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Thursday 14

Board of Trustees Audit Committee Mtg.

2700 Posvar, 11:20 am

Health Science Diversity in Practice Lecture

“Minority Health & the Media,”

Brian Primack;

2148 Salk, noon

Epidemiology Seminar

“The Cardioprotective Mediterranean Diet: What Is the ‘Active Ingredient’?”

Mark Gladwin & Bruce Freeman;

A115 Crabtree, noon

Medical Education Grand Rounds

“Teaching Clinical Reasoning,”

Jerome Kassirer, Tufts;

Scaife 4th fl. lecture rm. 3, noon (8-9000)

Humanities Discussion

“Queloides: Race & Racism in Cuban Contemporary Art—A Conversation With Cuban Artists”;

4130 Posvar, noon-2 pm

Biostatistics Seminar

“A Propensity Score Approach for the Analysis of Population-Based Genetic Association Studies,”

Nadita Mitra, Penn;

A115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

“Bedforms & Stratification in Watery Flows: Is It Time for a Dirty Story?”

Jim Best, U of IL;

11 Thaw, 4 pm

Children’s Literature Lecture

“Why I Love & Hate ‘Tom Sawyer’,”

Beverly Lyon Clark, Wheaton;

A224 Langley, 4:30 pm

Latin American Film

“Miel para Oshun”;

FFA aud., 6:30 pm

Women’s Studies/Asian Studies Film/Panel

“First Person Plural”;

4130 Posvar, 7:30 pm (4-6516)

English Panel Discussion

“The Inside Track to a Top-Notch Internship”;

WPU Ballrm., 7:30-9:30 pm

Lecture

“The Economic Hit Man,”

John Perkins;

Soldiers & Sailors, 8 pm (bhc7@pitt.edu)

Bradford Campus Improvers Show

Mukaiyama U Rm., Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 8-9:30 pm

Friday 15

Philosophy of Science Workshop

“Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science”;

817 CL, 9 am

(through Oct. 17; details: www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr; register: rubus@pitt.edu or 4-1050)

Academic Career Development Symposium

“Authorship: Ethical Issues Along the Path to Publication”;

S100 Starzl BST, 9 am (8-8486)

Biostatistics Adaptive Treatment Strategies Reading Group Mtg.

A724 Crabtree, 11 am-12:30 pm

Pulmonary Grand Rounds

“Neuromuscular Disorders in the ICU,”

David Lacomis;

NW628 conf. rm. Montefiore, noon

Fox Ctr. for Vision Restoration Lecture

“Cell-Based Therapy for Ocular Reconstruction,”

Virender Singh Sangwan;

S123 Starzl BST, noon

GSPIA/Political Science Lecture

“Do Terrorists Win?”

Page Fortna, Columbia;

4500 Posvar, noon-1:30 pm

PHLF Walking Tour

“Oakland’s Civic Center: Big Gifts & Big Dreams”;

meet at Forbes Ave. & Schenley Drive Ext. by the dinosaur, noon

Pgh. Consortium for Adoption Studies Lecture

“Toward Truth & Reconciliation: Overseas Korean Adoptee & Unwed Mother Advocacy,”

Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, St. Olaf College; “The Dry Eye of Adoption Politics: Testimony, Social Justice & Representation Among Transnational Korean Adoptees,”

Eleana Kim, U of Rochester;

2431 Posvar, noon (mnovy@pitt.edu)

Anthropology Lecture

“Oapan Nawa Folktales: Links to the Pre-Hispanic Past in a Contemporary Indian Community of Mexico,”

Joanne Michel de Guerrero;

3106 WWPH, 1 pm

Haitian Art Society of Pgh. Lecture

Marcus Rediker, history, & Bill Bollendorf, Galerie Macondo;

WPU Ballrm., 1-2:30 pm (412/661-1498)

Hispanic Languages & Literatures/Latin American Studies Borges Symposium

“‘This Imminence of a Revelation’: A Study of Epiphanies in Borges’s Fiction,”

Evelyn Fishburne, University College, London;

“‘His Insect-Like Handwriting’: Marginalia & Commentaries on Borges & Menard,”

Daniel Balderston;

“Voice Distortion: Character Narration in Borges’s Translations,”

Leah Leone, Concordia U, Montreal;

“La Batrachomyomachia en el contexto de ‘El inmortal,’”

Alfredo Alonso Estenoz, Luther College;

“Borges ¿un argentino extraviado en la metafísica?”

