CALENDAR
Thursday, March 30
Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds
"Ovarian Cancer," Robert Ozols; 5th fl. Eye & Ear Boardrm, 8 am
Wellness Fair
WPU Kurtzman Rm. & Ballrm., 10 am-2 pm (648-8251)
Bioethics Grand Rounds
"Environmental Responsibility & Health Care Ethics," Jessica
Pierce, U of NE; lec. rm. 5 Scaife, noon-1 pm
UPCI Immunology Seminar
"Generation & Regeneration of a Novel CTL Subset," Susan McCarthy;
995 BST West, noon
Baseball
Vs. Buffalo, doubleheader; Trees Field, 1 pm
Biostatistics Seminar
"Automatic Statistical Analysis of EEGs Recorded During an Epileptic
Seizure," Hernando Ombao; A-115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm
Pharmacology Seminar
"Monocytic Fructose1, 6-Bisphosphatase: An Early & Sensitive
Marker of Calcitriol Effects in Cancer Patients," Josephia Muindi;
622 Scaife, 4-5 pm
UPCI Research Seminar
"Nuclear Matrix Proteins: Cancer Biomarkers," Robert Getzenberg;
1095 BST West, 4 pm
Medicine Lecture
"Sustaining the Academic Enterprise: UPMC Health System Vision
for 2000 & Beyond," Jeffrey Romoff; lec. hall 6 Scaife, 4:30 pm
Toastmasters Meeting
1103 Scaife, 6 pm
Greensburg Campus Salsa Lesson
Smith Hall Lounge, UPG, 7:30-9:30 pm (724/836-9942)
Friday, March 31
Medicine Grand Rounds
"Balancing Iron & Erythropoietin in Renal Failure," Anatole Besarab;
lec. rm. 6 Scaife, 8 am
WPIC Lecture
"Schizophrenia & Aging: Myths & Reality," Dilip Jeste, UC, San
Diego; 2nd fl. Detre Aud., 10:30 am-noon (624-0750)
Pharmacology Seminar
"Subunit-Dependent NMDA Receptor Pharmacology & Function," Elias
Aizenman; 1395 BST, noon
Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting
WPU Dining Rm. B, 12:05-2 pm
Women's Tennis
Vs. Youngstown State; Washington Landing, 3 pm
Center for Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Physical Cosmology & Theology: A New Critique of Theological
Interpretations of Physical Cosmology," Part II, Adolf Grunbaum;
817R CL, 3:30 pm
Classics Lecture
"Alcaeus in Rome, Horace in New Hampshire: Some Lyric Transpositions,"
Andrew Miller; 149 CL, 3:30 pm
Economics Seminar
"Subgame Perfect Equilibria & Communication in Stage Games,"
Alejandro Manelli, AZ State; 4P58 Posvar, 3:30-5 pm
Greensburg Campus Salsa Band Concert
Sabor Latino; Chamber Hall, UPG, 8:30 pm (724/836-9942)
April
Saturday, April 1
Film Studies Symposium
"Truth at Twenty-Four Frames/Second?: Realism & the Image Now";
2M/2P56 Posvar, 10:15 am-5 pm (624-6564)
Baseball
Vs. St. John's, doubleheader; Trees Field, noon
Softball
Vs. Providence, doubleheader; Frick Park, noon
Sunday, April 2
Softball
Vs. Connecticut, doubleheader; Frick Park, 11 am
Women's Tennis
Vs. Canisius; Washington Landing, 11 am
Baseball
Vs. St. John's; Trees Field, noon
Biology Open House
Pymatuning Lab of Ecology, Linesville, 1-5 pm (for directions:
814/683-5813)
Bayer/Center for Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Paradoxes of Infinity, Space & Time?" John Norton, history &
philosophy of science; Carnegie Science Center, 3 pm (624-1052)
Pitt Women's Choral Ensemble Concert
FFA Aud., 7 pm (624-4125)
Monday, April 3
History Brown Bag Lecture
"Electronic Monographs in History: Who, How & Why?" John D'Arms,
ACLS; 3P11 Posvar, noon
Nursing Seminar
"Problems & Solutions in Quality of Life Assessment," Carol Ferrans,
U of IL, Chicago; 129 Victoria, noon
Women's Studies Lecture
"Amelia Norman, the Sentimental Novel & the Nineteenth-Century
American Seduction Law," Andrea Hibbard; 501 CL, noon-1 pm
Classics Lecture
"Penelope & the Origins of Greek Art," Elizabeth Barber, Occidental
College; 202 FFA, 3:30 pm
Biology Promotion Seminar
"The Evolution of Separate Sexes & Sexual Dimorphism in Plants:
