Fri., Feb. 23
9:30 P.M. "Crime and Corruption in Russia and its Impact on Western Involvement," one-day conference on crime and law enforcement in Russia. Panelist include Stephen Handelman, Harriman Institute; Erika Dailey, Human Rights Watch (Helsinki); Louise Shelley, American Univ., and Mark Medish, UN Development Program. Sponsored by the Russia Exchange Program of the Law School and Harriman Institute. Registration: 864-5968. 1512 International Affairs Building (IAB).
12:30 P.M. "Sites of Postmodernity," by Elizabeth Meyer, Univ. of Virginia; response by Ken Smith, landscape architect, New York. "Landscape as Social Space" Lecture Series. Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture. 114 Avery.
1:15 P.M. Senate Meeting. Free ticket with C.U.I.D., available before 11:00 A.M day of meeting, 406 Low. For more information: 854-2023. Schapiro Auditorium.
6:00 P.M. "The Current Human Rights Situation in Tibet," by Gendun Rinchen, Tibetan human rights activist and former political prisoner. With discussions by Sheila Daucr, Country Actions Director, Amnesty International, and Rinchen Dharlo, representative, HH the Dalai Lama, North America. Preceded by viewing of documentary Escape from Tibet. Sponsored by Amnesty International USA. For information call 531-1313. Altschul Auditorium, 417 IAB.
Mon., Feb. 26
Noon. "Mechanisms of Signal Transduction by Neurotrophin Receptors," by Moses Chao, Cornell. Dept. of Biological Sciences Colloquia. 700 Fairchild.
Noon. "The Asia Factor in U.S.-Japan Relations," by Urban C. Lehner, editor, The Asian Wall Street Journal. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. 918 IAB.
4:00 P.M. "How Well Do We Know Solar Neutrino Fluxes and Oscillation Paramaters?" by Plamen Krastev, Princeton. Particle Physics Seminars. 705 Pupin.
4:00 P.M. "Qualitatively Uncertain Dynamics in Nonlinear Systems with Multiple Outcomes," by John Sommerer, Johns Hopkins. Chaos and Complexity Seminars. Dept. of Geological Sciences and University Committee on Applied Mathematics. Schapiro Auditorium.
4:15 P.M. "Legal Theory Workshop," by Christopher Eisgruber, NYU Law School. Jerome Greene Lounge.
4:30 P.M. "Civilian Oversight of the Police," moderated by professor of public affairs and former Mayor of New York David Dinkins. Panelist include Judge George Daniels, New York State Supreme Court; Judge Milton Mollen, chair, Mollen commission; Ray Kelly, former NYC police commissioner; Peter Johnson, Jr., Lehy and Johnson law firm. Urban Issues Symposium. Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration and Program in Politics and Public Policy. Kellogg Conference Center, IAB.
5:30 P.M. "Assessing Economic Reforms in India," by H.K. Bhasin, consul general of India; Jeremy Clift, Reuters; and Roberto Zagha, World Bank. Moderated by T.N. Srinivasan, Yale. The Reuter Forum: Critical Issues in International Economics. Graduate School of Journalism. Altschul Auditorium, IAB.
6:30 P.M. "Studies in Tectonic Culture," by Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
Tues., Feb. 27
Noon. "Continuity Amidst Change--Political Perspectives of 'New Germany'," by Claus Leggewie, NYU. Institute on Western Europe Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. 802 IAB.
Noon. "Developing the Biotech Industry: The American and Japanese Approaches Compared," by Benedicte Callan, assoc. fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. 918 IAB.
Noon. "The Citizens' Movement that Refused to Die: The Russian Conservation Movement Under Stalin and his Successors," by Douglas Weiner, Univ. of Arizona. Harriman Institute and Institute on East Central Europe Lectures. 1219 IAB.
Noon. "The 'Coast' Revisited: The Lagotian Bourgeoisie and the Making of the Yorba-Atlantic Complex, 1840-1950," by J. Lorand Matory, Harvard. Institute of African Studies Lectures. 1134 IAB.
12:15 P.M. "Welfare Policy: Is there a Race to the Bottom?" by Paul Peterson, Harvard. Urban Issues Workshop. Center for the Social Sciences and Barnard-Columbia Center for Urban Policy. 801 IAB.
Wed., Feb. 28
12:15 P.M. "The Ecology and Social Psychology of Hate Crime," by Donald Green, Yale. American Society and Politics Seminars. Center for the Social Sciences. 801 IAB.
