Calendar
Thursday 22
Music on the Edge presents guitarist Seth Josel and violinist Jessica Meyer in concert Jan. 31 at the Andy Warhol Museum, North Shore.
CIDDE Liaison Breakfast
B26 Alumni, 9 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Developing a Teaching Philosophy Statement (Part 1)”;
815 Alumni, 11 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
“Solid-State NMR of Peptides on Gold Nanoparticles & Some Improvements in MAS Technology,”
Terry Gullion, WVU;
6014 BST3, 11 am
Innovation Week Event
“Startup Office Hours”;
WPU interview suites; noon-4 pm
(register: innovation.pitt.edu/register)
Epidemiology Seminar
“Strategies for Analyzing Medication Data From a Large Observational Study,”
Kristine Ruppert;
A115 Crabtree, noon
(jcauley@edc.pitt.edu)
EOH Seminar
“Hemolysis Related Acute Lung Injury: A New Disease Paradigm,”
Solomon Ofori-Acquah;
540 Bridgeside Pt., noon
(beagle@pitt.edu)
CIDDE Workshop
“Blackboard & Mobile Learn”;
B26 Alumni, 1-2:30 pm
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
CNBC Colloquium
“A Category-free Neural Population Supports Evolving Demands During Decision-making,”
Anne Churchland, Cold Spring Harbor Lab;
115 Mellon Institute, CMU, 4 pm
(lbopp@pitt.edu)
Women’s Basketball Vs. Syracuse;
Petersen, 7 pm
Pitt Police SAFE Self Defense Class
Petersen multipurpose rm., 7:30-9:30 pm
(hcl33@pitt.edu)
Friday 23
SBDC Program
“The 2nd Step: Developing a Business Plan”;
Mervis, 7:30-10 am
(register: iee@innovation.pitt.edu)
CIDDE Workshops
“Blackboard: Using the Grade Center,” 10 am;
“Blackboard: Assessment Tools,” 1 pm;
B26 Alumni
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Andrea Ketchum;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 11 am
(ketchum@pitt.edu)
Biomedical Informatics Seminar
“Toward a Complete & Sustainable Learning Health System,”
Charles Friedman;
407A Baum, 11 am
(dbmiweb@pitt.edu)
Student Affairs MLK Equipoise Unity Brunch
WPU Assembly Rm., 11:30 am
(www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu/mlk)
Jewish Studies Colloquium
“A Beautiful & Costly Procession: Jewish Quest for Cultural Belonging in Frankfurt & Prague (c. 1680-1750),”
Rachel Greenblatt, U of CT & Harvard;
602 CL, noon
(jsp@pitt.edu)
Psychiatry Lecture
“Understanding the OCD Brain: Using New Technologies to Build Bridges Between Humans & Mice,”
Susanne Ahmari;
WPIC aud., noon
Sr. VC’s Research Seminar
“Oxidative DNA Damage in Aging & Cancer,”
Li Lan, medicine;
Scaife lect. rm. 6, noon
Design, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Journal Club
109 Parran, noon
CTSI Responsible Conduct of Research Ctr. Workshop
“Screening for Capacity to Provide Informed Consent: A Standardized Approach,”
Jennifer Lingler;
7039 Forbes Twr., noon
(register: www.ctsi.pitt.edu/RCR/workshops.shtml)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Computational Causal Discovery,”
Richard Scheines, CMU;
817R CL, 3:30 pm
(4-1052)
Innovation Week Pitt Startup Weekend
O’Hara Ballrm., 5 pm
(through noon Sunday; register: innovation.pitt.edu/register)
Student Affairs/Black Action Society MLK March for Justice
WPU Ballrm., 6 pm
(www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu/mlk)
Saturday 24
Bradford Campus Open House
Frame-Westerberg Commons lobby, UPB, 12:30 pm
Women’s Basketball Vs. Boston College;
Petersen, 4 pm
Sunday 25
Men’s Basketball Vs. Louisville;
Petersen, 4 pm
Monday 26
• Oakland Restaurant Week through Jan. 31.
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Cheating & Plagiarism”;
815 Alumni, 11 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
HSLS Workshop
“Advanced PowerPoint for Presentations,”
Julia Dahm;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1 pm
(jdahm@pitt.edu)
Senate Educational Policies Committee Mtg.
826 CL, 3 pm
Race, Sex & Human Evolution Lecture
“Original Flesh: What Did Extinct Humans Really Look Like?”
