Calendar
Thursday 10
Flu Shot Clinic
Falk Pharmacy, 2nd fl. Falk Medical Bldg.,
9 am-3 pm (412/623-6222)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Panayiotis Benos;
6014 BST3, 11 am
(zambotti@pitt.edu)
Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Conference
“Targeting Endoplasmic Reticulum for Preventing Beta Cell Death,”
Fumihiko Urano, UMass;
1195 Starzl BST, noon (rmn4@pitt.edu)
Senate Plenary Session
“Community & Campus Partnerships for Health & Wellness,”
keynote Kevin Jenkins, Pgh. Foundation;
WPU Assembly Rm., noon-3 pm (4-6505)
Epidemiology Seminar
“Using the Right Measuring Stick: Analyzing So You Don’t Miss the Point,”
Heather Allore;
A115 Crabtree, noon (flinnl@edc.pitt.edu)
ADRC Conference
“Physical Activity as a Prevention of Cognitive Impairment,”
Kirk Erickson, psychology;
S439 Montefiore ADRC conf. rm., noon
HSLS Lunch With a Librarian
“Search Clinic,”
Michele Klein-Fedyshin;
Falk Library classrm. B, noon (klein@pitt.edu)
IRB Seminar
“Use of the Internet in Research: Opportunities & Challenges”;
O’Hara Student Ctr. Ballrm., 1 pm (3-1149)
ULS Workshop
“RefWorks Advanced”;
Hillman gr. fl., 2 pm
French & Italian Conference
“The Idea of France”;
various rms. CL, 2:30 pm
(through Nov. 12; http://ideaoffrance.pitt.edu)
Chemistry Seminar
“Structural & Biophysical Insights Into the Olfactomedin Domain of Myocilin: Implications for Glaucoma,”
Raquel Lieberman, GA Tech;
12B Chevron, 2:30 pm (chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
Ridgway Lecture
“The Unraveling: Pakistan in the Age of Jihad,”
John Schmidt, George Washington U;
4331 Posvar, 4 pm
Chemistry Seminar
“Chemical Tools for Studying Cell Surface Glycans,”
Peng Wu, Albert Einstein College;
12B Chevron, 4 pm (chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
Provost’s Inaugural Lecture
“Virus Capsids, Virus Genomes & How They Got That Way,”
Roger Hendrix, biological sciences;
2500 Posvar, 4 pm (4-5750)
Bradford Campus Panel
“Building Sustainable Development in the Alleghenies,”
Earl Gohl;
Mukaiyama U Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 6-8 pm (814/362-0248)
Latinoamericano Film
“El Bolero de Raquel”;
FFA aud., 6:30 pm
(amigoscinelatinoamericano@gmail.com)
Friday 11
• Last day for spring term enrollment appointments.
Endocrinology & Metabolism Conference
“What’s New Between Bone & Fat?”
Clifford Rosen, ME Medical Ctr.;
1195 Starzl BST, 8:30 am (rmn4@pitt.edu)
Veterans Services Remembrance Day
“National Roll Call: Remembering the Sacrifices of 10 Years at War”;
WPU Tansky Lounge, 9 am-4 pm (arj25@pitt.edu)
Endocrinology & Metabolism Patient Care Conference
Stuart Seigel;
1195 Starzl BST, 9:30 am (rmn4@pitt.edu)
Pathology Szulman Lecture
“Reprogramming & Programming in Human Embryo & Beyond,”
Renee Pera, Stanford;
Magee conf. ctr., 10:20 am
Emerging Legends Concert
Dennis McCurdy & Howard Davidson;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Sr. VC Research Seminar
“Automatic Processing, Rehabilitation & Recovery of Complex Sentences in Aphasia,”
Michael Dickey;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, noon
Physical Therapy Grand Rounds
Patrick Sparto;
4060 Forbes Twr., noon (tfuller@pitt.edu)
Pulmonary Grand Rounds
“Modern Complications of HIV: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension,”
Patty George;
NW628 Montefiore, noon (dobranskyta@upmc.edu)
Medieval & Renaissance Seminar
“Labors of Innocence in Early Modern England,”
Joanna Picciotto;
602 CL, 12:30 pm (brs114@pitt.edu)
Philosophy of Science Workshop
“Reasoning With Cases in the Social Sciences”;
817 CL, 2 pm
(also Nov. 12, 8:30 am; 4-1052)
Hispanic Lecture
“Reflections: Foundational Fictions & Fetal Origins,”
Emily Metz;
139 CL, 3 pm (dtruhan@pitt.edu)
Men’s Basketball vs. Albany;
Petersen, 7 pm
Film/Asian Studies Screening
“Sthaniva Sambaad”;
105 Lawrence, 7 pm (asia@pitt.edu)
Greensburg Campus Concert
Emily Marvosh & Matt Klumpp, piano;
Campana Chapel, UPG, 7:30 pm (upgmedia@pitt.edu)
Saturday 12
• Spring term open enrollment begins.
