Calendar
Thursday 25
The 42nd annual jazz seminar concert will be held Nov. 3 in Carnegie Music Hall. Among the musicians who will be performing this year are, from the top: Bobby Watson, alto saxophone; Lew Soloff, trumpet, and Winard Harper, drums.
• GSPIA Peace Building Conf. 2012 through Oct. 27
(ingoclinic@gmail.com)
Flu Shot Clinic
342 Craig, 11 am-1 pm
Epidemiology Seminar
“Public Health Dynamics: Breaking Frontiers in Epidemiology,”
Donald Burke;
A115 Crabtree, noon
(RosanoC@edc.pitt.edu)
ADRC Lecture
“Got Executive Dysfunction? Now What?”
Mark Miller, psychiatry;
Montefiore ADRC conf. rm. S439, noon
(412/692-2721)
Social Work Lecture
“Bodies Don’t Just Tell Stories, They Tell Histories: Embodiment of Historical Trauma & Microaggression Distress,”
Karina Walters, U of WA;
2017 CL, noon
Chemistry Seminar
“Electrochemistry: Dopamine & Beyond,”
Tiffany Matthews, Wayne St.;
150 Chevron, 2:30 pm
(chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
Jewish Studies Lecture
“Israel’s Changing Identity,”
Fred Lazin, Ben Gurion U.;
332 CL, 4 pm
(jewishstudies@pitt.edu)
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Evidence for Widespread Late-Noachian Effusive Volcanism in the Martian Highlands & the Possible Role of Impact Basin Tectonics,”
Deanne Rogers, Stony Brook;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
(chavez@pitt.edu)
Chemistry Seminar
“Chemical Tools to Monitor & Regulate Lipid Signaling Network,”
Qisheng Zhang, UNC;
150 Chevron, 4 pm
(chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
A.W. Mellon Distinguished History/Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Science in the Mirror of Enlightenment Europe: Francesco Algarotti, a Newtonian on the Grand Tour,”
Paula Findlen, Stanford;
FFA aud., 5 pm
Bradford Campus Film
“Temple Grandin”;
Bromeley Theater, UPB, 6:30 pm
Gene Kelly Centennial Celebration
Alumni 7th fl. aud., 8 pm
(RSVP: gk100@pitt.edu)
Friday 26
• Deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean’s office for fall term.
• Family Weekend on the Pittsburgh campus through Oct. 28.
Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award Recipients Panel
Alice Blazeck, Jason Dechant, Prakash Mirchandani, John Ramirez & Manuel Vallejo;
UClub conf. rm. A, 9-11 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu)
Pathology Seminar
“Epigenetic Biomarkers of Gene-Environment Interaction: Birth Weight & Assisted Reproduction,”
Carmen Sapienze, Temple;
Magee zero level conf. rm. aud., 9:30 am
(8-1040)
Board of Trustees Mtg.
WPU Assembly Rm. 10:15 am
Metropolitan Studies Lecture
“Civic Engagement: Lessons From Evidence of Disappointment & Success,”
Elaine Sharp, U of KS;
UClub, 10:30 am (8-2282)
Medical Grand Rounds
“Cure for HIV,”
John Mellors, infectious disease;
LHAS aud. 7th fl. Montefiore, 11 am
(mab403@pitt.edu)
Human Genetics Seminar
“The Utility of Inbreeding to Investigate Schizophrenia & Bipolar Disorder,”
Hader Abdelaziz Mansour, psychiatry;
A115 Crabtree, noon
(nce1@pitt.edu)
Emerging Legends Concert
Jay Hitt;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Jewish Studies Lecture
“Project Renewal in Israel & the Model Cities Program in the United States,”
Fred Lazin, Ben Gurion U;
1501 Posvar, noon
(jewishstudies@pitt.edu)
Dental Lecture
“Comprehensive Patient Care Means Much More Than Dental Care,”
W.H. Milligan III;
2148 Salk, 12:30-3:30 pm
HIV Conf.
“Genotyping,”
John Mellors, infectious disease;
517 Keystone Bldg., 12:30 pm
(mab403@pitt.edu)
Senate Budget Policies Committee Mtg.
