Calendar
Thursday 20
CIDDE TA Workshops
“Designing In-Class Activities,”
815 Alumni, 1 pm;
“Encouraging Student Participation,”
G74 Hillman, 6:30 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/news/workshops)
Chemistry Seminars
“Dynamics in Complex Environments: Rods & Janus Particles,”
Rigoberto Hernandez, GA Tech, 2:30 pm;
“Reagent Controlled Stereoselective & Stereospecific Glycosylation Reactions,”
Clay Bennett, Tufts, 4 pm;
150 Chevron
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Mock K Award Study Section,”
Christine Milcarek;
S100 BST, 3 pm
(oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Computer Science Colloquium
“The Design, Implementation & Verification of an Extensible Hypervisor Framework,” Limin Jia, CMU;
5317 Sennott, 3 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
Kyle Bibby, civil & environmental engineering;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
UHC Lecture
“Connectedness in the Islamic World,”
Maxim Romanov, Tufts;
4130 Posvar, 4 pm
Women’s Studies Lecture
“Bridge Builders: Black Women in the Pittsburgh Women’s Movement,”
Patricia Ulbrich;
2201 Posvar, 4 pm
Bradford Campus FAFSA Completion Night
Computer lab, McDowell Sport & Fitness Ctr., 6-8 pm
Bradford Campus Black History Month Forum
“The Paper Bag Test,”
Romaine Harrod;
Rice aud. Fisher, UPB, 7:30 pm
Friday 21
IEE Workshop
“The Second Step: Developing a Business Plan”;
Mervis, 7:30-10 am
(iee@katz.pitt.edu)
Senate Computer Usage Committee Mtg.
717 CL, 10 am
Women’s Studies Lecture
“Waiting for Black Superman: Black Male Teachers’ Narratives of Resistance & Resilience in the Urban School Context,”
Amber Pabon;
2201 Posvar, 10 am
Human Genetics Seminar
“Genetics of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Susceptibility, Biomarkers & Mortality,”
Yingze Zhang;
A115 Crabtree, noon
Medicine Lecture
“The Ethics of Effective Education,”
Richard Gunderman, IN U;
Scaife lect. rm. 1, noon
UCSUR Seminar
“Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in the Motor City,”
George Galster, Wayne St.;
WPU lower lounge, noon
Psychiatry Lecture
“Mental Health Insurance Parity & the ACA: The Incomplete Story,”
Howard Goldman, U of MD;
WPIC aud., noon
Emerging Legends Concert
Puro Queso Jazz;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Senate Budget Policies Committee Mtg.
1817 CL, 1 pm
Sociology Lecture
“Ethnic Entrepreneurship, Intersectionality & Household Economy,”
Zulema Valdez, UC-Merced;
2432 Posvar, 1 pm
CIDDE Workshop
“TA Services: Leading Effective Classroom Discussions”;
815 Alumni, 1 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Senate EIADAC Mtg.
826 CL, 2 pm
Allegheny Observatory Lecture
“Confirmed Truths & Remaining Mysteries Regarding the Origin of the Universe,”
Lloyd Knox, UC-Davis;
159 Riverview Ave., 7:30 pm
(RSVP: 412/321-2400)
Saturday 22
Bradford Campus Black History Month World Cultural Festival
Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 6:30-9:30 pm
Music on the Edge Concert
Burr Van Nostrand;
Bellefield aud., 8 pm
Sunday 23
Episcopal Service
Heinz Chapel, 11 am
(Sundays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)
Concert
Andrew Sords, violin;
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
Men’s Basketball Vs. FL St.;
Petersen, 6 pm
Monday 24
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
“DSM-5 & Coding Update,”
David Kupfer, Sansea Jacobson & Jeremy Musher;
WPIC aud., 8 am
Biological Sciences Lecture
“Small RNA Sorting Is Critical for Germline Surveillance & Fertility,”
Carolyn Phillips, Harvard;
169 Crawford, 4 pm
Bradford Campus Black History Month Lecture
“The ‘N’ Word,”
Tracee Howell;
Mukaiyama U Rm., UPB, 8:30 pm
Tuesday 25
Integrative Oncology Lecture
“Making Wellness a Reality: Nausea”;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper conf. rm. D, 10 am
