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Thursday 29

Dental Medicine Diversity Lecture

“Interprofessionalism as Diversity,”

Loren Roth & Susan Meyer;

Forrest Ctr., 2nd fl. Salk, noon

(qcb1@pitt.edu)

GSPH Epidemiology Seminar

“Translational Epidemiology: Opportunities & Challenges,”

Simin Liu;

A115 Crabtree, noon

(flinnl@edc.pitt.edu)

Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program Info Session

Doris Rubio;

Parkvale classrm. 305AB, noon

(deasycm@upmc.edu)

History Lecture

“Culture & History: Santiago de Cuba,”

Rafael Duharte;

3703 Posvar, noon

(lag1@pitt.edu)

Humanities Colloquium

“Sex & Gender as Untranslatables”;

602 CL, 12:30 pm

(humctr@pitt.edu)

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

“3D Modeling of Shale Gas Reservoirs Using Petrel Software by Schlumberger Information Solutions,”

Andrew Berkoski; 11 Thaw, 4 pm

(www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia.html)

ULS Orientation

Hillman ground fl., 6 pm

Football Vs. USF;

Heinz Field, 8 pm

Friday 30

• Bradford Campus Family Weekend activities through Oct. 2

• Greensburg Campus homecoming activities through Oct. 2

(www.greensburg.pitt.edu/blueandgoldweekend)

Greensburg Campus Golf Outing

Greensburg Country Club, registration 7:30 am

(724/836-7039)

Endocrinology & Metabolism Conference

“Venus & Mars: How Is Diabetes Different in Women?”

Rose Salata;

1195 Starzl BST, 8:30 am

(rmn4@pitt.edu)

UCIS Conference

“Japan’s World War II in Asia: 70 Years On”;

U Club, 2nd fl. conf. rm. A, 8:45 am

(also Oct. 1 at 9 am; RSVP required: rsmet@pitt.edu)

Endocrinology & Metabolism Patient Care Conference

“Clinical Case Presentation,”

Cynthia Yazbeck;

1195 Starzl BST, 9:30 am

(rmn4@pitt.edu)

Emerging Legends Concert

A.T.S. (Kip Ruefle, Evan Knauer, Mike Marcinko);

Cup & Chaucer, ground fl. Hillman, noon

Sr. VC Research Seminar

“Novel Vaccine Strategies Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis,”

Shabaana Khader;

Scaife aud. 6, noon

(bam76@pitt.edu)

Philosophy of Science Talk

“Benign Convergent Realism,”

Armond Duwell, U of MT;

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

Senate Budget Policies Committee Mtg.

512 CL, 12:10 pm

Anthropology Lecture

“Counting Versus Recounting: Some Challenges of Scale for Anthropology, Epidemiology & Public Health,”

Jim Trostle, Hartford;

3106 Posvar, 2 pm

(1y14@pitt.edu)

Classics Lecture

“Becoming Good by Nature: Aristotle on the Heritability of Character,”

Mariska Leunissen, UNC;

244B CL, 3:30 pm

(elc3@pitt.edu)

CGS Student Government & General Studies Alumni Council Talk

“Voices Across Time,”

Kathryn Haines;

McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 5 pm (4-7683)

Allegheny Observatory Open House

159 Riverview Ave., Riverview Park, North Side, 7-10 pm

(reservations: 412/321-2400)

October

Saturday 1

Greensburg Campus Run/Walk

Registration 6:30 am, Smith, UPG, 5K 8 am (724/836-7039)

GSPH Prostate Cancer Conference

Topics include prostate cancer, fad diets & implications for the underserved, Mark Moyad, U of MI;

Joel Nelson, Pitt, & Robin Cole, Obediah Cole Foundation;

WQED studio A, registration 8 am, program 8:30 am-3:30 pm

(www.obcolefoundation.org)

Dental Medicine Lecture

“Everyday Endodontics,”

Eugene Pantera;

2148 Salk, 9 am-4 pm

(llb4@pitt.edu)

Greensburg Campus Open House

For prospective students & families; UPG, 10 am

Bradford Campus Block Party

Campus Drive Loop, UPB, noon-4 pm

Theatre Panel on Race

Larry Davis, Larry Glasco, Tony Norman & Barbara Wolvovitz;

Heymann Theatre, Foster Mem., noon

CLAS Concert

“The Americas in Concert,”

