CALENDAR
Thursday 2
Career Services Job Fair
Main fl. WPU, 10 am-4 pm (8-7130)
Asian Studies Lecture
“An Alliance for Violence: The Slaughter of Indonesian Communists, 1965-1966,” Christian Gerlach, history; 4130 Posvar, noon (8-7370)
Biostatistics Seminar
Lan Kong, GSPH; A115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm
Chemistry Seminar
“Field Regulation of Single-Molecule Conductivity by a Charged Atom,” Robert Wolkow, U of Alberta & National Research Council of Canada; 12B Chevron, 4 pm (4-8200)
Geology & Planetary Science Seminar
“Unexpected Biodiversity Loss Under Global Warming in the Neotropical Guyana Highlands, Northern South America,” Valenti Rull, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; 11 Thaw, 4 pm
Toastmasters Meeting
N727 Montefiore, 6-7:30 pm (also Feb. 9 & 16)
Friday 3
HPI Governance Briefing
“A New Model for Healthcare Boards: What Non-Profit Health Care Institutions Can Learn From the For-Profit World,” Dennis Unkovic, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott; PAA, 8-9:30 am (4-6104)
Pharmacology Seminar
“Nutrient-Sensing mTOR Signaling in Mammalian Cell Growth & Differentiation,” Jie Chen, U of IL Urbana-Champaign; 1395 BST, noon (412/383-7757)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Integration or Isolation? Explanation, Pluralism & Sex,” Carla Fehr, Iowa State; 817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)
Chinese Coffee House & Festival
WPU Kurtzman, Assembly & Ballrms., 4 pm-midnight (4-9101)
Music/Asian Studies Colloquium
“Cantonese Opera & the Chinese Diaspora in England,” Lee Tong Soon; 132 Music, 4 pm
Sunday 5
African-American Read-in
1st Baptist Church, 159 N. Bellefield, 2:45-5 pm (412/621-0500)
Monday 6
Asian Studies/English Lecture
“Cinema-Going for the Nation: State Reports, Government Documentaries & Popular Film Genres in India After 1947,” Ravi Vasudevan; 501 CL, noon
OIS Program
“PASSPORT to US Career Search”; Dining Rm. A WPU, noon-1:30 pm
Senate Council Meeting
2700 Posvar, 3 pm
Classics Lecture
“Pride & Dishonor: The Ethical Implications of Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 97b15-25,” Helen Cullyer; 142 CL, 4 pm
Magee Seminar
“Peritoneal Therapy for Ovarian Cancer”; 2131 Magee, 6-8 pm (412/641-4492)
Titusville Campus Meet the Quilters Session
Haskell Library, UPT, 7-9 pm (814/827-4477)
Tuesday 7
Health Services Seminar
“Influenza Vaccination of Children in the Inner City,” Chyongchiou Lin & Mary Patricia Nowalk; 1105 Scaife, noon (412/692-4853)
Survival Skills & Ethics Lunch
“National Science Foundation,” Diane Witt, NSF; S100A BST, noon-1:30 pm (412/578-3716)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“What Models Do That Theories Can’t,” Lilia Gurova, New Bulgarian U; 817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)
WES Lecture
“Globalized Economy & Governance: Case Study EU,” Alberta Sbragi; SLLC lounge Sutherland, 8:30 pm
Wednesday 8
UPMC/WPIC Training Session
“Managing the Individual With Mental Illness Exhibiting Violent Behavior”; 104 BST, 9-11 am (412/605-1218)
Pathology Seminar
“Histopathologic Diagnosis of Thymic Epithelial Neoplasms,” Saul Suster, OSU; 1105 Scaife, noon (8-1040)
Social Work Lecture
“Advances in Intervention Research,” Mark Fraser, UNC; 2017 CL, noon (4-6304)
SAC Meeting
1175 Benedum, 12:15-2 pm
Pitt Symphony Orchestra Concert
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (4-4125)
Pgh. Contemporary Writers Series Reading
“Actual Air,” David Berman, poet; 125 FFA, 8:30 pm (4-6506)