538 WPU, 1 pm
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Ester Saghafi;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 1 pm
(esaghafi@pitt.edu)
Oakland Farmers Market
Sennott St. between Atwood & Meyran,
3-6:30 pm
(Fridays through Nov. 9; www.oaklandfarmersmarket.org)
Asian Studies/Anthropology Talk
“The Melodrama of Mobility, Continued: South Korea’s Fragile Cosmopolitans,”
Nancy Abelmann;
4130 Posvar, 4 pm
(djk65@pitt.edu)
Music Lecture
“Naturalizing Chaikovsky,”
Anna Nisnevich;
132 Music, 4 pm (4-4125)
Bradford Campus Halloween Organ Recital
Regina Gabriel;
Wick Chapel, UPB, 7 pm
Saturday 27
Dental Lectures
“Shooting Digital,”
Ali Seyedain; 9 am-noon;
“How to Optimize Digital Images,”
Heiko Spallek;
2148 Salk, 1-4 pm
Football vs. Temple
Heinz Field, noon
Sunday 28
Episcopal Service
Heinz Chapel, 11 am
(Sundays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)
Monday 29
• Spring term enrollment appointments begin.
Cybersecurity Conf.
UClub, 8:30 am-5 pm
(register: USAPAW-2012CyberConference@usdoj.gov)
Epidemiology Seminar
Noel Weiss;
Bellefield Prof. Bldg. 5th fl. conf. rm. A, 11 am
(dlb22@pitt.edu)
Flu Shot Clinic
WPU Kurtzman Rm., 11 am-1 pm
Infectious Disease Lecture
“Influenza & Respiratory Viruses,”
Shanta Zimmer;
893 Scaife, 12:30 pm
(mab403@pitt.edu)
China Town Hall Webcast
111 Barco, 7-10 pm
A&S Film
“Made in India”;
5200 Posvar, 7:30 pm
(mnovy@pitt.edu)
Tuesday 30
GI Fellows Program
“Common Statistical Terms: What Do They Mean?”
Haq Nawaz;
M2 conf. rm. Presby, 7:30 am
(joj2@pitt.edu)
CIDDE Workshop
“Understanding Copyright & Fair Use Issues”;
B23 Alumni, 10 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Cell Biology Seminar
“Rats Classified as Low or High Cocaine Locomotor Responders: An Animal Model That Involves Striatal Dopamine Transporters & Predicts Addiction-Like Behaviors,”
Nancy Zahniser, pharmacology;
520 E&EI, 11 am
(cspokora@pitt.edu)
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Molecular & Genetic Epidemiology of Glioma: What Have We Learned?”
Melissa Bondy, Baylor;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon
(toyg@upmc.edu)
CTSI Seminar
“Peer Review,” Clayton Wiley;
7057 Forbes Twr., noon
(register: www.ctsi.pitt.edu)
MMR Seminar
“A Wisconsin Soil Fungus Reveals Surprising Twists & Turns: Where BAD Begets Good & DARK Casts Light on the Biology of Fungal Disease,”
Bruce Klein;
Rangos aud., noon
(linda.cherok@chp.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Making a Dent in Your Personal Paper Silo,”
Patricia Weiss;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, noon
(pwf@pitt.edu)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Naturalism, Quietism, Evangelism,”
Kyle Stanford, UC – Irvine;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
(pittcntr@pitt.edu)
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Electrophilic Fatty Acids as Anti-Inflammatory Drug Candidates,”
Adam Straub, UVA;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm
(3-7757)
Pitt Bowling League
PAA, 5:30 pm
(Tuesdays through April; 4-8956)
Jazz Seminar Lecture
“Inside the Music Publishing Business,”
Don Sickler;
WPU Assembly Rm., 7 pm
Wednesday 31
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Michael McClincy;
LHAS aud. 7th fl. Montefiore, 7 am
Pitt Arts Artful Wednesday
“Pgh. Opera Singers”;
WPU Nordy’s Place, noon
(4-4498)
CTSI Workshop
“SAS Graphics Tutorial”;
7057 Forbes Twr., noon
(www.ctsi.pitt.edu)
Book of Common Prayer Service
Heinz Chapel, 12:15 pm
(Wednesdays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)
HSLS Workshop
“Introduction to CLC Main Workbench,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm
(ansuman@pitt.edu)
GI Grand Rounds
“Endoscopic & Radiological Unknowns,”
Charles Gabbert;
11 Scaife, 5 pm
(joj2@pitt.edu)
November
Thursday 1
Bradford Campus Workshop
“Hosting Int’l Visitors From China”;
Mukaiyama U Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 8:30-11:30 am
(contined@pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Melissa Ratajeski;
Falk Library classrm. 1, noon
(mar@pitt.edu)
Epidemiology Seminar
“Environmental Epidemiology,”
Gayle Windham;
A115 Crabtree, noon
(rosanoC@edc.pitt.edu)
CIDDE Workshop
“TA Services: Teaching Portfolios”;
815 Alumni, 1 pm
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
ADRC Walter Allen Memorial Seminar
“The Good, the Bad, the Truth & the Unknown About Obamacare: What Does Health Reform Mean for Older Adults With Alzheimer’s Disease?”
