Calendar
Thursday 20
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Developing a Teaching Portfolio”;
815 Alumni, 10 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Work/Life Effectiveness: Fostering Resilience,”
Tom Koloc & Steven Wendell;
S120 BST, 10 am-noon
(oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
“All That & a Bag of CHIPs: Structure/Function Studies of Cytosolic Protein Quality Control,”
Saurav Misra, Cleveland Clinic;
6014 BST3, 11 am
HSLS Postdoc Talks
“Ethical Considerations for Scientific Image Manipulation,”
Emily Wickline;
Falk Library classrm. 2, noon-2 pm
(iwema@pitt.edu)
SAC Benefits Seminar
“Flexible Spending Accounts”;
WPU Assembly Rm., noon
IRB Seminar
“Protecting Your Data: What Every Researcher Should Know”;
O’Hara Ballrm., noon
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Info Session
Tony Claudino;
1228 CL, 12:30 pm
Chemistry Seminars
“Hydrazone-Based Switches, Flurophores & Sensors,”
Ivan Aprahamain, Dartmouth, 2:30 pm;
David Wei, Fordham, 4 pm;
150 Chevron
CGS Open House
CL 4th fl., 3 pm
(www.cgs.pitt.edu/infosession)
Senate PUP Committee Mtg.
4127 Sennott, 3 pm
Women’s Studies Lecture
“The Politics of Sex: 2012 & Beyond,”
Susan Hansen, political science;
2201 Posvar, 4 pm
Geology/Planetary Science Colloquium
“From Small Watersheds to Regions: Variation in Hydrologic Response to Urbanization,”
Krissy Hopkins;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
History Lecture
“The General & the Music Teacher: Tracing Orality in the Dirty War Archives of Chile,”
Steve Stern, U of WI-Madison;
2500 Posvar, 4:30 pm
Bradford Campus Hunger Awareness/Friendship Table Fundraiser
“Empty Bowls & Baskets”;
Mukaiyama U Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 5-7 pm
Bradford Campus Musical Performance
“Supreme Reflections”;
Bromeley Family Theater, UPB, 7:30 pm
(showtix@pitt.edu)
UHC Lecture
“Talk About It,”
Jordan Burnham;
O’Hara, 9 pm
Friday 21
Middle States Commission on Higher Education Town Hall Mtg.
“Characteristics of Excellence: Standards for Accreditation,”
Renaissance Hotel, 107 6th St., Downtown, 9 am-noon
(register: www.univsenate.pitt.edu)
IEE Workshop
“The 2nd Step: Developing a Business Plan”;
Mervis, 7:30-10 am
(RSVP: iee@katz.pitt.edu)
EUCE Policy Conf.
“Environment & Energy: Comparison of US & EU Policies”;
PAA, 8 am-8 pm
(also March 22, 8:30 am-8 pm; register: http://tinyurl.com/lu2rujr)
Senate CUC Mtg.
717 CL, 10 am
Women’s Studies Lecture
“Sonic Wounds: Narratives of Sorrow & the Migrant Circuits of Brown Feelings,”
Armando Garcia;
2201 Posvar, 10 am
Psychiatry Clinical Grand Rounds
“Comprehensive Recovery Service”;
WPIC aud., noon
Emerging Legends Concert
Jay Hitt;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Human Genetics Seminar
“Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation: 70 Syndromes & Counting Stars?”
Eva Morava-Kozicz, Tulane;
A115 Crabtree, noon
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Humanities to Administration,”
Zsuzsa Horvath, dental public health;
1105ABC Scaife, noon
(oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Johnstown Campus CIDDE Workshops
“Best Practices for Online Teaching,” noon;
“Turnitin: OriginalityCheck, GradeMark, PeerMark,” 1:30 pm;
“Digital Media Tools for Teaching,” 3 pm,
203 Blackington, UPJ
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Designing In-Class Activities,”
815 Alumni, 1 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Senate BPC Mtg.
156 CL, 1 pm
iSchool Colloquium
“Do It Once, Do It Right: Building a Scalable Predictive Modeling Platform for Biomedical Research,”
Jimeng Sun;
501 IS, 1:30 pm
(http://ischool.pitt.edu/colloquia/is-series.php)
Senate EIADAC Mtg.
