University Times

Thursday, January 11

Pediatric Grand Rounds

"Family-Centered Care: Implications for Clinical Practice, Medical Education & Systems of Care," Beverley Johnson; McCluskey aud. Children's, 8 am

Center for Minority Health/Office of Disease Prevention Conference

"National Minority Health Leadership Summit–Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities: Mapping a Course for Community Action & Research," morning session, 8:45 am-noon, University Club; afternoon session, 1-5 pm, Babcock Rm. 40th fl. CL (to register: 624-5665)

Immunology Seminar

"Inflammatory Cytokines Cooperate or Antagonize for Gene Expression & Apoptosis by Complex NF-kB & Stat 1 Interactions," Raymond Ganster; W995 BST, noon

Immunology Seminar

"Costimulation & Counter-Stimulation: Lipid Raft Clustering Controls TCR Signaling & Functional Outcomes," Carrie Miceli, UCLA; S123 BST, noon

Geology & Planetary Science Seminar

"Spring Term Welcome & What's a Meadow for? Using Metaphors & Proxies in Valuing Nature," Harold Rollins & Mark Collins; 1104 Thaw, 4 pm (624-8780)

Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds

"Evoked Potential Monitoring," Steven Whitehurst; 7 Main LHAS aud. Montefiore, 5 pm

Toastmasters Meeting

1103 Scaife, 6 pm

Greensburg Campus Martin Luther King Jr. Program

Jim Lucas, re-creator of King's speeches; Ferguson Theater, UPG, 7 pm (724/836-9942)

Friday, January 12

Medical Grand Rounds

"Sleep, Breathing & the Failing Heart," T. Douglas Bradley; lec. rm. 6 Scaife, 8 am

Center for Minority Health/Office of Disease Prevention Conference

"National Minority Health Leadership Summit–Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities: Mapping a Course for Community Action & Research," closing sessions; Holiday Inn, 9 am-noon

Pharmacology Seminar

"Susceptibility to Lung Cancer: Selective Mechanisms Affecting Women," Jill Siegfried; 1395 BST, noon

Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting

Dining Rm. B WPU, 12:05-2 pm

Saturday, January 13

UPMC Marathon Training Seminar

"Training & Preparing for a Marathon," Larry Grollman, Abe Friedman, Leslie Bonci, Dave Jenkinson & Alison Taglianetti; LHAS aud. Montefiore, 10 am-noon (647-7866)

Men's Basketball

vs. Seton Hall; Field House, noon

Women's Basketball

vs. West Virginia; Field House, 7 pm

Sunday, January 14

BAS/PPC Movie

"Slam"; Assembly Rm. WPU, 7 pm (648-7900)

Monday, January 15

* Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday observation (University closed).

Tuesday, January 16

* Spring term add/drop period ends.

Human Resources Workshop

"Traveling on University Business," Vincent Johns, Travel Management, & Susan Holland; 342 Craig, 9 am-noon (to register: 624-8046)

HA & A Colloquium

"From the Table to the Stable: Imaging the Horse in Early China," Katheryn Linduff; 203 FFA, noon

EU Center Lecture

"EC Governance in High Technology: Explaining Variations in EC Public Policy," Johan Lembke; 4E38 Posvar, noon-1 pm

Neurobiology Seminar

"Mechanisms of Motion Detection & the Evolution of the Mammalian Visual System," Harvey Karten; 1495 BST, noon

Center for Research on Health Care Seminar

"Market Reform in New Jersey & the Effect on Mortality From Acute Myocardial Infarction," Kevin Volpp; 1105 Scaife, noon

Center for Philosophy of Science Talk

"No Actual Future," Nuel Belnap; 817R CL, 12:05 pm

Magee Womens Research Institute Seminar

"Studies in Group B Streptococcus," Shannon Manning; 1st fl. conf. rm. Magee Womens Research Institute, 4 pm

Wednesday, January 17

Human Resources Workshop

"Time Management for Organizing & Controlling Your Time"; 100 Craig, 9 am-noon (to register: 624-8046)

Bioinformatics Lecture

"Tissue Banking, Imaging & Bioinformatics," John Gilbert-son; 8084 Forbes Twr., 11 am

Pathology Seminar

"Expression of IL-2 Receptors on Human Carcinomas: Opposite Effects of Exogenous & Endogenous IL-2 on Tumor Cell Growth," Theresa Whiteside; 1104 UPMC conf. ctr., noon

Pharmacy/Tucci Memorial Lecture

"Tissue Engineering: What the Future Holds," Peter Johnson, TissueInformatics, Inc.; lec. rm. 6 Scaife, noon-1 pm

