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March 2010 Events Calendar
March 1
Questions Without Answers: A Photographic Prism of World Events, 1985–2010 A photographic exhibition from the VII Photo Agency depicting defining events of the post-Cold War period, from the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11 to Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chechnya and Gaza. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, through April 4. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For more information, visit http://artgallery.tufts.edu.
The Institute for the Analysis of Empathy and Ethnography of No Place, with Rachel Lears Employing sculpture, installation, performance and painting, Saya Woolfalk weaves the tale of an artist-researcher and a species (the Empathics) she discovers, bringing the utopian world of the Empathics to life through a feminist lens. The 30-minute video “Ethnography of No Place,” made with filmmaker and anthropologist Rachel Lears, conjures a fictional world that Woolfalk conceived as artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2008. It runs concurrently on the New Media Wall outside the gallery. Aidekman Arts Center, Koppelman Gallery, through April 4. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For more information, visit http://artgallery.tufts.edu.
Recent Gifts to the Tufts Permanent Collection The Tufts Art Gallery exhibits recent acquisitions to the university’s permanent art collection, including work by Robert Hernandez, Philip J. Jameson, Tokyo Kamen, Frank Paulin and Lois Tarlow. Aidekman Arts Center, Remis Sculpture Court, through May 23. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For more information, visit http://artgallery.tufts.edu.
HNRCA Seminar “Berry Fruits, Nuts and Brain Aging: Do the Forest Animals Actually Have It Right?,” with James Joseph, research physiologist in the HNRCA Neuroscience Laboratory. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Town Meeting with President Bacow This meeting for faculty and staff will provide an opportunity to share ideas and observations with the president and engage in a dialogue about how to best support the university’s mission of teaching and research. The meeting will be webcast at http://president.tufts.edu/townmeeting. Cohen Auditorium, 2:30–4 p.m.
March 2
Center for the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch “Rehabilitating Ammi: Family and Mental Illness at the End of the Asylum in India,” with Sarah Pinto, assistant professor of anthropology and CHAT faculty fellow. Center for the Humanities at Tufts, 48 Professors Row, noon–1 p.m.
Chemistry Seminar “Self-assembled Monolayers and Their Applications in Nanotechnology and Chemical Sensors,” with Professor James Whitten, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.
March 3
Thesis Defense “Non-Viral Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Retinal Degeneration,” with Sarah Parker Read, M.D./Ph.D. candidate, Tufts University. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 10–11 a.m. Boston campus.
Friedman School Seminar “Three Glasses of Milk Per Day: Nutritional Necessity or Udderly Ridiculous?,” with Walter Willet, Harvard School of Public Health. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Town Meeting with President Bacow This meeting for faculty and staff will provide an opportunity to share ideas and observations with the president and engage in a dialogue about how to best support the university’s mission of teaching and research. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, Hamilburg Lecture Halls, 2:30–4 p.m. Grafton campus.
Sex in Change: Configurations of Sexuality and Gender in Contemporary Iran An International Women’s Day event featuring the screening of the film Be Like Others, followed by a discussion led by Afsaneh Najmabadi, the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and professor of studies of women, gender and sexuality at Harvard University; she is the author of Women with Mustaches and Men Without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity and the forthcoming book Sex in Change: Configurations of Sexuality and Gender in Contemporary Iran. Light food will be served. For more information, email amy.dee@tufts.edu. Sophia Gordon Hall, 5 p.m.
Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion & Media “Creating a Meaningful Life,” with Maria Karagianis, Pulitzer Prize winner and director of U.S. operations for Anatolia, a private school in Greece. Goddard Chapel, 6 p.m.
Guilty Pleasures: Cheesy Tunes We All Love (To Hate!) The Tufts Wind Ensemble explores the joys of Disney tunes, “light classical” and pop ballads. Cheese and crackers during the break. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 4
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series “Miniature Mobile Robots Down to Micron Scale,” with Metin Sitti, Carnegie Mellon University. Anderson Hall, Nelson Auditorium, 3–4 p.m.
