University Events

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place Feb. 17-March 2 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
BAG — Black Artists Group. In celebration of Black History Month. Through March 5. Olin Library Lobby. 935-6626.

Celebrating 100 Years of Federal Information. Through March 31. Olin Library, Grand Staircase Lobby and Ginkgo Reading Rm. 935-6569.

Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing. Through March 6. Olin Library Lobby. 935-5406.

Film

Friday, Feb. 17

3-5 p.m. Nuremberg on Film: Contemporary and Contemporaneous Perspectives. Nuremberg: U.S. Army Documentary (1949) and The Nuremberg Trials: USSR Documentary (1949). Sponsored by the School of Law. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 202. 935-7988.


Friday, Feb. 24

3-6 p.m. Nuremberg on Film: Contemporary and Contemporaneous Perspectives. Nuremberg (2000). Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 204. 935-7988.


Wednesday, March 1

7 p.m. Japanese Film Series. Nobody Knows (2004). Hirokazu Koreeda, dir. Busch Hall, Rm. 100. 935-5110.

Lectures

Friday, Feb. 17

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Diagnosis and Treatment of Farconi's Anemia." Marcus Grompe, prof. of medical & molecular genetics, Ore. Health & Science U. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Apoptotic Checkpoints at the Mitochondrion." Emily Cheng, asst. prof. of internal medicine. Co-sponsored by molecular biology & pharmacology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-7437.

12:30-4:30 p.m. St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. "Laboratory Methods." (Continues 12:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 17.) Cost: $75. For location and to register: 747-1522.

7:30 p.m. Saint Louis Astronomical Society Meeting. "Prepare for Liftoff — The Challenger Learning Center, St. Louis." Tasmyn Scarl Front, dir., Challenger Learning Center, St. Louis. McDonnell Hall, Rm. 162. 935-4614.


Monday, Feb. 20

Noon. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology Seminar. "Cracking the Secret of Youth: From Early Embryos to Embryonic Stem Cells." Qun Tian Wang, research assoc., Dept. of Biochemistry, Stanford U. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 747-3339.

Noon. School of Law "Access to Justice" Public Interest Law Speakers Series. "Lawyers and Labor: The Role of Law in Organizing Low-wage Workers." Jennifer Gordon, assoc. prof. of law, Fordham U. Anheuser-Busch Hall. 935-6419.

4 p.m. Eighteenth-century Interdisciplinary Salon Lecture. "Exotic Abortifacients: Gender Politics in the Eighteenth-century Atlantic World." Londa Schiebinger, John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, Stanford U. Co-sponsored by the depts. of History and Romance Languages and by Women and Gender Studies. Women's Bldg. Formal Lounge. 935-5175.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Proteases: Specific Regulators of Immunity." Christine T. N. Pham, asst. prof. of internal medicine. Moore Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-2763.

5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center Seminar. "Molecular Imaging and Targeted Therapeutics: Prospects for High Payload Drug Delivery With Novel Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Profiles." Samuel A. Wickline, prof. of medicine. (5 p.m. refreshments.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. 218. 935-7887.


Tuesday, Feb. 21

Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Sphingolipid-mediated Fungal Pathogenesis." Maurizio Del Poeta, assoc. prof. of biochemistry & molecular biology, U. of S.C. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 747-5597.

Noon. Program in Physical Therapy Research Seminar. "Skeletal Response to Fatigue Loading." Matthew Silva, assoc. prof. of orthopaedic surgery and of biomedical engineering. 4444 Forest Park Blvd., Lower Lvl., Rm. B112. 286-1404.


Wednesday, Feb. 22

11 a.m. Assembly Series. ArtSci Council Lecture. "The Hearts of Children and Obligations of Our Nation's Schools." Jonathan Kozol, author. Graham Chapel. 935-4620.

11 a.m. School of Law "Access to Justice" Public Interest Law Speaker Series. "Lawyers and Labor: The Role of Law in Organizing Low-wage Workers." Jennifer Gordon, assoc. prof. of law, Fordham U. Anheuser-Busch Hall. 935-6419.

Noon. Work, Families, and Public Policy Brown Bag Seminar Series. "The Timing of Childbearing Among Heterogeneous Women in Dynamic General Equilibrium." Ping Wang, Seigle Family Professor in Arts & Sciences and chair of the Department of Economics. Eliot Hall, Rm. 300. 935-4918.

3 p.m. Harris Institute for Global Legal Education. "The New Development of Chinese Antitrust Legislation." Xiaoye Wang, head of the Expert-Group for WTO Trade and Competition Policy, Commercial Ministry of China. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 309. 935-7988.

4 p.m. Center for New Institutional Social Sciences Speaker Series. Jenna Bednar, asst. prof. of political science, U. of Calif.-San Diego. Eliot Hall, Rm. 300. 935-5068.

