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February 9, 2018

Calendar

Friday, Feb. 9

Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence Workshop
“The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”; 114 Mervis Hall, 7:30 a.m. (Register: sbdc@innovation.pitt.edu)

Center for Bioethics and Health Law Symposium
“Responsible Reporting of Gun Violence”; 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (Information: Bioethics Symposium)

Race, Gender and Leadership Series
“EcoSoap Bank,” Samir Lakhani; Alumni Hall,7th floor auditorium, Noon (Register: pi.tt/TalkWithSamir or livestream)

Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar
“Structure of an Organelle-Sized Assembly,” Yi Shi, Department of Cell Biology; Scaife Hall Lecture Room 6, Noon

University Library System Workshop
“Introduction to Tableau Public”; G-49 Digital Scholarship Commons, Hillman Library, 1 p.m. (Register: ULS event)

Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Eroteticism: Aristotle on the Epistemic Centrality of Curiosity,” James Lennox; 817R Cathedral of Learning, 3:30 p.m.

Fireside Chat: Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Samir Lakhani, Top 10 CNN Hero; University Club Gold Room, 5:30 p.m. (Register: CBA Event)

 

Sunday, Feb. 11

Heinz Chapel Memorial Concert
Jon Tyillian, organist; Heinz Chapel, 3 p.m.

 

Monday, Feb. 12

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Litchfield Tower A, 10 a.m.; McCormick, 10:20 a.m.; Brackenridge, 10:40 a.m.

Center for Creativity Workshop
“Creating Paper Flower”; Center for Creativity, University Store on Fifth, 3:30 p.m. (Register: C4C workshop)

K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month Program
“African Americans in Times of War,” Harold Hayes, keynote speaker; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum, 4 p.m. (RSVP: online form)

 

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Litchfield Tower Tower A, 10 a.m.; Holland, 10:20 a.m.; Bouquet Gardens J, 10:40 a.m.

Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Breast Cancer Immunotherapy: Evolving Insights,” Leisha Emens; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Cooper Conference Center Room D, Noon

Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Causation as Production and Dependence,” Dmitri Gallo; 817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05  p.m.

Humanities Center Lecture
“’Against a Sharp White Background’: Toward Intersectional Research in Girls’ Media Studies,” Mary Kearney, University of Notre Dame; 602 Cathedral of Learning, 12:30 p.m.

Faculty Assembly Meeting
2700 Posvar Hall, 3 p.m.

K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month Screening
“Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen”; Hillman Library Thornburgh Room, 3 p.m. (Download: PDF)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture
“Vascular Factors and Alzheimer’s Disease: Independent Amyloid and Vascular Components Conspire To Cause Alzheimer’s Disease,” Oscar Lopez; Scaife Hall Lecture Room 6, 4 p.m.

UCIS/Global Legacies of 1968 Lecture
“Archive & Event: Mexico, 1968,” Samuel Steinberg, University of Southern California; 4130 Posvar Hall, 4 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Feb. 14

Pitt–Greensburg Campus Provost Search Town Hall Meeting
Smith Hall, Ferguson Theater (UPG); 10 a.m. (watch via Livestream)

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Litchfield Tower C, 10 a.m.; Nordenberg, 10:20 a.m.; Rusin, 10:50 a.m.

Ash Wednesday Service
Heinz Memorial Chapel; Noon

University Library System Workshop
“ETD”; G-74 Amy Knapp Room, Hillman Library, 2 p.m. (Register: ULS event)

 

Thursday, Feb. 15

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Lothrop, 9:30 a.m.; Panther, 10 a.m.; Frats 1-9, 10:50 a.m.

Center for Causal Discovery Lecture
“The Case for Empirical Evaluation of Methods for Causal Modeling,” David Jensen; 407A/B Offices at Baum, 11 a.m.

Senate Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Advocacy Committee Meeting
826 Cathedral of Learning, Noon

Center for Creativity Workshop
“Creating Digital Narratives”; Center for Creativity, University Store on Fifth, 4 p.m. (Register: C4C workshop)

Climate and Global Change Research Center Grand Opening
University Club Library, 4 p.m.

Infectious Disease Grand Rounds
“Integrating Automation for Local Manufacture of CAR-T Cells,” Boro Dropulic; 1103 Scaife Hall Conference Room, 4 p.m.

UCIS/Global Legacies of 1968 Lecture
“The Nigerian Civil War and Its Impact on Nation-Building in Africa,” Edmond Keller, UCLA; 4130 Posvar Hall, 4 p.m.

Humanities Lecture
“Exiled Home: Salvadorian Transnational Yourth in the Aftermath of Violence,” Susan Coutin, UC, Irvine; 602 Cathedral of Learning, 4:30 p.m.

 

Friday, Feb. 16

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Centre Plaza, 10 a.m.; Forbes-Craig, 10:30 a.m.; Mayflower, 10:50 a.m.

Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Reviving the Hopeful Monster: Richard Goldschmidt and Saltational Evolution,” Michael Dietrich; 817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05  p.m.

Senate Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting
156 Cathedral of Learning, 1 p.m.

University Library System Workshop
“Multimedia Storytelling with Scalar”; G-49 Digital Scholarship Commons, Hillman Library, 1 p.m. (Register: ULS event)

Senate Budget and Policies Committee Meeting
817 Cathedral of Learning, 2 p.m.

Writers’ Café
“From Story to Self: Meaning-Making Through Narrative Poetry,” Malcolm Friend and Cameron Barnett, 317B O’Hara Student Center, 3:30 p.m.

 

Saturday, Feb. 17

Gelfand Lecture
Harry Rubash, Harvard; O’Hara Student Center, 1 p.m.