Chaplain’s Table: A Look at Religions “Islam Today,” with Ken Garden, assistant professor of religion at Tufts. MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.
Considering Copenhagen: Rethinking Climate Policy A panel discussion sponsored by the Energy, Climate and Innovation Program at the Fletcher School; moderated by Kelly Sims Gallagher, associate professor, Fletcher School. A reception follows. Ballou Hall, Coolidge Room, 5:30–7 p.m.
Pen, Paint and Pretzels Centennial Production Tufts’ oldest undergraduate student organization celebrates its 100th anniversary this year with the staging of “subUrbia,” by Eric Bogosian; directed by Joe Pikowski, A10. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased by calling the Balch Arena Box Office at 617.627.3493 or in person weekdays from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. Additional performances, March 5 at 8 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. For more information about the centennial, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/3ps.
March 5
Barack Obama and American Democracy Conference Panel discussions featuring nationally renowned speakers and scholars, including Callie Crossley, Boyce Watkins, John Stauffer and Tufts historian Peniel Joseph, who will analyze President Barack Obama’s first year in office. Panels: “Obama and the Joshua Generation” and “The Obama Doctrine: American Foreign Policy in the Era of War and Peace.” Free and open to the public; conference continues on March 6. For information, email molly.palmer@tufts.edu. Center for the Humanities at Tufts, 48 Professors Row, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Philosophy Lecture “The Normativity of Perception,” with Sean Kelly, Harvard University. Eaton Hall, Room 206, 3–5 p.m.
Eat Your Way to Better Health Dinner with NBC Today Show nutrition and health expert Joy Bauer. Cost is $15 for Tufts faculty and staff; includes dinner; seating is limited. Tickets on sale at the Mayer Campus Center information booth; pay with cash or Jumbo Cash. For more information, email Julie.lampie@tufts.edu. For a menu, go to http://dining.tufts.edu. 51 Winthrop St. (across from the Interfaith Center), 6–8 p.m.
Pen, Paint and Pretzels Centennial Production Tufts’ oldest undergraduate student organization celebrates its 100th anniversary this year with the staging of “subUrbia,” by Eric Bogosian; directed by Joe Pikowski, A10. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased by calling the Balch Arena Box Office at 617.627.3493 or in person weekdays from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. Additional performances, March 6 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. For more information about the centennial, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/3ps.
March 6
Barack Obama and American Democracy Conference Panel discussions featuring nationally renowned speakers and scholars, including Callie Crossley, Boyce Watkins, John Stauffer and Tufts historian Peniel Joseph, who will analyze President Barack Obama’s first year in office. Panels: “Civic Engagement and the Media in the Age of Obama;” “Hope and Change: Assessing Obama’s Domestic Policies” and “What Barack Obama Means for American Democracy.” Free and open to the public. For information, email molly.palmer@tufts.edu. Ballou Hall, Coolidge Room, 9 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
Pen, Paint and Pretzels Centennial Production Tufts’ oldest undergraduate student organization celebrates its 100th anniversary this year with the staging of “subUrbia,” by Eric Bogosian; directed by Joe Pikowski, A10. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased by calling the Balch Arena Box Office at 617.627.3493 or in person weekdays from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, shows at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. For more information about the centennial, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/3ps.
March 7
Veterinary Continuing Education “Small Animal Endoscopy Lectures and Laboratory: Introduction to Upper GI Endoscopy,” with Lilian Cornejo, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Cummings School and course director. To register, go to http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20100307.html, call 508.887.4539 or email vetCEInfo@tufts.edu. Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Grafton campus.
Community Concert Series “Beth Bahia Cohen: The Art of the Bow,” featuring performance faculty member Beth Bahia Cohen, Mac Ritchey and Todd Roach in an exploration of how the violin is played in traditional music from Turkey, Greece, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Performance will include violin, Greek lyras, Turkish bowed tanbur and kabak kemane, Egyptian rababa and more. Free and open to the public. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m.
