Calendar
Wednesday 25
• No classes through Nov. 29 due to Thanksgiving recess for students.
Thursday 26
• Thanksgiving recess for faculty & staff; University closed through Nov. 27.
Friday 27
Women’s Basketball Thanksgiving Tournament
Vs. Appalachian State; Petersen, 1 pm
(also Nov. 28; see www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/pitt-w-baskbl-sched.html for updates)
Monday 30
• Classes resume.
CGS Workshop
“Preparing for Finals”;
McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 4-5:30 pm (also Dec. 1-3)
December
Tuesday 1
GI Fellows Seminar
“Endoscopy: Feeding Tube/Peg,”
Toby Graham;
M2 conf. rm. Presby, 7:30 am
Academic Career Development Workshop
“Developing Competitive Grant Applications,”
Bruce Freeman;
S120 Starzl BST, 8:30-10:30 am (8-9562)
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Adenovirus e1a Converts Differentiated Cells Into Replacing Stem Cells by Genome Wide Re-Localization of Chromatin-Modifying Complexes,”
Arnold Berk;
Cooper Conf. Ctr. classrms. B & C, noon
Computer Science Lecture
“Learning Components for Human Sensing,”
Fernando De la Torre, CMU;
5317 Sennott, noon
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
“Phenobarbital, Nuclear Receptor CAR & Molecular Mechanism of Drug Resistance,”
Masahiko Negishi;
456 Salk, noon
Health Services Research Seminar
“Doctor-Patient Communication, Language Barriers & Informed Consent,”
Yael Schenker;
305 Parkvale, noon
MWRI Work-in-Progress Conference/Seminar
“Translating Spermatogonial Stem Cell Transplantation to the Clinic,”
Kyle Orwig;
MWRI 1st fl. conf. ctr., noon
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Sex, Drugs & Cell Fate,”
Robert Clark, critical care medicine & pediatrics;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm
Johnson Inst. Philanthropy Forum
“The Future of Philanthropy: Making Markets Work to Serve the Poor,”
Jacqueline Novogratz, Acumen Fund;
PAA Schenley Lounge, 3:30-5:30 pm (8-1336)
Wednesday 2
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
“From Bench to OR: How Suture Anchors Changed our World: An American Dream,”
Freddie Fu, Pitt; “
Adult Stem Cell-and Nanomaterial-Based Approaches to Skeletal Tissue Engineering & Regeneration,”
Rocky Tuan, Ctr. for Cellular & Molecular Engineering;
LHAS aud., 7 main Montefiore, 7 am
Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“New Perspectives in Colon Cancer,”
John Marshall;
Herberman Conf. Ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8 am
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee Forum
“Ask the IACUC,”
Frank Jenkins;
S100A Starzl BST, noon
Pathology Research Seminar
“Nuclear Receptor Coactivators in Liver Function,”
Janardan Reddy, Northwestern;
1104 Scaife, noon (8-1040)
Religious Studies Lecture
“Transcendence & Religiously Feeling the State in Central Asia,”
David Montgomery, anthropology;
2628 CL, noon
HSLS Workshop
“DNA Analysis Tools,”
Carrie Iwema;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3 pm
GI Grand Rounds
“Case Presentations,”
Joseph Rodemann & Matthew Rockacy; 11 Scaife, 5 pm
ULS Concert
Parker Sisters;
Cup & Chaucer, Hillman, 6 pm (412/361-1915)
Men’s Basketball Vs. Duquesne;
Mellon Arena, Downtown, 7 pm
Bradford Campus Concert
College-Community Choir;
Bromeley Theater, Blaisdell, UPB, 7:30 pm
Thursday 3
HSLS Workshop
“Adobe Photoshop for Beginners,”
Sam Lewis;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
“Structure-Based Design of Organometallic Kinase Inhibitors,”
Ronen Marmorstein, Wistar Institute;
6014 BST3, 11 am
EOH Seminar
“Toxicology Meets Developmental Biology: Genome-Wide Analysis of Ah Receptor Gene Targets,”
Alvaro Puga;
540 Bridgeside Point, noon
Epidemiology Seminar
“ADHD Course, Prevalence & the Assessment Conundrum,”
Brooke Molina;
A115 Crabtree, noon
HSLS Lunch With a Librarian
“Find It Quick!”