Greensburg Campus Pharmacology Teleconference
“Renal Disease”;
250 Millstein, UPG, 8:30-11:30 am
(www.greensburg.pitt.edu/about/cpg)
PTEI 5K Walk/Run Fundraiser
Benefits Wounded Warrior project;
N. Park boathouse, 9 am (www.raceit.com)
Memorial Service
For Emmanuel Oladunjoye (Ladun) Anise, professor emeritus of political science, who died Oct. 12;
UClub Ballrm. A, 11:30 am
Women’s Basketball vs. Hampton;
Petersen, 2 pm
Sunday 13
Nationality Rooms Polish Festival
Commons Rm. CL, noon-5 pm (412/678-4437)
Men’s Basketball vs. Rider;
Petersen, 6 pm
Monday 14
Veterans Services GI Bill Week
Through Nov. 18, McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 8:30 am- 5pm (4-6919)
Veterans Services Workshop
“Interviewing Techniques”;
McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 4:30-6:30 pm (4-6919)
Jewish Studies/German Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration
Ruth Drescher, speaker;
Susanne Ortner-Roberts, music;
208B CL, 4:30 pm (ashear@pitt.edu)
Tuesday 15
GI Fellow Program
“Randomized Controlled Trials,”
Elizabeth Blaney;
conf. rm. M2 Presby, 7:30 am
Flu Shot Clinic
Falk Pharmacy, 2nd fl. Falk Medical Bldg., 9 am-3 pm (412/623-6222)
HSLS Workshop
“EndNote Basics,”
Andrea Ketchum;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon (ketchum@pitt.edu)
Health Services Research Seminar
“Emerging Policy Approaches to Promote Healthy Behaviors,”
Jeffrey Kullgren;
305 Parkvale, noon (reedja3@upmc.edu)
Pharmaceutical Science Seminar
“Chronic Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease Neurodegeneration & Exercise Neuroprotection,”
Vincent Lau;
456 Salk, noon
(hornick@pitt.edu)
MMR Seminar
“The Role of Pancreatic Progenitors in Postnatal Growth & Regeneration,”
Susan Bonner-Weir;
3rd fl. conf. ctr. Rangos Research Ctr., noon (linda.cherok@chp.edu)
ULS Workshop
“RefWorks Basics”;
Hillman gr. fl., noon
SAC Fall Assembly
“Effectively Using Technology in Your Job,”
keynote Jinx Walton, CSSD;
WPU Assembly Rm., noon-4 pm (www.sac.pitt.edu)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Hobbes on the Preservation of Motion,”
Kurt Smith, Bloomsburg;
817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)
Ridgway Lecture
“Mexico’s ‘Narco-Refugees’: The Looming Challenge for U.S. National Security,”
Paul Kan, U.S. Army War College;
3911 Posvar, 12:30 pm
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Epigenetics & Breast Cancer,”
Nancy Davidson, UPCI;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm (3-7757)
Women’s Basketball vs. St. Francis (PA);
Petersen, 7 pm
Johnstown Campus Pasquerilla Lecture
Michael Mandelbaum;
Whalley Chapel, UPJ, 7 pm (knipple@pitt.edu)
Wednesday 16
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
“Proximal Humerus Fractures,”
Stephen Johnstone;
Montefiore 7th fl. LHAS aud., 7 am
Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Mechanisms of Resistance to Antiangiogenic Therapy,”
Seungwon Kim;
UPMC Cancer Pavilion Herberman Conf. Ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8 am (millerc5@msx.upmc.edu)
Biomedical Informatics Workshop
“Text Information Extraction System: A New Tool for Research,”
Rebecca Crowley;
CR2131 Magee, 11 am
(registration required: http://ties.upmc.com/register)
Asia Over Lunch Lecture
“‘Why Are the Flowers So Beautiful?’: Changing Cultural Policies for a United Chinese Identity — A Study of the Hua’er (Flower Song) Tradition in the Northwest of China,”
Meng Ren;
4130 Posvar, noon (asia@pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“DNA Analysis Tools,”
Carrie Iwema;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm (iwema@pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“PubMed Basics,”
Rebecca Abromitis;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 2 pm (baa@pitt.edu)
