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Scenes from a Marriage
Bridal-chest paintings gathered by a Tufts art historian offer glimpses of wedded life in the Italian Renaissance, and are now on view at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
January 2009 Events Calendar
January 1
New Year’s Day University holiday.
January 2
Men’s Basketball Tufts at La Verne Tournament, California.
January 3
Men’s Basketball Tufts at La Verne Tournament, California.
January 6
Practice Management Seminar Led by Dental School Associate Professor Ronald Perry; featuring guest speakers Kathy Ells and Jean Fallago of Matsco. The topic will be “Associates,” and discussion topics will include “Employment Agreements,” “Covenants Not to Compete,” “Short-term Employment” and more. School of Dental Medicine, Becker Board Room, 5–7 p.m. Boston campus.
Ice Hockey Johnson & Wales at Tufts, Malden Forum, 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Western New England College, 7 p.m.
January 7
Effective Communication in Families This workshop will explore the importance of listening as a fundamental communication skill. You will learn the key elements of effective listening, and how to express yourself in a way that will help your children to listen to you. We will also discuss the difference between punishment and discipline, and how effective communication skills make discipline more effective. This interactive workshop focuses on practical information and communication strategies that can be used immediately by the participants with their children and other family members. To register, contact Stephanie Scenna at stephanie.scenna@tufts.edu. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Boston campus.
Microbiology Seminar “Evolution and Diversity of Pathways for Protein Disulfide Bond Formation and Reduction in Bacteria: Genetics, Bioinformatics and Biochemistry,” Jonathan R. Beckwith, American Cancer Society Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School. Jaharis Center, Room 508, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Emmanuel, 7 p.m.
January 8
Men’s Basketball UMass-Boston at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
January 9
Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Dartmouth Relays, through January 11.
Ice Hockey Tufts at Norwich, 7 p.m.
January 10
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Bates, 2 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Wheaton at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 2 p.m.
Thesis Defense “Dietary Patterns, Genetic Predisposition and Metabolic Syndrome,” Sabrina Noel, graduate student in nutritional epidemiology, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 3–4 p.m. Boston campus.
Ice Hockey Tufts at St. Michael’s, 3 p.m.
January 12
New Student Orientation
January 13
New Student Orientation
Physiology Seminar “Transcriptional Regulation, Stress Response and Virulence in Group B Streptococcus,” Karen Puopolo, Harvard Medical School. M&V 702, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
January 14
Classes Begin Ex-College registration.
Effective Communication in Families This workshop will explore the importance of listening as a fundamental communication skill. You will learn the key elements of effective listening, and how to express yourself in a way that will help your children to listen to you. We will also discuss the difference between punishment and discipline, and how effective communication skills make discipline more effective. This interactive workshop focuses on practical information and communication strategies that can be used immediately by the participants with their children and other family members. To register, contact Patty Boucher at patty.boucher@tufts.edu. Administration Building, Kohnstamn Conference Room, 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Grafton campus.
Immunology Seminar “Inducing the Cell Fates Required for Immunity,” Steve Reiner, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Jaharis Center, Room 508, noon. Boston campus.
Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at Boston College, 5 p.m.
Equine Health Lecture Series “Why Is the Horse Such a Great Athlete?” Lecture by Dr. Melissa Mazan, Tufts’ Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Understanding the basics of equine exercise physiology can help you improve your equine athlete’s performance. Online registration available: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/. Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, 7–9 p.m. Grafton campus.
January 16
Ice Hockey Tufts at Skidmore, time TBA.
Women’s Basketball Williams at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Williams, 7 p.m.
January 17
Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts Invitational I, Gantcher Center, 10 a.m.
Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts Invitational I, Gantcher Center, 10 a.m.
Community Music Program Concert Children and adults studying in the Tufts Community Music Program perform in a series of three recitals. Free and open to the public. No tickets required. See www.tufts.edu/musiccenter/events/calendar.html for more information. Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center. Three performances: 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts vs. Wesleyan at Williams, 1 p.m.
Women’s Swimming and Diving Tufts vs. Wesleyan at Williams, 1 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Middlebury at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Middlebury, 3 p.m.
Ice Hockey Tufts at Castleton State, 4 p.m.
January 19
Martin Luther King Jr. Day University holiday; no classes.
January 20
Women’s Basketball Wheaton at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey Tufts at Connecticut College, 7 p.m.
