"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place Oct. 29-Nov. 11 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).

Exhibits
"Chance Aesthetics." Through Jan. 4. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.

"Metabolic City." Through Jan. 4. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.

Films

Thursday, Oct. 29

5 p.m. Center for the Study of Ethics & Human Values Film. "The Cats of Mirikitani." Part of "Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy" series. Danforth University Center, Rm. 276. For information: humanvalues.wustl.edu.

7 p.m. Japanese Film Series. "Family Game." McMillan Hall, Rm. 149. 935-5110.


Thursday, Nov. 5

7 p.m. Korean Film Series. "Sunny." Lee Jun-ik, dir. Seigle Hall, Rm. L004. 935-5110.


Monday, Nov. 9

7 p.m. Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures Middle East-North Africa Film Series. "The Secret of the Grain." (Discussion to follow.) Seigle Hall, Rm. L006. 935-5110.

Lectures

Thursday, Oct. 29

7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Ob/Gyn CME Course. "Annual Symposium on Obstetrics and Gynecology." (Continues 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 30.) Cost: $395 for physicians, $300 for allied health professionals. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.

7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Thoracic Surgery CME Course. "Contemporary General Thoracic Surgery." (Continues 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 30.) Cost: $475, $325 for allied health professionals. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Our Community, Our Health Conference. "Community-Academic Partnerships to Reduce Health Disparities in St. Louis." Co-sponsored by Inst. of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Center for Health Policy, Inst. for Public Health and Saint Louis U. (Continental breakfast and lunch provided.) Emerson Center, Harris Stowe State U. 362-9829.

Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Engineering Artificial Nucleases for Targeted Genomic Manipulation." Scot A. Wolfe, assoc. prof. of biochemistry and molecular pharma-cology, U. of Mass. Medical School. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

4 p.m. McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences Colloquium. Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Series. "The Deep History of Life." Andrew H. Knoll, prof. of natural history and earth & planetary sciences, Harvard U. (3:30 p.m. coffee, Compton Hall, Rm. 245.) Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-6276.

4 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. "Retinal Neuroprotection by Erythropoietin." Guo-Tong Xu, prof., Shanghai Inst. for Biological Sciences. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.

5:30 p.m. Assembly Series. Chimes Junior Honorary. Francis G. Slay, mayor of St. Louis. Danforth University Center, Tisch Commons. 935-5285.


Friday, Oct. 30

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "The Role of Autophagy Genes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease." Thaddeus Stappenbeck, asst. prof. of pathology and immunology. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

11 a.m. Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. Cox Lecture I-CARES Distinguished Speaker Series. "Synthetic Biology for Synthetic Chemistry: From Bugs to Drugs and Fuels." Jay Keasling, prof. of chemical engineering, U. of Calif., Berkeley. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Lecture. "Distinct Roles for the Actin Nucleators Arp2/3 and hDia1 During NK-Mediated Cytotoxicity." W. Boyd Butler, postdoctoral research assoc. in cell biology & physiology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6950.

4 p.m. Dept. of Music Lecture Series. "Stranger Than Fiction: Convention, Collaboration and Credibility in Billie Holiday's 'Lady Sings the Blues.'" Maya Gibson, postdoctoral fellow, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Music Classroom Bldg., Rm. 102. 935-5566.

7 p.m. McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences Colloquium. Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Series. "Mars as the Abode of Life?" Andrew H. Knoll, prof. of natural history and earth & planetary sciences, Harvard U. Lab. Sciences Bldg., Rm. 300. 935-6276.


Saturday, Oct. 31

10 a.m. Physics Saturday Science Lecture Series. "Radio and Gamma-Ray Observations of Supermassive Black Holes." Henric Krawczynski, assoc. prof. of physics. Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-6276.


Monday, Nov. 2

11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. I-CARES Symposium. "America's Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities." (Reception follows, Danforth University Center.) Simon Hall, May Aud. Reservations required: wustl.edu/energyfuture.

Noon. Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute Lecture. "Can International Justice Meet the Demand for Accountability?" Stephen Rapp, ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 305. 935-7988.

