University Times

Thursday

CIS Workshop

"Web Page: Adding Pictures and Icons";

1E01 #2 FQ, 11 am-noon

CIS Workshop

"Unix: Getting Started";

1E01 #2 FQ, noon-1 pm

Toastmasters

For faculty, staff and students who want to improve their public speaking skills;

5J53 FQ, 6-7:30 pm

Friday

Eldercare Issues Support Group

504 WPU, noon-1 pm (647-3698)

Tuesday

Blood Sugar Screening

UPMC Downtown, 339 6th Ave. 4th fl. classroom, 8-11 am (To register: 383-2194)

Blood Drive

FQ Galleria, 11th fl. BST, and Blood Bank Donor Coach, corner of 5th and Ruskin aves., 8 am-2 pm (383-1628)

Wednesday

Blood Drive Blood Bank Donor Coach, corner of S. Craig & Henry sts., 8 am- 2 pm (383-1628)

Intercultural Bag Lunch

Med. Arts Bldg. Suite 500, noon (383-1813)

August

Friday

Pharmacology Seminar

"The Secretory Pathway in Neuroendocrine Cells,"

Yuen-Keng Ng; 1395 BST, noon (648-9400)

Wednesday

Intercultural Bag Lunch

Med. Arts Bldg. Suite 500, noon (383-1813)

Pgh. Cuba Coalition Meeting

5S56 FQ, 7:30 pm (243-4917)

Friday

Pharmacology Seminar

"Bcl-2 Inhibition of Apop-tosis,"

Mark Rizzo; 1395 BST, noon (648-9400)

Eldercare Issues Support Group

504 WPU, noon-1 pm (647-3698)

Tuesday

Intercultural Bag Lunch

Med. Arts Bldg. Suite 500, noon (383-1813)

Wednesday

* International student orientation through Aug. 19

SAC Meeting 2M/2P56 FQ, noon-2 pm

Friday

Pharmacology Seminar

"Production of Single Chain Antibodies by the Phage Display Technique,"

Yadi Tan; 1395 BST, noon (648-9400)

Monday

Johnstown Campus

Paul Sayor Memorial Golf Tournament

Somerset Country Club, noon (814-445-8880)

Wednesday

Pgh. Cuba Coalition Meeting

5S56 FQ, 7:30 pm (243-4917)

Thursday

* Residence halls open

Friday

Eldercare Issues Support Group

504 WPU, noon-1 pm (647-3698)

Saturday

* Freshman convocation

* Freshman orientation runs through Aug. 26

Monday

New Faculty Orientation

11:30 am-5:30 pm FFA; also 8 am-5 pm, FQ

Graduate Student Information Fair/Orientation

2M/2P56 FQ, 3:30-5 pm (624-6094)

Wednesday

* Fall term registration ends;

fall term classes begin

Intercultural Bag Lunch

Med. Arts Bldg. Suite 500, noon (383-1813)

Ph.D. Defense

KGSB

"The Effect of the Interstate Banking Deregulation on the Valuation of Bank Earnings,"

Dangen Xie; July 24, 280 Mervis, 10 am

SIS

"A Reliability Assessment of the Public Switched Telephone Network Infrastructure,"

Andrew Snow, information science/telecommunications;

July 25, 404 IS Bldg., 10 am-noon

KGSB

"Professional Staff Coordination: A Model to Support Staffing Revision,"

Jose Cruz; July 28, 280 Mervis, 9:30 am

SIS

"The Public's Use of Federal Recordkeeping Statutes to Shape Federal Information Policy: A Study of the PROFS Case,"

David Wallace, library science;

July 28, 503 IS Bldg., 1:30-3:30 pm

FAS

"Democratizing the Environment in Brazil's Perception and Participation in the Urban Periphery,"

Jamie Elizabeth Jacobs, political science;

July 29, 4L51 FQ, 10 am-12:30 pm

FAS

"A Comparative Study of Performance Elements in Classical Greek Theatre and Noh,"

Kinneret Noy, theatre arts;

July 30, 1627 CL, 4 pm

Nursing

"Improving Adherence to a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet: An Intervention Study,"

Lora Burke;

July 31, 451 Victoria, 9 am

GSPH

"Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Socio-Economic Status, and Quality of Life,"

Shirley Fitzgerald, epidemiology;

Aug. 5, 117 Parran, 10 am

FAS

"China's New Voices: Politics, Ethnicity and Gender in Popular Music Culture on the Mainland, 1978-1997,"

Nimrod Bernoviz, music;

Aug. 6, 114 Music Bldg., 1 pm

Medicine

"Intercellular and Intracellular Events Following the MHC-Unrestricted T Cell Receptor Recognition of a Tumor-Specific Peptide Epitope on the Epithelial Antigen MUC-1,"

Julie Magarian Blander;

Aug. 14, 1295 BST, 3:30 pm

Medicine

"Analysis of Structure/Function Relationships of the Clostridium Perfringens Enterotoxin,"

John Kokai-Kun;

Aug. 25, 1295 BST, 1 pm

Medicine

"Mechanisms of Direction Selectivity in Primary Visual Cortex,"

Aditya Murthy;

Aug. 27, 1495 BST, 1 pm

Calendar Deadline

The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published Thursday, Aug. 28. It will contain events of Aug. 28-Sept. 11. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 p.m. Aug. 21 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information can be sent by FAX: 624-4579 or e-mail to utcal+@pitt.edu. For additional information, call 624-1376.