Calendar
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)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Rama Mallampalli;
6014 BST3, 11 am
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)
African Studies Lecture
“Placing China’s Booming Relations With Africa in a Historical Context,”
Howard French, Columbia;
WPU Kurtzman Rm., 1-3 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 Conference
“Reforming Communism: Cuba in Comparative Perspective”;
Posvar, 3 pm
(through Nov. 8; schedule: www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/cuba_conference)
Business/Law Lecture
“To Trade or to Race? Today’s Stock Markets,”
Stefan Parker, IEX Group;
gr. fl. courtrm. Barco, 3 pm
(Register: www.tinyurl.com/totradeortorace)
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, gender, sexuality & women’s studies, & John Wallace, CRSP;
20th Century Club, 4-6 pm
Friday 7
• Last day for spring term enrollment appointments.
IEE Workshop
“The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”;
Mervis, 7:30-10 am
(iee@katz.pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Jill Foust;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 9 am (jef2@pitt.edu)
Bradford Campus Admissions Program
UPB, 10 am
Public Health Open House
Parran, 10 am-3 pm
(www.publichealth.pitt.edu/home/prospective-students/admissions/visit/open-house)
Flu Shot Clinic
Posvar Galleria, 10 am-2 pm
Psychiatry Lecture
“Reward & the Adolescent Brain: Investigating the Development of Depression & Substance Use,”
Erika Forbes;
WPIC aud., noon
UCSUR Seminar
“Land Banks & ‘Land Aid’ in Pennsylvania Cities & Towns,”
John Kromer, Penn;
UCSUR, 3343 Forbes Ave., noon
(RSVP: pncis@pitt.edu)
Emerging Legends Concert
Jay Hitt;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Marcella L. Finegold Memorial Public Debate
“Should Organized, Full-contact Football Be Prohibited for Minors?”
Chris Nowinski & Joseph Maroon;
WPU Assembly Rm., 12:30 pm
(http://bit.ly/footballdebate)
Men’s Basketball/Exhibition Vs. Philadelphia;
Petersen, 7 pm
Greensburg Campus Concert
Pablo Amorós;
Campana Chapel, UPG, 7:30 pm
Saturday 8
• Spring term open enrollment begins.
Women’s Basketball Vs. IUP;
Petersen, 2 pm
Heinz Chapel Concert
Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble;
Heinz Chapel, 8:30 pm
Sunday 9
Episcopal Service
Heinz Chapel, 11 am
(Sundays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com)
Nationality Rooms/Polish Festival
CL Commons Rm., noon-5 pm
(www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu)
Monday 10
Bradford Campus Visitation Day
UPB, 10 am
(also Oct. 11; www.upb.pitt.edu/visit)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Encouraging Student Participation”;
G74 Hillman, noon
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
National Remembrance Day Roll Call
Heinz Chapel, 1-3 pm
Tuesday 11
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Syllabus Construction”;
G74 Hillman, 10 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
MMR Seminar
“NF-kB & Adipose Tissue Inflammatory Signaling Pathways,”
Jeffrey Pessin;
Rangos aud., noon
(linda.cherok@chp.edu)
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Krüppel-Like Factors in Epithelial Biology & Cancer,”
Jonathan Katz, Penn;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper conf. rm. D, noon
(toyg@upmc.edu)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“A Classical System With Entanglement,”
David Snoke;
817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)
HSLS Workshop
“Advanced PowerPoint for Presentations,”
Julia Dahm;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 12:30-2:30 pm
(jdahm@pitt.edu)
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Crosstalk Between Nrf2 & Notch Signaling,”
Nobunao Wakabayashi;
1395 BST, 3:30 pm
(3-7757)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Ester Saghafi;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 4 pm
(esaghafi@pitt.edu)
Wednesday 12
Donald Blechman Medicine Lecture
“Liver Transplantation 2014: A View From Both Sides of the Table,”
John Daly, Temple;
Scaife aud. 6, 7 am
(hewkom@upmc.edu)
Hepatology Rounds
“Principles of Living Donor Selection,”
Abhinav Humar;
E724 Montefiore, 7 am
(joj2@pitt.edu)
Family Medicine Grand Rounds
“Community Improvement Through Community Involvement,”
William Strickland;
Scaife lect. rm. 1, 8 am
(zahnhausenpe@upmc.edu)
Health Sciences Laureate Lecture
“The Roll of B Cells in Autoimmunity & Infection,”
Philippa Marrack, U of CO;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, noon
MMG Seminar
Andrew VanDemark;
503 Bridge-side Pt. 2, noon
Social Work Lecture
“Sustainability & the Social Services,”
Paul Sheldon;
2017 CL, noon
Artful Wednesday
“Meeting of Important People”;
Nordy’s Place, lower level WPU, noon
Pathology Robert S. Totten Lecture
“Renal Cell Carcinoma: Beyond the Usual,”
Victor Reuter, Cornell;
1104 Scaife, noon
SAC Mtg.