Medieval & Renaissance Studies Lecture
“Shakespeare’s Sex,”
Valerie Traub; 332 CL, 3 pm (brs114@pitt.edu)
Hispanic Forum
Wayuu Writers;
1228 CL, 3 pm
Veterans Services Workshop
“Post 9/11 GI Bill Changes”;
McCarl Ctr. 4th fl. CL, 4:30 pm (4-6919)
GI Grand Rounds
“Gastroenterology & Hepatology,”
David Leivnthal & Charles Gabbert;
1104 Scaife, 5 pm (joj2@pitt.edu)
Men’s Basketball vs. Long Beach St.;
Petersen, 9 pm
Thursday 17
U. Council for Education Administration Convention
“Forecasting the Future of Leadership Preparation & Practice: Reclaiming Ground Through Research, Policy & Politics”;
Westin Pgh. Hotel, Downtown, 8 am
(through Nov. 20; www.ucea.org/annual-meeting-and-exhibits11/)
HSLS Workshop
“The WOW Factor: PowerPoint for Posters,”
Julia Jankovic;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 9-11 am (jcj6@pitt.edu)
Flu Shot Clinic
Falk Pharmacy, 2nd fl. Falk Medical Bldg., 9 am-3 pm (412/623-6222)
Sr. VC Laureate Lecture
“Breakthroughs in Imaging Using Photoactivatable Fluorescent Protein Technology,”
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, cell biology & metabolism;
Scaife aud. 6, noon
Endocrinology & Metabolism Seminar
“Sequencing & Interpreting the Human Head & Neck Cancer Genome,”
Jennifer Grandis;
1195 Starzl BST, noon (rmn4@pitt.edu)
Epidemiology Seminar
“A1c Is the Best Diagnostic Test for Diabetes,”
Trevor Orchard & William Herman;
A115 Crabtree, noon
(flinnl@edc.pitt.edu)
History Lecture
“Spain’s Diplomacy & the Haitian Revolution,”
Antonio Pinto;
3702 Posvar, noon (8-7451)
Medieval & Renaissance Studies Lecture
“Anatomy, Cartography & King Lear,”
Valerie Traub;
602 CL, 12:30 pm (brs114@pitt.edu)
Chemistry Seminar
“The Move to Multiplexing in Proteomics,”
Steven Gygi, Harvard;
12B Chevron, 2:30 pm (chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
Chemistry Seminar
“Ultrafast Photoinduced Charge & Energy Transfer,”
David McCamant, U of Rochester;
12B Chevron, 4 pm (chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
Hispanic Readings
Wayuu Writers;
139 CL, 6 pm
Friday 18
GSPH Marcellus Shale Scientific Conference
“Health Effects of Shale Gas Extraction”;
Soldiers & Sailors Grand Ballrm., 7:30 am-5 pm
Dental Medicine Lecture
“Current Concepts in Oral Medicine,”
Scott DeRossi;
2148 Salk, 8 am-4 pm (llb4@pitt.edu)
Endocrinology & Metabolism Conference
Christopher Coyne;
1195 Starzl BST, 8:30 am (rmn4@pitt.edu)
ULS Audubon Day
363 Hillman, 9 am-4:45 pm (jeanann@pitt.edu)
Endocrinology & Metabolism Patient Care Conference
Vasudev Magaji;
1195 Starzl BST, 9:30 am (rmn4@pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Focus on Behavioral Medicine: Searching in PsycINFO,”
Michele Klein-Fedyshin;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 10:30 am (klein@pitt.edu)
Women’s Basketball vs. Loyola (MD);
Petersen, 11 am
East Asian Lecture
“The Catastrophic Imperative: The Discourse of Disease in Gu Changwei’s Film ‘Love, for Life,’”
Kun Qian;
4130 Posvar, noon
Physical Therapy Clinical Rounds
Elizabeth Hile;
4060 Forbes Twr., noon (tfuller@pitt.edu)
GI Research Rounds
“Pancreas Genetics & Personalized Medicine,”
David Whitcomb;
conf. rm. M2 Presby, noon (joj2@pitt.edu)
Medicine Lecture
“New & Developing Medical Schools: Motivating Factors, Major Challenges, Planning Strategies,”
Michael Whitcomb, George Washington U;
Scaife 4th fl. rm. 3, noon (8-9000)
Emerging Legends Concert
Jennie Snyder & Bruce Hoffman;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
UCSUR Brown Bag Seminar
“Do Local Anti-Predatory Lending Laws Work? Evidence From Cleveland,”
Yilan Xu, economics;
3343 Forbes Ave., 1st fl. conf. rm., noon
(pncis@pitt.edu)
Medicine Lecture
“C-terminal Eps15 Homology Domain (EHD) Proteins: A Role in Tubular Endosome Biogenesis & Endocytic Transport, EH?”
