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November 3 - 9, 2009


Tuesday, November 03, 2009
	Ballroom Dancing - Smooth & Latin-American - Fall Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing Education offers 8-week mini-session on Mondays from 7:30-8:30 pm from 11/9/09 - 01/11/10. Designed for beginners based on ISTD (International) ballroom dancing technique, offering basic instruction in waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, and jive. Individuals and partners welcome. Minimum 10 students. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	World Music Survey - Falll Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing offers 8-week mini-session on Saturdays from 2-3 pm from 11/7/09 - 01/16/10. Class designed to provide intro to music of non-Western cultures: India, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and Latin America. Each unique music-culture explored in 2-3 week sessions thru film, demonstration, participation, listening and lecture/discussion. No prior technical knowledge of music required. Minimum 10 students. Class taught by guest faculty Lori Kesner. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	Free Research Leadership for Postdoctoral Scholars (Multi-Day Event) All Day The working schedule is: Tuesday, November 3: Productivity and Career Advancement Mentoring Students and Trainees Wednesday, November 4: Building and Managing Teams You and Your Organization Dollars and Science Thursday, November 5: Time Management Project Management Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
	HSRDC Seminar 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Hampton House - (461) Comparative Effectiveness Research 2009 and Beyond Albert W. Wu, MD Professor, Health Services Research and Development Center HPM, BSPH
	The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM NOTE: This event will take place in the Nitze Building Courtyard Azar Nafisi, author and executive director of the SAIS Cultural Conversations Program, will lead an “open mic” discussion on “walls still to fall” around the world. All are invited to participate. This event is part of a week-long project commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and concluding on November 9. For more information on the project, click here.
	Leon Robertson Faculty Candidate Lecture 12:10 PM - 1:20 PM Hampton House - (250) Ronnie Neff, PhD, MS, Research Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will present her topic "Just in the Wrong Place? Geographic Tools and Occupational Injury Prevention"
	Digital Communications and International Affairs 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Room 410) Mike Walsh, director of Forum One Communications and a SAIS graduate, will discuss this topic. This event is open to SAIS students only. For more information, go to SAISWorks.
	Life After SAIS: Energy and Sustainability in the Caspian Region 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM The Rome Building - (Room 534) Valerio Fabbri, socio-economic adviser for sustainable development at ENI-Atyrau in Kazakhstan and a SAIS graduate, will discuss this topic and how SAIS prepared him for his job. For more information, contact 202.663.5795 or egerasimov@jhu.edu.
	Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM The Rome Building - (Room 203) This presentation will focus on the International Network on Conflict and Fragility and how students can pursue careers working with international organizations on post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. This event is open to SAIS students only. For more information, go to SAISWorks.
	Introduction to Facebook (new session) 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MSE Library - (Garrett Room/CER Conference Room) Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Facebook but were afraid to ask will be covered in this session. We’ll show you how to set up an account on this popular social networking site, customize privacy settings, add friends, and upload photos. Creating “pages” to promote courses, groups or activities will also be covered.
	The Social Agenda for Democracy in Latin America for the Next Twenty Years 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM The Bernstein-Offit Building - (Room 500) Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru, president of the Global Center for Development and Democracy and distinguished visiting scholar at SAIS; Nicolas Ardito Barletta, former president of Panama; Vinicio Cerezo, former president of Guatemala; Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico; Ricardo Maduro, former president of Honduras; and Carlos Mesa, former president of Bolivia, will discuss the report, “The Social Agenda for Democracy in Latin America for the Next Twenty Years.” Francis Fukuyama, director of the SAIS International Development Program; Mauricio Cardenas, director of the Latin American Initiative at the Brookings Institution; and Michael Shifter, vice president for policy and director of the Andean program at the Inter-American Dialogue, will deliver introductory remarks. The panel discussion will take place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Brookings Institution but will be videoconferenced at SAIS. At 4:45 p.m., the speakers will come to SAIS for a question and answer session. This event is open to the SAIS community only. Members of the media may attend the panel discussion at Brookings or a press conference breakfast at the National Press Club. Click here for more information on those events.
	Katia Consani "TBA" 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Krieger - (205) Speaker: Katia Consani,JHU
	Anthropology presents Graduate Student Colloquium Ross Parsons (Anthropology, JHU) 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Macaulay - (# 400) Anthropology presents Graduate Student Colloquium Ross Parsons Someday this will all be over: dying, death and grief amongst HIV+ children in eastern Zimbabwe
	The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Colloquium Series 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Remsen - (233) "Scanning Magnetic Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Atomic Matnetometers" Professor Shoujun Xu University of Houston
	'Children of War' Film Screening 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM The Rome Building - (Rome Building Auditorium) Bryan Single, filmmaker and director of “Children of War,” will discuss his film after the screening. David Smith, program officer of the United States Institute of Peace, will also discuss this film. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.7726 or irp@jhu.edu.
	Brooke Feigon "Exact averages of central values of triple product L-functions." 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Krieger - (300) Speaker: Brooke Feigon (University of Toronto) In this talk, I will discuss exact formulas for averages of central L-values obtained using the relative trace formula and relations between periods and L-functions. I will focus on an example involving triple product L-functions. This is joint work with David Whitehouse.
