Fri., Mar. 8
12:30 P.M. "The American Landscape in the Era of Postmodernity," by Leo Marx, MIT; response by Richard Sennett, NYU. "Landscape as Social Space" Lecture Series. Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture. 114 Avery.
3:10 P.M. "Cyclotron Absorption and Emission in Mode-Conversion Layers: A New Paradigm," by Gary Swanson, Auburn Univ. Plasma Physics Colloquia. 214 S.W. Mudd.
Tues., Mar. 12
7:30 P.M. "The Samannaphala Sutta: The Benefits of Becoming a Monk," by Sayadaw Indaka, American Burma Buddhist Association. "Buddhism and You: Meditation and Instruction with Living Buddhist Masters." Co-sponsored by Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministry, Earl Hall Center, and the International Buddhist Council of New York. Red Room, St. Paul's Chapel.
Mon., Mar. 18
Noon. "Nuclear Organization and Gene Expression," by David L. Spector, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Biological Sciences Colloquia. 700 Fairchild.
2:10 P.M. "Shape of the Pion Wave Function," by Anthony Duncan, Univ. of Pittsburgh. Theoretical Physics Seminars. 831 Pupin.
4:00 P.M. "Dynamic Models of Fractual Surfaces in Physics and Geology," by Dan Rothman, MIT. Chaos and Complexity Seminar Series. Dept. of Geological Sciences and Univ. Committee on Applied Mathematics. Schapiro Auditorium.
4:00 P.M. "Inclusive Jet Cross Section Measurement at CDF," by Anawr Ahmad Bhatti, Rockefeller Univ. Particle Physics Seminars. 831 Pupin.
5:30 P.M. "Is South Korea a Model for Development?" debate moderated by Alice Amsden, MIT. Reuter Forum: Critical Issues in International Economics. Graduate School of Journalism. Altschul Auditorium, International Affairs Building (IAB).
Tues., Mar. 19
Noon. "Improving Aid to Africa," by Nick Van de Walle, Michigan State Univ. Institute of African Studies Seminars. 1118 IAB.
12:15 P.M. "The Politics of Transforming East German Universities," by Maria-Eleonore Karsten, Univ. of Luneburg (Germany). Co-sponsored by Institute of International Studies at Teachers College and Institute on Western Europe. 802 IAB.
6:00 P.M. "Archaeology and Credulity in the German Renaissance," by Christopher Wood, Yale. Barnard Dept. of Art History Lectures. 304 Barnard.
6:00 P.M. "The Structure of Bernini's Scala Regia in the Vatican," by Tod Marder, Rutgers. Howard Hibbard Forum Lectures. Dept. of Art History and Archaeology. 934 Schermerhorn.
Wed., Mar. 20
Noon. "'Americanization Begins at the Foot': A New Look at Fashion, Feminism and History," by Jenna Weissman Joselit, NYU. Barnard Center for Research on Women. Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard.
Noon. "Covering the Rawandan Genocide," by Erez Yanuv, Israeli Television. Institute of African Studies Seminars. 1118 IAB.
12:15 P.M. "Urban Economic Development Politics: A Comparative Perspective," by Paul Kantor, Fordham. American Society and Politics Seminars. Center for the Social Sciences. 801 IAB.
12:30 P.M. "Human Development in Bangladesh," by Selim Jahan, U.N. Southern Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. 1134 IAB.
4:00 P.M. "The Fates of de novo and de alio Producers in the American Automobile Industry, 1985-1991," by Glenn Carroll, UC-Berkeley. Institutions, Agents and Social Dynamics Workshop. Center for the Social Sciences. 801 IAB.
6:30 P.M. "Monuments and Monumentality," by Andreas Huyssen, Villard Prof. of Germanic Languages. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
Thurs., Mar. 21
Noon. "'Patriotic' Paramilitary Militias in Contemporary America: Home-Grown Fascists or Defenders of the Constitution?" by Jeffrey M. Bale, Mellon fellow in history. Society of Fellows in the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. Common Room, Heyman Center, East Campus.
4:00 P.M. "Oscar Hammerstein I: The Father of Times Square," by Oscar Andrew Hammerstein. Co-sponsored by Dept. of Music and Theatre Division, School of the Arts. 710 Dodge.
4:10 P.M. "Naive Action Theory," by Michael Thompson, Univ. of Pittsburgh. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquia. 716 Philosophy.
4:30 P.M. "The Chemistry of Polynuclear Metal Oxo Anions," by Robert Beer, assist. prof. of chemistry. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 309 Havemeyer.