Linguistics Colloquium

"Effects of Delayed ASL Input on Children's Narratives," Stephanie Berk & Diane Lillo-Martin, U. of Conn.; 144 CL, 3 pm

Economics Tribute

To Reuben Slesinger, professor emeritus, 1916-2000; Heinz Chapel, 4 pm

UPMC Gastroenterology/Hepatology Grand Rounds

1104 Scaife, 5 pm

Wrestling

vs. Cleveland State; Field House, 7:30 pm

Thursday, January 18

Pediatric Grand Rounds

"Update on Nehphrotic Syndrome," Abhay Vats; McClus-key aud. Children's, 8 am

Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds

"Resistant Gram Positive Infections in Oncology Patients," Carole Miller; 5th fl. EEI, 8 am

Intercultural Bag Lunch

5th fl. Med. Arts, noon

Immunology Seminar

"Tumor-Induced Signaling Defects & Apoptosis in CD3+ Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes of Patients With Cancer," Theresa Whiteside; W995 BST, noon

Renal Grand Rounds

"Prostaglandin Metabolism in Bladder Cancer," Monica Leibert; F1145 PUH, noon

Learning Skills Workshop

Critical Reading; 3rd fl. WPU, 3-4:30 pm (to register: 648-7920); also Jan. 25

Africana Studies Colloquium

"African-American Writing in the Academy & Other Public Places," Samuel Delany, SUNY, Buffalo; Nathaniel Mackey, UC, Santa Cruz; Lorenzo Thomas, U. of Houston, Downtown; Mae Henderson, UNC, Chapel Hill; 2P56 Posvar, 4 pm (648-7540)

Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center Lecture

"Analyzing Longitudinal Data With Mixture Models: A Trajectory Approach," Bobby Jones, CMU; 2nd fl. conf. rm., 121 University Place, 4-5 pm (624-4734)

Toastmasters Meeting

1103 Scaife, 6 pm

Johnstown Financial Aid Workshop

Living/Learning Ctr. Heritage, UPJ, 7-8:30 pm

Contemporary Writers Lecture

Lorenzo Thomas, U. of Houston, Downtown; Samuel Delany, SUNY, Buffalo; Nathaniel Mackey, UC Santa Cruz; 125 FFA aud., 8:15 pm (624-6506)

Friday, January 19

Pharmacology Seminar

"Glutathione S-Transferase Pi Polymorphism, Cancer Susceptibility & Drug Resistance," Sanjay Srivastava; 1395 BST, noon

EU Center/Honors College Lecture

"Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson & European Integration: Will the Present Be Like the Past?" Pascaline Winand, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; 3500 CL, 2-3 pm

Neurobiology Seminar

"The Orphan Nuclear Receptor Tailess Is One Mean Gene," A. Paula Monaghan-Nichols; 1495 BST, 3 pm

Center for Philosophy of Science Lecture

"Consensus in Science," Miriam Solomon, Temple; 817R CL, 3:30 pm

Saturday, January 20

Surgery Grand Rounds

"Gallstone Disease: Surgical & Molecular Insights," A. James Moser; lec. rm. 6 Scaife, 10 am

Women's Basketball

vs. Connecticut; Field House, 2 pm

Music Concert

Diana Jho; FFA aud., 4 pm

Monday, January 22

Learning Skills Workshop

Speed Reading, 1st of 4 sessions; 3rd fl. WPU, noon-2 pm (to register: 648-7920)

Learning Skills Workshop

Study Skills, 1st of 5 sesssions; 3rd fl. WPU, 1-2:45 pm or 5:30-7:15 pm (to register: 648-7920)

Drue Heinz Lecture

Thomas Hartman & Marc Gellman; Carnegie Music Hall, 7:30 pm (622-8866)

BAS Lecture

Saul Williams; 112 Lawrence, 8 pm (648-7880)

Tuesday, January 23

Human Resources Workshop

"Traveling on University Business," Vincent Johns, Travel Management, & Susan Holland; 100 Craig, 9 am-noon (to register: 624-8046)

Office of Research/NCURA Satellite Broadcast

"Electronic Research Administration (ERA) –Where Are We Today & What Can We Expect Tomorrow?"; 211 Lawrence, 11:30 am-3:30 pm, (624-7410)

HA & A Colloquium

"Back to Basics(?): Modernity & a New Realism in Kojima Kikuo's Art Criticism," Mikiko Hirayama; 203 FFA, noon

Center for Research on Health Care Seminar

1105 Scaife, noon

Center for Philosophy of Science Talk

"Pyschotherapy–A Borderline Case of Hermeneutics," Zofia Rosinska, U. of Warsaw; 817R CL, 12:05 pm

