Calendar
Thursday 4
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Developing Competitive Grant Applications,”
Bruce Freeman & Peter Friedman;
S120 BST, 8:30-10:30 am
(oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Faculty & Staff Development Program
“Understanding Your Personality in the Workplace,”
Mark Burdsall & Maureen Lazar;
342 Craig, 9 am-12:30 pm
(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)
Discussions on Governance Lecture
“Anticipating & Meeting Accountability Challenges,”
Gene Dodaro, U.S. Comptroller General;
WPU lower lounge, noon
(RSVP: www.thornburghforum.pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Pat Weiss;
Falk Library classrm. 1, noon
(pwf@pitt.edu)
Epidemiology Seminar
“Reducing Risky Sex Among College Students: Prospects for Context Specific Interventions,”
Christina Mair;
public health aud., noon
EOH Seminar
“Development & Applications of Fluorogenic Chemosensors for Toxic Metals & Reactive Oxygen Species,”
Kazunori Koide;
540 Bridgeside Pt., noon
(beagle@pitt.edu)
Holiday Concert
Pitt Jazz Ensemble;
Bellefield aud., 8 pm
Friday 5
• Last day for fall term undergrad day classes.
• Deadline for continuing students to register for spring term without a penalty.
SBDC Workshop
“The 1st Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”;
5130 Posvar, 7:30-10 am
Faculty & Staff Development Program
“Traveling on University Business,”
Vincent Johns & Rebecca Marcej;
342 Craig, 9 am-noon
(registration required: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)
Bradford Campus Admissions Program
UPB, 10 am (www.upb.pitt.edu/visit)
Health Services Research Seminar
“The Elusive Search for Quality in Our Health Care System,”
John Mafi, Harvard;
305 Parkvale, 11 am
(www.crhc.pitt.edu/hsr-seminar.asp)
Renal-Electrolyte Grand Rounds
“The Renal Cortical Wide Interstitium: So Valuable & Hard Working, Yet So Underappreciated,”
Richard Quigg, U of Buffalo;
F946 Presby, noon
(cml97@pitt.edu)
UCSUR Seminar
“Inclusionary Eminent Domain: Reconciling the 5th Amendment Takings Clause With Affordable Housing, Urban Development & Planning Law,”
Gerald Dickinson, Reed Smith;
UCSUR 343 Forbes Ave., noon
(pncis@pitt.edu)
East Asian Languages & Literatures Colloquium
“The Everyday Without Depth: Hong Sang-Soo & a Cinema of Paradox,”
Seung-Hwan Shin; 4130 Posvar, noon
Bradford Campus Organ Concert
“Advent Recital,”
Carl Klein;
Wick Chapel, UPB, noon
(clh@pitt.edu)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Bayesian Cognitive Science & the Nativism vs. Empiricism Controversy,”
Matteo Colombo, Tilburg U;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
(4-1052)
iSchool Colloquium Lecture
“Predictive Models of Student Learning in K-16,”
Zach Pardos, UC-Berkeley;
IS 3rd fl. theatre area, 12:30 pm
(http://ischool.pitt.edu/colloquia/sis-series.php)
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Networking: The Path to Opportunity,”
Steven Wendell; S100 BST, 3-5 pm
(register: oacd@hs.pitt.edu)
Epidemiology Seminar
“Perspectives on Ebola”;
public health G-23 aud., 3:30 pm
(BusheyD@edc.pitt.edu)
Hispanic Languages & Literatures 50th Anniversary Alumni Speaker Lecture
“Ese oscuro — y rico — objeto de deseo, o Hecho en América: El indiano romántico-teatral,”
David Gies, U of VA;
602 C/L, 4 pm
Men’s Basketball Vs. Duquesne;
Consol, 7 pm
Holiday Concert
Heinz Chapel, 8 pm
(4-7529)
Saturday 6
• Reading day.
• CGS, Saturday, grad & evening classes continue to meet through Dec. 13;
final exams for those classes should be held during the last scheduled class meeting.
Men’s Glee Club Holiday Concert
1st Baptist Church of Pgh., 159 N. Bellefield, 4 pm
(4-7529)
Women’s Choral Ensemble Holiday Concert
Heinz Chapel, 7:30 pm (4-7529)
Sunday 7
Episcopal Service
Heinz Chapel, 11 am
(Sundays through Dec.: pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com)
Nationality Rooms Holiday Open House
Nationality Rooms & Commons Rm. CL, noon-4 pm
Women’s Basketball Vs. Duquesne;
Palumbo Ctr. Duquesne, 2 pm
Bradford Campus Southern Tier Symphony Concert
“Classical Holiday”;
Blaisdell Bromley Theater, UPB, 3 pm
Monday 8
• Final exams for undergrad day classes through Dec. 13.
