University Events

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place Feb. 25-March 10 at Washington University. Visit the Web for expanded calendars for the Hilltop Campus (calendar.wustl.edu) and the School of Medicine (medschool.wustl.edu/calendars.html).

Exhibits
Inside Out Loud: Visualizing Women's Health in Contemporary Art. Through April 24. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.

Film

Sunday, Feb. 27

1 p.m. French Film Series. Son Frère. Patrice Chéreau, dir. Brown Hall, Rm. 100. 935-4056.

Lectures

Friday, Feb. 25

7:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Dept. of Surgery CME Course. "Refresher Course & Update in General Surgery." (Continues 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 26.) Cost: $480 for physicians, $395 for physicians in training and allied health professionals. The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, 100 Carondolet Plaza. For more information and to register: 362-6891.

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Hand Hygiene: The Evidence and the Imperative." Alexis M. Elward, M.D., asst. prof. of pediatrics. Clopton Aud. 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Mitotic Regulators as Tumor Suppressors and Targets for Anti-tumor Therapeutics." Loren Michel, asst. prof. of anatomy & cell biology, U. of Ks. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-1668.

12:30-4:30 p.m. St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Center CME Course. "HIV/STD Case Finding & Initial Care." Cost: $50. University of Mo.-St. Louis campus. For location and to register: 747-1522.

7 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Friday Forum. "On the Body: Women, Health and Contemporary Culture." Barbara Baumgartner, assoc. dir. and lecturer, program in women & gender studies, and Rebecca Lester, asst. prof. of anthropology and the program in medicine & society. (6:30 p.m. reception.) Cost: $10, $5 for students. For reservations: 935-5490.


Saturday, Feb. 26

8 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Annual Update in Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension. Cost: $65. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.

9 a.m.-3 p.m. West Side Missionary Baptist Church Economic Development Conference. "Breaking the Chains of Financial Slavery: African-American Economic Freedom." John Bryant, chief executive officer of Operation HOPE Inc., keynote speaker. Co-sponsored by the School of Law Clinical Education Program. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom. To register: 535-9002 ext. 206.


Monday, Feb. 28

Noon. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology Seminar. "How Can We Slow Down Our Aging? — Sirt1 and Mammalian NAD Biosynthesis as Therapeutic Targets for Age-associated Complications." Shin-ichiro Imai, asst. prof. of molecular biology & pharmacology. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 362-0183.

Noon. Work, Families, and Public Policy Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Why Marriage?" Anita Bernstein, Sam Nunn Pro-fessor of Law, Emory U. Eliot Hall, Rm. 300. 935-4918.

2:30 p.m. Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. "Protein Disorder and Implications for Self-Assembly." Rohit Pappu, asst. prof. of biomedical engineering. Cupples II Hall, Rm. 100. 935-6070

3 p.m. Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies Lecture. "America & Europe: Mars vs. Venus?" Michael Rühle, head of Policy Planning and Speech Writing Section of the Political Affairs Div., NATO. Co-sponsored by the American Council on Germany and the International Law Society. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 310. 935-7988.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "The Perforin-granzyme System: What Is It Really for and How Does It Work?" Tim Ley, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Medicine. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763.

4:15 p.m. Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium. "Pyroxene as a Recorder of Oxygen Fugacity: Implications for the Martian Interior." Molly McCanta, Urey Postdoctoral Fellow, Lunar & Planetary Inst., Houston. Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg., Rm. 203. 935-5610.


Tuesday, March 1

12:30 p.m. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Using Small Molecules to Study Protease Function in Apixomplexia Parasites." Matthew Bogyo, asst. prof. of pathology, Stanford U. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Erlanger Aud. 362-8873.

8 p.m. Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture. Annual Rolando Lara Memorial Lecture. "Travels of the Imaginary Spanish Gypsy." Lou Charnon Deutsch, State U. of N.Y.-Stony Brook. Women's Bldg. Formal Lounge. 935-5175.


Wednesday, March 2

11 a.m. Assembly Series. "The Impact of Media on Women's Health." Judy Norsigian, exec. dir., Our Bodies, Ourselves organization. Presented in conjunction with the Kemper Art Museum's Inside Out Loud: Visualizing Women's Health in Contemporary Art exhibition. Graham Chapel. 935-4620.

4 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Seminar. "Metal Ion Sensing in Yeast: Transcriptional Regulation by Copper, Iron and Zinc Ions." Dennis Winge, prof. of biochemistry, U. of Utah. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-0261.


Thursday, March 3

Noon. Center for Health Policy Ethnic & Racial Disparities in Health Care Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Health Disparities in Medicare Patients in a Hospital Setting." Don Nichols, assoc. prof. of economics. Simon Hall, Rm. 241. 935-9108.