(scottdl@upmc.edu)
SAC Seminar
“Financial Planning”;
WPU Assembly Rm., noon
Basic & Translational Research Study Seminar
“Mechanism of Genome Maintenance by Fanconi Anemia Proteins,”
Agata Smogorzewska, Rockefeller U;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. C, noon
(toyg@upmc.edu)
MMR Seminar
“Hirschsprung’s Disease: Embryologic Causes & Clinical Consequences of a Brainless Gut,”
Allan Goldstein, Mass General;
Rangos aud., noon
(linda.cherok@chp.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Linda Hartman;
Falk Library classrm. 1, noon
(lhartman@pitt.edu)
MMG Seminar
“Regulation of Receptors & Transporters by Endocytosis & Ubiquitination,”
Alexander Sorkin;
503 Bridgeside Pt. II, 12:30 pm
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Developing a Teaching Portfolio”;
815 Alumni, 1 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Bradford Campus Black History Month Jeopardy
Frame-Westerberg Commons, Mukaiyama U Rm., UPB, 6 pm
Wednesday 26
Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer,”
Randall Brand;
Herberman Conf. Ctr. aud., 8 am
(millerc5@upmc.edu)
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“The Pros & Cons of Collaboration”;
S120 Starzl BST, 8:30-10:30 am
(oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Office Supplies Showcase
O’Hara, 10 am-2 pm
Artful Wednesdays Performance
Melinda Crawford Duo;
Nordy’s, WPU, noon
(pittarts@pitt.edu)
Pathology Seminar
“Cell Cycle Control & Metabolism in the Liver,”
Jeffrey Albrecht, Hennepin County Medical Ctr.;
1104 Scaife, noon (8-1040)
HSLS Workshop
“Pathway Analysis Tools 2,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-4 pm
(ansuman@pitt.edu)
GSPIA Inaugural Paul Hammond Memorial Lecture
“If We Are Safer Than We’ve Ever Been, Why Are We So Worried?”
Robert Jervis, Columbia;
UClub ballrm. B, 2 pm
(RSVP: beb38@pitt.edu)
Senate Council Mtg.
2700 Posvar, 3 pm
Biological Sciences Lecture
“Using Histone Variants to Modify the Epigenetic Landscape Flight,”
Laura Banaszynski, Rockefeller U;
169 Crawford, 4 pm
Susan G. Komen Pgh Fundraiser
“Drink for Pink”;
The Porch, Oakland, 5-7 pm
(more locations: drinkforpink.org)
Greensburg Campus Reading
“Bad Jobs in a Worse Economy,”
Adam Matcho & Matthew Newton;
Chambers, UPG, 7 pm
Thursday 27
IEE Workshop
“Employers Beware: Employee Theft in the Digital Era”;
Rivers Club, Downtown, 7:30-9:30 am
(RSVP: 8-1389)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“The Role of the TA”;
815 Alumni, 10 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Lillian Chong, chemistry;
6014 BST3, 11 am
Chemistry Seminars
“Molecular Approaches to Artificial Photosynthetic Reduction of CO2,”
Michael Hopkins, U of Chicago, 2:30 pm;
“The Bottom-up Organic Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes,”
Ramesh Jasti, Boston U, 4 pm;
150 Chevron
CTSI Workshop
“Sample Size & Statistical Power,”
Bedda Rosario-Rivera;
7039 Forbes Twr., 3 pm
Economics McKay Lecture
“Market Design: The Economist as Engineer,”
Alvin Roth, Stanford & Harvard;
FFA, 3:30 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Another Legend Bites the Dust,”
James Hagadorn;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
UHC Lecture
“Outside Pressure: NGOs as Climate Change Stakeholders,”
Daniel Lashof;
O’Hara, 4 pm
Women’s Studies Lectures
“The Trans* Inclusive Classroom,”
Justin Adkins, Williams College;
1228 CL, 4 pm
Book Reading/Signing
“A Measure of Blood,”
Kathleen George;
University Store on Fifth; 4 pm
(8-1455)
Women’s Basketball Vs. NC St.;
Petersen, 7 pm
Women’s Studies Lectures
“What’s the ‘T’’ in LGBT?” Justin Adkins, Williams College;
1501 Posvar, 7 pm
Bradford Campus Black History Month Midnight Breakfast
Featuring the Diamond Steppers;
KOA dining hall, UPB, 11 pm-1 am
Friday 28
Board of Trustees Mtg.