1:30 P.M. "Organic-Inorganic Perovskites," by David B. Mitzi, IBM. Materials Science, Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering Colloquia. 633 Mudd.
6:30 P.M. "City/States," by Michael Sorkin, Academy of Fine Arts (Vienna). Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
Thurs., Feb. 29
1:00 P.M. "History According to the Movies," discussion featuring Alan Brinkley, prof. of history; Mark Carnes, prof. of history, Barnard; Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History; and Simon Schama, Old Dominion Foundation Professor of History. Society of Fellows in the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities, East Campus.
4:10 P.M. "The A Prioricity of Logic," by Hartry Field, CUNY Graduate Center. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquia. 716 Philosophy.
4:30 P.M. "Oxidative Amination of Olefins: Twenty Years Later," by Barry Sharpless, Scripps Institute. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 309 Havemeyer.
Fri., Mar. 1
3:00 P.M. "The Race Concept in Biology," by Matt Anderson, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Institute for Research in African-American Studies. 758 Schermerhorn.
Mon., Mar. 4
4:00 P.M. "What Color is Chaos in Nonlinear Population Models," by Joel Cohen, Rockefeller Univ. Chaos and Complexity Seminars. Dept. of Geological Sciences and University Committee on Applied Mathematics. Schapiro Auditorium.
6:00 P.M. "An Eternal Esthetics of Laborious Gestures," by Allan Sekula, California Institute of the Arts. Barnard Dept. of Art History Lectures. 304 Barnard.
6:00 P.M. "The Cartoons of the Italian Renaissance Artists," by Carmen Bambach, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dept. of Art History and Archaeology Lectures. 501 Schermerhorn.
Wed., Mar. 6
12:30 P.M. "BJP and Hindu Nationalism," by Nandita Arav, doctoral candidate in political science. Southern Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. 1134 IAB.
1:30 P.M. "Nanostructured Materials," by R.W. Siegel, Rensselaer. Dept. of Materials Science, Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering Colloquia. 633 Mudd.
4:00 P.M. "Capabilities in Complex Worlds," by Dan Levinthal, Wharton. Institutions, Agents and Social Dynamics Workshop. Center for the Social Sciences. 801 IAB.
6:30 P.M. "First Class/Business Class: Getting From Here to There and Back," by James Stewart Polshek, prof. of architecture. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
Thurs., Mar. 7
Noon. "Philadelphia Fiscal Crisis: Lessons for New York," by Robert Inman, Wharton. Political Economy Workshop. Center for the Social Sciences. 801 IAB.
Noon. "The Potential Crisis Across the Taiwan Straits and its International Implications," by Chen Quimao, Shanghai Institute for International Studies. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. 918 IAB.
4:00 P.M. "Structures of Emptiness: Kitsch, Nihilism, and the Inauthentic in Mishima's Aesthetics," by Dennis Washburn, Dartmouth. Donald Keene Center for Japanese Culture Lectures. Kress Room, East Asian Library, Kent.
4:30 P.M. "The Chemistry of Polynuclear Metal Oxo Anions," by Robert Beer, assist. prof. of chemistry. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 309 Havemeyer.
5:30 P.M. "Age Isn't What It Used To Be," by Mary Gordon, E.M. Broner, Nancy K. Miller, and Sheila Solomon. First Annual Barnard Conference for Women Over Fifty. James Room, Barnard.
Tues., Feb. 27
4:00 P.M. Health Sciences General Faculty Meeting. Report on Medical School finances and update on St. Luke's-Roosevelt and other institutional developments delivered by Herbert Pardes, vice president for health sciences and Dean of the faculty of medicine; update on Hospital affairs delivered by William Speck, president and CEO, Presbyterian Hospital. P&S Alumni Auditorium.
Building the Collective: Soviet Graphic Design, 1917-1937. Selections from the Collection of Merrill C. Berman. Artists include Gustav Klutsis, Aleksandr Rodchenko, El Lissitzky and the Stenberg brothers. Wed.-Sat., 1:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Through Mar. 30. Wallach Gallery, Schermerhorn.
John Jay (1745-1829): An Exhibition from the Collections of Columbia University. Original works from Rare Book and Manuscript Library's John Jay Papers Collection. Mon., Noon-7:45 P.M.; Tues.-Fri., 9:00 A.M.-4:45 P.M., Through Mar. 15. West Gallery, RBML, 6th Floor Butler.