	The Cost of Non-ASEAN: An Empirical Assessment of the ASEAN Economic Community 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM The Bernstein-Offit Building - (Room 714) Michael Plummer, professor of International Economics at the SAIS Bologna Center, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.7787 or aetra1@jhu.edu.
	The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM This event will take place in the Nitze Building Courtyard Carl Bildt, minister for foreign affairs of Sweden, and Radoslaw Sikorski, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Poland, will deliver remarks This event is part of a week-long project commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and concluding on November 9. For more information on the project, click here.
	Saint Elvis 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM An evening's study of Elvis Presley, pre- and post-mortem, which will provide an explanation of this enormous phenomenon of popular culture, its historical antecedents, and its contemporary parallels, which are in their own right as puzzling and powerful. This event will explore the meaning of sainthood (sacred and profane), as well as holy earth, sacred days, pious travel, and miracle-working pictures. These various threads will be teased out in all of their over-ripe baroque richness through an around-the-world adventure in pictures and words, as we go in search of the empowered charismatic, his sacred home, and his maniacal followers. Presented by Gary Vikan, The Walters Art Museum Director. Vikan has published extensively on holy men, icons, pilgrimage, relics, and magic, weaving in, contemporary parallels from popular culture. A wine and cheese reception follows.
	The Fall of the Wall and the Fall of Communism: Why - and Why 1989? 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Herter Room) Archie Brown, professor emeritus of politics at Oxford University and a fellow emeritus of St. Antony's College. Note: A wine and cheese reception will start at 6 p.m. and is open to the SAIS community and St. Antony's College alumni only. An RSVP is required for the reception. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. and is open to the general public. For more information and to RSVP, please contact 202.663.5795 or egerasimov@jhu.edu.
	A Musical Tour of Prague, Vienna, and Budapest 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM The cities of Budapest, Vienna, and Prague were home of many famous composers. During the Habsburg era and the early 20th century Central Europe was literally awash in music and musicians. An examination of these imperial capitals yields a plethora of compositions and national styles. Take a fun-filled musical, scenic, and historical tour of these three cities without packing a suitcase and discover the allure of Eastern Europe's regal cities.
	Faulkner’s Short Stories 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Although William Faulkner may be best known for his 20 novels, he wrote nearly 100 works of shorter fiction from 1920 until several years before his death in 1962. It was the decade of the 1930s, however, that produced his greatest short stories. As with the novels, they portray—though more succinctly and sharply—intense conflicts between races, socio-economic classes, family members, even parts of oneself. This class will discuss six of his most widely anthologized stories from that decade: “A Rose for Emily,” “Red Leaves,” “That Evening Sun,” “Dry September,” “Wash,” and “Barn Burning.”
	Mini Med School: The Mind-Body Connection 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Our bodies respond to the way we think, feel and act. This is often called the mind-body connection. Under the leadership of psychologist Jennifer Haythornthwaite, studies at the Johns Hopkins Center for Mind-Body Research focus on the relationship between mind and body and the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social, and spiritual factors can affect health. Each of the seven lectures is presented by a recognized leader within the community of mind-body researchers.
	Peabody Computer Music Consort: 40 Years of Looking to the Future 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Geoffrey Wright, Artistic Director McGregor Boyle, Technical Director A multimedia concert featuring the Computer Music Consort, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Electronic Music Studio at the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
	Ballroom Dancing - Smooth & Latin-American - Fall Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing Education offers 8-week mini-session on Mondays from 7:30-8:30 pm from 11/9/09 - 01/11/10. Designed for beginners based on ISTD (International) ballroom dancing technique, offering basic instruction in waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, and jive. Individuals and partners welcome. Minimum 10 students. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	Free Research Leadership for Postdoctoral Scholars (Multi-Day Event) All Day The working schedule is: Tuesday, November 3: Productivity and Career Advancement Mentoring Students and Trainees Wednesday, November 4: Building and Managing Teams You and Your Organization Dollars and Science Thursday, November 5: Time Management Project Management Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
	World Music Survey - Falll Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing offers 8-week mini-session on Saturdays from 2-3 pm from 11/7/09 - 01/16/10. Class designed to provide intro to music of non-Western cultures: India, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and Latin America. Each unique music-culture explored in 2-3 week sessions thru film, demonstration, participation, listening and lecture/discussion. No prior technical knowledge of music required. Minimum 10 students. Class taught by guest faculty Lori Kesner. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	JHEM Calendar Unvailable 4:00 AM - 7:00 AM Change 33238 Repair and Restore calendar database
	11/04 JHCP Annapolis network will be unavailable 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Wired and wireless networks at JHCP Annapolis will be down Network link will be change from MPLS to PIP
	Monthly Staff Meeting 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM The Bernstein-Offit Building - (Room 500) John Harrington, associate dean for Academic Affairs, will be in the “Deans’ Corner.” Breakfast will be served at 9 a.m. All staff members are expected to attend.
	The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM NOTE: This event will take place in the Nitze Building Courtyard Marcus Meckel, former minister of Foreign Affairs of the former German Democratic Republic, will deliver remarks This event is part of a week-long project commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and concluding on November 9. For more information on the project, click here.
	The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM This event will take place in the Nitze Building Courtyard All are invited to participate in a week-long “open mic” discussion on “walls still to fall” around the world. This project commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and will conclude on November 9. For more information on the project, click here.