March 8
HNRCA Seminar with Philippe P. Hujoel, professor of dental public health services, University of Washington. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Economics Department & Fletcher School Seminar Series “Firm Entry, Trade and Welfare in Zipf’s World,” with Andrei Levchenko, assistant professor of economics, University of Michigan. For information, email caroline.kalogeropoulos@tufts.edu. Braker Hall, Room 001, noon–1:20 p.m.
March 9
Inside the Activist’s Study Featuring Amy Goodman, host of “Democracy Now,” and David Goodman, investigative journalist. This new series hosted by Communications and Media Studies brings together prominent journalists, actors, filmmakers and an array of activist leaders. The Goodmans will discuss how the promise of media can influence social change. Information: john.ciampa@tufts.edu or 617.627.2155. Barnum Hall, Room 008, 6–8 p.m.
March 10
Soft Tissue Diode Lasers in Dentistry A faculty development program led by David Bardwell, clinical professor of prosthodontics and operative dentistry, and Jill Harvey, Discus Dental. Open to faculty, practice coordinators and pre-doctoral students. Second session on March 11, same time and location. Email Gerard.cedrone@tufts.edu to register. Dental School, Rachel’s Amphitheater, Room 1414, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Quarter Past Noon Music With music performance faculty members Andrea Ehrenreich, soprano, and David Patterson, guitar. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 12:15 p.m.
Fares Center Lecture Series “On the Job Training in the Turbulent Middle East: Assessing Obama’s First Year,” with Rami Khouri, director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut; editor-at-large, The Daily Star (Beirut); and a visiting scholar at the Fares Center. For more information, go to http://farescenter.tufts.edu/events/ or call 617.627.6560. Cabot Intercultural Center, Room 702, 5:30 p.m.
International Veterinary Medicine Forum “Controlling Trypanosomiasis Using Transgenesis: A Role Play Exercise,” with Patrick Skelly, associate professor of biomedical sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Barbour Wildlife Medicine Building, Wood Conference Room, 5:30–7 p.m. Grafton campus.
Tishler Competition Finalists from the music department’s annual competition perform in a public concert as part of the final round for this prestigious music award. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 11
Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) Humanities and the Body Series “Over My Dead Body: The Surprising History of Dead Bodies under American Law,” with Professor Ray Madoff, Boston College Law School. CHAT, 48 Professors Row, noon.
Noontime Concert Barbara Owen, organ. Goddard Chapel, 12:30 p.m.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series “Soft Robots by Design,” with Gary Leisk, senior lecturer, Tufts’ Mechanical Engineering Department. Anderson Hall, Nelson Auditorium, 3–4:15 p.m.
Chemistry Seminar “Chemical Approaches to the Investigation of Protein-Membrane Binding Interactions using Synthetic Lipid Probes,” with Professor Michael Best, University of Tennessee. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.
Chaplain’s Table: A Look at Religions “Yet Another Religious Frontier? Ecology and Animals,” with Paul Waldau, the Bob Barker Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School. MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.
Favorites: Tufts’ Choruses by Request Tufts students perform the best-loved choral music from five centuries, featuring works by Whitacre, Gershwin, Palestrina, Victoria, Fauré, Elgar and Berlioz, plus music celebrating the bicentennial of Robert Schumann’s birth. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 12
Tufts Symphony Orchestra Gil Rose leads the TSO in its spring performance, featuring the concerto competition winner, soprano Rebecca Baumwoll, A10. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 13
Women’s Lacrosse Amherst at Tufts, noon.
Men’s Lacrosse Tufts at Amherst, 1 p.m.
Tufts/NEC Dual Degree Recital Students in the Tufts-New England Conservatory dual degree program present a concert of classical and jazz works for a variety of instruments. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 14
Veterinary Continuing Education “ ‘How to’ for the Equine Practitioner: Stem Cells in the Treatment of Tendon/Ligament Injury,” with course director Jose Garcia-Lopez, assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Cummings School. To register, go to http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20100314.html, call 508.887.4539 or email vetCEInfo@tufts.edu. Agnes Varis Auditorium, 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Grafton campus.