4 p.m. Physics Colloquium. "Building a Quantitative Understanding of Gene Regulation at the Systems Level." Chen-Shan Chin, Dept. of Biochemistry & Biophysics, U. of Calif., San Francisco. (3:30 p.m. coffee, Compton Hall, Rm. 245.) Crow Hall, Rm. 204. 935-6276.

5 p.m. Surgery CME Lecture. Eugene M. Bricker Visiting Lecture in Surgery. "Lessons in Surgical Leadership." Layton F. Rikkers, prof. and chair of surgery, U. of Wisc. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-6891.

7 p.m. Chabad on Campus Mysticism Lecture Series. Simon Hall, Rm. 105. 721-2884.

7 p.m. Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies Lecture. Adam Cherrick Lecture in Jewish Studies. "Must a Jew Believe Anything?" Menachem Kellner, prof. of Jewish thought, U. of Haifa, Israel. (Kosher reception follows.) Women's Bldg. Formal Lounge. 935-8567.


Thursday, Feb. 23

7:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Surgery CME Course. "Annual Refresher Course & Update in General Surgery." (Continues 7:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Feb. 24 and 7:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 25.) Cost: $475 for physicians, $375 for physician in training/allied health professionals, with additional course options. The Ritz-Carlton, 100 Carondelet Plaza. For more information and to register: 362-6891.

8 a.m. Medicine Grand Rounds. "Inflammation, Atrophy, Gastric Cancer: Connecting the Molecular Dots." Juanita Merchant, prof. of internal medicine and of molecular & integrative physiology, U. of Mich. Clopton Aud,. 4950 Children's Place. 362-2031.

12:10-12:50 p.m. Wellness Connection Brown Bag Lunch. "Computer Workstation Ergonomics." Paul Landgraf, Dept. of Environmental Health & Safety. West Campus Multipurpose Rm. 935-5990.

4 p.m. Assembly Series. Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture. "Bartlett's Familiar Shakespeare: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Quotations." Marjorie Garber, author, prof. of English and dir. of the Humanities Center, Harvard U. Edison Theatre. 935-4620.

4 p.m. Chemistry Seminar. "Acidophile Enzymes Pass the Acid Test." T. Joseph Kappock, asst. prof. of chemistry. McMillen Lab., Rm. 311. 935-6530.

4 p.m. History Colloquium. "Disciplining Interdisciplinarity: Psychology and Ideology in the Case of Andrew Marvell." Derek Hirst, William Eliot Smith Professor of History, and Steven Zwicker, Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities. Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. 935-5450.

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminars. "Light at the End of the Tunnel: Organelle Degradation in the Developing Lens." Steve Bassnett, assoc. prof. of ophthalmology & visual sciences. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-1006.

4:15 p.m. Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium. "Non-chondritic Magnesium and the Origins of the Terrestrial Planets." Uwe Wiechert, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Inst. for Geological Sciences, Freie University Berlin. Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg., Rm. 203. 935-5610.


Friday, Feb. 24

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Annual Ben Abelson Memorial Lecture. "Comparative Proteomics — Diagnostics and Prognostics for the 21st Century." Harvey Cohen, prof. and chair of pediatrics, Stanford U. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Accessory Proteins of the NA K-ATPase." Robert W. Mercer, prof. of cell biology & physiology. Co-sponsored by molecular biology & pharmacology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-7437.

Noon. GI Research Conference. "Sonic Hedgehog Processing by Pepsin Prevents Gastric Atrophy." Juanita Merchant, prof. of internal medicine and of molecular & integrative physiology, U. of Mich. Clopton Aud., Clinical Sciences Research Bldg., Rm. 901. 362-2031.

12:30-4:30 p.m. St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. "STD Clinician." (Also 12:30-4:30 p.m. March 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31.) Cost: $125. For location and to register: 747-1522.

7 p.m. Chabad on Campus Shabbat Dinner Faculty Guest Series. "Reflections on Our Trip to Israel." Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. 7240 Forsyth Blvd. 721-2884.


Saturday, Feb. 25

7:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Cardiovascular Disease CME Course. "8th Annual Update in Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension." Cost: $75. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.


Monday, Feb. 27

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Center for the Application of Information Technology Two-day Workshop. "EI for IT: Using Emotional Intelligence in Information Technology." (Continues 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 28.) Cost: $1,000, reduced fees available for CAIT member organizations. CAIT, 5 N. Jackson Ave. To register: 935-4444.

4 p.m. Condensed Matter/Materials & Biological Physics Seminar. "Advanced Metal Hydrides: Solution to the Storage Dilemma for Hydrogen Energy?" Robert C. Bowman Jr., NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Calif. Inst. of Technology. (3:45 p.m. coffee.) Compton Hall, Rm. 241. 935-6276.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Integrating T Cell Signals: Lessons From Human Genetic Disorders." Pamela Schwartzberg, National Human Genome Research Inst., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Moore Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-2763.

