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December 2009 Events Calendar
December 1
Tadashi Moriyama, Flight Home, 2006 Inspired by a 13-hour plane ride, Flight Home incorporates fantastical science fiction, grainy live footage and virtually generated cityscapes. Aidekman Arts Center, New Media Wall, through December 20. 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.
Ghost Stories: Selections from Yoshitoshi’s New Forms of 36 Ghosts and Other Works Organized by Amy Ingrid Schlegel, director of Galleries and Collections, Tufts University; Professor Ikumi Kaminishi, Art and Art History Department, advisor. Tufts University Art Gallery, Remis Sculpture Court, through December 21. 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.
Health Care Reform Town Hall Meeting Sponsored by Tufts Medical Center and the Tufts University School of Medicine, and featuring Ellen Zane, president and CEO of Tufts Medical Center, and Michael Rosenblatt, dean of the School of Medicine. Two sessions: Wolff Auditorium, Tufts Medical Center, 10 a.m.; Food 4 Thought Café, Sackler 4, 3 p.m. Boston campus.
Animal Matters Seminar Series “Impact of Animal Use of Antibiotics on the Mounting Resistance Problem,” with Stuart Levy, professor of medicine and of molecular biology and microbiology and director, Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance, Tufts Medical School. Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, noon. Grafton campus.
GDAE Brown Bag Lunch “Atmospheric Trust and Climate Change,” with Brian Roach, research associate, Tufts Global Development and Environment Institute. GDAE, 44 Teele Avenue, noon–1 p.m.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium “Novel Detector Technology for Challenging Time-dependent Imaging Applications,” with Bernard B. Kosicki, MIT Lincoln Labs. Halligan Hall, Room 111-A, 3–4:15 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Salem State at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
Du Fay & Co. The Tufts Early Music Ensemble, a mixed ensemble of voices, viols, lute, recorders, harp and other early instruments, explores the secular music of Guillaume Du Fay and his contemporaries, with special emphasis on songs set to Italian texts. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Lesley, 8 p.m.
December 2
Friedman School Seminar “Go Local—Is This the Solution?,” a panel discussion about the merits and limits of locally produced foods as a solution to current food system challenges, with Beatrice Rogers, professor, Friedman School; Christian Peters, Agriculture, Food and Environment faculty member at the Friedman School; and Julia Freegood, American Farmland Trust. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Converging on Copenhagen Speaker Series “What to Expect in Copenhagen,” with William Moomaw, professor of international environmental policy, Fletcher School. Cabot Center, Room 205, 12:30–2 p.m.
Music to Soothe the Savage Beast A concert for the animals in honor of veterinary overseer Agnes Varis’ donation of a baby grand piano to the Cummings School in recognition of the work by the school’s Paws for People teams. Agnes Varis Campus Center Auditorium, 3:30–4:30 p.m. Grafton campus.
Neuroscience Seminar Series “BACE1, the Beta-secretase Enzyme in Alzheimer’s Disease,” with Robert Vassar, Northwestern University. Jaharis Center, Room 508, 4–5 p.m. Boston campus.
Chaplaincy Forum on Religion & Media “The Influence of Television Ministries on Constructions of Race and Gender in the African Diaspora,” with Marla F. Frederick, associate professor of African American studies and the study of religion, Harvard University. Goddard Chapel, 6 p.m.
Applied Music Recitals Students in the Tufts Applied Music program present solo and accompanied works from their semester of study. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, performances at 6 and 8 p.m.
Women’s Swimming and Diving Wellesley at Tufts, Hamilton Pool, 7 p.m.
December 3
Mechanical Engineering Seminar “Inverted Pendulums and Humans in the Loop,” with John Morrell, assistant professor, Yale University. Anderson Hall, Nelson Auditorium, 3–4:15 p.m.
Noontime Concert Christmas concert with organ, brass and voice. Goddard Chapel, 4 p.m.
MFA Thesis Exhibition Robert Goss-Kennedy, Allison Maria Rodriguez, Jack W. Schneider and Ying-Huei Wu, four artists in the joint graduate degree program of Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, present their thesis work. Gallery talk with the artists: December 3, 5 p.m., followed by the public opening reception, 5:30–8 p.m. Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, through December 20. 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.
