March 11 -17, 2002

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SEC Champions

Photo by Neil Brake

Foster's women's basketball team earned their third SEC championship title by defeating the LSU Lady Tigers at the Gaylord Entertainment Center March 3. Post-season honors continue to mount for the team, which tied record-high regular season wins with 24 and will advance to the NCAA Tournament. Chantelle Anderson was named SEC Player of the Year and, along with teammate Zuzi Klimesova, was named to the All-SEC first team. Ashley McElhiney was named to the All-SEC second team. Anderson is also a finalist for the prestigious Naismith Award, and ESPN the Magazine Player of the Year and Center of the Year. Klimesova, who was twice named SEC Player of the Week in the 2001-02 season, was also named to the All-SEC Academic Honor Roll and Verizon Academic All-America Team. Tickets for the first and second rounds of the Women's NCAA Tournament, which will take place at Memorial Gymnasium March 15-18, will go on sale at McGugin Center March 11 at 8:30 a.m. SEC championship memorabilia will also be on sale at McGugin Center through March 13, as well as at the Vanderbilt Bookstore while supplies last. For ticket information, call 322-GOLD (322-4653).

 

 

 

Monday, March 11

  • Dissertation. "Covenanters to Battle: The Scots' Victory During the Bishops' Wars, 1639-40." Bradley Thomas Gericke, Department of History (Professor Joel F. Harrington, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). 8-9 a.m. Duncan Library, 329 Benson Hall. Additional information: call 343-2727.  
  • Cardiology Clinical Management Conference. "A New View of the Acute Coronary Syndromes." Dr. Peer Libby. 8-9 a.m. 206 PRB. Additional information: call Emily Freeman at 936-3762.
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar. "The North Potato Creek Watershed Restoration Project, Copperhill, Tenn." James Downing and Carrie Stokes. 4:10-5 p.m. 138 Featheringill Hall. Additional information: call Elaine Chisum at 343-5415.

Tuesday, March 12

  • Training and Development, a Division of Employment Practices. "Project Management." March 12-13. 8 a.m.-noon. Fee. Reservations required. Additional information: call 322-8320 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/HRS/train/classes.htm.  
  • University Staff Advisory Council Meeting. 8:30 a.m. 189 Sarratt. Additional information: call 936-0959 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/usac/sched.htm.  
  • Dissertation. "Global Economics, Domestic Politics, and Social Insurance Reforms in Advanced Capitalist Countries." Stephen Craig Ammon, Department of Political Science (Professors Donna L. Bahry and M. Donald Hancock, Co-Chairs of Ph.D. Committee). 9 a.m. 303 Calhoun Hall. Additional information: call 343-2727.
  • Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. "Brain Systems in Normal and Pathological Social Signaling: Studies of OCD, Related Depressions, and Animal Behavior." Dr. Lou Baxter. 11 a.m.-noon. 206 PRB. Additional information: call Carolyn Hall at 322-2665.  
  • Owen Graduate School of Management Lecture. David Smith. 12:50-2 p.m. Averbuch Auditorium, Owen School. Free and open to the public. Additional information: e-mail the Owen Finance Club at finance.club@owen.vanderbilt.edu.  
  • Annual Lamb Lecture in Molecular Pathogenesis. March 12-13. "Warts, Cancer and Ubiquitation: Lessons from the Papillomaviruses." Dr. Peter Howley. 3-4 p.m. 214 Light Hall; March 13. "Papillomavirus Activation of Src Family Kinases." Dr. Peter Howley. Noon-1 p.m. 214 Light Hall. Additional information: call Louisa Craddock at 343-2136.
  • Faculty Salon V Gathering. Pat Levitt, guest speaker. Wine and cheese. 4:30-6 p.m. Langford Auditorium Lobby. Additional information: call Shelly Sowell at 322-4959.  
  • Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center, Women's Studies Program and Texere Publishers. Book Launching Event. Respect: Women and Popular Music, Dorothy Marcic. Please join us as we celebrate the release of this new book. 5:30-6:45 p.m. University Club. Additional information: call 322-4843.  
  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Answer Evening Seminar. "Listening to Your Body: Warning Signs of Colon Cancer and Strategies for Early Detection." Dr. William Grady and Barbara Joines. 5:30-7 p.m. VICC, eighth floor Conference Center, PRB. Additional information: call 936-5855.  
  • The Spring Meeting of the Friends of the Library. "The Photographs of Eudora Welty: An Appreciation." Michael Kreyling. 7-9 p.m. Wyatt Center Rotunda. Free and open to the public. Reservation required. Additional information or reservations: call 322-4782.
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Wednesday, February 13