Noon. Work, Families and Public Policy Brown Bag Seminar Series. "The Proximity of Adult Children to Their Parents: Description, Correlates and Some Theory." Robert Pollak, prof. of economics. Seigle Hall, Rm. 348. 935-4918.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Functional Diversity of Non Lymphoid Tissue DCs." Miriam Merad, assoc. prof. of gene and cell medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-2763.

5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhythmia Center Seminar. "Forming the Arrhythmogenic Substrate: Molecular Mechanisms of Gap Junction Remodeling." Heather S. Duffy, instructor in medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. (5 p.m. reception.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. 218. 935-7887.

6:30 p.m. Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series. William Massie, architect-in-residence. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-6227.

8 p.m. Romance Languages and Literatures Lecture. Rolando Lara Memorial Lecture. "Copies, Facsimiles, and the Invisible Text." Carlo Ginzburg, prof. of Italian Renaissance studies, U. of Calif., Los Angeles. Whitaker Hall Aud. 935-5175.


Tuesday, Nov. 3

Noon. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Using Epigenomics to Understand Toxoplasma Gondii Gene Expression." Kami Kim, prof. of microbiology and immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 286-1123.

5 p.m. Freedom From Smoking Class. "Studying Your Habit and Building Motivation." Center for Advanced Medicine, Barnard Health and Cancer Info. Center. To register: 362-7844.


Wednesday, Nov. 4

5:30 p.m. Assembly Series. Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts Lecture. "Creative Leadership." John Maeda, president, Rhode Island School of Design. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.


Thursday, Nov. 5

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Center CME Course. "STDs for Community Health Workers." Cost: $15. For location and to register: 747-1522.

Noon. Genetics Seminar. "Copy Number Variants: Important Contributors to Phenotypic Variability." Timothy A. Graubert, assoc. prof. of medicine. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

3:30 p.m. Clinical and Translational Sciences. Bander Program in Business Ethics in Medical Research. "Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medicine: Where We Were, Where We Are and Where We Might Be Headed." William M. Sage, vice provost for health affairs, U. of Texas at Austin. (3 p.m. reception.) Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-9829.

4:15 p.m. Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium. "Compositional Differentiation of the Solid Earth: Pre- and Syn-Formation." Richard Carlson, Carnegie Institution for Science. Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg., Rm. 203. 935-5610.

7 p.m. Center for the Study of Ethics & Human Values Panel Discussion. "Racial Profiling: Beyond 'Pro' and 'Con.'" Part of "Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy" series. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom. For information: humanvalues.wustl.edu.


Friday, Nov. 6

7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Gastroenterology Galaxy of Gastroenterology CME Course. "Topics in Gastroenterology for the Specialist and Primary Care Physician." (Continues 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 7.) Cost: $300, $225 for allied health professionals. The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, 100 Carondelet Plaza. To register: 362-6891.

7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Women's Health CME Course. Annual Contemporary Women's Health Issues. "Common Health Care Problems in Women: Case-Based Consideration of Cost Containment Strategies and Latest Advances." Cost: $165 for physicians, $115 for allied health professionals. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.

11 a.m. Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. Michael Wong, assoc. prof. of chemistry, Rice U. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Lecture. "Principles of Circuit Development in the Mammalian Retina." Daniel Kerschensteiner, asst. prof. of ophthalmology & visual sciences. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6950.

4 p.m. Dept. of Music Lecture Series. "El Tango, or How Piazzolla Read Borges." John Turci-Escobar, asst. prof. of music. Music Classroom Bldg., Rm. 102. 935-5566.


Saturday, Nov. 7

10 a.m. Physics Saturday Science Lecture Series. "Cosmology and Particle Physics." Mark Alford, assoc. prof. of physics. Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-6276.


Monday, Nov. 9

3 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Neuro-oncology Research Group Seminar Series. "Proteoglycans Specify a Mitogenic Response to Sonic Hedgehog." Rosalind A. Segal, prof. of neurobiology, Dana Farber Cancer Inst. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 454-8981.

4 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhythmia Center Seminar. Victor G. Davila-Roman, assoc. prof. or medicine. (5 p.m. reception.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. 218. 935-7887.

