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January 8, 2009

CALENDAR

Thursday 8

GSPH Epidemiology Seminar
“Current Controversies in Diabetes: A Pittsburgh Perspective,"
Trevor Orchard;
A115 Crabtree, noon-1 pm

Friday 9

Pathology Seminar
“Pathwork (r) Tissue of Origin Test: Application of Genomics-Based Microarray Testing in Difficult Cases of Tumor Classifications,”
Catherine Dumur, VA Commonwealth U; 1103 Scaife, 10 am

PT Clinical Rounds
“My CI Has Never Seen This Before. Now What? 2 Case Studies,"
Sven Lynch;
G23 Parran, 11:40 am-12:45 pm

Medical Education Grand Rounds
“Anesthesiology: Competency-Based vs. Faith-Based Education: Are We Serious About Practicing What We Preach?”
Larry Gruppen, U of MI;
Scaife lecture rm. 3, noon (8-9000)

Anthropology Colloquium
“Social Change In Pre-Columbian San Ramon De Alajuela, Costa Rica, & Its Relation With Adjacent Regions,”
Mauricio Murillo Herrera;
3106 WWPH, 3 pm

Saturday 10

UPMC Sports Medicine Marathon Training Seminar
“Getting Started: Marathon Training & Preparation,”
S100A Starzl BST, 10 am (412/392-1021)

Women’s Basketball
Vs. DePaul;
Petersen, 2 pm

Music on the Edge Concert
Sirius String Quartet;
Andy Warhol Museum, North Side, 8 pm

Sunday 11

Men’s Basketball Vs. St. John’s;
Petersen, noon

Monday 12

HSLS Workshop
“Measuring Health: Finding Mental Measurement Tools,”
Ester Saghafi;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 10:30 am-noon

Biostatistics Seminar
“Rats! Analyzing Tumor Xenograft Data Is More Complicated Than It First Appears,”
Daniel Normolle, U of MI;
A115 Crabtree, 3 pm

SIS Information Session
522 IS, 6:30-8 pm

Tuesday 13

HSLS Workshop
“EndNote Basics,”
Pat Weiss;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon

Office of Research/NCURA Broadcast Workshop
“Audits & the Audit Process”;
Scaife lecture rm. 6, 11:30 am-3:30 pm (4-7405)

ULS Workshop
“RefWorks Basics”;
Hillman Library gr. fl., noon-1:30 pm

Basic Research Seminar
Nikola Vujanovic;
Cooper Conference Ctr. classrm. B & C, noon-1 pm

Ctr. for Philosophy of Science Talk
“On the Implications of Oversimplification,”
Nicholas Rescher, philosophy;
817R CL, 12:05 pm

HSLS Workshop
“Introduction to HSLS Resources & Services at Falk Library,”
Carolyn Biglow; Falk Library entrance, 1-2 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Dissecting Tumor Suppressor Signaling Regulated by Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase T,”
Zhenghe John Wang, Case Comprehensive Cancer Ctr.;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm (412/383-7757)

Wednesday 14

Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Justin Hohl;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7 am

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Oral Chemotherapy: Issues That My Generation of Oncologists Never Had to Think About,”
Merrill Egorin;
2nd fl. aud. Herberman Conf. Ctr., UPMC Shadyside, 8 am

HSLS Workshop
“PubMed Basics,”
Jill Foust;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 9-10:30 am

CLAS Lecture
“El Salvador: Next Presidential Elections & New Challenges,”
Horatio Castellanos Moya;
4130 Posvar, noon (8-7392)

Pathology Research Seminar
“Immunologic & Proteomic Blood-Based Biomarkers for Lung Cancer Detection & Prognosis,”
William Bigbee;
1104 Scaife, noon

Renal Research Seminar
Darwin King;
F1145 Presby, noon-1 pm

Practical Flow Cytometry Lecture
“Reliably Recognizing Phenotypic Abnormalities,”
Fiona Craig;
S100A Starzl BST, noon (412/623-7780)

Staff Assn. Council Mtg.
1175 Benedum, 12:15 pm

HSLS Workshop
“Genetic Information Resources,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3 pm