  • Dissertation. "Does Sensitization Develop to Amphetamine's Discriminative Stimulus Cue?" Jonathan Richard Stadler, Department of Psychology (Professor William F. Caul, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). 9:30 p.m. 120 Wilson Hall. Additional information: call 343-2727.  
  • Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series. "Prenatal Drug Abuse: Developmental Adaptations Caused by Altered Neurotransmitter Signaling." Pat R. Levitt. 10-11 a.m. 206 PRB. Additional information: call 343-3533.  
  • Vanderbilt University and Nashville Public Library. "Thinking Out of the LUNCH Box" Series. "Joy In Everyday Life." Volney Gay. David Wood, moderator. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Conference Center, Nashville Downtown Library. Limited seating, reservations required. For reservations, call 322-5252. Parking available. Additional information: e-mail Mary Pat Teague at marypat.teague@vanderbilt. edu.  
  • World on Wednesday "WOW." In celebration of Women's History Month. "Birth and School." Noon-1 p.m. 189 Sarratt. Open to campus. Additional information: call 322-4843.
  • Biomedical Informatics Seminar. "Scaling the Tower of Babel: Progress Towards a Common Terminology for Medications." Dr. Steven H. Brown. Noon-12:55 p.m. 202 Light Hall. No reservations required. Additional information: call Rischelle Jenkins at 936-1068.
  • Annual Lamb Lecture in Molecular Pathogenesis. "Papillomavirus Activation of Src Family Kinases." Dr. Peter Howley. Noon-1 p.m. 214 Light Hall. Additional information: call Louisa Craddock at 343-2136.  
  • Dissertation. "The Role and Regulation of MMP-7 in Mouse Models of Intestinal Tumorigenesis." Rebecca Ann Wagenaar Miller, Department of Cancer Biology (Professor Lynn M. Matrisian, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). 12:30 p.m. 898-B PRB. Additional information: call 343-2727.
  • Baseball. Vanderbilt vs. Belmont. 3 p.m. Charles Hawkins Field. Additional information or ticket sales: call (877) 44-VANDY, 322-GOLD or visit www.vucommodores.com/baseball/baseball.html.
  • Dissertation. "Describing four biology classes' genetics instruction, aspects of reasoning, and student learning outcomes." Kristin Marie Nagy, Ph.D. Program in Education and Human Development, Department of Teaching and Learning (Professors Robert D. Sherwood and Angelo Collins, Co-Chairs of Ph.D. Committee). 3-5 p.m. Wyatt Center. Additional information: call 343-2727.
  • Goldberg Lecture in Art History. "The Early Buddhist Art of India and the Emperor's New Clothes." Susan L. Huntington. 4-5 p.m. 126 Wilson Hall. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 322-2831.  
  • Muslim Students Association, Islamic Awareness Month Event. "Islam Exposed!" An American chaplain reveals the truth about Islam and Muslims. Yusuf Estes. 6:30 p.m. 4309 Stevenson. Additional information: e-mail Sabrina Zaman at sabrina.zaman@vanderbilt.edu.  
  • Spring Film Series, Life, Struggle and Migration in Latin America. Strawberry and Chocolate. 7-9 p.m. 126 Wilson Hall. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 322-2527 or e-mail: William Aviles at william.aviles@vanderbilt.edu.
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Thursday, February 14

  • Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics annual meeting. "Teaching Cultural Diversity and Culturally Sensitive Care." 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Hilton Suites, Nashville. Registration required. Additional information: call the Vanderbilt Division of Continuing Medical Education at 322-4030.
  • Philip W. Felts Memorial Lecture in the Humanities. "Crying in Medicine." Dr. Frank Boehm. Noon-1 p.m. 208 Light Hall. Additional information or to register: Janelle Owens at 322-5007.
  • History Department Brown Bag Lecture. "Women as Natural Nurturers: A Nineteenth-Century Debate between Marie Zakrzewska and Samuel Gregory." Arleen Tuchman. Noon-1 p.m. 315 Sarratt. Additional information: call Brenda Hummel at 322-2577 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/history/index.html.  
  • Dissertation. "Aspect-oriented Domain-specific Modeling: A Generative Approach using a Metaweaver Framework." Jeffrey Gene Gray, Computer Science Program, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Professor Stephen R. Schach, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). 4 p.m. Room 468, The Village at Vanderbilt. Additional information: call 343-2727.
  • Vanderbilt Programming Board. "Spring Fling." Food and more. Performance by "Cowboy Mouth." Rites of Spring will be announcing their band line-up during this event. 4-7:30 p.m. Alumni Lawn. Additional information: e-mail Laura Floyd at laura.e.floyd@vanderbilt.edu.
  • Biomathematics Seminar. "Computational Analysis of a Biological Signaling Network." Dr. Prahlad Ram. Open to the public. 4:10-5 p.m. 1431 Stevenson Center. Additional information: call 322-6672.  
  • Warren Center, Gender and Sexuality Lecture. "Evolving Histories of Sexuality." Jennifer Terry. Free and open to the public. 4:10-5:30 p.m. Renaissance Room, first floor Law School Building. A reception will follow immediately in the lobby outside of the Renaissance Room. Additional information: call 343-6060 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/rpw.  
  • Women's Center Artist Reception. Jean Gauld-Jaeger, Faces and Places exhibit. Exhibit will run through May 10. 4:30-6 p.m. Franklin West Side Row. Additional information: call 322-4843.  
  • Public Art Forum. John Henry, speaker. 126 Wilson Hall. 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 343-1704.  
  • Film. The Day I Became a Woman. 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. March 14-16. Cinema, Sarratt Student Center. Tickets: $4, General admission; and $3, Vanderbilt students. Additional information: call 322-2425 or 343-6666.
  • Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Brainstorm 2002 Art Lecture. "Art and the Brain: Art, Symmetry, and Perception." Dr. Christopher Tyler. Marilyn Murphy and Ron Porter will provide artist's perspectives on Dr. Tyler's remarks. 7-9 p.m. Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 936-2637 or 244-3340.  
  • Antoinette Brown Lecture. "Adam, Eve, and the Genome: Feminist Theology Looks at the Human Genome Project." Susan B. Thistlethwaite. 7:30 p.m. Benton Chapel. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 322-2776 or visit http:// divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/div/index.html.

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Friday, February 15  

  • International Awareness Committee. International Awareness Festival. March 15-22. Additional information: e-mail George A. Jones at george.a.jones@vanderbilt.edu.
  • Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Grand Rounds. "How to Critically Evaluate Orthopaedic Literature." Dr. Kurt Spindler. 6:45-8 a.m. 206 PRB. Additional information: call Michelle Lennon at 936-0100.  
  • Dissertation. "Control Reconfiguration in Hybrid Systems." Tal Pasternak, Program in Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Professor Janos Sztipanovits, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). 10:30 a.m. 221 Hill Center. Additional information: call 343-2727.  
  • Men's Tennis. Vanderbilt vs. University of South Carolina. 11 a.m. Currey Tennis Center. Additional information or ticket sales: call (877) 44-VANDY, 322-GOLD or visit www.vucommodores.com/mentennis/mentennis.html.  
  • Dissertation. "Responsibility Ethics in Living Donor Organ Transplantation." Tarris DeWayne Rosell, Graduate Department of Religion (Professor Richard M. Zaner, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). 11:10 a.m. 139 Divinity Building. Additional information: call 343-2727.
  • Dissertation. "School-community relationships: An ethnography of a community-based youth organization negotiating social and educational equity." Sara Hill, Department of Teaching and Learning (David M. Bloome, major adviser). 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 344 Wyatt. Additional information: call 322-8100.
  • The Cal Turner Program Lecture Series on Professional Relationships. "The Media and the Professional Expert." David Halberstam. 12:10 p.m. Flynn Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call the Cal Turner Program Office at 343-5447 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/moral_leadership.  
  • Dissertation. "A Population Model of Prion Dynamics." Meredith Lynn Greer, Department of Mathematics (Professor Glenn F. Webb, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). 1:10 p.m. 4327 Stevenson Center. Additional information: call 343-2727.  
  • Biomathematics Seminar. "Fast Algorithms for Image Registration." Jan Modersitzki. 3:10-4 p.m. 1431 Stevenson Center. Additional information: call 322-6672.
  • Philosophy Department Colloquium. "Horkheimer, Habermas, Foucault, and the Epistemic Criterion." Linda Alcoff. 3:15-5 p.m. 109 Furman Hall. Reception to follow. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 322-2637 or visit www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/philosophy.  
  • Special Lecture. "Expansion and Contraction." Lynda Benglis. 4-5:30 p.m. 114 Buttrick. Additional information: e-mail: vivien.g.fryd@vanderbilt.edu.
  • International Awareness Festival Event. "African Day: Cultures of Africa." 4-6 p.m. Ambassador Lawn. Additional information: e-mail George A. Jones at george.a.jones@vanderbilt.edu.
  • Victory presents a cappella's Spring Concert. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Cinema, Sarratt Student Center. Free and open to the public. Additional information: e-mail Lee Wheeler-Berliner at nathan.l.wheeler-berliner@vanderbilt.edu.
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Saturday, February 16

