." Jennifer Schultens, prof. of mathematics, Emory U. Room 199 Cupples I Hall. 935-6760.
4 p.m. Music lecture. "Sacred Conversations." James Primosch, composer and assoc. prof. of music, U. of Pennsylvania. Room 102 Music Classroom Bldg. 935-4841.
4:30 p.m. Architecture Monday Night Lecture Series. Carol Ross Barney, architect, Ross Barney and Jahkowski Inc., Chicago, discussing her recent work. Reception to follow at 5:30 p.m. Room 116 Givens Hall. 935-6200.
Noon-1 p.m. Work, Families and Public Policy brown bag seminar. "The Declining Economic Fortune of American Children." Martha Ozawa, Bettie Bofinger Brown Professor of Social Policy. Room 300 Eliot Hall. 935-6691 or 935-4918.
3 p.m. Math analysis seminar. "Irreducible Lie Group Representation: The Early Results and Constructions." Jean-Pierre Leduc, prof. of mathematics. Room 115 Cupples I Hall. 935-6760.
4 p.m. Biology lecture. "Estrogen Regulation of Cytokine Receptors in Human Bone Cells." Teresa Sunyer, research assoc. in biology. Room 322 Rebstock Hall. 935-6853.
4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Recognition and Regulation in Multidomain Signalling Proteins: Insights From the Structures of Src, SHP-2 and Cb1." Michael J. Eck, asst. prof. of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763.
7 p.m. Architecture Monday Night Lecture Series. "Difference and Repetition." Neil M. Denari, principal, Cor-Tex Architecture, and dir. of Southern California Institute of Architecture. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-4636.
12:10-12:55 p.m. Physical therapy research seminar. "Diabetes, Obesity and the Role of Lifestyle Intervention." Susan B. Racette, research instructor in medicine. Classroom C, lower level, 4444 Forest Park Blvd. 286-1400.
4 p.m. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "Membrane Flow and Cell Polarity, Regulation of Apical and Basolateral Lipid Transport in HepG2 Cells." Dick Hoekstra, prof. of physiological chemistry, U. of Groningen, the Netherlands. Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-6950.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "DNA Nanotechnology." Ned Seeman, prof. of chemistry, New York U. (Coffee at 3:40 p.m.) Room 311 McMillen Lab. 935-6530.
6:15 p.m. Germanic Languages and Literatures and the Jewish and Near Eastern Studies Program lecture. "Home is Each Other, Language is Self: An Excursion Into the Literary World of a Writer Away From Home and in Another Language." Jeannette Lander, author and essayist, Berlin, Germany. Stix International House. 935-5106.
8 p.m. Writing Program reading series. Visiting Poet in Residence Carol Frost, prof. of poetry, Hartwick College, reading from her work. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall. 935-7130.
8 a.m. Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds. "Primary Surgery in Ovarian Cancer." Edward Trimble, head, surgery section, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 362-1016.
11 a.m. Assembly Series lecture. Black Arts and Sciences Festival. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, media psychologist and columnist for Essence magazine. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.
3:45 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Seeking Simplicity in Complex Media: A Physicist's View of Rubber, Glass and Other Random Solids." Paul M. Goldbart, prof. of physics, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Room 204 Crow Hall. (Coffee at 3:30 p.m., Room 241 Compton Hall.) 935-6276.
4 p.m. Assembly Series. Holocaust Memorial/Woman's Club Lecture. "Prosecutions Before the International Criminal Court: Prospects and Pitfalls." Louise Arbour, chief prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.
4 p.m. Writing Program colloquium. "Time and the Lyric." Barbara Jordan, poet, author and teacher at U. of Rochester. Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall. 935-7130.
4 p.m. Russian dept. lecture. "The Nature of Literary Plots." Robert Belknap, prof., Dept. of Slavic Languages, Columbia U. Women's Bldg. Lounge. 935-5517.
4:15 p.m. Philosophy lecture. "Discovering Nature's Indifference." Peter Kosso, assoc. prof. of philosophy, Northern Arizona U. Room 100 Busch Hall. 935-6640.
7 p.m. Architecture Monday Night Lecture Series. Will Bruder, architect, will discuss his recent work. Room 100 Brown Hall. 935-6200.
Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "Getting Into and Out of the Cell Cycle in Budding Yeast." Raymond J. DeShaies, Div. of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-1668.
1:30-3 p.m. Fine Arts Institute workshop. "How Did They Paint That?" Demonstration by Matt Anderson of "Job" painted by Abraham Rittner. Cost: $15. Gallery of Art. 935-4643.
7 p.m. Portrait installation and poetry reading. Portrait of poet Donald Finkel will be installed; reception following. Level 4 reading room, Olin Library. 935-5410.
Events sponsored by the University - its departments, schools, centers, organizations and recognized student organizations - are published in the calendar. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
Calendar submissions should state time, date, place, sponsor(s), title of event or lecture, name(s) of speaker(s), speaker(s) affiliations and admission cost. Mail items to Calendar at Campus Box 1070 or fax to 935-4259 or e-mail (Record_Calendar@aismail.wustl.edu). Submission forms are available by calling 935-4926 and can be downloaded from the Record web site at record.wustl.edu/guide.html.
The deadline for all entries is noon Tuesday one week prior to publication. Late or incomplete entries will not be printed. The Record is printed every Thursday during the school year, except holidays, and monthly during the summer.
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