University Events

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place Feb. 22-March 7 at Washington University. Visit the Web for expanded calendars for the Danforth Campus (webevent.wustl.edu) and the School of Medicine (medschool.wustl.edu/calendars.html).

Exhibits
Annual Graduate Student Art Exhibit. Through Feb. 27. Baseline Workshop, Showroom and Gallery, 1110 Washington Ave. grad.wustl.edu/~gradexhibit/home.

"Emancipation: A Celebration of Local Artists with Mental Illness." Opens 7-9 p.m. Feb. 27. Exhibit continues through March 9. Sponsored by the Mental Health Outreach Project. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center. 910-1830.

"Eyes on the Prize: Documenting the Civil Rights Movement." Through Feb. 28. Olin Library Grand Staircase Lobby. 935-5495.

"Reality Bites." Feb. 9-April 29. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.

School of Medicine Student, Faculty & Staff Art Show '07. Through Feb. 26. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, First Floor Atrium. wattsond@msnotes.wustl.edu.

"Selections from the Black Film Promotional Materials Collection." Through Feb. 28. Olin Library, Lvl. 1, Ginkgo Reading Rm. 935-5495.

Film

Friday, Feb. 23

7 p.m. Korean Film Festival: The Varied Colors of Korean Cinema. "Take Care of My Cat" (2001). Jeong Jaeeun, dir. Brown Hall, Rm. 100. 935-4448.


Wednesday, Feb. 28

7 p.m. Japanese Film Series. "Black Rain" (1989). Shohei Imamura, dir. Sponsored by Asian & Near Eastern Languages & Literatures. Busch Hall, Rm. 100. 935-5110.


Friday, March 2

6 & 8:30 p.m. Travel Lecture Film Series. "Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories." Mike Shiley, dir. Graham Chapel. For costs: 935-5212.

Lectures

Thursday, Feb. 22

7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Surgery CME Course. "15th Annual Refresher Course and Update in General Surgery." (Continues 7:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 24.) The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, 10 Carondelet Plaza. For costs and to register: 362-6891.

Noon. Genetics Seminar Series. "Function and Evolution of Human Cis-regulatory Sequences: From Extreme Conservation to Adaptive Divergence." Shyam Prabhakar, genomics div., Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., Calif. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

Noon. Social Work Seminar. "Medicare Part D: Formularies, Beneficiary Choices and Policy Implications." Dan Gaylin, executive VP, NORC, Chicago. Co-sponsored by the Center for Health Policy. Goldfarb Hall, Rm. 132. 935-6693.

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar. "GFL Neurotrophic Factors: Biology, Pharmacology and Clinical Development." Eugene Johnson, prof. of molecular biology & pharmacology. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.

4:15 p.m. Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium. "Who Constructed the Oldest Fossilized Microbial Mats?" Michael Tice, postdoctoral scholar, geological & planetary science, Calif. Inst. of Technology. Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg., Rm. 203. 935-5610.


Friday, Feb. 23

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "When Does No Mean No? Assent and Dissent in Pediatric Research." Rebecca Dresser, Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

11 a.m. Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. Glenn Waychunas, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., Calif. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Emerging New Roles of Potassium Channels in Cardiac Function." Anatoli Lipatin, asst. prof. of molecular & integrative physiology, U. of Mich. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6950.

12:30 p.m. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology Lecture. Annual Oliver H. Lowry Lecture. "Nuclear Cloning, Stem Cells, Therapy: Promise, Problems, Reality." Rudolf Jaenisch, prof. of biology, Mass. Inst. of Technology. Moore Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-0198.

1 p.m. Skandalaris Center Innovators & Entrepreneurs Workshop Series. "Examples of Entrepreneurs" and "Promoting Creativity and Innovation." Simon Hall. For information and to register: sc.wustl.edu.

2 p.m. Center for Materials Innovation/Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Joint Seminar. "Mechanical Response of Pyramidal Truss Core Sandwich Panels." Hilary Bart-Smith, asst. prof. of mechanical & aerospace engineering, U. of Va. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 936-6540.


