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May 29, 2014

Calendar

Thursday 29

Faculty & Staff Development Program

“Influential Leadership,”

Maureen Lazar;

342 Craig, 9 am-12:30 pm

(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)

Greensburg Campus Westmoreland County Networking Event

Café Supreme, 200 Main St., Irwin, 6-8 pm

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

GSPIA Wherrett Lecture

“Is Our Political System Making Inequality Worse?”

E. J. Dionne, Washington Post & Brookings Institution;

U Club ballrm. B, 3:45-5 pm

(RSVP: gspiaji@pitt.edu)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Roles of Ion Transporters in the Brain: Novel Therapeutic Targets for Stroke & Glioma?”

Dandan Sun;

Scaife lecture rm. 6, 4 pm

Friday 30

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Jill Foust;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 8:30 am (jef2@pitt.edu)

Psychiatry Meet the PI Lecture

“Neurocognitive Correlates & Consequences of Diabetes: A Lifespan Analysis,”

Christopher Ryan;

WPIC aud., noon

June

Sunday 1

Episcopal Service

Heinz Chapel, 11 am

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

Tuesday 3

Faculty & Staff Development Program

“Time & Attendance Record Keeping”;

342 Craig, 9-11 am

(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)

MWRI Research Seminar

“Ask the IRB,” Richard Guido;

MWRI conf. ctr., noon

Pediatrics/Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar

“Mitochondrial Genome Instability in Mitochondrial Disorders & Beyond,”

Brett Kaufman, Penn;

5108/9 Rangos, 3 pm

Faculty Assembly Meeting

2700 Posvar, 3 pm

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Persons & Diseases: Advancing ‘Patient Centered Care’ at Pitt/UPMC Through Research, Teaching & Patient Care 1974-2014,”

Loren Roth, psychiatry;

Scaife lecture rm. 6, 4 pm

Wednesday 4

Faculty & Staff Development Programs

“Money at Work 2: Sharpening Investment Skills,”

Chris Yoest, TIAA-CREF, 342 Craig, 9-10:30 am;

“Research Contract Administration,”

Kelly Downing, B21 UClub, 9-11 am

(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)

Laureate Lecture

“Bioimaging at the Nanoscale: Single-Molecule & Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy,”

Xiaowei Zhuang, Harvard;

Scaife lecture rm. 6, noon

Pathology Seminar

“A Culture of Quality & Safety: The Importance of Service Excellence & Lean Thinking,”

Jeffrey Myers, U of MI;

1104 Scaife, noon (8-1040)

Military Band Concert

US Air Force Heritage Brass;

Heinz Chapel, 7:30 pm

(www.heritageofamericaband.af.mil)

Thursday 5

Psychiatry Research Day

UClub, 8:30 am-4 pm

(register: www.psychiatry.pitt.edu/research/research-day)

Faculty & Staff Development Program

“Writing With Style — Official University Style, That Is!,”

Sarah Rosenson; 342 Craig, 9-11 am

(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Charlie Wessel;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 4 pm

(cbw@pitt.edu)

IEE Summer Social

Marty’s Market,

2301 Smallman St., Strip District,

6-9:30 pm

(iee@katz.pitt.edu)

Friday 6

• Summer 6-week-1 session deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean’s office.

Medical Conference

“All Together Better Health VII,”

various locations Alumni,

7:30 am-5 pm Sunday, June 8

(details/registration: www.atbh7.pitt.edu/contact.html)

IEE Workshop

“The 1st Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”;

Mervis, 7:30-10:30 am

(iee@katz.pitt.edu)

Faculty & Staff Development Program

“Traveling on University Business,”

Vincent Johns;

342 Craig, 9 am-noon

(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)

Sr. VC Research Seminar

“The Role of Epigenetics in Retina & Retinal Pigment Epithelium Development,”

Igor Nasonkin, ophthalmology;

Scaife lecture rm. 6, noon

HSLS Workshop

“Advanced PowerPoint for Presentations,”

Julia Dahm;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 12:30-2:30 pm

(jcj6@pitt.edu)

Public Health Monthly Health Equity Discussion

“A Behavioral Weight-Loss Intervention in Persons with Serious Mental Illness”;

A215 Crabtree, 1pm

(HEALTHEQ@pitt.edu)

Saturday 7

• Summer 4-week-1 session ends. Final exams scheduled during last class meeting.

Bradford Campus Raptor Program

Presented by the Pennsylvania Society of Ornithology;

Rice Aud. Fisher, UPB,

3:45-4:30 pm

(info & reservations: www.pabirds.org)

Monday 9

• Summer 4-week-2 session enrollment period ends & classes begin.

