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April 19, 2007

CALENDAR

Thursday 19

ADRC Seminar

“Adapting Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Depressed Elders With Cognitive Impairment,”

Mark Miller, psychiatry;

ADRC conf. rm. Montefiore, noon-1 pm (2-2700)

Immunology Seminar

“Strategies & Challenges in Eliciting Immunity to Melanoma,”

Victor Engelhard, UVA;

aud. 5 Scaife, noon (8-7050)

UPMC Health Plan Lecture

“Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A 21st Century View,”

S. Ramalingam;

Schenley Park Visitor Ctr., noon (412/682-7275)

Chemistry Levine Lectures

“Protein Synthesis Using Tandemly Activated tRNAs,”

Sidney Hecht, UVA, 2:30 pm;

“Gas-Phase Radical Ion Chemistry for Biomolecular Structural Characterization,”

Kristina Hakansson, U of MI, 4 pm;

12B Chevron (4-8200)

Bradford Campus Curriculum Resource Ctr. Open House

Hanley Library, UPB, 4-6 pm (814/362-0248)

Geology & Planetary Science Graduate Student Presentation

203 Thaw, 4 pm

Film Studies Lecture

John Dellaverson, Lions Gate Entertainment;

324 CL, 5 pm (4-6564)

Film Studies Film

“In the Cut”; 7th fl. Alumni, 5 pm (4-6564)

Friday 20

• Last day for undergraduate day classes.

Engineering/LRDC High School Innovative Design Competition

Soldiers & Sailors, 9 am (4-4356)

UPMC Head & Neck Cancer Screenings

3rd fl. EEI, 9 am-3 pm (7-3555)

Johnstown Campus Salute to Working Women Luncheon

Tammy Haslett;

Living/Learning Ctr., UPJ, 11:15 am-1:30 pm (814/269-2080)

Pharmacology Seminar

“Resolvins & Protectins: Novel Lipid Mediators in the Resolution of Inflammation,”

Charles Serhan, Harvard;

1395 Starzl BST, noon (3-7757)

Chemistry Levine Lecture

“Engineering Lanthanide Probes for Use in Assays, Sensing & Imaging,”

David Parker, Durham U;

12 Chevron, 3 pm (4-8200)

Psychology Colloquium

“Transforming an Institution: The Role of Early Social-Emotional Relationship Experience in Young Children’s Development,”

Robert McCall & Christine Groark;

4127 Sennott, 3 pm (4-4500)

Mathematics Colloquium

“Non-Local Models of Transport in Multi-Scale Porous Media,”

Malgorzata Peszynska, OR St.;

704 Thackeray, 4 pm

Asian Studies Film

“My Boyfriend Is Type B”;

4130 Posvar, 6:30 pm (4-5562)

Allegheny Observatory Lecture

“Rockets & Space Flight,”

John Hillier, physics & astronomy;

343 Alumni, 7 pm

Saturday 21

• CGS, all graduate classes & evening classes continue to meet through April 28; final exams held during last scheduled class meeting.

• Reading day.

• Hillman Library will be open continuously until 10 pm April 27.

Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery & Immunology Lecture

“Costimulation Blockage, Chimerism & Tolerance,”

Christian Larsen;

lecture rm. 5 Scaife, 10 am

Sunday 22

American Guild of Organists Concert

Carol Williams;

Heinz Chapel, 4 pm (412/731-0266)

Monday 23

• Final exam period for all undergraduate day classes through April 28.

Toastmasters Meeting

104 Mervis, 11:45 am-12:15 pm (also April 30)

Tuesday 24

Blood Drive

Lower lounge WPU, 8 am-4 pm (4-7702)

TIAA-CREF Personal Financial Counseling Sessions

4570 5th Ave. Suite 300, 8:30 am-4:30 pm

(also April 25 & May 1-3; appointment: 877/209-3136)

Greensburg Campus Health Benefits Fair

101 & 118 Village, UPG, 10:30 am-1:30 pm

Pharmacy Lecture

“Nuclear Receptors at the Crossroads of Lipid Metabolism & Inflammation,”

Peter Tontonoz, Howard Hughes Medical Inst.;

456 Salk, noon-1 pm (8-9941)

Toastmasters Meeting

2203 Sennott, 12:30 pm (also May 1)

Wednesday 25

Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Research Day

Stuart Weinstein, U of IA Hospital;

LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-11:30 am

Small Business Development Ctr. Seminar

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

209 Mervis, 7:30-10 am (register: 8-1542)

Bradford Campus Health Benefits Fair

Mukaiyama Univ. Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 11 am-2 pm

Thursday 26

Vanguard One-on-One Info Sessions

1st fl. meeting rm. Craig, 9 am-5 pm (appointment: 800/662-0106)

Titusville Campus Health Benefits Fair

Haskell Library, UPT, 10:30 am-1:30 pm

HPS MasseyFest

In honor of Gerald Massey.