Studies in the Wild Strawberry," Tia-Lynn Ash-man; 169 Crawford, 4 pm
KQV 1410 AM
"Higher Education Review," guests: Randy Juhl, Diana Wood, Hide
Yamatani, Jen Saffron; 7:05-8 pm
Tuesday, April 4
HR Workshop
"Being in Charge of Your Emotions," Brad Werley; 100 Craig, 9-11
am (to register: 624-8046)
Equal Rights Alliance Rally
For same-sex health benefits & affordable health benefits for
union workers; WPU lawn, noon (422-4535)
Center for Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Interpreting Quantum Field Theory," Laura Ruetsche; 817 CL, 12:05 pm
Vanguard Presentation
"Tax Planning"; HR training rm. Craig, 1-3 pm
History & Philosophy of Science Master's Defense
"Sharing Responsibility for the Failure to Provide Just Access
to Health Care," Tyan Sauder; Suite 300 Med. Arts. Bldg., 1-3 pm
Softball
Vs. Kent, doubleheader; Frick Park, 2 pm
Faculty Assembly Meeting
2P56 Posvar, 3 pm
Bayer Chemistry Colloquium
"Synthetic Methods for Chemical Diversity: From Structural to
Conformational Libraries," Richard Taylor, Notre Dame; Chevron
Ashe Aud., 4 pm
Medieval & Renaissance Lecture
"Saint Edward — Then & Now," Janelle Greenberg, history; 144
CL, 4 pm
CMU Dickson Prize in Science Lecture
"Analytical Roots of a Decision Scientist," Howard Raiffa, Harvard;
McConomy Aud., CMU; 4:30 pm (268-5052)
Pitt/CMU Indian Music Concert
McConomy Aud., CMU, 7:30 pm (tickets: 648-7370)
Jewish Studies Public Talk
"American Jews & Their Judaism," Charles Liebman, Bar Ilan U,
Israel; WPU Dining Rm. A, 7:30 pm
Spring Music Honors Recital
FFA Aud., 8 pm (624-4125)
Wednesday, April 5
HR Workshop
"Semester at Sea," Max Brandt; WPU Dining Rm. A, 9-10 am (to
register: 624-8046)
Honors College Undergrad Research Fair
WPU Assembly Rm., 11:30 am-2 pm
Pitt/CMU Workshop
"Ask the IRB," Jeannie Barone; 1102 Scaife, noon-1 pm
Vanguard Presentation
"Managing Your Retirement"; HR training rm. Craig, noon-2 pm
GSPH Dean Search Committee Meeting
A-115 Crabtree, 3 pm
Bayer Francis Clifford Phillips Chemistry Lecture
"Chemical Basis for the Dynamic Behavior of Single Mammalian
Cells," Edward Yeung, Iowa State; 12 Chevron, 6:15 pm
Pitt/CMU Eminent Biologist Lecture
"Behavior, Ecology & Evolution of Frogs & Fishes," Michael Ryan;
Carnegie Museum of Art Aud., 7 pm (624-1200)
Thursday , April 6
Women's Business Clothing Drive
Drop off at Kurtzman Rm. WPU; 7:30-9 am, 11 am-2 pm, 4-6 pm (624-1541)
Medicine's Young Women in Science Day
3rd fl. teaching labs, Scaife & foyer of BST, 9:15 am-3 pm
Alzheimer's Seminar
"Evaluation of a Caregiver Intervention at a Residential Alzheimer's
Disease Facility," Myrna Silverman; ADRC Conf. Rm. Montefiore,
noon-1 pm
Environmental Future Talk
"The Allegheny National Forest: A Case Study in Poor Federal
Stewardship of the Environment," William Luneburg; G-12 Law,
noon-1 pm
UPCI Immunology Seminar
"HLA, Fertility & Mate Choice in the Hutterites," Carole Ober,
U of Chicago; S120 BST, noon
Race in World Perspective Lecture
"Untouchables in India/Blacks in the U.S.: Caste & Race in Comparative
Perspective," Henry Thiagaraj, U of WI; CL Babcock Rm., 40th fl., 1-4 pm (687-6943)
Vanguard Presentation
"Women & Money"; Craig conf. ctr., 1-3 pm
Bayer Francis Clifford Phillips Chemistry Lecture
"Imaging Single Molecules: Implications on Microenvironments
& Disease Diagnosis," Edward Yeung, Iowa State; 12 Chevron, 3:30 pm
Pharmacology Seminar
"Fenfluramine Induced Hypothermia-Role of the Sympathetic Nervous
System," Regis Vollmer; 622 Scaife, 4-5 pm
Toastmasters Meeting
1103 Scaife, 6 pm
Friday, April 7
Aphasia Clinical Grand Rounds
4060 Forbes Tower, 7-8 am (647-1346)
Genetics Seminar
"The Genomics of Pancreatitis," David Whitcomb; A115 Crabtree, noon-1 pm
Pharmacology Seminar
