January Calendar of Events

January 1
New Year’s Day University holiday.

January 2
Tisch Library Intersession hours, through January 17, for the library are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The library is closed on weekends. Regular hours resume on Thursday, January 18.

Athletics Facilities Winter break hours, through January 17, for the Tufts Athletics facilities are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The facilities are closed on weekends. Regular hours resume on Thursday, January 18, at 7 a.m.

January 3
Medical School Forum on Diversity Dean Michael Rosenblatt seeks the medical school community’s thoughts about making the medical school a welcoming community for people of all races, cultures and backgrounds. Sackler 826/827, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Women’s Basketball Brandeis at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.

January 4
Men’s Basketball Tufts at William Paterson, 7 p.m.

January 5
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts at Dartmouth Relays, 9:30 a.m.

Ice Hockey Tufts at Saint Michael’s, 7 p.m.

January 6
Men’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts at Dartmouth Relays, 10 a.m.

Women’s Basketball Fitchburg State at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 2 p.m.

Ice Hockey Tufts at Norwich, 4 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Tufts at Stevens Institute of Technology, 7 p.m.

January 8
Molecular Oncology Seminar “A Tale of Two Oncogenes,” Dr. Allen I. Oliff, senior vice president and head of molecular discovery research, GlaxoSmithKline. Tufts-New England Medical Center, Wolff Auditorium, 750 Washington St., noon. Boston campus.

January 9
Molecular Oncology Seminar “Translational Control by elF2alpha Kinases: Implications in Virus Infection and Tumorigenesis,” Antonis E. Koromilas, professor of oncology, McGill University. Tufts-New England Medical Center, Wolff Auditorium, 750 Washington St., noon. Boston campus.

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

January 10
Equine Health Lecture Series “Caring for the Old Gray: Geriatric Care Update,” Dr. Mary Rose Paradis, associate professor of clinical sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The first of six Wednesday evening lectures in January, February and March for New England horse owners. Pre-register for all six lectures and pay $100. Pre-registration fee for each lecture is $20; registration at the door is $25. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Lecture Hall. Registration: 6:30 p.m.; lecture: 7-9 p.m. Grafton campus. For more information, call the Office of Continuing Education at 508-887-4723 or e-mail susan.brogan@tufts.edu.

January 11
Finance Training “Forms, Policies & Procedures,” designed for new employees with administrative financial responsibilities or those at Tufts who need a refresher. Registration is required by e-mailing carol.liedes@tufts.edu. Jaharis Center, Room 155, 1:30-4 p.m. Boston campus.

January 12
Thesis Defense “Host Factors That Modulate L. pneumophila Intracellular Growth,” Zhiru (Liz) Li, graduate student in molecular microbiology, Sackler School. Jaharis Center, 10-11 a.m. Boston campus.

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

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

Ice Hockey Tufts at Castleton State, 7 p.m.

January 13
Men’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts Invitational I, Gantcher Center, 10 a.m.

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts Invitational I, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m.

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

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

Ice Hockey Tufts vs. Skidmore at Lake Placid, N.Y., 4 p.m.

January 14
Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at Williams with Wesleyan, 1 p.m.

Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at Williams with Wesleyan, 1 p.m.

January 15
Martin Luther King Day University holiday; no classes.

January 16
Residence Halls open for spring 2007 semester.

January 17
Thesis Proposal Defense “Developing and Evaluating an Online Delivery Mechanism for an After-school Nutrition and Physical Activity Curriculum,” Sonya Irish-Hauser, research assistant, John Hancock Center, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Jaharis Center, Room 254, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Boston campus.

Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at Boston College, 5 p.m.

January 18
Classes Begin for spring 2007 semester on the Medford/Somerville campus.

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

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Worcester State, 8 p.m.

January 19
Thesis Defense “The Yersinia Virulence Protein YopM: Regions Required for Interaction with RSK1 and Alteration of the Immune Response,” Melissa McCoy, graduate student in molecular microbiology, Sackler School. Jaharis Center, 10-11 a.m. Boston campus.

University Art Gallery “Edward Burtynsky: The China Series,” the internationally acclaimed Canadian photographer offers 20 large-scale, newly completed works on five themes related to China’s booming development over the past decade: manufacturing, recycling, shipbuilding, urban renewal and the Three Gorges Dam. Public opening reception: January 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, through April 1. 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.

University Art Gallery “Altered States: Views of Transition in Recent Photography,” images by six artists who examine how the effects of industry and development in the United States and abroad are inscribed into our environment. Photographers Steven Smith, Josh Winer, Mori Insinger, Sze Tsung Leong, Chris Jordan and Xing Danwen bring a unique perspective to the changing objects and landscapes they photograph—from cityscapes to suburban sprawl, and from rock formations to recycled electronics. Public opening reception: January 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, through April 1. 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.