Nicole Fowler;
Hill House Kaufmann Ctr. 2nd fl., 1835 Centre Ave., 1:30 pm
(RSVP by Oct. 26: 412/692-2722)
Chemistry Seminars
“Ambifunctional Molecular Systems in Organic Synthesis,”
Paul Blakemore, OR St. U;
2:30 pm; “Programming Nucleic Acids Self-Assembly,”
Yin Peng, Harvard, 4 pm;
150 Chevron (chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
World History Seminar
“Commercial Visions: Building a Global Marketplace for Scientific Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age,” Daniel Margócsy, Hunter College;
4130 Posvar, 4 pm
(joneskh@pitt.edu)
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Investigating Lava Properties Using Experiments, Video Analysis, Infrared Thermomentry & Numerical Flow Models,”
Einat Lev, Columbia;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
(chavez@pitt.edu)
Oakland 2025 Master Plan Mtg.
Unveiling of community plan’s final version;
1st fl. ballrm. Alumni, 6 pm
(tarat@opdc.org)
Jazz Seminar Film
FFA aud., 7 pm
Friday 2
• Philosophy of Science & World History Conf.
“Early Modern Medicine & Natural Philosophy”;
through Nov. 4.
Dental Lecture
“Local Anesthesia Review for Dental Hygienists,”
Marie George & Paul Moore;
2148 Salk, 9 am-noon
Bradford Campus Admission Session
UPB, 10 am
Jazz Seminar Lectures
“Guitar Summit,”
Yotam Silberstein, 10 am;
“Saxophone Colossus: A Tribute to John Coltrane,”
Javon Jackson, 11 am;
“Dynamic Concepts in Rhythm,”
Abraham Laboriel, 3 pm;
WPU Assembly Rm.
GI Rounds
“Surviving the NIH Fiscal Cliff: Alternatives to the Thelma & Louise Approach,”
Michelle Kienholz;
Presby conf. rm. M2, noon
(joj2@pitt.edu)
Emerging Legends Concert
Susanne Ortner-Roberts & John Marcinizyn;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Human Genetics Seminar
“Gene-Environment Interactions in Parkinson’s Disease,”
Ed Burton;
A115 Crabtree, noon
(nce1@pitt.edu)
Saturday 3
Dental Lecture
“Caring for Your Patients With Special Needs,”
Matthew Cooke, Joseph Giovannitti & Lynne Taiclet;
2148 Salk, 8:30 am-3:30 pm
Run for the Wounded Warrior
North Park, 9 am
(register: www.raceit.com)
Jazz Seminar Lectures
“A Tribute to Miles,”
Lew Soloff & Randy Brecker, 10 am;
“Artistry in Rhythm,”
Winard Harper, 11 am; “
The Piano in Jazz,”
George Cables, 1 pm;
WPU Assembly Rm.