Octavio Brunetti Quintet;

Rauh Theater, Shady Side Academy, 7:30 pm

(reservations www.proartstickets.org/events/buy/909etid:2584)

Sunday 2

Bradford Campus 50th Anniversary Organ Recital

Jeanne Gross;

Wick Chapel, UPB, 1-3 pm

Monday 3

Flu Shot Clinic

102 Benedum, 10 am-2 pm

Law Dean Search Open Forum

Teplitz Courtrm., Barco ground fl., 10 am

Tuesday 4

Flu Shot Clinic

Falk Pharmacy, 2nd fl. Falk Medical Bldg., 9 am-3 pm

EHS Health, Safety & Security Day

WPU lawn, 10:45 am-2 pm

(jmf2@pitt.edu)

Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar

“New Ways of Thinking About the EGF Receptor in Colon Cancer,”

Robert Coffey;

520 E&EI, 11 am

(cspokora@pitt.edu)

Health Services Research Seminar

“Decomposing the Fertility Response to a Mortality-Reducing Intervention in Matlab, Bangladesh,”

Julia Driessen;

305 Parkvale, noon

(reedja3@upmc.edu)

Molecular Medicine Research Seminar

“Mechanisms of Telomere Maintenance & Dysfunction, Insights From Yeast to Children,”

Alison Bertuch; 3rd fl. conf. ctr. Rangos Research Ctr., noon

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

Pharmaceutical Science Seminar

“Endocrine Treatment Resistance on Breast Cancer,”

Steffi Oesterreich;

456 Salk, noon

(hornick@pitt.edu)

Mechanicsburg Flu Shot Clinic

Mechanicsburg office 1st fl. comp. rm. 2, noon-2 pm

Philosophy of Science Talk

“Prototypical Reasoning About Species & the Species Problem: Doing Without Definition —Species as a Proxy Concept,”

Yuichi Amitani,

U of BC;

817R CL, 12:05 pm

Veterans Services Workshop

“Boots-to-Business Resume Reviews With BNY Mellon”;

McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 12:30-4:30 pm (4-6919)

Bradford Campus Workshop

“Basic Computer Know-How for Seniors”;

200 Seneca, UPB, 1-3 pm

(contined@pitt.edu)

Faculty Assembly Mtg.

U Club Ballrm. A, 3 pm

Greensburg Campus Philosophy & English Lecture

“Simone de Beauvoir: Feminist, Philosopher, Writer & Activist — An Inspiration for the 21st Century,”

Bill Pamerleau & Judith Vollmer;

Campana Chapel, UPG, 7 pm

(upgmedia@pitt.edu)

Wednesday 5

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Iron-Restricted Erythropoiesis,”

Joseph Kiss;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper ground fl. conf. rm. C, 8 am

(millerc5@msx.upmc.edu)

SCIENCE 2011 Life Sciences Supplier Show

Petersen concourse level, 10:30 am-2:30 pm (4-8586)

Biomedical Informatics Workshop

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

Rebecca Crowley;

CR2131 Magee, 11 am

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

Eye & Ear Lecture

“Cone Targeted Gene Therapy,”

William Hauswirth, U of FL;

E&EI boardrm. 5th fl., 11:45 am

(RSVP: munschl@upmc.edu)

Asia Over Lunch Lecture

“You Speak Chinese Well for a White/Black Guy! The Effect of Student Ethnicity on Native Speakers’ Judgments of Chinese Foreign Language Competency,”

Kristopher Geda;

4130 Posvar, noon

(asia@pitt.edu)

History of Art & Architecture Colloquium

“Death Comes for Seven Eminent Florentines & Harasses the Archaeologist Digging Them Up,”

Franklin Toker;

203 FFA, noon (8-2419)

Pathology Lecture

“Molecular Diagnostics of Gliomas,”

Andreas von Deimling, U of Heidelberg;

1105 conf. ctr. Scaife, noon

OED Social Work Lecture

“Pathways to Community,”

Raymond Webb Jr.;

2017 CL, noon (4-6304)

Studio Arts Conversations With Artists

Delanie Jenkins & Barbara Weissberger;

FFA Gallery, noon (8-2430)

HSLS Workshop

“SNPs & Genetic Variation,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1 pm

(ansuman@pitt.edu)

