Calendar
Thursday 23
Flu Shot Clinic
Bassist Esperanza Spalding, the first jazz performer ever to win the Grammy for best new artist, is part of this year’s jazz seminar and concert, scheduled for Oct. 27-Nov. 1.
503 Bridgeside Pt., 11 am-1 pm
Talking Tech
O’Hara dining rm., 11:30 am & 1 pm
(RSVP: theuniversitystore@pitt.edu)
Epidemiology Seminar
“Biological Stress in Depression & Anxiety Disorders: Results From the Netherlands Study of Depression & Anxiety (NESDA),”
Catherine Black;
public health aud., noon
(jcauley@edc.pitt.edu)
ADRC Lecture
“Update on Predicting Driving Risk in Dementia & Cognitive Disorders of Aging,”
Beth Snitz;
S439 Montefiore, noon
Senate Fall Plenary Session
“Managing Research Data: Challenges & Opportunities at the University”;
WPU Assembly Rm., noon-3 pm
Integrative Cancer Wellness Fair
Cancer Pavilion, UPMC Shadyside, noon-4 pm
(scottdl@upmc.edu)
Chemistry Seminars
“Single-Sensor Arrays for Measuring the Full Range of Neuronal Communication,”
Michael Heien, U of AZ, 2:30 pm;
“The Effect of Covalent Chemistry on the Electronic Structure & Properties of Carbon Nanotubes & Graphene: Role of Organometallic Complexation Reactions in the Interconnection of Graphitic Surfaces,”
Robert Haddon, UC-Riverside, 4 pm;
150 Chevron
HAA Lecture
“After Digging Comes the Hard Part: Decoding Florence Cathedral Without Leaving Frick Fine Arts,”
Franklin Toker;
FFA aud., 4 pm
Provost Inaugural Lecture
“Capturing Light Quanta at a Metal Mirror,”
Hrvoje Petek;
2500 Posvar, 4 pm
Atkins Goethe Conf.
363 Hillman, 4:30 pm
(Through Oct. 26; schedule: http://2014conference.goethesociety.org/)
Friday 24
• Deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean’s office for fall term.
• Homecoming weekend (see Homecoming calendar, this issue)
Faculty & Staff Development Programs
“Time & Attendance Record Keeping,”
342 Craig, 9-11 am;
“Principles & Practices of Servant Leadership,”
Audrey Murrell, 532 Alumni, 9 am-noon
CIDDE Workshop
“Turnitin: OriginalityCheck, GradeMark & PeerMark”;
B26 Alumni, 10 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Design, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Journal Club
109 Parran, noon
Psychiatry Lectures
“Cardiometabolic Risk in the Insomnia/Short Sleep Phenotype: Could Exercise Be a Key Treatment Component?”
Christopher Kline;
“Aggressive Behavior in Young Women With Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms,”
Lori Scott;
WPIC aud., noon
Sustainability Lecture
“Sustainability Policies in the U.S. & Europe: A Comparison of Sources & Outcomes,”
Michaël Aklin & Johannes Urpelainen, Columbia;
4217 Posvar, 1:30 pm
Anthropology Presentation
“Participatory Bureaucracy: The WV Chemical Spill Disaster & Emergent Forms of Knowledge Democracy in Natural Resource Governance,”
Betsy Taylor;
3106 Posvar, 3 pm
Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Near a Contradiction: Unconscious Thought & the Rise of Scientific Psychology 1700-1900,”
Alison Simmons, Harvard;
817R CL, 3:30 pm
(4-1052)
Saturday 25
StepAFRIKA Performance
Alumni 7th fl. aud., 7:30 pm
Sunday 26
Episcopal Service
Heinz Chapel, 11 am
(Sundays: pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com)
Shale Drilling & Public Health Conf.
UClub, 1-6 pm
(also Oct. 27; http://shale.palwv.org)
Robert Sutherland Lord Memorial Concert & Tribute
Steven Anisko, Robert Blevins & Douglas Himes;
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
Ukrainian-American Film Festival
“Our Shevchenko,” 5:30 pm;
“Ivan the Powerful,” 7 pm;
FFA aud.
Monday 27
• Spring term enrollment appointments begin.
