February 26 - March 12, 2001

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The Gift of Life

Photo by Neil Brake

Chancellor Gordon Gee talks with Deepa Parsh, a senior, as she gives blood during the three-day Red Cross Blood Drive at Memorial Gym. The event, sponsored by the Vanderbilt Student Government Association and the coed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, generated 388 pints of whole blood.

MONDAY, February 26

  • Module III examinations in management. Feb. 26-March 2.  
  • Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Teaching Pediatrics Conference series. "Indications." 7 a.m. S-3407 MCN.  
  • Blair Concert series. Un-Master Class. Blair Student Performers. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Branscomb Quadrangle. Additional information: call 322-7651 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/blair.  
  • Blair Concert series. Guarneri Trio Prague Master Class. 7 p.m. 2192 Blair School of Music. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 322-7651 or visit www.vanderbilt. edu/blair.  
  • Vanderbilt Concerts Committee presents The Branford Marsalis Quartet. 8 p.m. Langford Auditorium. Tickets: $8, $10, VU students; $15, $20, faculty/staff; and $20-$25, general admission.
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TUESDAY, February 27

  • Career Center event. Nashville Area College to Career Fair. Noon-5 p.m. Teacher Recruitment Fair. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. I-24 Expo Center. Tickets are required for entry into the events. Additional information: call 322-2750 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/career.
  • Kennedy Center breakfast presentation. "Middle Schools That Work." Craig Kennedy. Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. Program, 7:45-8:30 a.m. 241 MRL building. Reservations required. Additional information: call 322-8240 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy.  
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism Grand Rounds. "Modern Management of Diabetes and Pregnancy." Dr. Lois Jovanovic. 8 a.m. 749 PRB.
  • Pediatric Grand Rounds. Dr. Robert Truog. 8 a.m. 208 Light Hall.  
  • Clinical Pharmacology Grand Rounds. "Transcriptional Regulation of Cytochrome P450s and Efflux Transporters by Orphan Nuclear Receptors." Rommel Tirona. 8:30 a.m. 512 Light Hall. Refreshments will be served.  
  • ACIS Workshop series. HTML Introduction. 8:30 a.m.-noon. 151 Hill Center. $40 fee. Additional information: call Mary Marler at 343-1628.  
  • Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar series. "Regulation of the JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway in T Cell Malignancy and Cytokine Response." Chao-lan Yu. 9 a.m. 206 PRB. Refreshments will be served.
  • Psychiatry Grand Rounds. "Management of Treatment Resistant Depression." Dr. Henry Nasrallah. 11 a.m.-noon. 206 PRB.  
  • Geriatric Education Series. "Urinary Incontinence." Dr. Jenny Franke. Noon-1 p.m. 413 Light Hall. Additional information: call 936-3286.  
  • Women's Center Creative Life Planning Group meeting. Noon-1 p.m.  
  • Prometheus Workshop series. Feb. 27-March 1. 3-4:30 p.m. 151 Hill Center. No fee. Registration required. Additional information: call Mary Marler at 343-1628.  
  • Microbiology and Immunology Seminar series. "DNA Microarrays: From Error to Trial." Frederick P. Roth. 3 p.m. A-5305 MCN.
  • Special lecture. "Women, Gender, and the Law." Patricia J. Williams. 4 p.m. Law School Auditorium. Additional information: call 343-7808.
  • Feminist Dialogues Lecture series. "Sloppy Mutuality." Bonnie Miller-McLemore. 4:10-6 p.m. Warren Center.  
  • Women's Center. "I Am Beautiful" follow-up conversation. Registration required. Additional information: call Hilary Forbes at 322-6518 or hilary.forbes@vanderbilt.edu.  
  • Center for Teaching program, F2P2 Track Program series. "Student evaluations and classroom assessment techniques: maximizing student feedback." Helen Koudelkova, facilitator. 6-7:30 p.m. 103 Calhoun. Reservations required. Additional information: e-mail helen.koudelkova@vanderbilt.edu.  
  • Special lecture. "Women, Gender and the Law." Patricia J. Williams. 7 p.m. 103 Wilson. Open to the public. Additional information: call 343-7808.  
  • Blair Concert series. Guarneri Trio Prague. Ivan Klansky, piano; Cenek Pavlik, violin; and Marek Jerie, cello. 8 p.m. Turner Recital Hall. Tickets: $8, adults; $6 faculty/staff; and $4, students/seniors. Additional information: call 322-7651 or visit www.vanderbilt. edu/blair.  
  • Outdoor Recreation Speaker Event. Bill Irwin, first blind person to hike the entire Appalachian Trail. 8 p.m. Sarratt Cinema. Free and open to all. Additional information: call Linda at 343-7898.