SCIENCE 2011 Lecture

“Platform Technologies for Next Generation Regenerative Therapeutics,”

Jeffrey Karp, Harvard;

Alumni 3rd fl., 4-7 pm (4-3160)

GI Grand Rounds

“Case Presentations (2): Gastroenterology & Hepatology,”

John Scherer & Jennifer Wu;

11th fl. conf. ctr. Scaife, 5 pm

(gibsonh@upmc.edu)

Greensburg Campus Lecture

“The NFL & NBA Lockouts of 2011: The Battles, the Strategies & the Role of the Courts,”

Mark Conrad, Fordham;

Campana Chapel, UPG, 7:30 pm

(upgmedia@pitt.edu)

Pitt Symphony Orchestra

“David Mahler: Three Pieces After Charles Ives; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 – Pastorale”;

Bellefield aud., 8 pm (4-4125)

Thursday 6

• SCIENCE 2011 runs through Oct. 7; see pages 12 & 13 for complete schedule.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Conference

“Surgery & the Management of Esophageal Cancer: Update on the Role of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy,”

Carolyn Reed, U of SC & Shanda Blackmon;

suite F-600, Watson Ed. Ctr., Presby, 8:30 am-5 pm

(pachecoga@upmc.edu)

Flu Shot Clinic

Falk Pharmacy, 2nd fl. Falk Medical Bldg., 9 am-3 pm (412/623-6222)

GSPH Epidemiology Seminar

“Epi in Action! Internship Poster Presentation”;

A109 Parran, noon

(flinnl@edc.pitt.edu)

Nordenberg Law, Medicine & Psychiatry Lecture

“What Remains of Charity Care After Health Reform? Community Obligations of Nonprofit Hospitals,”

Jessica Berg, Case Western;

Teplitz Courtrm., ground fl. Barco, noon

Bradford Campus Workshop

“Customer Service That Delivers”;

200 Seneca, UPB, 6-8 pm

(contined@pitt.edu)

Latinoamericano Film Screening

“Profundo Carmesí”;

FFA aud., 6:30-9 pm

Bradford Campus Workshop

“Women’s Self Defense Class”;

Seneca 5th fl. ballrm., UPB, 7 pm

(contined@pitt.edu)

Friday 7

• SCIENCE 2011 concludes today;

see pages 12 & 13 for complete schedule.

Dental Medicine Lecture

“OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Update: Training Session for the Office,”

W.H. Milligan;

2148 Salk, 9 am-noon

(llb4@pitt.edu)

Endocrinology & Metabolism Patient Care Conference

“Clinical Case Discussion”;

1195 Starzl BST, 9:30 am

(rmn4@pitt.edu)

Emerging Legends Concert

Jeff Miller;

Cup & Chaucer, ground fl. Hillman, noon

GI Research Rounds

“Crohn’s Disease: Its Behavior & Impact on Patients,”

Brian Feagan;

conf. rm. M2  Presby, noon

(gibsonh@upmc.edu)

UCSUR Research Seminar

“Shrinking Cities: What Can Be Done,”

Alan Mallach;

3343 Forbes Ave., 1st fl., noon (RSVP: pncis@pitt.edu)

Philosophy of Science Talk

“The Generality Constraint & the Structure of Thought,”

Jacob Beck, TX Tech;

817R CL, 12:05 pm

Saturday 8

Dental Medicine Lecture

“Local Anesthetics for the Dental Hygienist,”

Paul Moore;

2148 Salk, 8 am-5 pm

(llb4@pitt.edu)

Sunday 9

Music Choirs Showcase Concert

Heinz Chapel Choir, Pitt Men’s Glee Club & Women’s Choral Ensemble;

Bellefield aud., 3 pm

Monday 10

• No classes due to fall break for students;

University offices remain open & staffed.

CIDDE Instructional Development Lecture

“It’s Half Time & You’re Behind: Motivating Students in & out of the Classroom,”

Chris Schunn, Jamie Dixon & Angus Berenato;

lower lounge WPU, 8:30 am-12:30 pm

(mlane@pitt.edu)

Bradford Campus Admissions Information Day

10 am

(register www.upb.pitt.edu/visit.aspx)

Flu Shot Clinic

Posvar Galleria, 10 am-2 pm

Tuesday 11

• Due to the Oct. 10 fall break, classes normally scheduled to meet Monday will meet today. Tuesday classes will not meet this week.