Mitochondria, Aging & Metabolism Group Retreat

UClub, noon–5 pm;

keynote: “The Role of Senescence in Aging,”

Jan Van Deursen, Mayo Clinic

(register: https://secure.opi.upmc.edu/upci_request_forms_2012/mamRetreat/)

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Linda Hartman;

Falk Library classrm. 1, noon

(lhartman@pitt.edu)

Tuesday 10

Faculty & Staff Development Program

“Getting Started as a New Leader,”

Mark Burdsall;

342 Craig, 9 am-12:30 pm

(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)

Wednesday 11

• Summer 4-week-1 session grades must be approved by instructors by 11:59 pm before final posting can begin.

• Summer 4-week-2 session add/drop period ends.

Faculty & Staff Development Program

“Cross-Cultural Awareness & Understanding,”

Charles Nieman;

342 Craig, 9 am-noon

(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)

HSLS Workshop

“EndNote Basics,”

Pat Weiss;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 9:30-11:30 am

(pwf@pitt.edu)

SAC Meeting

102 Benedum, noon

Pathology Seminar

“AKT/mTOR Signaling Pathway During Liver Cancer Development,”

Xin Chen, UC-San Francisco;

1104 Scaife, noon (8-1040)

Senate Council Meeting

2700 Posvar, 3 pm

Thursday 12

Faculty & Staff Development Program

“Student Privacy & FERPA,”

Pamela Connelly & Patricia Mathay;

342 Craig, 9-10:30 am

(register: www.hr.pitt.edu/fsdp)

School of Medicine State of the School Address

Arthur Levine;

Scaife lecture rm. 5 & 6, 4:30 pm

Defenses

A&S/French & Italian Languages & Literatures

“Performing Home: Affective Intervals in 20th- & 21st-Century French Theatre & Slam Poetry,”

Andrea Jonsson;

May 29, 244B CL, 11 am

Health & Rehabilitation Sciences/Communication Science & Disorders

“Effects of Vocal Intensity & Physical Activity Levels on Phonatory & Respiratory Function,”

Aaron Ziegler;

May 29, 4060 Forbes Twr., 1 pm

Health & Rehabilitation Sciences/Physical Therapy

“Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Injuries in Deployed Female Soldiers,”

Tanja Roy;

May 29, 5047 Forbes Twr., 2 pm

Public Health/Epidemiology

“Incidence, Outcomes & Characteristics of Rearrest After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest,”

David D. Salcido;

May 29, 405.42 Iroquois, 4 pm

Pharmacy/ Pharmaceutical Sciences

“The Role of Estrogen Sulfotransferase in Human Adipogenesis,”

Chibueze Ihunnah;

May 30, 456 Salk, 11 am

Public Health/Epidemiology

“Changes in Brain Structure & Function; Under-recognized Complications of Type 1 Diabetes,”

Karen Nunley;

May 30, 130 N. Bellefield, 5th fl. conf. rm., 1 pm

Public Health/Infectious Diseases & Microbiology

“Reducing the Public Health Impact of Infections Caused by Waterborne Pathogens,”

Julianne L. Baron;

May 30, GSPH aud. (G23), 2 pm

Medicine/Biomedical Informatics

“Developing a Clinical Linguistic Framework for Problem List Generation From Clinical Text,”

Danielle Lee Mowery;

May 30, 423 Baum, 2:30 pm

IS/Information Science & Technology

“Towards Coordinated, Network-Wide Traffic Monitoring for Early Detection of DDoS Flooding Attacks,”

Saman Taghavi Zargar;

June 3, 828 IS, 11 am

Medicine/Immunology

“Identification of Novel Signaling Pathways in T Cells Mediated by Protein Kinase C, Carmal, MALT1 & Bcl10,”

Kristia Stacey Hamilton;

June 4, 1103 Scaife, 10 am

A&S/Physics & Astronomy

“Determination of Dark Matter Mass at Lepton Colliders & Experimental Studies in 2D Turbulence,”

Stefanus;

June 4, 319 Allen, 2 pm

A&S/Sociology

“Sweden Ends Here? Social Movement Scenes & the Right to the City,”

Kimberly Creasap;

June 12, 2431 Posvar, 11 am

Theatre

PICT Production

“Waiting for Godot”;

Randall Theatre, June 4-21

(various times; http://picttheatre.org/plays-events/2014-season /waiting-for-godot)

Exhibits

Hillman Library

“Oakland: A Look Back Over the 20th Century”;

Hillman gr. fl., through Aug. 8, Sun 10 am-F 10 pm & Sat 9 am-10 pm

Deadlines

AMERSA Call for Abstracts

Submission deadline May 31.

(www.amersa.org)

Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2015 Career Awards for Medical Scientists

Prelim applications due June 16.

(www.oorhs.pitt.edu/searchfunding/ShowNomination.aspx?nominationId=10775)

UCIS Sheth Int’l Achievement Awards

Nominations due July 1.

(www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/news-events/sheth-international-awards)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of June 12-26. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on June 5. Send information to utcal@pitt.edu.

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