Photograph: Untitled painting, 30" x 36", 1995, by Nelson Rivera.
For the last seven years, the Harlem Horizon Art Studio, an outgrowth of the Injury Prevention Program, Divisions of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Harlem Hospital, has provided more than 1,000 students from local schools, and patients, ranging from age five to twenty-five, with an opportunity to create a better world through painting. The success of the program can be seen in the many young artists who have regained mobility and physical control through the process of painting. Currently on display in Low Rotunda is the Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Studio. See Dreams and Talents Soar at Harlem Horizon Art Studio.
Fri., Feb. 23
8:00 P.M. Games For Faust. Play based on Dostoyevski's Crime and Punishment, by The Les Kurbas Theater (Ukraine), Volodymyr Kuchynsky, director. Harriman Institute and the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies. Tickets: $15, $5 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Fri.-Sat., Feb. 23-24
8:00 P.M./Fri., 2:00 P.M and 8:00 P.M./Sat. Quixote: An Adaptation of the Life and Novel of Miguel de Cervantes, by third-year MFA candidate in directing Colin Campbell. Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies. Tickets: $7, $5 students and seniors. Box office: 854-6920. Horace Mann Theatre, Broadway at 120th St.
Sun., Feb. 25
3:00 P.M. International Hindemith Viola Festival, celebrating 100th birthday of composer/violist Paul Hindemith, part II of IV, featuring violist Nobuko Imai. Works include Meditation for Viola and Piano from Noblissima Visions; Trauermusik for Viola and Piano; Sonata for Viola Unaccompanied; Melancholie, Op. 13; Die Serenaden, Op. 35; and Trio No. 1 for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 34. Tickets: $15, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Wed., Feb. 28
12:15 P.M. Music Recital, by Madeline Tsingopoulos, mezzo soprano; Eric Trudel, piano, and Nardo Poy, viola. Works by Ravel, Brahms, Schubert. I.I. Rabi Concerts. Faculty House.
8:00 P.M. Daniel String Quartet, Distinguished String Quartet Series, part II of III, featuring Joan Berkhemer and Misha Furman, violins; Itamar Shimon, viola, and Zvi Maschokovski, cello. Works include Mozart's Quartet in D Minor, K. 421; Partos' Concertino for String Quartet; Shostakovich's Quartet No. 7, and Dvorak's Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81. Tickets: $20, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Thurs., Feb. 29
8:00 P.M. Verdehr Trio, featuring Walter Verdehr, violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet, and Gary Kirkpatrick, piano. Works include Trio by Donald Erb, A Renaissance Bouquet by John Biggs, Michigan Trio by Philippe Manoury, Dream Tracks by Peter Sculthorpe and Trio by William Bolcom. Tickets: $10, $5 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Fri., Mar. 1
8:00 P.M. Saxophonist Joe Lovano and The Symbiosis Quintet. Last of 5-part Jazz at Miller Theatre! series. Tickets: $15, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Sun., Mar. 3
3:00 P.M. International Hindemith Viola Festival. Part III of IV, featuring violist Thomas Riebl. Works include Sonata for viola and piano Op. 25 No. 4; Des Todes Tod Op. 23a; Sonata for viola unaccompanied Op. 25 No. 1; Trio for heckelphon, viola and piano Op. 47. Tickets: $15, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Photograph: Nobuko Imai.
Violist Nobuko Imai will be featured on Sun., Feb. 25, at 8:00 P.M., as part two of the four-part concert series of the International Hindemith Viola Festival, celebrating the 100th birthday of composer/violist Paul Hindemith. The program is presented by the Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre. Tickets are $15 ($7 for students and seniors). Box office: 854-7799.
Wed., Mar. 6
12:15 P.M. Flute and Piano Recital, by Reva Jungstein and Linda Mark. Works by Schubert and Telemann. I.I. Rabi Concerts. Faculty House.
Thurs., Mar. 7
Noon. Organ Recital, by Bruce Glenny. Works by Bruhns, Bach, Pinkham. St. Paul's Music Program. St. Paul's Chapel.
8:00 P.M. Carmina String Quartet, Distinguished String Quartet. Last of 3-part series, featuring Matthias Enderle and Susanne Frank, violins; Wendy Champney, viola, and Stephan Goerner, cello. Works include Feuillages by Rolf Urs Ringger; Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 by Claude Debussy, andQuartet in D Minor, D. 810 by Franz Schubert. Tickets: $20, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
All events take place at Dodge Physical Fitness Center.