826 CL, 2 pm
Katz/Sociology/Social Work Lecture
“Making the New Economy Work in Pittsburgh,”
Gar Alperovitz, U of MD;
FFA aud., 2 pm
(www.business.pitt.edu/katz/berg)
GSPIA Johnson Inst. Exemplary Leadership Awards Ceremony
UClub Ballrm. B,
3:30-5:30 pm
(RSVP: gspiaji@pitt.edu)
Allegheny Observatory Lecture
“The Higgs Boson: A Story of Broken Marriages,”
Ayres Freitas;
159 Riverview Ave., 7:30 pm
(RSVP: 412/321-2400)
Saturday 22
Pitt/United Way Good Neighbor Day
10 am-3 pm
(register: http://cgr.pitt.edu/community/join.html)
SHRS Open House
Forbes Twr., 10 am-1 pm
Sunday 23
Episcopal Service
Heinz Chapel, 11 am
(Sundays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)
Monday 24
• Fall term enrollment appointments begin.
Social Work Health Insurance Event
“Get Covered America,”
2017 CL, noon-6 pm
CGS Lecture/Panel Discussion
“Arms & the University,”
Donald Downs, U of WI-Madison, & Ilia Murtazashvili, GSPIA;
WPU lower lounge, 4 pm
Biological Sciences Lecture
“The Art of the Soluble: Cyclodextrin’s Unanticipated Journey From Excipient to Therapeutic for the Rare Brain Disease Niemann-Pick Type C,”
Steven Walkley, Albert Einstein College of Medicine;
169 Crawford, 4 pm
American Experience Lecture
“Higher Education in 21st Century America: The Promise & the Pain,”
Mark Nordenberg;
UClub Ballrm B, 7:30 pm
(RSVP:www.thornburghforum.pitt.edu)
Tuesday 25
Cell Biology Seminar
“Novel Insights Into the Biology & Pathophysiology of the Proprotein Convertases,”
Nabil Seidah;
520 E&EI, 11 am
(cspokora@pitt.edu)
MMR Seminar
“Advances in Treatment of Rett Syndrome,”
Jeffrey Neul, Baylor;
Rangos aud., noon
(linda.cherok@chp.edu)
CIDDE Workshop
“Destination Diversity,”
Dhanfu Elston;
B26 Alumni, noon
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/elston)
MMG Seminar
George O’Toole, Dartmouth;
503 Bridgeside Pt. II,
3:15 pm
Pharmacology/Chemical Biology Seminar
“Genes That Govern Lipid Homeostasis to Balance Reproduction & Aging,”
Arjumand Ghazi, Children’s;
1395 BST, 3:30 pm
(3-7757)
IEE Workshop
“Urban Power to Prosper Program: Positioning Your Business Within a Competitive Landscape”;
UClub, 5:45-8:45 pm
(8-1544)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Developing a Lesson Plan”;
815 Alumni, 6 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Wednesday 26
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Juan Giugale;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7 am
(moenichrj@upmc.edu)
Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Augmenting Cancer Therapy Through Diet,”
Colin Champ, radiation oncology;
Herberman aud. UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 8 am
(millerc5@upmc.edu)
CIDDE Workshop
“Assertion Evidence Slide Design,”
815 Alumni, noon
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Pathology Seminar
“Mitochondrial Dynamics in Cell Death: A Tale of Two Membranes,”
Zheng Dong, Medical College of GA;
1104 Scaife, noon
Artful Wednesdays Performance
Umoja;
Nordy’s, WPU, noon
(pittarts@pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Microarray Data Analysis,”
Uma Chandran;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-4 pm
(ansuman@pitt.edu)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Cheating & Plagiarism”;
B26 Alumni, 1 pm
Chemistry Lecture
“Vibrational Stark Spectroscopy Connects Electrostatics to Catalytic Rates at Enzyme Active Sites,”
Steven Boxer, Stanford;
150 Chevron, 2:30 pm
Thursday 27
Renal Electrolyte Symposium
“Nephrotic Syndrome in Pediatric Patients: Clinical Challenges & Evidence-Based Management”;
Rangos aud., 7 am-5:15 pm
(cml97@pitt.edu)
Int’l Video Conference
“The View From Ukraine: A Digital Video Conference With US Embassy in Kyiv,”
9 am
HSLS Postdoc Talk
“How to Analyze Protein Expression in Cell Culture & Tissue Specimens,”
Sandra Cascio;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon
(iwema@pitt.edu)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Mark Yeager, UVA;
6014 BST3, 11 am