	The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM NOTE: This event will take place in the Nitze Building Courtyard Carl Gershman, president of the National Endowment for Democracy, will lead an "open mic" discussion on "walls still to fall" around the world. All are invited to participate. This event is part of a week-long project commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and concluding on November 9. For more information on the project, click here.
	Wednesday Noon Seminar Series 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lawerence S. Wissow, MD Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society Bloomberg School of Public Health “Integrating Mental Health into Pediatric Primary Care -- Choosing Models”
	Innovation, Clean Energy and Technology Transfer: Commercializing Government Research & Design 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM The Bernstein-Offit Building - (Room 500) Daniel Bariault, CEO of ThermalCentric Corporation; Matt Ringer, manager of the Technology Commercialization Program at the National Renewable Energy Lab; and Marc Solomon, director of Policy Capital Advisors, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact geei@jhu.edu.
	Israelis, Palestinians and the Superstition of the Status Quo 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Room 507) Leon Wieseltier, writer, critic and editor of The New Republic, will discuss this topic. This event is open to the SAIS community only. For more information and to RSVP, contact katarina@jhu.edu.
	Politics and Land-Related Conflict in Africa: Examples From Ghana and Kenya 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM The Bernstein-Offit Building - (Room 736) Catherine Boone, professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5676 or itolber1@jhu.edu.
	Prospects for Brazil’s Energy Strategy and the Competition to Supply Ethanol 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Room 517) Joel Velasco, chief representative of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, will discuss "Prospects for Brazil’s Energy Strategy and the Competition to Supply Ethanol: Sugarcane Versus U.S. Supported Corn." For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5734 or jzurek@jhu.edu.
	Norman Levenberg "Variational approach to complex Monge-Ampere of Berman-Boucksom-Guedj-Zeriahi." 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Krieger - (308) Speaker: Norman Levenberg,Indiana University
	Biostatistics Seminar 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (W2030 U.N. Room) Biostatistics Seminar "Statistical Genetics of Gene Expression" Dr. John Storey Department of Molecular Biology Princeton University
	"The Drosophila ovary: germ cells, stem cells and beyond" 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Mudd - (26) Allan Spradling Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology
	WGS Colloquium Presents Todd Shepard Dept of History, Johns Hopkins Univerisity 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM WGS announces a lecture by: Todd Shepard Department of History, Johns Hopkins University "Sexual Revolution in France and the Algerian Man, 1967-1974"
	China in the Global Economic Crisis: Responsible Stakeholder or Opportunist? 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Kenney Auditorium) Pieter Bottelier, senior adjunct professor in the SAIS China Studies Program, and Charles W. Freeman, Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, will discuss this topic. For more information, contact 202.663.5816 or zji@jhu.edu.
	Jewish Studies Colloquium-Spinoza and Mendelssohn 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel) Michah Gottlieb of New York University will give a lecture entitled "Spinoza and Mendelssohn on Censorship"
	Jewish Studies Lecture-Michah Gottlieb 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel) Lecture by Michah Gottlieb New York University "Spinoza and Mendelssohn on Cenorship"
	Kronos Work Force Central Unavailable for 45 minutes during change 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Change 33210 Remove patch to resolve Iternet Explorer browser issues.
	Philosophy-Micah Gottlieb, New York University 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM "Spinoza and Mendelssohn on Censorship"
	MA in Communication Information Session 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Washington DC Center - (LL7) Information Session for Prospective Graduate Students Join us and learn about the Johns Hopkins University MA in Communication at the November 4th open house. Hopkins delivers a serious and practical Communication degree that reflects its world-renowned reputation for excellence. We employ an elite faculty, keep our classes small, focus on helping students hone their writing skills, and provide a cutting-edge curriculum that incorporates digital technology. Our curriculum is designed to bring real-world communication scenarios into the classroom so students can develop usable communication skills and a strong portfolio. We offer classes in the evenings so students do not need to break stride in their professional careers; some courses are offered online and on Saturday. You can apply year round though our convenient online application process. During the info session you will have the opportunity to learn about the program, meet current students and faculty, submit your application, and enjoy refreshments. Location: Johns Hopkins University Washington DC Center 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Lower Level Room 7, Washington DC, 20036 Red Line metro to Dupont Circle. Exit on south metro exit and walk east on Massachusetts Avenue for one and a half blocks. The Johns Hopkins University Washington Center is conveniently located a block away from the DuPont Circle Metro stop and reduced rate parking is available at Central Parking on 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW located at the corner of Massachusetts Ave. NW and and 18th St. NW at the rate of $5.00 after 4:30pm. RSVP online at: http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=1553
	Peabody Chamber Winds 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Leith Symington Griswold Hall Harlan D. Parker, Conductor Frank Gulino: The Quest for Elysium Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments Antonín Dvorák: Serenade in D minor, Op. 44
Thursday, November 05, 2009
	Ballroom Dancing - Smooth & Latin-American - Fall Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing Education offers 8-week mini-session on Mondays from 7:30-8:30 pm from 11/9/09 - 01/11/10. Designed for beginners based on ISTD (International) ballroom dancing technique, offering basic instruction in waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, and jive. Individuals and partners welcome. Minimum 10 students. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	Free Research Leadership for Postdoctoral Scholars (Multi-Day Event) The working schedule is: Tuesday, November 3: Productivity and Career Advancement Mentoring Students and Trainees Wednesday, November 4: Building and Managing Teams You and Your Organization Dollars and Science Thursday, November 5: Time Management Project Management Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
	World Music Survey - Falll Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing offers 8-week mini-session on Saturdays from 2-3 pm from 11/7/09 - 01/16/10. Class designed to provide intro to music of non-Western cultures: India, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and Latin America. Each unique music-culture explored in 2-3 week sessions thru film, demonstration, participation, listening and lecture/discussion. No prior technical knowledge of music required. Minimum 10 students. Class taught by guest faculty Lori Kesner. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	Nelson/Harvey/Halstead 6th and 7th floors (no impact) 3:30 AM - 4:00 AM Change 32758 Migration from QIP to CNR Help Desk after 4:00 p.m. any issues contact Tony Davis.
