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Thursday 14

Part-Time MBA Online Info Session Webinar

1 pm;

(also June 26; register: 8-1508; evuono@katz.pitt.edu)

Congress of Neighboring Communities Legislative Session

City & county officials;

20th Century Club, 4201 Bigelow, 3-6 pm (4-8101)

Pitt-Bradford Alumni Lecture

“360-Degree Crime Investigation,”

Tony Gaskew;

Mukaiyama U Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 6:30 pm

(register: www.alumni.pitt.edu/alumnilecture; 1-800/258-7488)

Friday 15

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Conf.

“EUS Conference,” Kevin McGrath;

GI admin. conf. rm., mezz. 2C wing, Presby, 7 am (also June 22)

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Melissa Ratajeski;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 9 am

Sr. VC’s Research Seminar

“Tissue Engineering in the Stroke-Damaged Brain: Image-Guided Injection & Noninvasive Monitoring of Regeneration,”

Mike Modo;

aud. 6 Scaife, noon

Monday 18

Cave Canem/Greensburg Poetry Readings

Toi Derricotte, Amiri Baraka & Cornelius Eady;

Village Hall, UPG, 7:30 pm

Tuesday 19

Senate Community Relations Committee Mtg.

272 Hillman, noon

Molecular Medicine Research Seminar

“Regenerative Medicine Approaches for Assembly of Livers for Transplantation,”

Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez;

3rd fl. Rangos Research Ctr., noon

MMG Seminar

“SIRT1, the Brain & the NAD World: The Systemic Regulatory Network for Metabolism, Aging & Longevity in Mammals,”

Shin-ichiro Imai, U of WA-St. Louis;

503 Bridgeside Pt. II, 3:15 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar

“Dissecting the Role of Glucocorticoid Signaling in Vivo in the Respiratory System via Cre-LoxP Genome Recombineering in Mice,”

Timothy Cole, Monash U;

1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Ahlam Saleh;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 4 pm

Wednesday 20

Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

“Innovations in Sports Medicine: It’s the Latest & Greatest,”

Freddie Fu;

LHAS aud. 7th  fl. Montefiore, 7 am

Pathology Seminar

“Viral Encephalitis,”

Clayton Wiley;

1104 Scaife, noon

Prayer Book Service

Heinz Chapel, 12:15 p.m.

HSLS Workshop

“CLC Main Workbench,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1 pm

Katz Panel Discussion

“Thought Leadership in the Shale Gas Industry,”

moderator: James Foley, Janney Montgomery Scott;

UClub, 5:30-8:30 pm

Sr. VC’s Laureate Lecture

“Seven Transmembrane Receptors,”

Robert Lefkowitz, Duke;

lecture rm. 6 Scaife, noon

Thursday 21

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Conf.

“Pancreaticobiliary Conference,”

Adam Slivka;

GI admin. conf. rm., mezz. 2C wing, Presby, 7 am (also June 28)

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Rounds

“IBD Multidisciplinary Rounds,”

Miguel Regueiro & Andrew Rose Watson;

1275 Surgery Ctr., Presby, 7:30 am (also June 28)

CTSI Workshop

“Conflict of Interest,”

Khrys Myrddin;

120 BST, noon (info: hatfield@pitt.edu)

Cave Canem Poetry Readings

Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nikky Finney, Terrance Hayes & Angela Jackson;

City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, 1410 Monterey St., North Side, 7:30 pm

Friday 22

Trustees Mtg.

WPU Assembly Rm., 11 am

Bradford-American Cancer Society Overnight Event

“Relay for Life Fundraiser”;

UPB campus, noon June 22-noon June 23 (814/368-3646)

Saturday 23

• Summer 6-week-1 session ends;

final exams scheduled during last class meeting.

• Official date for awarding of degrees.

Pitt-Greensburg Admissions Open House

Various campus locations, UPG, 9:30 am-noon

(register: www.greensburg.pitt.edu/discovery; 724/836-9880)

Pitt-Greensburg Alumni Assn. Pirates Tailgate/Game

PNC Park, North Side; 1:30 pm tailgate;

4:05 pm game

(register by June 18: www.greensburg.pitt.edu/alumni/events)

Monday 25

• Summer 6-week-2 session enrollment period ends; classes begin.