5 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center Seminar. "Calcium Regulation in Cardiac Myocytes: Systolic Dysfunction and Arrhythmogenesis in Heart Failure." Donald Bers, chairman of physiology and prof. of cellular & molecular physiology, Loyola U., Chicago. 935-7887.

7 p.m. Sam Fox School Architecture Lecture Series. Antoine Picon, prof. & dir. of doctoral programs, Harvard U. Graduate School of Design. Steinberg Hall Aud., 935-9347.


Tuesday, Feb. 28

Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Genomic Analysis of Natural Variation in Saccharomyces." Barak Cohen, asst. prof. of genetics. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-3692.

Noon. Law School Jewish Lunch and Learn. "Examining Secular Issues and Jewish Law." Rabbi Hershey Novack, Chabad on Campus. Anheuser-Busch Hall, Rm. 307. 721-2884.


Wednesday, March 1

11 a.m. Assembly Series Lecture. College Democrats Lecture. "The Future of the Democratic Party." A panel discussion moderated by Michael Minta, asst. prof. of political science. Graham Chapel. 935-4620.

11 a.m. School of Law "Access to Justice" Public Interest Law Speakers Series. "The Paradoxical Structure of Constitutional Litigation." Pamela Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, Stanford U. Anheuser-Busch Hall. 935-6419.


Thursday, March 2

Noon. Center for Health Policy Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Making a Difference in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rural and Urban Missouri." Kristofer Hagglund, co-dir., Center for Health Policy, U. of Mo. Simon Hall, Rm. 241. 935-9108.

4 p.m. Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows Lecture & Workshop Series. "Objects for the Table: La Bruyère, Descartes and Dutch Golden Age Painters." Harriet Stone, prof. of French. McDonnell Hall, Rm. 162. 935-5576.

4 p.m. History Colloquium. "Sacred Performances: On African-American Religion and Cultural Production." Judith Weisenfeld, assoc. prof. of religion, Vassar College. Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. 935-5450.

Music

Sunday, Feb. 19

3 p.m. Concert. Concert Choir of Washington University and the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus. Cost: $18, $16 for students and seniors. Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis. (636) 458-4343.

On stage

Friday, Feb. 24

8 p.m. Performing Arts Dept. Presentation. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. Henry I. Schvey, dir. (Also 8 p.m. Feb. 25, March 3 & 4; 2 p.m. Feb. 26 & March 5.) Cost: $15, $9 for students, children, seniors & WUSTL faculty & staff. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

Sports

Saturday, Feb. 25

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


Tuesday, Feb. 28

12:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Fontbonne U. Kelly Field. 935-4705.


Thursday, March 2

1 p.m. Baseball vs. Webster U. Kelly Field. 935-4705.

Worship

Wednesday, March 1

7:30 a.m. Catholic Ash Wednesday Service. St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Carlysle Student Center. 935-9191.

12:15 p.m. Catholic Ash Wednesday Service. Umrath Hall Lounge. 935-9191.

5:15 p.m. Catholic Ash Wednesday Service. Fontbonne U., Ryan Hall. 935-9191.

And more...

Friday, Feb. 17

10 a.m. Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellows' Lecture & Workshop Series. Workshop: "German Studies/Jewish Cultural Studies/Diaspora Studies: The 'Place' of Germany." Leslie Morris, assoc. prof. of German and director of the Center for Jewish Studies, U. of Minn. Lab Sciences Bldg., Rm. 201. 935-5576.


Saturday, Feb. 18

6:30 p.m. Central Institute for the Deaf Trivia Night. Proceeds benefit students in the CID school. Cost: $250 per table of 10. Central Inst. for the Deaf, gymnasium, 4560 Clayton Ave. To register: 977-0133.


Monday, Feb. 20

11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Blood Drive. Co-sponsored by North Side Association and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. (Also 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 21, Mallinckrodt Student Center, Lower Lvl., The Gargoyle; 5-10 p.m. Feb. 22 & 23, Wohl Student Center, Friedman Lounge, and Village House Dining Rm. D.) Mallinckrodt Student Center, Lower Lvl., The Gargoyle. 935-5066.


Tuesday, Feb. 21

4-7 p.m. Health & Wellness Center Open House. Open to students, faculty & staff. Student Health Services Health & Wellness Center, Forsyth House. R.S.V.P. to mruwitch@wustl.edu.

7 p.m. Catholic Student Center Discussion. "Stem Cell Research: The Tip of the Ethical Iceberg." Sr. Jean deBlois. Catholic Student Center. 6352 Forsyth Blvd. 935-9191.


Tuesday, Feb. 28

3 p.m. Visiting East Asian Professionals Program Film Screening & Panel Discussion. "30 Years of Sisterhood: Women in the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement in Japan." (Reception follows). Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-8772.

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.

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