	Cancelled Change will affect applications for about 30 seconds 4:00 AM - 4:05 AM Change 33180 Upgrade Supervisor modules on service switches in MTW Data Center 1 and 2. The following systems will be affected briefly: SAP, ISIS, EPR, MDLogix, POE, EPR2020, Radiology - RIS, Terramedica, ACUO, Eclipsys, JHEM, Sakai, ESG Web - Site Exec Websites, Portal, WebCT
	EPR Client Application - Less than 5 minute outage expected 4:00 AM - 4:30 AM Change 33194 Migrate EPR from CSM to ACE
	United Way Thank You Breakfast 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM United Way contributors are welcome to stop by for a free breakfast, co-sponsored by Jay's; come early for best selection!
	Elections 2009 and Preview of the 2010 Races 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM The Bernstein-Offit Building - (Room 500) Robert Guttman, director of CPFR, will lead a discussion on "Elections 2009 and Preview of the 2010 Races: How Will the Outcome of Gubernatorial Elections in Virginia and New Jersey Affect the Obama Administration and the Upcoming Elections in 2010?” Refreshments will be served. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.587.3235 or rguttman@jhu.edu.
	Department of Health Policy and Management Fall Seminar Series 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Hampton House - (B14B Auditorium) From the Streets of Baltimore to the Corridors of Washington: How Does It All Work? Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Principal Deputy Commissioner, FDA, and former Health Commissioner in Baltimore City. Josh Sharfstein went to Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. After completing a pediatrics residency, he went to Washington D.C., serving in a variety of roles, including health policy advisor to Cong. Henry Waxman. Sharfstein returned to Baltimore to become health commissioner, and he was recently appointed to the FDA. Among his many interests, Dr. Sharfstein has focused on drug industry marketing practices, and he spurred an investigation into the efficacy of cough and cold medicines for young children, leading to limitations and a review of their use. He’s also worked on HIV/AIDS, tobacco control, and public health preparedness. One of nation’s most dynamic leaders, Josh Sharfstein brings a practical policy perspective on a range of health care issues.
	Earth & Planetary Sciences - Bromery Seminar 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Dr. Elana Fertig-JHU School of Medicine "Improving Short Term Weather Prediction with Flow Dependent Uncertainty Estimates and Satellite Measurements" 12:00 pm 305 Olin Hall Auditorium Homewood Campus
	Exclusive Analysis Ltd. Employer Presentation 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Herter Room) A representative from Exclusive Analysis Ltd. will discuss employment opportunities with the organization. This event is open to SAIS students only. For more information and to RSVP, go to SAISWorks.
	MMI/ID Research Seminar Series 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (W1020 Becton Dickinson Lecture Hall) *The RNA world in Trypanosoma brucei* Elisabetta Ullu, Ph.D. Professor Department of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT
	The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM This event will take place in the Nitze Building Courtyard All are invited to participate in a week-long “open mic” discussion on “walls still to fall” around the world. This project commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and will conclude on November 9. For more information on the project, click here.
	HBS Thursday Seminar Series 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM October 1, 2009 Speaker: Susan Krenn, Director, Center for Communication Programs Department of Health, Behavior and Society Where: Hampton House Basement Room 14B October 8, 2009 Speaker: Elaine Doherty, PhD, MA, Research Associate Department of Health, Behavior and Society Where: Hampton House Basement Room 14B October 15, 2009 Speaker: Elizabeth Kromm, PhD, MSc Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Health, Behavior and Society Bureau of Health Community Development Howard County Health Department Where: Hampton House Room 208 October 22, 2009 Speaker: Danielle German, PhD Assistant Scientist Department of Health, Behavior and Society Where: Hampton House Room 250 November 5, 2009 “Individual and cultural factors underlying multiple partnerships and sexual concurrency in Malawi” Speaker: Stella Babalola, PhD Associate Professor Department of Health, Behavior and Society Center for Communication Programs Where: Hampton House 208 November 12, 2009 Speaker: Jessica Burke, PhD, MHS, Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Health, Behavior and Society Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral & Community Health Sciences University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Where: Hampton House Basement Room 14B November 19, 2009 Speaker: Pamela Surkan, Joint Appointment Department of Health, Behavior and Society Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Department of International Health Where: Hampton House Room 208 December 3, 2009 Speaker: David Holtgrave, PhD, Professor Chair Department of Health, Behavior and Society Where: Hampton House Basement 14B December 10, 2009 Speaker: Steve Tamplin, MSE, Associate Scientist Department of Health, Behavior and Society Institute for Global Tobacco Control Where: Hampton House 208
	Introduction to Google Applications 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MSE Library - (Garrett Room/CER Conference Room) Explore Google’s online applications – Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Forms. Learn how to collaborate with other users online or share documents with the world. Import documents from MS Office and export them to most popular formats. Discover the power of accessing and editing your documents from any online computer at any time.