Men’s Basketball Vs. S. FL;
Petersen, 7 pm

Thursday 15

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
“Child Abuse Cases & Update,"
Janet Squires;
“Respiratory Emergencies in Pediatrics,"
Sonia Singh; “CSI: Cases of Special Interest,"
Kavitha Antonyraj & Kristin Strukus;
230 McKee Place classrm. A, suite 500, 8 am-noon

IRB Workshop
“Ask the IRB for Exempt/Expedited Research,”
Christopher Ryan;
211 Lawrence, noon (orndoffpa@upmc.edu)

EOH Seminar
“Personalized Approaches to Environmental Health Care: Can a Community Bypass Health Care Professionals to Save Itself?"
Robert Branch;
Bridgeside Pt. conf. rm. 540, noon-1 pm

GSPH/Epidemiology Seminar
“Does the Menopause Increase CV Risk? What We Have Learned From SWAN,’’
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell;
A115 Crabtree, noon-1 pm

HSLS Lunch With a Librarian
“Finding Full-Text Articles,”
Mary Lou Klem;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, noon-1 pm

Pitt Research Network Seminar
“Infrastructure Resources of the CTSI: What Are They & How Can I Access Them for My Research Protocol?”
Daniel Buysse & Dawn Guzik Stocker;
S100A Starzl BST, noon-1:30 pm

HSLS Workshop
“Searching EBSCOHost CINAHL,”
Charles Wessel;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 3-4:30 pm

Friday 16

• Spring term add/drop period ends.

Senate Budget Policies Committee Mtg.
501 CL, noon-2 pm

Ctr. for Philosophy of Science Talk
“Structural Explanation,”
Laura Felline, U of Rome;
817R CL, 12:05 pm

Saturday 17

Greensburg Campus La Cultura Winter Gala
“Sapphire Celebration at Pitt-Greensburg”;
Millstein Library, UPG, 5:30 pm (info or reservations: 724/836-7039)

Women’s Basketball Vs. USF;
Petersen, 2 pm

Music on the Edge Concert
Clarinetist Jean Kopperud & pianist Stephen Gosling;
Bellefield aud., 8 pm

Monday 19

• University closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

Men’s Basketball Vs. Syracuse;
Petersen, 7 pm

Tuesday 20

Faculty & Staff Blood Drive
WPU lower lounge, 8 am-4 pm (also Victoria 1st fl. lobby, 8 am-2 pm)

HSLS Workshop
“The WOW Factor: PowerPoint for Posters,”
Sam Lewis;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10-11:30 am

Basic Research Seminar
“Epigenetics & Chromatin Organization in Human Embryonic Stem Cells,"
Paul Sammak;
Cooper Conf. Ctr. classrm. B & C, noon–1 pm

Senate Community Relations Committee Mtg.
Hillman 2nd fl. conf. rm., noon-2 pm

Ctr. for Philosophy of Science Talk
“Measuring Variations,”
Federica Russo, Catholic U of Louvain;
817R CL, 12:05 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Automated Phenotyping of Transgenic Zebrafish Embryos,”
Andreas Vogt, Drug Discovery Inst.;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm (412/383-7757)

Bioethics Medical History Lecture
“The 200th Anniversary of Abdominal Laparotomy: The Ephraim McDowell Story,”
John Raves, AGH;
Scaife lecture rm. 5, 6 pm

Wednesday 21

Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Dominick Tuason;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7 am

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Genomic Determinants of Sensitivity & Resistance to EGFR Targeted Agents,’’
Pasi Antero Janne;
Herberman Conf. Ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8-9 am

Pathology Research Seminar
“Thymomas: Controversies & Diagnostic Pitfalls,”
Cesar Moran, U of TX;
1105 Scaife, noon

Renal Research Seminar
Becky Hughey;
F1145 Presby, noon-1 pm

HSLS Workshop
“Protein Information Resources,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3 pm

ULS Workshop
“RefWorks Basics”;
Hillman gr. fl., 4:30-6 pm

Thursday 22

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
“Is My Patient in Shock?"
Brian Suffoletto;
“Mortality & Morbidity,"
Michael Turturro;
“Oral Core Content,"
Tracy Moore;
“Potpourri,"
Adam Yates;
230 McKee Pl. classrm. A, suite 500, 8 am–noon

