Thursday, Aug. 31

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

Annual Hillman Alfresco: Party on the Plaza
Hillman Library outdoor plaza, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Chemistry Seminar
“Demistifying Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics,” David Rogers, University of South Florida; 150 Chevron, 4 p.m.

Center for Creativity Open Mic Night
University Club Terrace (Rain location: College Room), 5:30 p.m.

 

Friday, Sept. 1

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis,” George Papachristou; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

 

Sunday, Sept. 3

Concert
Harbison Duo; Heinz Chapel, 3 p.m.

 

Tuesday, Sept. 5

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Overview of Immunosuppression Drugs,” Obaid Shaikh; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Qualtrics Online Survey System,” B26 Alumni Hall, 10 a.m. (Registration: Teaching Center)

ULS Workshop
“ETD”; Hillman Library, G-74 Amy Knapp Room; 11 a.m. (Registration: ULS)

Pittsburgh Liver Research Center Roundtable
“Molecular Classification of HCC,” Marie Defrances; “Hepatocellular Carcinoma,” Moses Bility; S123 Biomedical Science Tower, Noon

Staff Council Town Hall: Employee & Labor Relations
Robert Hartman, Vice Chancellor of Employee and Labor Relations; William Pitt Union, Noon

UPMC Cancer Center Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Epigenetic and Epitranscriptomic Reprogramming in KSHV Latency and Cellular Transformation,” Shou-Jiang Gao, Keck School of Medicine, U of Southern California; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Cooper Conference Room A, B, C; Noon

Teaching Center Workshop
“The Role of the TA”; 815 Alumni Hall, 2 p.m. (Registration: Teaching Center)

 

Wednesday, Sept. 6

Teaching Center Workshop
“Introduction to Blackboard”; B26 Alumni Hall, 10 a.m. (Registration: Teaching Center)

Teaching Center Workshop
“Developing a Lesson Plan”; 815 Alumni Hall, 1 p.m. (Registration: Teaching Center) 

ULS Workshop
“ETD”; Hillman Library, G-74 Amy Knapp Room; 2 p.m. (Registration: ULS)

Britsburgh Festival
Stained glass windows tour; Heinz Chapel, 2 p.m; Great British Cathedral Music; Heinz Chapel, 3 p.m.

ULS Faculty Book Talk
“Afro-Latin America: Black Lives, 1600-2000,” George Reid Andrews, Department of History; Hillman Library Thornburgh Room, 4:30 p.m.

 

Thursday, Sept. 7

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

Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
Mary Munson; 6014 Biomedical Science Tower, 11 a.m.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Controversy and Conflict in the Classroom: A Practical Guide to Good Instructional Choices,” B26 Alumni Hall, 2 p.m. (Registration: Teaching Center)

Chemistry Seminar
“Stereo-controlled Cyclizations for Organic Synthesis,” Alison Frontier, University of Rochester; 150 Chevron, 2:30 p.m.

Chemistry Seminar
“Re-envisioning Amphiphilicity,” Shelley Claridge, Purdue University; 150 Chevron, 4 p.m.

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture
“Creativity, Clinical Trials, and Finding the ‘Wow Factor,” Bruce Rollman; Lecture Room 6 Scaife Hall, 4 p.m.

 

Friday, Sept. 8

GI State of the Art Lecture
“ERCP: Indications and Complications,” Jennifer Chennat; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

OERP Conference
“ADHD and Executive Function,” keynote speaker Stephen Hinshaw, University of California, Berkeley; University Club Ballroom, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Encouraging Student Participation,” 815 Alumni Hall, 11 a.m. (Registration: Teaching Center) 

UPSOM Med Ed Day
“Mitigating Unconscious Racial Bias in Medicine: at the Bedside, in the Lecture Hall, and During the Medical School Interview,” keynote speaker Quinn Capers, Ohio State University; S100 Biomedical Science Tower, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

ULS Workshop
“Introduction to Tableau Public”; Hillman Library, G-49  Digital Scholarship Commons; 1 p.m. (register: ULS)

 

Sunday, Sept. 10

Concert
Russian Balalaika Orchestra of Pittsburgh; Heinz Chapel, 3 p.m.

