University Events

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place Nov. 29-Dec. 13 at Washington University. Visit the Web for expanded calendars for the Danforth Campus (webevent.wustl.edu) and the School of Medicine (medschool.wustl.edu/calendars.html).

Exhibits
"Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture." Nov. 16 through Jan. 28. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.

"Carmon Colangelo: Prints." A body of work by Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Collaboration in the Arts. Through January. Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, 520 S. Euclid Ave., Lvl. 2. 747-3284.

"Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker & The Women's Magazine, 1940-1960." Nov. 16 through Jan. 28. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.

Film

Tuesday, Dec. 4

7 p.m. Iconic Blonde Film Festival. (Also 7 p.m. Dec. 5 & 6.) Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd. 935-4523.

Lectures

Thursday, Nov. 29

8 a.m. Cancer Research Lecture. Rena Schechter Memorial Lecture in Cancer Research. "Genotype Based Treatment of NSCLC: 2007." Thomas Lynch, assoc. prof. of medicine, Harvard Medical School. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-8981.

Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Germ Cell Specification and Regeneration in Planarians." Phillip A. Newmark, assoc. prof. of genomic biology, U. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar Series. "Inventing New Ways to Control Neurons With Light." Richard Kramer, assoc. prof. of neurobiology, U. of Calif., Berkeley. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.

8 p.m. The Writing Program Reading Series. Kathleen Finneran, author, will read from her work. Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. 935-7130.


Friday, Nov. 30

7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Women's Health CME Course. Contemporary Women's Health Issues. "Providing Care for the Obese Woman: Advances in Therapy & Ongoing Challenges." Cost: $135 for physicians, $85 for allied health professionals. Charles F. Knight Center. To register: 362-6891.

11 a.m. Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. Richard Flagan, prof. of chemical engineering, Calif. Inst. of Technology. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Rho GTPases and Leukocyte Transendothelial Migration." Keith W.T. Burridge, prof. of cell & development biology, The U. of N.C. at Chapel Hill. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6630.

5 p.m. Arts Forum. "Collecting Meso-American Art and Artifacts." Matthew Robb, fellow in Pre-Columbian Art. Kemper Art Museum, Rm. 103. 935-4523.


Saturday, Dec. 1

7:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Cardiovascular Disease CME Course. "Congestive Heart Failure Update." Cost: $75. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.


Monday, Dec. 3

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Center for the Application of Information Technology Workshop. "The Business-IT Partnership: Delivering Business Results." Cost: $905; reduced fees available for CAIT member organizations. CAIT, 5 N. Jackson Ave. To register: 935-4444.

Noon. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology Seminar. "Modulation of GABA-A Receptors by Steroid Analogues With Novel Ring Structures." Douglas Covey, prof. of molecular biology & pharmacology. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 747-3339.

Noon. Work, Families and Public Policy Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Marriage, Commitment, and Investment in Human Capital." Robert A. Pollak, prof. of economics. Eliot Hall, Rm. 300. 935-4918.

4 p.m. Immunology Seminar. "Epithelial-mesenchymal Interactions During Wound Healing in the Mouse Intestine." Thaddeus Stappenbeck, asst. prof. of pathology & immunology. Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Connor Auditorium. 362-2763.

5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhythmia Center Seminar. "New Techniques for Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias." Mitchell N. Faddis, asst. prof. of medicine. (5 p.m. reception.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. 218. 935-7887.

6:30 p.m. Architecture Lecture Series. Steve Badanes, Chair, College of Architecture & Urban Planning, U. of Wash. (6 p.m. reception, Givens Hall.) Steinberg Aud. 935-9300.


Tuesday, Dec. 4

Noon. Program in Physical Therapy Research Seminar. "Nature and Treatment of Sports-Related Concussion." Robert Fucetola, assoc. prof. of neurology. 4444 Forest Park Blvd., Lower Lvl., Rm. B108. 286-1404.

3 p.m. East Asian Studies Lecture. "Visual Modernity in China, 1880s-1930s." Laikwan Pang, assoc. prof. of cultural studies, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong. Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. 935-4448.

5:30 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Biophysical Evenings Seminar. "BK Channel Inactivation: Biophysics Provides Physiological Insights." Christopher Lingle, prof. of anesthesiology. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152.


Wednesday, Dec. 5

Noon. Infectious Diseases Lecture. "Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection and Disease Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Men." Peter Chin-Hong, asst. prof. of medicine, U. of Calif., San Francisco. (11:45 a.m., box lunch.) Barnes-Jewish Hosp. Bldg., East Pavilion Aud. R.S.V.P. to 454-8276.

4 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Seminar. "Dynamics and Conformational Changes in a Membrane Transport Protein: Applications of Site-Directed Spin Labeling." David Cafiso, prof. of chemistry, U. of Va. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152.


Thursday, Dec. 6

Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Maternal-Effects and the BMPs of Vertebrate Development." Mary C. Mullins, assoc. prof. of cell & developmental biology, U. of Pa. School of Medicine. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

4 p.m. History Colloquium. "The Strange Career of Evolutionary Anthropology." Howard Brick, prof. of history. (Reception follows.) Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. 935-5450.