Tufts Composers New Music Festival “A Little Afternoon Music,” new works for instrumental octet (wind, strings, harps and celesta) inspired by Luigi Dallapiccola’s Piccola Musica Notturna (A Little Night Music). Features guest composer/conductor Peyman Farzinpour leading his own work, the premiere of guest composer Armand Qualliotine’s Solo Et Pensoso for soprano and ensemble and works by Tufts composers John McDonald, David Molk and Justin Tierney. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m.
March 15
HNRCA Seminar Joe G. Hollyfield, professor of ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic and the Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and member of the Graduate School Faculty, Kent State University. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Jeanne and Martin Sussman Endowed Lecture in Chemical & Biological Engineering “Nanostructures and Nanospaces in Catalysis,” with Professor Enrique Iglesia, University of California, Berkeley. Ballou Hall, Coolidge Room, noon–1 p.m.
March 16
Center for the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch “The Unknown Offenbach, Or Is That Tautological?,” with Laurence Senelick, the Fletcher Professor of Oratory and professor of drama at Tufts. Center for the Humanities, 48 Professors Row, noon–1 p.m.
Lenten Weekday Mass Goddard Chapel, noon–1:15 p.m.
Men’s Lacrosse Lasell at Tufts, 3:30 p.m.
Women’s Lacrosse Tufts at Wellesley, 4:30 p.m.
Tufts Composers New Music Festival “NME Meets Perocco and Gee,” guest composers Filippo Perocco and Erin Gee present new works, including improvisation created in collaboration with the Tufts New Music Ensemble. Also featuring new works by Tufts undergraduate and graduate composers. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 17
Friedman School Seminar “Nutrition, Food and Religion: Part I,” with Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, director of Tufts Hillel, and Naila Ali Baloch, Tufts’ Muslim chaplain. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Tisch College Research Prize Professor Doug McAdam of Stanford University, the winner of this year’s Tisch Civic Engagement Research Prize, discusses “From Freedom Summer to Teach for America: Understanding the Impact of Youth Activism” in a conversation with Peter Levine, director of research at Tisch College. Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
March 18
Town Meeting with President Bacow This meeting for faculty and staff will provide an opportunity to share ideas and observations with the president and engage in a dialogue about how to best support the university’s mission of teaching and research. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 2:30–4 p.m. Boston campus.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series “In-situ Step Size Estimation Using an IMU and a Kinetic Model of Human Gait,” with Demoz Gebre-Egziabher, University of Minnesota. Anderson Hall, Nelson Auditorium, 3–4:15 p.m.
Tufts Composers New Music Festival Clarinetist Ray Jackendoff, guest artist and the Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy at Tufts, performs guest composer Yehudi Wyner’s Candenza!, with John McDonald on piano. Also featuring Sonato Surrealissima by Romanian composer Dan Dediu and works by Tufts composers. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
March 19
Tufts Composers New Music Festival “TCFN Concert No.2,” with John McDonald, professor of music, composer and pianist, performing the “pulsoptional piano book,” seven works by a consortium of composers created in honor of McDonald’s 50th birthday, plus solo works by McDonald and Hale Smith (1925–2009). Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, noon.
Lenten Weekday Mass Goddard Chapel, noon–1:15 p.m.
Philosophy Lecture “The Myth of the Pervasiveness of the Mental: Merleau-Ponty vs. John McDowell on Ground-Level Coping,” with Hubert Dreyfus, the Edward A. Dickson Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley. Eaton Hall, Room 206, 3–5 p.m.
March 20
Spring Recess Begins Classes resume on Monday, March 29.
Women’s Lacrosse Colby at Tufts, noon.
Men’s Lacrosse Tufts at Colby, 1 p.m.
March 21
Baseball Tufts at Washington & Lee, 1 p.m.