	Genetics, Disability, and Identity: The Medical and Social Dynamics of Labeling Disease and Differen 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Welch Medical Library - (Seminar Room, 3rd FL) Alexandra Minna Stern - University of Michigan
	Native American Heritage Month 2009 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (W1214 Sheldon Hall) Thursday, November 5, 2009: Movie Screening: "Bad Sugar," Sheldon Hall from 3:30 - 5:00 PM. Interactive movie screening of "Bad Sugar" from the PBS series, "Unnatural Causes," followed by a faculty led discussion and snacks in Courtyard 1.
	Plas Colloquium Presents Michael Birenbaum 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Plas Colloquium Presents Michael Birenbaum, Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at JHU Musical Tactics of Diaspora and Modernity on the Margins of the Black Atlantic
	Theradoc Unavailable (Afterhours) 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Change 32827 Upgrade the Theradoc Server
	Africana Dialogues Lecture Series 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Hodson 2009-2010 Africana Dialogues Lecture Series Thursday, November 05, from 4:30-6:00pm Hodson Hall, Room 316 "Race, Politics, and the American Revolution's Black Refugees" Alexander X. Byrd, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History Rice University African American historiography treating the revolutionary period of the Thirteen Colonies has done a tremendous job uncovering the place of black slaves and freed people within the conflict that eventually gave birth to the United States. This rich social history, however, often skirts the issues at the heart of many mainline interpretations of the Revolution: high politics and related social engineering. Writes Gary Nash, of American blacks who came of age during the Revolution, "They could not write state constitutions or transform the political system under which white revolutionaries intended to live as an independent people. But the black founding fathers embarked on a project to accomplish what is almost always part of modern revolutionary agendas—to recast the social system." This paper follows a small group of American blacks who were able do exactly what Nash laments that most African Americans were unable to attempt: the transformation of the political system.
	America’s Role in Kashmir: Past and Future 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM The Rome Building - (Room 806) NOTE: This event will now take place in Rome 806. Howard Schaffer, deputy director and director of studies at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5982 or tbascia1@jhu.edu.
	Environmental Issues and the U.S.-Japan Security Relationship 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Kenney Auditorium) Shigefumi Matsuzawa, governor of Kanagawa in Japan, and Hirokazu Nakaima, governor of Okinawa, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact reischauer@jhu.edu.
	GRLL: Journeys to the East: Intimacy, Alienation and History in Post-Wall Documentary 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM Levering - (Great Hall) A lecture by Katie Trumpener hosted by German and Romance Languages and Literatures and sponsored by the German Embassy. Full lecture title is: Journeys to the East: Intimacy, Alienation, and History in Post-Wall Documentary and the "Berlin School."
	Ancient Pathways: Magic and the Occult in the Greco-Roman World 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM The ancient world of Greeks and Romans was the ultimate crucible of mystery and magic. From simple love spells to complex rituals, the people of the Greco-Roman world made use of magic to influence the world around them. Magical rites were used as a direct path to the gods, for divine favors and spiritual satisfaction. In this course, Georg Luck presents a fascinating, and at times startling, alternative vision of magic and the occult in the ancient world. This enchanting survey of magical beliefs offers an unusual look at ancient Greek and Roman thought and a new understanding of their view of the supernatural.
	At the Edge of a World: The Beginning of the Age of Mammals 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM The extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago opened up a remarkable period in earth’s history. Mammals that had lived in the shadow of dinosaurs for millions of years quickly filled the newly vacant niche. Tonight, one of the most knowledgeable researchers in the field, Dr. Kenneth Rose, surveys this emerging world, focusing particularly on what secrets the fossils reveal about early mammals.
	Exploring Brain Power: Origin and Theories Behind Intelligence 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM What does it mean to be intelligent? What important factors do many theories of intelligence preclude? Are grades and standardized tests substantial indicators of knowledge? The answers to these questions seem to lie largely within the brain and how it develops, processes and retains information. Using social science research and theories from diverse fields, this course examines the parts and larger systems of the brain. Of particular interest will be the role of genetic and environmental factors, how neuronal activity translates into thought, and what brain dysfunctions such as autism can teach us.
	Technical Writing 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM From simple instructions to complex procedures, technical writing is an integral part of our lives. Unlike creative or fiction writing, technical writing leaves little to the imagination. The purpose of technical writing is to convey information. This course introduces students to the basic principles of technical writing. Examples of technical writing will be evaluated and students will be asked to create short technical documents.
	War and Peace 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM War, it seems, has been a relentless aspect of human existence. Philosophers and anthropologists have long speculated about the origins and motivations of warfare. Is war an inevitable expression of human nature? This course will examine the experience of war and changes in cultural attitudes regarding war over two and a half millennia. A handful of seminal books, including The Iliad, A Savage War of Peace, and Alistair Horne’s A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 will serve as the basis of our investigation.
