Thursday 7

CTSI Workshop

“Text Information Extraction System”;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. C, 11 am

(legowskie@upmc.edu)

EU Ctr. Lecture

“In the Center of Europe, but on the Fringe? Liechtenstein & European Integration,”

Claudia Fritsche;

4217 Posvar, noon

(RSVP: adelnore@pitt.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

“Dendroisotopes From Two Central Appalachian Tree Species Describe Contrasting Long-term Responses to Atmospheric Deposition,”

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)

Classics, Philosophy & Ancient Science Lecture

“Artistotle on the Virtues of Thought,”

Aryeh Kosman, Haverford;

817R CL, 5 pm (4-4494)

Friday 8

CTSI Workshop

“Responsible Use of Animals in Biomedical Research,”

David Schabdach;

7039 Forbes Twr., noon

(www.ctsi.pitt.edu)

Physical Therapy Clinical Rounds

4060 Forbes Twr., noon

SVC Research Seminar

“Human Genetics”;

A115 Crabtree, noon

(amd186@pitt.edu)

Sr. VC’s Research Seminar

“The Ploidy Conveyor of Mature Hepatocytes as a Source of Genetic Variation,”

Andrew Duncan;

Scaife lect. rm. 6, noon

Philosophy of Science Lecture

“Why We Reason: Intention-Alignment & the Genesis of Human Rationality,”

Andrew Norman, CMU;

817R CL, 12:05 pm

(pittcntr@pitt.edu)

Psychology Lecture

“Poverty, Conditional Cash Transfers & Children’s Development: Using Psychology to Understand Policy Strategies,”

Larry Aber, NYU;

4127 Sennott, 3 pm

Saturday 9

Anesthesia Lecture

“Advanced Anesthesia Update: Review for Permit Renewal,”

Joseph Giovannitti;

2148 Salk, 8:30 am-1:30 pm

UPMC Sports Medicine Seminar

Leslie Bonci, Aimee Kimball, Tara Ridge;

Montefiore, LHAS aud., 10 am

Balkan Singing & Dance Workshop

WPU Ballrm., 10 am-4 pm

(anh59@pitt.edu)

Sunday 10

Episcopal Service

Heinz Chapel, 11 am

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

Chamber Choir Festival

Heinz Chapel, 3 pm

Monday 11

HSLS Workshop

“Adobe Photoshop,”

Julia Jankovic;

Falk Library classrm. 2, noon

(jcj6@pitt.edu)

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Ester Saghafi;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 1 pm

(saghafi@pitt.edu)

Animé Film

“5 Centimeters per Second”;

FFA aud., 7 pm

(reger@pitt.edu)

Bus Rapid Transit Workshop

Oakland Career Ctr., 294 Semple St., 7 pm

(www.gettherepgh.org)

Tuesday 12

Pitt Day in Harrisburg

7 am-8:45 pm

(poller@pitt.edu)

Basic & Translational Research Seminar

“The Sixth Sense: How the Immune System Recognizes Tumor Cell Death,”

Michael Lotze;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon

(toyg@upmc.edu)

Molecular Medicine Research Lecture

“To Present New & More Efficient Approaches for the Therapy of Type 1 Diabetes,”

Massimo Trucco, medicine;

Rangos aud., noon

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

Philosophy of Science Lecture

“The Genealogical Concept of Human Nature,”

Maria Kron-feldner, Bielefeld U;

817R CL, 12:05 pm

(pittcntr@pitt.edu)

Community Research Ethics Roundtable

“Writing for a Lay Audience,”

Michael Yonas, Maureen Passmore, Lisa Zur & Jennifer Jones;

109 Parran, 12:30 pm

(register: PARTners@hs.pitt.edu)

Pitt Bowling League

PAA, 5:30 pm

(Tuesdays through April; 4-8956)

Wednesday 13

Grand Rounds

“Clinical Oncology & Hematology,”

Michael Davies;

Herberman Conf. Ctr. aud., 8 am

(millerc5@upmc.edu)

Asia Over Lunch Lecture

“Gentry Power & Accountability: Negotiating Tax Hikes in 19th-Century Sichuan,”

Elisabeth Kaske, CMU;

4130 Posvar, noon

(reger@pitt.edu)

Pathology Seminar

“Proteolytic Control of Hepatic Cell Fate in Liver Development & Tumorigenesis,”

Rama Khokha, U of Toronto;

1104 Scaife, noon

Social Work Lecture

“Improving the Life Chances of Disadvantaged Children,”

Katherine Magnuson, U of WI-Madison;

2017 CL, noon

(mlc85@pitt.edu)

Book of Common Prayer Service

Heinz Chapel, 12:15 pm

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

SAC Mtg.