January 21
Microbiology Seminar “How Do Bacteria Clean Up Our Mess? Outer Membrane Transport of Hydrophobic Compounds,” Bert van den Berg, assistant professor of molecular medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Jaharis Center, Room 508, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
January 22
A Tapestry of Memories: The Art of Dinh Q. Lê The first major survey of the work of this Vietnamese-American artist. Lê’s tapestries and video installations reveal a two-decade-long introspective journey in which the artist has brought his vision to bear on the dislocation and cultural displacement he experienced, first in fleeing his homeland, then with his immersion in American culture, and ultimately upon the return to his estranged and yet familiar country. Through his art, Lê has sought to negotiate the differing perspectives he holds—Vietnamese, American-Vietnamese and American—on Vietnam, the American-Vietnam War and his place in the two societies in which he finds both belonging and alienation. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, through March 29. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://ase.tufts.edu/gallery/exhibitions/exhibitions.html. Artist's presentation: January 29, 4:30 p.m. Opening reception: January 29, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Christian Tomaszewski: Hunting for Pheasants New York-based Christian Tomaszewski (b. 1971) is an installation artist whose work over the past decade has been heavily influenced by film, filmic representation and recreations of film sets from memory on both miniature and monumental scales. Tomaszewski’s project Hunting for Pheasants takes its inspiration from the Polish School of film posters of the 1960s and 1970s, a prominent influence on Polish artists born in the 1970s. Expanding upon his November 2008 exhibition at Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer in Cologne, Tomaszewski’s installation comprises a series of 82 “poster drawings” for movies that don’t actually exist, installed over a colorful array of striped panels on the gallery’s perimeter walls, as if curated to give a taste of a certain political moment with its own particular bygone aesthetic. Aidekman Arts Center, Koppelman Gallery and Remis Sculpture Court, through March 29. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://ase.tufts.edu/gallery/exhibitions/exhibitions.html. Opening reception: January 29, 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Tokyo Streets Exhibit opens today. Aidekman Arts Center, New Media Wall, through March 29. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://ase.tufts.edu/gallery/exhibitions/exhibitions.html.
Tonal Tufts Thursdays Tenor Charles Blandy in concert. Blady, a versatile lyric tenor who is equally at home in Mozart and Bach as in the most challenging contemporary music, will present a recital of works for tenor and piano. For more information on Charles Blandy visit his website at charlesblandy.com. Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
January 23
Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Boston University Terrier Invitational, 10 a.m.
Effective Communication in Families This workshop will explore the importance of listening as a fundamental communication skill. You will learn the key elements of effective listening, and how to express yourself in a way that will help your children to listen to you. We will also discuss the difference between punishment and discipline, and how effective communication skills make discipline more effective. This interactive workshop focuses on practical information and communication strategies that can be used immediately by the participants with their children and other family members. To register, contact Michelle Conroy at michelle.conroy@tufts.edu. Cabot Center, Room 702, 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Franklin & Marshall at Yale, 6:30 p.m.
Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Franklin & Marshall at Yale, 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Colby, 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Colby at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey Colby at Tufts, Malden Forum, 7 p.m.
January 24
Women’s Fencing Conference Meet, Brown University, 8 a.m.
Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Boston University Terrier Invitational, 10 a.m.
Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Boston University Terrier Invitational, 10 a.m.
Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Denison at Yale, 10 a.m.
Women’s Squash Tufts at Connecticut College, 11 a.m.
Men’s Squash Tufts at Connecticut College, 11 a.m.
Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at MIT, 1 p.m.
Women’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at MIT, 1 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Bowdoin, 2 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Bowdoin at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 2 p.m.
Ice Hockey Bowdoin at Tufts, Malden Forum, 3:30 p.m.
January 25
Veterinary School Technician Symposium Topics covered include “Anesthesia 101,” “Overview of Anesthetic Drugs,” “Cardiovascular Monitoring of the Anesthetic Patient,” “Respiratory Monitoring,” “Pain Assessment and Strategies” and “Wet Labs.” To register, contact Susan Brogan at vetceinfo@tufts.edu or call 508-887-4723. Franklin Loew Medical Education Center, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Grafton campus. For more information, please visit http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/.
Men’s Swimming and Diving Boston University at Tufts, Hamilton Pool, 1 p.m.
January 27
Women’s Squash Tufts at Northeastern, 6:30 p.m.
Men’s Squash Tufts at Northeastern, 6:30 p.m.
January 28
Genetics Seminar “Mechanisms Underlying Accurate Meiotic Chromosome Segregation in C. elegans,” Monica Colaiacovo, Harvard Medical School. Jaharis Center, Room 508, noon. Boston campus.
Equine Health Lecture Series “EEE, WNV, EHV1, EPM—The Alphabet Soup of Neurologic.” What you need to know about these prevalent equine conditions. Dr. Mary Rose Paradis, Tufts’ Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Online registration available at http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/. Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, 7–9 p.m. Grafton campus.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Clark, 7 p.m.
January 29
Tonal Tufts Thursdays Anne Howarth, a talented horn player and chamber musician living in the Boston area, leads a chamber music performance for brass with many other area musicians. Howarth appears regularly in area ensembles including the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartford Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra. She appeared with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project in 2000. She is also a founding member of the Radius Ensemble, as well as its outreach director. Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
January 30
Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts Pentathlon, Gantcher Center, 5 p.m.
Women’s Squash NESCAC tournament at Trinity/Wesleyan, 5 p.m.
Men’s Squash NESCAC tournament at Trinity/Wesleyan, 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Wesleyan at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Wesleyan, 7 p.m.
Ice Hockey Amherst at Tufts, Malden Forum, 7 p.m.
January 31
Women’s Fencing NYU at Tufts, 8 a.m.
Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts Invitational II, Gantcher Center, 10 a.m.
Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Bowdoin Invitational, 12:30 p.m.
Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at Bates with Wheaton, 1 p.m.
Women’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at Bates with Wheaton, 1 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Connecticut College at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Connecticut College, 3 p.m.
Ice Hockey Hamilton at Tufts, Malden Forum, 3:30 p.m.
Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the February issue is Thursday, January 22. Submissions may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Tufts Publications, 80 George St., Medford campus.