	Hubble’s Expanding Universe 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM The more astronomers learn about the universe, the more it feels like Alice’s wonderland where the laws of physics, logic and causality get “curiouser and curiouser.” Join Hubble Space Telescope scientists for seven sessions to explore the latest frontiers in astronomy and their outlook for even more remarkable discoveries in the future.
	JHU Online Certificate in Geographic Information Systems Online Information Session - Nov 5 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Reliance on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is expanding into industries such as natural resource management, environmental planning, homeland security, defense and intelligence, marketing, telecommunications, economic development, transportation, law enforcement, and public health and other health care industries. Join us at our online information session to learn more about how you can earn a certificate in Geographic Information Systems completely online. During the info session you will get to learn more about the certificate and ask questions. Visit http://advanced.jhu.edu/academic/environmental/gis/ to learn more about our certificate program. EVENT DETAILS November 5, 2009 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. EST (GMT+5) Please RSVP here: http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=1617 Log-in information will be provided to you a few days before the information session once you RSVP.
	Online Certificate in Geographic Information Systems Online Information Session 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Reliance on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is expanding into industries such as natural resource management, environmental planning, homeland security, defense and intelligence, marketing, telecommunications, economic development, transportation, law enforcement, and public health and other health care industries. Join us at our online information session to learn more about how you can earn a certificate in Geographic Information Systems completely online. During the info session you will get to learn more about the certificate and ask questions. Visit http://advanced.jhu.edu/academic/environmental/gis/ to learn more about our certificate program. EVENT DETAILS November 5, 2009 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. EST (GMT+5) Please RSVP online at: http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/index.cfm?ContentID=1617 Log-in information will be provided to you a few days before the information session once you RSVP.
	Michael Steele and Congressman Aaron Schock, presented by MSE Symposium 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Shriver - (Auditorium) he Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium presents a lecture by Republic National Committee chairman Michael Steele, and Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL), the youngest member of Congress. Discussion on the role and future of young people in public service. Free. mse@jhu.edu. http://www.jhu.edu/mse
Friday, November 06, 2009
	Ballroom Dancing - Smooth & Latin-American - Fall Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing Education offers 8-week mini-session on Mondays from 7:30-8:30 pm from 11/9/09 - 01/11/10. Designed for beginners based on ISTD (International) ballroom dancing technique, offering basic instruction in waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, and jive. Individuals and partners welcome. Minimum 10 students. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	World Music Survey - Falll Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing offers 8-week mini-session on Saturdays from 2-3 pm from 11/7/09 - 01/16/10. Class designed to provide intro to music of non-Western cultures: India, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and Latin America. Each unique music-culture explored in 2-3 week sessions thru film, demonstration, participation, listening and lecture/discussion. No prior technical knowledge of music required. Minimum 10 students. Class taught by guest faculty Lori Kesner. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
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	Planets, Life, and the Universe Astrobiology Lecture Series 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Planets, Life, and the Universe, Astrobiology Lecture Series Speaker: Matthew Pasek (University of South Florida) Title: "Impacting the Origin of Life: the Case of Phosphorus" Location: The John Bahcall Auditorium - STScI (Lunch and discussion start at 12:00 p.m., talk starts at 12:30 p.m.) For more information, see http://astrobiology.stsci.edu/
	The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM This event will take place in the Nitze Building Courtyard All are invited to participate in a week-long “open mic” discussion on “walls still to fall” around the world. This project commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and will conclude on November 9. For more information on the project, click here.
	Health Sciences Informatics Grand Rounds 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (W1214 Sheldon Hall) Diane M. Dwyer, M.D. Medical Director, Center for Cancer Surveillance and Control Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene "Are the Data in Your Electronic Records Correct? Lessons from the Maryland Cancer Registry"
	Special HBS Seminar 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (W1020 Becton Dickinson Lecture Hall) Annemarie Colbin, PhD Founder and CEO of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts "Basics of Healthy Eating Beyond Biochemistry - a user-friendly holistic approach" Friday, November 6, 2009 12:15 - 1:30 pm Becton Dickinson Hall Reception in the Courtyard featuring Dr. Colbin's own recipes 1:30 - 2 pm.
	REVERSE Research Day 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (E2030 Feinstone Hall) Reverse Research Day is a new approach for sharing research. Through an interactive poster session, city agencies and community-based organizations present their work with the goal of connecting with researchers who could inform their work. Co-Chaired by Olivia Farrow, Interim Commissioner of Health, Baltimore City Rafael Lopez, Executive Director, Family League of Baltimore City, Inc Bernard Guyer, MD, MPH, Zanvyl Krieger Professor of Child Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health Learn more at www.jhsph.edu/urbanhealth
	Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Employer Presentation 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Room 410) A recruiter from the FBI will discuss employment opportunities with the agency. This event is open to SAIS students only. For more information and to RSVP, go to SAISWorks.
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	Dance Lessons -- Ballroom 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM ROTC ROTC Building, 7:30 p.m. Waltz, rumba and tango lessons for beginners and advanced dancers are taught by instructors Dave and Anne Greene. Participants may bring snacks to share. Free. 410-599-3725.