Fri., Mar. 22
3:00 P.M. "Postcoloniality: Work in Progress," by Gayatri Spivak, prof. of English and comparative literature. Institute for Research in African-American Studies Colloquia. 758 Schermerhorn.
3:10 P.M. "Partial Diffusion in the Earth's Radiation Belts," by Jay Albert, Phillips/GPSG. Plasma Physics Colloquia. 214 S.W. Mudd.
Mon., Mar. 25
Noon. "The Role of Snf, an snRNP protein, in regulating alternative RNA splicing in Drosophila Development," by Helen Salz, Case Western Reserve Univ. Biological Sciences Colloquia. 700 Fairchild.
4:00 P.M. "Kinematics and Dynamics of Fast Dynamos," by Stephen Childress, NYU. Chaos and Complexity Seminar Series. Co-sponsored by Dept. of Geological Sciences and Univ. Committee on Applied Mathematics. Schapiro Auditorium.
4:00 P.M. "The Role of the Woman During Conception According to Ancient Indian Medical Literatures," by Rahul Peter Das, Univ. of Halle (Germany). Co-sponsored by Dharam Hinduja Indic Research Center and Southern Asian Institute. 1134 IAB.
6:30 P.M. "Public Space and Private Citizens," by Dell Upton, UC-Berkeley. Buell Lectures. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
Tues., Mar. 26
Noon. "The Italian Political Transition," by Giacomo Sani, Univ. of Pavia (Italy). Co-sponsored by Institute on Western Europe and Italian Academy. Casa Italiana.
12:15 P.M. "Building a Coalition of Cities Against Corporate Monopoly: The Case of Airline Monopolists," by Jameson Doig, Princeton. Urban Issues Workshop. Co-sponsored by Center for the Social Sciences and Barnard-Columbia Center for Urban Policy. 801 IAB.
1:00 P.M. "Bangladesh at 25," symposium featuring two panel discussions: "Bangladesh: The First 25 Years," and "Learning from Bangladesh." Chaired by Philip Oldenburg and Rounaq Jahan, Southern Asian Institute. R.S.V.P: 854-3616. Kellogg Center, IAB.
6:00 P.M. "Visual Images of Cultural Identity in Sixteenth-Century Medicean Florence," by Claudia Lazzaro, Cornell. Howard Hibbard Forum Lectures. Dept. of Art History and Archaeology. 934 Schermerhorn.
Wed., Mar. 27
Noon. "Control of DNA Replication in S. Pombe," by Thomas J. Kelly, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Biological Sciences Colloquia. 700 Fairchild.
1:30 P.M. "Carbon Nanotubes," by Millie Dresslhaus, MIT. Materials Science, Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering Colloquia. 633 Mudd.
4:00 P.M. "Women's Sexual Health: Changes and Challenges," by Ruth Steinberg, Yale School of Medicine. Co-sponsored by Barnard Center for Research on Women and Barnard Health Services. Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard.
6:30 P.M. "People, Movement, and Program," by Kazuyo Sejima, architect (Tokyo). Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Lectures. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
Thurs., Mar. 28
Noon. "Mechanisms of Transactivation by Thyroid Hormone and Retinoid Receptors," by Henk Stunnenberg, European Molecular Biology Lab (Germany). Biological Sciences Colloquia. 700 Fairchild.
Noon. "The Probabilistic Spatial Voting Model: Corrections and New Results," by Richard Ball, Haverford College. Political Economy Workshop. Center for the Social Sciences. 801 IAB.
Noon. "Trial Transcripts and National Narratives: Transformation and Intertextuality in Law and Literature," by Robert Ferguson, George Edward Woodberry Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Society of Fellows in the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities, East Campus.
3:00 P.M. "Advocating for Children and Families: The Social Work Legal Connection," by Jane F. Golden, Office of NYC Public Advocate Mark Green; Marcia Robinson Lowry, Children's Rights, Inc., and Megan McLaughlin, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. Moderated by John E. Halpin, New York Bar. Mary Funnye Goldson Memorial Lecture. Co-sponsored by School of Social Work and Louise Wise Services. Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, IAB.
4:10 P.M. "Work in Progress," by David Albert, prof. of philosophy. Philosophy Colloquia. 716 Philosophy.
4:30 P.M. "New Perspectives on an Old Reaction--The Aldol Mechanism," by Paul Williard, Brown. Chemistry Colloquia. 309 Havemeyer.
