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December Calendar of Events December 1 University Gallery “Miguel Luciano: Cuando las Gallinas Mean (When Hens Pee),” an exhibition that centers on an interactive vending machine sculpture; the title of the exhibit refers to the Puerto Rican colloquialism “los niños hablan cuando las gallinas mean (children can speak when the hens pee,) which is equivalent to the English saying, “children should be seen, not heard.” When a coin is inserted into Luciano’s vending machine, a plastic chicken “pees” and releases a prize-filled egg designed by students and community members who speak out about their personal, community and global concerns. Aidekman Arts Center, Slater Concourse Gallery, through December 30. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday until 8 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 617-627-3518 or go to www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery. University Gallery “Global Village Shelters,” an exhibition by father-daughter team Daniel Ferrara and Mia Ferrara Pelosi in which innovative design meets humanitarian need with wind-resistant, fire-retardant, biodegradable shelters. Costing about $500, these transitional “homes” can be assembled in 20 minutes without tools and last up to 12 months. They were used in 2004 during the reconstruction of Granada after Hurricane Emily and in 2005 to house earthquake victims in Pakistan. For more information, visit www.gvshelters.com. Aidekman Arts Center, Remis Sculpture Court and adjacent grounds, through December 16. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday until 8 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 617-627-3518 or go to www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery. New Media Wall Continuous screenings of art works in video and film. Featured is “The Institute,” a 20-minute animated film by Yuri Makoveychuk, an artist, animator and film producer based in Mongolia and New York City. This film features a soundtrack by Taylor Deupree, Zoviet France and DJ Spooky, among others, and is about a patient enrolled at a specialized research facility who becomes aware that the treatment he is receiving leads to immortality. Aidekman Arts Center, adjacent to the Tisch Gallery entrance, through December 16. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday until 8 p.m. For more information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery. Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT Invitational, 11 a.m. Women’s Basketball Tufts at Colby-Sawyer, 1 p.m. Men’s Basketball MIT at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 2 p.m. Hockey Tufts at New England College, 4 p.m. Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT Invitational, 5:30 p.m. Wind Concert “The Estate of Gustav Holst vs. Hans Zimmer, You Decide: Plagiarism, Style Appropriation or…fuggedaboudit!!” The Tufts Wind Ensemble explores the music underlying the major music lawsuit being brought in the UK. What is the connection between some of today’s best-loved movie themes from composers such as Hans Zimmer and John Williams and the symphonic work of British composer Gustav Holst? Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m. December 2 Community Concert Series Tufts’ chamber music ensembles perform a concert of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and others for small ensembles. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m. Protestant Worship Service Goddard Chapel, 7 p.m. Catholic Mass Goddard Chapel, 10 p.m. December 3 Cellular and Molecular Physiology Lecture “Glycolysis and Mitochondria: Selective Master Switches of Tumor Cells?,” Valeria Fantin, Merck Pharmaceuticals. M&V Building, Room 702, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus. HNRCA Seminar “Forward and Reverse Genetic Approaches to Study Calcium Metabolism,” James C. Fleet, professor of foods and nutrition, Purdue University. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, mezzanine conference room, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Boston campus. Jazz Concert Experience jazz up close as the Tufts Monday and Wednesday Night Small Jazz Ensembles present their fall semester concert. Granoff Music Center, Fisher Performance Room, 8 p.m. December 4 Men’s Basketball Tufts at Keene State, 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball Salem State at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. African Music and Dance Kiniwe presents an evening of traditional music and dance from West Africa, including Agbekor, Gahu, Kinka and Agbadza. Aidekman Arts Center, Jackson Dance Lab, 8 p.m. December 5 Economics Seminar “The Impact of the Hajj,” Michael Kremer, the Gates Professor of Developing Societies, Department of Economics, Harvard University. Braker Hall, Room 308, noon. Computer Science Colloquium “Bootstrapping Monolingual Parsers from Multilingual Data,” David Smith, Johns Hopkins University, and former head programmer for the Perseus Digital Library Project at Tufts University. Halligan Hall, Room 111B, 2:50-4 p.m. Charles Francis Adams Lecture “Why Are We in Afghanistan?,” Barnett R. Rubin, director of studies and senior fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University. Cabot Center, Room 702, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion and Science “Quantum Entanglement: Theological Reflections on Relationality in Modern Physics,” Kirk Wegter-McNelly, assistant professor, Boston University School of Theology. Goddard Chapel, 6 p.m. Renaissance Music “Las Folias de España,” during the Renaissance, an ancient Spanish folksong tradition, enriched by innovations from Italy and Flanders, blossomed into music of uniquely personal and intimate emotion. The Tufts Early Music Ensemble will explore this rich repertoire with works of Encina, Vásquez, Guerrero and others. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m. December 6 Biomedical Sciences Chair Candidate Lecture “Functions of Alphaherpesvirus Glycoproteins in Virion Morphogenesis and Virus-induced Cell Fusion,” Gus Kousoulas, director of the Division of Biotechnology & Molecular Medicine and of the LSU-Tulane NIH Center for Experimental Infectious Disease Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University. He is a candidate for chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Varis Lecture Hall, noon-1 p.m. Pizza will be served. Grafton campus. Decision ’08 Speaker Series “General Election: Swing Votes, Swing States,” Michael Whouley, a key strategist for Bill Clinton, Al Gore and John Kerry who specializes in get-out-the-vote operations. Lincoln Filene Center, noon-1 p.m. RSVP to ilan.wong@tufts.edu. Media Studies “Problems and Promises: The Future of Public Broadcasting,” featuring Neal Shapiro, A80, president of WNET (Channel 13) in New York; Denise Dilanni, J79, executive-in-charge, Boston Media Productions, WGBH-TV; and John Davidow, A77, news director and managing editor, WBUR radio. Barnum Hall, Room 008, noon-2 p.m. Artists’ Talk Students in Tufts’ joint degree program with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts discuss their thesis exhibitions, currently on display in the University Art Gallery. Aidekman Arts Center, 6-7:30 p.m. Men’s Squash Amherst at Tufts, Belmont Hill School, 6:30 p.m. Women’s Squash Amherst at Tufts, Belmont Hill School, 6:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball Babson at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball Tufts at Simmons, 7 p.m. Tufts Composers Cellist Jason Calloway and guest artist X-Band perform works by Tufts Composers, including the premiere of a song cycle for voice and string trio by composer Kareem Roustom. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m. December 7 International Relations Colloquium “A New Reality: Exploring the Political Transformations in 21st-Century Latin America;” speakers include: Jose Antonio Lucero, assistant professor of political science, Temple University, and visiting lecturer at Tufts; Robert J. Gay, professor of sociology and director of the Toor-Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts, Connecticut College; and Miriam Shakow, a doctoral student in anthropology at Harvard. Cabot Center, ASEAN Auditorium, 3-4:30 p.m. Biology Lecture “Cancer Is a Problem of Tissue Organization,” Maricel Maffini, research assistant professor of anatomy, Tufts School of Medicine. Barnum Hall, Room 104, 4-5 p.m. Community Concert Series Tufts’ chamber music ensembles perform a concert of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and others for small ensembles. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m. December 8 Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at Brandeis, noon. Men’s Basketball Clark at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 1 p.m. Women’s Basketball Tufts at Wellesley, 2 p.m. Hockey Connecticut College at Tufts, Malden Forum, 4 p.m. Kalish Piano Concert Acclaimed concert pianist and Grammy nominee Gilbert Kalish performs a program of 20th-century music, including Beethoven’s Bagatelles, Copland’s Four Piano Blues, Haydn’s Sonata No. 47 in D Major and Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students with a valid ID. For more information and to purchase tickets in advance, call the box office at 617-627-3679, weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m. December 9 Protestant Worship Service Goddard Chapel, 7 p.m. Catholic Mass Goddard Chapel, 10 p.m. December 10 Inaugural Jeanne and Martin Sussman Lecture in Chemical and Biological Engineering “Microsystems for Accelerating Chemical and Biological Studies,” Klavs Jensen, the Warren K. Lewis Professor and head of the chemical engineering department, MIT. Ballou Hall, Coolidge Room, 11:30 a.m. Thesis Defense “Examination of Deficits in Energy Balance and Affective Behavior following Central or Hypothalamic Depletion of BDNF,” T.J. Unger, graduate student in cellular and molecular physiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. M&V Building, 7th-floor conference room, 2-3 p.m. Boston campus. HNRCA Seminar “25 Years of Visions at the HNRCA: Looking Toward the Future,” Allen Taylor, director of the Nutrition and Vision Laboratory, HNRCA. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, mezzanine conference room, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Boston campus. Pipes & Drums A performance by the Tufts Flute Ensemble and the new Tufts Percussion Ensemble. Distler Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m. December 11 Webster Library Workshop “Getting Started in HTML,” Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Webster Library, 10 a.m.-noon. Grafton campus. To register, go to http://training.uit.tufts.edu/details.asp?Class_ID=1079 Webster Library Workshop “Getting Started in Dreamweaver,” Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Webster Library, 1-3 p.m. Grafton campus. To register, go to http://training.uit.tufts.edu/details.asp?Class_ID=1079 Men’s Basketball Tufts at Plymouth State, 7 p.m. December 12 President’s Holiday Party Join Larry and Adele Bacow for a holiday celebration. Please bring one canned food item to be donated to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Sackler Center, 8th floor, 3-5 p.m. Boston campus. Sterling Visiting Professorship in Pharmacology “Transcriptional Control of Energy Homeostasis in Health and Disease,” Bruce M. Spiegelman, professor of cell biology, Harvard Medical School. The annual lecture is in memory of Dr. Louis Lasagna, former dean of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences and former director of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. Posner Hall, lower level auditorium, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Reception to follow in Posner Student Lounge. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Seminar “Networks of Mass Dissection: From Topology to Biology and Beyond,” Marco Ramoni, director, Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory, Harvard Medical School. Halligan Hall, Room 111, 5-6 p.m. December 13 Microbiology Seminar “Evasion of LPS-TLR4 Signaling and Virulence of Yersinia pestis,” Dr. Egil Lien, Program in Immunology and Virology, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon. Boston campus. President’s Holiday Party Join Larry and Adele Bacow for a holiday celebration. Please bring one canned food item to be donated to food pantries in Medford and Somerville. Gifford House, the president’s residence, 3:30-5:30 p.m. December 14 December 16 Catholic Mass Goddard Chapel, 10 p.m. December 19 December 20 December 24 December 25 December 26 December 27 December 31 Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the January issue of the Tufts Journal is Thursday, December 20. Submissions may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Office of Publications, 80 George Street, Medford campus. |
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