April 24 - May 1, 2000

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Progressive unveiling

 

The completed work of this plaster study of Michael Loscascio's "Shadow and Substance" will be part of a progressive unveiling Monday, April 20, beginning at 12:15 p.m. at the exterior stair to the Science Library at the Stevenson Center. It and two other bronze sculptures -- "Ascension" by Kasra Paydevousi and "Con-volution" by Jeremy Bond -- will be added to the University's "Garden of Great Ideas" permanent outdoor exhibit, sponsored by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation. Following the progressive unveiling, which is free and open to the public, those in attendance will be invited to a luncheon.

 

 

MONDAY, APRIL 24

  • Advance registration for May session. April 24-26. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.  
  • Examinations in Law. April 24-May 6.
  • Seminar. Owen Graduate School of Management. April 24-26. "Effective Management Techniques." Nancy Lea Hyer and Ray Friedman. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $1,550. 25% discount to Owen alumni. Additional information: call Tonya Hobbs at 322-3932.
  • Seminar series. Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. "Identification of two novel TAF subunits of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFIID complex." Steven Sanders. Noon-1 p.m. 518 Light Hall.
  • Economics seminar. "Elected vs. Appointed Regulators: Theory and Evidence." Steven Coate. 3:10 p.m. 218 Calhoun.
  • Spring classes. Vanderbilt Swim School. April 24-May 5. Child nonswimmer intensified, nonswimmer and progressive. 3:45 p.m. Parent/child, child progressive and child nonswimmer. 4:30 p.m. Parent/child, nonswimmer, child advanced and adult. 5:15 p.m. Reservations required. Additional information: call 322-SWIM (7946).  
  • Vanderbilt Breast Cancer Support Group meeting. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. 6:30 p.m. 2002 Village at Vanderbilt. Additional information: call Susie Caro at 322-2064.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 25

  • Classes end in Arts and Science, Blair, Engineering, Peabody, Graduate School, and Divinity.
  • Clinical Pharmacology conference series. "Dynamic plasma volume shifts with changes in posture." Dr. Howard M. Snyder. 8:30 a.m. 518 Light Hall.
  • Simeon workshop. ACIS. 8:30 a.m.-noon. $40. Registration required. 151 Hill Center. Additional information: call Mary Marler at 343-1628.
  • Geriatric Education Series seminar. "Parkinson's Disease." Dr. Tom Davis. Noon-1 p.m. 520 Light Hall. Additional information: call Sarah White at 936-3286.
  • Presentation. Neuroscience. NSC 292 Independent Research Presentations. 1-6 p.m. 216 Buttrick Hall. Students: Participation in this seminar is mandatory. Additional information: call Willi Honegger at 343-6217 or e-mail: h.willi.honegger@vanderbilt.edu.  
  • GPED seminar series. Economics. "What's Behind the Inequality We Measure: Latin America in the 1990s." Miguel Szekely. 3:10 p.m. 218 Calhoun. Wine and cheese reception following. 415C Calhoun.  
  • Informatics Seminar series. "Disaster Recovery and Customer Support." Victoria McCarthy. 4-5 p.m. 518 Light Hall.
  • College of Arts and Science faculty meeting. 4:10 p.m. 126 Wilson Hall.
  • Presbyterian student fellowship. 6 p.m. St. Augustine's Chapel. Additional information: call Drew Henderson at 343-4213.  
  • Invitational leadership dinner. John F. Kennedy Center. Rosalynn Carter, keynote speaker. Cocktails. 6:30 p.m. Dinner. 7:15 p.m. Stadium Club. Additional information: call Elise McMillan at 322-8244 or e-mail elise.mcmillan@vanderbilt.edu.  
  • Men's baseball. Vanderbilt vs. Western Kentucky. 7 p.m. McGugin Field. Tickets: adults, $5; youth, $2; and Vanderbilt students, free.
  • After Breast Cancer monthly seminar. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. "Hot Flashes and Breast Cancer." Janet Carpenter. 7 p.m. Cool Springs YMCA (located close to Nashville). Reservations required. Additional information: call 661-4200.  
  • Open house. Campus Observatory. 8-9 p.m. Weather permitting. Stevenson Center. Additional information: call Dyer Observatory at 373-4897.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26  

  • Reading period in Divinity. April 26-27.  
  • Blair performance examinations. April 26-May 3.
  • Reading days and examinations in College of Arts and Science, Blair, Engineering, Peabody and Graduate School. April 26-May 4.  
  • Training class. Opportunity Development Center. "Alphabet Soup." April 26-27. Managers and supervisors. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Additional information: call 322-4705.  
  • Accessing the Internet workshop. ACIS. Mary Marler. 8:30 a.m.-noon. 151 Hill Center. $40. Registration required. Additional information: call 343-1628.
  • 21st Century Careers Symposium. Michael E. Magill, keynote speaker. Registration. 8:30 a.m. Symposium. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $10 registration
  • Rotunda, Social Religious Building.  
  • Vision Sciences Research Seminar series. "Extracting structure from motion: From single cells to functional imaging." Dr. Guy A. Orban. 12:10 p.m. 126 Wilson Hall. Additional information: call 343-7620 or e-mail: vvrc@vanderbilt.edu.
  • Seminar. Center for Molecular Neuroscience. Dr. Peter Kalivas.
    4-5 p.m. 241 MRL Building. Reception following. 5-6 p.m. Lobby of the Kennedy Center (MRL Building). Additional information: visit www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/centers/neuro.  
  • Eucharist meeting. 5:30 p.m. Dinner to follow. St. Augustine's Chapel. Additional information: call Rev. Mark Forrester at 343-0261.
  • Wesley Foundation (Methodist) mid-week program. 7:30 p.m. St. Augustine's Chapel. Additional information: call Rev. Mark Forrester at 343-0261.  