Tuesday 26

Molecular Medicine Research Seminar

“Unraveling Mechanisms of Error-Free DNA Repair,”

Kara Bernstein;

3rd fl. Rangos Research Ctr., noon

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Caring for the Critically Ill in the 21st Century,”

Derek Angus, critical care medicine;

lecture rm. 6 Scaife, 4 pm

Wednesday 27

• Summer 6-week-1 session grades must be approved by instructors before final posting can begin.

• Summer 6-week-2 session add/drop period ends.

• Summer 4-week-2 session deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean’s office.

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Teaching on the Fly in the Era of Duty Hours, Evidence-based Medicine & Information Overload,”

Rachel Givelber;

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

(412/692-2751; miller@upmc.edu)

Pathology Seminar

“Sex, War & Rumors: Driving Heterogeneity in Biofilms,”

Luisa Hiller, Allegheny-Singer Research Inst.;

1104 Scaife, noon

Prayer Book Service

Heinz Chapel, 12:15 p.m.

Thursday 28

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Ester Saghafi;

Falk Library classrm. 1, noon

Defenses

Engineering/Bioengineering

“Role of Intracellular Labile Zinc (Zn2+i) in LPS-induced Apoptosis in Sheep Pulmonary Arterial Endothelial Cells (SPAECs),”

Kalidasan Thambiayya;

June 15, 306 Ctr. for Bioengineering, 300 Technology Drive, 10 am

A&S/English

“Composition & Public Engagements: Project English, NEH Seminars & the National Writing Project,”

Dehliani Reynolds;

June 18, 501 CL, 11 am

GSPH/Infectious Diseases & Microbiology

“Mechanisms of Cytokine Signaling on T-cell & MDSC Function in Glioma Development,”

Gary Kohanbash;

June 19, A115 Crabtree, 2 pm

A&S/Biological Sciences

“Too Much to Handle: Errors in Transcription-related Histone Modifications & Protein Quality Control in Yeast,”

Kristin Klucevsek;

June 20, A219B Langley, 10:30 am

A&S/Chemistry

“Single-cell Electroporation Using Electrolyte-filled Capillaries,”

Manyan Wang;

June 21, 307 Eberly, 1 pm

SHRS/Communication Science & Disorders

“The Impact of Undiagnosed Hearing Loss on the Diagnosis of Dementia,”

Lindsey Jorgensen;

June 22, 4014 Forbes Twr., 10 am

SHRS/Rehabilitation Science

“Evaluation of the ICD-10-CM System: Documentation Specificity, Reimbursement & Methods for Improvement (ICD-10-CM: International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification),”

Dilhari DeAlmeida;

June 22, 6081 Forbes Twr., 11 am

A&S/Geology & Planetary Science

“Building Ice-Age Askja Volcano: Processes, Products & Paleoclimate,”

Alison Graettinger;

June 25, 214 SRCC, 10 am

A&S/Psychology

“Acute Affective Responses to Varying Durations of Physical Activity for Overweight & Obese Adults,”

Julie Michael;

June 25, 4127 Sennott, noon

A&S/Psychology

“Vital Energy: The Development of a Core Concept,”

Maira Monteiro Roazzi;

June 25, 4127 Sennott, 2 pm

Medicine/Immunology

“Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Are Key Regulators of Immune Tolerance,”

Benjamin Matta;

June 27, W1595 Starzl BST, 10 am

GSPH/Human Genetics

“Development of a New Class of MicroRNA Controlled oHVS Vector for Treatment of Glioblastoma,”

Lucia Mazzacurati;

June 28, A312 Crabtree, 3:30 pm

Exhibits

Bradford Campus Exhibit

“Art of the Heart,” through June 15;

KOA Art Gallery, Blaisdell, UPB;

Th & F 8 am-8 pm (814/362-7590)

Deadlines

Student Opinion of Teaching Survey

Log onto omet.pitt.edu & click on the direct link. Survey periods & deadlines for requests vary by session.

Voluntary Early Retirement Plan

Eligible staff must complete form & submit to Human Resources by June 15.

(www.hr.pitt.edu/benefits or 4-8160)

CTSI Patient-Centered Outcomes Funding

Letters of intent due June 15; final applications due July 31.

(www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/)

Community-Based Participatory Research Incubator Funding

Application deadline is July 2.

(info: Lisa Guizzetti, lmg89@pitt.edu)

Fox Center for Vision Restoration Postdoctoral Research Funding

Application deadline is July 29.

(info: www.foxcenter.pitt.edu/197; munschl@upmc.edu)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of June 28-July 12. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on June 21 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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