Thursday 9
ADRC Lecture
“The REACH II Randomized Trial: Outcomes & Future Directions,” Richard Schulz, psychiatry & social & urban research; ADRC conf. rm. Montefiore, noon-1 pm (412/692-2700)
Asian Studies Lecture
“Globalization of Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Four Different Types of Higher Education Institutions in Mainland China,” Brian Yoder; 4130 Posvar, noon (8-7370)
Immunology Seminar
“Knocking Out Immune Evasion: A Vaccine Strategy for Protection Against Chagas Disease,” Mariane Bryan; lecture rm. 5 Scaife, noon (8-7050)
REES/UCIS Lecture
“Romania Since 1989: Towards a Liberal Democracy,” Monica Ciobanu, SUNY-Plattsburgh; 4217 Posvar, noon-1:30 pm (8-7407)
Bioethics & Health Law/Global Studies/HRS Thornburgh Family Disability Law & Policy Lecture
“Including the Voices of Disabled People in the International Development Agenda,” Judith Heuman; Teplitz Courtrm. Law, 1-2:30 pm (4-0083)
UPMC/WPIC Training Session
“Treatment of Sleep Disorders”; 104 BST, 1-3 pm (412/605-1213)
Chemistry Seminar
“Formation of C-O & C-C Bonds via Transition Metal Catalysis,” Chulbom Lee, Princeton, 2:30 pm; “Water From the Bottom Up: The Cluster Perspective on Aqueous Chemistry,” Mark Johnson, Yale; 12B Chevron, 4 pm (4-8200)
Biostatistics Seminar
Nicholas Lange, Harvard; A115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Seminar
“Rainforest Conservation & Human Health in Indonesia,” Robbie Ali; 11 Thaw, 4 pm
Global Studies Lecture
“Democracy as Human Rights: Freedom & Equality in the Age of Globalization,” Michael Goodhart, political science; 4130 Posvar, 5 pm (4-2918)
Friday 10
Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting
501 CL, noon-2 pm
OIS Andean Cooking Demo
12th fl. CL, noon-1:30 pm (register: www.ois.pitt.edu/events/index.html)
Pharmacology Seminar
“Studying Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Stressed Neurons,” David Nicholls, Buck Inst. for Age Research; 1395 BST, noon (412/383-7757)
WES/EU Ctr. Lecture
“The Future of the European Union,” Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission; Connelly Ballrm. Alumni, 1:30 pm (8-7736)
Philosophy of Science/HPS Alumni Lecture
“Models, Simulations, Instantiations & Evidence: The Case of Digital Evolution,” Robert Pennock, MSU; 817R CL, 3:30 pm (4-1052)
Pitt Concert
Heesun Kim, kayagum; Bellefield aud., 8 pm (412/394-3353)
Saturday 11
CGS Adult & Transfer Student Info Sessions
McCarl Ctr., 4th fl. CL, 10:30 am (4-6600)
Sunday 12
Heinz Chapel Organ Concert
Gretchen Franz; Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
Johnstown Campus Concert
Jonathan Gonder; Pasquerilla, UPJ, 3-4:30 pm (tickets: 800/846-2787)
Monday 13
Asian Studies Japan Lecture
“Ekiben: If Station Box Lunches Could Talk,” Paul Noguchi, Bucknell; 1501 Posvar, 2-3 pm
A&S/Physics & Astronomy/Philosophy of Science Lecture
“The Science of Optics, The History of Art,” Charles Falco, U of AZ; 343 Alumni, 7:30 pm
Tuesday 14
UPMC Health Screenings
7th fl. ballrm. Alumni, 7-11 am (also Feb. 15, 888/553-8762)
Health Services Seminar
“Public Health Preparedness,” David Dausey; 1105 Scaife, noon (412/692-4853)
Race & Social Problems Lecture
“Empowering Girls: Gender-Specific Approaches for Productive Futures,” Gwen Elliot, Gwen’s Girls; 2017 CL, noon-1:30 pm (4-7382)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Atoms Entropy Quanta: Einstein’s Statistical Physics of 1905,” John Norton, HPS; 817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)
Heinz Chapel Pgh. Artist Concert
