University Times

Thursday, July 27

Teaching Center Workshop
“Blackboard: Using the Grade Center,” B26 Alumni Hall, 10 a.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“Electronic Lab Notebooks: Introduction to Lab Archives,” Carrie Iwema; Falk Library Classroom 1, Noon (Register: HSLS workshop)

UPMC Shadyside Grand Rounds
“Recent Developments in AF Stroke Prevention,” Andrew Voigt; UPMC Shadyside Hospital West Wing Auditorium, Noon

Teaching Center Workshop
“Writing Assignments: Design, Assessment and Feedback,” 815 Alumni Hall, 1 p.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Friday, July 28

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Management of Ingested Foreign Bodies,” Kevin McGrath; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

History of Art/Anthropology Lecture
“Heritage in a Punctuated Equilibrium: Coexistence and Conflict at Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir,” Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir; Frick Fine Arts Building, Room 202, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, August 1

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Diarrhea and Malabsorption,” Elisabeth Kramer; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“PechaKucha Basics for Presentations,” Rebecca Abromitis; Falk Library Classroom 2, 9 a.m. (Register: HSLS workshop)

Wednesday, August 2

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“Best Behavior,” Michele Klein Fedyshin; Falk Library Classroom 1, 9 a.m. (Register: HSLS workshop)

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“RNA-seq Analysis: CLC Genomics Workbench,” Ansuman Chattopadhyay; Falk Library Classroom 2, 1 p.m. (Register: HSLS workshop)

Friday, August 4

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Viral Hepatitis,” Michelle Dunn; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Tuesday, August 8

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Nutrition Assessment, Parental Nutrition and Venous Access,” David Binion; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Best Practices in Online Teaching,” B23 Alumni Hall, 1 p.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Wednesday, August 9

Building Evacuation Exercises
Scaife Hall, 8:30 a.m.

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“Gene Regulation: TRANSFA, ENCODE and More,” Ansuman Chattopadhyay; Falk Library Classroom 2, 1 p.m. (Register: HSLS workshop)

Thursday, August 10

Building Evacuation Exercises
Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, 8:30 a.m.

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“Painless PubMed,” Rebecca Abromitis; Falk Library Classroom 1, 11:30 a.m. (Register: HSLS workshop)

Friday, August 11

Building Evacuation Exercises
Salk Hall, 7:30 a.m.; Biomedical Science Tower 3, 8:30 a.m.; Petersen Event Center, 9:15 a.m.

GI State of the Art Lecture
“GERD/PUD/H Pylori,” Kenneth Fasanella; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Monday, August 14

Building Evacuation Exercises
William Pitt Union, 8:30 am; University Club, 9:15 a.m.

Tuesday, August 15

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Evaluation and Management,” Marc Schwartz; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Building Evacuation Exercises
Benedum Hall, 8:30 a.m.; Public Health, 9:15 a.m.

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“EndNote Basics,” Pat Weiss; Falk Library Classroom 2, 11:30 a.m. (Register: HSLS workshop)

Wednesday, August 16

Building Evacuation Exercises
Learning Research and Development Center, 8:30 a.m.; School of Information Sciences, 9:15 a.m.

Thursday, August 17

Building Evacuation Exercises
Alumni Hall, 7:30 a.m.; Chevron, 8:15 a.m.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Developing a Syllabus,” 815 Alumni Hall, 1 p.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Friday, August 18

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Palliative and Supportive Care: What Is It and What Does It Add?” Richard Weinberg; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Building Evacuation Exercises
Cathedral of Learning, 9 a.m.

Monday, August 21

Residence halls open for student move-in.

Arrival Survival
Students move in through Aug. 25. Bigelow Blvd. closed between Forbes and Fifth Avenues. (Visit arrival.pitt.edu for more information.)

