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April 27, 2000

CALENDAR

Thursday, April 27

Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds

Michael Levy; 5th fl. Eye & Ear Boardrm., 8 am

UPCI Immunology Seminar

"Environmentally Polarized (Th1-Versus Th2-Inducing) Effector

DC: Implications for Immunotherapy," Pawel Kalinski, oncology;

995 BST West, noon

UPCI Research Seminar

"Mechanisms of Androgen-Dependent Gene Activation," Diane Robins,

U of MI; 1095 BST West, 4 pm

Law Retirement Dinner

In honor of professor William Brown; Hilton Hotel Ballrm., Downtown,

6 pm (648-1373)

Toastmasters Meeting

1103 Scaife, 6 pm

Friday, April 28

* Pitt Scouts for Food continues through April 30. Collection

sites in most major campus building lobbies. (624-7709)

Medicine Grand Rounds

"Opiods in the Management of Non-Malignant Pain," Michael Levy;

lec. rm. 6 Scaife, 8 am

Social Work Conference

"Reaching Out to Troubled Youth"; PAA, 8:30 am-4 pm (624-6300)

HR Sexual Harassment Prevention Workshop

Joan Bischoff; staff, 10:30 am-noon; non-supervisors, 1:30-2

pm; faculty, 2:30-3:30 pm; 100 Craig (to register: 624-8046)

WPIC Lecture

"Meet the PI: Sex Differences in Nicotine Effects & Reinforcement,"

Kenneth Perkins; 2nd fl. Detre Aud., 10:30 am-noon (624-0750)

Pharmacology Seminar

"Application of Genetically Engineered Mice to Investigate Alcohol

& Anesthetic Mechanisms & to Model Human Disease," Gregg Homanics;

1395 BST, noon

Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting

WPU Dining Rm. B; 12:05-2 pm

Saturday, April 29

* Spring term ends.

Greensburg Campus Commencement

Speaker Jay Pifer, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance & Westmorland

Trust; Chambers Hall, UPG, 2:30 pm (724/836-9942)

Black Action Society Senior Recognition Dinner

"Young, Black & Educated"; WPU Assembly Rm., 5 pm (648-7880)

Sunday, April 30

* Residence halls close.

University Commencement

Herbert Boyer, co-founder of Genentech, Inc.; Mellon Arena, Downtown,

2 pm (624-4007)

May

Monday, May 1

Higher Education Review

Penina Lieber, law & global philanthropy; Donald Gold-stein,

public/international affairs & Ed Stevens, Korean War Veterans

Association of Western PA; Don Liddick, criminal justice program,

UPG; Robert Enick & Eric Beckman, chemical engineering; KQV 1410

AM radio, 7-8 pm

Pharmacology Seminar

"A Role for Caveolin-3 in Muscular Dystrophy," Ferruccio Galbiati,

Albert Einstein College of Medicine; 1395 BST, noon

Pitt Russian Film Symposium May Day Parade

"A Historical Re-Enactment"; CL lawn, noon-3 pm

Tuesday, May 2

Pitt Russian Film Symposium Discussion

"Brother," Aleksei Balabanov, director, at 10 am & "Three Stories,"

Kira Muratova, director, at 2 pm; Beehive, Oakland (361-6905)

HR Sexual Harassment Prevention Workshop

Joan Bischoff; staff, 10:30 am-noon; non-supervisors, 1:30-2

pm; faculty, 2:30-3:30 pm; 100 Craig (to register: 624-8046)

Faculty Assembly Meeting

2M56 Posvar, 3 pm

UPMC Atrial Fibrillation Support Group

1204 UPMC Montefiore, 6:30 pm (647-8762)

Pitt Russian Film Symposium Student Films

Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 477 Melwood Ave., 7 pm (681-5449)

Wednesday, May 3

Pitt Russian Film Symposium Discussion

"Barracks," Valerii Ogorod-nikov, director; Beehive, Oakland,

10 am-5 pm (361-6905)

Pathology Seminar

"p27kipl Protein as a Diagnostic & Prognostic Marker in Surgical

Pathology," Ricardo Lloyd, Mayo Clinic; 1104 UPMC Conf. Ctr.,

noon

Pitt/UPMC Workshop

"Ask the IRB," Dennis Swanson; 1102 Scaife, noon-1 pm (578-8569)