Saturday, Feb. 24

7:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Cardiovascular Disease CME Course. "9th Annual Update in Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension." Cost: $75. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.

11 a.m. MLA Saturday Seminar. "Respect for Nature." Claude Evans, assoc. prof. of philosophy. McDonnell Hall, Goldfarb Aud. 935-6700.


Monday, Feb. 26

8 a.m.-5 p.m. St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Center Course. "STD Intensive." (Continues 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 27-28.) Cost: $125. For location and to register: 747-1522.

2:30 p.m. Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Seminar. Nitin Baliga, asst. prof. of systems biology, U. of Wash. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Not Enough Regulation in Innate Immunity." John Atkinson, Samuel Grant Professor of Medicine. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-2763.

5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center Seminar Series. "Inflammatory Pathways as Targets for the Treatment and Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation." David Van Wagoner, assoc. prof. of molecular medicine, Case Western Reserve U. (5 p.m. reception.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. 218. 935-7887.


Tuesday, Feb. 27

Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Pathobiology of Prion Diseases: Loss, Gain, or Subversion of Function?" David Harris, prof. of cell biology & physiology. Cori Aud. 4565 McKinley Ave. 747-2132.

Noon. Program in Physical Therapy Research Seminar. 4444 Forest Park Blvd., Lower Lvl., Rm. B108. 286-1404.

1 p.m. K12 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program Seminar. "A Pilot Study to Determine Whether Disability and Disease Activity are Different in African-American and Caucasian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis." Richard Brasington, assoc. prof. of medicine. Center for Clinical Research Training, Conference Rm. 1. 454-8960.

4 p.m. Chemistry Seminar. "Towards Molecular Electronics: Selective Deposition of Metals on Patterned Self-assembled Monolayer Surfaces." Amy Walker, asst. prof. of chemistry. McMillen Lab., Rm. 311. 935-6530.

4:15 p.m. Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium. "Microbial Geochemistry at the Edge of the Biosphere: Geocatalysis, Growth and Diagenesis." Matthew Schrenk, NASA postdoctoral fellow, Carnegie Inst. of Washington. Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg., Rm. 203. 935-5610.


Wednesday, Feb. 28

4 p.m. Center for the Humanities Lecture. "Jazz Sahara: The Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik." Robin Kelley, prof. of history and American studies and ethnicity, U. of Southern Calif. (Reception follows.) Music Classroom Bldg., Rm. 102. 935-5576.

4 p.m. Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences "Frontiers in Human Pathobiology" Lecture Series. Dan Goldberg, prof. of medicine. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Holden Aud. 362-4806.


Thursday, March 1

Noon. Genetics Seminar Series. "Complex Trait Neurogenetics of Serotonergic Transmission." David Airey, dept. of pharmacology, Vanderbilt U. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

12:30-5 p.m. Division of Biology & Biological Sciences Annual Postdoc Scientific Symposium. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: dbbs.wustl.edu/postdoc.

4 p.m. History Colloquium. "The Education of Thelonius Monk." Robin Kelley, prof. of history and American studies and ethnicity, U. of Southern Calif. Co-sponsored by African & African American studies, American culture studies, music and the Distinguished Visiting Scholars program. (Reception follows.) Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. 935-5450.

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar. "Towards Imaging of Retinal Caspase Activity Using an Activatable Peptide Probe." Edward Barnett, assoc. prof. of ophthalmology & visual sciences. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315

4-6 p.m. School of Law Symposium. "The Dred Scott Case and Its Legacy: Race, Law and the Struggle for Equality." (Continues 8 am.-4:30 p.m. March 2, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. March 3.) Anheuser-Busch Hall. For costs, and to register: 935-7988.

4:15 p.m. Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium. "From Mountains to Microbes: Tectonic, Climatic and Biologic Controls of Chemical Weathering." Michael Hren, school of earth sciences, Stanford U. Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg., Rm. 203. 936-5610.


Friday, March 2

11 a.m. Boeing Center for Technology, Information and Manufacturing Operations and Manufacturing Management Seminar. "Bayesian Retail Inventory Management When Records Are Inaccurate." Adam Mersereau, asst. prof of business, U. of Chicago. Simon Hall, Rm. 241. 935-5577.

