June Calendar of Events

June 1
Art Gallery “Fourth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition,” featuring artists who live or work in Tufts’ host communities of Medford and Somerville, including Elaine Bay, Meg Birnbaum, N. Noon Coda, David Colombo, Brian Corey, Jesa Damora, Kate Gakenheimer, Randy Garber, Jane Goldman, Raul Gonzalez, David Harris, Bradford Johnson, Veronique Latimer, Joan McCandlish, Rachel Mello, Greg Mencoff, Sandys Moore, Riki Moss, Mary O’Malley, Tina Riedel, Geoffrey Stocking, Sarah Wentworth and Barbara Zeles. The exhibit is juried by Amy Ingrid Schlegel, director of the university galleries, and curated by Rachel Arouz. Aidekman Arts Center, through July 29. Summer hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery.

2007 Reunion Exhibit Photographs and memorabilia that commemorate many of this year’s reunion classes, including people, places and events from the 65th, 55th, 45th, 40th, 35th, 30th, 25th and 10th reunion classes. Tisch Library, corridor to the Tower Café, through August 24.

Sackler Science Frontiers “Couch Potatoes vs. Hunter Gatherers: How Bacteria Adapt to Their Natural Environment,” Dr. Linc Sonenshein, professor of microbiology, Tufts University. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon. Boston campus.

June 2
Yard Sale Tufts Educational Day Center sponsors its annual yard sale: toys, baby paraphernalia, clothing, household goods, books, white elephants. Day Care Center parking lot, 165 Holland St., Somerville, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

June 11
President’s Picnic Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow hosts his annual picnic for the university community. President’s Lawn, noon-2 p.m. Buses from the Boston campus to the picnic will leave from the corner of Harrison Avenue and Kneeland Street at 11:45 a.m. and noon. For the return trip, buses will leave Medford at 1:15 and 1:30 p.m. Rain date: June 12.

June 13
Sterling Lecture “Imaging Studies of Craving for Food,” Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, presents the 19th annual Sterling Visiting Professor in Pharmacology lecture in honor and memory of Dr. Louis Lasagna, former dean of the Sackler School. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Reception to follow in Sackler 826D. For information contact Larry Isaacson at 617-639-0815.

June 14
Tufts Initiative on Emerging Trends in Psychology “Building Meaning from Language,” a conference sponsored by Tufts and the American Psychological Association. Speakers include: Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts and co-director, Center for Cognitive Studies; Arthur Glenberg, professor of psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Morton Gernsbacher, Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederic Bartlett Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ray Jackendoff, Seth Merrin Professor and co-director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University; David Kemmerer, associate professor, departments of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and Psychological Sciences, Purdue University; Walter Kintsch, professor of psychology emeritus, University of Colorado; Gina Kuperberg, associate professor of psychology, Tufts University; Ken McRae, professor of psychology, University of Western Ontario; James Pustejovsky, professor of computer science, Brandeis University; Michael Tanenhaus, professor, departments of Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics, and director of the Center for Language Sciences, University of Rochester; Matthew Traxler, associate professor of psychology, University of California at Davis; and Rolf Zwaan, professor of psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. Anderson Hall, Nelson Auditorium, through June 16. For more information and to register for the conference, go to http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/conference or e-mail psych.conference@tufts.edu.

June 26
Boston Area Gene Expression Meeting For more information, contact Ananda L. Roy, associate professor of pathology, at ananda.roy@tufts.edu. Admission is free, and no registration is required. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Boston campus.

June 28
Dental School End of scheduled program for students in Endodontics, Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Prosthodontics and General Practice Residency.

June 29
Dental School Summer recess begins for Class of 2010.

Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the July issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, June 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., Suite 4600, Medford campus.