University events

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place March 1-14 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
"Reality Bites." Through April 29. Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.

Film

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, 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.

6:30 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Discussion. "Kemper Conversation: 'Container Narratives'" Emma Kafalenos, senior lecturer in comparative literature, and Catharina Manchanda, curator, Kemper Art Museum. (6 p.m. reception.) Kemper Art Museum. 935-4523.


Friday, March 2

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Failure to Educate Children with a Chronic Illness: A Case Study of Sickle Cell Disease." Allison King, asst. prof. of pediatrics. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

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.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Chaperone-mediated Autophagy: A Selective Pathway for Lysosomal Protein Degradation." Ana Maria Cuervo, assoc. prof. of anatomy & structural biology, Albert Einstein Medical School. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 747-4233.

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

10 a.m. Saturday Science lecture series. "The Modern Application of Ancient Historical Astronomical Observations." Michael W. Friedlander, Ph.D., professor of physics. Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-6276.


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. Whitaker Hall Aud. 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.

5:30 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Biophysical Evenings Seminar. "Progress Towards Ion Channel Biosensors: Bacterial Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Ion Channels." Joshua Maurer, asst. prof. of chemistry. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 362-4152.


Wednesday, March 7

11 a.m. Assembly Series Lecture. Lauren Greenfield, photographer and filmmaker. Graham Chapel. 935-4620.

4 p.m. Tyrrell Williams Lecture. "The New Supreme Court: Continuity and Change." Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times Supreme Court correspondent. Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall. 935-6430.


Thursday, March 8

Noon. Genetics Seminar Series. "Genome and Development at Single-cell Resolution: Automated Cell Lineaging and its Applications in C. elegans." Zhirong Bao, dept. of genome sciences, U. of Wash., Seattle. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139.

3 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Basic Science Seminar Series. Stanley J. Korsmeyer Memorial Lecture. Xiaodong Wang, George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science, U. of Tx. Southwestern Medical Center. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 434-7029.

4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar. "How Structural Components of the Lens Can Influence Development and Protect Against Disease." A. Sue Menko, prof. of pathology, anatomy & cell biology, Thomas Jefferson U. Maternity Bldg., Rm. 725. 362-3315.

6:15 p.m. Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture. "Deep Pockets: The Economics and Poetics of Excess in Adelbert von Chamisso's 'Peter Schlemihl.'" Richard Gray, Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor of Germanics, U. of Wash. Duncker Hall, Rm. 201, Hurst Lounge. 935-5106.

6:30 p.m. Kemper Art Museum Lecture. "The Past is Always With Us: German National Identities in Post-Wall Berlin." Olaf Kuhlke, asst. prof. of geography, U. of Minn., Duluth. For location: 935-4523.


Friday, March 9

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. March 10.) Cost: $300, $225 for allied health professionals. The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, 100 Carondelet Plaza. To register: 362-6891.

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Mental Retardation Update: A Genetics and Genomic Medicine Primer for the 21st Century." Tyler Reimschisel, asst. prof. of pediatrics. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

11 a.m. Boeing Center for Technology, Information, and Manufacturing Operations and Manufacturing Management Seminar. "Delegation vs. Control of Component Procurement." Feryal Erhun, asst. prof. of management science & engineering, Stanford U. Simon Hall, Rm. 241. 935-5577.

Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Mouse Models of Nucelotide Excision DNA Repair Disorders: From Interallelic Complementation to Dietary Restriction." James Mitchell, postdoctoral fellow in genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, the Netherlands. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 362-6812.

2:30 p.m. Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Seminar Series. Jenny Jay, asst. prof. of civil & environmental engineering, U. of Calif., Los Angeles. Lopata Hall, Rm. 101. 935-5548.


Saturday, March 10

7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Transplant CME Course. "Solid Organ Transplant." Cost: $80 by March 2; $100 thereafter. Eric P. Newman Education Center. To register: 362-6891.

8 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Program in Physical Therapy Course. "Anatomy and Orthopedic Management of the Shoulder and Knee: From the Lab to the Clinic." Cost: $90, $25 for students. 4444 Forest Park Blvd., Lower Lvl., Rm. B112. 286-1400.

10 a.m. Saturday Science lecture series. "From Astrolabe to Quantum Computer: Science and Computing." Michael C. Ogilvie, Ph.D., professor of physics. Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-6276


Monday, March 12

8 a.m.-5 p.m. St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Center CME Course. "STD Intensive." (Continues 8 a.m.-5 p.m. March 13 & 14.) Cost: $125. For location and to register: 747-1522.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Mechanism of Adhesion- and Integrin-dependent Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Generation in Innate and Adaptive Immunity." Wojciech Swat, asst. prof. of pathology & immunology. Farrell Learning & Teaching Center, Connor Aud. 362-2763.


Tuesday, March 13

Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Role of Yersinia Yops in Animal Infection Models." Joan Mecsas, asst. prof. of molecular biology & microbiology. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 747-1029.

Noon. Program in Physical Therapy Research Seminar. "Measuring and Managing Excessive Stresses and Strains in the Neuropathic Foot to Reduce Skin Breakdown." Michael Mueller, assoc. prof. of physical therapy. 4444 Forest Park Blvd., Lower Lvl., Rm. B108. 286-1404.


Wednesday, March 14

Noon. Mallinckrodt Inst. of Radiology Lecture. Annual Daniel R. Biello Memorial Lecture. "The Evolution of PET/CT: A Path of No Return." David Townsend, prof. & dir., cancer imaging and tracer development research program, U. of Tenn., Knoxville. Scarpellino Aud., 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd. 362-2866.

Music

Thursday, March 1

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


Friday, March 2

7:30 p.m. Splash of Color. Annual concert of Mosaic Whispers and other a cappella groups. (Also March 3 at 7:30 p.m.) Graham Chapel. (616) 485-9170.


Saturday, March 3

8 p.m. Senior Honors Recital. Charles Broze, baritone. Whitaker Hall Aud. 935-4841.


Sunday, March 4

2 p.m. Senior Honors Recital. Ivy Chiang, soprano. Whitaker Hall Aud. 935-4841.

4 p.m. Chamber Music Concert. WUSTL faculty & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra members. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.


Wednesday, March 7

8 p.m. Concert. Washington University Jazz Band. Chris Becker, dir. Ridgley Hall, Holmes Lounge. 935-4841.

On stage

Friday, March 2

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

Sports

Thursday, March 1

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


Saturday, March 3

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


Sunday, March 4

11 a.m. Baseball vs. Benedictine U. Kelly Field. 935-4705.


Saturday, March 10

10 a.m. Men's tennis vs. DePauw U. Tao Tennis Center. 935-4705.

10 a.m. Women's tennis vs. DePauw U. Tao Tennis Center. 935-4705.

Noon. Baseball vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering. Kelly Field. 935-4705.


Sunday, March 11

11 a.m. Baseball vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering. Kelly Field. 935-4705.

And more

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.