March 2008 Events Calendar
March 1
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine "Empathy: Customer Service at the End of Life" and "Veterinary Marketing Skills," Varis Lecture Hall, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Information: continuing education department, 508-887-4723; e-mail vetCEinfo@tufts.edu; or see www.tufts.edu/vet/continedu. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Grafton campus.
Men’s Track & Field Open New England Championships at Boston University, 10 a.m.
Men’s Swimming & Diving NESCAC Championships at Middlebury, 10 a.m.
Branded and on Display The exhibiting artists demonstrate how the forms and tactics of branding dominate the psychic and visual environment of our culture. Tufts University Art Gallery, through March 30. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For more information, call 617-627-3518 or visit the gallery’s Web site.
Iván Navarro: No Man’s Land In this exhibition, Navarro juxtaposes familiar objects and approachable materials, such as lights, film and popular music with disturbing content and acerbic commentary. In the Koppelman Gallery, Remis Sculpture Court and New Media Wall, Tufts University Art Gallery, through March 30. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For more information, call 617-627-3518 or visit the gallery’s Web site.
Women’s Track & Field Open New England Championships at Boston University, 11 a.m.
Tufts Opera Dido and Aeneas, an opera in three acts by Henry Purcell, with stage direction by Carol Mastrodomenico; music direction by Steven Morris; choral direction by Andrew Clark; orchestra preparation by Gil Rose and choreography by Ken Pierce. Tickets are $10 for adults; $7 with a Tufts ID and $7 for students of any school or college. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 2
Women’s Fencing NCAA Regionals at Vassar. Time TBA.
Tufts Opera Dido and Aeneas, an opera in three acts by Henry Purcell, with stage direction by Carol Mastrodomenico; music direction by Steven Morris; choral direction by Andrew Clark; orchestra preparation by Gil Rose and choreography by Ken Pierce. Tickets are $10 for adults; $7 with a Tufts ID and $7 for students of any school or college. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m.
March 3
The Gill Lecture Series "Journeymen: Race, Boxing and the Transnational World of Jack Johnson," Theresa Runstedtler, assistant professor of American studies at SUNY Buffalo. Goddard Chapel, 5 p.m.
March 4
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine "Medical and Surgical Solutions for Common Practice Problems." Tufts in Key Largo, Fla., March 4-7. Course directors: Mary Anna Labato, DVM, DACVIM and Robert J. McCarthy, DVM, MS, DACVS. For more information, contact the Continuing Education Department, 508-887-4723; e-mail vetCEinfo@tufts.edu or visit www.tufts.edu/vet/continedu
Chemistry Lecture "Structure Sensitivity of Styrene Epoxidation on Silver: Mechanistic Organs," Professor Robert Madix, Stanford University. Pearson Chemistry Building, 62 Talbot Avenue, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.
The Arabesque Music Ensemble The concert features a performance of “Al-fursan at-talatha” (The Three Musketeers). Free, but tickets are required. Call the Granoff Music Center box office, 617-627-3669, or visit the box office, Monday to Friday, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 5
Friedman Seminar "Nutrition and the Politics of Food," Michael Jacobsen, executive director, Center for Science in the Public Interest. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus.
Infectious Diseases Work-in-Progress Seminar "Gene Expression during Cryptosporidium Parvum Excystation," Dr. Linghui Zhang, postdoctoral associate, with Dr. Giovanni Widmer. "Amino Acid Uptake in Schistosomes," Dr. Patrick Skelly, assistant professor. Building 20 Conference Room, pizza provided, noon-1 p.m. Grafton campus.
Philosophy Department Objectivity and Positivism in Science "Logical Syntax and the Philosophy of Mathematics," Warren Goldfarb, W.B. Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University. Eaton Hall, Room 206, 3-5 p.m.
Chapel Forum on Religion and Science "A Religious Interpretation of the Emergence of New Realities: Creativity as God," Professor Emeritus Gordon D. Kaufman, Harvard Divinity School. Goddard Chapel, 6 p.m.
March 6
Balancing Your Future Debt Do’s and Don’ts Sponsored by Human Resources, with Jennifer Lane, CFP, owner of Compass Planning Associates, a financial planning firm in Boston. E-mail denise.napolitano@tufts.edu to register; pre-registration is required. Brown-bag lunch; dessert and drinks will be provided. Posner Lecture Hall, noon-1:30 p.m. Boston campus.