WPIC/Psychiatry/Medicine Conf.
“Violence & Behavioral Health: Developing an Evidence-Informed Community Agenda”;
Sheraton, Station Square,
9 am-4:30 pm
(www.wpic.pitt.edu/oerp/conferences)
CIDDE Workshop
“Encouraging Student Participation,” B26 Alumni, noon
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Senate Educational Policies Committee Mtg.
826 CL, 3 pm
GSPIA Lecture/Book Signing
“Political Order & Political Decay,”
Francis Fukuyama;
20th Century Club, 4 pm
(RSVP: cmsgspia@pitt.edu)
English Panel Discussion
“Media Internships: Writing on the Job,”
David Shribman;
WPU ballrm., 7:30 pm
Tuesday 28
Salk Centenary Sustainability Symposium
“Survival of the Wisest”;
WPU Assembly Rm., 8 am-6 pm
(www.publichealth.pitt.edu/salk)
Faculty & Staff Development Program
“Basics of Federal Contract Administration,”
Heide Eash;
B21 UClub, 9-11 am
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Teaching With PowerPoint,”
G74 Hillman, 10 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Cell Biology Seminar
“Understanding Mechanisms of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Regulation,”
Mark Lemmon;
E&EI 5th fl. boardrm., 11 am
(cspokora@pitt.edu)
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Exploiting Notch Interacting Pathways & Mechanisms of Activation as Novel Therapeutic Targets in Melanoma,”
Barbara Bedogni, Case Western;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon
(toyg@upmc.edu)
MMR Seminar
“Mechanisms of SOD1 Linked ALS,”
David Borchelt, U of FL;
Rangos aud., noon
(linda.cherok@chp.edu)
MWRI Work-in-Progress Seminar
“Hops & Fears: Transposon Activity in the Mouse Germline,”
Alex Bortvin, Carnegie Inst. of WA;
MWRI 1st fl. conf. ctr., noon
Jazz Seminar
Pitt Jazz Ensemble;
O’Hara Ballrm., noon
Philosophy of Science Talk
“West Coast Idealism: Biological Mechanisms as Theoretical Posits,”
William Bechtel, UC-San Diego;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
(4-1052)
Gastroenterology/Hepatology Grand Rounds
“Case-Control Study,” Shiv Desai;
Presby M2 conf. rm., 12:15 pm HSLS Workshop
“PowerPoint for Conference Posters,” Julia Dahm;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm
(dahm@pitt.edu)
Office of Academic Career Development Panel Discussion
“K99/R00,” Yvette Conley;
S120 BST, 3-5 pm
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Alpha-Arrestin Regulation of Protein Trafficking From Yeast to Humans,”
Allyson O’Donnell;
1395 BST, 3:30 pm
(3-7757)
Greensburg Campus Written/Spoken Readings
Jason Baldinger & Steve Pelligrino;
Campana Chapel, UPG, 7 pm
Jazz Seminar Presentation
“Musician’s Local 471 Anthology,”
Harry Clark;
FFA aud., 7 pm
Wednesday 29
Medical Grand Rounds
“Restoring Upper Extremity Function After Devastating Nerve Injuries,”
Dan Zlotolow, Temple;
Montefiore 7th fl. aud., 7 am
(moenichrj@upmc.edu)
Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Oncologic Decision Making & the Doctor-Patient Relationship Perspectives of Jewish Religious Law (Halacha),”
Frank Lieberman & Levi Langer;
Herberman conf. ctr. aud., 8 am
(millerc5@pitt.edu)
Faculty & Staff Development Programs
“Public Speaking in a Nutshell,”
Michael Bannon, 342 Craig, 9 am-noon;
“Everything You Wanted to Know About Capital Assets But Were Afraid to Ask,”
Kevin Starke, 116 Atwood, 10 am
Urban & Regional Seminar
“Creative Cities: The Future of Research in Urban Arts & Culture,”
Ann Markusen, U of MN;
3343 Forbes Ave., noon (pncis@pitt.edu)
MMG Seminar
“Heterogeneity of B Cell Responses: The Long & Short of It,”
Mark Shlomchik;
503 Bridgeside Pt. II, noon
Artful Wednesdays
“Trillium”;
WPU Nordy’s lower level, noon
Pathology Seminar
“Autophagy & Fatty Liver Diseases,”
Xiao-Ming Yin, IN U; 1104 Scaife, noon
HSLS Workshop
“Gene Regulation Resources,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-4 pm
(ansuman@pitt.edu)