  • Muharram. Islamic Calendar, New Year.  
  • Vanderbilt University Law School Formal Dedication Ceremony. 11 a.m. Sen. Fred Thompson, (R-Tenn.), will speak at the 11 a.m. event, Curry Field (near the Law School and Wilson Hall). Dedication ceremony, to be followed by an open house and reception. Noon-1 p.m. Law School. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 322-2606.

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Sunday, February 17
  • Eucharist Early Service. 9 a.m. St. Augustine's Episcopal Chapel. Additional information: call Mark Forrester at 343-0261.
  • Episcopal and Methodist Cooperative Service. 10 a.m. Sunday School. 11 a.m. Cooperative Worship and Holy Communion for Episcopal and Methodist communities. 5:30 p.m. Bible study. St. Augustine's Chapel. Additional information: call Becca Stevens at 322-4783.
  • Vanderbilt University Hospital Chapel Service. 10-10:30 a.m. The Rhea Chapel, lobby of the Vanderbilt Hospital. Patients, families and hospital staff are invited to attend. Additional information: call Lisa Meyers at 343-3535.
  • Vanderbilt Catholic Community Mass. 11 a.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Benton Chapel. Additional information: call Father Pratt at 322-0104 or 322-2457.  
  • Men's Tennis. Vanderbilt vs. University of Florida. 11 a.m. Currey Tennis Center. Additional information or ticket sales: call (877) 44-VANDY, 322-GOLD or visit www.vucommodores.com/mentennis/mentennis.html.  
  • Kappa Delta 5-K Dash. 5-K Road Race. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Kappa Delta House throughout campus. $10 entry fee. Additional information: e-mail Katie Thomas at katie.a.thomas@vanderbilt.edu.
  • Women's Lacrosse. Vanderbilt vs. UConn. 1 p.m. Football Stadium. No charge. Additional information: call (877) 44-VANDY, 322-GOLD or visit www.vucommodores.com/lacrosse/lacrosse.htm.

Monday, February 18

  • Dissertation. "The Effects of Insulin on Gluconeogenesis and Glycogenolysis in Vivo." Dale Scott Edgerton, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (Professor Daryl K Granner, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). Noon. 214 Light Hall. Additional information: call 343-2727.
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Tis Lahiri Memorial Seminar. "Teaching Design." Arthur W. Westerberg. 2-3 p.m. 5326 Stevenson Center. Open to public. Additional information: e-mail Mary Gilleran at mary.gilleran@vanderbilt.edu.
  • Dissertation. "Even Rigidity in Coxeter Groups." Charles Patrick Bahls, Department of Mathematics (Professor Michael L. Mihalik, Chair of Ph.D. Committee). 2:10 p.m. 1214 Stevenson Center. Additional information: call 343-2727.
  • Department of Chemistry, Bircher Lecture. "Ups and Downs of Nuclear Spins." Alex Pines. 4:15-5:15 p.m. 5212H Stevenson Center. Additional information: call 322-2861 or visit www vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Chemistry/chemmain/chemhome.htm.
  • Middle Tennessee Radiological Society Meeting. "MRI of the Shoulder: Rotator Cuff Lesions and MRI of the Shoulder: Glenohumeral Instability." Dr. Javier Beltran. 5:30-8 p.m. University Club. $21. Additional information or to register: call Jaime Branch at 343-8516.
  • Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality. "Virgin Birth or Bastard Child?" John Dominic Crossan. 7 p.m. Benton Chapel. Free and open to the public. Additional information: call 343-3974 or visit http://divinity.lib.vanderbilt.edu/Carpenter.  
  • Speaker Event. Novelist Richard Bausch. Free and open to the public. 8-9 p.m. 126 Wilson Hall. Additional information: call 322-2541.