CALENDAR
January
Thursday 19
OFD Teaching Development Workshop
Writing Courses II;
WPU Dining Rm. A, noon-1:30 p.m.
Colloquium
"Norms and National Security: Germany and Japan at the End of the Cold War,"
Peter Katzenstein, Cornell;
2K56 FQ, noon-1:30 p.m. (648-7275)
Miles Inc. Briefing Series
"Boris Yeltsin and the Crisis in Chechnya,"
Jonathan Harris, political science;
USX Tower aud., 600 Grant St., Downtown, noon-1 p.m.
Medical Ethics & Health Sciences Lecture
"Conceptualizing Genetic Identity: Of Being and Bondage,"
Rhonda Hartman, law; Scaife aud. 5, noon-1 p.m.
Chemistry Colloquium
"Stereochemical Control in Ring Forming and Ring Cleavage Reactions,"
Mark Lautens, U. of Toronto;
Chevron Ashe Aud., 2:30 p.m.
Biostatistics/Family Medicine Seminar
"Estimating Survival From AIDS Diagnosis Using Surveillance Data,"
Michael LaValley, Harvard;
A-115 Crabtree, 3:30 p.m.
Chemistry Colloquium
"Resonant Ion-dip Infrared Spectra of C6H6-(H2O) in Clusters Probing Networks of Hydrogen Bonds,"
Timothy Zwier, Purdue;
Chevron Ashe Aud., 4 p.m.
Clinical Pharmacology Seminar
"Mechanisms by Which Estrogen Induces Cardioprotective Effects in Post Menopausal Women," Raghvendra Dubey, medicine;
622 Scaife, 4-5 p.m.
Martin Kuther King Jr. Lecture
"Law, Race and Suspicion,"
Randall Kennedy, Harvard;
Teplitz Moot courtroom, law school, 6 p.m. (648-7640)
PPC Lecture
"Makes Me Wanna Holler,"
author Nathan McCall;
WPU Assembly Rm., 8:30 p.m. (648-7900)
Friday 20
UPMC Blood Drive
Bellefield Towers, 6th fl., 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. (647-3785)
GPSA Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Urban Issues
Opening luncheon, keynote speaker Mayor Thomas Murphy;
WPU Assembly Rm., noon
"Economic Benchmarks: Where Do We Go From Here,"
Ralph Bangs, UCSUR; Earl Hord, Minority Enterprises Corp.;
WPU Dining Rm. A, 2 p.m.
"Economic Benchmarks: Employment,"
State Rep. Joseph Preston; George Tita, CMU;
WPU Dining Rm. A, 3 p.m.
"Economic Benchmarks: A Means to a Solution,"
Mary Nelumphart, psychology;
WPU Dining Rm. A, 4:30 p.m. (624-7844)
Pizza and Politics
Explanation of W. European studies program;
4E51 FQ, noon (RSVP by 10 a.m. Jan. 20 to 648-7405)
American Politics & West European Studies Lecture
"Making and Breaking Governments: Cabinets and Legislatures in Parliamentary Democracies,"
Kenneth Shepsle, Harvard;
4R51 FQ, 3:15 p.m. (648-7283)
Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Prospects for a Darwinian Social Science: Uses, Limits and Extensions of Animal Models," Steven Gaulin, anthropology;
817R CL, 3:30 p.m.
Music Colloquium
"Authenticity of Musicological Criticism: Toward a Multi-Disciplinary View of French Baroque Musical-Theater,"
Barbara Coeyman, WVU;
4 p.m., 132 Music Bldg.
Saturday 21
GPSA Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Urban Issues
"Images of the City,"
Robert Beauregard, urban regional planning; 10 a.m.
"Youth and Violence,"
Cynthia Liefeld, psychology; 11 a.m.
"Information Systems,"
Jimmie Joseph, David Darcy, Weidong Xia, Amir Hartman, business; 1:30 p.m.
"Housing and Urban Development,"
Mulugetta Birru, Urban Redevelopment Authority; Jun Hong and Earle Onque, GSPIA; 3 p.m.
Dinner: Dwight Evans, keynote speaker; 5 p.m.