Charlie Wessel;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, noon
Asian Studies Lecture
“Peace Dividend & Regional Stability in the Korean Peninsula: Focusing on the South-North Korea Cooperation Fund Allocation,”
Bok Gyo “Jonathan” Jeong,
GSPIA; 4130 Posvar, noon
CGS Info Session
McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 12:30 pm (4-6600)
Humanities Colloquium
“In the Wings of Time: Rome, the Incas, Spain & Peru,”
Sabine MacCormack, Notre Dame;
526 CL, 12:30 pm
Long-Term Staff Recognition Ceremony/Reception
WPU Assembly Rm. & Ballrm., 3 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Late Quaternary Climate History of Tibet From the Sediments of Qunghai Lake,”
Junqing Yu, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
203 Thaw, 4 pm
Humanities Lecture
“The Poetics of Representation in Viceregal Peru: A Walk Round the Cloister of San Agustin in Lima,”
Sabine MacCormack, Notre Dame;
501 CL, 5 pm
Friday 4
SBDC Workshop
“The 1st Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”;
Mervis, 7:30-10 am (8-1542)
Dental Medicine Continuing Ed Seminar
“Pediatric Dentistry for the 21st Century,”
Adriana Modesto Vieira, Deborah Studen-Pavlovich, Margaret Elliott, Dennis Ranalli & Erik Scheifele;
2148 Salk, 9 am-4 pm
Epidemiology Winter Art Sale
Benefits Evelyn Wei Scholarship;
1st fl. lounge Parran, 10 am-2:30 pm
Senate Budget Policies Committee Mtg.
501 CL, 12:10 pm
Humanities Discussion
“José de Acosta’s Travel Narrative,”
Sabine MacCormack, Notre Dame;
526 CL, 1 pm
Asian Studies/Music Symposium
“Music & Cultural Rights,”
Beverley Diamond, Damien Pwono, Mike Madison, Andrew Weintraub & Bell Yung;
Kurtzman Rm. WPU Kurtzman Rm., 2-6 pm (8-7426)
Ctr. for Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Science, Supposition & Reference: The New Program,”
Robert Rynasiewicz, Johns Hopkins;
817R CL, 3:30 pm
Anthropology Lecture
“Emergent Complexity on the Mongolian Steppe: Mobility, Territorailaity & the Development of Early Nomadic Politics,”
Jean-Luc Houle;
3106 Posvar, 3:30 pm
Film Studies Cinematheque Film
“Sir Henry at Rawlinson End”;
1501 Posvar, 6:30 pm
Men’s Basketball Vs. NH;
Petersen, 7 pm
Music Concert
Men’s Glee Club;
1st Baptist Church of Pgh., 195 N. Bellefield, 7:30 pm
(info: 4-4125; tickets: 412/394-3353)
Greensburg Campus Alumni Assn. Holiday Reception
102 Lynch, UPG, 7:30 pm
(reservations: 724/836-7497)
Saturday 5
Dental Medicine Continuing Ed Seminar
“Surgical Crown Elongation: Hands On,”
Pouran Famili & Ali Seyedain;
2148 Salk, 9 am-4:30 pm
Football Vs. Cincinnati;
Heinz Field, noon
UHC Symposium
“TEDxUniPittsburgh”;
343 Alumni, 1-6 pm (registration: atd8@pitt.edu)
Women’s Basketball Vs. W MI;
Petersen, 2 pm
Music Dept. Slavic Dance Party
Carpathian Music Ensemble;
WPU Assembly Rm., 8-10 pm (4-4193)
Sunday 6
Nationality Rooms Holiday Open House
CL, noon-4 pm (4-6000)
Monday 7
CRSP Lecture
“Race, Ethnicity & College Student Development: From Theory to Practice,”
Kathy Humphrey, Student Affairs;
2017 CL, noon-1:30 pm
Nursing Alumni Society Poinsettia Sale
1st fl. lobby Victoria, noon-5 pm
(also Dec. 8, 9 am-5 pm; 4-2404)
CGS Info Session
McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 6 pm (4-6600)
Bradford Campus Performance
“A Christmas Carol”;