Fri., Feb. 23
7:00 P.M. Women's Basketball vs. Yale. WKCR live broadcast.
Sat., Feb. 24
7:00 P.M. Women's Basketball vs. Brown. WKCR tape delay, Feb. 25, 12:30 A.M.
Fri., Mar. 1
7:30 P.M. Men's Basketball vs. Pennsylvania. WKCR live broadcast.
Sat., Mar. 2
7:30 P.M. Men's Basketball vs. Princeton. WKCR live broadcast.
Fri., Feb. 23
8:00 A.M. "Craniofacial Surgeries in Congenital Abnormalities," by Jeffrey Ascherman, Presbyterian Hospital. Pediatric Grand Rounds. McIntosh Conference Room, BH-South 1-113.
Noon. "Calorimetric Studies of DNA-Protein Interactions," by Torleif Hard, Karolinska Institutet. Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminars. 523 Black.
Mon., Feb. 26
Noon. "Embryonic Patterning and Signal Transduction by Cadherins and Catenins," by Barry Gumbiner, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Pathology Seminars. Humphreys Auditorium.
Tues., Feb. 27
4:00 P.M. "Identification and Analysis of Yeast TATA-Box Binding Protein Associated Factors," by Joseph Reese, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dept. of Genetics and Development Seminars. 312 HHSC.
5:00 P.M. "Pediatric Diseases," by Ilene Agisim, post-doctoral residency fellow in ophthalmology. Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Seminars. 7th Floor Amphitheater, Harkness Eye Institute.
Wed., Feb. 28
11:30 A.M. "Effects of Prenatal Dexamethasone on Behavior in Children at Risk for CAH," by Paul Trautman, assist. clinical professor. Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds. 8th Floor Auditorium, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI).
2:00 P.M. "Inflammation-a Double Edged Sword in the CNS Response to Trauma: Molecular and Cellular Aspects," by Michael Schwartz, physician, Health Services. Pathology Seminars. Humphreys Auditorium.
4:30 P.M. "Huntington's Disease: Lessons from the Past and for the Future," by Anne B. Young, Harvard. David Segal Alpha Omega Alpha Professorship Lecture. P&S Alumni Auditorium.
Thurs., Feb. 29
9:30 A.M. "Defining HIV Dementia: Results from the Dana Consortium on Therapy for HIV Dementia," by Steven Alpert, assist. prof. of neuropsychology. HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies Seminars. 8th Floor Auditorium, NYSPI.
4:00 P.M. "The Three-dimensional Structure of an all RNA Hammerhead Ribozyme," by William G. Scott, Medical Research Council (England). Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminars. 301 HHSC.
Fri., Mar. 1
8:00 A.M. "Neonatal Osteomyelitis," by David P. Roye, Jr., assoc. prof. clinical orthopedic surgery. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Babies Hospital South 1-113.
11:00 A.M. "Futility in Medical Care," by Ned Cassem, Massachusetts General Hospital. Chase Manhattan/Columbia-Presbyterian Health Policy Lecture Series. 8th Floor Auditorium, NYSPI.
3:00 P.M. "Regulation of G-Protein Signaling in the C. elegans Nervous System," by Michael Koelle, MIT. Dept. of Genetics and Development Seminars. 312 HHSC.
Tues., Mar. 5
Noon. "Electromagnetic Fields and the Stress Response in Cells," by Martin Blank, assoc. prof. of physiology and cellular biophysics. Dept. of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics Seminars. Rover Conference Room, P&S.
4:00 P.M. "Molecular Mechanisms of Fragile X Syndrome: Characterization of FMR1 and FXR Proteins," by Haruhiko Siomi, Univ. of Pennsylvania Medical School. Dept. of Genetics and Development Seminars. 312 HHSC.
5:00 P.M. "Relative Utility of Perimetry and Optic Nerve Ophthalmology," by Peter Libre, instructor in clinical ophthalmology. Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Seminars. 7th Floor Amphitheater, Harkness Eye Institute.
Wed., Mar. 6
11:30 A.M. "Brain Imaging in Schizophrenia and Autism," by Monte Buchsbaum, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds. 8th Floor Auditorium, NYSPI.
Thurs., Mar. 7
6:45 A.M. "Hibernating Myocardium," by Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, USCLA. Dept. of Anesthesiology Lectures. Clark Conference Center, Milstein Hospital Building.
Columbia University Record -- February 23, 1996 -- Vol. 21, No. 17