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Melissa Ratajeski;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 1 pm
(mar@pitt.edu)
Molecular Biology How-To Talk
“Introduction to RNA-Seq Analysis With an Example in R,”
Abha Bais;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1 pm
(iwema@pitt.edu)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“The Role of the TA”;
G74 Hillman, 1:30 pm
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
HSLS Workshop
“EndNote Basics,”
Andrea Ketchum;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 2-4 pm
(ketchum@pitt.edu)
Tuesday 9
Faculty & Staff Development Program
“Creating a Civil Workplace Culture,”
Debra Messer;
342 Craig, 9-11 am
(registration required: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)
French & Italian Languages & Literatures Colloquium
“Introduction to Literary & Cultural Theory”;
602 C/L, 10 am-5 pm
HSLS Workshop
“PowerPoint for Conference Posters,”
Julia Dahm;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon
(jdahm@pitt.edu)
Global Health Film Screening
“A Doctor of My Own”;
109 Parran, noon-2 pm
MWRI Work-in-Progress Seminar
“A Naturally Occurring SRC-1 Variant Correlates With Clinical Bone Loss & Increased Osteoclast Activity in a Novel Mouse Model,” Rebecca Watters;
MWRI 1st fl. conf. ctr., 12:30 pm
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Getting Started in the Classroom”;
G74 Hillman, 1 pm
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Formation & Signaling of Non-Canonical Dietary Fatty Acid Metabolites,”
Francisco Schopfer;
1395 BST, 3:30 pm (3-7757)
IEE Winter Social
Carnegie Museum of Art;
5:30-8:30 pm
(iee@katz.pitt.edu)
Wednesday 10
Clinical Oncology/Hematology Grand Rounds
“The Role of HER3 in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head & Neck,”
Nabil Saba, Emory;
Herberman conf. ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8 am
(millerc5@upmc.edu)
Faculty & Staff Development Programs
“Behavioral-Based Interviewing,”
Mark Burdsall & Michelle Fullem, 342 Craig, 9 am-12:30 pm;
“Solving Problems & Ethical Dilemmas,”
Ron Magnuson, 532 Alumni, 9 am-noon
(registration required: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Developing a Teaching Portfolio”;
G74 Hillman, 11 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
SAC Mtg.
102 Benedum, noon
Laureate Lecture
“Developmental Critical Periods & Alzheimer’s Disease: Can Knowledge of One Help Cure the Other?”
Carla Shatz, Stanford;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, 3:30 pm
HSLS Workshop
“Introduction to CLC Main Workbench,”
Carrie Iwema; Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm (iwema@pitt.edu)
Senate Council Mtg.
2700 Posvar, 3 pm
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture
“TMJ & Facial Pain,”
William Chung;
G-33 Salk, 4 pm (also Jan. 7)
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Open House
1400 Posvar, 5-6:30 pm
(rsvp: osher@pitt.edu)
Thursday 11
Faculty & Staff Development Program
“Please Respect My Generation,”
Warren McCoy & Kristy Rzepecki;
342 Craig, 9-11 am
(registration required: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Syllabus Construction”;
G74 Hillman, 11 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Epidemiology Holiday Student Research Symposium
Public health commons area, noon
(jcauley@edc.pitt.edu)
Senate Plant Utilization & Planning Mtg.
153 Benedum, 3 pm
Heinz Chapel Concert
OvreArts Resident Ensemble, Heinz Chapel, 7:30 pm
Friday 12
Sr. VC’s Research Seminar
“Endothelial Cell Expression of Hemoglobin-a Regulates Nitric Oxide Signaling,”
Adam Straub;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, noon
Psychiatry Lecture
“Mood Matters: Depression & the Risk of Dementia,”
Meryl Butters;
WPIC aud., noon
Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting
1817 CL, 1:10 pm
Saturday 13
• Fall term ends; official date for degrees awarded in fall term.
Men’s Basketball Vs. St. Bonaventure;
Petersen, 2 pm
Sunday 14
• Residence halls close.
• Winter recess for students through Jan. 4.
Women’s Basketball Vs. Drexel;
Petersen, 2 pm
Patriotic Holiday Concert
“Brassroots”;
Soldiers & Sailors; 3 pm
(412/621-4253)
Monday 15
Chancellor’s Staff Recognition Ceremony/Reception
WPU Assembly Rm. & Ballrm., 3 pm
Senate Educational Policies Committee Mtg.
