University Events

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place Dec. 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).

Exhibit
"Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury." Through Jan. 5. Kemper Art Museum, 935-4523.

Films

Thursday, Dec. 4

7 p.m. Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Film Series. Middle East-North Africa Film Series. "Persepolis." Brown Hall, Rm. 118. 935-8567.


Tuesday, Dec. 9

7 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Film Festival. Some Like It Cool Film Series. "Rebel Without a Cause." Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd. 935-4523.


Wednesday, Dec. 10

7 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Film Festival. Some Like It Cool Film Series. "Anatomy of a Murder." Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd. 935-4523.


Thursday, Dec. 11

7 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Film Festival. Some Like It Cool Film Series. "North by Northwest." Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd. 935-4523.

Lectures

Thursday, Dec. 4

Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Predictive Behavior Within Microbial Genetic Networks." Saeed Tavazoie, assoc. prof. of molecular biology, Princeton U. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-2139.

4 p.m. History Colloquium. "Rediscovering Thomas Jefferson." David Konig, prof. of history. (Reception follows.) Eliot Hall, Rm. 300M. 935-5450.

4 p.m. Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies Lecture. "Fact, Fiction and Notoriety: The Art of Reading Ancient Jewish Inscriptions." Jonathan Price, prof. of classics & history, Tel Aviv U. Eads Hall, Rm. 216. 935-8567.

4 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. "Interleukin-10 Overexpression Results in Chronic Macrophage-Mediated Demyelinating Polyneuropathy." Dru S. Dace, postdoctoral research assoc. in ophthalmology & visual sciences. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.


Friday, Dec. 5

7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Women's Health CME Course. Annual Contemporary Women's Health Issues. "Women and Aging: What Is Preventable and What Is Inevitable?" Cost: $160 for physicians, $110 for allied health professionals. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.

11 a.m. Computer Science and Engineering Colloquium. "Spatial 3D Interfaces and Video Games." Joseph J. LaViola, asst. prof. of engineering and computer science, U. of Central Fla. Cupples II Hall, Rm. 217. 935-6160.

11 a.m. Olin Business School Operations and Manufacturing Management Seminar. "Strategic Information Management Under Leakage in a Supply Chain." Manu Goyal, asst. prof. of decision & information technology, U. of Md. Co-sponsored by Boeing Center for Technology, Information and Manufacturing. Simon Hall, Rm. 241. 935-5577.

Noon. Cell Biology and Physiology Seminar. "Imaging GPCR Signaling in Living Cells." N. Gautam, prof. of anesthesiology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6950.

4 p.m. Dept. of Music Lecture Series. "Olivier Messiaen at 100." Hugh Macdonald, prof. of music. Music Classroom Bldg., Rm. 102. 935-5566.


Monday, Dec. 8

3 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Neuro-Oncology Seminar Series. "The Pathology of Pediatric Gliomas." Arie Perry, prof. of pathology & immunology. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 454-8981.

4 p.m. Neurology Lecture. Annual William M. Landau Lectureship. "The View From the Other Side: What Can Film Tell Us About Our Patients?" Gretchen Berland, assoc. prof. of internal medicine, Yale School of Medicine. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-7177.

4 p.m. Physics Seminar. Condensed Matter/Materials and Biological Physics Seminar. "Novel Quantum Criticality and Emergent Particles in Trapped Cold Atom Systems." Kun Yang, prof. of physics, Fla. State U. (3:45 p.m. coffee.) Compton Hall, Rm. 241. 935-6276.

4 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Basic Science Seminar Series. "Cancer Immunoediting: Using Mouse Cancer Models to Guide Us Towards Novel Human Cancer Immunotherapies?" Robert Schreiber, prof. of pathology & immunology. Co-sponsored by Tumor Immunology Research Seminar Series. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 454-7029.

4 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Breast Cancer Seminar Series. "Nanotheranostics for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment." Samuel Wickline, prof. of medicine. Center for Advanced Medicine, Farrell Conference Rm. 2. 454-8981.

5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center Seminar. "Dual Energy Quantitative X-Ray CT Imaging." Joseph A. O'Sullivan, prof. of electrical and systems engineering. (5 p.m. reception.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. 218. 935-7887.