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WEDNESDAY, February 28  

  • ACIS Workshop series. Corporate Time Introduction. 9-11:30 a.m. 151 Hill Center. $20 fee. Additional information: call Mary Marler at 343-1628.
  • Dissertation. "The Evolution of the Educational Mission of the Piney Woods Country Life School and the Culture of the School and How it Affects the Students." Angela McShepard Carr, Ed.D. Program in Leadership and Organization (Dr. Robert Crowson, major adviser). 11:30 a.m. 211 Payne.  
  • Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Brain Awareness Month keynote address. "Memory and the Brain." Dr. Mortimer Mishkin. 4 p.m. Sarratt Cinema.  
  • Dean of Students Campus Conversations C2 meeting. Open to campus. 4:30 p.m. 363 Sarratt.  
  • Ash Wednesday Service and Holy Eucharist. 5:30 p.m. St. Augustine's Chapel. Episcopal and Methodist cooperative service. Dinner to follow.
  • "Nourishment for Soul and Body." Free dinner, Catholic prayer and discussion. 5:30 p.m. University Chaplain's office.  
  • Dance Group class. Pilobolus. Intermediate/advanced modern. 6:30-8 p.m. Centennial Park Dance Studios. Additional information: call 322-2666.  
  • Spanish Department film series. Ciclo de Cine en Español. Belle Epoque. 7 p.m. 126 Wilson Hall. Additional information: call 322-6930.  
  • Catholic Rosary. 7:30 p.m. All Faith's Chapel.  
  • Ash Wednesday Mass. 8 p.m. Benton Chapel.
  • Reformed University Fellowship weekly meeting. 8 p.m. Divinity School Refectory. March 4. Service. 6:30 p.m. Covenant Presbyterian Church (4300 Hillsboro Rd.). Additional information: call 343-9621.

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THURSDAY,   March 1

  • National Women's History Month. March 1-31.
  • Women's basketball. SEC Tournament. March 1-4. Additional information: call 322-3544 or visit www.vucommodores.com or www.sec.org.
  • ACIS Workshop series. Accessing the Internet. 8:30 a.m.-noon. 151 Hill Center. $40 fee. Additional information: call Mary Marler at 343-1628.
  • Dissertation. "Analytic and Adaptive Techniques for Improving Nearest-Neighbor Search Performance Using K-dimensional Trees." Douglas Alan Talbert, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Douglas H. Fisher, major adviser). 3 p.m. 468 Village at Vanderbilt.
  • Neuroscience Seminar series. Dr. Thomas R. Insel. Refreshments, 3:45 p.m. Seminar, 4 p.m. 206 PRB. Additional information: call 936-3037.  
  • McGee Lecture, Owen Graduate School of Management. "California Dreaming: Need Electricity Competition be So Hard?" Timothy Brennan. 4:10 p.m. Averbach Auditorium. Free and open to the public.  
  • Wesley Foundation (Methodist) mid-week program. 5:30 p.m. St. Augustine's Chapel.  
  • Public Lecture series. "Both Better Off and Better: Moral Progress Amid Continuing Carnage." John Lachs, introduced by Chancellor Gordon Gee. 7 p.m. 103 Wilson Hall.  
  • Great Performances at Vanderbilt. Pilobolus. 8 p.m. Langford Auditorium. Tickets: $26, $23, $20, general admission; $13, faculty/staff; $13, students/children; and $6, Vanderbilt students. Additional information: call 322-2471 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/sarratt.  
  • Baptist Student Union weekly meeting. 8:15 p.m.

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FRIDAY, March 2

  • Last day nursing students may drop spring semester courses.
  • Sarratt Art Studios closed for spring break. March 2-11.  
  • Central Library Spring Break hours, March 2-11. March 2: 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; March 3: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; March 4: 1-7 p.m.; March 5-March 9: 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; March 10: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; and March 11: 1 p.m.-midnight. Semester hours resume March 12.
  • Dissertation. "The Influence of Appraisals on Anticipatory Anxiety, Procedural Distress, and Post-Procedural Evaluation in Children Undergoing Esophagogastroduodenoscopy." Robyn Lewis Claar, Department of Psychology and Human Development (Lynn S. Walker, major adviser). 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 106 Jesup.
  • The Black Cultural Center presents Black Culture Fridays. Noon- 3 p.m. Refreshments provided on a first come basis. Additional information: call 322-2524.
  • Buddhist Meditation Group meeting. 3:15 p.m. All Faith's Chapel. Additional information: call 322-2457.  
  • Center in Molecular Toxicology Seminar series. "Structure-Function Relationships in Nitric Oxide Synthase." Thomas L. Poulos. 4-5 p.m. 206 PRB. Additional information: call Kathy Trisler at 322-2261.  
  • HEALTHPlus. Family Swim night. 5-8 p.m. Memorial Gym. Additional information: call 343-8943.