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar Series. "Transcriptional Regulatory Networks Controlling Cell Fate, Proliferation and Differentiation in the Developing Vertebrate Nervous System." Kristen L. Kroll, assoc. prof. of molecular biology & pharmacology. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.


Friday, Dec. 7

11 a.m. Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. "13C-Based Metabolic Flux Analysis of Environmental Microorganisms." Y. Tang, postdoctoral fellow, U. of Calif., Berkeley. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Reverse Interactomics: Decoding Protein-Protein Interaction Through Combinatorial Chemistry." Dehua Pei, prof. of chemistry, The Ohio State U. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6950.


Monday, Dec. 10

11 a.m. Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Guest Lecture. "Ethics and Epidemics." Matthew K. Wynia, dir., Inst. for Ethics, American Medical Association. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Holden Case Study Rm. 286-0432.

Noon. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology Seminar. "Role of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Cardiovascular Physiology." Peter Crawford, asst. prof. of medicine. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 747-3339.

4 p.m. Immunology Seminar. "Calcium Signaling in Cells of the Immune System: Therapeutic Implications." Jean-Pierre Kinet, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Connor Auditorium. 362-2763.

4 p.m. Physics Seminar. "Simulations of Clathrate Hydrate Structure and Dynamics with Applications to Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration." Saman Alavi, U. of Ottawa. (3:45 p.m. coffee.) Compton Hall, Rm. 241. 935-6276.

5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhythmia Center Seminar. "Medical Imaging: Past, Present and Future." R. Gilbert Jost, prof. of radiology. (5 p.m. reception.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. 218. 935-7887.


Tuesday, Dec. 11

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Center for the Application of Information Technology Workshop. "The Politics of IT Project Management." Cost: $1,210; reduced fees available for CAIT member organizations. (Also Dec. 12, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.) CAIT, 5 N. Jackson Ave. To register: 935-4444.


Wednesday, Dec. 12

8:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Center for the Application of Information Technology Forum. "Taking a User-Centered Approach to Customer Self-Service." Features Carol Righi, dir. of user experience, Perficient. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 935-4444.

4 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Seminar. "Force-induced DNA-ligand Interactions: From Small Molecule Binding to HIV Replication." Mark C. Williams, assoc. prof. of physics, Northeastern U. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152.

5:30 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Gallery Talk. "Spotlight: Eliasson." Meredith Malone, asst. curator. Kemper Art Museum, Rm. 104. 935-4523.


Thursday, Dec. 13

Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Genomic Analysis of Transcription Factors and cis Regulatory Elements: Regulatory Codes in DNA." Martha L. Bulyk, asst. prof. of medicine, Harvard Medical School. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

3 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Basic Science Seminar Series. Joe E. Gray, Division Dir., Life Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 454-7029.

Music

Thursday, Nov. 29

7 p.m. Concert. Jazz Combo. Recital Hall, 560 Trinity Ave. 935-4841.


Saturday, Dec. 1

4 p.m. Concert. Chamber Winds. Recital Hall, 560 Trinity Ave. 935-4841.


Wednesday, Dec. 5

8 p.m. Student Recital. Graham Chapel. 935-4841.


Thursday, Dec. 6

8 p.m. Concert. Guitar Gala. Graham Chapel. 935-4841.

8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Kim Portnoy, piano. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.


Saturday, Dec. 8

3 p.m. Concert. Charlotte Fong, piano. E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Trinity Ave. 935-4841.

7:30 p.m. Concert. Concert Choir. Graham Chapel. 935-4841.


Sunday, Dec. 9

3 p.m. Concert. Messiah Sing-Along. Graham Chapel. 935-4841.

8 p.m. Faculty Recital. Bill Lenihan, guitar. E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 560 Trinity Ave. 935-4841.


Monday, Dec. 10

8 p.m. Concert. Flute Choir. Graham Chapel. 935-4841.


Tuesday, Dec. 11

8 p.m. Concert. Chamber Ensembles. Graham Chapel. 935-4841.


Wednesday, Dec. 12

8 p.m. Concert. Jazz Band. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.


Thursday, Dec. 13

8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Tom Byrne, guitar. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.

On Stage

Friday, Nov. 30

8 p.m. Performing Arts Dept. Presentation. "rEvolutions." (Also 8 p.m. Dec. 1; 2 p.m. Dec. 2.) Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

Sports

Friday, Nov. 30

8 p.m. Men's Basketball vs. Earlham College. Lopata Classic. (Also 6 p.m. Dec. 1.) Athletic Complex. 935-4705.


Saturday, Dec. 8

3 p.m. Men's Basketball vs. Ill. Wesleyan U. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

For a full listing of medical rounds and conferences, see the School of Medicine's Web site. Also, for more events, please see the expanded Danforth Campus calendar Web site.

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.

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