826 CL, 3 pm
Oakland Leadership Celebration & Panel Discussion
Leslie Divas, UPMC; Patrick Gallagher, Pitt; Suzanne Mellon, Carlow; Jo Ellen Parker, Carnegie Museums;
Subra Suresh, CMU;
Alumni, 5:30-7:30 pm
(registration required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19ygyoy2N-CqZb3BwAV7ELftX7p2GtnXomOcxkK3Kb3U/viewform?c=0&w=1)
Tuesday 16
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Linda Hartman;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 11 am
(lhartman@pitt.edu)
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Defining the Viral & Cellular Genes That Drive HPV-Associated Human Cancers,”
Paul Lambert, U of WI;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon
(toyg@upmc.edu)
Wednesday 17
• Instructors must approve fall term grades by 11:59 pm before final posting can begin.
Clinical Oncology/Hematology Grand Rounds
“First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A 2014 Update,”
Edward Chu;
Herberman conf. ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8 am
(millerc5@upmc.edu)
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture
“Journal Club: TMJ,”
William Chung; G-33 Salk, 4 pm
GI Grand Rounds
“Case Presentations,”
Shrinivas Bishu & Jorge Machicado;
1104 Scaife, 5 pm
(joj2@pitt.edu)
Men’s Basketball Vs. Manhattan;
Petersen, 7 pm
Thursday 18
Structural Biology Seminar
“Structural Studies of TGF-Beta Superfamily Signaling Proteins: Insights Into Diversification of Function in the Superfamily,”
Andrew Hinck, U of TX;
1018 BST3, 11 am
Psychiatry Lecture
“Novel Roles of Non-Coding RNAs in Brain Development & Plasticity: Implications for Psychiatric Disorders,”
Nikolaos Mellios;
BST, noon
(murphreea@upmc.edu)
ADRC Lecture
“Cancer & Neurodegeneration,”
Mary Ganguli;
ADRC conf. rm. Montefiore, noon
Women’s Basketball Vs. Ball State;
Petersen, 7 pm
Friday 19
SBDC Workshop
“The 2nd Step: Developing a Business Plan”;
Mervis, 7:30-10 am
Design, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Journal Club
109 Parran, noon
Saturday 20
Men’s Basketball Vs. Oakland;
Petersen, 4 pm
Sunday 21
Women’s Basketball Vs. Youngstown State;
Petersen, 2 pm
Tuesday 23
Men’s Basketball
Vs. Holy Cross; Petersen, 7 pm
Wednesday 24
• Winter recess for faculty & staff through Jan. 2.
Sunday 28
Women’s Basketball Vs. St. Francis (PA);
Petersen, 2 pm
Tuesday 30
Women’s Basketball Vs. DE St.;
Petersen, 5 pm
Men’s Basketball Vs. FL Gulf Coast;
Petersen, 7:30 pm
January
Saturday 3
CIDDE TA Workshop
“New TA Orientation”;
532 Alumni, 8:30 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Sunday 4
• Residence halls reopen.
Women’s Basketball Vs. Louisville;
Petersen, 2 pm
Monday 5
• All University offices and buildings reopen.
• Spring term enrollment period ends for all students.
• Spring term classes begin.