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Developing a Teaching Philosophy Statement”;
G74 Hillman, 11 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
ADRC Lecture
“Matching of [C-11]PiB PET & Post-Mortem Measures of Amyloid-Beta Load: Technical Considerations,”
Julie Price, radiology & biostatistics;
ADRC conf. rm. Montefiore, noon
Office of Academic Career Development Forum
“2014 Women in Medicine & Science”;
11th fl Scaife, 12:30 pm
(also March 28 at 11:30 am; register: oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Chemistry Seminars
“Significance of New Approaches: How Umpolung Translated Triazoles Into Cyanocarbenes,”
Mitchell Croatt, UNC-Greensboro, 2:30 pm;
“New Molecules & Materials for Studying Carbohydrate Recognition,”
Amit Basu, Brown, 4 pm;
150 Chevron
Law Review Symposium
“Challenging Authority: A Symposium in Honor of Derrick Bell,”
roundtable discussions, Alcoa Rm. Barco, 2:30 pm;
reception & opening lecture, Charles Ogletree, Harvard,
Barco, 6-9 pm
(also March 28, UClub, 8 am-5 pm; www.law.pitt.edu)
Geology/Planetary Science Colloquium
“Climatic & Anthropogenic Feedbacks to Atmospheric Methane Emissions,”
Amy Townsend-Small, U of Cincinnati;
11 Thaw, 3:45 pm
UHC Lecture
“Making a Difference in Climate Change Discourse: The UN &/or Popular Movements,”
Robert Orr, UN Inst. of Training & Research;
O’Hara, 4 pm
Provost Inaugural Lecture
“The Teachings of Sus Scrofa: What I Have Learned From 25 Years of Resuscitation Research,”
James Menegazzi, emergency medicine;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, 4 pm
Women’s Studies Lecture
“Recent Work in Masculinity Studies,”
Gabby Yearwood, anthropology, & Scott Kiesling, linguistics;
2201 Posvar, 4 pm
Friday 28
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Pat Weiss;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 11:30 am
(pwf@pitt.edu)
Economics Lectures
“Epistemic Foundations for the Failure of Nash Equilibrium,”
Paul Healy, Ohio State, noon;
“Occupational Choice, Human Capital & Financing Constraints,”
Rui Castro, Université de Montréal, 3:30 pm;
4716 Posvar
Psychiatry Lecture
“Fulfilling the Promise of Molecular Medicine in Fragile X & Autism: Progress & Pitfalls,”
Mark Bear, MIT;
WPIC aud., noon
Emerging Legends Concert
Pitches & Tones;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Health Equity Grand Rounds Lecture
“The Role of Family Formation in Social Inequality,”
Rebecca Maynard, Penn;
G23 Parran, 1 pm
(healtheq@pitt.edu)
iSchool Colloquium
Aisling Kelliher;
501 IS, 1:30 pm
(http://ischool.pitt.edu/colloquia/sis-series.php)
Renal-Electrolyte Grand Rounds
“Mechanisms Integrating Podocyte Junctional Integrity & Cytoskeletal Dynamics,”
Lawrence Holzman, Penn;
F946 Presby;
12:15 pm
(cml97@pitt.edu)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Gender, Authority & Teaching,”
815 Alumni, 2:30 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Music Lecture
“The Amazing Bud Powell: His Tests & Triumphs,”
Guthrie Ramsey, Penn;
132 Music, 4 pm
Saturday 29
Bradford Campus Women’s History Month Luncheon
“Gift From the Sea”;
Mukaiyama U Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 11:30 am
Sunday 30
Organ Recital
IUP students;
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
Monday 31
Provost Inaugural Lecture
“SOS: Mitochondrial Distress Signals in Parkinson’s Disease,”
Charleen Chu, neuropathology;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, 4 pm
UHC Climate Change Lecture
“Climate Policy as Wealth Creation,”
James Boyce, UMass-Amherst;
UClub Ballrm. B, 4:30 pm
Student Gov’t. Lecture
“Arab Spring: Implications for US Relations Abroad,”
Michael Slackman, NY Times;
WPU Assembly Rm., 8 pm
April
Tuesday 1
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Using Office Hours Effectively”;
815 Alumni, 1 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
CTSI Workshop
Esa Davis;
7039 Forbes Twr., 1:30 pm
(kschmidt@pitt.edu)
Faculty Assembly Mtg.