UPMC/Highmark Pitt-Flex Presentation

WPU Dining Rm. A, noon-1:30 pm

HR Workshop

"Supervisory Skills: Guiding Conflict Resolution," Shirley Tucker;

100 Craig, 12:30-4:30 pm (to register: 648-8046)

Biology/Physiology Seminar

"Spermatogonial Transplantation," Lonnie Russell, Southern IL

U of Medicine; 5th fl. Eye & Ear Boardrm., 4 pm

Pitt Russian Film Symposium

"Play for a Passenger," Vadim Abdrashitov, director; Carnegie

Museum of Art, 7 pm (622-3212)

Thursday, May 4

HR Workshop

"Supervisory Skills: Guiding Conflict Resolution," Shirley Tucker;

100 Craig, 9 am-12:30 pm (to register: 648-8046)

Pitt Russian Film Symposium Discussion

"In That Land," Lidiia Bobro-va, director; Beehive, Oakland,

10 am-5 pm (361-6905)

UPCI Immunology Seminar

"Requirements for Molecular Chaperones in Class I MHC Biosynthesis,"

Russell Salter, pathology; 995 BST West, noon

Bayer Chemistry Colloquium

"Modern Liquid Chromatography: Are There Still Problems Remaining?"

John Dorsey, U of FL; Ashe Aud. Chevron, 4 pm

UPCI Research Seminar

"A Functional Genomic Approach to Mammalian DNA Mismatch Repair:

MLH3 & Beyond," Steven Lipkin, National Human Genome Research

Institute; 1095 BST West, 4 pm

Toastmasters Meeting

1103 Scaife, 6 pm

Baseball Vs. Youngstown; Trees Field, 7 pm

Pitt Russian Film Symposium

"Trofim," Aleksei Balabanov, director, & "Summer People," Sergei

Ursuliak, director; Carnegie Museum of Art, 7 pm (622-3212)

Friday, May 5

Aphasia Grand Rounds

4060 Forbes Tower, 7-8 am (647-1346)

Pitt Russian Film Symposium Discussion

"Brigands," Otar Ioseliani, director; Beehive, Oakland, 10 am-5

pm (361-6905)

Bayer Chemistry Colloquium

"Mechanisms of Electron Stabilization & Trapping at Dielectric

Surfaces," Leon Sanche, U of Sherbrooke, Canada; Ashe Aud. Chevron,

2:30 pm

Pitt Russian Film Symposium Student Films

Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 477 Melwood Ave., 3 pm (681-5449)

Pitt Russian Film Symposium

"Markarov," Vladimir Khoti-ko, director; Carnegie Museum of Art,

7 pm (622-3212)

Saturday, May 6

Greensburg Campus Institute for Continued Learning Workshop

Powers Hall, UPG, 9 am (724/836-7048)

Pitt Russian Film Symposium Discussion

"Nation, Fetish, Identity"; Beehive, Oakland, 10 am-5 pm (361-6905)

Johnstown Commencement

Speaker Blaine Lucas, Pittsburgh law firm Springer, Bush & Perry;

Sports Ctr., UPJ, 2 pm

UPMC Marathon Training Seminar

"Last Day Do's & Don'ts"; Westin Wm. Penn, Downtown, 2-4 pm (647-7866)

Pitt Russian Film Symposium

"Moscow Parade," Ivan Dykhovichnyi, director; Carnegie Museum

of Art, 7 pm (622-3212)

Sunday, May 7

* Residence halls open for summer term.

Interfaith Holocaus Observance

"The Holocaust — Is Our Civilization Only Skin Deep?" Thomas

Detre, UPMC; Beth El Congregation of S. Hills, Cochran & Greentree

roads, 7:30 pm (854-9120)

Monday, May 8

* Summer term registration ends; classes begin.

CIRCL Lecture

"Crash Investigation: An Overview," Robert Woodwill, National

Automotive Sampling System; Peter Jannetta Conf. Rm. UPMC, 1

pm (reservations: 648-2600)

Senate Council Meeting

2P56 Posvar, 3 pm

Tuesday, May 9

HR Workshop

"Introduction to Process Mapping," Cara Walker; 100 Craig, 9

am-noon (to register: 624-8048)

Summer Instructional Development Institutes Workshop

"Curricular & Organizational Transformation: Issues of Diversity

Inclusion," Barbara Love, U of MA; WPU Assembly Rm., 9:30 am-3

pm (to register: 624-7208)

Wednesday, May 10

HR Workshop

"Asian Values: What Are They? How Can Understanding of These

Values Help Us Deal More Effectively With People From Asia?"