WPU dining rm. B, 12:15 pm

HSLS Workshop

“Gene Regulation Resources,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1 pm

(ansuman@pitt.edu)

EUCE & European Studies Ctr. Lecture

“Engendering Italy: Gaps, Contradictions & Paradoxes of Gender on the EU Background,”

Giuseppina Pellegrino;

4130 Posvar, 3:30 pm

Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Resident Lecture

“Reconstruction”;

G33 Salk, 4 pm

(fordam@upmc.edu)

PACWC Talk/Performance

“NEXT!” Bria Walker, theatre arts;

UClub 1st fl. library, 5 pm

(RSVP: women@pitt.edu)

Bradford Campus Sports Psychology Workshop

“Performance Enhancement Techniques,”

200 Seneca, UPB, 6 pm

(also Feb. 20: contined@pitt.edu)

Wm. Pitt Debating Union Marcella Finegold Debate

“Should Providers Be Mandated to Show & Explain High-Resolution Ultrasound Images of Pregnancy to Women Deciding Whether to Terminate?”

Jeff Coleman, Theresa Stanton Collett & Paras Minhas vs. Nancy Stanwood, Matthew Bradford & Victoria Julian;

O’Hara Ballrm., 7 pm (4-2887)

Thursday 14

Faculty Professional Development Lecture

“Tenure Track Checkpoint: Strategies to Stay on Target,”

Ann Thompson;

S120 Starzl BST, 8:30 am

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

Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar

“Can Molybdopterin Remain Innocent in Nitrate Reduction?”

Partha Basu;

6014 BST3, 11 am

CTSI Workshop

“An Author’s Responsibilities: Publication & Authorship,”

Robert Weyant;

7039 Forbes Twr., noon

(www.ctsi.pitt.edu)

Epidemiology Lecture

“Resilience to Aging: A Neuroepidemiologic Approach,”

Caterina Rosano;

A115 Crabtree, noon

GSPIA Roscoe Robinson Jr. Lecture

“The Black Officer Corps,”

Isaac Hampton;

3911 Posvar, 3:30 pm

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

Tony Iannacchione, civil & environmental engineering;

11 Thaw, 4 pm

Friday 15

Physical Therapy Clinical Rounds

“A Complicated Case of Chronic Shoulder & Scapular Pain,”

Brittany Patterson, 4060 Forbes Twr., noon

Educational Administration Workshop

“Careers à la Carte,”

Karen Schmidt;

S100 Starzl BST, noon

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

UCSUR Seminar

“Residential & Social Mobility: Implications for Place-Based Initiatives,”

Claudia Coulton & Lillian Harris;

3343 Forbes Ave., noon

(pncis@pitt.edu)

Emerging Legends Concert

Dan Possumato, Vince Burns & Kathy Fallon;

Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon

Senate Budget Policies Committee Mtg.

538 WPU, 1:10 pm  (Please note: location changed/updated after print version was distributed.)

Philosophy of Science Lecture

“What Is Ontic Structural Realism?”

James Ladyman, U. of Bristol;

817R CL, 3:30 pm

(pittcntr@pitt.edu)

Grad. Organization of Europe & Central America/REES Film

“The Light Thief (Svet-Ake)”;

FFA aud., 7 pm

Saturday 16

Greensburg Campus Concert

Mayday Parade;

Chambers gym, UPG, 8 pm

Music on the Edge Concert

Haleh Abghari & Lisa Pegher;

Andy Warhol Museum, North Side, 8 pm

Monday 18

• Summer term enrollment period begins.

Men’s Basketball vs. Notre Dame;

Petersen, 7 pm

Animé Film

“Memories”;

CMU McConomy aud., 7 pm

(reger@pitt.edu)

Tuesday 19

Basic & Translational Research Seminar

“Lessons Learned From Studying the P53 Tumor Suppressor Network,”

Carol Prives, Columbia;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon

(toyg@upmc.edu)

Senate Community Relations Committee Mtg.

