Thursday 24

GSPH Lecture

“The Role of Haptoglobin in Diabetic CVD: A Pharmacogenomic Fairy Tale,”

Tina Costacou;

A115 Crabtree, noon

Chemistry Seminar

“Fluorescence-Enabled Electrochemistry & Single-Cell Imaging,”

Bo Zhang, U of Washington;

150 Chevron, 2:30 pm (4-8200)

Postdoc Professionalism Lecture

“Immigration Options After Your Postdoctoral Training,”

Rita Sostrin & Charles Nieman;

S100 BST, 3-5 pm

(www.oacd.health.pitt.edu/immigration)

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

“Great White WM12 Reservoir in the Ultra-Deepwater Perdido Fold Belt: An Overview of the Seismic Interpretation to Reservoir Simulation Modeling Workflow,”

Bryce McKee, Shell Appalachia/Upstream Americas;

11 Thaw, 4 pm

(chavez@pitt.edu)

Friday 25

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Jill Foust;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 11 am

(jef2@pitt.edu)

Human Genetics Seminar

“Next Generation Sequencing & the Genetic Risk of Autism,”

Kathryn Roeder, computational biology;

A115 Crabtree, noon

GI Research Rounds

“Neural Involvement in Pancreatic Cancer,”

Rachelle Stopczynski;

Presby conf. rm. M2, noon

(joj2@pitt.edu)

Emerging Legends Concert

Christopher Mark Jones;

Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon

Philosophy of Science Talk

“Signaling & Information in Gene Regulatory Networks,”

Brett Calcott, Australian National U;

817R CL, 12:05 pm

(pittcntr@pitt.edu)

Anthropology Colloquium

“(Mi)Staking Subaltern Everyday Practice in Crisis: Mapping Borderline Mobility, Identity, Agency,”

Arjuna Parakrama;

3415 Posvar, 3:30 pm

Saturday 26

Greensburg Campus Special Olympians Fundraiser

“SOPA Hoops Saturday”;

Chambers gym, UPG, 2 pm

(upgmedia@pitt.edu)

Men’s Basketball vs. DePaul;

Petersen, 4 pm

Sunday 27

Episcopal Service

Heinz Chapel, 11 am

(Sundays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)

University String Quartet

Heinz Chapel, 3 pm

(4-4157)

Monday 28

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Transforming Stroke Care: 30 Years of Progress,”

Lawrence Wechsler, neurology;

Scaife lect. rm. 6, 4 pm (4-0784)

Tuesday 29

GI Educational Program

“GI Journal Club Jeopardy,”

Charles Gabbert, Elizabeth Blaney & Heitham Abdul-Baki;

Presby conf. rm. M2, 7:30 am

(joj2@pitt.edu)

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Melissa Ratajeski;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 9 am

(mar@pitt.edu)

HSLS Workshop

“PowerPoint for Conference Posters,”

Julia Jankovic;

Falk Library classrm. 2, noon

(jcj6@pitt.edu)

Molecular Medicine Research Seminar

“Opposing Signals From the Ureteric Bud & the Stroma Dictate Progenitor Cell Renewal vs. Differentiation in the Developing Kidney,”

Thomas Carroll, U of TX;

Rangos Research Ctr. aud., noon

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

Basic & Translational Research Seminar

“Teaching Viruses to Destroy Cancers,”

Stephen Thorne;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon

(toyg@upmc.edu)

Anthropology Lecture

“(Re)Localizing the Welfare State: Multi-Leveled Rural Development Policy & Cultural Memory in Wales,”

William Russell Schumann III;

4217 Posvar, noon (env1@pitt.edu)

Pitt Bowling League

PAA, 5:30 pm

(Tuesdays through April; 4-8956)

C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture

“Development of Curative Therapies for Childhood Leukemia: 1940-2010,”

Robin Rohrer, Seton Hill;

Scaife lect. rm. 5, 6 pm

(erlen@pitt.edu)

Wednesday 30

Social Work Reed Smith Lecture

“The Future of Affirmative Action,”

William Carter Jr., law;

2017 CL, noon (4-7382)

Pathology Seminar

“Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: From KIT to Succinate Dehydrogenase,”

Jason Hornick, Harvard;

1104 Scaife Hall, noon

(szalkuskict@upmc.edu)

Studio Arts Gallery Talk

Undergraduate research award participants;

FFA gallery, noon

Book of Common Prayer Service

Heinz Chapel, 12:15 pm

(Wednesdays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)

HSLS Workshop

“Genome Browsers 1,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1 pm

(ansuman@pitt.edu)

Senate Council Mtg.

