Quad Bulletin

For the week of Monday, August 30, through Sunday, September 5

QUAD BULLETIN (QB) is distributed electronically every Monday and contains news and announcements of interest to faculty, staff, and students located around the HMS Quadrangle and at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Events should be submitted no later than 5 pm Wednesday preceding the event.

 

	CLASSES
	Library Orientation: Countway Library Tour & Orientation to Resources Sept. 2, 2­–3 pm Countway Library (meet at ID check)   Take a tour of the Countway Library. Learn the important services, resources and service points in the building and online. Registration not required.   Contact: circinfo@hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-2136
	Countway Brown Bag: PubMed: Saving Time with Tools and Technology Sept. 9, 12:30–1:20 pm HSPH, FXB, Rm. 301   Learn how to save time in PubMed by creating an NCBI account to save search strategies and selected references, and set up personalized filters. Find out the most efficient way to get to full text, how to save search results in EndNote or RefWorks, and how to quickly retrieve a PubMed record for specific articles. Registration not required.   Contact: countway_reference@hms.harvard.edu, 617-432-2134 top
	HAPPENINGS
	2010 Longwood Campus Summer Music Series: Berklee at Longwood: Jordan Tarrant Sept. 1, 12:30–1:30 pm HMS Quad Jordan Tarrant was born in Dallas, Texas. Having played guitar for most of his life, he first started performing in Austin around the age of 16. After graduating from the McCallum School of Fine Arts, he was accepted to Berklee, where he is currently studying guitar, songwriting and music business. Though most of his music is performed on an acoustic guitar, Tarrant brings an electric energy to the stage. He aims for good lyrics and the kind of soul that gives you chills.
	2010 Longwood Campus Summer Music Series: Berklee at Longwood: Ryan Dragon and the Kamora Quartet Sept. 8, 12:30–1:30 pm Kresge Courtyard Ryan Dragon, a jazz composition student at Berklee, has been studying music since the age of 8, focusing on trombone for the majority of his time. The Kamora Quartet features Dragon’s original music as well as original compositions from other members of the group. top

Please send QB submissions to the Office of Communications and External Relations via e-mail no later than 5 pm on the Wednesday preceding the event. Please do not send submissions as e-mail attachments. Event submissions should also be sent to the Focus calendar. If you have any further questions, please contact quad_bulletin@hms.harvard.edu.

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SHOULD BE:
- free
- work-related
- Quad-based
- of broad interest to faculty and staff on the Quad
- no more than 200 words long AND include a contact name, telephone number, and e-mail address

EXAMPLE OF FORMAT:

Division of Neurological Trauma: Tampering with the Brain
Phineas Gage
March 15, 1:30–2:30 pm
Countway Library, Warren Anatomical Museum

Mr. Gage will demonstrate the pros and cons of having railroad construction equipment penetrate the frontal lobe. Food will be served, so please RSVP.

Contact:
P.T. Barnum
pt_barnum@hms.harvard.edu, 202-456-1111

QB is also on eCommons at ecommons.med.harvard.edu.

The Office of Communications and External Relations reserves the right to edit submissions for length and clarity. QB does not publicize events more than twice—one week prior to the event and the week of the event. The QB e-mail distribution list is maintained by the HMS postmaster. Please contact the postmaster if you are not receiving QB via e-mail.

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