Flow Cytometry Workshop
Hillman Cancer Ctr. 2.42 pod lunch area, 9 am
Thursday 8
CIDDE Workshop
“Panopto Video Hosting & Streaming”;
B26 Alumni, 10 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Women’s Basketball Vs. NC;
Petersen, 7 pm
Defenses
Medicine/Molecular Virology & Microbiology
“New Insights & Novel Treatments for VZV-Induced Pain in a Rat Model of Postherpetic Neuralgia,”
Jean-Marc Guedon;
Dec. 4, 1495 BST, 10 am
Public Health/Biostatistics
“Semiparametric Estimation Procedures Using Local Polynomial Smoothing for Inconsistently Sampled Longitudinal Data,”
Lei Ye;
Dec. 4, A115 Crabtree, 11 am
Public Health/Epidemiology
“Using GIS to Link SEER-Medicare & California Pesticide Data: A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Pesticide Exposure & Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk,”
Trang VoPham;
Dec. 4, UPMC Cancer Pavilion conf. rm. 4C, 11:30 am
A&S/Chemistry
“Probing Molecular Interactions in Metal-Ab Complexes & Supramolecular Coiled Coil Assemblies Using Electron Spin Resonance,” Ishara Silva;
Dec. 4, 307 Eberly, 2 pm
A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“Juan García Ponce, ‘el místico sin fe’ hacia una reinterpretación de su itinerario intellectual,”
Enrique Esquivel;
Dec. 4, 1528 CL, 2:30 pm
A&S/Chemistry
“Nanogap-Enabled Study of Electrode Reactions by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy,”
Nikoloz Nioradze;
Dec. 5, 307 Eberly, 8:30 am
Nursing
“Medication Discrepancies Associated With Diabetes Mellitus in Community Dwelling Primary Care Older Adults,”
Dawn Lea;
Dec. 5, 451 Victoria, 9 am
Public Health/Behavioral & Community Health Sciences
“Transgenerational Risk for Low Birth Weight & Preterm Birth: The Role of Biological & Neighborhood Factors in Racial Disparities,”
Collette Ncube;
Dec. 5, 309B Parran, noon
Public Health/Epidemiology
“Biomarkers & Risk Factors of Atherosclerosis Among Middle-Aged Men in an International Population-Based Study,”
Abhishek Vishnu;
Dec. 5, Bellefield Professional Bldg. 3rd fl., 3 pm
Medicine/Molecular Biophysics & Structural Biology
“Biophysics Investigations of Ab Aggregation Process,”
Saketh Muni;
Dec. 8, 1018 BST3, 1:30 pm
Business/Marketing
“Communication Breakdown? Essays Examining Attention & Distraction in Technology Mediated Consumer Communications,”
Michael Sciandra;
Dec. 9, 270 Mervis, 8:30 am
A&S/Sociology
“Where You Live Does Matter: The Impact of Racial Residential Segregation on Racial Disparities in Cancer Incidence & Mortality in Northeastern & Southern U.S. Counties, 2005-2009,”
Nichole Bayliss;
Dec. 9, 2434 Posvar, 2:30 pm
IS/Library & IS
“From Librarian to Proficient Manager: The Journey of Public Library Front-line Managers,”
Michele Leininger;
Dec. 10, 828 IS, 9 am
Nursing
“Patient-Centered Outcomes Among Seriously-Ill & Non-Surviving Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients,”
Jennifer Seamon;
Dec. 10, 451 Victoria, 10 am
A&S/Computer Science
“Shared Resource Management for Non-Volatile Asymmetric Memory,”
Miao Zhou;
Dec. 10, 5317 Sennott, 10 am
Public Health/Epidemiology
“Environmental Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD),”
Lynne Marshall;
Dec. 10, 109 Parran, 2 pm
A&S/Philosophy
“Ways of Appearing: Experience & Its Phenomenology,”
Milos Vuletic;
Dec. 11, 1001B CL, 2 pm
Public Health/Epidemiology
“Fatigue, Shift Work Characteristics & Occupational Injury & Illness in Emergency Medical Services,”
Matthew Weaver;
Dec. 12, 109 Parran, 2 pm
Medicine/Neuroscience
“Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Noise-Induced Tinnitus,”
Shuang Li;
Dec. 16, S123 BST, 9 am
Public Health/Biostatistics
“Meta-Analysis Framework for Peak Calling by Combining Multiple Chip-Seq Algorithms & Gene Clustering by Combining Multiple Transcript Studies,”
Rui Chen;
Dec. 17, 216 Crabtree, 2 pm
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences
“The Role of Parental Attachment in the Etiology of Substance Use Disorder,”
ZuWei Zhai;
Dec. 19, 456 Salk, 11 am
Theatre
PICT Production
“Great Expectations”;
Charity Randall Theatre, through Dec. 20
(times: www.picttheatre.org/plays-events/2014-season/great-expectations/)
Exhibits
Bradford Campus Exhibit
“Picture Perfect”;
through Dec. 5, KOA Lobby, Blaisdell, UPB
(www.upb.pitt.edu/templates/Beyond.aspx?menu_id=250&id=33089)
FFA Exhibit
“Restrike: Uncovering the Life & Work of Gertrude Quastler”;
through Dec. 5, FFA Gallery, 10 am-4 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)
Barco Library Exhibit
“The Surface,”
Ruth Drescher;
through Jan. 23, Th 7:30 am-10 pm, F 7:30 am-5 pm (8-1376)
Deadlines
OMET Teaching Survey
Response deadline is Dec. 7.
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 Jan. 8-22. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Dec. 23. Send information to utcal@pitt.edu.
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