Bradford Campus American Library Assn. Int’l Game Day
Hanley Library, UPB, 1-5 pm
(marietta@pitt.edu)
Bradford Campus Open House
UPB, 1 pm
Jazz Seminar Concert
Carnegie Music Hall, 8 pm
(4-7529)
Sunday 4
Slovak Heritage Festival
CL Commons Rm., 1-5 pm
Make-a-Dish for Make-a-Wish Potluck
WPU Assembly Rm., 5 pm
(alf101@pitt.ed)
Monday 5
HSLS Workshop
“Advanced PowerPoint for Presentations,”
Julia Jankovic;
Falk Library classrm. 2, noon-2 pm
(jcj6@pitt.edu)
Student Exhibit Opening Reception
“Face Value: (De)Constructing Identity in Portraits”;
FFA Gallery, 6:30-8:30 pm
(uag@pitt.edu)
Tuesday 6
Flu Shot Clinic
Bridgeside Pt. 540 conf. rm., 11 am-1 pm
CIDDE Workshop
“TA Services: Teaching Philosophy Statements”;
815 Alumni, 1 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Chemistry Seminar
“Microfluidic Devices for Automated Synchronization & Analysis of Bacteria,”
Stephen Jacobson, IN U;
150 Chevron, 2:30 pm
(chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Pat Weiss;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 4:30 pm
(pwf@pitt.edu)
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture
“The Perfect Storm: The History of the Vaccine-Autism Controversy,”
Jeffrey Baker, Duke;
Scaife lect. rm. 5, 6 pm
(erlen@pitt.edu)
Wednesday 7
Fox Ctr. for Vision Restoration Lecture
“Characterization of the RPE Stem Cell,”
Jeffrey Stern, Translational Research Neural Stem Cell Inst.;
5th fl. E&EI, 11:45 am
(baurothr@upmc.edi)
Pitt Arts Artful Wednesday
“Cello Fury”;
WPU Nordy’s Place, noon
(4-4498)
Social Work Seminar
“The Successful Elimination of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Children’s Health & Health Care,”
Glenn Flores, U of TX;
2017 CL, noon
HSLS Workshop
“DNA Analysis Tools,”
Carrie Iwema;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm
(iwema@pitt.edu)
Faculty Assembly Mtg.
2700 Posvar, 3 pm
Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture
“Cosmetic Surgery”;
G33 Salk, 4 pm
(fordam@upmc.edu)
Pitt Symphony Orchestra
Bellefield aud., 8 pm
(4-7529)
Thursday 8
Reception of Borges Symposium
602 CL, 9:30 am-6 pm
(also Nov. 9, 1218 CL, 10 am: www.borges.pitt.edu/news-events/borges-center-events-university-pittsburgh)
Bradford Campus Spectrum Arts Performance
Trio Los Claveles;
KOA Speer Electronics Lobby, UPB, 11:30 am
Epidemiology Seminar
“Limitations on the Use of Data From Federal, State & Local Surveys to Count & Characterize the Public Health Workforce,”
Mehran Massoudi;
A115 Crabtree, noon
(rosanoc@edc.pitt.edu)
Law Informational Mtg.
“U.S. Peace Corps, Boren Fellowship & Fulbright Fellowship Opportunities”;
G-18 Barco, noon
Nordenberg Law, Medicine & Psychiatry Symposium
“The Fundamentals of Medicare Law,”
William McKendree, 12:45 pm;
“What Is the Future of Medicare?”
Edward Lawlor, 2 pm;
“The Future of Medicare”
panel discussion, Jason Manne, Judith Black & John Lovelace, 3:15 pm;
Barco Teplitz Courtrm.
(pischke@pitt.edu)
Chemistry Seminars
“Designing Small Molecules That Mimic Protein-Protein Interface Regions: Should We Be Searching for a Big Fish or Moby Dick?”