102 Benedum, noon
HSLS Workshop
“Pathway Analysis Tools 2,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm
(ansuman@pitt.edu)
Senate Council Mtg.
2700 Posvar, 3 pm
GI Grand Rounds
“Center of Excellence: Neurogastroenterology & Motility Disease”;
1104 Scaife, 5 pm
(joj2@pitt.edu)
History & Philosophy of Science/Biological Science Lecture
“Three Revolutions in Molecular Biology,”
Phillip Sharp, MIT;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, 5:15 pm
(nas151@pitt.edu)
Thursday 13
HSLS Workshop
“EndNote Basics,”
Linda Hartman;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon
(lhartman@pitt.edu)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Dealing With Difficult Situations in the Classroom”;
G74 Hillman, 10:30 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Nathan Yates;
6014 BST3, 11 am
TIES Workshop
UPMC Shadyside Herberman conf. ctr. rm. 201B, 11 am
(legowski@upmc.edu)
History & Philosophy of Science/Biological Science Lecture
“The Biology of Non-coding RNAs,”
Phillip Sharp, MIT;
15 Chevron, 11 am
(nas151@pitt.edu)
Epidemiology Seminar
“Digital Health Technology for the Assessment & Treatment of Obesity & Related Behaviors,”
J. Graham Thomas;
public health aud., noon
(jcauley@edc.pitt.edu)
CTSI Workshop
“KL2 Awards Set”;
305 Parkvale, noon
Thornburgh Forum Discussions on Governance Lecture
“The Challenges & Promise of Democratic Governance in Asia,”
David Arnold, The Asia Foundation;
WPU lower lobby, noon
(www.thornburghforum.pitt.edu)
Bradford Campus Performance
“Gibbs & Main”;
Blaisdell KOA Lobby, UPB, noon
Senate PUP Committee Mtg.
153 Benedum, 3 pm
Chemistry Seminar
“Power to the Puny: How Do You Make a Micro-Robot?”
