Thursday 30

Health & Fitness Ctr. Open House

Trees, noon

(www.physicalactivity.pitt.edu/HealthandFitness.aspx)

Pitt founder Hugh Henry Brackenridge is part of the “Faces to Names: 225 Years of Pitt Chancellors’ Portraits (1787-2012)” exhibit Sept. 11-Oct. 14 at the Frick Fine Arts Gallery.

Student Job Fair

WPU Ballrm., 1-3 pm

(ans118@pitt.edu; www.careers.pitt.edu/)

Friday 31

Oakland Farmers Market

Sennott St. between Atwood & Meyran, 3-6:30 pm

(Fridays through Nov. 9; www.oaklandfarmersmarket.org)

September

Saturday 1

Football vs. Youngstown St.;

Heinz Field, 6 pm

Sunday 2

Episcopal Service

Heinz Chapel, 11 am

(Sundays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)

Monday 3

• University closed in observance of Labor Day.

Tuesday 4

Faculty Assembly Mtg.

U. Club 3rd fl. conf. rm A, 3 pm

Pitt Bowling League

PAA, 5:30 pm

(Tuesdays through April; 4-8956)

Wednesday 5

Greensburg Campus Bldg. Dedication

Cassell, UPG, 11 am

Fox Innovations in Vision Restoration Lecture

“Awakening the Dormant Neuroregenerative Potential,”

Dong Chen, Harvard;

5th fl. boardrm. E&EI, 11:45 am

(www.foxcenter.pitt.edu)

Pitt Communicators Mtg.

Cynthia Golden, CIDDE; 528 Alumni, noon (RSVP: kis9@pitt.edu)

Book of Common Prayer Service

Heinz Chapel, 12:15 pm

(Wednesdays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)

Thursday 6

Chemistry Seminar

“Enzymes, Peptides & Nucleic Acids for Programming Nanoparticle Morphology & the Nanoscale Properties of Materials,”

Nathan Gianneschi, UC–San Diego;

150 Chevron, 2:30 pm

(chemrcpt@pitt.edu)

Friday 7

• Fall term add/drop period ends.

Bradford Campus First Friday Admissions Program

UPB, 10 am

(register: www.upb.pitt.edu/visit.aspx)

Sunday 9

Concert

Michael Jackson, ProMusica Pittsburgh;

Heinz Chapel, 3 pm

Music at Pitt Concert

“A Musical Program on the History of Indian Music”;

FFA aud., 5-7 pm

(724/265-7957)

Monday 10

Chemistry Seminar

“How Big Does a Virus Have to Be?”

William Gelbart, UCLA;

154 Chevron, 4 pm

(chemrcpt@pitt.edu)

Tuesday 11

Philosophy of Science Talk

“How Physics Works,”

Nicholas Rescher;

817R CL, 12:05 pm

(pittcntr@pitt.edu)

Chemistry Lecture

“DNA & RNA, in & out of Viruses,”

William Gelbart, UCLA;

154 Chevron, 2:30 pm

(chemrcpt@pitt.edu)

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar

“Hydrocephalus & Mammary Hyperplasia: Wnt Signaling & the Phenotype of the NHERF1 Knockout Mouse,”

Guillermo Romero;

1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

(3-7757)

Wednesday 12

SAC Mtg.

5th fl. conf. rm. Alumni, 12:15 pm

Senate Council Mtg.

2700 Posvar, 3 pm

Thursday 13

ADRC Conf.

“Using Biomarkers to Disclose Risk Information for Alzheimer’s Disease: Ethical & Psychosocial Implications,”

Scott Roberts, U of MI;

123 BST South, noon

(412/692-2721)

CRSP Lecture

“Obama’s Campaigns & Presidency: No Post-Racial America,”

Joe Feagin, Texas A&M;

2017 CL, noon

(www.socialwork.pitt.edu)

HSLS Lecture

“Charles Darwin’s Challenge to the Skeptics,”

Robert Olby, history & philosophy of science;

Scaife lect. rm. 5, noon

(http://info.hsls.pitt.edu/updatereport/?p=5747)

Chemistry Lecture

“In-Situ Nonlinear Spectroscopic Investigations of Field Effect Transistors,”

Aaron Masari;

U of MN, 150 Chevron, 2:30 pm

(chemrcpt@pitt.edu)

Discussion/Book Signing

“Hidden America,”

Jeanne Laskas, English;

Barnes & Noble, 100 W. Bridge St. Homestead, 7 pm

(412/462-5743)

English Poetry Reading

“Beauty Is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability,”

Michael Northen, Jennifer Bartlett & Kathi Wolfe;

O’Hara Student Ctr. aud., 8:30 pm

(ems9@pitt.edu)

Defenses

GSPH/EOH

“Beyond Hydroxocobalamin: Towards a Broadening of the Extant Acute Cyanide Poisoning Antidotes,”

Oscar Benz;

Sept. 4, Bridgeside Pt. 5th fl. boardroom, 2 pm

A&S/Anthropology

“Managing (In)Visibility by a Double Minority: Dissimulation & Identity Maintenance Among Alevi Bulgarian Turks,”

Hande Sozer;

Sept. 5, 3106 Posvar, 1 pm

GSPH/Behavioral & Community Health Sciences

“Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST): How Do Nursing Facilities Implement the POLST Program?”

Jason Manne;

Sept. 7, 209 Parran, 10 am

Exhibits

ULS Special Collections

“Recent Acquisitions”;

271 Hillman exhibition case, through Sept., reg. library hours

HSLS/NLM Traveling Exhibit

“Rewriting the Book of Nature,”

Charles Darwin;

Falk Library 2nd fl. Scaife, through Oct. 6

Chancellors’ Portrait Exhibit

“Faces to Names: 225 Years of Pitt Chancellors’ Portraits (1787-2012)”;

FFA Gallery,

Sept. 11-Oct. 14, M-F 10 am-4 pm, Oct. 12 10 am-8 pm, Oct. 13 & 14, 10 am-4 pm

Deadlines

CTSI Bridge Funding

Deadline for application is 4 pm Sept. 1.

(sac32@pitt.edu)

Greensburg Campus Alumni Assn. Alumnus of Distinction Award

Nominations due Sept. 5.

(www.greensburg.pitt.edu/alumni/nominate)

UCIS Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for Int’l Achievement

Nominations due Sept. 14.

(www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/content/sheth-distinguished-faculty-award-international-achievement)

UCIS Sheth Int’l Young Alumni Achievement Award

Nominations due Sept. 14.

(www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/content/sheth-international-young-alumni-achievement-award)

NTT Call for Participation

Deadline for submission of proposals is Sept. 15.

(nttconference@gmail.com)

CTSI Funding

Deadline for application is noon on Sept. 17.

(lmg89@pitt.edu)

CTSI/NIH Director’s Early Independence Award Nominations

Nominations due Sept. 21.

(gfs49@pitt.edu)

CTSI New Pilot Funding for Women’s Cancer Research

Application  deadline is 5 pm on Sept. 24.

(ryann@upmc.edu)

ADRC Seed Monies Grant

Deadline for letter of intent is Sept. 10; application due Oct. 8.

(dunnlo@upmc.edu)

UPG Golf Outing

Register for Oct. 12 event at: www.greensburg.pitt.edu/golfouting.

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of Sept. 13-27. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Sept. 6 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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For deadlines, see the current publication schedule.

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