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June 2009 Events Calendar
June 1
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute “Summer Explorations” program: Boston’s historic neighborhoods, the literature of immigration, Beethoven, Broadway blockbusters, the new vs. the old world wine regions of France, antiques, art, nature and even the unique science of pyrotechnics. Through June 11. Download the brochure at http://ase.tufts.edu/lli/documents/studyGroupBrocSummer2009.pdf or visit http://ase.tufts.edu/lli/ for more information, or call 617-627-5885.
Co-ed Sailing ICSA Dinghy Championships at San Francisco, Calif., 10:15 p.m.
June 2
Alain Eschenlauer’s Rorschach’s Insects Alain Eschenlauer is a young artist living and working in Strasbourg, France. In this exhibition, he presents artworks juxtaposing entomologically precise drawings of insects and symmetrical inkblots reminiscent of Rorschach’s inkblots. Aidekman Arts Center, Slater Concourse Gallery, through July 31. Public opening reception Thursday, June 4, 5:30–8:30 p.m. Gallery summer hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon–5 p.m.
June 3
Immunology Seminar Andrea Cooper, Trudeau Institute. JA-508, noon. Boston campus.
Tufts Distinction Awards The second annual Tufts Distinction Awards ceremony, Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis Family Center, Boston, 10 a.m. Live viewing available at the Distler Performance Hall in the Granoff Music Center and in the Agnes Varis Auditorium in Grafton. Transportation available to Boston from Grafton and Medford. Buses will leave from the corner of Packard Avenue and Professor’s Row in Medford at 9:15 a.m. If you are interested in transportation from Grafton, please contact distinctionawards@tufts.edu.
June 4
Sixth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition A year after celebrating its fifth annual exhibition by featuring five site-specific installations, the Tufts University Art Gallery went “back to the basics” in 2009 with an open call to all professional artists living and/or working out of a studio in three of Tufts’ host communities (Grafton, Medford and Somerville). The 36 selected artists represent a variety of media, styles and themes. Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University Art Gallery, through August 2. Public opening reception: Thursday, June 4, 5:30–8:30 p.m. Gallery summer hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon–5 p.m.
June 8
Physiology Seminar “Regulation of Upstream Binding Factor1 in IGF-1 Receptor Signaling,” with Mingli Liu; sponsored by Professor Dan Jay. MV 702, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
June 9
President’s Picnic President’s Lawn behind Gifford House, noon–2 p.m. Rain date: Wednesday, June 10. Buses from the Boston Campus to the picnic will leave from the corner of Harrison Avenue and Kneeland Street at 11:45 a.m. and noon, returning at 1:15 and 1:30 p.m.
June 10
Immunology Seminar Shannon Turley, Harvard Medical School. JA-508, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
June 11
President’s Picnic Agnes Varis Campus Center Lawn, noon–2 p.m. Rain date: Friday, June 12. Grafton campus.
Sixth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition Open House Artists’ talk with selected artists from the exhibition. Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University Art Gallery. 12:30–3:30 p.m.
June 13
Spring Yard Sale Sponsored by the Tufts Educational Day Care Center, with proceeds to benefit the Children’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Donations may be dropped off at the Day Care Center 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m., June 8–12, or early on the morning of June 13. Information: 617-627-3412. 165 Holland Street, Somerville. 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
June 14
Veterinary Continuing Education “Dermatology for the Practicing Veterinarian,” Christine Prost and Lowell Ackerman, clinical professors in the Department of Clinical Sciences, course directors. Agnes Varis Auditorium, Agnes Varis Campus Center. To register and for more information: phone 508-887-4723, e-mail vetCinfo@tufts.edu or go to http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20090614.html. 8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Grafton campus.
June 26
Summer Session First session ends.
June 28
Veterinary Continuing Education “Cardiology Workshop,” with John Rush, associate department chair in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Cummings School, and Suzanne Cunningham, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences, course directors. Agnes Varis Auditorium, Agnes Varis Campus Center. To register and for more information: phone 508-887-4723, e-mail vetCinfo@tufts.edu or go to http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20090628.html. 8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Grafton campus.
June 30
Summer Session Second session begins.
