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February Calendar of Events FEBRUARY 1 Women’s Squash Tufts at Mount Holyoke Invitational. Black History Month Performance by La Troupe Makandal. In 1973, a group of talented teenagers from Belair, a struggling neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, established a company for music and dance and named it after Makandal, an 18th-century Haitian freedom-fighter. They draw their repertory from the Afro-Haitian traditions of their families and their community. The company emigrated to New York in 1981, where it sought the assistance of master drummer Frisner Augustin. Filmmaker Jonathan Demme recorded Makandal’s musicians for the soundtrack of “Beloved.” Cohen Auditorium, 2:30 p.m. Environmental Exhibit “Waste Not, Want Not: Your Impact on the Environment” promotes campus efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle. Sponsored by the Tufts Institute for the Environment and Tisch Library, this exhibit displays new uses for materials that otherwise would have been discarded, while also providing informational publications about recycling and its benefits. Tisch Library lobby, through February 5. FEBRUARY 2 HNRCA Seminar “Recommendations for Enhancing Physical Activity and Fitness in Overweight and Obese Adults: Current Evidence and Future Direction,” Kyle McInnis, professor of exercise science and physical education, University of Massachusetts at Boston. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus. Focus on Cuba Lecture Series “Cuba: Political Ideology from 1959 to the Present,” Matilde Zimmerman, professor of history at Sarah Lawrence College, director of the academic program at the University of Havana and the author of In the Footsteps of Che and Sandino: The Life of Carlos Fonseca of Nicaragua. Barnum 104, 7 p.m. FEBRUARY 3 Chemistry Seminar “Process Development Using Biocatalytic Nitrile Hydration and Hydrolysis,” Dr. Robert DiCosimo, DuPont Experimental Station. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m. Lecture “Beyond Growth, Beyond Externalities: Reformulating Macroeconomics,” Peter G. Brown, professor, School of Environment, McGill University, and the author of Restoring the Public Trust: A Fresh Vision for Progressive Government in America (Beacon Press, 1994) and Ethics, Economics, and International Relations: Transparent Sovereignty in the Commonwealth of Life (Edinburgh University Press, 2000). Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Roon, 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball Keene State at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball Tufts at Salve Regina, 7 p.m. Concert The exciting new Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet, led by applied music faculty member Ken Radnofsky, presents works by Donatoni, McDonald, Schwartz, Wuorinen and a premiere of a new work by Felipe Lara. Free. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 4 Nutrition Seminar “Dietary Fatty Acids, Heart Disease and Dementia,” Dr. Ernst J. Schaefer, professor, Friedman School, and chief of the Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus. Biochemistry Seminar “The Regulation of V(D)J Recombination Through Chromatin Structure and DNA Repair,” Dr. Marjorie Oettinger, Department of Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital. Jaharis Center, Room 508, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion and Politics “Buddhism and Politics,” Zen Master Jane Dobisz, guiding teacher, Cambridge Zen Center. Goddard Chapel, 6 p.m. Equine Health Lecture “Equine Chiropractic,” Dr. Bud Allen, the Family Vet, Northhampton, Mass. This program will give you an overview of what chiropractic manipulation can do and how to best utilize this modality as part of your horse’s total health care. Cost is $20. For more information contact the Veterinary Continuing Education Department at 508-887-4723; e-mail susan.brogan@tufts.edu or go to www.tufts.edu/vet/continedu. Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, 7-9 p.m. Grafton campus. Literacy Volunteers The Eastern Massachusetts Literacy Council is seeking volunteers to tutor adults who live or work in 20 Middlesex County communities. Prospective volunteers are invited to attend an informational volunteer orientation session. Eastern Massachusetts Literacy Council office, 400 High Street (enter through the rear door of the West Medford Congregational Church), Medford, 7-9 p.m. For more information, go to www.emlc.org or call 781-395-2374. FEBRUARY 5 Chaplain’s Table The Body: Fasting and Feasting, an overview of this spring semester series, the Rev. David M. O’Leary, university chaplain. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Charles Francis Adams Lecture “So What Did 9/11 Not Change?” Dr. Allan Goodman, president and CEO, Institute of International Education. Cabot Intercultural Center, ASEAN Auditorium, 5 p.m. Lost Theatres of Somerville The stories of the old Somerville picture palaces have been resurrected by David M. Guss, associate professor of anthropology at Tufts, and his students in an exhibition that documents this piece of cultural history. Somerville Museum, 1 Westwood Road, Somerville, Mass., through March 28. Admission is free. Museum hours are Thursdays from 2-7 p.m.; Fridays from 2-5 p.m. and Saturdays from noon-5 p.m. For more information, call the museum at 617-666-9810. Gallery Exhibition “Rethink: Causes and Consequences of September 11,” an exhibition of the collection of essays and photographs by renowned policymakers, photographers and authors. Aidekman Arts Center, Slater Concourse Gallery, through February 29. FEBRUARY 6 Mathematics Colloquium “Multiple Scale Analysis and Local Models Generate Low-Dimensional Maps,” Robert Clewley, Boston University. Bromfield-Pearson Building, Room 101, 3:45 p.m. Men’s Basketball Tufts at Bowdoin, 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball Bowdoin at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Hockey UMass-Boston at Tufts, 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 7 Men’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts Invitational III, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m. Women’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts Invitational III, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m. Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at Williams, 1 p.m. Men’s Squash Tufts at Connecticut College, 1 p.m. Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Connecticut College at Harvard, 1 p.m. Men’s Basketball Tufts at Colby, 3 p.m. Women’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at Williams, 3:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball Colby at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m. Hockey Babson at Tufts, 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 8 Women’s Fencing Conference meet at Boston College, 9 a.m. Concert The Tufts Chorale, Chamber Singers and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Clark, present Mozart’s “Requiem.” This is the make-up performance for the original December 7 date. The concert also will feature the winners of the 2003 Tufts Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. Klementyna Weyman, Daniel Jones and Tomoko Hayashi will perform movements from concertos by Sibelius, Grieg and Schumann. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors, $8 for adults. All seating will be general admission. Tickets for the original Mozart date will be valid for this concert only. Tickets are available at the door or from Tufts Chorale members. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 9 HNRCA Seminar “The Genetics of the Metabolic Syndrome: The APOA5 Gene and Hypertriglyceridemia,” Chao-Qiang Lai, research molecular biologist, HNRCA Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus. Charles Francis Adams Lecture William McDonough, chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), topic to be announced. Cabot Intercultural Center, 5 p.m. FEBRUARY 10 Chemistry Seminar “DNA Damage Promoted by Amino Acids,” Prof. Shana Kelley, Boston College. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball Wheaton at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. FEBRUARY 11 Nutrition Seminar “Sphere Food Security Standards: Coalitions and Consensus in the Move toward Rights-based Standards,” Helen Young, Ph.D. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus. Men’s Squash Tufts at MIT, 7 p.m. FEBRUARY 12 Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology “Activator-Inhibitor Interactions in Vertebrate Limb Development: The Role of Alternative Splicing,” Stuart A. Newman, professor of cell biology and anatomy, New York Medical College. Chitra Biswas Conference Room, M&V 105, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Immunology Seminar “Stepwise Activation and Inactivation of the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Gene Locus,” Dr. Ranjan Sen, National Institute on Aging. Jaharis Center, Room 508, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Chaplain’s Table on the Body: Fasting and Feasting “Lenten Fasting,” Ann Penick, associate Catholic chaplain and director of the Catholic Center. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. University Gallery “Enrico Pinardi: Metaphysics, Mystery and Magic,” an exhibition of Boston artist Enrico Pinardi’s signature triptych paintings, mixed media drawings and sculpture that focuses on the theme of metaphysical still life. Highlighted is a 10-by 20-foot, three-dimensional installation of hand-carved wood sculpture never before shown in Boston. Opening reception is tonight, February 12, from 5-8 p.m. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch and Koppelman galleries, through March 28. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from noon-8 p.m. and Sunday from noon-5 p.m. For more information, call 617-627-3518 or go to www.tufts.edu/as/gallery. A Critic Writes a Novel The English department presents the distinguished literary critic and essayist James Wood, senior editor at The New Republic and author of The Broken Estate: Essays on Literature and Belief. Wood will read from his new novel, The Book Against God, and discuss the book and its critical reception. Graduate students might be particularly interested as the novel features a protagonist struggling to complete his Ph.D thesis. East Hall lounge, 5 p.m. Room 206, 5-6:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 13 Women’s Squash Tufts at Colby, 6:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball Middlebury at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball Tufts at Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. Hockey Tufts at Amherst, 7:30 p.m. Men’s Squash Tufts at Colby, 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 14 Women’s Indoor Track & Field Valentine Invitational at Boston University, 10 a.m. Men’s Squash Tufts at Bowdoin with Bates, 10 a.m. Women’s Squash Tufts at Bowdoin with Bates, 10 a.m. Men’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts Stampede, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m. Women’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts Stampede, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m. Men’s Indoor Track & Field Fas Track Invitational at Boston University, 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball Williams at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m. Women’s Basketball Tufts at Williams, 3 p.m. Hockey Tufts at Hamilton, 3 p.m. FEBRUARY 16 FEBRUARY 17 Chemistry Seminar “Nickel Coordination Chemistry: Biomimetic and Bioinspired Transformations,” Prof. Charles Riordan, University of Delaware. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 18 Hockey Tufts at Plymouth State, 6 p.m. FEBRUARY 19 Immunology Seminar “Invariant V-a 14+ NKT Cells and B-1 Cells: Strange Bedfellows Required to Recruit Effector T Cells in vivo,” Dr. Philip W. Askenase, professor of medicine and pathology and chief of allergy and clinical immunology, Yale School of Medicine. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Chaplain’s Table on the Body: Fasting and Feasting “One Taste: Craving and Satiety on the Buddhist Path,” David Kittlestrom, senior editor, Wisdom Publications. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Concert “The Rhythms of Africa,” Joe Galeota, a member of the applied music faculty, presents an evening of African music and dance, featuring traditional music by the Jag Drum and Dance Ensemble and Afro-pop music by Marimbira. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. Balch Arena Theater “A Piece of My Heart,” directed by Sheriden Thomas. Shirley Lauro’s documentary drama about female nurses in Vietnam chronicles six women’s descent into hell and the often-insane escapism each of them employs to dull the reality of being “in-country.” Balch Arena Theater, Thursday, February 19, through Saturday, February 21, 8 p.m., and Sunday, February 22, 2 p.m., followed by a discussion with the director and cast. Tickets are $10 for general public, $7 for senior citizens, $6 with a valid Tufts ID. All tickets for the February 19 performance are $4. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call the Balch Arena Theater box office weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 617-627-3493. FEBRUARY 20 Hockey Tufts at Trinity, 7:30 p.m. Women’s Squash Howe Cup at Yale, through February 22. Women’s Swimming and Diving NESCAC Championships at Wesleyan, through February 22. FEBRUARY 21 Women’s Indoor Track & Field New England Division III Championships at MIT, 10 a.m. Men’s Indoor Track & Field New England Division III Championships at Bowdoin, 11 a.m. Men’s Basketball NESCAC first-round playoffs. Women’s Basketball NESCAC first-round playoffs. Hockey Wesleyan at Tufts, 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 22 FEBRUARY 23 HNRCA Seminar “Vitamin K: A Novel Marker for Cardiovascular Disease Risk?” Arka Erkkilä, postdoctoral associate, Vitamin K and Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratories, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. HNRCA, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus. Concert Music by Tufts graduate composer Ryan Vigil. Goddard Chapel, 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 24 Chemistry Seminar “Biochemistry and Inhibition of g-Secretase,” Dr. Michael Wolfe, Harvard Medical School. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m. Concert “English and French Early Music for Viols and Harpsichord,” the music of Locke, Young, Purcell, Geoffroy, Hingston and Lully will be presented in this special concert of music from the mid-17th century. With Jane Hershey, Laura Jeppensen and Emily Walhout on viols and Frances Conover Fitch on harpsichord. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. Dance “Rough and Ready: Boston Dance Experiments,” a program of contemporary dance and discussion, featuring Daniel McCusker, lecturer in dance, Anna Meyer and Melody Ruffin Ward. Free. Jackson Dance Lab, 8 p.m. FEBRUARY 25 Concert Music by Tufts graduate composer Matthew Snook, featuring brass quintet. Goddard Chapel, 8 p.m. Panel Discussion This evening program will be the national launch of Rethink, a de.Mo book project about history and politics, featuring a panel discussion with the essayists and photographers from the group, including Jon Lee Anderson, John Cooley, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil and James Nachtwey. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. For information, go to www.de-mo.org. FEBRUARY 26 Noon Hour Concert Featuring Mary Jane Rupert on harp and Cynthia Forbes on cello. Goddard Chapel, 12:30-1 p.m. Cell, Molecular and Development Biology “Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy,” James F. Dice Jr., professor of physiology, Tufts School of Medicine. Chitra Biswas Conference Room, M&V 105, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Chaplain’s Table on the Body Fasting and Feasting Miriam Nelson, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, topic to be announced. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Charles Francis Adams Lecture Mark Malloch Brown, administrator, United Nations Development Programme, topic to be announced. Cabot Intercultural Center, ASEAN Auditorium, 5 p.m. Gallery Talk Boston artist Enrico Pinardi, whose work is on display at the University Gallery through March 28, discusses his exhibition, “Enrico Pinardi: Metaphysics, Mystery and Magic.” Aidekman Arts Center, 6 p.m. For more information, call 617-627-3518 or go to www.tufts.edu/as/gallery. Diversity and Cognition Colloquium Series “Why Can’t We Just Get Along? The Consequences of Contemporary Racism,” John Dovidio, professor of psychology and provost, Colgate University. Paige Hall, Crane Room, 7 p.m. For more information, contact Prof. Samuel Somers, psychology department, at 617-627-5293 or e-mail sam.somers@tufts.edu. Balch Arena Theater “A Piece of My Heart,” directed by Sheriden Thomas. Shirley Lauro’s documentary drama about female nurses in Vietnam chronicles six women’s descent into hell and the often-insane escapism each of them employs to dull the reality of being “in-country.” Balch Arena Theater, Thursday, February 26, through Saturday, February 28, 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general public, $7 for senior citizens, $6 with a valid Tufts ID. All tickets for the February 26 performance are $1. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call the Balch Arena Theater box office weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 617-627-3493. FEBRUARY 27 Men’s Indoor Track & Field All-New England Championships at Boston University, through February 28. Women’s Indoor Track & Field All-New England Championships at Boston University, through February 28. Men’s Squash CSA Team Championships at Yale, through February 29. Men’s Swimming and Diving NESCAC Championships at Bowdoin, through February 29. FEBRUARY 28 FEBRUARY 29 Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the
March issue of the Tufts Journal is Monday, February 23. Submissions
may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu
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