Bromeley Family Theater, Blaisdell, UPB, 7:30 pm
(tickets: 814/362-5155)
Tuesday 8
GI Fellows Seminar
“Pathophysiology/Board Review: Vascular Ischemic Syndromes of Bowel & Clinical Consequences,”
Sandra El-Hachem;
M2 conf. rm. Presby, 7:30 am
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Genomic Imprinting & Epigenetic Reprogramming,”
J. Richard Chaillet;
Cooper Conf. Ctr. classrms. B & C, noon
Basic & Translational Research Seminar in Lung Diseases
“Sexy & Seventeen: IL-17 Receptor Signaling in Oral Mucosal Infections,”
Sarah Gaffen;
NW628 Montefiore, noon
Ctr. for Vaccine Research Seminar
“Field Investigations of the Marburg Virus Natural Host,”
Jon Towner;
6014 BST3, noon
Health Services Research Seminar
“Applying Group-Based Trajectories Methodology to Measures of Patient Safety,”
J. Scott Ashwood;
305 Parkvale, noon
Ctr. for Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Explanatory Models of Schizophrenia: Self-Monitoring & Auditory Hallucination,”
Wayne Wu, Ohio State;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
CGS Grad Certificate in Gerontology Info Session
4th fl. CL, 5:30 pm (4-6600)
Women’s Basketball Hoopla Reception
Petersen, 5:30 pm
Women’s Basketball Vs. Valparaiso;
Petersen, 7 pm
Wednesday 9
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
“A Rock & Roll Odyssey Why the Music-Why the Medicine,”
Scott Powell, U of Southern CA;
LHAS aud., 7 main Montefiore, 7 am
UPCI Grand Rounds
“Uveal Melanoma: Genomic Research & Individualized Patient Care,”
J .William Harbour;
Herberman Conf. Ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8 am
Pathology Research Seminar
“Interleukin-1 & Alzheimer’s Disease: A New View of an Old Problem,”
M. Kerry O’Banion, U of Rochester;
1105 Scaife, noon (8-1040)
Neurological Surgery Stuart Rowe Society Honored Guest Lecture
“Cushing’s Disease: Lessons Learned From 1,000 Cases,”
Edward Oldfield;
B-447 Presby, 4 pm
GI Grand Rounds
“Case Presentations,”
Amit Raina & Shahid Malik;
11 Scaife, 5 pm
Music Concert
Pitt Symphony Orchestra;
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (4-4125)
Thursday 10
Academic Career Development Postdoc Professionalism Workshop
“Planning Pilot & Exploratory Studies to Advance Your Research,”
Charity Moore;
S120 Starzl BST, 8:30-10:30 am
HSLS Workshop
“The WOW Factor: PowerPoint for Posters,”
Sam Lewis;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10-11:30 am
EOH Seminar
“Sensing Danger in Sterile Inflammation,”
Allan Tsung;
540 Bridgeside Point, noon
Epidemiology Seminar
“Policy Advocacy & the Public Health Researcher,”
Maggie Potter;
A115 Crabtree, noon
ADRC Lecture
“Palliative Care in Alzheimer’s Disease: Selected Topics,”
Robert Arnold, palliative care & medical ethics;
S439 Montefiore ADRC conf. rm., noon (412/692-2700)
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“American Geophysical Union Mtg. Practice Talks,”
G&PS grad students;
203 Thaw, 4 pm
Global Health Film
“Pandemic: Facing AIDS”;
A115 Crabtree, 6-8 pm
PhD Defenses
Medicine/Molecular Pharmacology
“LGMD-1C: Role of Caveolin-3 in Neuromuscular Junction & Structure,”
Michael Hezel;
Nov. 25, 1395 Starzl BST, 1 pm
A&S/Anthropology
“Transfers & the Private Lives of Public Servants in Japan: Teachers in Nagasaki’s Outer Islands,”