Mireya Camurati, SUNY-Buffalo;

144 CL, 1:30-5 pm

Anthropology Lecture

“Conditions of Social Change at El Dornajo, Southwest Ecuador,” Sarah Taylor; 3106 Posvar, 3 pm

Pgh. Consortium for Adoption Studies Poetry Reading

Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, St. Olaf College;

208B CL, 4 pm (mnovy@pitt.edu)

Greensburg Campus Concert

“ADDDDDDDDDDD,”

thingNY;

Campana Chapel & Lecture Ctr., UPG, 8 pm

Saturday 16

Computer Science Code Camp

Sennott 5th & 6th fl., 8 am-5 pm (412/716-2594)

Survival Skills & Ethics Workshop

“Oral Presentations,”

Beth Fischer & Michael Zigmond;

Scaife 4th fl. lecture rm. 2, 10 am-3 pm (412/578-3716)

UPMC Dignity & Respect Festival

Schenley Plaza, 11 am-4 pm

Sunday 17

Concert

Celebrating the life of alumna Edith Lillian Ingram;

Heinz Chapel, 3 pm

Tuesday 19

HSLS Workshop

“The WOW Factor: PowerPoint for Posters,”

Sam Lewis;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon

Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar

“The Pathophysiology of Cerebral Aneurysms: Recent Results & Future Directions,”

Anne Robertson;

456 Salk, noon

Health Services Research Seminar

“Disparities in Kidney Transplantation: Beyond Medical Factors,”

Larissa Myaskovsky;

305 Parkvale, noon

HSLS Lunch With a Librarian

“Personal Genomics, Personalized Medicine & You,”

Carrie Iwema;

Falk Library conf. rm. B, noon

UPCI Basic & Translational Research Seminar

“The Cytokine Network of Cancer Stem Cells,”

Vera Levina;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon (412/623-7771)

Philosophy of Science Lecture

“Two Senses of Activity & Gravity in Newton’s Treatise,”

Hylarie Kochiras, SUNY-Buffalo;

817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)

A&S Teaching Excellence Lecture

“The Changing Face of America,”

Carlos Cortés, UC-Riverside;

Martin Rm. 4th fl. Sennott, 3-5 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar

“Thymidylate Synthase as a Translational Regulator of Cellular Gene Expression: Therapeutic Implications for Cancer Chemotherapy,”

Edward Chu, UPCI;

1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

A&S Performance

“A Conversation With Alana: One Boy’s Multicultural Rite of Passage,”

Carlos Cortés, UC-Riverside;

UClub Ballrm. A, 7 pm

Bradford Campus Lecture

“Wild Imagination,”

Scott Russell Sanders;

Mukaiyama U Rm., Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 7:30 pm

Wednesday 20

Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

Charles Lupo;

LHAS aud. 7th fl. Montefiore, 7 am

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Paroxysmal Noctural Hemoglobinuria,”

Robert Brodsky;

Herberman Conf. Ctr. 2nd fl. aud. UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 8 am

Biomedical Informatics Workshop

“Text Information Extraction System: A New Tool for Research”;

M3901 Presby South, 11 am

(http://ties.upmc.com/register)

Pathology Research Seminar

“Disorders of Cytoskeletal-Directed Membrane Biogenesis: An Emerging Disease Paradigm,”

Jon Morrow, Yale;

1104 Scaife, noon (8-1040)

SAC Assembly

WPU Ballrm. & Assembly Rm., noon-2 pm

HSLS Workshop

“Pathway Analysis Tools 1,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3 pm

Thursday 21

GSPH Seminar

“Research in Schools: A ‘How-to’ Seminar for Investigators”;

7039 Forbes Tower, 8:30-10 am (3-2400)

HSLS Workshop

“PubMed Basics,”

Michele Klein-Fedyshin;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 10-11:30 am

Epidemiology Seminar

“Nearly All Older Individuals Age 65+ Should Be Provided With Cardiovascular Preventive Pharmacological Therapies,”

Lewis Kuller & Stephanie Studenski;