Apple Seminar

“Deploying Macs in the Enterprise”;

548 WPU, registration 9 am, seminar 9:30 am-noon

(bdavis@apple.com)

Flu Shot Clinic

Falk Pharmacy, 2nd fl. Falk Medical Bldg., 9 am-3 pm (412/623-6222)

HSLS Workshop

“EndNote Basics,”

Ahlam Saleh;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 10:30 am-12:30 pm

(saleha@pitt.edu)

Bradford Campus Film Talk

Brad Riddell;

Mukaiyama U Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, noon

Molecular Medicine Research Seminar

“Host & Pathogen: Molecular Connections in Murine Lyme Disease,”

Andrew Nowalk;

3rd fl. conf. ctr. Rangos Research Ctr., noon

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

Pharmaceutical Science Seminar

“New Approach to DNA & RNA Recognition Based on Guanine Quadruplex Formation,”

Bruce Armitage;

456 Salk, noon

(hornick@pitt.edu)

ULS Workshop

“RefWorks Advanced”;

Hillman ground fl., noon

Philosophy of Science Talk

“On the Status of Geodesic Principle in Newtonian & Relativistic Physics,”

James Weatherall, UC;

817R CL, 12:05 pm

Global Health Film

“Zelal”;

LR1 Scaife, 3:30-5:30 pm

(bam76@pitt.edu)

Veterans Services Workshop

“Post 9-11 GI Bill Changes”;

McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 4:30 pm (4-6919)

Bradford Campus Workshop

“Creating a Buzz About Your Biz on a Budget”;

200 Seneca, UPB, 6-8 pm

(contined@pitt.edu)

Wednesday 12

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Management of Hepatic Metastases From Neuroendocrine Tumors in the Era of Modern Chemotherapy,”

James Pingpank;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper ground fl. conf. rm. C, 8 am

(millerc5@msx.upmc.edu)

Flu Shot Clinic

Student Health Service, health ed. conf. rm., 5th fl. Medical Arts, 11 am-2 pm

Asia Over Lunch Lecture

“An Update on Japanese Studies Resources at the University of Pittsburgh,”

Hiroyuki Good;

4130 Posvar, noon

(asia@pitt.edu)

CRSP Lecture

“When Affirmative Action Was White: Further Reflections,”

Ira Katznelson, Columbia;

2017 CL, noon

Pathology Lecture

“Liver Regeneration & Liver Cancer,”

George Michalopoulos;

1104 Scaife, noon

Studio Arts Conversations With Artists

Aaron Henderson & Michael Morrill;

FFA Gallery, noon (8-2430)

SAC Mtg.

342 Craig, 12:15 pm

HSLS Workshop

“PubMed for Nurses,”

Mary Klem;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 1 pm

(klem@pitt.edu)

HSLS Workshop

“Gene Regulation Resources,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm

(ansuman@pitt.edu)

Greensburg Campus Flu Shot Clinic

214 Chambers, UPG, 3-5 pm

Senate Council Mtg.

2700 Posvar, 3 pm

GI Grand Rounds

“Endoscopic & Radiologic Unknowns,”

Venkata Muddana, Shari Rogal & Matthew Coates;

Scaife 11th fl. conf. ctr., 5 pm

(gibsonh@upmc.edu)

Bradford Campus Workshop

“Wilderness Act of 1964 & the Allegheny National Forest”;

200 Seneca, UPB, 6:30-9 pm

(contined@pitt.edu)

Greensburg Campus St. Clair Lecture

“Insight Into the Life of Andrew Carnegie,”

David Nasaw, CUNY;

Ferguson Theatre, UPG, 7:30 pm

(upgmedia@pitt.edu)

Thursday 13

Flu Shot Clinic

Falk Pharmacy, 2nd fl. Falk Medical Bldg., 9 am-3 pm

(412/623-6222)

HSLS Workshop

“Adobe Photoshop for Beginners,”

Julia Jankovic;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 9-11 am

(jcj6@pitt.edu)

GSPH Legacy Laureate Lecture

“Quality & Innovation in the Era of Health Reform,”

Robert Henkel;

A115 Crabtree, 10 am

(ruempler@pitt.edu)

GSPH Epidemiology Seminar

“Topic: Breast Cancer, Mammography,”

Nancy Davidson;