Tom Mallouk, PSU;
150 Chevron, 4 pm
Provost Inaugural Lecture
“Our War on Melanoma: Progress on Three Fronts,”
John Kirkwood, medicine;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, 4 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Long-Term Records of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructed From Tree Rings: Insights Into Past & Future Hydroclimate Variability,”
Erika Wise, UNC;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
French & Italian Languages & Literatures Film Screening
“Afro Diasporic French Identities,”
Nathalie Etoke;
324 CL, 5 pm
Friday 14
Hispanic Languages & Literatures Symposium
“Pink Tide: Its Achievements, Its Failures, Its Legacy & the Ensuing Critiques”;
9:30 am-6 pm
(also Nov. 15, 10 am-12:30 pm)
CIDDE Workshop
“Teaching Portfolios,”
815 Alumni, 10 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Molecular Biology Talk
“CRISPR: A Novel, Pathbreaking, Easy-to-Use Genome Editing Tool,”
Ankita Roy;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10:30 am
(iwema@pitt.edu)
Women’s Basketball Vs. Princeton;
Petersen, 11 am
Flu Shot Clinic
342 Craig, 11 am-1 pm
Sr. VC’s Research Seminar
“Molecular Pathogenesis of End-Organ Damage in Sickle Cell Disease,”
Solomon Ofori-Acquah;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, noon
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Humanities to Administration,”
Joel Brady & Zsuzsa Horvath; 1105 Scaife, noon
(register:www.oacd.health.pitt.edu)
Emerging Legends Concert
African Music & Dance Club;
Cup & Chaucer, gr. fl. Hillman, noon
Philosophy of Science Talk
“The Rationality of Science in Relation to Its History,”
Sherri Roush, CMU;
817R CL, 3:30 pm
(4-1052)
Men’s Basketball Vs. Niagara;
Petersen, 7 pm
Saturday 15
Czech Film Screening
“The Magical Voice of a Rebel: Marta Kubisova”;
FFA aud., 6:30 pm
Sunday 16
Men’s Basketball Vs. Samford;
Petersen, 1 pm
Heinz Chapel Concert
Organ recital, IUP students;
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
IonSound Concert
“Roots & Routes”;
Bellefield aud., 7 pm
Monday 17
HSLS Workshop
“Prezi for Presentation,”
Julia Dahm;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 9:30-11:30 am
(jdahm@pitt.edu)
Senate Educational Policies Committee Mtg.
826 CL, 3 pm
Women’s Basketball Vs. Niagara;
Petersen, 7 pm
Tuesday 18
Fellows Educational Conference
“Endoscopy #2: GI Bleeding,”
Kevin McGrath;
Presby M2 conf. rm., 7:30 am
(joj2@pitt.edu)
Bradford Campus Seminar
“Injury Management: Don’t Make It Worse”;
Frame-Westerberg Commons Mukaiyama U Rm., UPB, 7:45 am
(814/362-5078)
MMR Seminar
“The Heartbreak of Studying Glucocorticoid Receptors at the NIH,”
John Cidlowski, NIH;
Rangos aud., noon
(linda.cherok@chp.edu)
Senate Community Relations Committee Mtg.
272 Hillman, noon-2 pm
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Recombination functions of BRCA1,”
Ralph Scully, Beth Israel Medical Ctr.;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper conf. rm. D, noon
(toyg@upmc.edu)
CRSP Lecture
“Building Assets for All: Research & Policy for Universal Children’s Accounts,”
Michael Sherraden, WA U-St. Louis;
2017 CL, noon
(4-7382)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Should the Debate over Scientific Realism go Local?”
Leah Henderson, CMU;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
(4-1052)
Senate Athletics Committee Mtg.
Petersen Minno conf. rm., 1:30 pm
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Developing A Lesson Plan”;
G74 Hillman, 3 pm
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“What Every Man Should Know: Targeting AKR1C3 in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer,”
Trevor Penning, Penn;
1395 BST, 3:30 pm
(3-7757)