All presentations in WPU Dining Rm. A (624-7844)
Sports Medicine's Marathon Training Seminar
LHAS aud., Montefiore, 11 a.m. (647-RUNN)
Sunday 22
Bradford Campus Film
"Wings of Desire";
introduction, Paula Buck, English;
O'Kain Aud., Swarts Hall, UPB, 2 p.m. (814-362-7590)
Monday 23
Johnstown Campus Film
"Bringing Up Baby";
Engineering & Science Bldg. aud., UPJ, 7 p.m. (814) 269-7141
Tuesday 24
Pharmacology Seminar
"Inflammatory Response to Traumatic Brain Injury,"
Patrick Kochanek, anesthesiology/critical care medicine;
1395 BST, noon-1 p.m.
Philosophy of Science Lecture
"On the Distinction Between Absolute and Relative Motion,"
Rob Rynasiewicz, Johns Hopkins;
817R CL, noon
Intercultural Bag Lunch
3708 Fifth Ave., Suite 500, noon-1 p.m. (383-1813)
Grenvik Critical Care Lecture
"The Molecular Consequences of Circulatory Shock,"
Tim Buchman, Washington U.;
lecture rm. 5 Scaife, 1 p.m.
City Planning Commission Hearing on Pitt Master Plan
1st fl. John P. Robin Civic Bldg., 200 Ross St., Downtown, 2:30 p.m. (255-2208)
University Council on Graduate Study Meeting
817 CL, 3-5 p.m. (624-0790)
Cell Biology/Physiology Colloquium
"Stage-Specific Regulation of CREB and CREM Transcription Factor Expression During Spermatogenesis,"
William Walker, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Mass. General;
1495 BST, 4 p.m.
Facial Paralysis Support Group
UPMC conf. rm., 11th fl. Scaife/Presby, 7-9 p.m. (Registration required: 1-800-648-2205)
Wednesday 25
UPMC Blood Drive
WPIC 404A-B, 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. (647-3785)
Student Health Service Health Fair
WPU Assembly Room, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (383-1830)
Lecture
"Mainland Chinese Cinema in the Global Cultural Context of the 1990s,"
Dai Jinhua, Beijing Film Academy and Beijing U.
(lecture in Chinese; translation by Sheldon Lu);
209 DL, 1 p.m.
Linguistics Lecture
"Ergativity: Argument Structure and Grammatical Relations,"
Chris Manning;
144 CL, 3 p.m.
Pathology Seminar
"Is There a Liver Stem Cell: Molecular and Pathophysiological Studies,"
David Schafritz, Einstein College of Medicine;
618 Scaife, 4 p.m. (648-1040)
Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar
"Gene Trapping in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells,"
Gary Lyons, U. of Wisconsin;
1495 BST, 4-5 p.m.
Akira Kurosawa Film
"No Regrets for Our Youth";
125 Frick Fine Arts, 6 p.m.
Men's Basketball
Vs. Seton Hall;
Field House, 8 p.m.
Thursday 26
UPMC Blood Drive
WPIC, 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m.;
Falk Clinic, 5th fl., 8 a.m.-1:45 p.m. (647-3785)
Reproductive Physiology Seminar
"Interactions Between Hormonal and Synaptic Inputs Influencing Hypothalmic Neurons and Reproductive Behavior,"
Donald Pfaff, Rockefeller U.;
14th fl. conf. rm. BST, noon
WESP Lecture
"Perpetual Peace or Common Market: European Unification in 18th Century France,"
Yves Citton, French & Italian;
2P56 FQ, noon
FAS Graduate Studies Lecture
"The Academy as a Gendered Institution;"
CMU Student Activities Center, noon-1 p.m. (624-6026)
OFD Teaching Development Workshop
Teaching for Diversity;
WPU Dining Rm. B, 1-2:30 p.m.
Chemistry Colloquium
"Asymmetric Syntheses in Process Research at Merck,"
Joseph Armstrong, Merck;
Chevron Ashe Aud., 2:30 p.m.