A115 Crabtree, noon

(flinnl@edc.pitt.edu)

HSLS Lunch With a Librarian

“EndNote Clinic,”

Patricia Weiss & Andrea Ketchum;

Falk Library classrm. 1, noon

(pwf@pitt.edu)

PhD Defenses

A&S/Anthropology

“Socioeconomic Differentiation, Leadership & Residential Patterning at an Araucanian Chiefly Center (Isla Mocha, AD 1000-1700),”

Roberto Campbell;

Sept. 30, 3307 Posvar, 10 am

A&S/English

“‘The Long-Defended Gate’: Juvenilia, the Real Child & the Aesthetics of Innocence, 1858-1939,”

Anna Redcay;

Oct. 7, 512 CL, 1 pm

IS/Information Science & Technology

“Searching for Entities: When Retrieval Meets Extraction,”

Qi Li;

Oct. 7, 522 IS, 2-4 pm

A&S/Physics & Astronomy

“Neutrinos in Cosmology & Particle Physics,”

Jun Wu;

Oct. 12, 216 Allen, 3 pm

Theatre

Pgh. Irish & Classical Theatre

“Race”;

through Oct. 1;

Henry Heymann Theatre, Th-Sat 8 pm (412/561-6000 x206)

Exhibits

Barco Law Library Exhibit

“Journey Without Maps,”

Daniel Lovering;

through Nov. 11;

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

Studio Arts Faculty Exhibit

“On a Lucky Day a Surprising Balance of Forms & Spaces Will Appear,”

through Oct. 21;

FFA Gallery, M-W & F 10 am-4 pm, Th 10 am-7 pm (8-2430)

Audubon Exhibit

“Summer or Wood Duck,”

through Oct. 11;

“Booby Gannet,”

Oct. 11-25;

Hillman ground fl. exhibition case, reg. library hours (8-7715)

Deadlines

OMET Teaching Surveys

Request deadline is Sept. 30 for surveys to be given Oct. 24-Dec. 9.

Log onto www.omet.pitt.edu; click on the direct link. (4-6134)

CIDDE Instructional Development Institute

Enroll by Oct. 3 for Oct. 10 institute

(www.cidde.pitt.edu/teaching/fall-instructional-development-institute)

Funding Available for Genomics Study

Application deadline Oct. 3

(info: pgw@pitt.edu; submit application to mam266@pitt.edu)

Katz/IEE Urban Power to Prosper Certificate Program

Application deadline Oct. 3

(cakush@katz.pitt.edu)

Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awards

Submit nomination letters to Juan Manfredi, 809 CL, by Oct. 7.

NIH Director Pioneers Awards

Application deadline is Oct. 7

(jberg@pitt.edu)

Voter Registration

Deadline is Oct. 11 at 5 pm to register to vote in the Nov. 8 general election.

Voter registration forms available at Governmental Relations, 710 Alumni, or www.dos.state.pa.us.

(campus info: 4-6011; Allegheny County Elections Division: 412/350-4510)

NIH Director’s Awards

Application deadline is Oct. 14 (jberg@pitt.edu)

Nov. 10 Senate Plenary Session Call for Posters

Submit a brief abstract (<250 words) on community engagement by Oct. 15

(dchishol@pitt.edu)

Nov. 10 Senate Plenary Session Call for marketplace participants.

RSVP by Oct. 15

(lcohen@pitt.edu)

Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Awards

Submit nomination forms to George Klinzing, klinzing@pitt.edu, by Oct. 21.

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring Nominations

Guidelines are posted online; deadline for nomination is Oct. 28

(www.pitt.edu/~graduate/maguidelines.pdf)

Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Awards

Submit nomination letters to Andrew Blair, 826 CL, by Oct. 31.

A&S Ampco-Pittsburgh Prize

Submit nominations to 140 Thackeray by Oct. 31.

(taylor@as.pitt.edu)

A&S Bellet Teaching Excellence Awards

Submit nominations to 140 Thackeray by Oct. 31

(clynch@pitt.edu)

UHC Whitaker International Award for Bioengineers & Biomedical Engineers

Contact Judith Zang by Nov. 1.

(jaz36@pitt.edu)

Bowman Faculty Grants for Research Abroad

Applications available in 1209 CL; submission deadline is Nov. 18

(kiley@pitt.edu)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of Oct. 13-27. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Oct. 6 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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