	Peabody Improvisation and Multimedia Ensemble 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM East Hall Gary Thomas, Director
Saturday, November 07, 2009
	Ballroom Dancing - Smooth & Latin-American - Fall Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing Education offers 8-week mini-session on Mondays from 7:30-8:30 pm from 11/9/09 - 01/11/10. Designed for beginners based on ISTD (International) ballroom dancing technique, offering basic instruction in waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, and jive. Individuals and partners welcome. Minimum 10 students. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	Office Communicator Users may have to log back in if connected during migration (Multi-Day Event) All Day Change 33241 Migrate to new Office Communicator Environment Note: If users are connected at time of migration they will be disconnected but will be able to log back in.
	World Music Survey - Falll Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing offers 8-week mini-session on Saturdays from 2-3 pm from 11/7/09 - 01/16/10. Class designed to provide intro to music of non-Western cultures: India, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and Latin America. Each unique music-culture explored in 2-3 week sessions thru film, demonstration, participation, listening and lecture/discussion. No prior technical knowledge of music required. Minimum 10 students. Class taught by guest faculty Lori Kesner. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
	Dreams: Theater of the Soul 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Dreams are our return to the core conversation of our lives. Every night we experience a dialogue between our conscious (self) and our unconscious (SELF). When seen symbolically, dreams are nature’s way of making us whole by rounding out our one-sided point of view. If we learn to listen and pay attention, theseconversations lead to an expansion of consciousness, compassion and relationship to the world. This two-day workshop is designed to introduce students to the deeper world beneath conscious awareness, providing the tools and techniques to connect to this powerful source and begin the process of listening to your dreams.
	Historic Homewood ArtWalk 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM The Historic Homewood ArtWalk covers over 200 years of history in less than a quarter mile. This fun, informative, and free 45-minute guided walking tour covers historic and artistic sites between the two significant collections of American historic interiors and decorative arts at Homewood Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Offered in October as part of the citywide Free Fall Baltimore program.
	Historic Homewood ArtWalk 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM The Historic Homewood ArtWalk covers over 200 years of history in less than a quarter mile. This fun, informative, and free 45-minute guided walking tour covers historic and artistic sites between the two significant collections of American historic interiors and decorative arts at Homewood Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Offered in October as part of the citywide Free Fall Baltimore program.
	Music at Evergreen: Robert Belinic, guitar 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Bakst Theatre Acclaimed as “a genius, a poet, a super-sensitive musician” (SanDiego.com), young Croatian guitarist Robert Belinic will perform music spanning five centuries, including J.S. Bach's Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998; François de Fossa's Premiere Fantaisie, Op.5; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Sonata “Omaggio a Boccherini;” and works by John Dowland and the brothers Regino and Eduardo Sainz de la Maza. A reception with the artist follows the performance. The Music at Evergreen concert series continues on March 6, 2010 with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, and April 17, 2010 with “Ritmo, Color y Pasión: Flamenco in Concert,” by the ensemble SEGUE.
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Sunday, November 08, 2009
	Ballroom Dancing - Smooth & Latin-American - Fall Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing Education offers 8-week mini-session on Mondays from 7:30-8:30 pm from 11/9/09 - 01/11/10. Designed for beginners based on ISTD (International) ballroom dancing technique, offering basic instruction in waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, and jive. Individuals and partners welcome. Minimum 10 students. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
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	Philosophy-Johns Hopkins-UPENN Early Modern Philosophy Forum 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Levering - (Sherwood Room) "Ethics 1P16 and Felicity" - John Carriero, University of California-Los Angeles, Philosophy "Descarte on Teleology and the Life Sciences" - Karen Detlefsen, University of Pennsylvania, Philosophy
	Preparatory Faculty Recital 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Hilda and Douglas Goodwin Recital Hall Yoon Young Bae, Violin Jill Collier, Violoncello Jennifer Herrera, Violin Wonhee Kim, Violoncello Bomi Lim, Piano 1 East Guitar Quartet Zoë Johnstone J. Scott Matejicka Kevin Shannon, Guest Artist Stephen Tunstall, Guest Artist Ronald Pearl: C Bryan Johanson: No Yoicking, Gabbling, Quothing Christopher Gainey: Flowing Through: Rhapsody on a Theme of Egberto Gismonti Phillip Houghton: Opals Nicolas Vallet: Suite for Four Lutes Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor Johan Halvorsen: Passacaglia with Variations for Violin and Viola in G minor (after Handel)
Monday, November 09, 2009
	Ballroom Dancing - Smooth & Latin-American - Fall Session II - 8-week Mini Class All Day Peabody Preparatory Adult & Continuing Education offers 8-week mini-session on Mondays from 7:30-8:30 pm from 11/9/09 - 01/11/10. Designed for beginners based on ISTD (International) ballroom dancing technique, offering basic instruction in waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, and jive. Individuals and partners welcome. Minimum 10 students. Tuition remission for JHU University employees and families. Check http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/prep for registration details!
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	Marginal Cost Estimation Techniques for Energy Projects 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM The Bernstein-Offit Building - (Room 714) Steve Gaske, senior vice president of Concentric Energy Advisors, will discuss this topic. This event is open to SAIS students and alumni only. For more information and to RSVP, go to SAISWorks. Alumni can RSVP by contacting mleinz@jhu.edu.