Bradford Campus Non-Traditional Student Admissions Session
Wick Chapel, UPB, 6-8 pm
(814/362-7555)
Engineering Nuclear Night
Keynote: Kris Singh;
O’Hara; 6 pm
Wednesday 19
IEE Workshop
“The Age of Context,”
Robert Scoble & Shel Israel;
Regional Learning Alliance, Cranberry, 7:30-10:30 am
(iee@katz.pitt.edu)
Molecular Biology Talk
“How to Identify a Gene of Interest From Exome Sequencing Results,”
Michelle Wood-Trageser;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 9:30 am
(iwema@pitt.edu)
CIDDE TA Workshops
“Cheating & Plagiarism,” 11 am;
“Teaching With PowerPoint,” 2 pm;
G74 Hillman
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Rose Turner;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 11:30 am
(rlt@pitt.edu)
SAC Brown Bag Seminar
“Wellness”;
WPU Assembly Rm., noon
(www.sac.pitt.edu/brown-bag-registration-wellness-11-19-14)
Artful Wednesday
Freya String Quartet;
Nordy’s Place, lower level WPU, noon
HSLS Workshop
“SNPs & Genetic Variation,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm
(ansuman@pitt.edu)
Chemistry Seminar
“Molecular Conduction & Beyond,”
Abraham Nitzan, Tel Aviv U;
150 Chevron, 4 pm
GI Grand Rounds
“Case Presentations,”
Shiv Desai & Harkirat Singh;
1104 Scaife, 5 pm
(joj2@pitt.edu)
Political Science Lecture
Zerlina Maxwell;
WPU ballrm., 8:30 pm
(atc42@pitt.edu)
Thursday 20
Medicine Seminar
“Making Sense of Transmembrane Voltage-Sensing by Voltage-Gated Ion Channels,”
Douglas Tobias, UC-Irvine;
6014 BST3, 11 am
ADRC Lecture
“How Does the Brain Break Our Hearts? A Neurobiological Perspective on Stress & Cardiovascular Disease,”
Peter Gianaros;
Montefiore ADRC conf. rm., noon
Epidemiology Seminar
“Chronic Kidney Disease & Physical Function,”
Linda Fried;
public health aud., noon
EOH Seminar
“Pulmonary Responses to Inhalation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes,”
Vincent Castranova, WVU;
540 Bridgeside Pt., noon
(beagle@pitt.edu)
Nordenberg Law/Medicine/Psychiatry Lecture
“Medicaid Expansion Policy, Politics & Waivers: Pennsylvania & Beyond,”
Sidney Watson, St. Louis U;
ground fl. courtrm. Barco, 12:30 pm
Chemistry Seminar
“Beyond Molecular Conduction: Optical, Thermal & Spin Selective Effects in Molecular Conduction Junctions,”
Abraham Nitzan, Tel Aviv U;
150 Chevron, 2:30 pm
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Teaching: The Basics of Best Practices,”
Carol DeArment & Kevin Craig;
O’Hara ballrm., 3-5 pm
(oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Field Emissions From Marcellus Shale Drilling,”
Albert Presto, CMU;
11 Thaw, 4 pm
CNBC Colloquium
“Communication Through Coherence,”
Pascal Fries; 6014 BST3, 4 pm
(lbopp@pitt.edu)
French & Italian Languages & Literatures Film Colloquium
“Rémi Fontanel”;
1228 CL, 5:30 pm
Women’s Basketball Hoopla Reception
Petersen Campus View Club, 5:30 pm
(aeb27@pitt.edu)
Women’s Basketball Vs. MI;
Petersen, 7 pm
Contemporary Writers Lecture
Noviolet Bulawayo;
FFA aud., 8:30 pm
(www.pghwriterseries.wordpress.com)
Defenses
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
History
“Parturition & Print in 17th-Century London,”
Katharine Phelps Walsh;
Nov. 6, 3703 Posvar, 2 pm
Pharmaceutical Sciences
“Characterization of the Effect of Chronic Kidney Disease on Hepatic Reduction: In-vitro & In-vivo Studies of Warfarin,”
Osama Alshogran;
Nov. 7, 1105AB Scaife, 9 am
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Floral Color Assembly of Serpentine Seep Communities in Northern California, USA,”
Kathryn LeCroy;
Nov. 7, 169 Crawford, noon
Medicine/Neuroscience
“Monoaminergic & Neurotrophic Gene Variation Associated With Fronto-Limbic Circuitry Affect Mood & Cognitive Recovery Post-TBI,”
Michelle Failla;
Nov. 10, Hill Bldg. Safar 1st fl. conf. rm., 9 am
Public Health/Biostatistics