Elisabeth Daynès, Atelier Daynès, Paris;
FFA aud., 8 pm
(http://tinyurl.com/elisabeth-daynes)
Tuesday 27
CIDDE Workshop
“Blackboard: Collaboration Tools”;
B26 Alumni, 10 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
CIDDE Destination Diversity Seminar
“Out of the Shadows: Building Inclusive Classrooms for Queer Spectrum & Trans Spectrum Students”;
UClub Gold Rm., 11 am
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Marching on Its Stomach: Feeding an Army in the War on Cancer,”
Greg Delgoffe, immunology;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper conf. rm. D, noon
(toyg@upmc.edu)
MMR Seminar
“Diabetes, Obesity & the Central Role of the Adipocyte in Maintaining Systemic Homeostasis,”
Philipp Scherer, UT Southwestern Medical Ctr.;
Rangos aud., noon
(linda.cherok@chp.edu)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Rudolf Carnap & the Dilthey School: Humanities in the Aufbau,”
Christian Damböck, Institute Vienna Cir.;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
(4-1052)
Medieval /Renaissance Studies Lecture
“Before Orientalism,”
Kim Philips, U of Auckland;
602 CL, 4:30 pm
UHC/Global Solutions Pgh Event
“US-German Relations Into the 21st Century”;
WPU Assembly Rm., 8:30 pm
(register: http://goo.gl/forms/l6Mnn3oT5S)
Wednesday 28
Clinical Oncology/Hematology Grand Rounds
“A Link Between Epigenetic Alterations & Immune Dysfunction in Malignant Gliomas,”
Nduka Amankulor;
UPMC Shadyside west wing aud., 8 am
(millerc5@upmc.edu)
GSPIA Discussion
“Unpacking Impact Investing: What It Is & How It Can Fuel Social Innovation,”
Kimberlee Cornett & Christine Looney;
UClub, 8:30-10:30 am
(register: jnielsen@gwpa.org)
Medieval /Renaissance Studies Lecture
“Memory & Forgery in the Abbey Church of Drübeck, 850-1200,”
Shirin Fozi;
203 FFA, noon
Pathology Seminar
“Emerging Immunologic Biomarkers in Surgical Pathology,”
Janis Taube, Johns Hopkins;
1104 Scaife, noon
Studio Arts Exhibit: Conversation With Artists
Wyoming participants;
FFA Gallery, noon
CIDDE TA Workshop
“Developing a Teaching Portfolio”;
815 Alumni, 1 pm
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture
“Pediatric Pathology CPC,”
Bernard Costello;
G33 Salk, 4 pm
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Mary Lou Klem;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 4 pm
(klem@pitt.edu)
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Lecture
“The Long Road to Global Polio Eradication: Progress, Challenges & Brightening Prospects,”
Olen Kew, CDC;
503 Bridgeside Pt. 2, 4:15 pm
Thursday 29
CIDDE Workshop
“Turnitin: OriginalityCheck, GradeMark & PeerMark”;
B26 Alumni, 10 am
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Immigration Options After Your Academic Training,”
Rita Sostrin & Genevieve Cook;
S100 BST, 3-5 pm
(register: www.oacd.health.pitt.edu)
Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies Lecture
“Noble Wounds & the Surgeon King: Mediated Embodiments in Early Modern France,”
Chloé Hogg, French & Italian;
402 CL, 4:30 pm
Contemporary Writers Lecture
Joshua Wilkinson & Jen Bervin;
FFA aud., 8:30 pm
(www.pghwriterseries.wordpress.com)
Friday 30
Provost’s Assessment Conf.
Keynote: Marco Molinaro, UC-Davis;
UClub, 8:30 am-2 pm
(register: https://surveymonkey.com/s/2015assessmentconference)
Biomedical Informatics Lecture
“Diseases-Specific Chemogenomics Knowledgebases & Cloud Computing TargetHunter for System Pharmacology & Drug Discovery Research,”
Xiangqun Sean Xie;
407A Baum, 11 am
(dbmiweb@pitt.edu)
East Asian Lecture
“Visual Orthographic Variation & Learning to Read Across Writing Systems,”
Li-Yun Chang, psychology;
4130 Posvar, noon
Office of Academic Career Development Workshop
“Patent Law,”
Bruce Freeman & Peter Friedman;
1105 ABC Scaife, noon
(register: www.oacd.health.pitt.edu)
CIDDE Workshops
“Panopto Video Hosting & Streaming,” 10 am;
“Introduction to Blackboard,” 1 pm;
B26 Alumni
(register: www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Philosophy of Science Talk
“Direct Realism & the Predictive Mind,”
Zoe Drayson, U of Stirling;
817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)
Writers’ Café
“Looking Through the Lens: Point of View,”
Ellen Smith & Suzanne Heagy;
317B O’Hara, 3 pm
German Writing in Progress Workshop
244B CL, 3 pm
Computer Science Women’s Hackathon Kickoff Mtg.