A115 Crabtree, noon

Jazz Studies Concert

Main lobby, Petersen, noon (4-4187)

Asian Studies Lecture

“Japanese Kokeshi Dolls: Shifting Signifiers & Wooden Tradition,”

Jennifer McDowell, anthropology;

4130 Posvar, noon

History Lecture

“Racial Silence & Urban Policy in 20th-Century Brazil,”

Brodwyn Fisher, Northwestern;

3703 Posvar, noon

Humanities Colloquium

“In/Comparable Intoxications: Walter Benjamin Revisited From the Hemispheric South,”

Hermann Herlinghaus;

602 CL, 12:30-2 pm

Women’s Studies Film

“A Woman Like That”;

FFA aud., 3-6 pm (4-6485)

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

“A High-Temperature Micro-Furnace for In-Situ Spectral Analysis of Quartzofeldspathic Melts,”

Rachel Lee;

11 Thaw 4 pm

Friday 22

SBDC Workshop

“The 2nd Step: Developing a Business Plan”;

Mervis, 7:30-10 am (8-1542)

Endocrine Conference

“DXA 101,”

Susan Greenspan;

1195 Starzl BST, 8:30-10:30 am

Bradford Campus Seminar

“OSHA Construction Safety”;

Seneca 2nd fl. classrm., UPB, 9 am-4 pm (814/362-5078)

Trustees Mtg.

WPU Assembly Rm., 10 am

Flu Shot Clinic

341 Craig, 10 am-2 pm

Sr. VC’s Research Seminar

“Beyond microRNAs: The Emerging World of Viral & Human Small RNAs,”

Bino John;

Scaife aud. 6, noon

Philosophy of Science Lecture

“Understanding & Explanatory Value,”

Kareem Khalifa, Middlebury;

817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)

CANCELED – Women’s Studies Lecture

“Celebrating 80 Years of Women’s Health With Cecile,”

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood;

FFA aud., 1 pm (4-6485)

Anthropology/Latin American Studies Lecture

“Stitching Curtains, Grinding Plastic: The Transformation of Workers & Things in Buenos Aires,”

Karen Ann Faulk, CMU;

3106 Posvar, 3 pm (lyl4@pitt.edu)

Philosophy Lecture

“Aristotle and the Sophists,”

Stephen Menn, McGill;

244A CL, 3:30 pm

Men’s Basketball

Blue-Gold scrimmage;

Petersen, 7 pm

Saturday 23

Greensburg Campus Discovery Day

For prospective students & their families;

UPG, 10 am-2 pm (reservations: 724/836-9880)

Football Vs. Rutgers;

Heinz Field, noon

Music on the Edge Concert

Cikada Ensemble;

Bellefield aud., 8 pm (4-4125)

Monday 25

Flu Shot Clinic

102 Benedum, 10 am-2 pm

SHRS/CIDDE Lecture

“Problem-Based Learning,”

Ken Etzel, dental medicine;

4060 Forbes Tower, noon

Tuesday 26

Greensburg Campus Panel

“How Health Care Reform Will Affect Your Business,”

John Kozar, Benefits; Catherine Creech, Ernst & Young;

John Fedele, Excela Health;

Campana Chapel, UPG, 8 am

UPCI Basic & Translational Research Seminar

Madhavi Ganapathiraju, biomedical informatics & intelligent systems;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon (412/623-7771)

Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar

“New Azide Chemistry: From Methods to Libraries to Hits,”

Jeffrey Aube;

456 Salk, noon

Health Services Research Seminar

“Measuring the Quality of Colonoscopies Using Natural Language Processing,”

Ateev Mehrotra & Henk Harkema;

305 Parkvale, noon

Magee-Womens Research Institute’s Work-in-Progress Conference & Seminar

“Biomarker Development for Preeclampsia,”

Sandy Founds;

Magee 1st fl. conf. ctr., noon

Senate Plenary Session

“Social Entrepreneurship at Pitt: Innovators, Change-Makers & Local Heroes”;

WPU Assembly Rm., noon-3 pm

Philosophy of Science Lecture

“Is Science Necessarily Neutral From a Moral Viewpoint? James Lovelock’s Gaia Theory & the Fact/Value Dichotomy,”

Pierluigi Barrotta, U of Pisa;

817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)

