JANUARY Calendar of Events

JANUARY 1
New Year’s Day University holiday.

Athletics Facilities The Cousens Gymnasium and Hamilton Pool complex on the Medford/Somerville campus will be open during the semester break, through January 20, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The athletics facilities will be closed on weekends and New Year’s Day during the semester break.

JANUARY 5
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.

HNRCA Seminar “The Population Dynamics of Mutant Mitochondrial Genomes and the Aging Process,” Konstantin Khrapko, assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus.

JANUARY 6
Men’s Basketball Tufts at UMass-Boston, 7 p.m.

JANUARY 7
Neuroscience Seminar “The Beginnings of a Molecular Basis for Development of the Stretch Reflex,” Eric Frank, professor of physiology, Tufts School of Medicine. Arnold 106 Conference Room, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus.

Equine Health Lecture Series “West Nile Virus: Reducing Your Horse’s Risk,” Dr. Shane De Witt, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine. Cost is $20 for this session or $50 for all four equine health lectures on January 7, January 21, February 4 and this spring. 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.

JANUARY 8
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.

JANUARY 9
Hockey Williams at Tufts, 7:30 p.m.

JANUARY 10
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Fitchburg State, 1 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Tufts vs. Kean at CUA/Pepsi Classic, Washington, D.C., 2 p.m.

Hockey Middlebury at Tufts, 3 p.m.

JANUARY 11
Veterinary Technician Symposium A day-long continuing education program for veterinary technicians, featuring sessions on emergency and critical care, nutrition and CPR. For information and to register, contact the Veterinary Continuing Education Department at 508-887-4723; e-mail susan.brogan@tufts.edu or go to www.tufts.edu/vet/continedu. School of Veterinary Medicine, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Grafton campus.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Dartmouth Relays, all day.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Dartmouth Relays, all day.

Men’s Basketball Tufts vs. Catholic at CUA/Pepsi Classic, Washington, D.C., 2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Tufts vs. Greensboro College at CUA/Pepsi Classic, Washington, D.C., 4 p.m.

JANUARY 12
HNRCA Seminar “Development of USDA’s Phytonutrient Databases: Carotenoids,” Joanne M. Holden, research leader, USDA-ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus.

JANUARY 13
IT Training “Getting Started in Dreamweaver.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, 10 a.m.-noon. Grafton campus.

Physiology Seminar “The Role of DSCAM in Zebra Fish Development,” Dean Yimlamai, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. M&V 702, noon. Boston campus.

IT Training “Doing More with Dreamweaver.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, 1-3 p.m. Grafton campus.

Women’s Basketball Emmanuel at Tufts, 7 p.m.

Hockey Connecticut College at Tufts, 7:30 p.m.

JANUARY 14
Veterinary Medicine Science and Society Lecture Series “Food Security in Developing Nations—International Veterinary Medicine,” Dr. Christine Jost, assistant professor of international veterinary medicine, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine. Cabot Intercultural Center, ASEAN Auditorium, noon-12:45 p.m.

Neuroscience Seminar “The Frankenstein Fantasy: Bioelectrochemistry and Neuroscience,” Dr. Peter R. Bergethon, associate professor of neurology, Tufts School of Medicine. Arnold 106 Conference Room, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus.

IT Training “Introduction to Outlook 2000.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Tufts Administration Building, 1:30-4 p.m.

JANUARY 15
IT Training “Trumpeter E-Mail: Mozilla Meets Jumbo.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Tufts Administration Building, 9:30-11 a.m.

Immunology “Building and Rebuilding the Immune System,” Dr. Paul W. Kincade, Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Jaharis Center, Room 508, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology “Summer Courses at the MBL—A Unique Experience in Learning, with Fun and Sleep Deprivation,” Lenny Dawidowicz, director of education, Marine Biological Laboratory. Chitra Biswas Conference Room, M&V 105, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

JANUARY 16
IT Training “Getting Started in Excel.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Tufts Administration Building, 9:30 a.m.-noon.

Men’s Basketball Connecticut College at Tufts, 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Connecticut College, 7 p.m.

Hockey Skidmore at Tufts, 7:30 p.m.

JANUARY 17
Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts Invitational, 11 a.m.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts Invitational, 11 a.m.

Men’s Swimming and Diving Wesleyan at Tufts, 1 p.m.

Women’s Swimming and Diving Wesleyan at Tufts, 1 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Wesleyan at Tufts, 3 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Wesleyan, 3 p.m.

Hockey Castleton State at Tufts, 7:30 p.m.

JANUARY 18
Topics in Veterinary Internal Medicine “Practical Oncology: Private Practice Potential and Pitfalls,” Dr. Lisa Barber, assistant professor of clinical sciences; “Balancing Diuretics, Beta Blockers and ACE Inhibitors: Update on Cardiac Drugs,” Dr. Donald Brown, assistant professor of clinical sciences; “Positive In-House Tests: To Treat or Not to Treat,” Dr. Joyce Knoll, associate professor of biomedical sciences; and “Is It Lyme Nephritis? Diagnosis and Management of Protein-Losing Nephropathies,” Dr. Linda Ross, associate professor of clinical sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine. Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, 8:15 a.m.-6 p.m. Grafton campus. (Note: This seminar was rescheduled from December 7.) For registration information and cost of the program, contact Susan Brogan, at 508-887-4723; e-mail susan.brogan@tufts.edu or visit the web site www.tufts.edu/vet/continedu.

Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at MIT with Brandeis, 1 p.m.

Women’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at MIT with Brandeis, 1 p.m.

JANUARY 19
Martin Luther King Jr. Day University holiday.

JANUARY 20
IT Training “Doing More with PowerPoint: Presentations That Pop!” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Sackler Center, MRC Lab, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Boston campus.

Biochemistry Seminar “Roles for O-Fucose Glycans in Notch Signaling,” Pamela Stanley, professor of cell biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Men’s Basketball Wheaton at Tufts, 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Brandeis, 7:30 p.m.

JANUARY 21
IT Training “Getting Started in Access.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Sackler Center, MRC Lab, 9-10:30 a.m. Boston campus.

IT Training “Doing More with Access: Intermediate.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Sackler Center, MRC Lab, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Boston campus.

Equine Health Lecture Series “Equine Rescue and Transport,” Roger Lauze, MSPCA’s Nevens Farm. Cost is $20 for this session or $50 for all four equine health lectures on January 7, January 21, February 4 and one more in the spring. 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.

Hockey Suffolk at Tufts, 7:30 p.m.

JANUARY 22
Academic Calendar Classes begin for undergraduate and graduate students on the Medford/Somerville campus.

IT Training “Tufts Personal Calendar.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Tufts Administration Building, 9:30 a.m.-noon.

Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology “Novel Mechanisms of Regulation of TGFß and BMP Signals in the Early Embryo,” Malcolm Whitman, associate professor of cell biology, Harvard Medical School. Chitra Biswas Conference Room, M&V 105, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Immunology “The Molecular and Cellular Biology of Nutrient Uptake by the Parasitic Helminth Schistosoma mansoni,” Dr. Patrick Skelly, assistant professor of biomedical sciences, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine. Jaharis Center, Room 508, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Women’s Basketball Keene State at Tufts, 5:30 p.m.

Men’s Basketball UMass-Dartmouth at Tufts, 7:30 p.m.

JANUARY 23
IT Training “Introduction to MS Producer 2002.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Tufts Administration Building, 9:30 a.m.-noon.

Hockey Tufts at Colby, 7 p.m.

JANUARY 24
Women’s Fencing Conference meet at Brown, 9 a.m.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts Invitational, 11 a.m.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts Invitational, 11 a.m.

Men’s Squash Tufts vs. UCal-Berkeley at Harvard, 11 a.m.

Men’s Swimming and Diving Trinity at Tufts, 1 p.m.

Women’s Swimming and Diving Trinity at Tufts, 1 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Bates at Tufts, 3 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Bates, 3 p.m.

Hockey Tufts at Bowdoin, 4 p.m.

JANUARY 25
Men’s Squash Tufts at Vassar with Columbia, 2 p.m.

Gospel Concert The Archdiocesan Black Gospel Choir performs. Goddard Chapel, 3 p.m.

JANUARY 26
HNRCA Seminar “Nutritional and Immune Approaches to the Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease,” Claude Nicolau, chief science officer of the Swiss company AC Immune and visiting professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Dr. Irwin H. Rosenberg, dean of the Friedman School. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus.

JANUARY 27
IT Training “Getting Started in Microsoft Project 2000.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Tufts Administration Building, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Biochemistry Seminar “Activation of RHO GTPases by Dbl-Family Proto-Oncogenes,” John Sondek, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Smith, 7 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Brandeis at Tufts, 7:30 p.m.

JANUARY 28
Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion and Politics “Religious Action for the Earth,” the Rev. Fred Small, Religious Witness for the Earth. Goddard Chapel, 6 p.m.

JANUARY 29
IT Training “Doing More with Access: Advanced Queries and Reports.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, 10 a.m.-noon. Grafton campus.

IT Training “Doing More with Access: Advanced Data Entry and Protection.” For more information, go to http://training.tccs.tufts.edu. Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, 1-3 p.m. Grafton campus.

JANUARY 30
Mathematics Colloquium “Multiple Scale Analysis and Local Models Generate Low-Dimensional Maps,” Robert Clewley. Bromfield-Pearson Building, Room 101, 4 p.m.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Boston University Terrier Classic, 4 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Tufts at Amherst, 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Amherst at Tufts, 7 p.m.

Hockey Tufts at Southern Maine, 7 p.m.

JANUARY 31
Women’s Fencing Tufts at Wellesley Invitational, 9 a.m.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Boston University Terrier Classic, 10 a.m.

Men’s Squash Fordham and Hamilton at Tufts, 10 a.m.

Men’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at Bates, 1 p.m.

Women’s Swimming and Diving Tufts at Bates, 1 p.m.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Bowdoin with MIT, 1 p.m.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Bowdoin with Smith, 1 p.m.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tufts at Boston University Invitational, 2 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Trinity at Tufts, 3 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Tufts at Trinity, 3 p.m.

Hockey Tufts at Salem State, 3 p.m.

Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the February issue of the Tufts Journal is Monday, January 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.