Women’s Fencing Tufts vs. Harvard and Sacred Heart at Harvard, 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Keene State at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Wellesley at Dana Hall, 7 p.m.
December 4
Friedman School Seminar on Obesity “Obesity and Pregnancy,” with Jonathan Davis, chief of newborn medicine and director, Clinical and Translational Research Center at the Floating Hospital for Children, and “Metabolic Profile, Dietary Composition and Weight Loss,” with Anastassio Pittas, associate professor of medicine and endocrinology, Tufts School of Medicine. Eaton Hall, Room 201, 2–4 p.m.
Biology Seminar “Species Invasions, Climate Change and Species Extinctions: Evaluating the Risks from Alternative Conservation Strategies,” with Dov Sax, Brown University. Barnum Hall, Room 104, 4–5 p.m.
Ice Hockey Tufts at New England College, 7 p.m.
Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at MIT Invitational, 7 p.m.
Women’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at MIT Invitational, 7 p.m.
NME: Not Just Sitting Here The Tufts New Music Ensemble continues its adventurous series of concerts with electro-acoustic works, new music for old instruments, works of minimalism and maximalism and the continuing drama of the original NME music-theater production of “Joe The Plumber.” A performance of Alvin Lucier’s 1967 classic “I Am Sitting in a Room” will take place along with work of special guest violinist Michelle Makarski. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
December 5
Men’s Squash Tufts at MIT, 10:30 a.m.
Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at MIT Invitational, 11 a.m.
Women’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at MIT Invitational, 11 a.m.
Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Boston University at MIT, noon.
Family and Children’s Concert Series “Good Cheer!” In a special holiday concert designed for children and their families, the choruses of Tufts University present popular holiday works of different styles from a variety of traditions and cultures from all over the world. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 1 p.m.
Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Cornell at Harvard, 2 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Colby-Sawyer, 2 p.m.
Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Cornell at Harvard, 2 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Babson at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 5 p.m.
Praise God and Dance! The Tufts Jazz Orchestra, led by conductor Joel LaRue Smith, performs music of sacred and secular dance inspired by African Diaspora traditions, including Duke Ellington’s sacred dance pieces and secular dance music by North American and Latin American composers. Free and open to the public. Goddard Chapel, 8 p.m.
Found: A Performance by the Tufts Dance Ensemble Directed by Daniel McCusker, the performance features Christina Aguirre, Sogdiana Azhibenova, Toka Beech, Amanda Bell, Anjuli Branz, Cara Guappone, Aline Gue, Kathleen Kent, Neha Kumar, Carolyn Pace, Alexa Peterson, Danielle Steever and Marian Swain as well as landscape projections by John Kramer. Free and open to the public. For information, email dance@tufts.edu or call 617-627-2556. Jackson Dance Lab, 8 p.m. An encore performance: December 6, Jackson Dance Lab, 4 p.m.
December 6
Veterinary Continuing Education “Timely Topics in Internal Medicine.” For information and registration, go to www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20091206.html or email vetCEinfo@tufts.edu. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Campus Center Auditorium, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Salem State at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 1 p.m.
Wassail! A Tufts Choral Holiday The Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers present popular works for the season, featuring jazz and pop standards, world music carols and classical masterpieces. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Brandeis at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m.
Found: A Performance by the Tufts Dance Ensemble Directed by Daniel McCusker, the performance features Christina Aguirre, Sogdiana Azhibenova, Toka Beech, Amanda Bell, Anjuli Branz, Cara Guappone, Aline Gue, Kathleen Kent, Neha Kumar, Carolyn Pace, Alexa Peterson, Danielle Steever and Marian Swain as well as landscape projections by John Kramer. Free and open to the public. For information, email dance@tufts.edu or call 617-627-2556. Jackson Dance Lab, 4 p.m.
The Jumbo Knish Factory Tufts Klezmer presents a night of Yiddish tango and Klezmer music, with special guests Barbara Grossman and Carol Mastrodomenico. From the Gauchos Judios of Argentina to American Yiddish Theater and the European Cafes, tango and Yiddish culture have had a fruitful marriage. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 7 p.m.