Diana Marston Wood; 100 Craig, 9-10:30 am (to register: 624-8046)

Pathology Seminar

"Alzheimer's: One or Many Diseases," Christine Hulette, Duke;

1104 UPMC Conf. Ctr., noon

UPMC/Highmark Pitt-Flex Presentation

LRDC Aud., noon-1:30 pm

Staff Association Council Meeting

2M/2P56 Posvar, 12:30-2 pm

Thursday, May 11

HR Workshop

"Financial Information Overview," Kathy Tosh, Michael Moran &

Sharon Sobol; 1M56 Posvar, 9 am-noon (to register: 624-8046)

CIRCL Lecture

"Research on Injury Related to Intimate Partner Violence," Jacquelyn

Campbell, Johns Hopkins; Magee Womens Hospital Aud., 11 am (reservations:

648-2600)

UPMC/Highmark Pitt-Flex Presentation

2M56 Posvar, noon-1:30 pm

UPCI Immunology Seminar

"Analyses of Autoimmune Disease QTL Provide a Unique View of

the Immune System," Linda Wicker, Merck Research Labs; lec. rm.

1 Scaife, noon

Toastmasters Meeting

1103 Scaife, 6 pm

Ph.D. Defenses

IS

"The Characteristics of Users' Queries & Users' Relevance Criteria

in Image Retrieval in American History," Youngok Choi; April

27, 503 IS, 9:30-11:30 am

Hispanic Languages & Literatures

"Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication in the Intermediate

Foreign Language Class: A Sociocultural Case Study," Mark Darhower;

April 28, 1401 CL, 10 am

Library & Information Science

"Waltzing With Godzilla: The IRS, Income Tax & Record-keeping,"

Harold Thiele; April 28, 503 IS, 1-3 pm

Economics

"Essays on Corruption, Political Instability & Military Spending,"

Arsene Aka; May 1, 4P51 Posvar, 3:30-5 pm

Anthropology

"Interisland Interaction & Chiefdom Development in the Prehistoric

Eastern Caribbean," John Gordon Crock; May 3, 3D10 Posvar, noon

Epidemiology

"A Multistate Approach for Assessing the Net Effect of Liver

Retransplantation on Overall Survival Following Liver Transplantation:

Model & Application," Eric Seaberg; May 8, 127 Parran, 10 am

English

"French Film Criticism, Authorship & National Culture in the

Mirror of John Cassavetes's Body, His Life & His Work," Patricia

Caille; May 9, 512 CL, 10 am

Exhibits

Studio Arts Student Exhibition

Through April 30; FFA, Fri. & Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Thurs. 10 am-8

pm, Sun. 9:30 -11 am

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown Campus

"Poisons in Our Path: Watercolors by Anne Ophelia Dowden From

the Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation," and "Landscapes

in Pastel From the Permanent Collection"; Pasquerilla Performing

Arts Center, UPJ; through May 26, Mon.-Fri. 9:30 am-4:30 pm and

during all performance events. (814/269-7234)

Deadlines

Chancellor's Affirmative Action Award

Submit forms to 1234 CL by April 28. (624-6505)

Greensburg Campus Children's Literature Conference

On May 12, featuring Newberry Medalist Jerry Spinelli; Millstein

Library, UPG, 7:45 am-2:45 pm; register by April 28. (724/836-7170)

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)

Nationality Council International Cabaret Ball

WPU Kurtzman & Assembly Rms. on May 13. RSVP by May 5. (624-6150)

Johnstown Campus Family Getaway

June 23-27. Application deadline May 15. (814/269-2099)

Health Benefit Selections

Forms must be returned to Human Resources office by May 26. All

employees must submit forms, even if they are retaining the same

selections.

Calendar Deadline

The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published

May 11. It will contain events of May 11-25. Information for

events during that period must be received by 5 pm May 4, at

308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax: 624-4579

or e-mail to utcal+@pitt.edu.


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