Teaching Center Workshop
“Course Help for Faculty: Syllabus Construction (Faculty only),” B23 Alumni Hall, Noon (Register: Eventbrite)

Teaching Center Workshop
“Getting Started in the Classroom,” 815 Alumni Hall, 1 p.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Tuesday, August 22

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Enteral Nutrition and Enteral Access: Successful Feeding in the ICU,” Stephen O’Keefe; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“Painless PubMed,” Michele Klein Fedyshin; Falk Library Classroom 2, 11:30 a.m. (Register: HSLS workshop)

Wednesday, August 23

Teaching Center Workshop
“Top Hat Audience Response System,” B26 Alumni Hall, 9:30 a.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Teaching Center Workshop
“Course Help for Faculty: Best Practices for Teaching (Faculty only),” B26 Alumni Hall, Noon ( Register: Eventbrite)

Friday, August 25

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Fulminant Hepatic Failure: Evaluation and Management,” Obaid Shaikh; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Sunday, August 27

UPMC Health Plan PedalPGH
Southside Riverfront Park; 7 a.m.-3 p.m. (Registration: Eventbrite)

Monday, August 28

Fall term classes begin.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Introduction to Blackboard,” B26 Alumni Hall, 2 p.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Tuesday, August 29

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Screening for GI Malignancies,” Robert Schoen; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Help! My Blackboard Course is a Mess!” B26 Alumni Hall, 2 p.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Wednesday, August 30

Teaching Center Workshop
“Panopto Video Hosting and Streaming,” B26 Alumni Hall, 10 a.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Thursday, August 31

Teaching Center Workshop
“Audience Response Systems and Other Technology for Large Enrollment Courses,” B26 Alumni Hall, 10 a.m. (Register: Eventbrite)

Defenses

Arts and Sciences/Neuroscience
“Circuit Dynamics Underlying Control of Dopamine Neuron Activity by the Nucleus Reuniens of the Midline Thalamus,” Eric Zimmerman; July 27, 328 Mellon, 1 p.m.

Arts and Sciences/Biological Sciences
“Investigating the Antimicrobial Activity of Two Mycobacteriophage-encoded Lysterases,” Dominigue Jian-An Barbeau; July 27, A219B Langley Hall, 2:15 p.m.

Medicine/Cellular and Molecular Pathology
“MALTI is a Critical Mediator of PAR1-Driven NF-_kB activation and Tumor Metastasis,” J. Randall McAuley; July 31, Rangos Research Building, 9th floor conference room, 1 p.m.

Arts and Sciences/Biological Sciences
“Understanding Apolipoprotein B’s Ability to Aggregate Through Lipid Droplets and Chaperone Holdase ,” Lynley Doonan; August 1, A219B Langley Hall, 10 a.m.

Arts and Sciences/Anthropology
“The Therapeutic Ecologies of Napo Runna Wellbeing,” Nora Bridges; August 1, 2431 Posvar Hall, 1 p.m.

Arts and Sciences/Chemistry
“Synthesis of Thiophene-Containing Heterocycles and Their Application as Anticancer Agents,” Joseph Salamoun; August 1, 307 Eberly Hall; 1 p.m.

Arts and Sciences/Biological Sciences
“Insights Into the Role of the PAF1 Complex in Promoting H2B Monoubiquitylation,” S. Branden Van Oss; August 2, A219B Langley Hall, 1 p.m.

Katz Graduate School of Business
“Corporate Blockholders and Leverage,” Thuy Bui; August 4, 117 Mervis Hall, 11 a.m.

Arts and Sciences/Communications
“Beyond Bare Life: Onto-Epistemic Archives, Precarity, and the Praxis of Being Human,” Dominique Johnson; August 4, 5601 Sennott Square; 1 p.m.

Medicine/Computational Biology
“Computational Pathology for Quantifying Spatial Heterogeneity in Transmitted Light and Immunofluorescence Images of Solid Tumors,” Luong Nguyen; August 4, 6014 Biomedical Science Tower, 3:30 p.m.

Arts and Sciences/Geology and Environmental Sciences
“Connectivity of the Oriskany Sandstone With the Marcellus Shale: Effects on Shale Gas Operations in North Central Pennsylvania,” Emily Glick; August 9, 214 Space Research Coordination Center, 10 a.m.

SHRS/Physical Therapy
“The Effect of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Depressive Symptoms on Discharge Destination Following Stroke Rehabilitation,” Sahar Abdulaziz; August 14, 4017 Forbes Tower, 9 a.m.

Law/International Law
“Strengthening the WTO Subsidies Regime,” Zvenislava Opeida; August 30, Barco Law Building, G Floor, Cappy Room, 11 a.m.