December 7
Music Colloquium Series “Dead Cat Bounces: Strange Narratives in My Recent Work,” with Eric Moe, University of Pittsburgh. Granoff Music Center, Varis Lecture Hall, Room 155, noon.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Wheaton, 7 p.m.
The Firebird Ensemble Tufts Music’s guest ensemble-in-residence presents a conflagration of new music featuring commissioned works by guest composers Donald Crockett and Eric Moe. The concert also will present the world premieres of thesis compositions by Master of Arts candidates Justin Tierney (“The God Script,” featuring actor and Tufts drama professor Laurence Senelick as soloist) and Roberto Toscano (new work to be announced). Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
December 8
Center for the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch “Symbolic Framing and Modern Consciousness: Body of the Emperor, Body of the Empire,” with Charles Inouye, professor of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature and a faculty fellow. Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT), 48 Professors Row, noon–1 p.m.
Molecular Medicine Series “Effects of Acute and Chronic Hypoxia on the Fetal Pulmonary Circulation,” with J. Usha Raj, Tulane University School of Medicine. Stearns Auditorium, Farnsworth 1, noon–1 p.m.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium “GPS Space-Time Adaptive Array Processor Test Results,” with Gary F. Hatke, MIT Lincoln Labs. Halligan Hall, Room 111-A, 3–4:15 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Plymouth State, 7 p.m.
West African Music and Dance Kiniwe, the Tufts African music and dance ensemble, presents a program of instrumental music, songs and dancing from both the Eve and Dagomba traditions of West Africa. Jackson Dance Lab, 8 p.m.
December 9
Friedman School Seminar “How to Turn Kids on to Healthy Habits,” with Barbara Storper, founder and director, FoodPlay Productions, Hatfield, Mass. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Tufts Wind Ensemble A performance of Symphony for Concert Band in B-flat by Paul Hindemith as well as recent pieces by Whitacre and Corigliano. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
December 10
Cummings School Holiday Craft Sale featuring handmade items by veterinary faculty, staff and students; proceeds benefit the Travis Fund, which provides financial assistance for the care of found animals and helps responsible owners cover the cost of unanticipated veterinary care. Agnes Varis Campus Center, Elms Café, noon–3 p.m. Grafton campus.
A Night at the (Tufts) Opera Members of Tufts Opera present an evening of fully staged opera scenes from a variety of composers and periods. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
December 11
Classes End for students on the Medford/Somerville campus.
Biology Seminar “Sensing and Signaling DNA Damage by the Checkpoint Pathways,” with Lee Zou, MGH Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School. Barnum Hall, Room 104, 4–5 p.m.
December 12
Men’s Track and Field Tufts at Bates Pentathlon, noon.
Women’s Track and Field Tufts at Bates Pentathlon, noon.
Women’s Basketball Tufts vs. Maine Maritime at Regis College, 7 p.m.
December 13
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Regis College, 1 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tufts vs. Framingham State at Regis College, 3 p.m.
December 14
Reading Period for students on the Medford/Somerville campus.
December 15
Final Examinations begin for students on the Medford/Somerville campus.
Molecular Medicine Series “Cytoglobin: A Calcineurin-dependent, Stress-responsive Hemoprotein Modulating Muscle Remodeling,” with Pradeep Mammen, UT Southwestern. Stearns Auditorium, Farnsworth 1, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
President’s Holiday Party Join Larry and Adele Bacow for a holiday celebration. Please bring one canned food item to be donated to the local food bank. Gifford House, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
December 16
President’s Holiday Party Join Larry and Adele Bacow for a holiday celebration. Please bring one canned food item to be donated to the local food bank. Administration Building, Kohnstamm Conference Room, noon–2 p.m. Grafton campus.
December 17
President’s Holiday Party Join Larry and Adele Bacow for a holiday celebration. Please bring one canned food item to be donated to the local food bank. School of Dental Medicine, One Kneeland Street, 15th floor, 3–5 p.m. Boston campus.
December 22
Final Examinations end for students on the Medford/Somerville campus.
December 24
Christmas Eve University holiday.
December 25
Christmas Day University holiday.
December 31
New Year’s Eve University holiday.
Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the January issues of the Tufts Journal is Monday, December 21. Submissions may be emailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Office of Publications, 80 George St., Medford campus.