Steven Caplan, U of NE;
F-1145 Presby, 12:15 pm (lmh55@pitt.edu)
Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Towards a General Science of the Past: Abductive Inference & Inductive Consilience in Paleontology, Archeology & History,”
Justin Smith, Concordia U;
817R CL, 3:30 pm (4-1052)
African Music & Dance Ensemble
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (412/394-3353)
Saturday 19
Minority Health Survival Skills Workshop
“Grant Writing”;
Scaife 4th fl. lect. rm. 2, 10 am-3 pm
Greensburg Campus SGA & SAB Concert
David Cook & Carolina Liar;
Chambers Gymnasium, UPG, 7:30 pm
(www.greensburg.pitt.edu/concert)
Sunday 20
Women’s Basketball vs. Central MI;
Petersen, noon
IonSound Project
“From the Mundane to the Macabre”;
Bellefield aud., 7 pm
Monday 21
Translational Neuroscience Program
“Mechanisms of CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Desensitization,”
Ken Mackie;
1695 Starzl BST, noon (murphreea@upmc.edu)
Chemistry Seminar
“Watching Chemistry at the Single Molecule Level,”
David Nesbitt, U of CO;
12B Chevron, 4 pm (chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
Tuesday 22
GI Fellow Program
“Pathophysiology/Board Review: Esophageal Disorders,”
Kevin McGrath;
conf. rm. M2 Presby, 7:30 am
(joj2@pitt.edu)
Flu Shot Clinic
Falk Pharmacy, 2nd fl. Falk Medical Bldg., 9 am-3 pm (412/623-6222)
Health Services Research Seminar
“Promoting Physical Activity in Primary Care Settings: Data From the Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds Study,”
Molly Conroy;
305 Parkvale, noon
(reedja3@upmc.edu)
MMR Seminar
“Regulation of Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism by Protein Acetylation,”
Eric Goetzman;
3rd fl. conf. ctr. Rangos Research Ctr., noon
(linda.cherok@chp.edu)
Chemistry Seminar
“Searching for Simplicity: From Laser Spectroscopy of Radicals to Gas-Liquid Scattering Dynamics,”
David Nesbitt, U of CO;
12B Chevron, 2:30 pm (chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
Men’s Basketball vs. La Salle;
Petersen, 7 pm
Wednesday 23
• No classes through Nov. 27 due to Thanksgiving recess for students.