11 a.m. Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. David Sedlak, prof. of civil and environmental engineering, U. of Calif., Berkeley. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

2 p.m. Physics High Energy Astrophysics Seminar. "Double Beta Decay and the Neutrino." Steve Elliot, Los Alamos National Lab. (1:45 p.m. coffee.) Compton Hall, Rm. 241. 935-6276.

4 p.m. East Asian Studies Lecture. Annual Stanley Spector Memorial Lecture on East Asian History and Civilization. "Imagination Without Borders: Feminist Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility." Laura Hein, prof. of history, Northwestern U. McDonnell Hall, Rm. 162. 935-4448.


Saturday, March 3

8 a.m.-3 p.m. International Health Conference. "International Health Advocacy." Cost: $12. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center. R.S.V.P. to phr.washu@gmail.com


Monday, March 5

2:30 p.m. Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. Ching-Hua Huang, asst. prof. of civil & environmental engineering, Georgia Inst. of Technology. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.

3 p.m. Neuro-oncology Research Group Seminar Series. "Transgenic Glioma Models as Gene Discovery Tool." Abhijit Guha, U. of Toronto. South Bldg., Rm. 3907, Philip Needleman Library. 454-8566.

5:30 p.m. Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center Seminar Series. "Realtime MRI: Its Applications for Diagnosis And Therapy." Elliot McVeigh, principal investigator, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst., Bethesda, Md. (5 p.m. reception.) Whitaker Hall, Rm. 218. 935-7887.

6:30 p.m. Sam Fox School Architecture Lecture Series. John Hoal, assoc. prof. of architecture. Lab Sciences Bldg., Rm. 300. 935-9300.


Tuesday, March 6

Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Cell Polarity, Cell Morphogenesis and the Cytoskeleton from a Bacterial Perspective." Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Maxine Singer Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale U. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Aud. 362-1485.

Music

Thursday, Feb. 22

8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Maurice Carnes Jazz Machine. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.


Sunday, Feb. 25

3 p.m. Concert. Washington University Symphony Orchestra. Dan Presgrave, dir. Graham Chapel. 935-4841.


Thursday, March 1

8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Vince Varvel, guitar. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.

On stage

Friday, Feb. 23

8 p.m. OVATIONS! Series. DanceBrazil. Co-presented by Dance St. Louis. (Also 8 p.m. Feb. 24; 2 p.m. Feb. 25.) Cost: $30, $25 for seniors, WUSTL faculty and staff; $18 for students and children. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

8 p.m. Performing Arts Dept. Presentation. "civil disobedience" by Carter Lewis. Andrea Urice, dir. (Also 8 p.m. Feb. 24, March 2 & 3; 2 p.m. Feb. 25 & March 4.) Cost: $15, $9 for students, children, seniors, WUSTL faculty and staff. Mallinckrodt Student Center, A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre. 935-6543.

Sports

Saturday, Feb. 24

1 p.m. Women's basketball vs. U. of Chicago. Wear red to the game in support of "Paint the Field House Red." Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

3 p.m. Men's basketball vs. U. of Chicago. Wear red to the game in support of "Paint the Field House Red." Athletic Complex. 935-4705.

Worship

Wednesday, Feb. 21

12:05 p.m. Ash Wednesday Catholic Mass. St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Whelpley Hall. modde@washucsc.org.

12:15 p.m. Ash Wednesday Ecumenical Ashes Service. Catholic Student Center, 6352 Forsyth Blvd. modde@washucsc.org.

5:15 p.m. Ash Wednesday Catholic Mass. Catholic Student Center, 6352 Forsyth Blvd. modde@washucsc.org.

And more

Friday, Feb. 23

4:30 p.m. Memorial Service. In honor of Irene E. and Michael M. Karl. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. (Reception follows.) R.S.V.P. to 286-0073.


Friday, March 2

1 p.m. Skandalaris Center YouthBridge Workshop. "Alliances and Collaborations" and "Measuring Outcomes." Simon Hall. www.sc.wustl.edu.

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 935-6512 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.