Tuesday, Dec. 9

Noon. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Role of the AP-4 Complex in Sorting of the Amyloid Precursor Protein." Juan S. Bonifacino, cell biology and metabolism, National Inst. of Health. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-3692.

5:30 p.m. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminar. Biophysical Evening Seminar. "Animating the Transport Cycle: The Role of Protein Dynamics in Multidrug Resistance Activity of EmrE." Katherine Henzler-Wildman, asst. prof. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152.


Wednesday, Dec. 10

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Center for the Application of Information Technology Training Workshop. (Continues 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Dec. 11.) "The Politics of IT Project Management." Cost: $1,250; reduced fees available for CAIT member organizations. CAIT, 5 N. Jackson Ave. To register: 935-4444.

4 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. "Neuroprotection and Retinal Ganglion Cell Death in Glaucoma." Cynthia L. Grosskreutz, assoc. prof. of ophthalmol-ogy, Harvard Medical School. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.


Thursday, Dec. 11

Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Lissencepahly: Smooth Brains, Neuronal Migration and Stem Cell Division." Tony Wynshaw-Boris, chief of the div. of medical genetics, U. of Calif., San Francisco. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-2139.

4 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. "Damage to Brain Connections Causes Strabismus in Infants: Human and Monkey." Lawrence Tychsen, prof. of ophthalmology and visual sciences. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.


Friday, Dec. 12

11 a.m. Computer Science and Engineering Colloquium. "Visual Analysis in Computational Medicine: Illumination, Perception and Simulation Applied to the Brain." David C. Brooks, Harvard Neurodiscovery Center. Cupples II Hall, Rm. 220. 935-6160.

11 a.m. Electrical & Systems Engineering Seminar. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Diffusion of Water: Physical Chemistry and Biophysics Meet Radiology." Joseph J. H. Ackerman, prof. of chemistry. Bryan Hall, Rm. 305. 935-5565.


Monday, Dec. 15

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Plasticity of Regulatory T Cells During Infection." Yasmine Belkaid, National Inst. of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Inst. of Health. Moore Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-2763.

4 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. "Neurodegeneration in Glaucoma: From Brain to Retina." David J. Calkins, assoc. prof. of ophthalmology and visual sciences, Vanderbilt Medical Center. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.


Tuesday, Dec. 16

11 a.m. Electrical & Systems Engineering Seminar. "Detection, Estimation and Beamforming for Adaptive Sensor Arrays: Algorithms and Performance." Christ D. Richmond, technical staff, Lincoln Lab., MIT. Bryan Hall, Rm. 305. 935-5565.

And More

Wednesday, Dec. 17

5:30-8 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Art Showing. "Experience the Journey of Hope." Co-sponsored by MedPIC and the Arts as Healing Program. Duane Reed Gallery, 7513 Forsyth Blvd. To R.S.V.P.: 362-3320.

Music

Thursday, Dec. 4

8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Steve Schenkel, guitar, and Ashley Mason, vocals. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.


Friday, Dec. 5

8 p.m. Concert. Concert Choir. Graham Chapel. 935-5566.


Sunday, Dec. 7

3 p.m. Concert. Messiah Sing-Along. Graham Chapel. 935-5566.


Monday, Dec. 8

8 p.m. Concert. Flute Choir. Graham Chapel. 935-5566.


Tuesday, Dec. 9

8 p.m. Concert. Chamber String Ensembles. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-5566.


Thursday, Dec. 11

8 p.m. Concert. Guitar Gala. Graham Chapel. 935-5566.


Friday, Dec. 12

8 p.m. Concert. Opera Scenes. (Also 8 p.m. Dec. 13.) Umrath Hall Lounge. 935-5566.

On Stage

Friday, Dec. 5

8 p.m. Performing Arts Dept. Presentation. Washington University Dance Theatre. "Common Ground." (Also 8 p.m. Dec. 6; 2 p.m. Dec. 7.) Cost: $15, $10 for students, faculty and staff. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

Sports

Friday, Dec. 5

8 p.m. Men's Basketball vs. Hamilton College. Annual Lopata Classic. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.


Saturday, Dec. 6

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


Saturday, Dec. 13

1 p.m. Women's Basketball vs. Fontbonne U. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

3 p.m. Men's Basketball vs. Fontbonne 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.

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.