Thurs., Feb. 20

6:00 P.M. "Privatization: Economic and Political Risks," with Domingo Cavello, NYU; Mary M. Shirley, World Bank Group; Andrzej Rapacynski, professor, Law School, and Micheal Milles, Kaufman Bros. Moderated by Douglas A. Chalmers, associate dean, School of International and Public Affairs. Journal of International Affairs. Dag Hammarskjold Lounge,6th Floor International Affairs Building (IAB).

Fri., Feb. 21

Noon. "Hong Kong in the Twenty First Century," by Charles Kao, Vice-Chancellor, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 918 IAB.

3:10 P.M. "Laser Wakefield Acceleration," by Antonio Ting, Naval Research Laboratory. Plasma Physics Colloquia. 214 Mudd.

Mon., Feb. 24

12:15 P.M. "Statism and Naturalism: A Cosmopolitan Critic," by Brian Barry, London School of Economics. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquia. 716 Philosophy.

Tues., Feb. 25

12:15 P.M. "Humanitarian Issues in the Great Lakes Area of Africa," by Daniel Augstburger, International Committee of the Red Cross. Institute of African Studies. 1118 IAB.

4:30 P.M. "Commonality and Variation in Three Chinese Political Cultures," by Andrew J. Nathan, professor of political science. Survey Research Workshop. 801 IAB.

6:00 P.M. "How to Redefine Italy's Unity: A Federalist Solution Within Europe," by Piero Bassetti, Industria e Artigianato di Milano. Information and reservations: 854-4437. Italian Academy for Advanced Studies. Teatro, Casa Italiana.

Wed., Feb. 26

4:10 P.M. "Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning," by Chen-Shou Chui, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dept. of Applied Physics Medical Seminars. 214 Mudd.

5:30 P.M. "Information Access: Is the Internet a Democratic Tool or an Instrument of Exclusion?" Moderated by Adam Clayton Powell III, Freedom Forum. With Charles Swett, Pentagon. Reuters Forum. Lecture Hall, Journalism.

6:00 P.M. "Women in the Academy." Panel discussion. Participants include E.R. Shipp, assist. professor of journalism and Pulitzer Prize-winner; Caroline Bynum, professor of history and president, American Historical Association, and Elena Aprile, professor of physics and second tenured woman physicist at CU. Commission on the Status of Women, University Senate and office of the provost. Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 6th Floor IAB.

6:30 P.M. "Challenges and New Perspectives on French-American Business Relations," by Serge Bellanger, FACC president. Reservations: 854-4482. Co-sponsored by Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business and Center for Business Education. Buell Hall.

6:30 P.M. "Deviance, the Normative and the In-between: Bodies in Space," by Bernard Tschumi, dean, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.

Thurs., Feb. 27

Noon. "Comfort Women of WWII: More Than Hidden Victims," by Bonnie Oh, Georgetown. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 918IAB.

12:30 P.M. "Welfare Reform and Its Consequences," with J. Lawrence Aber, director, School of Public Health. Moderated by Allison Orris, CC '97. Co-sponsored by Community Impact and Community Impact Academic Committee. Dodge Room, Earl Hall.

Noon. "Contagion as Experience and Metaphor: The `French Fever' in the 1790s," by Julius Scott, Univ. of Michigan. Society of Fellows in the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. Heyman Center, East Campus.

4:10 P.M. "Republican Theory and Democracy," by Philip Pettit, Australian National Univ. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquia. 716 Philosophy.

4:30 P.M. "Development of Asymetric C-C Bond Forming Reactions on Solid Supports," by James Panek, Boston Univ. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 309 Havemeyer.

Fri., Feb. 28

12:30 P.M. "The Obscene Landscape," by James Corner, Univ. of Pennsylvania. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation "Imaging America" Series. 114 Avery.

Mon., Mar. 3

Noon. "Minority Rights in Hungary and Slovakia," by Geoff Gilbert and Jane Wright, Univ. of Essex. Institute on East Central Europe and the Center for Study of Human Rights Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 1219 IAB.

Noon. "Taiwan's National Security Needs," by Parris Chang, DDP leading member, Taiwan. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. 918 IAB.

4:00 P.M. "Okinawa's Role in US-Japan Relations." Participants include Gerald Curtis, professor of political science; Ichiro Fujisaki, Embassy of Japan; Robert Immerman, senior research associate and James Morley, professor emeritus of political science. East Asian Institute. 918 IAB.

Wed., Mar. 5

4:00 P.M. "Interpreting Florence: From Reading to Rebuilding," by Anthony Grafton, Meyer Schapiro Visiting Professor of Art History and Archaeology. Dept. of art history and archaeology. 501 Schermerhorn.

6:30 P.M. "Connective Architecture," with David Childs, Marylin Taylor and Roger Duffy, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning. Wood Auditorium, Avery.

Thurs., Mar. 6

Noon. Reading by Black Lesbian and Gay Fiction Writers. With Bennett Capers, James Earl Hardy, John Keene Jr., Catherine McKinley, Bruce Morrow and Patricia Powell. Society of Fellows in the Humanities Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series. Heyman Center, East Campus.

4:10 P.M. "Context and Propositions," by Fredericka Moltmann, CUNY Graduate Center. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquia. 716 Philosophy.