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture
“CMF Trauma, Part II,”
Mark Ochs;
G33 Salk, 4 pm
ULS/CMU Open Access Panel
“The Challenge of Openness & Transparency in Scholarly Communications”;
6115 Gates Hillman, CMU;
4:30 pm
Jazz Seminar Film Presentation
“The Girls in the Band”;
FFA aud., 7 pm
Thursday 30
Faculty & Staff Development Program
“Moving From Supervision to Leadership: People Skills for a Productive Workplace,”
Debra Messer;
342 Craig, 9 am-noon
Epidemiology Seminar
“Challenges of Working With Vulnerable Adolescents in the Community,”
Jeannette South-Paul;
public health aud., noon
EOH Seminar
“Nitric Oxide Caught in Traffic: The Emerging Biology of Hemoglobin & Methemoglobin Reductase in Somatic Vascular Cells,” Adam Straub;
540 Bridgeside Pt.;
noon
(beagle@pitt.edu)
Chemistry Seminar
“Searching for New Reactivity: Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Olefin Aminohydroxylation & Aminofluorination Reactions Through N-O Bond Activation of Functionalized Hydroxylamines,”
Hao Xu, GA St.;
150 Chevron, 2:30 pm
Jazz Seminar
“Style Analysis & History of Selected Vocalists,”
Connaitre Miller;
O’Hara dining rm., 3 pm
Ctr for Urban Education Lecture
“Culture, Teaching & Learning,”
Geneva Gay, U of WA;
Scaife aud. 5 & 6, 3:30 pm
UHC Climate Change Lecture
“The Changing Politics of Climate Change,”
Coral Davenport;
Alumni Connolly ballrm., 4:30 pm
(RSVP: tinyurl.com/coraldavenport)
Jazz Seminar Lecture
“Music Business,”
Guy & Ed Eckstine;
Bellefield aud., 7 pm
Friday 31
Jazz Seminar
“History of Women in Jazz: Female Jazz Instrumentalists From the Early 1900s to Present,”
Tia Fuller, FFA aud., 10 am
HSLS Workshop
“Undead PubMed,” Mary Lou Klem;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 11 am
(klem@pitt.edu)
SHRS PT Rounds
“Is Exercise Neuroprotective in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease?”
Jodi Krause;
175 BSP1, noon
Jazz Seminar Performance
Afro Blue Choir;
WPU Nordy’s Place, noon
Pathology Seminar
“The BAP1 Cancer Syndrome: High Incidence of Mesothelioma, Uveal & Cutaneous Melanomas & Other Malignancies,”
Michele Carbone, U of HI;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper conf. rm. D, noon
(tarhiniaa@upmc.edu)
Emerging Legends Concert
The Geese in the Bag;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Dealing With Scientific Uncertainty: The Case of the ‘Threshold of Toxicological Concern’ Approach in Health Risk Assessment,”
Karim Bschir, ETH Zurich;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
(4-1052)
Classics Lecture
“Greek, Sanskrit & Marriage: Past & Future Reflections,”
Joshua Katz, Princeton;
125 FFA, 3 pm
November
Saturday 1
Bradford Campus Open House
Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 12:30 pm
Football Vs. Duke;
Heinz Field, noon
Jazz Seminar Concert
Carnegie Music Hall, 8 pm
Monday 3
Flow Cytometry Workshop
Hillman Cancer Ctr. 2.42 pod lunch area, 9 am
CIDDE Workshops
“7 Strategies for Teaching Interactively in Large Lectures,” 10 am;
“TA Workshop: Developing a Teaching Philosophy Statement,” 1 pm;
G74 Hillman
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Tuesday 4
Faculty & Staff Development Program
“Supervising Student Employees,”
Bill Charleroy;
342 Craig, 9-11 am
Molecular Biology Talk
“How to Do an ELISPOT to Detect Immune Responses in Vitro,”
Tatiana Garcia-Bates;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am
(iwema@pitt.edu)
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“The Contrasting Biologies of EBV in B & Epithelial Cell Oncogenesis,”
Kathy Shair;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper conf. rm. D, noon
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Confronting Philosophical Concepts With Historical Cases,”
Raphael Scholl, U of Bern;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
(4-1052)
Fellows Educational Conf.
“Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis,”
Harkirat Singh;
Presby M2 conf. rm., noon
(joj2@pitt.edu)
Wednesday 5
Hepatology Rounds
“HBV: Natural History, Diagnosis & Treatment,”
Mordechai Rabinovitz;
E724 Montefiore, 7 am
(joj2@pitt.edu)
Faculty & Staff Development Programs
“Grammar, Punctuation & Proofreading: Ensuring Professional Presentation,”
Beth Bateman Newborg, 342 Craig, 9-11 am;
“Introduction to Research Administration,”
Christine Crawford, B21 UClub, 9-11 am;
“Resume Writing & Cover Letters,”
Mark Burdsall, 342 Craig, noon
MMG Seminar
Matthew Soellner, U of MI;
503 Bridgeside Pt. II, noon
Dental Medicine Clinical Research Lecture
“Adolescent Oral Health: Clinical Implications for the Emerging Adult,”
Deborah Studen-Pavlovich;
458 Salk, noon
Artful Wednesdays
“No Boundaries”;
WPU Nordy’s lower level, noon
HSLS Workshop
“Pathway Analysis Tools 1,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm
(ansuman@pitt.edu)
Faculty Assembly Mtg.
2700 Posvar, 3 pm
Thursday 6
Faculty & Staff Development Programs
“Getting Started as a New Leader,”
Mark Burdsall; 342 Craig, 9 am-12:30 pm;
“Navigating the University Library System,”
Leslie Eibl; Hillman lower level, 9-11 am
CIDDE Workshops
“Best Practices in Online Teaching,”
815 Alumni, 10 am;
“TA Workshop: Developing a Teaching Portfolio,”
G74 Hillman, 3:30 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Epidemiology Seminar
“The Epidemiology of Mental Health & Psychosocial Outcomes in Organ Donation & Transplantation,”
Mary Dew; public health aud., noon
(jcauley@edc.pitt.edu)
EOH Seminar
“Wrestling With CFTR Folding: Sumo Enters the Ring,”
Raymond Frizzell;
540 Bridgeside Pt., noon
(beagle@pitt.edu)
History Lecture
“Parturition & Print in 17th-Century London”;
3703 Posvar, 2 pm
Chemistry Seminars
“Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Robust & Efficient Solar Hydrogen Production,”
Todd Krauss, U of Rochester, 2:30 pm;
“Strategies for Microbial Natural Products Discovery & Diversification,”
Jon Thorson, U of KY, 4 pm;
150 Chevron
IS Sara Fine Lecture
“Sensing War at the Interface,”
Lucy Suchman;
UClub Ballrm. B, 3 pm
(http://sarafineinstitute.org)
CLAS Conf.