Clinical Pharmacology Lecture
"Alterations in Reflex Neuro Control of Blood Pressure During Pregnancy,"
Mary Christina Hines, nursing;
1103 Scaife, 4-5 p.m.
Friday 27
Lecture
"Coping With Chronic Disease: Results From a Clinical Trial of Coping Effectiveness Training,"
Margaret Chesney, UC San Francisco;
WPIC 2nd fl. aud., 10:30 a.m.-noon
Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Rationality, Relativism and Methodological Pluralism,"
Howard Sankey, U. of Melbourne, Australia;
817R CL, noon
Pharmacology Seminar
"Biology of ADP-Robsylation Factors (ARFs): Their Roles in Membrane Traffic," Richard Kahn, NIH; noon-1 p.m. (648-7247)
Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting
WPU Dining Rm. B, noon-2 p.m.
OFD Teaching Development Workshop
"Teaching for Diversity,"
WPU Dining Rm. A, 2-3:30 p.m.
Saturday 28
Facial Paralysis Support Group
UPMC conf. rm., 11th fl. Scaife/Presby, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
(Registration required: 1-800-648-2205)
Sunday 29
Bradford Campus Film
"Casablanca";
introduction, Helen Ruggieri, writing;
O'Kain Aud., Swarts Hall, UPB, 2 p.m. (814-362-7590)
Monday 30
UPMC Blood Drive
Iroquois Bldg. 4th fl., 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m. (647-3785)
Johnstown Campus Film
"Sullivan's Travels";
Engineering & Science Bldg. aud., UPJ, 7 p.m. (814-269-7141)
PAT Public Meeting
On Spine Line Corridor as it relates to Oakland; WPU Ballrm., 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday 31
Bradford Campus
"Aron Turner: The First of the Big-time Circus Showmen,"
Patricia Bianco, theatre;
Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 11:30 a.m. (814-362-7505)
Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Epistemological Pluralism From the Viewpoint of Group Rationality,"
Dimitri Ginev, U. of Sofia, Bulgaria;
817R CL, noon
Music on the Edge
Wayne Peterson, composer;
Frick Fine Arts aud., 8 p.m. (624-4125) February
Wednesday 1
Akira Kurosawa Film
"Seven Samurai"; 2M2P FQ, 6 p.m.
Thursday 2
Chemistry Colloquium
"Synthesis of Complexes Containing Metal Chalocogen Single and Double Bonds,"
John Arnold, UC Berkeley;
Chevron Ashe Aud., 2:30 p.m.
Chemistry Colloquium
"Protein Folding Theory," Eugene Shaknovich, Harvard; Chevron Ashe Aud., 4 p.m.
Jewish Studies/Hillel Shalom Lecture
"Kabbalah and the Myth of Judaism,"
Hava Tirosh-Rothschild, Indiana U.;
WPU Kurtzman Rm., 8:15 p.m. (624-3007)
Exhibits
University Art Gallery
"Images of a Semester at Sea: Photographs by Alan Arellano and His Students";
Frick Fine Arts, through February.
Deadlines
Emergency Medicine/EMS: The Tools & the Talent
Feb. 3 course, to be held at Sheraton Station Square, is designed for paramedics, emergency medical technicians and emergency and critical care nurses. For more information, call 578-3203. Deadline for applications: Jan. 25.
Evaluation of Teaching Surveys
Request forms for scheduling student opinion of teaching surveys have been mailed. Faculty who have not received one and want to schedule a survey should obtain a survey request form from their department chair's office or call 624-6147. Surveys are scheduled as requests are received. Completed request forms for spring term are due in Evaluation of Teaching, G-39 CL, by Feb. 13.
Chinese Studies Travel Grants
To help support faculty travel to the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Applications are available from Asian studies, 4E05 FQ, 648-7411. Deadline for submitting applications: Feb. 14.
Seminar for More Inclusive Courses
May 15-26 seminar will assist faculty in making their courses more inclusive in terms of gender, race and other diversity issues both in content and pedagogy. Application open to all FAS faculty; faculty from other schools will be given serious consideration. Stipend of $1,500 will be awarded to each faculty participant. For more information, contact Ogle Duff (648-7194) or Marianne Novy (624-6485), co-chairs of the Diversity Working Group Subcommittee on Curriculum. Deadline for applications: Feb. 15.
Calendar Deadline
The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published Thursday, Feb. 2. It will contain events of Feb. 2-16. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 p.m. Jan. 26 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information will not be accepted over the telephone but can be sent by FAX: 624-4579 or e-mail: njbrown@vms.cis. pitt.edu.
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