4:30 P.M. "Status of the Linear Scaling Revolution in Electronic Structure Theory," by Martin Head-Gordon, U.C.-Berkeley. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 309 Havemeyer.

5:00 P.M. "Education, Culture and Identity: A Liberal View," by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Harvard. Teachers College Seminar. Milbank Chapel.

Architecture in the Box: Architectural Photography, by Gerald Zugman. Mon.-Fri.: 9:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M. Through Mar. 10. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. 100 Level, Avery.

From Padua to P&S: The Art of Anatomy. Rare books and historical materials from Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library. Mon.-Fri., 8:00 A.M.-11:00 P.M.; Sat. 10:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M.; Sun. Noon-11:00 P.M. Through Mar. 28. Lobby Level and LL1, P&S Library, 701 W. 168th St. at Fort Washington Ave.

Lucille Lortel: Queen of Off-Broadway. Photographs of Miss Lortel's early stage/screen appearances and memorabilia from the many performances with which she was associated. Through Mar. 5. School of the Arts Theatre Division. Miller Theatre Lobby.

Marc-Antoine Goulard: Recent Paintings. Oil paints and pigments on birchwood. Through Mar. 16. Maison Francaise. Buell Hall.

Renewing the Spirit: Paintings from the Harlem Horizon Art Studio. Works by children and adolescents. Office of Public Affairs. Mon.-Fri. 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Through Feb. 28. Low Rotunda.

Robert Motherwell on Paper: Drawings, Prints, Collages. 1:00-5:00 P.M., Wed.-Sat. Through March 29. Wallach Art Gallery, Schermerhorn.

Fri., Feb. 21

Noon. "Structure and Function of Metalloenzymes in Mammalian Nitrogen Metabolism," by David W. Christianson, Univ. of Pennsylvania. Dept. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. 523 Black.

Mon., Feb. 24

Noon. "The Origins of Colon Cancer," by Ken Kinzler, Johns Hopkins. Pathology Seminar Series. 14-453 P&S.

4:00 P.M. "Using FLP Recombinase to Define Molecules that Pattern the Mouse Embryo," by Susan M. Dymecki, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. 312 HHSC.

Wed., Feb. 26

Noon. "Reproductive Health in Refugee Settings," by Susan Toole, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. Center for Population and Family Health Refugee Issues Seminar Series. B-3 Conference Room, 60 Haven Ave.

Thurs., Feb. 27

6:45 A.M. "Anesthesia for Cartoid Endareterectomy," by Kevin B. Sanborn, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. Dept. of anesthesiology. Rooms 1, 2, 3 Clark Conference Center.

9:30 A.M. "Scaling Up, Zooming In: Social Science and Expanding Response to AIDS," by Lenore Manderson, Univ. of Queensland, Australia. HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. 8th Floor Auditorium, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI).

4:00 P.M. "Control of Translation by a Novel Rapmycin Sensitive Signaling," by David Sabatini, Johns Hopkins. Dept. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. 301 HHSC.

4:30 P.M. "Molecular Characterization of the Mucins in the Tear Film," by Ilene Gibson, Harvard. Dept. of ophthalmology. 7th Floor Auditorium, Harkness Eye Institute.

Fri., Feb. 28

Noon. "Adventures in the Sequence Space: From Complete Archaeal Genomes to Human Disease Genes," by Eugene Koonin, National Institute of Health. Dept. of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. 523 Black.

Mon., Mar. 3

10:00 A.M. "Effect of Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy on Maternal and Infant Immunoglobin Status," by Meenakshi Agrawal, doctoral candidate, School of Health Sciences Division of Environmental Health Sciences. Room 122, Level B-1, 60 Haven Ave.

Noon. "Genetic Analysis of Integrin Function," by Mark H. Ginsberg, Scripps Research Institute. Pathology Seminar Series. 1427 Black.

Wed., Mar. 5

11:30 A.M. "Update on Research on Antisocial Behavior from the Lowenstein Center," by Gail A. Wasserman, professor of clinical psychology in child psychiatry. Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds. 8th Floor Auditorium, NYSPI.

Noon. "Post-Cold War Trends in Anti-Refugee Legislation and Policies in the West: The United States Example," by Janna Mason, U.S. Committee for Refugees. Center for Population and Family Health Refugee Issues Seminar Series. B-3 Conference Room, 60Haven Ave.

Thurs., Mar. 6

4:00 P.M. "A World-Wide Web-Based Randomization Server for Multi-Site Clinical Trials," by William DuMouchel, professor, School of Public Health. Biostatistics Seminar. Room 305, PH 17.

4:30 P.M. "Orbital Fractures," by Albert Hornblass, Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital. Dept. of ophthalmology. 7th Floor Auditorium, Harkness Eye Institute.

All events take place in Levien Gymnasium.

Fri., Feb. 21

7:30 P.M. Varsity Men's Basketball vs. Brown.

Sat., Feb. 22

7:30 P.M. Varsity Men's Basketball vs. Yale.

Fri., Feb. 28

7:00 P.M. Varsity Women's Basketball vs. Princeton.

Sat., Mar. 1

7:00 P.M. Varsity Women's Basketball vs. Pennsylvania.