February 3, 2006

What's Happening

Black History Month celebrations
In honor of February as Black History Month, the Association of Multicultural Members of Partners (AMMP) will host a showing of the movie Yesterday Feb. 9, from 5 to 7 pm in the Haber Conference Room. AMMP also will host "A Tribute to Black History through Music and Dance" Feb. 23, in the WACC Lobby. The time of this event will be announced in a future issue of Hotline. For more information, send e-mail to phsammp@partners.org.

Hazmat decontamination team volunteers needed
The MGH hazmat decontamination team currently needs volunteers. Information sessions for those interested in participating will be held Feb. 6, from 9 to 10 am, and Feb. 7, from 11 am to noon. Both sessions will take place in the Yawkey Center, in the Satter Conference Room 2210. To view the job description or application, visit http://is.partners.org/hr/affiliates/mgh/hazmat/info.htm.

Senior HealthWISE lecture series
The Senior HealthWISE lecture series will host a presentation about eating as an aging adult Feb. 14, from 11 am to noon in the Walcott Conference Rooms. Mary Ann Hardenbergh, project director of the Action for a Community Centered Nutrition Training workshop, will be the guest speaker. Admission is free. For more information, call (617) 724-6756.

American women in medicine exhibit
The Archives for Women in Medicine at the Countway Medical Library at Harvard Medical School will host the exhibit "Changing the Face of Medicine" March 13 through April 20 to celebrate the history of American female physicians. The traveling exhibit is based on a larger exhibition that was displayed at the National Library of Medicine from 2003 through 2005. For more information, visit www.nlm.nih.gov/onlineexhibitions.html.