University Times

Thursday 21

Vanguard One-on-One Info Session

1st fl. meeting rm. Craig, 9 am-4:30 pm (800/662-0106; also July 26, 27, Aug. 2-4, 9, 10, 23 & 24)

Immunology Seminar

“IDO & Tolerance Induction,” David Munn, Medical College of GA; lecture rm. 5 Scaife, noon (8-7050)

OIS Intercultural Lunch

Ground fl. WPU, noon-1:15 pm (also July 28; 4-7120)

Friday 22

Inst. for Entrepreneurial Excellence Seminar

“The Second Step: Developing a Business Plan”; 104 Mervis, 7:30-10 am (8-1542)

Pgh. Supercomputing Ctr. Seminar

“Parallel MATLAB,” Stan Ahalt, OH Supercomputing Ctr.; Social Rm. Mellon Inst., 2-3 pm

Tuesday 26

Children’s Molecular Medicine Conference

“Innate Host Defense Against Pulmonary Fungal Pathogens,” Chad Steele; 1100 Rangos, noon-1 pm

Wednesday 27

UPMC Sports Medicine Clinic

“Reaching Your Peak: Building Your Confidence & Focus”; Ctr. for Sports Medicine, South Side, 11 am & 6 pm (412/432-3777)

Allegheny County Transit Council/Citizens Advisory Body for the Port Authority Mass Transit Forum

Ballrm. WPU, 6:30 pm (412/683-0237)

Thursday 28

Immunology Seminar

“Unraveling a Dispute: At the Crossroads of Inflammation & Autoimmune Diabetes”; lecture rm. 5 Scaife, noon (8-7050)

Friday 29

Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar

“Modeling Organogenesis in the Zebra Fish,” Nathan Bahary; lecture rm. 6 Scaife, noon

Magee Forum

“Gynecologic Cancers: Focus on Ovarian,” Michele Ridge, Amy Phillips & Mary Zubrow; Magee aud. conf. rm., 2-4 pm (412/641-5456)

Saturday 30

CGS Adult Student Info Session

McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 10:30 am-noon (4-6600)

August

Monday 1

• Summer 12-week, 6-week-2 & 4-week-3 sessions end; final examinations scheduled during last class meeting.

TIAA/CREF One-on-One Counseling Sessions

100 Craig, 8:30 am-4:30 pm (also Aug. 5, 8, 11, 12, 22, 26, 29-31 & Sept. 1; 877/209-3136)

Thursday 4

• Summer 12-week, 6-week & 4-week-3 sessions grade rosters due in registrar’s office by noon.

Monday 8

• Summer term ends; final examinations scheduled during last class meeting.

• Official date for awarding degrees.

Tuesday 9

• Residence halls close.

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

Alumni, 8:45 am

Wednesday 10

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

WPU, 8:45 am

Thursday 11

• Summer term grade rosters due in registrar’s office by noon.

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

Chevron, 8:45 am

Friday 12

Inst. for Entrepreneurial Excellence Seminar

“The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”; 104 Mervis, 7:30-10 am (8-1542)

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

CL, 8:45 am

Monday 15

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

GSPH, 8:45 am

Tuesday 16

• International student orientation through Aug. 19.

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

IS, 8:45 am

Wednesday 17

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

LRDC, 8:45 am

Thursday 18

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

Benedum, 8:45 am

Friday 19

Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Preparedness Exercise

Salk, 8:45 am

Wednesday 24

• Residence halls open.

• Freshman orientation session through Aug. 28.

Thursday 25

• New faculty orientation.

Friday 26

• New TA orientation.

Inst. for Entrepreneurial Excellence Seminar

“The Second Step: Developing a Business Plan”; 104 Mervis, 7:30-10 am (8-1542)

GSPH New Student Orientation

G23 Parran, 10 am

Monday 29

• Fall term registration period ends for all students.

• Fall term classes begin.

September

Thursday 1

Bioengineering/McGowan Inst. for Regenerative Medicine/Musculoskeletal Research Ctr. Seminar

William Clark; lecture rm. 6 Scaife, 4 pm

Ph.D. Defenses

Business

“Managing Expectations Through Process Visibility to Improve Online Customer Satisfaction,” Claudia Costa; July 21, 102 Mervis, 10 am

GSPH/Infectious Diseases & Microbiology

“Antagonistic Evolutionary Pathways of HIV-1 Resistance to Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: A Virological, Biochemical & Clinical Investigation,” Urvi Parikh; July 25, A719 Crabtree, 10 am

Business

“Two Essays in Competitive Price Formation in Auctions,” Ramanathan Subramanian; July 25, 104 Mervis, 11 am (8-1525)

Education/Health & Physical Activity

“The Effects of a Group Exercise Intervention in the Adjunctive Treatment of Depression,” Kristie Abt; July 25, 130 Trees, 11 am

GSPH/Biostatistics

“Nonparmetric Methods in Comparing Two Correlated ROC Curves,” Andriy Bandos; July 25, 109 Parran, 11 am

GSPH/Epidemiology

“Blunt Trauma Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Morbidity,” Rovshan Ismailov; July 25, Parran epidemiology conf. rm., noon-2 pm

A&S/Biological Sciences

“Repression of Dpp Targets in the Drosophila Wing by Brinker,” Stephanie Winter; July 25, 169 Crawford, 1 pm

Business

“Essays in Corporate Governance Change,” Sukesh Patro; July 27, 102 Mervis, 2:15-4:15 pm

Education/Health & Physical Activity

“Effect of Meal Periodicity on Weight Loss,” Christopher Mohr; July 28, Petersen conf. rm., 1 pm

IS/Information Science & Telecommunications

“Geoprocessing Optimization in Grids,” Shou Liu; July 29, large commons rm. 5th fl. IS, 1-3 pm

A&S/Economics

“Essays on Industrial Organization in China’s Manufacturing Sector,” Yifan Zhang; Aug. 2, 4716 Posvar, 10 am

GSHP/Epidemiology

“Quantifying the Risk of Hypovolemic Shock for Severely Injured Trauma Patients,” Mazen Zenati; Aug. 2, S532 Scaife, 1 pm

A&S/Psychology

“Behavioral & Electrophysiological Investigations of the Relationship Between Semantic Processing & Reading Comprehension,” Nicole Landi; Aug. 5, 9th fl. conf. rm. LRDC, 9:30 am

Business

“The Exit of Venture Capital & Financial Disclosure in Newly Public Firms,” Wei Luo; Aug. 17, 102 Mervis, 2:30 pm

Deadlines

Teaching Evaluation Surveys

Request forms due July 8 for 4-week-3 session. (4-6147)

Exhibits

Hillman Library Exhibits

“Winter Hawk,” through Aug. 1; “Swallow-Tailed Hawk,” Aug. 2-15; “Wood Thrush,”Aug. 16-29; “Indigo Bird,” Aug. 30-Sept. 12; Audubon exhibit case, ground fl. Hillman, M-Th 7:50 am-10 pm, F 7:50 am-6 pm, Sat. 10 am-6 pm, Sun. noon-9 pm (8-7715)

Falk Library Exhibit

“Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians”; Aug. 31-Oct. 14, Falk Library, M-Th 7 am-midnight, F 7 am-10 pm, Sat. 9:30 am-10 pm, Sun. 9:30-midnight (8-2040)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published Sept. 1. It will contain events of Sept. 1-15. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm Aug. 25 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or e-mail to utcal@pitt.edu.