CRSP Lecture
“Measuring Race & Ethnicity in a Changing, Multicultural America,”
Howard Hogan, US Census Bureau;
2017 CL, noon-1:30 pm (4-7382)

GSPH/Epidemiology Seminar
“Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure,"
Gale Richardson & Marie Cornelius;
A115 Crabtree, noon-1 pm

CIDDE Workshop
“Developing a Course,”
Joanne Nicoll;
815 Alumni, 11 am-1 pm

GSPIA Ridgway Lecture
“The Future of US Nuclear Weapons Policy,”
Charles Ferguson, Council on Foreign Relations;
FFA aud., 7 pm

PhD Defenses

Medicine/Molecular Pharmacology
“Expression & Function of Urothelial Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors,”
Jonathan Beckel;
Jan. 9, 1395 Starzl BST, 2 pm

A&S/History & Philosophy of Science
“Practices, Perception & Normative States,”
Julie Zahle;
Jan. 14, 1001-B CL, 10:30 am

Katz
“Project Leader’s Dual Socialization & Its Impact on Team Learning & Performance: A Diagnostic Study,”
Tanvi Gautam;
Jan. 15, 101 Mervis, 2:30 pm

A&S/Communication
“Toward a Grammar of the Blogosphere: Rhetoric & Attention in the Networked Imaginary,”
Damien Pfister;
Jan. 16, 1128 CL, 10 am

Medicine/Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
“Role of ING2 (Inhibitor of Growth Family Member 2) in Cellular Responses to DNA Damage,”
Guoming Sun;
Jan. 16, 1395 BST, 10 am

A&S/Anthropology
“The Domestic Mode of Production & the Development of Sociopolitical Complexity: Evidence From the Spondylus Industry of Coastal Ecuador,”
Alexander Martin;
Jan. 16, 3307 Posvar, noon

Theatre

Kuntu Repertory Theatre
“Clean Drums”;
Jan. 22-Feb. 7, Th-Sat. at 8 pm, Sun. at 4 pm, also Jan. 31 at 1 pm & Feb. 5 at 11 am;
7th fl. aud. Alumni (4-7298)

Exhibits

Hillman Library Audubon Exhibit
“American Crow,”
through Jan. 19;
Hillman gr. fl. exhibit case, reg. library hours (8-7715)

Barco Law Library Exhibit
“Watercolors”
by Roc Prologo;
through Jan. 16;
4th fl. exhibit gallery, Barco, reg. library hours (8-1376)

Nationality Rooms Holiday Displays
CL;
Taped tours weekends through Jan. 18; Sat. 9 am-2:30 pm, Sun. 11 am-2:30 pm; (4-6000)

Pitt History Exhibit
“Free at Last?”;
Heinz History Ctr., Strip District, 10 am-5 pm daily through April 5. (412/454-6000)

Deadlines

University Times Books, Journals & More Supplement
Submissions for annual supplement due Jan. 31.
Submit online at www.umc.pitt.edu/utimes/books.html. (Info: 4-4644)

Int’l Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication & Management
Author notifications due Jan. 14. Camera-ready full papers due Feb. 11.
Submit online at www.2009iiisconferences.org/KGCM/organizer.asp.

UCIS Global Academic Partnership Grant Competition
Submissions due Jan. 30.
(Guidelines & details regarding eligibility: www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/gap)

Faculty Development in Int’l Business Study Trip
Applications for “European Economies in Transition” due Feb. 2.
(info: www.ucis.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/events/ucisextra.pl?jid=2865)

Int’l Multi-Conference on Engineering & Technological Innovation
Camera-ready full papers due Feb. 4. Email submissions to imeti@mail.iiis2009.org.

Int’l Symposium on Academic Globalization
Full papers due Feb. 11.
Submit online at www.2009iiisconferences.org/AG.

Provost’s Faculty Diversity Seminar
Application package including CV, syllabus, cover letter & department letter due Feb. 20 to Joanne Nicoll, 820 Alumni. (info: 412/383-9729)
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