Blaine Connor;
Dec. 2, 3106 Posvar, noon
Engineering/Bioengineering
“Engineering Approaches for Neurobiology,”
Richard Stoner;
Dec. 3, 4075 BST3, 9 am
A&S/Intelligent Systems
“Locating & Reducing Translation Difficulty,”
Behrang Mohit;
Dec. 3, 5317 Sennott, 10 am
IS/Information Science & Technology
“Causal Discovery of Dynamic Systems,”
Mark Voortman;
Dec. 3, 522 IS, 10 am
Medicine/Computational Biology
“Dynamics of Protein-Drug Interactions Inferred From Structural Ensembles & Physics-Based Models: Applications to MAP Kinase Phosphatases,”
Ahmet Bakan;
Dec. 3, 3073 BST3, 2 pm
Business
“The Role of In-Store Slack & Mental Budgets in Shopper Marketing,”
Karen Stilley;
Dec. 4, 209 Mervis, noon
A&S/History of Art & Architecture
“Seeds of Agribusiness: Grant Wood & the Visual Culture of Grain Farming, 1862-1957,”
Travis Nygard;
Dec. 4, 104 FFA, 1:30 pm
SHRS/Communication Science & Disorders
“The Effects of Locality on Sentence Comprehension in Persons With Aphasia & Normal Individuals,”
Jee Eun Sung;
Dec. 4, 6061 Forbes Tower, 2 pm
A&S/Physics & Astronomy
“Low Temperature Photoluminescence Study on Defect Centers in Silicon Carbide,”
Fei Yan;
Dec. 4, 319 Allen, 2 pm
A&S/Physics & Astronomy
“A Search for Lepton Flavor Violation in Upsilon Decays,”
William Love;
Dec. 8, 216 Allen, noon
A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“Can Silence Speak? Reading the Marginalized Woman in Three Novels of Female Development,”
Leah Strobel;
Dec. 10, 1528 CL, 2 pm
Exhibits
FFA Exhibit
“Making Face: The Depiction of Women in Japan From Edo to Today”
by Hiroki Otsuka;
through Dec. 19, M-Sat. 10 am-4 pm & Th 4-8 pm, U Art Gallery, FFA (412/999-8801)
Nationality Rms. Holiday Displays
CL;
Taped tours weekends through Jan. 10, except Dec. 27 & 28, Sat. 9 am-2:30 pm, Sun. 11 am-2:30 pm;
Dec. 27-31 10 am, first-come, first-served guided tours (4-6000)
Barco Law Library Exhibit
“Spin Art Meets Photographic Art”
by Michael Rosella;
through Jan. 22, M-Th 7:30 am-11:45 pm, F 7:30 am-8 pm, Sat. 10 am-8 pm, Sun. 10 am-11:45 pm (8-1376)
Falk Library Exhibit
“Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Surgeons”;
through Jan. 28, M-Th 7 am-mid., F 7 am-10 pm, Sat. 9:30 am-10 pm, Sun. 9:30 am–mid., Falk Library
African-American Alumni Council Exhibit
“Then & Now: A Historical Exhibition of African-American Progress at the University of Pittsburgh”;
through Feb., Hillman Library ground fl. lobby, reg. library hours
Deadlines
European Studies Faculty Grant
Application deadline is Dec. 4
(info & application procedure: www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/faculty/index.html)
EUCE Faculty Research Grant
Application deadline is Dec. 11.
(info & application procedure: www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/faculty/index.html)
UCIS-EUCE Faculty Fellowship for Fall 2010 or Spring 2011
Deadline is Jan. 15, 2010.
(info & application procedures: www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/faculty/index.html)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times will include events of Dec. 10-Jan. 7. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm Dec. 3 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.
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