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2002 > March
March Calendar of Events MARCH 1 Mindfulness Meditation with David Arond, lecturer, Experimental College. Cabot 207, noon. EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities "Pandemics and Inequities: AIDS, Infectious Diseases and Economics in the Developing World." Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, noon. Symposium runs through Sunday, March 3. For more information about Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship's 17th annual international symposium, visit the web site www.epiic.org EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities "Labor in a Globalizing World: Just Another Commodity?" Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, 2 p.m. Symposium runs through Sunday, March 3. For more information about Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship's 17th annual international symposium, visit the web site www.epiic.org EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities Presentation of Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award to John Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University, who is internationally known for his development of Keynesian and post-Keynesian economics. The keynote address, "Inequality in the Age of Globalization," will be delivered by his son, James K. Galbraith, a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and director of the Texas Inequality Project. Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, 6:30 p.m. EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities "Human Capital and the Future." Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, 8 p.m. Symposium runs through Sunday, March 3. For more information about Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship's 17th annual international symposium, visit the web site www.epiic.org University Art Gallery "Melville Munro: The Legacy, Photographs of Tufts College, 1915-1940." Aidekman Arts Center, through March 24. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call the gallery at (617) 627-3518 or visit the gallery web site at www.tufts.edu/as/gallery Exhibition "150th at Tisch: A Photo Gallery Commemorating Tufts' 150th Anniversary." Tisch Library, main floor adjacent to the reference desk. Through May 30. Tufts' 150th Ask the Expert Miriam E. Nelson, associate professor, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, director of the Tufts Center for Physical Fitness and author of the popular Strong Women book series. Through March 3. The Ask the Expert series, part of Tufts' 150th anniversary celebration, is a place where prominent academics and leaders in their fields respond to your questions. Visit Tufts' sesquicentennial web site at celebrate150.tufts.edu and click on "Academics." top MARCH 2 EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities "Technology: Exacerbating or Closing the Gap?" Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, 11:30 a.m. Symposium runs through Sunday, March 3. EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities "Under the Radar Screen: Corruption, the Hidden Market and Inequities." Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, 2:30 p.m. Symposium runs through Sunday, March 3. EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities "The Peril and Promise of Financial Markets: Argentina, Russia and Enron." Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, 4:30 p.m. Symposium runs through Sunday, March 3. EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities "A New Global Financial Architecture: Rethinking the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO." Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, 8 p.m. Symposium runs through Sunday, March 3. Concert Anthony Rios on piano and Dana Price on violin, winners of the Tufts Symphony Orchestra fall concerto competition, will be featured as the orchestra performs the music of Beethoven and Barber. Cohen Auditorium, 8 p.m. top MARCH 3 Music Competition Tufts' finest student musicians compete in the prestigious Tishler Music Competition finals. 20 Professors Row, 2 p.m. EPIIC Symposium on Global Inequities "Bridging the Gap: The Role of Civil Society in Development." Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center, 3 p.m. top MARCH 4 MARCH 5 Chemistry Seminar "Does Sequence or Structure Determine Enzyme Function? Different Reactions Catalyzed by the Same Active Site," Prof. John A. Gerlt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room 106, 4:30 p.m. top MARCH 6 Friends of Tufts Libraries Author Talk Anne Sauer, J91, G98, Tufts' assistant archivist for reference and digital projects, talks about "The Story Behind the Images in the Photo History Titled Tufts University," a book published by Arcadian Press in honor of Tufts' 150th anniversary. Braker 001, 6:30-7:30 p.m. A book signing will follow Sauer's talk. RSVP by calling 1-800-326-4001. The book Tufts University is on display in the Tisch Library lobby through April 18. top MARCH 7 Nutrition Career Panel Area nutrition school graduates discuss industry career paths. