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February Calendar of Events FEBRUARY 1 Women's Fencing Tufts at Wellesley, 9 a.m. Men's Squash Fordham at Tufts, 10:30 a.m. Men's Swimming & Diving Bates at Tufts, Hamilton Pool, 1 p.m. Women's Swimming & Diving Bates at Tufts, Hamilton Pool, 1 p.m. Men's Indoor Track & Field Tufts at Bowdoin Quad Meet, 1 p.m. Women's Indoor Track & Field Tufts at Bowdoin Quad Meet, 1 p.m. Hockey Southern Maine at Tufts, 2 p.m. Men's Basketball Trinity at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m. Women's Basketball Tufts at Trinity, 3 p.m. Black History Month "An Evening of Gospel," featuring Freda Battle and Tufts' Third Day Gospel Choir. Cohen Auditorium, 7 p.m. Tickets, available at the Cohen box office, are free with valid Tufts ID and $5 for the general public. For information, call (617) 627-3372. FEBRUARY 2 Men's Squash Tufts vs. Rochester at Harvard, 11:30 a.m. Men's Swimming & Diving Tufts at Brandeis, 1 p.m. Women's Swimming & Diving Tufts at Brandeis, 1 p.m. FEBRUARY 3 Physiology Seminar "Notch Signaling in Flies and Mammals," Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, Harvard Medicial School. M&V 702, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus. HNRCA Seminar "Extra-Renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1 Alpha-Hydroxylase and Its Biological Implications," Tai C. Chen, associate professor of medicine and director, Core Laboratory, General Clinical Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 711 Washington St., 4-5 p.m. Boston campus. Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies "New Perspectives on the Final Status of Israeli-American-Palestinian Negotiations," Menachem Klein, Bar-Ilan University. Cabot Center, 7th floor, 5 p.m. For information, contact Claudia Zelada at (617) 627-6560. FEBRUARY 4 Chemistry Seminar "Electron-Induced Reactions in Nanoscale Thin Films," Prof. Christopher Arumainayagam, Wellesley College. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room 106, 4:30 p.m. Public Lecture Featuring Wendy Wheeler, president of the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development, who is also a Tufts Bergstrom Family International Fellow in Applied Developmental Science. Lane Hall, Room 100, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Feinstein Famine Center Seminar "From Immigrants to Refugees: Civic Assimilability and American Immigration Policy," Reed Ueda, professor of history, Tufts. Followed by a dialogue with Dr. Westy A. Egmont, executive director, Dreams of Freedom: Boston's Immigration Museum, on "The Obligation and Opportunity of Public Education Regarding Immigration." Murrow Room, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 4:30-6 p.m. Women's Basketball Lasell at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Men's Basketball Tufts at Keene State, 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 5 Reflections "Liturgical Dance," Ann Penick, associate Catholic chaplain. Goddard Chapel, noon-1 p.m. Neuroscience Seminar "Information Representation in the Olfactory System: Temporal Coding," Rainer W. Friedrich, Max-Planck Institut fur Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany. Arnold 106, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus. Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics "Drug Delivery Stents: Mechanisms and Myths," Dr. Elazer Edelman, Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor, MIT, and director, Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center. Jaharis Center, Room 130, 3:45 p.m. Boston campus. FEBRUARY 6 Immunology Seminar "Toll-Like Receptors and Dendritic Cell Activation," Dr. Fabio Re, Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Jaharis Center, Room 508, 150 Harrison Ave., 4 p.m. Boston campus. Men's Squash Tufts at MIT, 5 p.m. Chaplain's Table: Religion and Popular Culture "Religion and Images of God in Science Fiction," Bonnie Chakravorty, Community Health Program; Stephen Morrison, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science; and Alexsei Beltukov, a doctoral student in mathematics. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Concert Tufts Composers presents an evening of works by Tufts alums, including Jennifer Fitzgerald, Mark Imman and current Tufts composition students; featuring John McDonald on piano. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 7 Astrophysics Seminar "The Copernican Revolution Reconsidered," Owen Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Anderson Hall, Nelson Auditorium, 3 p.m. Mathematics Colloquium "Quaternionic Madelung Transformation and Non-abelian Fluid," Peter Love, Tufts University. Bromfield Pearson Building, Room 101, 3:45 p.m. Men's Basketball Bowdoin at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Women's Basketball Tufts at Bowdoin, 7 p.m. Hockey Tufts at Babson, 7 p.m. FEBRUARY 8 Men's Indoor Track & Field Tufts Invitational, 11 a.m. Women's Indoor Track & Field Tufts Invitational, 11 a.m. Black Alumni Association Black History Month Celebration: "Academic Accomplishments and Sporting Activities: The History of Black Male and Female Athletes at Tufts, 1900-Present," curated by Gerald Gill, professor of history. Aidekman Arts Center, Slater Concourse, 12:30-1:30 p.m. For more information, contact Troy Cooper, A84, at tufts4@hotmail.com or Michelle Sajous, J84, at msajous@msn.com Men's Swimming & Diving Tufts at Middlebury, 1:30 p.m. Women's Swimming & Diving Tufts at Middlebury, 1:30 p.m. Men's Basketball Colby at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m. At halftime, a celebration will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1972-73 