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SATURDAY, March 3  

  • Undergraduate dormitories close at 9 a.m.  
  • Spring holidays in most schools. March 3-11.  
  • InterVU radio program. Division of Public Affairs. Ann Marie Deer Owens, host. 10-11 a.m. 91.1 WRVU. Additional information: visit www.vanderbilt.edu/News/news/InterVU/default.htm.

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SUNDAY, March 4  

  • Vanderbilt Dance Group. No classes will be held March 4-11.  
  • 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. Bible Study. 5 p.m. St. Augustine's Chapel.
  • Vanderbilt University Hospital Chapel service. 10-10:30 a.m. The Rhea Chapel.  
  • Catholic Community Mass. 11 a.m. Benton Chapel.  
  • Lacrosse. Vanderbilt vs. Georgetown. 1 p.m. Additional information: visit www.vucommodores.com/lacrosse/lacrosse.html.

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MONDAY, March 5

  • Lecture and Workshop Series, Frontiers in Contemporary Physics II. March 5-10. March 5. "Astrophysics, Nuclear, Particle Physics and the Connections." Additional information: call Robert Panvini at 343-1780 or visit www.fcp01.vanderbilt.edu.
  • Human Resources Services Training Class. "Building Your Human Resource Leadership Foundation." March 5-7. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $150 fee. Additional information: call 322-8320.  
  • Retirement Learning series program. "Great Decisions, 2001." March 5, 12, 19, 26; April 2 and 9. 9-10:30 a.m. Vanderbilt Bridge Center. 115 28th Avenue S. Additional information: call Silvine Hudson at 343-0553 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/publicaffairs/community/prodget.htm.

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TUESDAY, March 6

  • Idul-Adha. Islamic religious holiday.
  • Friends of the Library Spring Meeting. Robert Mode and Mark Jarman, speakers. 7-9 p.m. Branscomb South Dining Room. Reservations required. Additional information: call Colleen Speroff at 322-4782.  
  • Campus Observatory, Public Night. 8-10 p.m. Additional information: call 373-4897.

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WEDNESDAY, March 7

  • Mid-semester undergraduate deficiency reports due in to University Registrar.  
  • Vanderbilt University Employees Credit Union annual meeting. 2-3:30 p.m. 208 Light Hall. Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be awarded. Additional information: call 936-0300.
  • Eucharist meeting (meditation and communion). 5:30 p.m. Dinner to follow. St. Augustine's Chapel.
  • "Nourishment for Soul and Body." Free dinner, Catholic prayer and discussion. 5:30 p.m. University Chaplain's office.
  • 2001 MCSE A+/Net+ Seminar series. 6:30-8:30 p.m. 5326 Stevenson Center. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 322-1025 or visit www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu.  
  • Catholic Rosary. 7:30 p.m. All Faith Chapel.
  • Reformed University Fellowship weekly meeting. 8 p.m. Divinity School Refectory. March 11. Service. 6:30 p.m. Covenant Presbyterian Church (4300 Hillsboro Rd.). Additional information: call 343-9621.

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THURSDAY, March 8

  • Wesley Foundation (Methodist) mid-week program. 5:30 p.m. St. Augustine's Chapel.  
  • A.J. Dyer Observatory, Public Night. 8-10 p.m. 1000 Oman Drive, Brentwood, Tenn. Additional information: call 373-4897.

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FRIDAY, March 9

  • Center in Molecular Toxicology Seminar series. "Genomic Tools and Toxicology Research." Roger G. Ulrich. 4-5 p.m. 206 PRB. Additional information: call Kathy Trisler at 322-2261.

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SATURDAY, March 10

  • Spring holidays in medicine (third-year students finishing medicine/surgery only).
  • InterVU radio program. Division of Public Affairs. Ann Marie Deer Owens, host. 10-11 a.m. 91.1 WRVU. Additional information: visit www.vanderbilt.edu/News/news/intervu.html.

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SUNDAY, March 11  

  • Undergraduate dormitories open at noon.  
  • 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. Bible Study. 5 p.m. St. Augustine's Chapel.  
  • Vanderbilt University Hospital Chapel service. 10-10:30 a.m. The Rhea Chapel.  
  • Catholic Community Mass. 11 a.m. Benton Chapel.
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MONDAY, March 12

  • Module IV classes begin in management.  
  • Student Recreation Center, Ultimate Frisbee & March Madness registration. March 12-16. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. March Madness begins on March 21 and Ultimate Frisbee begins on March 25. Additional information: call Lynn Smith at 322-3741 or lynn.a.smith@vanderbilt.edu.
  • Dissertation. "The Relationship of Prelinguistic Milieu Training to the Increased Use of Communication Forms Associated with Proto-Declaratives." Shirley Victoria Leew, Ph.D. Program in Education and Human Development (Paul J. Yoder, major adviser). 10 a.m. 315 MRL.
  • Economics Seminar series. Peter Howitt. 3:10 p.m. 218 Calhoun. Additional information: call 322-1437.
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