University Events

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place Sept. 4-17 at Washington University. Visit the Web for expanded calendars for the Danforth Campus (news-info.wustl.edu/calendars) and the School of Medicine (medschool.wustl.edu/calendars.html).

Lectures

Thursday, Sept. 4

8 a.m. Cancer Research Lecture. Rena Schechter Memorial Lecture in Cancer Research. "Pancreatic Cancer: Is There any Reason for Hope?" Mace L. Rothenberg, prof. of medicine, Vanderbilt School of Medicine. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-8981.

Noon. Siteman Cancer Center Seminar Series. "Meeting Public Health Challenges in Prevention Research, Practice and Policy." Susan Curry, dean, College of Public Health, U. of Iowa. Goldfarb Hall, Rm. 132. 454-8981.

4 p.m. Chemistry Seminar. "Principles for Amphiphile-Free Water-in-Water Emulsions: Templated Syntheses and Biocatalysis." Yan-Yeung Luk, asst. prof. of chemistry, Syracuse U. McMillen Lab., Rm. 311. 935-6530.


Friday, Sept. 5

11 a.m. Electrical & Systems Engineering Seminar. "Camera-on-Chip: Low Power Sensors for Visual Information Extraction." Viktor Gruev, asst. prof. of computer science & engineering. Bryan Hall, Rm. 305. 935-5565.


Saturday, Sept. 6

8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. School of Medicine CME Course. "Annual St. Louis Critical Care Update." Cost: $65. St. Louis Marriott West, 660 Maryville Centre Drive. To register: 362-6891.


Monday, Sept. 8

8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Center CME Course. "STD Update." (Continues 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 9.) Cost: $75. For location and to register: 747-1522.


Wednesday, Sept. 10

4 p.m. Assembly Series. Mo Rocca. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.


Thursday, Sept. 11

Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Redundancy in Notch Signaling: Quality or Quantity?" Raphael Kopan, prof. of developmental biology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.


Friday, Sept. 12

3:30-5 p.m. Center for the Humanities Symposium. "Little Black Sambo: Children's Literature, Race & a Century of Controversy." (Also 9 a.m.-Noon Sept. 13.) Co-sponsored by University Libraries. Wilson Hall, Rm. 214. Register on-line: library.wustl.edu/units/spec/LBS/registration.html.


Saturday, Sept. 13

7:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Cardiothoracic Surgery & Cardiology CME Course. "Recent Advances in the Management of Valvular Heart Disease: The Present State-of-the-Art in Diagnosis and Intervention." Cost: $40. The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis, 100 Carondelet Plaza. 362-6891.


Monday, Sept. 15

11 a.m. Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Guest Lecture. "Challenging Opportunities in Microbial Forensics." Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, prof. of medicine, U. of Md. School of Medicine. Eric P. Newman Education Center, Seminar Rm. B. 286-0432.


Tuesday, Sept. 16

5:30 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Biophysical Evenings Seminar. "K Channel Molecular Biophysics." Colin Nichols, prof. of cell biology. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152.


Wednesday, Sept. 17

4 p.m. Assembly Series. Elizabeth Kolbert. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.

4 p.m. Physics Colloquium. "Physical Modeling in Biology: Gene Regulation to Plant Development." Eric Mjolsness, computer science-systems, U. of Calif., Irvine. (3:30 p.m. coffee, Compton Hall, Rm. 245.) Crow Hall, Rm. 204. 935-6276.

And More

Friday, Sept. 5

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Institute for Public Health Inaugural Event. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 454-7998.


Friday, Sept. 12

5 p.m. University Libraries Exhibition Reception. "100 Years of Little Black Sambo." Olin Library, Lvl. 1, Ginkgo Reading Rm. 935-5495.

On Stage

Thursday, Sept. 4

8 p.m. "Dance Close Up" featuring Performing Arts Dept. faculty. Annalise Mertz Dance Studio. (Also 8 p.m. Sept. 5 and 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sept. 6.) Mallinckrodt Student Center. 935-6543.


Monday, Sept. 15

8 p.m. Romance Languages & Literatures Play. "Moliere, by Herself." Silvia Kater, performer. Co-sponsored by Performing Arts Dept., international and area studies, women and gender studies and Upstream Theater. Performance is in Spanish. Village House Theater. 935-5175.

Sports

Friday, Sept. 5

5:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Central College. WU/ASICS National Invitational. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

8 p.m. Volleyball vs. Birmingham Southern College. WU/ASICS National Invitational. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.


Saturday, Sept. 6

10 a.m. Volleyball vs. Ohio Northern U. WU/ASICS National Invitational. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

1 p.m. Football vs. Greenville College. Francis Field. 935-4705.

3 p.m. Volleyball vs. Calif. Lutheran U. WU/ASICS National Invitational. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.


Tuesday, Sept. 9

7 p.m. Men's Soccer vs. Principia College. Francis Field. 935-4705.


Friday, Sept. 12

7:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Juniata College. Annual Teri Clemens Invitational. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

8 p.m. Men's Soccer vs. Southwestern U. WUSTL/Fontbonne Classic. Francis Field. 935-4705.


Saturday, Sept. 13

Noon. Volleyball vs. Bethel U. Annual Teri Clemens Invitational. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

5 p.m. Volleyball vs. U. of Wis.-Whitewater. Annual Teri Clemens Invitational. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

7 p.m. Football vs. Westminster College. Francis Field. 935-4705.


Sunday, Sept. 14

1 p.m. Women's Soccer vs. Wartburg College. Francis Field. 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.

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 at recordcalendar@wustl.edu. Submission forms are available by calling 935-4926 or by downloading the PDF found here.

The deadline for all entries is noon on the Thursday seven days before the Record issue date. Late or incomplete entries will not be printed. The Record is published every Thursday during the school year, except holidays, and monthly during the summer.