 

Monday, Sept. 11

Teaching Center Workshop
“Using Blackboard to Engage Your Students: Communication and Collaboration”; B26 Alumni Hall, 10 a.m. (Registration: Teaching Center)

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“Trim Down Your Search: Focusing PubMed in on a Topic,” Barb Folb; Falk Library Classroom 1, noon

Teaching Center Workshop
“Blackboard Assessment Tools;” B26 Alumni Hall, 2 p.m. (Registration: Teaching Center)

Senate Library Meeting
272 Hillman, 3 p.m.

Bioethics Lecture
“Who Owns the Dead? The Science and Politics of Death at Ground Zero,” Jay Aronson, Carnegie Mellon University; Humanities Center, 601 Cathedral of Learning, 4:30 p.m.

 

Tuesday, Sept. 12

GI State of the Art Lecture
“Evaluation of Motility Disorders,” David Levinthal; F946 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Renal Conference Room, 7:30 a.m.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Teaching With Prezi”; B23 Alumni Hall, 10 a.m. (Registration: Teaching Center)

ULS Workshop
“Mendeley Basics”; Hillman Library, G-74 Amy Knapp Room; 11 a.m. (register: ULS) 

UPMC Cancer Center Basic and Translational Research Seminar
“Making and Breaking Tolerance: Tissue Surveillance and Tumor Immune Escape,” Niroshana Anandasabapathy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cooper Conference Room A, B, C, Noon

Faculty Assembly Meeting
2700 Posvar Hall, 3 p.m.

 

Wednesday, Sept. 13

Clinical Oncology and Hematology Grand Rounds
“New Potential Targets and Immunotherapy Approaches for Head and Neck Cancer,” Trisha Wise-Draper, University of Cincinnati; UPMC Cancer Pavilion 2^nd fl. Herberman Auditorium, 8 a.m.

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

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“Literature Mining: InfoBoosters, Molecular Databases and F1000Workspace,” Ansuman Chattopadhyay; Falk Library Classroom 2, 1 p.m.  (Register: F1000Workspace)

Teaching Center Workshop
“Dealing With Difficult Situations in the Classroom”; B23 Alumni Hall, 1 p.m. (Registration: Teaching Center)

French and Italian/GSWS Lecture
“Sexuality and Islam in France,” Denis Provencher, University of Arizona; 1:30 p.m. (Information: GSWS) 

ULS Workshop
“Endnote Basics”; Hillman Library, G-74 Amy Knapp Room; 5 p.m. (Registration: ULS)

 

Thursday, Sept. 14

Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
“Advances in the Development of Antivirals That Block HIV and HBV by Novel Mechanisms of Action,” Stefan Sarafianos, University of Missouri; 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 11 a.m.

Alzheimer Disease Research Center Seminar
“Imaging Correlates of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Early Alzheimer’s Disease,” Gad Marshall, Harvard Medical School; S439 ADRC Conference Room, 4 South Montefiore Hospital, Noon

Epidemiology Seminar
“Forecasting and Deflecting the Opioid Overdose Epidemic Curve: An update on research activities at Pitt Public Health,” Donald Burke; G23 Parran Hall Auditorium, Noon

Health Sciences Library System Workshop
“Future Proof your Data: Planning for Reuse,” Andrea Ketchum; Falk Library Classroom 1, 1 p.m.

Chemistry Seminar
Jessica Hoover, West Virginia University; 150 Chevron, 2:30 p.m.

Chemistry Seminar
Janet Macdonald, Vanderbilt University; 150 Chevron, 4 p.m.

Geri Allen Memorial Service
Heinz Memorial Chapel, 4 p.m.

 

Defense

SRCC/Geology and Environmental Science
“Connectivity of the Oriskany Sandstone With the Marcellus Shale: Effects on Shale Gas Operations in North Central Pennsylvania,” Emily Glick; Sept. 6, 214 Space Research Coordination Center, 3 p.m.

 

Exhibits

Bradford Campus
“Between the Line and the Mind,” Samila Sosic, KOA Gallery Blaisdell Hall, UPB; Sept. 8-Oct. 2, M-F 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

University Art Gallery
“A Part From Nature,” Isabelle Hayeur, University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building; Sept. 13-Oct. 27, M-F 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Opening Reception: Sept. 12, 5-7 p.m.; Information: UAG)

University Art Gallery
“Shifting Ground: Landscapes From the UAG and Local Collections,” University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building; Sept. 13-Dec. 8, M-F 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Information: UAG)