Mon., Mar. 18
7:30 P.M. "Diversity and Democracy: A Conversation on Race in American Life." Forum moderated by Manning Marable, prof. of history and director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. Panel members include Kweisi Mfume, president, NAACP; George E. Curry, editor-in-chief, Emerge Magazine; Michael Eric Dyson, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Univ. of Colorado-Boulder. Low Rotunda.
Thurs.-Fri., Mar. 21-22
8:45 A.M. "Networking Games and Economic Organization: the Interface." Two-day workshop chaired by A.A. Lazar, prof. of electrical engineering and P.K. Dutta, prof. of economics. Telecommunications Workshop. Center for Telecommunications Research. Davis Auditorium, Schapiro.
Mon.-Tues., Mar. 25-26
9:00 A.M. Religious Freedom and Human Rights: State and Church in Eastern Europe. Discussion of collaboration and common agendas between Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Co-sponsored by Center for the Study of Human Rights, Harriman Institute, Institute on East Central Europe and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Registration: 854-2479. Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, IAB.
Brazil 1940-1943: One Woman's View: The Images of Genevieve Naylor. Rare black and white photographs taken for the U.S. Office of Inter-American Affairs documenting Brazilian life. Mon.-Fri., 9:00 A.M.-5:30 P.M. Through Mar. 27. Low Rotunda.
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. Noon-7:45 P.M. Mon.; 9:00 A.M.-4:45 P.M. Tues., Wed. and Fri., and Noon-4:45 P.M. Thurs. Through Mar. 15. West Gallery, RBML, 6th Floor Butler.
Photograph: A woman believed to be Cora, and Stephen Crane, 1899.
The exhibition commemorating the centennial of The Red Badge of Courage. "'The Tall Swift Shadow of a Ship at Night': Stephen and Cora Crane" has been extended to Apr. 10. Hours are Noon-7:45 P.M. Mon; 9:00 A.M.-4:45 P.M. Tues., Wed. and Fri., and Noon-4:45 P.M. Thurs. RBML, 6th Floor Butler.
Photograph: "Lilies in White."
Paintings and prints by Bonnie Sakoff will be on display in the Corridor Gallery of the Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Dr., Mar. 18 through Apr. 12. Titled "Secrets of the Soul," the exhibition contains lushly painted and sensuously colored floral images that communicate energy and emotion. A reception will be held on Mar. 26, 4:00 P.M. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Fri.-Sat., Mar. 8-9
8:00 P.M. Fri., 2:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. Sat. William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, directed by third year MFA candidate in directing Kathy Ciric. Julius Caesar played by Andre De Sheilds. Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies, School of the Arts. Tickets: $7, $5 students and seniors. Box office: 854-6920. Horace Mann Theatre, Broadway and 120th St.
Fri., Mar. 22
8:00 P.M. Grateful Erodity. Play based on the philosophy of Hryhority Skovoroda, 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., Mar. 22-23
8:00 P.M. Fri., 2:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. Sat. Three Plays by M.F.A. Playwrights. Apple Pancakes, by Roger Kristian Jones; Grandma Serafina's Famous Tiramisu, by Jonathan Samarro, and Dance of the Fat Kids, by Stephen Sacco. Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies, School of the Arts. Tickets: $5, $3 students and seniors. Box office: 854-6920. Schapiro Theatre, 605 West 115th Street.
Sun., Mar. 10
3:00 P.M. International Hindemith Viola Festival, part IV of IV, featuring violist Samuel Rhodes. Program include Sonata for Viola and Piano; Sonata for Viola Unaccompanied Op. 31 No. 4, and Octet for Violin, Two Violas, Cello, Bass, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn. Tickets: $15, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Tues., Mar. 19
8:00 P.M. Pianist Sarah Rotenberg. Composer and the Keyboard Series, part VI of VIII. Works include Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's Das Jahr; Joan Tower's Holding Daisy and Or like a...an Engine, and J.S. Bach's Chomatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor. Tickets: $16, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Wed., Mar. 20
8:00 P.M. Four Nations Ensemble performs second of three-concert series "Wrath, Pride, Lust." Works include Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 10 by Tartini; Five Venetian Gondolier Songs by Hasse; Sonata III in E Major by Bach; Three Arias by Handel, and Sonata VIII, Op. 9, in C Major by Leclair. Tickets: $15, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Fri., Mar. 8
8:00 A.M. "Autoimmune Mediated Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents," by Jonathan A. Slater, assist. clinical prof. of psychiatry. Pediatric Grand Rounds. McIntosh Conference Room, BHS 1-113.
