University Events

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place May 5-18 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
Road Show. Through May 5. Olin Library, Lvl. 1, Whispers Café Cube. 935-6626.

Visual Poetry. Through May 30. Olin Library, Grand Staircase Lobby and Ginkgo Reading Rm. 935-5495.

Film

Friday, May 5

6 & 8:30 p.m. Travel Lecture Series. Corsica and the Rivieras. Stan Walsh, dir. Graham Chapel. 935-5212.

7 p.m. Center for the Humanities Presentation. Duma. Co-sponsored by the Program in Film and Media Studies and Cinema St. Louis. Introduction by Stephanie Zacharek. Ronnie's 20 Cine, 5320 S. Lindbergh Blvd. 935-5576.


Saturday, May 6

1 p.m. Center for the Humanities Presentation. Saving Shiloh. Sandy Tung, dir. Co-sponsored by the Program in Film and Media Studies and Cinema St. Louis. Brown Hall, Rm. 100. 935-5576.


Wednesday, May 17

5-8 p.m. Sam Fox School B.F.A. Exhibition. Bixby Hall & Lewis Center. 935-9347.

Lectures

Friday, May 5

7 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Internal Medicine CME Course. "The Washington Manual Comprehensive Internal Medicine and Board Review Course." (Continues May 6-7.) Cost: $995 for physicians, $795 for residents, fellows and allied health professionals. Eric P. Newman Education Center. For schedule and to register: 362-6891.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "TSE/prion Diseases: The Infectious Unit and Its Invasion of Neuronal Cells." Byron Caughey, lab. of persistent viral diseases, NIH/NIAID Rocky Mountain Labs. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6945.

3 p.m. Center for the Humanities Keynote Address. "Parental Guidance Suggested: A Brief History of Children in/at the Movies." Nicholas Sammond, author and asst. prof. of cinema studies, U. of Toronto. Co-sponsored by the Program in Film and Media Studies and Cinema St. Louis. McDonnell Hall, Rm. 162. 935-5576.


Saturday, May 6

7:30 a.m.-3:45 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: $35. The Ritz-Carlton St. Louis, 100 Carondelet Plaza. 362-6891.


Monday, May 8

Noon. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology Seminar. "Unraveling the Role of AAA ATPases in Membrane Trafficking and Human Disease." Phyllis Hanson, assoc. prof. of cell biology & physiology. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 747-3339.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Genomic Approaches to Virus Discovery." David Wang, asst. prof. of molecular microbiology. Moore Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-2763.


Tuesday, May 9

Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Hitting the Plasmodium Life Cycle Early On: Attenuated Liver Stages." Kai Matuschewski, asst. prof. of parasitology. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4829.


Wednesday, May 10

4 p.m. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminar. "Why tRNAs Are Different." Olke Uhlenbeck, prof. of chemistry, Northwestern U. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152.

7 p.m. Whitney R. Harris Inst. for Global Legal Studies Talk. "Genocide Emergency: Darfur, Sudan — Who Will Survive Today?" Jerry Fowler, staff dir., Committee on Conscience. (6 p.m. candlelight vigil.) Missouri History Museum, MacDermott Grand Hall. 935-7988.


Thursday, May 11

8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Program in Audiology and Communication Services. Annual PACS Student Research Symposium. (Continues 8:30 a.m. May 12.) Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Kathy E. Holden Aud. 747-0104.


Friday, May 12

9:30 a.m. Cardiac Surgery Lecture. Annual Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture. "The Evolution of Surgical Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome." Thomas Spray, chief of cardiothoracic surgery and Alice Langdon Warner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children's Hospital, Philadelphia. St. Louis Children's Hospital, Third Floor Aud. 362-6021.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Computational Approaches to Understanding the Cytoskeleton." David Sept, asst. prof. of biomedical engineering. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-3964.

3:30 p.m. Biology Seminar. Varner Seminar. "On the Size of Plant Cells." Keith Roberts, prof. of cell biology, John Innes Inst., Norwich, England. Rebstock Hall, Rm. 215. 935-6860.


Saturday, May 13

7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Gynecologic Oncology CME Course. Annual Uterine Cancer Biology Symposium. "Strategies in the Management of Uterine Papillary Serous, Malignant Mullerian Tumor and Clear Cell Carcinoma." Co-sponsored by the Siteman Cancer Center. Cost: $225. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center. To register: 362-6891.


Monday, May 15

11 a.m. Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Guest Lecture. "Interactions Between Tick-borne Encephalitis Viruses and the Innate Immune Response Network." Marshall E. Bloom, dir., NIAID/NIH Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Mont. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center. 286-0432.


Tuesday, May 16

Noon. First Wings Lectureship in Palliative and Hospice Care. "Caring for Children with Life-threatening Conditions: Can We Do Better?" Joanne Wolfe, asst. prof. of pediatrics, Harvard U. St. Louis Children's Hospital Aud. 286-1250.

Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Live Attenuated Vaccines Against H5N1 Influenza Virus." Kanta Subbarao, sr. investigator, NIAID/NIH. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 747-2132.


Wednesday, May 17

4 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Seminar. "Self-assembled Nanometer Scale Lipid Bilayers for Elucidating the Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins." Steve Sligar, prof. of biochemistry and of chemistry, U. of Ill. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152.


Thursday, May 18

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar Series. "Mouse Genetics of Retinitis Pigmentosa 1 (RP1)." Jian Zuo, assoc. prof. of anatomy & neurobiology, U. of Tenn. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-4179.

Music

Friday, May 5

7:30 p.m. Senior Recital. Sheena Chew, piano. Music Classroom Bldg., Tietjens Hall. 935-4841.

8 p.m. Washington University Opera. Cosí Fan Tutte. Jolly Stewart, dir. (Also 8 p.m. May 6.) Umrath Hall Lounge. 935-4841.


Saturday, May 6

8 p.m. Electronic Music Studio Concert. Music Classroom Bldg., Tietjens Hall. 935-4841.


Sunday, May 7

7 p.m. Concert. Florentine Piano Trio. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.

7:30 p.m. Concert. Eliot Trio. Cost: $15, $10 for seniors, WUSTL faculty & staff, $5 for students. Whitaker Hall Aud. 935-4841.


Monday, May 8

7 p.m. Senior Recital. James Wang, violin; Aaron Mertz, cello; and Sheena Chew, piano. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 368-8970.

Sports

Friday, May 5

4 p.m. Softball vs. McKendree College. WUSTL Field. 935-4705.

And more...

Sunday, May 7

7:30 p.m. Sam Fox School 77th Annual Fashion Design Show. Saint Louis Galleria. 935-6543.


Monday, May 8

Sam Fox Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design Final Review. Through May 10. 935-9347.

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.