 

Sunday, Feb. 18

Heinz Chapel Chamber Choir Festival
Heinz Chapel Choir and high school chamber choirs, a cappella singing; Heinz Memorial Chapel, 3 p.m.

 

Monday, Feb. 19

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Darragh, 10 a.m.; Oakwood, 10:35 a.m.; Franklin 10:45, 261-263 Atwood Street, 10:50; 260-318 Oakland Ave., 10:50 a.m

Senate Educational Policies Committee Meeting
826 Cathedral of Learning, 3 p.m.

Senate Plant Utilization and Planning Committee Meeting
272 Hillman Library, 3 p.m.

 

Tuesday, Feb. 20

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Sutherland East, 10 a.m.; Sutherland West, 10:15 a.m.; Pennsylvania, 10:30 a.m.; Forbes, 11 a.m.

University Library System Workshop
“Self-Archiving”; G-74 Hillman Library, Amy Knapp Room, 11 a.m. (Register: ULS event)

Senate Community Relations Committee Meeting
270 Mervis Hall, Noon

Center for Race and Social Problems Lecture
“No Way Out: Precarious Living in the Shadow of Poverty,” Waverly Duck; 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Noon

Black History Month/School of Engineering Lecture
“Strategies to Increase the Diversity and Inclusion of Black Students and Faculty in Engineering and Science,” Karl Reid, National Society of Black Engineers; 102 Benedum Hall, Noon

Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Anomalies and the Range of Applications of an Empirical Theory: Two Case Studies,” Ulrich Gähde, University of Hamburg, Germany; 817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 p.m.

University Library System Workshop
“Finding Funding: Resources and Opportunities for New Researchers”; University Club, Lower Level, 1 p.m. (Register: ULS event)

Senate Council Meeting
2700 Posvar Hall, 3 p.m.

Center for Creativity Workshop
“Creating Vision Boards”; Center for Creativity, University Store on Fifth, 4 p.m. (Register: C4C workshop)

GSWS One-Woman Performance
“KaruppI (The Dark Woman),” Ponni Arasu; Charity Randal Theatre, 6 p.m. (Information: GSWS event site)

1960 Throwback Movie Night
G-49 Digital Scholarship Commons, Hillman Library, 8 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Feb. 21

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Amos, 9:30 a.m.; Bruce, 9:50 a.m.; Bouquet Gardens A-H, 10:15 a.m.

Pitt–Greensburg Campus/WANT Job and Career Expo
Ramada Greensburg Hotel and Conference Center, 1-4 p.m. (Register: www.wantexpo.org)

K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month Lecture
“The Best of Times: Black Pittsburgh During WWII,” Larry Glasco; Hillman Library Thornburgh Room, 1:30 p.m. (Download: PDF)

University Library System Webinar
“Zotero Basics,” 5 p.m. (Register: Go To training)

 

Thursday, Feb. 22

Winter Housing Evacuation Exercise
Skyvue, TBA

Office of Human Resources’ TIAA Information Session
“Updates to the Retirement Savings Plan”; 548 William Pitt Union, 10 a.m.

Alzheimer Disease Research Center Lecture
“Brain, Environment, Aging and Mobility,” Andrea Russo; S439 Montefiore Hospital, ADRC Conference Room, Noon

Faculty Book Talk
“The Landscape of Pastoral Care in the 13th-Century England,” William Campbell; Hillman Library Thornburgh Room, Noon

Center for Creativity Workshop
“Playing With Poetry Forms”; Center for Creativity, University Store on Fifth, 5:30 p.m. (Register: C4C workshop)

Black History Month Performance
“Theatre for the 21st Century,” Rhodessa Jones and Idris Ackamoor; Charity Randall Theatre, 7 p.m. (Information: Pitt Arts events)

 

Defenses

Arts and Sciences/Physics and Astronomy
“Exploring Nanoscale Spin Physics Using Single Spins in Diamond,” Kai Zhang; Feb. 9, 219 Allen Hall, 10 a.m.

Public Health/Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
“Contraceptive and Family Planning Experiences, Priorities, and Preferences of Women with Serious Mental Illness,” Cara Nikolajski; Feb. 12, A638 Crabtree Hall, 9 a.m.

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences/Rehabilitation Science and Technology
“Development and Validation of a Wheelchair Caster Testing Protocol,” Anand Mhatre; Feb. 12, Bakery Square Suite 400, HERL Conference Room, 1 p.m.

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences/Rehabilitation Science and Technology
“Barriers and Facilitators in Training Students With Physical Disabilities in Science and Engineering Laboratories,” Hervens Jeannis; Feb. 13, 401-3 Bakery Square, 10 a.m.

Social Sciences/Economics
“Essays on Health and Family Economics,” Ho-Ching Mak; Feb. 14, 4801 Posvar Hall, 2 p.m.

 

Theatre

UP Theatre
“Little Shop of Horrors”; Charity Randall Theatre, Feb. 8-18  (Time details: UP Stages)

 

Deadlines

The Pain Research Challenge
Round 1 applications are due by Feb. 19, 5 p.m. (Information: CTSI Funding)

Center on Race and Social Problems Pilot Study
Research proposals are due by Feb. 28. (Information: CRSP Pilot Study Proposal)

2018 Pitt Sustainability Awards Program
Submit nominations by March 2. (Pitt Sustainability Awards)

Pitt SEED Project
Applications are due by March 5. (Pitt Seed Project webpage)

Multidisciplinary Research Fellowship in Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Application deadline is April 1. (Download the PDF for more information)

 

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of Feb. 22-March 8. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 p.m. on March 5. Send information to utcal@pitt.edu.

 


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