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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