Lecture to focus on postpartum depression

A lecture titled “Commemorative Lecture on Postpartum
Depression and Psychosis,” will focus on the symptoms and
treatments of depression and psychosis in childbearing women. The
event is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and
Gender and is at 4 p.m. today in the Pendleton room in the Michigan
Union.

Trombones will perform music by Bach and others

Trombone soloists, quartets and the University Trombone Choir
will perform music by Albrechtsberger, Bach, Casterede, Crespo and
Gabrieli. The concert is at 8 p.m. today in Britton Recital Hall in
the School of Music.

Forum to look at future of trade organization

Panelists will discuss the future of the World Trade
Organization as well as the involvement of developing nations in
trade negotiations. The principles of the Doha round of trade talks
will also be discussed. Panelists include Gerard Depayre, deputy
head of the European Commission to the United States; Alejandro
Jara, Chilean ambassador to the WTO; and Alberto Trejos, minister
of trade for Costa Rica. “What Can the World Trade
Organization Do to Help Poor Countries” is sponsored by the
William Davidson Institute and is from 4 to 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hale
Auditorium in the Business School.

Film screening to examine youth in Leningrad, Russia

“The Burglar,” a film about a young punk musician
living in 1980s Leningrad, Russia, will be screened as part of the
Celebrating St. Petersburg themed semester. The film examines the
lives of youth in the era. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and
East European Studies, the movie will be presented at 8:30 p.m. in
Auditorium A of Angell Hall.

Museum concert will highlight war and revolution

The performance will include musical works such as Sergei
Prokofiev’s Seventh Sonata in addition to other pieces that
are inspired by wars and revolutions in society. Sponsored by and
held at the Museum of Art, “Music of Revolution and
Change” is at 7 p.m. Thursday in the museum’s Alumni
Memorial Hall.

Russia’s oldest choir to perform debut concert

St. Petersburg Academic Capella Choir will perform Sergei
Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, referred to by many as one of the
greatest Russian Orthodox pieces ever written. The ensemble has
existed for over 500 years and Peter the Great was among its
member. The group performed at the inauguration of the city of St.
Petersburg in 1703. The concert is at 8 p.m. on Thursday at St.
Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. General admission is $30, and
student tickets are $10.

Prof to speak on quarantine model and infections

Epidemiology Prof. James Koopman will discuss how quarantine
helped stop the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and how
quarantine models can be used to stop emerging infections such as
smallpox. He will also speak about the extreme forms of quarantine
used to deal with SARS and whether such forms can be avoided.
“Quarantine for Emerging Infections like SARS” is
presented by the Department of Epidemiology and is from 3 to 4 p.m.
tomorrow in Auditorium One of the School of Public Health.

Profs will present research papers on neurotoxicity

Radiology Prof. Kirk Frey will present his paper titled
“Imaging Psychostimulant Neurotoxicity?” and psychology
Prof. Terry Robinson will present his paper titled
“Experience-Dependent Plasticity.” Psychiatry Prof.
Stephen Kish and psychology Prof. Trevor Robbins will also present
their papers on neurotoxicity in humans. The event is part of the
Interdisciplinary Speaker Series sponsored by the Substance Abuse
Research Center and takes place from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow in the
Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union.

— Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Adhiraj
Dutt.