WPU Assembly Rm., 11 am
UCSUR Seminar
“Spatial Epidemiology: Beyond John Snow/GIS in Health Care: Emerging Tools & Technologies,”
David Wallace & Kristen Kurland;
3343 Forbes Ave., noon
Psychiatry Lecture
“Circadian Rhythms & Sleep in Older Adults: A Bedtime Story,”
Timothy Monk;
WPIC aud., noon
CTSI Workshop
“Authorship Conflict,”
Tetsuro Sakai;
7039 Forbes Twr., noon
Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Quantum Time & Structural Realism,”
William Kallfelz, MS St.;
817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)
Medicine Lecture
“Renal-Electrolyte,”
Sanjeev Sethi;
F946 Presby, 12:15 pm (cml97@pitt.edu)
HSLS Postdoc Talks
“How to Measure Protein Dynamics in Living Cells Using Fluorescence Fluctuation Techniques,”
Robert Youker;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1:30-3:30 pm
(iwema@pitt.edu)
Economics Lecture
“Light Manufacturing & The Strategy of Economic Development,”
Hinh Dinh, World Bank;
3911 Posvar, 2 pm
Honors Convocation
Alvin Roth, Stanford & Harvard;
Carnegie Music Hall, 3 pm
Bioethics Lecture
“The History of the Bedside Cardiac Exam: An Ancient Relic or a Forgotten Clinical Tool?”
Barry Silverman, Emory;
Scaife lect. rm. 5, 6 pm
Bradford Campus Black History Month Miss & Mr. Blue & Gold Pageant
Blaisdell, UPB, 7 pm
March
Saturday 1
Music on the Edge Concert
JACK Quartet;
Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Shore, 8 pm (4-7529)
Monday 3
UCSUR/GSPIA/Social Work Workshop
“Oakland 2025 Master Plan: Project Development”;
3343 Forbes Ave., 9 am-noon (RSVP: tarat@opdc.org)
CRSP Lecture
“Americans by Heart: Undocumented Latino Students & the Promise of Higher Education,”
William Perez, Claremont;
2017 CL, noon
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Teaching With PowerPoint”;
G74 Hillman, 1 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Barb Folb;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 1 pm
(folb@pitt.edu)
Men’s Basketball Vs. NC St.;
Petersen, 9 pm
Tuesday 4
HSLS Postdoc Talk
“CRISPR: A Novel, Pathbreaking, Easy-to-Use Genome Editing Tool,”
Ankita Roy;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon
(iwema@pitt.edu)
CTSI Workshop
“Performing Animal Research: The Dos & Don’ts,”
Frank Jenkins;
7039 Forbes Twr., noon
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Enzyme Inhibitors as Platforms for Cancer Diagnostic & Therapeutic Agents,”
Cliff Berkman, WA St.;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. classrm. D, noon
(toyg@upmc.edu)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Writing Tests for Math, Natural Sciences & Engineering”;
815 Alumni, 1 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
Tom Smithgall;
1395 BST, 3:30 pm
(mmcclain@pitt.edu)
History/Sociology/Hispanic/CLAS Talk
“Subjects or Citizens: West Indian Migration to Cuba,” Graciela Chailloux, U of Havana;
3P01 Posvar, noon
(lag1@pitt.edu)
UHC Panel
“Vietnam: New Lessons From an Old War, a Half-Century On,”
Bob Kerrey, Peter Arnett, Edward Miller, Thomas Vallely & Laura Palmer;
UClub 2nd fl. ballrm., 7:30 pm
(RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/VietnamLessons)
Wednesday 5
CIDDE Workshops
“Creating Multiple-Choice Questions,”
10 am;
“TA Services: Dealing With Difficult Situations in the Classroom,”
2 pm;
815 Alumni
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Artful Wednesdays Performance
Azucar;
Nordy’s, WPU, noon
(pittarts@pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“SNPs & Genetic Variation,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-4 pm
(ansuman@pitt.edu)
Senate Student Affairs Committee Mtg.