Kevin Burgess, TX A&M;
2:30 pm;
Phillip Geissler, UC-Berkeley;
150 Chevron, 4 pm (chemrcpt@pitt.edu)
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“The History of Water on Mars,”
Robert Craddock;
11 Thaw, 4 pm (chavez@pitt.edu)
Contemporary Writers Seminar
Paul Yoon;
FFA aud., 8:30 pm (4-6508)
Defenses
A&S/Physics & Astronomy
“Measurement of the Bc Meson Lifetime Using Bc to J/psi Pi Decays,”
Hao Song;
Oct. 25, 351 Thackeray, 4 pm
Medicine/Cellular & Molecular Pathology
“Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived From Adult & Fetal Hepatocytes for the Study & Treatment of Liver Metabolic Diseases,”
Marc Hansel;
Oct. 26, W1395 BST, 9 am-noon
SHRS/Rehabilitation Science
“The Effects of Scapular Kinematics, Glenohumeral Range-of-Motion & Shoulder Muscle Strength on Kinematics & Kinetics of Maximum Effort Baseball Throwing,”
Yung-Chien Chu;
Oct. 26, 4016 Forbes Twr., 1 pm
SHRS/Rehabilitation Science
“Vestibular Rehabilitation for Dizziness & Balance Disorders After Concussion,”
Bara Alsalaheen;
Oct. 30, 6081 Forbes Twr., 9-11 am
A&S/Chemistry
“Single-Molecule Studies of DNA Replication Using Zero-Mode Waveguides,”
Hongjuan Xu;
Nov. 2, 307 Eberly, 9-11 am
Medicine/Immunology
“Overcoming Self-Reactivity Through Immunological & Metabolic Redox Modulation,”
Meghan Greenwood;
Nov. 2, 9108 Rangos, 11 am
Medicine/Molecular Pharmacology
“Investigating Allosteric Regulation of ABL & BCR-ABL Kinases; Implications for Small Molecule Inhibitors,”
Shoghag Panjarian;
Nov. 2, 1395 Starzl BST, 11 am
A&S/Psychology
“The Effect of Achievement Goals on Self-Explanation & Transfer: Investigating the Role of Motivation on Learning,”
Daniel Belenky;
Nov. 5, LRDC 2nd fl. aud., 9 am
GSPH/Behavioral & Community Health Sciences
“Ways of Coping: Understanding Workplace Stress & Coping Mechanisms for Hospice Nurses,”
LaToya Harris;
Nov. 8, 211 Parran, 9:30 am
A&S/Classics
“Restoring Parmenides’ Poem: Essays Toward a Reconstruction of the Fragments Based on a Reassessment of the Original Sources,”
Christopher Kurfess;
Nov. 8, 1518 CL, 1 pm
Theatre
Pitt Theatre Production
“Tongues of Men & Angels”;
CL Studio Theatre, through Nov. 1, 9 pm (4-7529)
Pitt Repertory Theatre
“Compleat Female Stage Beauty”;
Henry Heymann, Stephen Foster Mem., Nov. 8-18, T-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm
(www.play.pitt.edu/content/compleat-female-stage-beauty)
Exhibits
Bradford Campus Exhibit
“Reel Life: DisABILITY Goes to the Movies”;
KOA Lobby, Blaisdell, UPB, through Oct. 31;
M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm, F 8:30 am-6 pm
Barco Law Library Exhibit
“Books,”
Karen Kaighin;
through Nov. 9;
M-Th 7 am-10 pm; F 7 am-8 pm;
Sat 10 am-6 pm; Sun 10 am-10 pm (8-1376)
Bradford Campus KOA Gallery Exhibit
“Of Body & Spirit in Relation to Our Existence: Sculpture by Anne Mormile”;
Blaisdell, UPB, through Nov. 9;
M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm, F 8:30 am-6 pm
ULS Exhibit
“Eyes on the Future: Images of World’s Fairs in the Collections of the University Library System”; Hillman & FFA Library;
through Feb. 24;
(www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/hours/all.html)
Student Exhibit
“Face Value: (De)Constructing Identity in Portraits”;
FFA Gallery, Nov. 5-30; M-F 10 am-4 pm
(uag@pitt.edu)
Deadlines
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring
Nominations due to 801 CL by Oct. 26.
(www.pitt.edu/~graduate/maguidelines.pdf)
Engineering Sustainability Call for Papers
Deadline is Oct. 26.
CTSI Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Funding
Pre-proposals due 3 pm Oct. 29.
(www.ddcf.org/Programs/Medical-Research/)
Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award
Nominations due Oct. 31.
(cbalaban@pitt.edu)
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)
Chancellor’s Award for Staff for Excellence in Service to the Community
Nominations due Nov. 1.
(http://hr.pitt.edu/chancellors-award-nominate)
Chancellor’s Award for Staff for Excellence in Service to the University
Nominations due Nov. 1.
(http://hr.pitt.edu/chancellors-award-nominate)
Susan A. Steele & Donna L. Luiso Student Resource Fund
For staff members & student employees pursuing undergrad degrees. Application deadline is Nov. 1. (joe.junker@ia.pitt.edu)
Coulter TPII Funding
Deadline for letter of intent is Nov. 7.
(www.engineering.pitt.edu/coulter)
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