2700 Posvar, 3 pm

Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Resident Lecture

“Pathology”;

G33 Salk, 4 pm

(fordam@upmc.edu)

GI Grand Rounds

“GI Endoscopic & Radiologic Unknowns,”

Jennifer Wu, Jeffrey Easler & Shari Rogal;

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

(joj2@pitt.edu)

Thursday 31

Molecular Biophysics & Structural Biology Seminar

“High-resolution Structures of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors & Their Implications for Drug Development,”

Lin Chen;

6014 BST3, 11 am

EOH Seminar

“Zn2+-Mediated Synaptic Signaling: The Role of Zn2+ as a Neurotransmitter,”

Thanos Tzounopoulos, otolaryngology;

Bridgeside Point, 100 Technology Drive, conf. rm. 540, noon

(4-8300)

Epidemiology Lecture

“The Evolution of Subclinical Vascular Disease Through Menopause,”

Samar El Khoudary;

A115 Crabtree, noon

CTSI Workshop

“Demonstrating Respect & Enhancing Trust: Mastering the Informed Consent Process,”

Michael Green;

7039 Forbes Twr., 1 pm

(www.ctsi.pitt.edu)

Chemistry Seminar

“Exceeding the Limit in Solar Energy Conversion,”

Xiaoyang Zhu, Columbia;

150 Chevron, 2:30 pm

(4-8200)

SHRS/Office of Health Sciences Diversity Lecture

“What You Should Know About Some of Our Past,”

Wendell Freeland;

4060 Forbes Twr., 3-5 pm

(8-2066)

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

“Water Quantity & Water Quality in Small Urban Catchments: The Influence of Stormwater Management Strategy & Land Cover,”

J.V. Liperfido, US Geological Survey;

11 Thaw, 4 pm

(chavez@pitt.edu)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Success Without Victory: A Theory & Practice of Radical Lawyering,”

Jules Lobel, law;

2500 Posvar, 4:30 pm

(4-0784)

OvreArts Concert

Heinz Chapel, 7:30 pm

(4-4157)

February

Friday 1

Bradford Campus Admissions Session

UPB, 10 am

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

Human Genetics Seminar

“Decompartmentalizing the Mouth: Oral Status Impact on Overall Health,”

Alexandre Vieira, oral biology;

A115 Crabtree, noon

UCSUR Seminar

“How Do Residents Define Their Neighborhood Using Online Tools? Results From Pittsburgh to New York City,”

Jane Clougherty & Jessie Carr;

3343 Forbes Ave., noon

(pncis@pitt.edu)

Emerging Legends Concert

Broken Fences;

Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon

Physical Therapy Clinical Rounds

4060 Forbes Twr., noon

Saturday 2

Men’s Basketball vs. Syracuse;

Petersen, noon

Sunday 3

Women’s Basketball vs. USF;

Petersen, 1 pm

Organ Recital

Pitt students;

Heinz Chapel, 3 pm (4-4157)

Monday 4

HSLS Workshop

“EndNote Basics,”

Andrea Ketchum;

Falk Library classrm. 2, noon

(ketchum@pitt.edu)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip; Not Just a Childhood Condition,”

James Roach, pediatric orthopaedics;

Scaife lect. rm. 6, 4 pm (4-0784)

Men’s Basketball vs. Seton Hall;

Petersen, 9 pm

Tuesday 5

Sr. VC’s Laureate Lecture

Helen Hobbs;

Scaife lect. rm. 6, noon

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar

“Molecular Sex & the Mitochondrial Genome,”

Patrick O’Farrell, U of CA-San Francisco;

1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

Bus Rapid Transit Workshop

200 Robinson St., 6:30 pm

(www.opdc.org)

Wednesday 6

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Mary Lou Klem;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 11 am

(klem@pitt.edu)

Pathology Seminar

“Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Autophagy & New Drug Therapies,”