“Marginal Structural Cox Proportional Hazard Model for Data With Measurement Errors,”
Ming Geng;
Nov. 10, 109 Parran, 9:30 am
SHRS/Communication Science & Disorders
“2f2-f1 DPOAE Sources in Contradiction to the Two-Source/Two-Mechanism Model,”
Jennifer Horn;
Nov. 12, 5047 Forbes Twr., 11 am
Nursing/Health & Community Systems
“The Experience of Immigrant African Mothers Engaging in Reproductive Health Education With Daughters Ages 10-14,”
Kafuli Agbemenu;
Nov. 13, 451 Victoria, 10 am
Public Health/Biostatistics
“Statistical Methods for Fitting Dengue Disease Models & Related Issues,”
Yu-Ting Weng;
Nov. 13, 109 Parran, 1:30 pm
A&S/Chemistry
“Peptide-Based Methods for Assembling & Controlling the Morphologies, Metrics & Properties of God Nanoparticle Superstructures,”
Chen Zhang;
Nov. 13, 307 Eberly, 1:30 pm
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Cellular Transformation by Polyomavirus Oncoproteins,”
Tushar Gupta;
Nov. 13, A224 Langley, 3 pm
A&S/Psychology
“Workplace Smoking Bans & Daily Smoking Patterns: Implications for Nicotine Maintenance & Determinants of Smoking in Restricted Environments,”
Michael Dunbar;
Nov. 14, 4127 Sennott, 10 am
A&S/Communication
“The Drama of Bioterror: Paranoia & the Rhetoric of Defense,”
George Gittinger;
Nov. 15, 1128 CL, noon
A&S/Physics & Astronomy
“Using Tutorial Approach to Improve Physics Learning From Introductory to Graduate Level,”
Seth DeVore;
Nov. 18, 319 Allen, 2:30 pm
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Using X-ray Crystallography to Gain Insight Into the Mechanisms Underlying Cdc73 & TPI Function,”
Christopher Amrich;
Nov. 18, A219B Langley, 3 pm
A&S/Slavic Languages & Literatures
“Heterotopia in Contemporary Russian Fiction,”
Irina Anisimova;
Nov. 19, 1218 CL, 11 am
Pharmaceutical Sciences
“Targeted Delivery of Anticancer Agents to Cancer,”
Jianqin Lu;
Nov. 19, Scaife lect. rm. 6, 1 pm
A&S/Biological Sciences
“Plant Constitutive Salicylic Acid Concentration Is Correlated With Insect Herbivore Performance While Induced Concentrations Have Variable Effects,”
Andrew Lariviere;
Nov. 19, A219B Langley, 2 pm
A&S/Mathematics
“On Causal Geometries,”
Jonathan Holland;
Nov. 20, 427 Thackery, 10 am
A&S/Psychology
“Urbanicity, Income, and Academic and Behavioral Functioning Across Childhood: Longitudinal Associations and Mediating Mechanisms,”
Portia Miller;
Nov. 20, 4401 Sennott, 10 am
Theatre
Pitt Stages Production
“Avenue Q”;
Studio Theatre CL, through Nov. 23, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm
(times: www.play.pitt.edu)
Exhibits
Barco Law Library
“Botany in Black & White”
by Tim Anderson;
through Nov. 7, Th 7:30 am-10 pm, F 7:30 am-5 pm
(8-1376)
Falk Library Exhibit
“And There’s the Humor of It: Shakespeare & the Four Humors”;
through Nov. 8, Th 7 am-mid., F 7 am-10 pm, Sat 9:30 am-10 pm
Special Collections Exhibit
“Reading Goethe”;
363 Hillman, through Dec. 12, Sun 10 am-F 10 pm, Sat 9 am-10 pm
(www.library.pitt.edu/special-collections)
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)
Bradford Campus Exhibit
“Picture Perfect”;
Nov. 7-Dec. 5, KOA Lobby, Blaisdell, UPB
(www.upb.pitt.edu/templates/Beyond.aspx?menu_id=250&id=33089)
Deadlines
Rita Allen Foundation Award
Nominations due Nov. 10 by 4 pm.
(sac32@pitt.edu)
Brain Research Foundation Grant
Letter of intent due Nov. 14 by 10 am.
(sac32@pitt.edu)
Spring 2015 Brackenridge Fellowship
Proposals due Nov. 17.
(www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/fall-spring-brackenridge-fellowships)
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. 20-Dec. 4. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Nov. 13. Send information to utcal@pitt.edu.
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