2700 Posvar, 3 pm
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Melissa Ratajeski;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 3 pm
(mar@pitt.edu)
Pharmacology/Chemical Biology Seminar
Shivendra Singh;
1395 BST, 3:30 pm
(mmcclain@pitt.edu)
Mascaro Ctr./Heinz Distinguished Lecture
“Sleeping Naked & Showering in the Dark: The Fun Path to Green Living,”
Vanessa Farquharson;
WPU Ballrm., 4:30 pm
(register: www.mascarocenter.pitt.edu/heinzlecture)
Wednesday 2
Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds
“Novel Applications of Microbubble Ultrasound Delivery of Cancer Drugs,”
Flordeliza Villanueva;
Herberman aud. UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 8 am
(millerc5@upmc.edu)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Teaching a Six-Week Course”;
815 Alumni, 9 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Pathology Research Seminar
“The Top Down Hallmarker of Cancer,”
Jose Costa, Yale;
1104 Scaife, noon
(szalkuskict@upmc.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Primer Design & Restriction Analysis,”
Carrie Iwema;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-4 pm
(iwema@pitt.edu)
Greensburg Campus FAFSA Sessions
210 Cassell, UPG, 5-8 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Thursday 3
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Andrew VanDemark;
6014 BST3, 11 am
Emerging Legends Concert
Squirrel Hillbillies;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
EOH Seminar
“Acute Kidney Injury From Chronic Ethanol Ingestion: Oxidized Phospholipids & Angry Neutrophils,”
Thomas McIntyre, Cleveland Clinic;
540 Bridgeside Pt., noon
CIDDE TA Workshops
“Writing Tests for Math, Natural Sciences & Engineering,
B26 Alumni, 1 pm;
“Encouraging Student Participation,”
815 Alumni, 2 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Chemistry Seminar
“Unconventional Pipetting for Bioanalysis,”
Lane Baker, IN U;
150 Chevron, 2:30 pm
Geology/Planetary Science Colloquium
Steven Ruff, AZ State;
11 Thaw, 3:45 pm
ACC Conf.
“Meeting of the Minds”;
O’Hara, FFA & UClub, 5:30 pm-8 pm
(also Fri. 8 am-10:30 pm; Sat. 8 am-12:30 pm; www.accmom2014.pitt.edu/)
Contemporary Writers Lecture
Jeff Sharlet;
FFA aud., 8:30 pm (4-6508)
Defenses
Public Health/Behavioral & Community Health Sciences
“Concordance of Race/Ethnicity of Interventionists & Caregivers of Dementia Patients: Relationship to Study Outcomes,”
Kathleen McGinnis;
March 20, 210 Parran, 2 pm
A&S/Psychology
“Self-Affirmation: A Regulatory Fit Analysis,”
Kira Alexander;
March 21, Glaser Aud. LRDC, 8:30 am
A&S/Anthropology
“Organization & Growth Among Early Complex Societies in Central Pacific Panama,”
Charles Adam Berrey;
March 21, 3307 Posvar, 9 am
SHRS/Sports Medicine & Nutrition
“Predication of Knee Kinematics During a Stop Jump-Cut Maneuver Using Trunk Neuromuscular Characteristics & Kinematics in a Healthy Physically Active Population,”
Karen Keenan;
March 21, 4014 Forbes Twr., 11 am
Engineering/Bioengineering
“Left Ventricular Function & Cardiac Glycolytic Metabolism in Mouse Models of Hypoxia & Obesity,”
Rosa H. Rodriguez;
March 21, 1295 BST, 1 pm
A&S/Anthropology
“The Flowing Materiality of Crystal: A Global Commodity Chain of Fengshui Objects From Brazil, China to Taiwan,”
Shih-Hsiang Sung;
March 21, 3106 Posvar, 2 pm
A&S/Music
“‘A Musical Analysis of the People’s Microphone: Voices and Echoes in Protest & Sound Art’ & ‘Occupation 1 for String Quartet,’”
Jeremy Woodruff;
March 25, 302 Music, 12:30 pm
A&S/Classics
“Generic Enrichment & Reader Expectation in Horace’s Odes,”
John Scanlon;
March 25, 5601 Sennott, 4 pm
Public Health/Epidemiology
“Cardiovascular Disease & Mobility Disability in Rural Older Indians: The Mobility & Independent Living in Elders Study (MILES),”