Art Gallery Discussion Panel discussion on “Branded and on Display” exhibition. Free and open to the public. Panelists: Noit Banai, Judith Hoos Fox and William Kaizen. Sophia Gordan Hall, 4–6 p.m.
The Art & Ethics of Translation Keynote speech by award-winning poet Peter Cole. Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities. Information: 617-627-3342 or humanities@tufts.edu. Continues March 7. Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, 6:30 p.m.
March 7
Women’s Track & Field ECAC Championships at Harvard. Time TBA.
Men’s Track & Field ECAC Championships at Harvard, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The Art & Ethics of Translation Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities. Information: 617-627-3342 or humanities@tufts.edu. Panel discussion with Lydia Davis, Suzanne Jill Levine, Jay Rubin and Natasha Wimmer, Sophia Gordon Hall, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Endnote speech by Esther Schor, Tisch 304, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
March 8
4th Annual Emerging Black Leaders Symposium Keynote speaker: Rev. C.T. Vivian, who sat on Martin Luther King's Executive Committee throughout the 1960s and in 1972 founded the organization Vision, which would later become Upward Bound. The symposium features two panels: "Accomplished Sistas: Black Women in Under-Represented Fields" and "Do You Have to be Black to be a Leader in the Black Community?: Cross-Cultural Collaboration Versus Community Self-Empowerment." Panelists include: Dr. Denise Johnson, Stanford University Medical Center; Dr. Valencia Joyner, professor of electrical engineering, Tufts; Valerie Lipson, producer of Basic Black, WGBH Boston; and Molly Secours, an artist and race activist. Moderated by Callie Crossley. Tickets are $5 at the door. Breakfast and lunch are provided. Registration begins 10 a.m., Cabot Auditorium. Information: Jennifer C. Bailey, president, Emerging Black Leaders Citizenship and Public Service Scholar, jenniferbailey09@gmail.com.
Men’s Lacrosse Skidmore at Tufts, 2 p.m.
Tufts Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides, Vaughan Williams’s Oboe Concerto, featuring Jenna Eppink, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.3. Conducted by Gil Rose. Tickets: $5 in advance, $7 at the door, general admission. Tickets are available at the Granoff Music Center box office, 617-627-3679. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 9
Community Concert Series Celebrating American music for cello and piano. Tufts music faculty cellist Emmanuel Feldman presents a concert with guest pianist Joy Cline-Phinney; works by George Walker, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m.
March 10
The Gill Lecture Series "The Beginning of the Long Civil Rights Movement with Plenty of Opposition," Leslie Brown, assistant professor of history and African-American studies, Washington University. Ballou Hall, Coolidge Room, 5 p.m.
March 11
Men’s Lacrosse Eastern Connecticut at Tufts, 3:30 p.m.
Chemistry Lecture "The Array Biosensor and Beyond," Fran Ligler, Naval Research Labs. Pearson Chemistry Building, 62 Talbot Avenue, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.
March 12
Friedman Seminar "Global Nutrition Research: Challenges and Options Working in Guatemala," Odilia Bermudez, assistant professor, public health and family medicine at Tufts, and students Jounghee Lee and Katherine N. Shin. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus.
Women’s Lacrosse Tufts at Wellesley, 4:30 p.m.
March 13
Sackler Joint Seminar Series "Adaptation of Metabolic Networks in Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans," Dr. Michael Lorenz, department of microbiology and molecular genetics, University of Texas Houston Medical School. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon, Boston campus.
Chemistry Lecture "NIH Funding and Stem Cell Research: Mixing Science and Politics in the U.S. Senate," Dr. Sudip Parikh, Senate Appropriations Committee. Pearson Chemistry Building, 62 Talbot Avenue, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.
March 14
Health Sciences Mini Symposium "Exploring Strategies for Engaged Learning in the Health Sciences," the fifth annual UIT Health Sciences Mini-Symposium for Teaching and Learning. For more information and to register, go to www.regonline.com/5HealthSciences. Keynote presentation: LuAnn Wilkerson, professor of medicine and senior associate dean for medical education, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles. Sackler Center, Room 827, 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Boston campus.