March 22
HNRCA Seminar With Peter Libby, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Women’s Tennis Tufts at Northwood, 3 p.m.
Baseball Tufts at Guilford College, 3 p.m.
March 23
Lenten Weekday Mass Goddard Chapel, noon–1:15 p.m.
Baseball Tufts at Averett College, 1:30 p.m.
Women’s Tennis Tufts at Lynn, 3 p.m.
Men’s Lacrosse Tufts vs. Skidmore on Long Island, N.Y., 3:30 p.m.
Softball Tufts at Claremont-Mudd Scripps, 3:30 p.m.
Softball Tufts at Redlands, 5:30 p.m.
Baseball Tufts at Greensboro College, 7 p.m.
March 24
Friedman School Seminar “Nutrition, Food and Religion: Part II,” with the Rev. David O’Leary, university chaplain and senior lecturer in religion and medical ethics, and the Rev. Kerri Harthan, Tufts’ Protestant chaplain. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Women’s Lacrosse Tufts at Buffalo State, Troy, N.Y., 12:30 p.m.
Women’s Tennis Tufts at Nova Southeastern, 2 p.m.
Baseball Tufts at Methodist College, 3 p.m.
International Veterinary Medicine Forum “Exploiting Veterinary Skills to Combat Serious National and Global Health Issues,” with Saul Tzipori, Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the Agnes Varis University Chair in Science and Society, Tufts University. Barbour Wildlife Medicine Building, Wood Conference Room, 5:30–7 p.m. Grafton campus.
March 25
Women’s Tennis Tufts at Barry, 3 p.m.
Baseball Tufts at NC Wesleyan, 3 p.m.
March 26
Lenten Weekday Mass Goddard Chapel, noon–1:15 p.m.
Women’s Tennis Tufts vs. Cornell at Florida Institute of Technology, 2 p.m.
Baseball Tufts at Randolph Macon, 3 p.m.
March 27
Women’s Lacrosse Tufts at Williams, 11:30 a.m.
Baseball Tufts at Apprentice, doubleheader, 12:30 p.m.
Men’s Lacrosse Williams at Tufts, 1 p.m.
Men’s Tennis Tufts at Vassar, 2:30 p.m.
March 28
Men’s Tennis Tufts at Stevens, 11 a.m.
Baseball Tufts at Virginia Wesleyan, 1 p.m.
March 29
Spring Recess Ends Classes resume.
HNRCA Seminar With Jeremy D. Walston, professor and co-director of the Biology of Frailty Program, Johns Hopkins University. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Men’s Lacrosse Tufts at Babson, 4 p.m.
Global Development and Environment Institute Award Ceremony The Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought to be presented to Bina Agarwal, U.N. Committee for Development Policy and Indian Prime Minister’s National Council for Land Reforms, and Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in economics and senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. They will each lecture on the topic “Development and Well-Being in Times of Crisis.” Ballou Hall, Coolidge Room, 5 p.m.
March 30
Lenten Weekday Mass Goddard Chapel, noon–1:15 p.m.
Animal Matters: A Seminar Series from the Center for Animals and Public Policy “Veterinary Ethics in the Real World,” with Gary Block, past president of the Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association and the Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics; he earned his M.S. degree from Tufts’ Center for Animals and Public Policy and is a longstanding advocate on issues of animal welfare and the human-animal bond. Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, noon–1 p.m. Grafton campus.
Softball Babson at Tufts, 3 p.m.
Chemistry Seminar “Perchlorate: Wherefrom, Wherein and Where Do We Go From Here? Reemergence of Iodine Deficiency in the U.S.?,” with Purnendu Dasgupta, the Jenkins Garrett Professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.
March 31
Friedman School Seminar “Home Parenteral Nutrition: Science and Advocacy,” with Deborah Pfister, ThriveRx. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.
Baseball Tufts at Mass Maritime, 3 p.m.
Women’s Lacrosse Bates at Tufts, 4:30 p.m.
Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the April issues of the Tufts Journal is Thursday, March 25. 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.