4 p.m. Assembly Series. Arthur Holly Compton Lecture. "Einstein and His Legacy." Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel Prize winner in physics. Graham Chapel. 935-4620.


Friday, March 4

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "The Sigma-2 Receptor: A Molecular Switch for Proliferation and Apoptosis?" Robert H. Mach, prof. of radiology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6950.

12:30-4:30 p.m. St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. "STD Clinician." (Continues 12:30-4:30 p.m. March 11 & 25 and April 1 & 8.) Cost: $125. U. of Mo.-St. Louis, South Computer Bldg., Rm. 200A. To register: 747-1522.


Saturday, March 5

7:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Medical Oncology CME Course. "Review of the ASCO 2005 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium." Cost: $45. Frontenac Hilton, 1335 S. Lindbergh Blvd. To register: 362-6891.


Monday, March 7

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Targeting Cancer Cells With Immunotoxins; A 25-year Voyage." Ellen Vitetta, The Scheryle Simmons Patigian Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunobiology, U. of Texas. Southwestern Medical Center. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763.

4 p.m. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology Seminar. "Cellular and Molecular Regulation of Adult Stem Cell Development." Linheng Li, asst. investigator, Stowers Inst. for Medical Research. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 362-0183.

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar. "Molecular Control of Cell Fate and Axon Pathfinding in the Developing Visual System." Robert Hinges, postdoctoral fellow, Salk Inst., La Jolla, Calif. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-1006.

7 p.m. Technology Management Briefing. "Turning Technology Into Business in St. Louis." J.J. Stupp, chief financial officer of Exegy Inc. (6:30 p.m. reception.) Women's Bldg. Formal Lounge. To register: 935-5584.


Tuesday, March 8

Noon. Program in Physical Therapy Research Seminar. Cara Lewis, doctoral student in movement science. 4444 Forest Park Blvd., Lower Lvl., Rm. B108/B109. 286-1404.

12:30 p.m. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Morphogenesis of the Poxviruses Revisited by 3-D Electron Microscopy: Some New Surprises Pertaining to Viral Pathogenesis and to the Cell Biology of Membrane Trafficking Itself." John Heuser, prof. of cell biology & physiology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Erlanger Aud. 747-2132.


Wednesday, March 9

4 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Seminar. "Imaging, Perturbing, and Modeling Two-component Signaling in E. coli." Mark Goulian, asst. prof. of physics, U. of Penn. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-0261.

4:30 p.m. Physical Therapy Professional Conclave. 4444 Forest Park Blvd. 286-1406.


Thursday, March 10

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar. "A Novel pH-dependent Endo-cytic Pathway for Herpesvirus Entry Into Cells." Anthony V. Nicola, research fellow in clinical infections diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-1006.

Music

Friday, Feb. 25

8 p.m. Chamber Music Recital. Featuring works for trombone. Benjamin Allen, trombonist; Henry Palkes, pianist; with chamber music ensemble. Grace United Methodist Church, Skinker & Waterman blvds. 935-4841.

On Stage

Friday, Feb. 18

7 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Presentation. She's Hideous by Eric Dienstfrey. Organized in conjunction with the Dept. of Music. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.

8 p.m. Performing Arts Department Presentation. Bloody Poetry by Howard Brenton. Jason Cannon, dir. (Also 8 p.m. Feb. 19; 2 p.m. Feb. 19 & 20.) Cost: $12, $8 for seniors, students, WUSTL faculty & staff. Mallinckrodt Student Center, A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre. 935-6543.

Sports

Saturday, Feb. 26

Noon. Baseball vs. Fontbonne U. Kelly Field. 935-4705

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

3 p.m. Men's Basketball vs. U. of Chicago. Athletic Complex. 935-4705.


Sunday, Feb. 27

Noon. Baseball vs. Webster U. Kelly Field. 935-4705.


Tuesday, March 1

1:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Westminster College. Kelly Field. 935-4705.


Saturday, March 5

12:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Eureka College. Kelly Field. 935-4705.

3 p.m. Baseball vs. Cornell College. Kelly Field. 935-4705.


Sunday, March 6

Noon. Baseball vs. Cornell College. Kelly Field. 935-4705.

And more...

Saturday, Feb. 26

Noon-1 p.m. Career Center Event. Sophomore Saturday. Ursa's Café. 935-5930.

1-3 p.m. Career Center Event. Summer Opportunities Fair. Ursa's Fireside Lounge. 935-5930.


Friday, March 4

7 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Public Exhibition Tour. Led by student docents. Kemper Art Museum. 935-7918.

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 and information can be 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.