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THURSDAY, APRIL 27  

  • Module IV classes end in Management.  
  • HTML workshop. ACIS. Mary Marler. 8:30 a.m.-noon. 151 Hill Center. $40. Registration required. Additional information: call 343-1628.  
  • Dissertation. "Biosynthesis and Processing of Amphiregulin." Christa Lynn Brown, Department of Cell Biology (Robert J. Coffey, Jr., major adviser). 10 a.m. C-2309 MCN.
  • Spring Picnic event. Vanderbilt Women's Club. 11 a.m. Chancellor's residence. Reservations required. Additional information: call Elaine McKenna at 665-0897.  
  • Dissertation Writers Group for Women meeting. Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center.
    Dr. Darlene Panvini, facilitator. Noon-2 p.m.  
  • GI Grand Rounds. "ECF Receptor Blockade in the Treatment of Menetrier's Disease." Dr. Robert Coffey. 4 p.m. 206 MRBII.
  • Biological Sciences Seminar series. "Sex ratio evolution in Silene vulgaris." Matt Olson. 4-5 p.m. 2212 Stevenson Center.  
  • Young Alumni Trustee forum. 7 p.m. 103 Wilson Hall.  
  • Movie. Sarratt Cinema. Being John Malkovich. April 27-30. April 27-29. 7 and 9 p.m. April 30. 3 p.m., matinee. Tickets: General admission, $4; and Vanderbilt students, $3.
  • Vanderbilt Lambda Association weekly meeting. 7 p.m. Chaplain's lounge (2417 West End Avenue). Additional information: call 322-0376.
  • Free concert. "Firesong." New music by Zachary Crockett. 8 p.m. Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 28  

  • Classes end in Nursing.  
  • Spring Board of Trust meeting. April 28-29.  
  • Examinations in Divinity. April 28-May 3.  
  • Brown bag luncheon. MIND Program. "Society's response to
    and treatment of people with developmental disabilities: A Historical Perspective." Keytha Jones. Noon-1:30 p.m. Activity Center (3rd floor, Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital). Additional information: call 936-1104.
  • Brown bag luncheon. Economics. "Corruption and Overlending." Jinyoung Hwang. 12:10-1 p.m. 104 Calhoun.
  • Membrane Biology Group Seminar series. "Genetic Origin of Structural and Functional Defects of AV Conduction in Humans." Dr. D. Woodrow Benson. 1-2:30 p.m. 206 MRBII.  
  • Seminar series. Economics. "What Do We Know About Macroeconomics that Fischer and Wicksell Did Not?" Olivier Blanchard. 3:10 p.m. Alexander Room, Law School.  
  • Men's baseball. Vanderbilt vs. Alabama. April 28-30. April 28. 7 p.m. April 29. 7 p.m. April 30. 1 p.m. McGugin Field. Tickets: adults, $5; youth, $2; and Vanderbilt students, free.  
  • Deadline. House Organ writing contest. Winners will be published in July. Additional information: call Wayne Wood at 322-4747.
  • Movie. Sarratt Cinema. Rope.April 28-29. Midnight. Tickets: General admission, $4; and Vanderbilt students, $3.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 29  

  • Classes end for second-year executive management students.
  • Module IV examinations in Management. April 29-May 5.  
  • 27th annual Music City Tennis Invitational tournament. Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and Warner Music Group. April 29-30. Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Tennis Center. Additional information: call Patsy Bradley (BMI) at 401-2704.  
  • InterVU radio program. Michael J. Schoenfeld, host. "The role of public policy in helping children and families," Debbie Miller, director of the Child and Family Policy Center, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies; "Service learning - using the world as a classroom," Dwight Giles, professor of the practice of human and organizational development. 10-11 a.m. 91.1 WRVU. Additional information: visit www.vanderbilt. edu/ News/news/intervu.html.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 30  

  • Eucharist early service. 9 a.m. St. Augustine's Chapel. Episcopal and Methodist cooperative services. Sunday school. 10 a.m. Cooperative worship and Holy Communion for Episcopal and Methodist communities. 11 a.m. St. Augustine's Chapel. Additional information: call 343-0261.
  • Catholic mass. 11 a.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Benton Chapel. Additional call 322-0104 or e-mail to priest@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu.
  • Art exhibit closing. Connections. Black-and-white photographs by Ellen Levine Ebert. John F. Kennedy Center. Foyer (2nd floor) MRL Building.
  • Women's lacrosse. Vanderbilt vs. University of Virginia. Noon. Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium. Free. Additional information: call 343-8526.
  • V.C.C. Student Organization. 9 p.m. Benton Chapel. Additional information: call 322-0104.
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MONDAY, MAY 1

  • Examinations in Nursing; examination period for required medical courses (first-and second-year only). May 1-4.  
  • Clinical Informatics conferences. May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. 4109A MCE. May 4, 11, 18 and 25. 8108-09 VUH. Noon-1 p.m.  
  • Grand Rounds series. School of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Radiology Sciences. "Tissue Harmonic Sonography." Dr. Phillip W. Ralls. Noon-1 p.m. CCC-1111 MCN (Department of Radiology Conference Room).  
  • Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar series. Dr. Jeffrey Smith. Noon-1 p.m. 413 Light Hall.  
  • Concert. Blair School of Music. Pre-college Orchestras: The Nashville Youth Symphony, Carol Nies, conductor and Michael DeBruyn, cello; The Nashville Youth Repertory Orchestra, Sally McFadden, conductor; and the Suzuki Reading Orchestra and Suzuki Youth Strings, Celeste Tuten, director. 7:30 p.m. Langford Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 322-7651.
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