160 Thackeray, 4 pm
Pitt Symphony Orchestra Concert
Bellefield aud., 8 pm
Thursday 6
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“2014 Advanced Leadership Training Course”;
Herberman Conf. Ctr., 8 am
(oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Adam Kwiatkowski;
6014 BST3, 11 am
Emerging Legends Concert
Lorens Chuno;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
CIDDE TA Workshops
“Using Office Hours Effectively,”
B26 Alumni, 1 pm;
“Assessing Writing Assignments,”
G74 Hillman, 6:30 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Chemistry Seminar
“Deciphering Alternating Access Mechanisms in Ion-Coupled & ABC Transporters: A Spin Labeling EPR Perspective,”
Hassane Mchaourab, Vanderbilt;
150 Chevron, 4 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Orbital-Scale Climate Variability & ENSO in the Early Miocene: Leaf Wax-Derived d13C & dD Records From a Varved Diatomite in New Zealand,”
William D’Andrea, Columbia;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
Defenses
A&S/Communication
“Dissociation in Reasoning & Argumentation,”
Takuzo Konishi;
Feb. 20, 1128 CL, 10 am
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Pesticides in Aquatic Systems: An Ecological & Evolutionary Perspective,”
Jessica Hua;
Feb. 21, A219B Langley, 2 pm
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“An Analysis of Secondary Schools & Principals’ Needs to Implement Literacy Instruction Across the Content Areas,” Marguerite Sciulli;
Feb. 24, 4317 Posvar, 10 am
A&S/Physics & Astronomy
“Application of Phase Estimation Algorithms to Improve Diamond Spin Magnetometry,”
Naufer Nusran;
Feb. 24, 319 Allen, 1 pm
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“Eportfolios for Accreditation? Prevalence, Institutional Characteristics & Perceptions at United States Regionally Accredited Institutions,”
Colleen Mayowski;
Feb. 24, 4321 Posvar, 3 pm
Law/Juridical Science
“Corporate Governance of the Saudi Arabian Publicly Traded Companies: An Appraisal & Proposals for Improvement,”
Bandar Alrasheed;
Feb. 25, Barco 2nd fl. conf. rm., 10:30 am
A&S/Mathematics
“Canonical Connections,”
Ken-Hsien Chuang;
Feb. 25, 427 Thackeray, 1 pm
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Uncovering the Consequences of Co-Flowering & Pollinator Sharing: Effects of Local Community Context on Pollen Transfer Dynamics, Female Reproductive Success & Floral Evolution in Mimulus Guttatus,”
Gerardo Arceo-Gomez;
Feb. 26, A219B Langley, 10 am
Medicine/Cellular & Molecular Pathology
“Cell & Molecular Mediators Involved in Damage & Repair in Emphysema Using Mouse Models,”
Nisha Sambamurthy;
Feb. 27, NW628 Montefiore, 9 am
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Safe & Submerged: How Ecological Effects of Aquatic Plants Mitigate Insecticide Impacts in Freshwater Communities,” William Brogan;
Feb. 27, A219B Langley, 1:30 pm
A&S/Sociology
“Our Struggles Are Not the Same, But They Converge: Farmworkers, Allies & the Fair Food Movement,”
Jane Walsh;
Feb. 28, 2434 Posvar, 2 pm
A&S/English
“New Korean Cinema: Mourning to Regeneration,”
Seung-hwan Shin;
March 3, 501 CL, 9:30 am
Theatre
Theatre Arts Production
“Agamemnon”;
through Feb. 23, Henry Heymann Theatre, Th-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm
(www.play.pitt.edu/content/agamemnon)
Exhibits
Bradford Campus Exhibit
“Norman Rockwell: The 1960s”;
through March 7, KOA Gallery, Blaisdell, UPB,
Th 8 am-8 pm, F 8 am-6 pm
Hillman Library Exhibit
“Oakland: A Look Back Over the 20th Century”;
Hillman gr. fl., through Aug. 8,
Sun 10 am – F 10 pm & Sat 9 am-10 pm
Deadlines
Health & Human Services Translational Research Funding
Applications due Feb. 20.
(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-029.html)
UCSUR Manners Faculty Development Awards
Letter of intent deadline is Feb. 28.
(annaca@pitt.edu)
Pitt Innovation Challenge
Submissions due March 2.
Pilot Project Program in Hemostasis & Vascular Biology Grant
Applications due March 15.
(voithdm@upmc.edu)
Faculty Support Grant
Proposals due March 18.
(www.thornburghforum.pitt.edu)
Medical Innovation Early Stage Medical Technology Pilot Funding
Pre-proposal submission deadline is March 19. (www.engineering.pitt.edu/cmi)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of March 6-20. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Feb. 27 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Send information to utcal@pitt.edu.
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