"A PDZ-Interaction Domain in CFTR Is an Apical Membrane Polarization
Signal," Bruce Stanton, Dartmouth; 1395 BST, noon
Race in World Perspective Lecture
"The Route of the Slave: African Culture in Cuban Society," Juan
Antonio Alvarado, Institute of Anthropology, Havana; 3P11 Posvar,
noon (687-6943)
Vanguard Presentation
"Take Charge of Your Financial Future"; Craig conf. ctr., noon-2 pm
Music Colloquium
"A Forgotten Voice Remembered: Frank Lionel Curtis & the America
Salon Piano Tradition," Jim Cassaro; 132 Music, 4 pm
Saturday, April 8
Softball
Vs. Villanova, doubleheader; Frick Park, noon
Pitt Symphonic Band Concert
Alumni Center, Masonic Temple; open house 3-8 pm, concert 4:30 pm
Men's Glee Club Concert
FFA Aud., 8 pm (624-4125)
Sunday, April 9
Softball
Vs. Rutgers, doubleheader; Frick Park, 11 am
Bayer/Center for Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Can the Brain Know What's on Your Mind?" Peter Machamer, history
& philosophy of science; Carnegie Science Center, 3 pm (624-1052)
Heinz Chapel Spring Choir Concert
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm (624-4125)
Monday, April 10
* Summer & fall terms add/drop periods begins.
Senate Council Meeting
2P56 Posvar, 3 pm
Pitt-CMU Colloquium
"The Evolution of American Government," Frank Baum-gartner, Penn
State; 223D Porter Hall, CMU, 4 pm (648-7287)
Contemporary Writer's Lecture
Lee Smith, author of "Fair & Tender Ladies"; 125 FFA, 8:15 pm
Tuesday, April 11
HR Workshop
"The Payroll System at Pitt: An Introduction," Linda Ostroski;
100 Craig, 10 am-3 pm (to register: 624-8046)
Communication/Rehabilitation Sciences Lecture
4060 Forbes Tower, noon-1 pm (647-1341)
Intercultural Bag Lunch
5th fl. Med. Arts, noon
TIAA-CREF Presentation
"Back to Basics! Financial Terms Made Simple"; HR training rm.
Craig, noon-2 pm
Women's Studies Lecture
"Gender & Society in Nepal," Sally Schlippert; 901 CL, noon-1 pm
Center for Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Credit for Discovery," Nicholas Rescher; 817R CL, 12:05 pm
Softball
Vs. Ohio State, doubleheader; Frick Park, 2 pm
Baseball
Vs. Kent State; Trees Field, 3 pm
Titusville Campus Concert
Phil Giordano Jazz Orchestra; Henne Aud., UPT, 8 pm (814/827-4460)
Wednesday, April 12
HR Workshop
"The Payroll System at Pitt: An Introduction," Linda Ostroski;
100 Craig, 10 am-3 pm (to register: 624-8046)
Pathology Seminar
"A Mouse Model of Hereditary Tyrosinemia," Milton Finegold, Texas
Children's Hospital; 1104 UPMC Conf. Ctr., noon
Staff Association Council Meeting
2M/2P56 Posvar, 12:30-2 pm
TIAA-CREF Presentation
"Women & Investing: Debunking the Myths"; HR training rm. Craig, 1-3 pm
Senate Plant Utilization & Planning Meeting
3P57 Posvar, 3-5 pm
Biology & Physiology Seminar
"Sertoli Cell Specific Transcription & the FSH Receptor Gene
Promoter," Michael Griswold, Washington State; 5th fl. Eye &
Ear Boardrm., 4 pm
Health Policy Institute Lecture
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Health Care, Greg Zollar; GSPH
Aud., 4-5:30 pm (624-6104)
Baseball
Vs. Akron; Trees Field, 5 pm
Pgh. Chamber Orchestra Concert
Bellefield Aud., 8 pm (624-4125)
Bayer Pittsburgh Conference Lecture
"Artificial Synapses Based on Ultramicroelectrodes: Application
to the Mechanism of Vesicular Release From Single Cells," Christian
Amatore, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris; Chevron Ashe Aud., 8:15 pm
Thursday, April 13
Cultural/Film Studies Lecture
"The Political Career of Indian Cinema: Understanding Indian
Cine-Politics," M. Madhava Prasad, Center for the Study of Culture
& Society, Bangalore; 501 CL, 10 am (624-6564)
Bioethics Grand Rounds
"Subject Selection, Ethics & Pediatric Research," Eric Kodish,