MMG Seminar

“Generation of Novel Antibiotics by Engineering of Producer Organism Non-Ribosomal Peptide Synthase (NRPS) Genes,”

Ake Elhammer;

503 Bridgeside Point 2, 3:15 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar

“Direct Gene Pharmacological Targets for the 21st Century: IL1B & TNF, A Tale of 2 Pro-Inflammatory Genes,”

Philip Auron, Duquesne;

1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

Greensburg Campus Written/Spoken Reading

Adam Matcho, Dave Newman & Carrie Smith;

Village Hall Coffeehouse, UPG, 7 pm

Wednesday 27

Family Medicine Lecture

“The Patient-Center Medical Home,”

William Miller, Lehigh Valley Health Network;

1101 Scaife, 8 am (3-2248)

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Angiogenesis Inhibition for Metastatic Breast Cancer: Fact, Myth & the FDA,”

Adam Brufsky;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper Conf. Ctr. classrm. C, 8 am

HSLS Workshop

“PowerPoint for Beginners,”

Sam Lewis;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon

Pathology Research Seminar

“Systems Pathology: Moving Omics to Clinics,”

Michael Roehrl, Boston Medical Ctr.;

1104 Scaife, noon (8-1040)

CRSP Lecture

“Race, Racism & Mental Health in Asian-American Communities,”

Sumie Okazaki, NYU;

2017 CL, noon-1:30 pm (4-7382)

OED Limbach Lecture

“MaRS: Bringing Canadian Innovations to Market,”

John McCulloch, MaRS Discovery District;

532 Alumni, noon-2 pm (4-3160)

HSLS Workshop

“Pathway Analysis 2,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3 pm

HSLS Workshop

“EndNote Basics,”

Andrea Ketchum;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm

Neurology Grand Rounds

“Perceptual Impairments in Acquired & Congenital Agnosia,”

Marlene Behrman;

1105 Scaife, 4 pm

GI Grand Rounds

“Endoscopic & Radiologic Unknowns,”

David Brokl, Matthew Rockacy & David Levinthal;

11 Scaife conf. ctr., 5 pm

Latin American Film

“HavanaYork”;

FFA aud., 6:30 pm

Thursday 28

CANCELED – Bradford Campus Concert

John Connolly, piano;

Studio Theater, Blaisdell, UPB, 11:30 am

Epidemiology Seminar

“Taking a Better Look Upstream: How Do We Increase Public Health’s Impact?”

Ron Voorhees;

A115 Crabtree, noon

ADRC Lecture

“Neuroimaging Predictors of Treatment Response in Late-Life Depression,”

Howard Aizenstein, psychiatry & bioengineering;

S439 Montefiore, noon

Asian Studies Lecture

“The Paradox of Poetic Representation,”

Cecile Chu-Chin Sun, East Asian languages & literatures;

4130 Posvar, noon

Nordenberg Lecture in Law, Medicine & Psychiatry

“Legal & Ethical Issues in Medical Treatment of Children With Variations of Sex Anatomy,”

Anne Tamar-Mattis, Advocates for Informed Choice;

Barco Teplitz Courtrm., noon

Humanities Discussion

“Worlds Made by Words,”

Anthony Grafton;

602 CL, 12:30-2 pm

GSPIA Ford Institute Lecture

“Enhancing Civilian Protection in Peace Operations: Insights From Africa,”

Paul Williams, George Washington U;

3431 Posvar, 12:30 pm

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

“Construction & Evolution of an Ice-Confined Basaltic Fissure Complex,”

Emily Mercurio;

11 Thaw, 4 pm

Bioengineering Lecture

“The Bionic Ear: The Creation & Commercial Development of the Multi-Channel Cochlear Implant,”

Jim Patrick, Cochlear Ltd.;

Scaife aud. 5, 4 pm (412/924-1012)

PhD Defenses

SIS/Information & Technology

“Efficient Information Access in Data Intensive Sensor Networks,”

Divyasheel Sharma;

Oct. 14, 1A04 IS, 10 am

A&S/Sociology

“Giving Voice to Language: Basque Ethnolinguistic Mobilization & the Politics of Education Reform in France,”

Kai Heidemann;

Oct. 14, 2432 Posvar, 10 am

Education/Health & Physical Activity

“Effect of Carbohydrate-Protein Supplementation on Resistance Exercise Performance, Perceived Exertion & Salivary Cortisol,”