Tushar Singh;
March 26, 622 Crabtree, 8:30 am
SHRS/Occupational Therapy
“Examining the Effects of a Repetitive Task Practice Program Among Individuals With Unilateral Spatial Neglect,”
Emily Grattan;
March 26, 4065 Forbes Twr., 2 pm
Public Health/Epidemiology
“A Computational Method for the Analysis of Pain Patterns & Progression of Pancreatitis With a Large Number of Predictor Variables,”
Ye Tian;
March 26, 101 Parran, 2 pm
Nursing
“Symptom Experience Following Lung Cancer Surgery,”
Kathleen Hopkins;
March 27, 451 Victoria, 10:30 am
A&S/History & Philosophy of Science
“Time & the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics,”
Thomas Pashby;
March 28, G28 CL, 9 am
A&S/Music
“A Radical Idiom: Style & Meaning in the Guitar Music of Derek Bailey & Richard Barrett,”
Aaron Brooks;
March 28, 302 Music, 1 pm
SHRS/Sports Medicine & Nutrition
“Predictors of Knee Functional Joint Stability in Uninjured Physically Active Adults,”
Nicholas Clark;
March 28, 4014 Forbes Twr., 1 pm
A&S/Economics
“Evaluating Public Policy Using Life-Cycle Models,”
Yue Li;
April 2, 4900 Posvar, 11 am
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
“The Preclinical & Clinical Pharmacology of Benzaldehyde Dimethane Sulfonate (BEN) for the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma,”
Robert Parise;
April 2, 456 Salk, 11 am
Public Health/Biostatistics
“A Permutation-Based Correction Method for Pearson’s Chi-Square Test on Data With an Imputed Complex Outcome: A Modified EM Algorithm for Contingency Table Analysis With Missing Data,”
Megan Olson Hunt;
April 3, 109 Parran, 10 am
A&S/History
“Estrangement & Reconciliation: French Socialists, German Social Democrats, and the Origins of European Integration, 1948-1957,”
Brian Shaev;
April 3, 3703 Posvar, 1 pm
Public Health/Epidemiology
“Translation of the Diabetes Prevention Program to the Community: Evaluation of Implementation Issues,”
Karl Vanderwood;
April 3, A523 Crabtree, 1:30 pm
Theatre
Greensburg Campus Night of Magic
“A Very Potter Musical”;
April 3-5, Ferguson Theatre, UPG, 7:30 pm
Theatre Arts Production
“In the Heights”;
March 27-April 6, Charity Randall Theatre, Tu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm
(www.play.pitt.edu/content/heights)
Exhibits
Barco Law Library
“Gardens of Repose”
by Larry Hankowitz;
through May 16,
M-Th 7:30 am-10 pm, F 7:30 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun noon-8 pm
Hillman Library
“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
Ethical Issues in Pain Management Conf.
Registration deadline March 28 for April 4 conf.
(https://ccehs.upmc.com/liveformalcourses.jsf)
NIH Women’s Health Training Grant
Submit application documents by March 28.
(http://bircwh.pitt.edu/content.asp?id=1422#1890)
Amy Stine Workshop on Holistic Medicine
Registration deadline April 5 for April 12 event.
(cim@upmc.edu)
Clinical & Translational Research Training Opportunities
Application deadline is April 15.
(www.icre.pitt.edu/degrees/admissions_degrees.html)
Annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure Forms
Deadline is April 15.
(www.coi.pitt.edu or 412/383-2828)
Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2015 Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Preliminary applications due by June 16.
(www.oorhs.pitt.edu/searchfunding/ShowNomination.aspx?nominationId=10775)
Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award
Nomination deadline May 2 to the University Senate office, 1234 CL.
(8-7860)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of April 3-17. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on March 27 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Send information to utcal@pitt.edu.
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