Noon. "Sculpting the Functional Architecture of the Neuron: Myelination and the Axonal Cytoskeleton," by Scott Brady, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Pathology Seminars. Humphreys Auditorium, P&S.
Mon., Mar. 11
Noon. "The Emerging World of Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer," by David Sidransky, Johns Hopkins. Pathology Seminars. Humphreys Auditorium, P&S.
4:00 P.M. "Faculty Participation in Academic-Industry Research Relationships: Extent and Consequences," by David Blumenthal, Harvard. School of Public Health Lectures. Room 2, Clark Conference Center, MHP.
Tues., Mar. 12
4:00 P.M. "Rinderpest Virus and the Long-Term Dynamics of the Serengeti Ecosystem," by Andrew Dobson, Princeton. Division of Environmental Sciences Seminars. School of Public Health. Conference Room 122, Level B-1, 60 Haven Ave.
5:00 P.M. "Pseudo Hypotony Following Excimer Laser Treatment," by Steven Odrich, instructor in clinical ophthalmology. Harkness Eye Institute Seminars. 7th Floor Amphitheater, Harkness Eye Institute.
Wed., Mar. 13
4:00 P.M. "A Receptor which Mediates Cellular Oxidant Stress and Neurotoxicity of ß Amyloid Peptide," by David Stern, assoc. prof. of physiology and molecular biophysics. Alzheimers Seminar Series. Dept. of Pathology. Pathology/Fenoglio Library, PH 15 West.
Thurs., Mar. 14
4:00 P.M. "Searching for Extracellular Signaling Molecules: A Biochemical Approach Using the Drosophila Embryo," by David Schneider, UC-San Francisco. Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminars. 301 HHSC.
Fri., Mar. 15
8:00 P.M. "Primary Prevention of Child Maltreatment: The Best Beginning Program," by Elizabeth Anisfeld, assoc. research scientist, and Nicholas Cunningham, prof. of clinical pediatrics and clinical public health. Pediatric Grand Rounds. McIntosh Conference Room, BHS 1-113.
Noon. "Advocating for Federal Funding of Medical Research," by Samuel C. Silverstein, John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology. Physiology and Cellular Biophysics Seminars. Rover Conference Room, P&S 11-505.
Mon., Mar. 18
Noon. "Receptor-mediated Mechanisms Underlying Cell Differentiation," by Moses Chao, Cornell. Pathology Seminars. Humphreys Auditorium, P&S.
Tues., Mar. 19
4:00 P.M. "How Does Zebrafish Get its Stripes?" by Stephen L. Johnson, Univ. of Oregon-Eugene. Genetics and Development Seminars. 312 HHSC.
5:00 P.M. "Lens Gene Enrichment of Antioxidative Enzymes as an Approach to Prevent Cataract Caused by Oxidative Stress," by Abraham Spector, professor of ophthalmology. Harkness Eye Institute Seminars. 7th Floor Amphitheater, Harkness Eye Institute.
Wed., Mar. 20
11:30 A.M. "Drug Use and Drug Dependence in Adolescence," by Denise Kandel, professor of psychiatry in public health. Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds. 8th Floor Auditorium, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI).
1:00 P.M. "On the Power to Detect Segmental Aneusomy by a Genome Wide Panel of Polymorphic DNA Probes," by Alejandro Schaffer, Rice. Dept. of Genetics and Development Seminars. 312 HHSC.
Thurs., Mar. 21
6:45 P.M. "Local Anesthesia of the Future," by Charles B. Berde, Harvard. Anesthesiology Lectures. Clark Conference Center.
Fri., Mar. 22
3:00 P.M. "Hedgehog Signal Transduction in Drosophila," by Joan Hooper, Univ. of Colorado. Genetics and Development Seminars. Neurological Institute Auditorium.
Tues., Mar. 26
4:00 P.M. "Checkpoint Control in Fission Yeast," by Tamar Enoch, Harvard Univ. Medical School. Genetics and Development Seminars. 312 HHSC.
5:00 P.M. "Pediatric Ophthalmology," by Glen Weiss, post-doctoral residency fellow in ophthalmology. Harkness Eye Institute Seminars. 7th Floor Amphitheater, Harkness Eye Institute.
Wed., Mar. 27
11:30 A.M. "Long-Term Effects of Repeated Exposure to Media Violence in Childhood," by L. Rowell Huesmann, Univ. of Michigan. Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds. 8th Floor Auditorium, NYSPI.
Columbia University Record -- March 8, 1996 -- Vol. 21, No. 19