“Reforming Communism: Cuba in Comparative Perspective”;
Posvar, 3 pm
(through Nov. 8; schedule: www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/cuba_conference)
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Diamonds: Unique Recorders of Continental Evolution, Plate Tectonics & Mantle Convection,”
Steven Shirey, Carnegie Inst. of WA;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
Iris Marion Young Awards Ceremony
Panelists: Curtiss Porter, City of Pgh;
Jessie Ramey, & John Wallace, CRSP;
20th Century Club, 4-6 pm
Defenses
IS/Telecommunications & Networking
“Spectrum Sharing: Quantifying the Benefits of Different Enforcement Scenarios,”
Mohammed Altamaimi;
Oct. 23, 828 IS, 10 am
Public Health/Biostatistics
“Proportional Subdistribution Hazards Regression With Interval-censored Competing Risks Data,”
Yi Ren;
Oct. 31, A215 Public Health, 11:30 am
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Ecological & Evolutionary Consequences of Plant Growth on Serpentine Soils: Effects of Soil Metals on Plant Morphology, Metal Accumulation, Plant-Pollinator Interactions & Pollen-Pistil Interactions,”
George Meindl;
Nov. 3, A219B Langley, 12:30 pm
IS/Telecommunications & Networking
“Risk & Decision Analysis of Spectrum Usage,”
Liu Cui;
Nov. 4, 828 IS, 9 am
A&S/Physics & Astronomy
“Information Perspective on Turbulence,”
Rory Cerbus;
Nov. 4, 321 Allen, 1:30 pm
Engineering/Industrial Engineering
“Efficient Resource Allocation in a Bilevel Hierarchy With Knapsack & Assignment Lower-Level Problems,”
Behdad Beheshti;
Nov. 6, 1060 Benedum, 9 am
A&S/Neuroscience
“New Insight Into How VTA Neurons Encode Information About Serial Actions,”
Jesse Wood;
Nov. 6, LRDC 2nd fl. aud., 11 am
Theatre
PICT Production
“Macbeth”;
Charity Randall Theatre, through Oct. 25
(times: www.picttheatre.org/plays-events/2014-season/macbeth)
Stages Production
“Misterioso-119”;
Stephen Foster, through Oct. 26
(times: www.play.pitt.edu)
Exhibits
Bradford Campus Disabilities Awareness Month Exhibit
KOA Art Gallery, UPB, through Oct. 31, M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm, F 8:30 am-6 pm
FFA Exhibit
“Conflict Zone: A Ground-Breaking Look at War”;
FFA Gallery, through Oct. 31,
M-Th 9 am-9pm, F 9 am-5 pm, Sat noon-5 pm, Sun noon-7 pm
Barco Law Library
“Botany in Black & White” by Tim Anderson;
through Nov. 7,
M-Th 7:30 am-10 pm, F 7:30 am-5 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun noon-8 pm
(8-1376)
Falk Library Exhibit
“And There’s the Humor of It: Shakespeare & the Four Humors”;
through Nov. 8,
M-Th 7 am-mid., F 7 am-10 pm, Sat 9:30 am-10 pm, Sun 9:30 am-mid.
Hillman Library Exhibit
“All In: The University in the Great War”;
Hillman Library gr. fl., through Dec. 13,
Sun 10 am-F 10 pm, Sat 9 am-10 pm
(digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/exhibits/ww1)
Deadlines
Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Awards
Nominations due Oct. 24.
(mredfern@pitt.edu)
Provost’s Excellence in Mentoring Award
Nominations due Oct. 24.
(www.pitt.edu/~graduate/maguidelines.pdf)
Chancellor’s Award for Staff for Excellence in Service to the Community
Nominations due Oct. 27.
(www.hr.pitt.edu/chancellors-award-community)
Chancellor’s Award for Staff for Excellence in Service to the University
Nominations due Oct. 27.
(www.hr.pitt.edu/chancellors-award-university)
Engineering Sustainability 2015 Call for Abstracts
Submission deadline is Oct. 27.
(http://eswpregpage.com/ESCFP.aspx)
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Funding
Pre-proposals due Oct. 31 by 3 pm.
(www.ddcf.org/Global/MedicalResearch/2015%20CSDA/2015%20CSDA%20RFA%20and%20Instructions.pdf)
Ampco-Pittsburgh Prize for Excellence in Advising Award
Submit nominations to 140 Thackery by Oct. 31.
(taylor@as.pitt.edu)
A&S Bellet Teaching Excellence Awards
Submit nominations to 140 Thackery by Oct. 31.
(clynch@as.pitt.edu)
Provost & MCSI Faculty Sustainability Fellowship
Applications due Oct. 31.
(www.sustainable.pitt.edu/content/faculty-fellowship)
Coulter TPII Awards for Translational Research
Letter of intent due Nov. 3.
(coulter1@pitt.edu)
Basic to Clinical Collaborative Research Pilot Program
Submission deadline is Dec. 15.
(lld34@pitt.edu)
Sustainable Innovation Grant
Proposals due Jan. 30.
(gmk9@pitt.edu)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times will include University & on-campus events of Nov. 6-20. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Oct. 30. Send information to utcal@pitt.edu.
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