Learning Skills Workshop

Study Skills, 1st of 5 sessions; 3rd fl. WPU, 4-5:15 pm (to register: 648-7920)

EU Center/World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh Lecture

"The European Union & the United States: Are Politics & Commerce Changing the Relationship?" Pascaline Wi-nand, Univeriste Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; 2 Mellon Ctr. 11th fl., Downtown, 5:30-7:30 pm (281-7970)

C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture

"On Resuscitation Medicine: 1000-2000 C.E.," Peter Safar; lec. rm. 5 Scaife, 6 pm (648-8927)

Music Concert

Graduate student composers; FFA aud., 8 pm

Wednesday, January 24

2nd Annual Crano Ophthalmology Lecture

"Genomics Approaches to Photoreceptor Development & Disease," Connie Cepko; S100A BST, noon

Intercultural Bag Lunch

5th fl. Med. Arts, noon

Pathology Seminar

"New Concepts in the Pathology of Prostatic Carcinogenesis," Angelo DeMarzo, Johns Hopkins; 1104 UPMC conf. ctr., noon

Gallery Talk

"Recent Work," Kenneth Batista; FFA, noon

Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar

"Melanosome Biogenesis: How Does One Generate a Bizarre Lysosome-Related Organ-elle?" Mickey Marks; 5th fl. brdrm. EEI, 4 pm

Health Policy Institute Lecture

"Addressing Health Disparities," Robert Lawrence, Johns Hopkins; GSPH aud., 4:30-5:30 pm (624-6104)

UPMC Gastroenterology/Hepatology Grand Rounds

1104 Scaife, 5 pm

Women's Basketball

vs. Georgetown; Field House, 7 pm

Thursday, January 25

Pediatric Grand Rounds

"CPC: A 20-Month-Old Male With Anemia," Steven Levy & Ronald Jaffe; McCluskey aud. Children's, 8 am

Immunology Seminar

"Combined Antiangiogenic & Immune Therapy of Cancer," Eli Gorelik; W995 BST, noon

EU Center/Political Science Lecture

"Is There a European Model of Interest Representation? Interest Groups & the European Union," Pascaline Winand, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; 4E51 Posvar, noon-1 pm

Provost Inaugural Lecture

"The Temporal Organization of Consciousness," Robert Moore, Love Family Chair, medicine; FFA aud., 4:30 pm

Anesthesiology/CCM Grand Rounds

"Ventilation-Induced Lung Injury–Short-Term & Long-Term Outcomes," Etsuro Motoyama; LHAS aud. 7-Main Montefiore, 5 pm

Learning Skills Workshop

Study Skills, 1st of 5 sessions; 3rd fl. WPU, 5:15-7 pm (to register: 648-7920)

Toastmasters Meeting

1103 Scaife, 6 pm

Ph.D. Defenses

Pharmacy

"Modulation of CYP3A4 & UGT1A6/9–An Evaluation in Human Hepatocyte Cultures," Vinod Ramachandran, Jan. 12; 808 Salk, 10 am

Physics & Astronomy

"High Spatial & Temporal Resolution Studies of Ferroelectric Thin Films," Charles Hubert, Jan. 12; 216 Allen, 2 pm

Human Genetics

"Antioxidant Gene Therapy to Block Autoimmune Damage in Transplanted Islets of Langerhans," Suzanne Bertera, Jan. 16; 1100 Rangos Research Ctr., 1 pm

SIS

"Internet Privacy: A Study of the Center for Democracy & Technology's Influence on Legislation & Opinion, 1995-2000," Joyce Li, Jan. 22; 503 IS, 9:30-11:30 am

Theatre

Kuntu Repertory Theatre

"Mahalia Jackson, Singing on Holy Ground," by Vernell Lillie, Masonic Temple; Jan. 25-Feb. 10, Thur.-Sat. at 8 pm, Sunday at 4 pm (624-7298)

Exhibits

University Art Gallery

"Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition," Jan. 18-Mar. 1, 104 FFA, Mon.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Thur. till 8 pm

Deadlines

Innovation in Education Awards

Due by Jan. 16 in 826 CL. (624-5750)

Teaching Evaluation Surveys

Due by Jan. 31 in G-39 CL; request forms available by calling 624-6147.

University Times Books & Journals Information Sheets

Due by Jan. 31 to 308 Bellefield. (624-4644)

Calendar Deadline

The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published Jan. 25. It will contain events of Jan. 25-Feb. 8. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm Jan. 18, at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax: 624-4579 or e-mail to utcal@pitt.edu.