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Michael O’Malley;
Montefiore 7th fl. LHAS aud., 7 am
Defenses
A&S/Chemistry
“Miniaturization & Optimization of Electrochemical Detection Following Capillary Liquid Chromatographic Separation of Neurochemicals,”
Xiaomi Xu;
Nov. 10, 307 Eberly, 2 pm
A&S/Anthropology
“Political Strategies & Domestic Economy of the Lote B Rural Elite in the Prehispanic Lurín Valley, Peru,”
Giancarlo Marcone;
Nov. 11, 3307 Posvar, 11 am
GSPH/Biostatistics
“Inference on Censored Survival Data Under Competing Risks,”
Jeong Lim;
Nov. 11, A622 Crabtree, 3 pm
Engineering/Bioengineering
“A Novel Approach for Combining Biochemical & Microstructural Analyses to Assess the Mechanical & Damage Properties of the Artery Wall,”
Michael Hill;
Nov. 15, 303 Ctr. for Bioengineering, 300 Technology Dr., 9 am
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Shroom2 Regulates Endothelial Morphogenesis & Centrosome Duplication Through the Specific Sub-cellular Recruitment of
Rho-kinase,”
Matthew Farber;
Nov. 15, A219B Langley, 1 pm
SHRS/Rehabilitation Science
“Development and Validation of a Simulator for Power Wheelchair Driving Evaluations,”
Harshal Mahajan;
Nov. 16, 5047 Forbes Tower, 9 am
A&S/English
“The Child & the Book: Imagining Childhood Reading in Anglo-America, 1899-1936,”
Margot Stafford;
Nov. 16, 527 CL, 1 pm
SHRS/Rehabilitation Science
“Simulation to Teach Patient Transfers: The Role of Self-Efficacy,”
Joanne Baird;
Nov. 17, 6081 Forbes Twr., 9 am
Engineering/Industrial Engineering
“Scheduling Multiple Operating Rooms Under Uncertainty,”
Sakine Batun;
Nov. 18, 1060 Benedum, 9 am
SHRS/Rehabilitation Science
“Problem-Solving Therapy to Reduce Chronic Fatigue in Cardiac Arrest Survivors,”
Young Joo Kim;
Nov. 21, 4065 Forbes Twr., 9 am
Law
“Strengthening Anti-Corruption Commissions & Laws in Nigeria,”
Fatima Waziri;
Nov. 21, Barco, 2nd fl. conf. rm., 2 pm
A&S/Geology & Planetary Science
“Fossil Fuel Related Water-Rock Interaction in the Appalachian Basin, Pennsylvania & New York: A Geochemical & Strontium Isotope Investigation,”
Elizabeth Chapman;
Nov. 21, 214 SRCC, 2 pm
Engineering/ Industrial Engineering
“Agent-Based Optimization for Best-Subset Selection for Complex Operation Systems,”
Yu Wang;
Nov. 21, 1060 Benedum, 3:30 pm
A&S/Chemistry
“Fluorous Mixture Synthesis (FMS) of Four Isomers of 4, 8, 12,-Trimethylnonadecanol and the Development of an NMR-based method for Determining Configurations of Polyisoprenoid Structures,”
An-Hung Edmund Yeh;
Nov. 22, 307 Eberly, 1 pm
Theatre
Pitt Repertory/Symphony Orchestra Production
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”;
through Nov. 13;
Charity Randall Theatre, Foster Mem., Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm (www.play.pitt.edu)
Bradford Campus Theatre Production
“Metamorphoses”;
Studio Theater, Blaisdell, UPB, Nov. 17-19, 7:30 pm, Nov. 20, 2 pm (814/362-5113)
Greensburg Campus Theatre Company Production
“Hippolytus”;
Ferguson, UPG, Nov. 17-19, 7:30 pm, Nov. 20, 2 pm (upgmedia@pitt.edu)
Exhibits
Museum Studies Seminar Exhibit
“The Imprint of War: Responses in Print,”
Jacques Callot, Nicholas Naughton & Sandow Birk;
through Dec. 5;
FFA Gallery, M-F 10 am-4 pm (610/357-4599)
Bradford Campus Spectrum Visual Arts Exhibit
“Collective Living: Architectural Thesis,”
Dominic Yik;
through Dec. 2; KOA Gallery, Blaisdell, UPB
Barco Law Library Exhibit
“Journey Without Maps,”
Daniel Lovering; through Nov. 11;
Th 7:30 am-11:45 pm, F 7:30 am-8 pm
Audubon Exhibit
“Wilson’s Plover,”
through Nov. 22;
“Least Bittern,”
Nov. 22- Dec. 6;
Hillman gr. fl. exhibit case, reg. library hours (8-7715)
Deadlines
Chancellor’s Awards for Staff Excellence
Submit nominations online by Nov. 14.
(www.hr.pitt.edu/chancellors-award)
Bowman Faculty Grants for Research Abroad
Applications available in 1209 CL;
deadline is noon Nov. 18. (kiley@pitt.edu)
NIH Pilot Funding
Submit application electronically by Jan. 25. (mam266@pitt.edu)
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