David Perlmutter, Children’s;

1104 Scaife, noon

(szalkuskict@upmc.edu)

Studio Arts Gallery Talk

Wyoming field study participants;

FFA gallery, noon

HSLS Workshop

“Genome Browsers 2,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1 pm

(ansuman@pitt.edu)

Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Resident Lecture

G33 Salk, 4 pm

(fordam@upmc.edu)

Jewish Studies Lecture

“It’s All Very Pretty, but a Person Cannot Cry There: Jewish Anxieties Over Suburbanization, 1945-65,”

Rachel Kranson, religious studies;

JCC, Squirrel Hill, 7 pm

(sqhill@pitt.edu)

Women’s Basketball vs. Providence;

Petersen, 7 pm

Pitt Symphony Orchestra

Bellefield aud, 8 pm

(concerts@pitt.edu)

Thursday 7

CTSI Workshop

“Text Information Extraction System”;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. C, 11 am

(legowskie@upmc.edu)

Epidemiology Lecture

“Does Vitamin B6 Have Cancer Chemopreventive Potential?”

Lesley Butler;

A115 Crabtree, noon

Emerging Legends Concert

Nancy Deckant;

Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, 1 pm

Chemistry Seminar

“A Physics-based Framework for Knowledge-based Protein Models: Directly Determining Physical Potentials From a Model Protein Databank,”

William Noid, Penn State;

150 Chevron, 4 pm

(4-8200)

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

Brendan McNeil, WVU;

11 Thaw, 4 pm

(chavez@pitt.edu)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Life, Law & Inflection Points,”

Pat Chew, law;

2500 Posvar, 4:30 pm

(4-0784)

CPAS Lecture

“Artistotle on the Virtues of Thought,”

Aryeh Kosman, Haverford;

817R CL, 5 pm

(4-4494)

Defenses

GSPH/Human Genetics

“A Haplotype-Based Permutation Approach in Gene-Based Testing,”

Harrison Brand;

Jan. 29, 109 Parran, 9:30 am

GSPH/Biostatistics

“Statistical Methods for Recovering GWAS Data,”

Umut Ozbek, Feb. 6;

309B Parran, 1 pm

(umo1@pitt.edu)

GSPIA/Public & International Affairs

“Exploratory Study on the Applicability of the Public Service Motivation Concept to South Korea,”

JungHo Park;

Feb. 7, 3600 Posvar, 10 am

Exhibits

Summer 2012 Creative Projects

University Art Gallery, FFA, through Feb.15, M-F 10 am-4 pm

8-2431)

ULS

“Eyes on the Future: Images of World’s Fairs in the Collections of the University Library System”;

Hillman & FFA Library;

through Feb. 24, reg. library hours

Barco Law Library

“Dream,”

Sue Vincent;

through Mar. 22, M-Th 7 am-10 pm, F 7 am-8 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun 10 am-10 pm

(8-1376)

ULS

“Reconstruction of Leibniz’s Amazing 1670s Cipher Machine,”

Nicholas Rescher;

Feb. 1-May 1, 363 Hillman, reg. library hours

(rescher@pitt.edu)

Bradford Campus

“T.E. Hanley: A Local Man With a World View”;

Blaisdell KOA Art Gallery, Feb. 7–Mar. 8, M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm, F 8:30 am-6 pm

Deadlines

Nationality Rooms Summer Graduate Students Study Abroad Scholarship

Application deadline Jan. 24.

(www.nationality rooms.pitt.edu/scholarshipsgrants/summer-study-abroad)

University Times Books, Journals & More

Submissions due Jan. 31. Submit online at www.utimes.pitt.edu. (info: 4-4644)

Nationality Rooms Summer Undergraduate Students Study Abroad Scholarship

Application deadline Jan. 31.

(www.nationality rooms.pitt.edu/scholarshipsgrants/summer-study-abroad)

Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy Grant

Application deadline Jan. 31.

(www.thornburghforum.pitt.edu)

Collaborative Translational Research Funding

Letter of intent due Feb. 20.

(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-029.html)

Steven Manners Faculty Development Awards

Application deadline Apr. 12. (dmuc@pitt.edu)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of Feb. 7-21. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Jan. 31 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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