men's basketball team's ECAC championship and the 21st anniversary of the 1981-82 team's ECAC and NESCAC championships. The halftime tribute will honor former coaches and players on those championship teams. Women's Basketball Tufts at Colby, 3 p.m. Hockey Tufts at UMass, Boston, 3 p.m. Men's Squash Tufts vs. Connecticut College at Harvard, 3 p.m. Women's Squash Tufts vs. Connecticut College at Harvard, 3 p.m. Black Alumni Association Black History Month Celebration: All-campus party. Catholic Center, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. For more information, contact Troy Cooper, A84, at tufts4@hotmail.com or Michelle Sajous, J84, at msajous@msn.com FEBRUARY 10 FEBRUARY 11 Chemistry Seminar "Cross-Examining a Villin: Structure, Function and Folding of a Small F-Actin-Binding Domain," Prof. James McKnight, Boston University. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room 106, 4:30 p.m. Women's Basketball Tufts at Wheaton, 7 p.m. Lecture “The First Bush Administration’s Abandonment of the Iraqi Shiites and Kurds following the Gulf War,” free-lance journalist Frank Smyth, who was written on Iraq for The Economist, Jane's Intelligence Review and The Washington Post. Barnum 8, 7-9:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 12 Nutrition Seminar Series Stanley C. Rosenberg, president pro tem, Massachusetts State Senate, topic to be announced. Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis Center, 150 Washington St., 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Boston campus. Reflections Calvin Gidney, associate professor of child development, topic to be announced. Goddard Chapel, noon-1 p.m. Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics "Role of Veterinary Medicine in Public Health," Claire M. Lathers, senior adviser for science to the director, Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Jaharis Center, Room 130, 3:45 p.m. Boston campus. Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies "Fighting Terrorism Effectively: Networks and Netwars," Prof. John Voll, Georgetown University. Cabot Center, Room 206, 5-6:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 13 A&S Authors Book Party Featuring electronic and multimedia books, a book about women in business that's on a national tour, an exhibit by the University Press of New England. Meet Tufts authors and catch up with faculty, graduate students and administrators. Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, 3-5 p.m. Immunology Seminar "Connecting External Signals to Chromatin Remodeling: Roles of Swi/Snf-Like BAF Complexes in Thymocyte Co-Receptor Expression, VDJ Recombination and Developmental Progression," Dr. Tian H. Chi, Departments of Pathology and Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine. Jaharis Center, Room 508, 150 Harrison Ave., 4 p.m. Boston campus. Anatomy and Cellular Biology "A Sonic Hedgehog-induced Regulatory Loop in Cartilage Formation," Li Zeng, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School. Chitra Biswas Conference Room, M&V 105, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Koppelman Gallery "The Baronian Collection," John Baronian, A50, has collected elephants for 50 years, amassing 3,000 sculptures and art pieces from his world travels. Koppelman Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, through March 23. Opening reception, February 13, 5-8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The gallery is wheelchair-accessible. For more information, contact the gallery at (617) 627-3518 or visit the gallery web site at www.tufts.edu/as/gallery Tisch Gallery "Abayudaya: The Jews of Uganda," featuring photographs by Richard Sobol, A76, and field recordings of the music of the Abayudaya by Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, associate university chaplain and executive director of the Tufts Hillel Foundation. Tisch Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, through March 23. Opening reception, February 13, 5-8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The gallery is wheelchair-accessible. For more information, contact the gallery at (617) 627-3518 or visit the gallery web site at www.tufts.edu/as/gallery Chaplain's Table: Religion and Popular Culture "Buddhism in a Box," Sumi Loundon, editor of Blue Jean Buddha. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Balch Arena Theater "A Little Night Music," with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a story about the allure of youth versus the wisdom of experience as mismatched couples seek true happiness; directed by Barbara W. Grossman. Performances are February 13-15, 8 p.m.; February 16, 2 p.m. and February 20-22, 8 p.m., Balch Arena Theater. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $6 for senior citizens and $5 with a valid Tufts ID. All tickets for the February 13 show are $3. Tickets for the February 20 show are $1. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information or to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call the Balch Arena Theater Box Office at (617) 627-3493, weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. FEBRUARY 14 Men's Basketball Tufts at Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. Hockey Hamilton at Tufts, 7:35 p.m. FEBRUARY 15 Men's Basketball Tufts at Williams, 3 p.m. Women's Basketball Williams at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m. Hockey Amherst at Tufts, 3 p.m. FEBRUARY 16 FEBRUARY 17 FEBRUARY 18 Hockey Plymouth State at Tufts, 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 19 TUCC Conference "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Brain Development in Children," featuring Dr. Jack Shonkoff, dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, and author of Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development. Panelists will include Maryanne Wolf, professor of child development and director of the Tufts Center for Reading and Language Research; Dr. Karen Miller, assistant professor of pediatrics, Tufts School of Medicine; faculty from the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Arts & Sciences faculty in economics and psychology. Provost Jamshed Bharucha will share the perspective of Tufts University. Advance registration is available by e-mailing tucc@tufts.edu; no other registration will be required. Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For information, contact Jackie Calahong at (617) 627-4375 or e-mail jackie.calahong@tufts.edu Reflections "The Giving Camp," Diane Ricciardelli, executive director, The Giving Camp Inc. Goddard Chapel, noon-1 p.m. FEBRUARY 20 Immunology Seminar "Transcriptional Target-Based Expression Cloning of Signaling Molecules," Dr. Joel L. Pomerantz, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Jaharis Center, Room 508, 150 Harrison Ave., 4 p.m. Boston campus. Chaplain's Table: Religion and Popular Culture "Virtual Faith: Spirituality and Popular Culture," Tom Beaudoin, visiting assistant professor of theology, Boston College. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Tufts Institute of the Environment "Local Governance for Sustainability in Europe: The Post-Johannesburg Agenda," a lecture by Prof. Bob Evans, director, Sustainable Cities Research Institute, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-on-Tyne, United Kingdom. The lecture will be followed by refreshments and the launch of Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World (MIT Press 2003), co-edited by Julian Agyeman, assistant professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts, Bob Evans and Robert D Bullard, international environmental justice activist and scholar. Cabot 206, 5-7 p.m. For more information, e-mail lisa.waters@tufts.edu Balch Arena Theater "A Little Night Music," with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a story about the allure of youth versus the wisdom of experience as mismatched couples seek true happiness; directed by Barbara W. Grossman. Performances are February 20-22, 8 p.m., Balch Arena Theater. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $6 for senior citizens and $5 with a valid Tufts ID. Tickets for the February 20 show are $1. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information or to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call the Balch Arena Theater Box Office at (617) 627-3493, weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. FEBRUARY 21 Hockey Tufts at Wesleyan, 7 p.m. Concert "La Musica Caliente IV: A Night of Afro-Cuban Jazz," join Joel LaRue Smith and his Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble as they ignite the stage; featuring guest artists from Cuba and several of Boston's most popular Latin jazz musicians, including Katie Viqueira and her group. Cohen Auditorium, 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 22 FEBRUARY 23 Puppet Show The Tanglewood Marionettes presents "Sleeping Beauty." All proceeds benefit the Eliot-Pearson Children's School Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $6 in advance and $8 at the door. For tickets, call (617) 627-3434. Cohen Auditorium, 2 p.m. FEBRUARY 24 FEBRUARY 25 Chemistry Seminar "Remarkably Potent Antagonists of Integrin VLA-4," Dr. Russell Petter, Biogen Inc. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room 106, 4:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 26 Nutrition Seminar Series "The Impact of the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Program's Garden and Poultry Activities," F. James Levinson, director, International Food and Nutrition Center, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Sascha Lamstein, past resident consultant, Micronutrient Initiative and a student at the Friedman School. Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis Center, 150 Harrison Ave., 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Boston campus. Reflections "The Tibetan Book of the Dead," Vinnie Miccio, A03. Goddard Chapel, noon-1 p.m. FEBRUARY 27 Chaplain's Table: Religion and Popular Culture "Counseling and Spirituality: Are They Compatible?" Ann Penick, associate Catholic chaplain and director of the Catholic Center. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Gallery Talk Photographer Richard Sobol, A76, and Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, associate university chaplain and executive director of the Tufts Hillel Foundation, present an audio-visual lecture, highlighting their travels to Africa and discussing their book, Abayudaya: The Jews of Uganda, which forms the basis of the exhibition currently featured at the University Gallery. Tisch Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, 6-7 p.m. Free and open to the public. For information, call (617) 627-3518. Concert Graduate student Ryan Vigil presents his new chamber works with special guest performers Suellen Hershman-Tcherepnin on flute, Masami Stampf on violin and Marc Moskowitz on cello. Goddard Chapel, 8 p.m. Editor's note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the March
issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, February 25. Submissions
may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu
or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Office of Publications,
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