Michael Welinkonich;

Oct. 14, Petersen conf. rm., 1 pm

Medicine/Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

“Characterization of Tumor-Derived Exosomes & Their Role of Immune Regulation,”

Chenjie Yang;

Oct. 20, 503 Bridgeside Point 2, 10 am

Medicine/Cellular & Molecular Pathology

“Hepatocyte Growth Factor Regulates Inflammatory Mediated Diseases by Suppression of IL-6: Implications for Type 2 Diabetes,”

Gina Marie Coudriet;

Oct. 22, Rangos Research Ctr. 7th fl. conf. rm., Lawrenceville, 10 am

A&S/Communication

“Made Up Minds: Rhetorical Invention & the Thinking Self in Public Culture,”

Michelle Gibbons;

Oct. 25, 1128 CL, 9 am

A&S/Chemistry

“Synthesis & Application of Functionalized Bis-Peptides Through Hindered Amide Bond Synthesis,”

Zachary Brown;

Oct. 25, 307 Eberly, 2 pm

Medicine/Molecular Biophysics & Structural Biology

“Theoretical Investigation of the Structure & Function of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors,”

Michael Yonkunas;

Oct. 27, 3rd fl. social rm. Mellon Inst., 1 pm

A&S/Statistics

“Functional Connectivity Analysis of fMRI Time-Series Data,” Dongli Zhou; Oct. 28, 2321 CL, 2:30 pm

Theatre

Pitt Repertory Theatre

“Shakespeare’s Lovers & Fighters”;

Oct. 14-24;

W-F 8 pm, Sat. 2 & 8 pm, Sun. 2 pm

Exhibits

Galerie Macondo Exhibit

“Haiti Rising”;

through Oct. 17, 11 am-5 pm & Oct. 17 noon-5 pm, Kimbo Gallery, WPU (412-661-1498)

Bradford Campus Exhibit

UPB faculty;

through Oct. 29;

KOA Art Gallery, Blaisdell, UPB, M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm & F 8:30 am-6 pm

Law Library Exhibit

“Lumen,”

John Fobes;

through Nov. 12; Barco Law Library Gallery, reg. library hours

Deadlines

Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Awards

Nomination forms must be submitted electronically to George Klinzing at klinzing@pitt.edu by Oct. 22.

Int’l  Business  Conference  Call for Papers

Deadline to submit papers is Oct. 23 for March 2011 CIBER Business Language Conference,

“Bringing Languages & Business Together: New Directions for a Critical Need.”

Faculty & grad students should contact Jacqueline Saslawski, jsaslawski@katz.pitt.edu.

Engineering Sustainability Call for Papers

Abstracts due Oct. 25.

(info: 4-9698 or mcsi@pitt.edu)

Absentee Ballot Application

Deadline is Oct. 26 at 5 pm for Nov. 2 general election.

Info:Governmental Relations, 710 Alumni, 4-6011, or Allegheny County Division of Elections, 542 Forbes, 412/350-4500.

SAC CPR/AED Certification Workshop

Workshop will be held Nov. 13, 9 am-1 pm for non-health care individuals & 1-5 pm for medical students & health care workers.

Registration & $40 payment due Oct. 29. Payment can be brought or mailed to the SAC office, 313 Bellefield. (4-4236)

Bellet Awards

Nomination letters must be submitted to Judy McConnaha, 140 Thackeray, by Oct. 31. (info: clynch@pitt.edu)

Ampco-Pgh. Prize for Excellence in Advising

Nomination packets must be submitted to Judy McConnaha, 140 Thackeray, by Oct. 31.

Chancellor’s Awards for Staff

For Excellence in Service to the Community & for Excellence in Service to the University.

Nomination forms must be submitted online by Nov. 12.

(guidelines & nomination forms: www.hr.pitt.edu/awards.htm)

Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Awards

Nomination letters must be submitted to Alberta Sbragia, 801 CL, by Nov. 15.

Women’s Studies/GSPIA Marion Young Award

Nominations must be received by Dec. 15 at wstudies@pitt.edu or 2208 Posvar. (info: 4-6485)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of Oct. 28-Nov. 11. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Oct. 21 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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