	Bioethics lunch seminar, "Strategies for Linking Policy to Evidence Generation: The UK Experience" 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (W3008) Berman Institute of Bioethics lunchtime seminar series: "Strategies for Linking Policy to Evidence Generation: The UK Experience". Presenter Kalipso Chalkidou, MD, PhD; International Program Director, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Co-sponsored by the US Cochrane Center and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management. Monday, November 9th, 12:15 PM Wolfe W3008
	The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM NOTE: This event will take place in the Nitze Building Courtyard. Zoltán Gábor, deputy chief of mission of the Embassy of Hungary, and Peter Burian, Slovakia’s ambassador to the United States, will speak during the final day of a week-long “open mic” discussion on “walls still to fall” around the world. This project commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall A model of the Berlin Wall will be torn down in the Nitze Building Courtyard. For more information on the project, click here.
	United Way Campaign 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Come support the United Way Campaign at www.jhsph.edu/unitedway. School give aways at the Monument St. entrance for United Way supporters!
	Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series 12:15 PM - 1:20 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (W3030) Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series Monday, November 9, 2009 W3030 12:15pm – 1:20pm Guest Speaker Addressing poverty and gender inequalities in the fight against AIDS – lessons from the IMAGE Study in rural South Africa Dr. Paul Pronyk, FRCP Center for Global Health and Economic Development The Earth Institute, Columbia University Dr. Pronyk is an infectious disease and public health physician who has recently joined Columbia University's Earth Institute. Over the past 10 years, he was the director of the Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme in South Africa, a partnership between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (U.K.) and University of the Witwatersrand (S.A.). Pronyk is a graduate of the University of Manitoba in Canada (M.D.), Tufts University (internal medicine), and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where he trained in tropical infectious disease, public health and received his Ph.D. His work in rural South Africa has focused on both the clinical consequences and social determinants of the HIV epidemic, with an emphasis on the links between poverty, gender-based violence and HIV. For disability access information or assisted listening devices, please contact the School of Public Health Office of Support Services at 410 955-1197.
	The ‘Peaceful Revolution’ of 1989: Its Significance Then and Today 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Room 507) Sebastian Gräfe, executive director of Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America will discuss this topic. NOTE: The speaker’s comments will be delivered in German. This event is open to the SAIS community only. For more information, contact afuehri1@jhu.edu.
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	Why Freedom Still Matters 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Kenney Auditorium) John McCain (R-Ariz.), a member of the U.S. Senate, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5880 or transatlanticrsvp@jhu.edu. Members of the media who plan to cover the event should contact 202.663.7738 or gjbarrus@jhu.edu.
	"The Cajal Body and snRNP Biogenesis 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 615 N. Wolfe St. - (W2030 U.N. Room) Joseph Gall, PhD. The Johns Hopkins University Division Carnegie Institution of Washington Department Embryology at Carnegie
	Biophysics Seminar 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Mergenthaler - (111) Kossiakoff Lecture Jim Wells University of California, San Francisco "Engineering Cell Death" Host: Prof. George Rose
	Dmitry Jakobson" Estimates from below: spectral function, remainder in Weyl's law and resonances." 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Krieger - (304) Speaker: Dmitry Jakobson, McGill University Abstract This is joint work with I. Polterovich, J. Toth and F. Naud. We obtain asymptotic lower bounds for the spectral function of the Laplacian on compact manifolds. In the negatively curved case, thermodynamic formalism for hyperbolic flows is applied to improve the estimates. Our results can be considered pointwise versions (on a general manifold) of lower bounds (due to Hardy and Landau) for the error term in the Gauss circle problem. We next discuss lower bounds for the remainder in Weyl¹s law on negatively-curved surfaces. Our approach works in variable negative curvature, and is based on wave trace asymptotics for long times, thermodynamic formalism for hyperbolic flows, and small-scale microlocalization. At the end, we shall discuss how to obtain logarithmic lower bound for the local density of resonances for infinite area, geometrically finite surfaces, and how to improve them to polynomial lower bound for infinite index subgroups of arithmetic groups.
	The Seminar - History Department 4:00 PM TBA
	Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Employer Presentation 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Room 417) A representative from OECD will discuss employment opportunities with the organization. This event is open to SAIS students only. For more information and to RSVP, go to SAISWorks.
	Romie Banerjee "Real-Oriented Cohomology." 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Krieger - (205) Speaker: Romie Banerjee,JHU Abstract: We will construct a moduli stack of real formal groups and relate it to real-oriented cohomology theories developed by Hu and Kriz.
	When Field Work Gets Toxic: The Lives of Migrant Farm Workers in Mexico 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM The Bernstein-Offit Building - (Room 736) The SAIS Amnesty International Club and SAIS Socially Responsible Business Club will host a film screening of “Paying the Price,” a documentary on the lives of Mexican field workers. Melody Gonzales, national coordinator for Fair Food Across Borders, will lead a discussion after the screening. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact mstoyad1@jhu.edu.
	U.S. Department of State Qualifications Evaluation Panel (QEP) Review 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM The Nitze Building (main building) - (Career Services Conference Room) The session will review the essay format of the QEP. This session is for SAIS students and alumni who have passed the QEP review only. For more information and to RSVP, go to SAISWorks.
	How to Survive in the New Economy 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM President Barack Obama has said to expect the economy to get worse before it gets better. How much worse, and in what areas? Whether you are anticipating a job change, buying or selling a home, or planning for your golden years, this course will guide you through the tumultuous events of the next twelve months.