“She Innovates”;
5317 Sennott, 5 pm
(event Jan. 30-Feb. 1; register: www.innovation.pitt.edu/register)
Saturday 31
Men’s Basketball Vs. Notre Dame;
Petersen, noon
Music on the Edge Concert
Jessica Meyer, violin, & Seth Josel, guitar;
Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Shore, 8 pm
(4-7529)
February
Sunday 1
Women’s Basketball Vs. Miami;
Petersen, 1 pm
Monday 2
Flow Cytometry Workshop
Hillman Cancer Center 2.42 pod lunch area,
9 am
CTSI TIES Workshop
1105A Scaife, noon
(register: ties.upmc.com/#infosession)
Alumni Assn./Education Presentation
Keynote: “Sparkling Hope: Teaching as a Catalyst to Launching Great Learning,”
Sean McComb, Patapsco HS;
UClub Ballrm. 6, 3-5 pm
(register: www.education.pitt.edu)
Men’s Basketball Vs. Bryant;
Petersen, 7 pm
Tuesday 3
CIDDE Workshop
“Using Student Evaluations to Improve Your Teaching”;
815 Alumni, noon
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“MCL-1 Function in Normal & Malignant Biology,”
Joseph Opferman, St. Jude;
1395 BST, 3:30 pm
Wednesday 4
IEE Workshop
“The State of the Pgh Economy,”
Bill Demchak, PNC;
Wyndham Hotel, 100 Lytton Ave.,
7:30-10:30 am
(http://entrepreneur.pitt.edu/events/state-pittsburgh-economy)
CIDDE Workshop
“Teaching With Prezi”;
B26 Alumni, noon
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture
“Reconstruction,”
William Chung;
G33 Salk, 4 pm
Pitt Symphony Orchestra Concert
Bellefield aud., 8 pm
Thursday 5
SBDC Program
“The 1st Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”;
Mervis, 7:30-10 am
(register: iee@innovation.pitt.edu)
HSLS Workshop
“Painless PubMed,”
Jill Foust;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 9 am
(jef2@pitt.edu)
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Hanna Salman;
6014 BST3, 11 am
CIDDE Destination Diversity Webinar
“Making Online Accessibility Easy & Part of Your Work”;
B26 Alumni, noon
(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)
HSLS Workshop
“EndNote Basics,”
Pat Weiss;
Falk Library classrm. 2, noon-2 pm
(pwf@pitt.edu)
Epidemiology Seminar
“Rethinking Sexual Violence Prevention: Sexuality, Trauma & Gender,”
Elizabeth Miller;
A115 Crabtree, noon
(jcauley@edc.pitt.edu)
Defenses
Medicine/Immunology
“The Role of Dendritic Cells in the Cornea in the Adaptive Immune Response Following Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Ocular Infection,”
Kristine-Ann Buela;
Jan. 27, S120 BST, 10 am
Medicine/Cellular & Molecular Pathology
“Identification & Functional Characterization of STRN-ALK Fusions as a Therapeutic Target in Aggressive Forms of Thyroid Cancer,”
Lindsey Kelly;
Jan. 30,
1021 Clinical Lab Bldg, 3477 Euler Way, 9 am
Public Health/Epidemiology
“Cost-effectiveness Analysis Approaches Used to Compare Clinical Strategies,”
Ashima Singh;
Jan. 30, 109 Public Health, 11 am
SHRS/Occupational Therapy
“Exploring Participation in Individuals With Glaucoma,”
Heather Livengood;
Feb. 4, 5073 Forbes Twr., 3 pm
Exhibits
Barco Law Library Exhibit
“The Surface”
by Ruth Drescher;
through Jan. 23, Th 7:30 am-10 pm, F 7:30 am-5 pm
(8-1376)
Bradford Campus Photo Exhibit
“Passion”;
through Jan. 30, KOA Gallery Blaisdell, UPB
(kaa54@pitt.edu)
Studio Arts Summer 2014 Creative Research Exhibit
“Wyoming Field Study”;
FFA Gallery, through Feb. 6, M-F 10 am-4 pm
Theatre
Theatre Arts Production
“God Committee”;
Studio Theatre, CL, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, W-F 8 pm, Sat 2 & 8 pm, Sun 8 pm
(www.play.pitt.edu/content/god-committee)
Deadlines
Pgh. Conf. on the Science of Medication Adherence Call for Abstracts
Deadline is Jan. 30.
(www.cp3.pitt.edu/conference/abstracts)
Give a Thread Gently Used Clothing Drive
Deadline is Feb. 28.
(www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu/pittserves/give-thread)
David C. Frederick Public Service Award
Applications due Jan. 30.
(www.honorscollege.pitt.edu/frederick-public-service-award)
Sustainable Innovation Grant
Proposals due Jan. 30.
(gmk9@pitt.edu)
University Times Books, Journals & More Annual Supplement
Submissions due Jan. 31. Submit online at www.utimes.pitt.edu.
(info: 4-4644)
KL2 Award for Multidisciplinary-Based Research
Applications due Feb. 16.
(info: www.icre.pitt.edu/crsp/application_process.html)
Thornburgh Faculty Support Grant
Proposals due March 18.
(www.library.pitt.edu/thornburgh)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times will include University & on-campus events of Feb. 5-19. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Jan. 29. Send information to utcal@pitt.edu.
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