272 Hillman, noon-2 pm

SAC Workshop

“FMLA & Other Medical Leave Options,”

Aynsley Jiminez, benefits, & Eric Zvejnieks, MetLife;

548 WPU, noon

Molecular Medicine Research Lecture

“Changing Paradigms in Pancreatitis & Pancreatic Cancer,”

Ashok Saluja;

Rangos aud., noon

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

Philosophy of Science Lecture

“Russell Meets Woodward: Three Objections to the Open Systems Argument,”

Alexander Reutlinger, U of Cologne;

817R CL, 12:05 pm

(pittcntr@pitt.edu)

Sara Fine Inst. Lecture

“Overcoming Copyright Obstacles to Creating Digital Libraries,”

Pamela Samuelson, UC-Berkeley;

Teplitz Moot Courtrm., 2:30 pm

Faculty Assembly Mtg.

UClub conf. rm. A, 3 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar

“Cancer & Aging: Rival Demons?”

Judith Campisi;

1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

Social Epidemiology Journal Club

Forbes Twr. 7th fl. conf. rm., 4 pm

Wednesday 20

Grand Rounds

“Clinical Oncology & Hematology,”

Robert Ferris;

Herberman conf. Ctr. aud., 8 am

(millerc5@upmc.edu)

CTSI Workshop

“Working Toward Solutions in Institutional Review Board Protocol Design,”

Shannon Valenti;

7039 Forbes Twr., noon

(www.ctsi.pitt.edu)

Asia Over Lunch Lecture

“The Birth of the Modern Expert Witness in Early 20th-Century China,”

Daniel Asen, history;

4130 Posvar, noon

(reger@pitt.edu)

Pathology Seminar

“An Expanding Role for Arx in Normal & Abnormal Brain Development,”

Jeffrey Golden, Harvard;

1104 Scaife, noon

HSLS Workshop

“SNPs & Genetic Variation,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1 pm

(ansuman@pitt.edu)

Bradford Campus Microsoft Word Workshop

200 Seneca, UPB, 1-5 pm

(contined@pitt.edu)

Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Resident Lecture

“Pathology”;

G33 Salk, 4 pm

(fordam@upmc.edu)

Women’s Basketball vs. Cincinnati;

Petersen, 7 pm

Thursday 21

Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar

“Investigations of the Early Secretory Pathway: Structure & Heterogeneity of the COPII Coat,”

Scott Stagg, FL St.;

6014 BST3, 11 am

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Andrea Ketchum;

Falk Library classrm. 1, noon

(ketchum@pitt.edu)

GSPH Lecture

“Understanding Surgical Treatment of Obesity: The Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery,”

Steven Belle, epidemiology & biostatistics;

A115 Crabtree, noon

ADRC Lecture

“Cueing Kitchen: A Task-based Cognitive Coaching System,”

Dan Ding;

S439 Montefiore, noon

Chemistry Seminars

“Materials Design, Processing & Applications of Organic Semiconductors,”

Zhenan Bao, Stanford, 2:30 pm;

“Synthesis of Bioactive Carbohydrates, Amines & Fluorinated Compounds for Imaging,”

Hien Nguyen, U of IA, 4 pm;

150 Chevron (4-8200)

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium

Pratigya Polissar, Columbia;

11 Thaw, 4 pm

(chavez@pitt.edu)

Defenses

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

GSPH/Biostatistics

“The Performance of Biased-Coin Minimization in Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trials,”

Li-Chuan Tu;

Feb. 15, A215 Crabtree, 1 pm

A&S/History

“Negotiating Indigenous Autonomy: Politics, Land & Religion in Tierradentro (Colombia), 1905-50,”

Alejandra Boza;

Feb. 20, 3703 Posvar, 10 am

A&S/Philosophy

“Hegel’s Critique of Kant’s Standpoint of Finitude,”

Daniel Addison;

Feb. 20, 314 CL, 11 am

Theatre

Greensburg Campus Gay-Straight Alliance

“The Vagina Monologues”;

Campana Chapel & Lecture Ctr., UPG, Feb. 14 & 15, 7:30 pm

(724/836-9905)

Pitt Repertory Theatre

“Zanna, Don’t!”

Henry Heymann Theatre, Feb. 14-Mar. 3, Tu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm

(www.play.pitt.edu/content/zanna-don’t)

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

(www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/hours/all.html)

Bradford Campus

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

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

(kaa54@pitt.edu)

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;

363 Hillman, through Apr. 28, reg. library hours

(rescher@pitt.edu)

Deadlines

Collaborative Translational Research Funding

Letter of intent due Feb. 20.

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

Medical Technology Research Ideas

Proposals due Feb. 22.

www.engineering.pitt.edu/cmi/CMIStandardTwoColumn.aspx?ID=2147497096

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. 21-March 7. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Feb. 14 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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