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 1-2:30 p.m. Boston campus. RSVP by March 5th to Cindy Briggs Tobin at cindy.briggs@tufts.edu or (617) 636-0962. Chaplain's Table: Searching for Meaning, Reconciliation and Peace "Is Peace in the Middle East Possible?" Jonathan Dworkin, A02. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Play "The Gate of Heaven," written by Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge and directed by Sudipto Chatterjee, is based on a true story about a Japanese American soldier who saves a Jewish concentration camp prisoner in Europe. After the war, they find each other again in America. Balch Arena Theater, 7 p.m. Admission is free. Tufts Composers Concert "New Tangos for Clarinet and Viola," featuring Peter McKinney on clarinet and Vivian Nash on viola. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. top MARCH 8 Boston Area Neuroscience Group (BANG) holds its 2002 meeting, hosted by Christine Li, Boston University. Boston University, 5-11:30 p.m. For information about the meeting and submission of abstracts, visit the web site http://squirrel.bio.brandeis.edu/BANG/ Play "The Gate of Heaven," written by Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge and directed by Sudipto Chatterjee, is based on a true story about a Japanese American soldier who saves a Jewish concentration camp prisoner in Europe. After the war, they find each other again in America. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. Admission is free. top MARCH 9 Sailing Women's Intersectional at Navy, through March 10. top MARCH 11 MARCH 12 Chemistry Seminar "From Extremely Selective Ion Sensors to Smart Microspheres," Prof. Eric Bakker, Auburn University and ƒcole Normale SupŽrieure, Paris. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room 106, 4:30 p.m. top MARCH 13 Noon Day Prayer Service with the Rev. Steven Bonsey, associate university chaplain. Goddard Chapel, noon. Faith in Action: Chaplains' T.V. Conversations "Open Conversations." Goddard Chapel lounge, 4 p.m. top MARCH 14 Men' Lacrosse Tufts at MIT, 3:30 p.m. Chaplain's Table: Searching for Meaning, Reconciliation and Peace "Islam and the U.S.," Muzzamil Mustufa, A04. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology "The Critical Role of Basement Membrane Independent Laminin y1 Chain During Axon Regenerating in the CNS," Barbara Grimpe, Case Western Reserve University. Chitra Biswas Conference Room, M&V 105, 4 p.m. Boston campus. top MARCH 15 Mindfulness Meditation with David Arond, lecturer, Experimental College. Cabot 207, noon. Baseball Tufts at Lynchburg, 2 p.m. top MARCH 16 Sailing Women's Intersectional at St. Mary's, through March 17. Sailing Trux Umstead at Navy, through March 17. top MARCH 17 Concert "A Taste of Sicily," the Tufts Chamber Singers present a tour preview concert of choral works by Josquin, Palestrina, Debussy and a premiere by Joel LaRue Smith, lecturer in music at Tufts. Church of Saint John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin St., Boston, 3 p.m. top MARCH 18 Baseball Tufts at St. Andrew's, 1 p.m. Softball Tufts vs. Wisconsin-Lacrosse, Orange, Calif., 5:45 p.m. Softball Tufts vs. Savannah A&D, Orange, Calif., 8 p.m. top MARCH 19 Softball Tufts vs. Carleton, Orange, Calif., 5:45 p.m. Women's Lacrosse Tufts vs. Hamilton, Panama City, Fla., 6:30 p.m. Alumni Education Spotlight TEACH, Tufts Education Alumni Committee, presents Brendan Halpin, a 1993 MAT graduate of the education department, who will talk about the experience of writing about a heart-wrenching topic while living through a nightmare and how it has affected his family, his life and his teaching. Halpin is the author of It Takes a Worried Man (Villard Books, 2002), a story about his wife's battle with breast cancer. Faculty Dining Room, Mugar Hall, 6:30 p.m. Softball Tufts vs. Puget Sound, Orange, Calif., 8 p.m. top MARCH 20 Baseball Tufts at Greensboro, 3 p.m. Men' Lacrosse Tufts vs. UMass-Boston, Port Richey, Fla., 5 p.m. top MARCH 21 Baseball Tufts at North Carolina-Wesleyan, 3 p.m. Softball Tufts vs. Concordia, Orange, Calif., 3:30 p.m. Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology "Paracrine Regulation of Vascular Development and Growth," Patricia A. D'Amore, professor of ophthalmology and pathology, Harvard Medical School, and senior scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute. Chitra Biswas Conference Room, M&V 105, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Softball Tufts vs. Cal Baptist, Orange, Calif., 5:45 p.m. top MARCH 22 Softball Tufts vs. Plattsburgh, Orange, Calif., 10:45 a.m. Mindfulness Meditation with David Arond, lecturer, Experimental College. Cabot 207, noon. Softball Tufts vs. Redlands, Orange, Calif., 3:30 p.m. top MARCH 23 Softball Tufts vs. Chapman, Orange, Calif., 1 p.m. Men' Lacrosse Tufts vs. Colorado College, Baltimore, Md., 4 p.m. Softball Tufts vs. Cal St. Dominguez, Orange, Calif., 5:45 p.m. Sailing Women's President's Trophy at Boston University, through March 24. top MARCH 24 Sailing Owen Trophy at Coast Guard. Sailing New England Team Racing Intersectionals at MIT. Sailing Atlantic Coast Monotype Invitational at Tufts, Upper Mystic Lake. top MARCH 25 Dental White Coat Ceremony The School of Dental Medicine's Class of 2004 participates in a clinic advancement ceremony that symbolizes their transition from pre-doctoral dental students to caring for patients in the school clinics. Merritt Auditorium, 9 a.m. Boston campus. top MARCH 26 Men's Tennis Tufts at Brandeis, 3 p.m. Chemistry Seminar "A Surface Chemistry Approach to Studying Cell Adhesion," Prof. Milan Mrksich, University of Chicago. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room 104, 4:30 p.m. top MARCH 27 Noon Day Prayer Service with the Rev. Steven Bonsey, associate university chaplain. Goddard Chapel, noon. Men' Lacrosse Gordon at Tufts, Zimman Field, 3:30 p.m. top MARCH 28 Women's Lacrosse Tufts at Wellesley, 4 p.m. top MARCH 29 Baseball Tufts at Bates, 3 p.m. Men's Tennis Tufts at Connecticut College, 4 p.m. top MARCH 30 Men's Lacrosse Tufts at Trinity, 1 p.m. Women's Lacrosse Trinity at Tufts, Zimman Field, 1 p.m. Softball Trinity at Tufts, Spicer Field, 1 p.m. Men's Tennis Tufts at Wesleyan, 1 p.m. Women's Tennis Tufts at Wesleyan, 1 p.m. Crew Tufts vs. WPI Sailing Boston Dinghy Club Cup at Harvard, through March 31. Men's Outdoor Track & Field Cohen Husky Open at Northeastern. Women's Outdoor Track & Field Cohen Husky Open at Northeastern. top MARCH 31 April Calendar of Events April 1 Tufts' 150th Study Room "Malaria: Coming Soon to an Airport Near You! Tropical Disease in the Global Village," Juliet Fuhrman, associate professor of biology. The study rooms, part of Tufts' 150th anniversary celebration, feature a brief profile of the faculty expert, an audio and/or text presentation, supplemental materials that enrich the topic, recommended readings or reference materials, links to relevant web sites and a discussion board for you to interact with other active learners. Visit Tufts' sesquicentennial web site at celebrate150.tufts.edu and click on "Academics." Academic Calendar Graduate student registration for fall 2002 semester, through April 5. top April 2 Baseball Tufts at Mass. Maritime, 3 p.m. Men's Tennis MIT at Tufts, Gantcher Center, 3:30 p.m. Women's Lacrosse Tufts at Bowdoin, 4 p.m. Concert: At Place Congo The university choirs and applied music's voice and piano departments present the music of H. Leslie Adams, whose rich language combines art song, spiritual and classical instrumental forms. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. top April 3 Softball Tufts at Wheaton, 3 p.m. Men's Lacrosse Bowdoin at Tufts, Zimman Field, 4 p.m. Concert: At Place Congo The university choirs and applied music's voice and piano departments present the music of H. Leslie Adams, whose rich language combines art song, spiritual and classical instrumental forms. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. top April 4 Women's Lacrosse Tufts at Babson, 4 p.m. Chaplain's Table: Searching for Meaning, Reconciliation and Peace "Spirituality and Religion in Science Fiction," Bonnie Chakravorty, community health department, and Steven Morrison, assistant professor of electrical engineering. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Recital Performances by students in the applied music program. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. top
Editor's note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the April 5 issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, March 26. Submissions may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Office of Publications, 200 Boston Ave., Medford campus. As the university celebrates its sesquicentennial this year, a number of events revolve around the 150th anniversary of Tufts. For more information about sesquicentennial events, visit the web site celebrate150.tufts.edu
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