4 p.m. Germanic Languages and Literatures Discussion. "The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 Years After, a Roundtable Discussion." (Reception immediately follows in McMillan Café.) McMillan Hall, Rm. 149. 935-5106.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Common Cytokine Receptor Gamma Chain Cytokines: Old Ideas, New Lessons." Warren J. Leonard, National Institutes of Health. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-2763.

6 p.m. Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture. "Naufragios y Naufragos en la Colonia: Entre el Topico y la Realidad." Trinidad Barrera, prof. of Hispanic American Literature, U. of Seville, Spain. (The lecture is in Spanish.) Eads Hall, Rm. 103. 935-5175.

6:30 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Lecture. "Chance Encounters: John Cage, Francois Morellet, Ellsworth Kelly." Yve-Alain Bois, prof., Inst. for Advanced Study. (6 p.m. reception.) Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Art History and Archaeology. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-4523.


Tuesday, Nov. 10

8 a.m. The Woman's Club of Washington University Meet The Leaders Panel Discussion. "Women in Jazz in St. Louis." Carolbeth True, jazz artist, and William Lenihan, lecturer in music. Cost: $20. (Breakfast buffet included.) Charles F. Knight Center, Rm. 211. R.S.V.P. to womansclub.wustl.edu.

Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "New Insight Into Host Cell Parasitism by the Q Fever Bacterium, Coxiella Burnetii." Robert Heinzen, National Institutes of Health. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 747-1029.

5 p.m. Freedom From Smoking Class. "Coping With Urges and Making a Plan." Center for Advanced Medicine, Barnard Health and Cancer Info. Center. To register: 362-7844.


Wednesday, Nov. 11

11 a.m. Assembly Series. Holocaust Memorial Lecture. "Blood and Soil: Genocide in World History." Benedict Kiernan, scholar. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.

Noon. History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine Seminar Series. "Old Noises in the Evolutionary Synthesis: Systematics and the Origin of Species From Edgar Anderson's Viewpoint." Kim Kleinman, prof., U. College. Life Sciences Bldg., Rm. 202. 935-5137.

7 p.m. Center for the Study of Ethics & Human Values Gallery Talk. "A Challenge to Democracy: Ethnic Profiling of Japanese Americans During World War II." Part of "Ethnic Profiling: A Challenge to Democracy" series. Kemper Art Museum. For information: humanvalues.wustl.edu.

Music

Thursday, Oct. 29

8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Ptah Williams, piano, and his group. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 862-0274.


Thursday, Nov. 5

8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Willie Akins, saxophone, and his quartet. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 862-0274.


Tuesday, Nov. 10

8 p.m. Student Recital. Recital Hall, 560 Trinity Ave. 935-5566.

Sports

Friday, Oct. 30

5:15 p.m. Volleyball vs. North Park U. Bears Classic II. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

7:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Culver-Stockton College. Bears Classic II. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.


Saturday, Oct. 31

10 a.m. Volleyball vs. Virginia Wesleyan College. Bears Classic II. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

1 p.m. Swimming and Diving vs. DePauw U. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

2:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Rhodes College. Bears Classic II. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.


Saturday, Nov. 7

Noon. Football vs. U. of Chicago. Francis Field. 935-4705.

On Stage

Friday, Oct. 30

8 p.m. Performing Arts Dept. Presentation. "Ragtime." (Also 8 p.m. Oct. 31; 2 p.m. Nov. 1.) Cost: $20, $15 for faculty and staff, $10 for students, seniors and children. Edison Theatre. 935-5858.

And More

Thursday, Oct. 29

2 p.m. School of Medicine Dean's Update. Larry J. Shapiro, exec. vice chancellor for medical affairs. Also 10 a.m. Nov. 4. (Refreshments served.) Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-7196.

7 p.m. Kemper Art Museum "Chance Aesthetics" Walkthrough. (6 p.m. reception.) Museum membership & R.S.V.P. required: 655-5390.


Sunday, Nov. 1

2 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Permanent Collection Tours. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.


Monday, Nov. 2

5:15 p.m. School of Medicine Distinguished Service Teaching Awards. (Reception follows.) Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-7800.

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.

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