“Daphne at the Movies,” Daphne Alderson; Heinz Chapel, 8 pm (tickets: 4-4157)
Wednesday 15
UPMC/WPIC Training Session
“Psychopharmacology Update”; 104 BST, 10 am-noon (412/605-1213)
Johnstown Campus Great Americans Day Luncheon & Forum
“How Jane Addams Created American Citizens,” Daphne Spain; living learning ctr. Heritage, UPJ, 10:45 am (814/269-2099)
Senate Community Relations Committee Meeting
A638 Crabtree, 3-4:45 pm
Black History Month Talk
Author E. Lynn Harris; WPU Ballrm., 8:30 pm
Thursday 16
UPMC Health Screenings
S100 BST, 7-11 am (888/553-8762)
Asian Studies Lecture
“Japanese & Western Travelers Invent the Ainu,” Helen Hopper, history; 4130 Posvar, noon (8-7370)
Book Ctr. Poetry Reading
Ruth Schwartz & Barbara Edelman; Book Ctr., noon (8-1453)
CGS Adult & Transfer Student Info Sessions
McCarl Ctr., 4th fl. CL, 12:30 & 6 pm (4-6600)
Chemistry Seminar
“Nanoscience & the Use in Biomolecular Applications,” Geoffrey Strouse, FSU, 2:30 pm; “The Mechanism of B-Structure Formation in Peptide Models & in Proteins,” Brian Dyer, Los Alamos National Laboratory; 12B Chevron, 4 pm (4-8200)
Greensburg Campus Lecture
“Socrates’ Ethical Challenge,” William Pamerleau; Ferguson Theater, UPG, 7 pm
Johnstown Campus Financial Aid Workshop
Living learning ctr. Heritage, UPJ, 7-9 pm (814/269-2080)
Music on the Edge Concert
Ursula Oppens & MOTE Chamber Orchestra; Bellefield aud., 8 pm
English Poetry Reading
Aaron Smith; 501 CL, 8:30 pm (4-6243)
Ph.D. Defense
A&S/History
“The Problem of the Old Man: Manhood, Class & Retirement in the United States, 1910s-1950s,” Gregory Wood; Feb. 3, 3526 Posvar, 2:30 pm
Deadlines
Johnstown Campus Service-to-Community Award
Nominations due Feb. 10 to 272 Blackington, UPJ. (814/269-2080)
Nursing Scholarship
Applications due March 30; call 4-7941 for more info.
Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards
Applications due April 3; call 4-5522 for more info.
Exhibits
Studio Arts Faculty
Univ. Art Gallery, through Feb. 10, M-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Th until 8 pm (8-2423)
Hillman Library
“Bluegrey Flycatcher” through Feb. 13; “Yellow-Throated Warbler”; Feb. 14-27; Audubon exhibit case, ground fl. Hillman, M-Th 7:50 am-2 am, F 7:50 am-10 pm, Sat. 9 am-midnight, Sun. 10 am-2 am (8-7715)
Titusville Campus
“It Ain’t Your Grandma’s Quilting”; through Feb. 28, Haskell Library, UPT
Pitt Exhibition
“From Colored Orphans to Youth Development”; through March 5, John Heinz History Ctr., 1212 Smallman St.
Bradford Campus
“Wall to Wall Art: An Exhibition of Murals by Kong Ho,” Kong Ho; Feb. 3-28, M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm, F 8:30 am-6 pm, KOA Gallery Blaisdell, UPB (814/362-7505)
Theatre
Kuntu Repertory Theatre
“Mahalia Jackson: Standing on Holy Ground”; through Feb. 11, Th-Sat. at 8 pm, Sun. at 4 pm, 7th fl. aud. Alumni (4-7298)
Bradford Campus
“Henry 5 Live From Times Square”; Feb. 2 at 7:30 pm, Bromely Theater Blaisdell, UPB (814/362-7505)
Titusville Campus Auditions
“The Nerd”; Feb. 5 & 6, 6-8 pm, Haskell aud., UPT (814/827-9134)
Pitt Repertory Theatre
“Tales of the Lost Formicans”; Feb. 8-19, T-Sat. at 8 pm, Sun. at 2 pm, Charity Randall, Stephen Foster Memorial (4-7529)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published Feb. 16. It will contain events of Feb. 16-March 2. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm Feb. 9 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or e-mail to utcal@pitt.edu.
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