Case Western; lec. rm. 5 Scaife, noon-1 pm
TIAA-CREF Presentation
"Allocating Assets to Meet Your Financial Goals!"; HR training
rm. Craig, noon-2 pm
UCIS Presentation
"Human Rights Around the World & What You Can Do About It," William
Shulz, Amnesty Int'l., & "Making Women's Rights a Reality in
India: A Practitioner's Perspective," Geeta Ramaseshan, '91 Heinz
fellow; 2M56 Posvar, 3 pm (624-4780)
Biostatistics Seminar
Richard Day; A-115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm
Provost's Inaugural Lecture
"Screening Ireland: Historym Memory, Nation," Marcia Landy, English;
FFA Aud., 4 pm
Bayer Pittsburgh Conference Lecture
"Electrochemistry at Ultra-microelectrodes: New Opportunities,
New Challenges & New Problems," Christian Amatore, Ecole Normale
Superieure, Paris; Chevron Ashe Aud., 4 pm
Pharmacology Seminar
"CNS Serotonin & the Sympathetic Nervous System in the Insulin
Resistance Syndrome," Matthew Muldoon; 622 Scaife, 4-5 pm
History of Art & Architecture Lecture
"John Ruskin's True Griffin: A Grotesque History of Art," Franny
Connelly, U of MO; 202 FFA, 4:30 pm
Toastmasters Meeting
1103 Scaife, 6 pm
Ph.D. Defenses
Music
"Tonal Resources & Compositional Processes of Traditional Ewe
Vocal Music," George Worlasi Kwasi Dor; April 3, 114 Music, 8:30 am
Biomedicine
"The Role of Phospholipase D in the Regulation of the Mitogen
Activated Protein Kinase Cascade," Mark Rizzo; April 3, 1395 BST, 2 pm
IS
"Aspects of Information Literacy: A Sociological & Psychological
Study," Teresa Neely; April 6, 503 IS, 10 am-noon
Social Work
"The Impact of Gender Role Adherence, Gender Role Stress & Sexist
Attitudes on Violence Against Women," Bonnie Robinson; April
7, 2112 CL, 10:30 am
Epidemiology
"Evaluation of the Erie County Immunization Registry of Children
12 to 23 Months of Age," Nancy Rea; April 13, A-523 Crabtree, 10 am
Theatre
Pitt Greensburg Players
"Overruled" & "Mixed Doubles"; March 30 & 31, Powers Hall Aud.,
UPG, 7 pm (724/836-9942)
Kuntu Repertory Theatre
"Nefertari Rising"; through April 8, Thur.-Sat. 8 pm, Sun. 4
pm, April 6 matinee for students & seniors, 11 am, Masonic Temple (624-7298)
Pitt Repertory Theatre
"Little Shop of Horrors"; through April 16, Tue.-Sat. 8 pm, Sun.
2 pm, Stephen Foster Memorial (624-7529)
Exhibits
University Art Gallery
"Books & Beyond: Artists' Books From Ohio Valley Collections";
through April 1; FFA, Thur. 10 am-8 pm, Fri. & Sat. 10 am-4 pm (648-2423)
Rainbow Alliance Triangle Project
WPU Kimbo Gallery, through April 2; Thur. & Fri. 10 am-6 pm,
Sat. noon-5 pm (648-2105)
Pitt Studio Arts Student Exhibition
April 12-30; FFA, Mon.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Thur. 10 am-8 pm, opening
reception April 12, 4-6 pm (648-2423)
Deadlines
Pilot Research Projects in Oral Cancer
Deadline for applications is April 1. (For applications: 647-2111)
KGSB Women's Alumni Council Forum
"Sharing Wealth & Falling Behind? A Report on the Economic Status
of Women in the Pittsburgh Region," Audrey Murrell; April 18,
Founders Rm. Duquesne Club, noon. (RSVP by April 7: 648-1645)
Tripartite Symposium
"Sensor Technology for the New Millennium"; Aud. 6 Scaife. (Register
by April 17: 386-5799)
Child Welfare Education for Leadership
For caseworkers, supervisors & other child welfare employees
who want to earn a master's degree. Applications due by April
30. (624-6305)
Calendar Deadline
The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published April 13. It will contain events of April 13-27. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm April 6, at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax: 624-4579 or e-mail to utcal+@pitt.edu.
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