University Art Gallery “Jun Yang: HERO—this is WE,” a two-channel video installation that explores the notion of nationalism in historical, cultural and political contexts. The flag is explored as a symbol of national existence, pride and self-identification. In one of the two videos narrated by the artist, Yang appropriates mass media sources to illustrate China’s political, economic and cultural development since he left the country as a child. In the second video, in which footage from the 2004 Athens Olympics runs in slow motion silently alongside the first, Yang renders various flags white to suggest one international people. Public opening reception: January 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Aidekman Arts Center, Koppelman Gallery, through April 1. 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.

New Media Wall Continuous screenings of art works in video and film. Featured is “Jun Yang and Soldier Woods,” a short video that deals with the question of translation by exploring how the pronunciations, interpretations and associations of the artist’s name vary in different cultural contexts. Aidekman Arts Center, adjacent to the Tisch Gallery entrance, through April 1. 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.

Ice Hockey Bowdoin at Tufts, Malden Forum, 7:30 p.m.

January 20
Men’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts Invitational II, Gantcher Center, 10 a.m.

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts Invitational II, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m.

Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT, 1 p.m.

Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT, 1 p.m.

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

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

Ice Hockey Colby at Tufts, Malden Forum, 4 p.m.

January 23
Women’s Basketball Wheaton at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 6 p.m.

Ice Hockey Johnson & Wales at Tufts, Malden Forum, 7:30 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Wheaton at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 8 p.m.

January 24
Equine Health Lecture Series “Is Your Barn Making You Sick? How Your Horse’s Environment Affects You Both,” Dr. Melissa Mazan, associate professor of clinical sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The second of six Wednesday evening lectures in January, February and March for New England horse owners. Pre-registration fee for each lecture is $20; registration at the door is $25. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Lecture Hall. Registration: 6:30 p.m.; lecture: 7-9 p.m. Grafton campus. For more information, call the Office of Continuing Education at 508-887-4723 or e-mail susan.brogan@tufts.edu.

Men’s Squash Tufts at Connecticut College, 6:30 p.m.

January 25
Fares Center Conference “The War on Terrorism: Where Do We Stand?,” a two-day conference on the costs and results of the war and the likely scenarios for the future sponsored by the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Tufts. Keynote address: Robert Pape, professor of political science, University of Chicago. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour M. Hersh will give concluding remarks. For more information, registration details and a complete conference schedule of topics and speakers, go to http://farescenter.tufts.edu/conferences/index.asp. Cabot Intercultural Center, through January 26.

Women’s Squash Tufts at Connecticut College, 6:45 p.m.

January 26
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts at Terrier Classic, Boston University, 2 p.m.

Men’s Squash Tufts at Bowdoin, 5:30 p.m.

Women’s Squash Tufts at Bowdoin, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Ice Hockey Hamilton at Tufts, Malden Forum, 7:30 p.m.

January 27
Men’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts at Bowdoin Invitational, 10 a.m.

Men’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts at BU Terrier Invitational, 11 a.m.

Men’s Swimming & Diving Bates and Wheaton at Tufts, Hamilton Pool, noon.

Women’s Swimming & Diving Bates and Wheaton at Tufts, Hamilton Pool, noon.

Women’s Indoor Track & Field Tufts at Bowdoin Invitational, 1 p.m.

Gallery Tour View the current exhibitions with a Tufts gallery guide. Aidekman Arts Center, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

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

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

Ice Hockey Amherst at Tufts, Malden Forum, 4 p.m.

Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Rochester at Yale Round Robin, 6 p.m.

Women’s Squash Tufts at Mount Holyoke/Smith Round Robin, through January 28.

January 28
Veterinary Continuing Education “Technician Symposium: Patient Monitoring.” For more information and to register, call 508-887-4723; e-mail vetCEinfo@tufts.edu or go to www.tufts.edu/vet/continedu. Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, all day. Grafton campus.

Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Franklin & Marshall at Yale Round Robin, 11 a.m.

Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Hamilton at Yale Round Robin, 1 p.m.

Film Screening The Boston premiere of the new film “Canvas,” starring Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay Harden and Devon Gearhart. Special guests, Pantoliano, producer and star, and Joseph Greco, writer and director, will conduct a Q&A session after the screening of the film, which tells the story of a family dealing with the mother’s decline into mental illness. For information, call 617-627-4939 or e-mail lauren.sweeney@tufts.edu. Cohen Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.

January 29
Physiology Seminar “Specific Regeneration of Sensory Connections in the Spinal Cord,” George Smith, University of Kentucky. M&V 702, noon-1 p.m. Boston campus.

January 30
Engineering Seminar “Mobile Handset Electronics—Past, Present and Future,” Fred Schindler, head of the Boston Design Center for RFMD, the world’s leading supplier of handset PAs, transmit modules and GSM/EDGE transceivers. Halligan Hall, Room 111B, 3-4 p.m.

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

Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the February issue of the Tufts Journal is Monday, January 22. 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.