Baseball Tufts at Lynchburg, time TBA.
Balancing Your Future Debt Do’s and Don’ts sponsored by Human Resources, with Jennifer Lane, CFP, owner of Compass Planning Associates, a financial planning firm in Boston. E-mail patty.boucher@tufts.edu to register; pre-registration is required. Brown-bag lunch; dessert and drinks will be provided. Administration Building, Kohnstamn Conference Room, noon-1:30 p.m. Grafton campus.
Women’s Track & Field NCAA Championships at Ohio Northern, through March 15.
Men’s Track & Field NCAA Championships at Ohio Northern, through March 15.
March 15
Spring recess begins; classes resume on March 24.
Women’s Lacrosse Tufts at Williams, 11 a.m.
Men’s Lacrosse Williams at Tufts, noon.
March 16
Baseball Tufts at Averett, 1 p.m.
Softball Tufts vs. Central, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 1 p.m.
Softball Tufts vs. Hamline, 3:30 pm.
March 17
Baseball Tufts vs. SUNY-Purchase, at Guilford, 10 a.m.
Baseball Tufts at Guilford, 3 p.m.
Softball Tufts vs. Avila, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 3:30 p.m.
Softball Tufts vs. St. Mary’s, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 5:45 p.m.
March 18
Balancing Your Future Debt Do’s and Don’ts sponsored by Human Resources, with Jennifer Lane, CFP, owner of Compass Planning Associates, a financial planning firm in Boston. E-mail michelle.conroy@tufts.edu to register; pre-registration is required; brown bag lunch; dessert and drinks will be provided. Cabot Center, Room 702, noon-1:30 p.m.
Softball Tufts vs. St. Thomas, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 1 p.m.
Men’s Lacrosse Tufts at Roanoke, 3:30 p.m.
Women’s Lacrosse Wheaton at Tufts, 5 p.m.
Softball Tufts vs. Williams, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 5:45 p.m.
Baseball Tufts at Greensboro College, 7 p.m.
March 19
Baseball Tufts at Methodist, 4 p.m.
March 20
Softball Tufts vs. Wesleyan, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 8:30 a.m.
Baseball Tufts at North Carolina Wesleyan, 3:30 p.m.
Softball Tufts vs. St. Thomas, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 3:30 p.m.
March 21
Softball Tufts vs. St. Mary’s, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 1 p.m.
Baseball Tufts at Randolph-Macon, 3 p.m.
Softball Tufts vs. LaSierra, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 3:30 p.m.
March 22
Women’s Swimming & Diving NCAA championships at Miami of Ohio, through March 24.
Women’s Lacrosse Tufts at Wesleyan, noon.
Baseball Tufts at Apprentice, 12:30 p.m.
Men’s Lacrosse Wesleyan at Tufts, 1:30 p.m.
March 23
Softball Tufts vs. Pacific, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 10:45 a.m.
Baseball Tufts at Virginia Wesleyan, 11 a.m.
Softball Tufts vs. Cal State San Marcos, Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif., 1 p.m.
March 24
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute The Authors Series: Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat, with author Professor Sol Gittleman. For more information or to register, call 617-627-5699. 1:30–3:30 p.m.
March 25
Chemistry Lecture "Watching the Protein Mambo: Fast Enzyme Dynamics," Professor Christopher Cheatum, University of Iowa. Pearson Chemistry Building, 62 Talbot Avenue, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.
March 26
Friedman Lecture Series "Food Stamps, Food Spending and Household Food Security," Parke Wilde, associate professor, Friedman School. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus.
Men’s Lacrosse Connecticut College at Tufts, 3:30 p.m.
Faculty Chamber Music Concert Masterworks of the chamber repertoire, presented by members of the Tufts music faculty. Free. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 27
Biomedical Sciences Seminar "Chromatin (modifying drugs), Genes and Behavior," Schahram Akbarian, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Varis Lecture Hall, noon-1 p.m. Grafton campus.
Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Conference "The United States and the Middle East: What Comes Next After Iraq?" This conference aims to identify issues pertaining to the Middle East that will be of concern to Americans in the coming years. The conference will consist of 5 panels and lectures; participants include former Senator Lee H. Hamilton, president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; General Anthony Zinni, executive vice president, DynCorp International; and Rasid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and director of the Middle East Institute, Columbia University. Register by fax at 617-627-3856, by telephone at 617-627-3568, or e-mail to conferences@tufts.edu. For full conference schedule, go to http://farescenter.tufts.edu. Cabot International Center, 3–6:15 p.m.
Chaplain’s Table on Religious Perspectives on Respect and Dignity "Respect for Women," Shareda Hosein, Muslim chaplain. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m.
Fashion and Its Discontents Symposium Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities. Information: 617-627-3342 or humanities@tufts.edu. Introduction Jennifer Gerson, associate editor of jezebel.com; keynote speaker, Jill Hudson Neal. Symposium continues March 28. Sophia Gordon Hall 5:30 p.m.
March 28
Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Conference "The United States and the Middle East: What Comes Next After Iraq?" This conference aims to identify issues pertaining to the Middle East that will be of concern to Americans in the coming years. The conference will consist of 5 panels and lectures; participants include former Senator Lee H. Hamilton, president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; General Anthony Zinni, executive vice president, DynCorp International; and Rasid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and director of the Middle East Institute, Columbia University. Register by fax at 617-627-3856, by telephone at 617-627-3568, or e-mail to conferences@tufts.edu. For full conference schedule, go to http://farescenter.tufts.edu. Cabot International Center, 8:45 a.m.–7:30 p.m.
Fashion and Its Discontents Symposium Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities. Information: 617-627-3342 or humanities@tufts.edu. Panel discussion: Professor Radiclani Clytus, “But They Don’t Wear Breeches;” Professor Lecia Rosenthal, “‘I hate my clothes’: Virginia Woolf and the things we say when we talk about fashion;” Kate Wheeler, “‘Co-opt Me!’ Fiction Writing Ex-Nun Enjoys Thirty Minutes of Dubious Fashion Fame;” Professor Adriana Zavala, “The Enormous Vogue for Things ‘Kahlo’”. Moderated by Professor Joseph Litvak. Tisch 304, 10 a.m.
Baseball Tufts at Bates, 3 p.m.
Philosophy Lecture "The Legacy of Liberalism in Mexico," Faviola Rivera-Castro, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University. Eaton Hall, Room 206, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Softball Bowdoin at Tufts, 4 p.m.
Women’s Lacrosse Tufts at Connecticut College, 4:30 p.m.
From Distler to Jordan and Back Again Students in the Tufts/New England Conservatory double-degree program present their second Distler Hall concert. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 29
Women’s Lacrosse Trinity at Tufts, noon.
Baseball Tufts at Bates, double-header, noon.
Softball Bowdoin at Tufts, noon.
Men’s Lacrosse Tufts at Trinity, 1 p.m.
March 30
Cummings Veterinary Lecture "Ophthalmology for the Practicing Veterinarian," Dr. Stefano Pizzirani, course director. Information: contact the Continuing Education Department at 508-887-4723; vetCEinfo@tufts.edu; or via the Web site: www.tufts.edu/vet/continedu. 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Grafton campus.
Boston Symphony Orchestra Community Chamber Concert Performed by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; free, but tickets are required. Reserve by calling the Granoff Music Center box office at 617-627-3679. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m.
Tishler Competition Finals presented by Tufts Music. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.
April 4
A Symposium on Women in Science, Medicine and Engineering Tufts University is hosting a symposium on women in science, medicine and engineering. This program was organized by a committee chaired by Simin Meydani, professor of nutrition and immunology, and includes Peggy Newell, vice provost; Lisa Coleman, executive director of the Office of Institutional Diversity; Linda Abriola, dean of the School of Engineering; Naomi Rosenberg, dean of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences; Deborah Kochevar, dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; Alice Gottlieb, professor of dermatology; and Diana Bianchi, Natalie V. Zucker Professor of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology. We have invited a panel of outstanding speakers from across the country and from different disciplines. Free and open to the public. RSVP by March 19 to ovp-rsvp@tufts.edu or 617-636-3536. For program details, please go to http://www.tufts.edu/central/research/WISME. Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutrition Sciences, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the April issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, March 25. Submissions may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Office of Publications, 80 George Street, Medford campus.