“Some of Massey’s Contributions to Logic,”

Nuel Belnap, 1:30 pm;

“Darwin’s Rejection of Cartesian Dualism,”

James Lennox, 2:30 pm;

“Disbelief as the Dual of Belief,”

John Norton;

2500 Posvar, 4 pm; reception to follow (4-1052)

Friday 27

Small Business Development Ctr. Seminar

“The Second Step: Developing a Business Plan”;

209 Mervis, 7:30-10 am (register: 8-1542)

Psychology Colloquium

“New Hope: An Intervention for Working Poor Families & Their Children,”

Aletha Huston, U of TX;

4127 Sennott, 3 pm (4-4500)

Sunday 29

• Residence halls close except for graduating seniors.

Monday 30

Johnstown Campus Benefits Fair

Cambria Rm. Student Union, UPJ, 10:30 am-1:30 pm

Office of Research/NCURA Broadcast Workshop

“Effort Reporting”;

S120 BST2, 11:30 am-3:30 pm (4-7405)

Chemistry Dowd Lectures

“Enzyme Catalysis & the Design of New Enzymes,”

Kendall Houk, UCLA, 1:30 pm;

“The Inner Space of Molecules,”

Julius Rebek, Scripps Research Inst., 2:50 pm;

“Applications of Total Synthesis to Problems of Biological Consequence,”

Samuel Danishefsky, Sloan-Kettering Hospital, 4:30 pm; 12 Chevron (4-8200)

Inst. for Entrepreneurial Excellence Symposium

“A Cross-Campus Community Model for Entrepreneurship,”

Michael Morris, Syracuse;

Sennott aud., 2-3 pm

May

Tuesday 1

Faculty Assembly Meeting

2700 Posvar, 3 pm

Wednesday 2

• Spring term grades must be approved by instructors by 5 pm before final posting begins.

Small Business Development Ctr. Seminar

“The Right Mix of Family Value & Business Sense”;

Duquesne Club, 8:30 am-1 pm (register: 4-2271)

Health Sciences Laureate Lecture

“New Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry & Biology,”

Peter Schultz, Scripps Research Inst.;

aud. 6 Scaife, noon

Pathology Seminar

“Gene Transfer & RNAi Based Strategies for Treating Liver Disease,”

Mark Kay, Stanford;

1104 Scaife, noon (8-1040)

PhD Defenses

Education/Instruction & Learning

“Requisites of Individualized Technology-Enhanced Education Program for History to Meet High School Students’ Needs,” Ibrahim Turan;

April 19, 5140 Posvar, 11 am

Education/Instruction & Learning

“Development of Self-Regulation in Middle School Students in a Project-Based Learning Experience,”

Darla Gerlach;

April 20, 5140 Posvar, 11 am

A&S/French & Italian Languages & Literatures

“Le Roman Algérien de Langue Française de L’entre-Deux Guerres a l’ Épreuve du Politique: en lisant Robert Randau et Abdelkader Hadj Hamou,”

Nacer Khelouz;

April 23, 1325 CL, 9 am

GSPH/Biostatistics

“Inference on Survival Data Under Nonproportional Hazards,”

Qing Xu;

April 23, A622 Crabtree, 3 pm

SIS/Library & Info Science

“‘Greedy for Facts’: Charles Darwin’s Information Needs & Behaviors,”

James Currier;

April 23, 501 IS, 10 am-noon

A&S/Physics & Astronomy

“Strong MgII Absorbers & Their Relation to Galaxies,”

Lorenzo Rimoldini;

April 23, 106 Allen, 11 am

A&S/Music

“The Interpretation of Experience: A Contextual Study of the Art of Three Pittsburgh Jazz Drummers,”

Kenan Foley;

April 23, 114 Music, 1-3 pm

A&S/Sociology

“21st-Century Participation in Two U.S. Greek Orthodox Churches,”

Christine Alex;

April 23, 2431 Posvar, 1 pm

GSPH/Biostatistics

“Experimental Design for Unbalanced Data Involving a 2-Level Logistic Model,”

Huanyu Chen;

April 23, 109 Parran, 1 pm

Nursing

“The Characteristics That Associate With Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Type-2 Diabetes,”

Lichun (Rebecca) Chia;

April 24, 350 Victoria, 3 pm

A&S/Economics

“Essays in Semiparametric Econometrics & Panel Data Analysis,”

Martin Burda;

April 25, 4716 Posvar, 10:30 am

Business

“Self-Other Connectedness in Consumer Affect, Judgments & Actions,”

Karen Page;

April 25, 102 Mervis, 1 pm

A&S/Physics & Astronomy

“Investigating the Nature of Low-Redshift DLA & Sub-DLA Galaxies,”

Michele Belfort-Mihalyi;

April 26, 106 Allen, 2 pm

SHRS/Communication Science & Disorders

“Resource & Bottleneck Mechanisms of Attention in Language Performance,”

William Hula;

April 27, 4013 Forbes Tower, 9 am

GSPIA

“The Construction of Regional Institutions in the Asia-Pacific & East Asia: Origins, Motivations & Evolution,”

Yasumasa Komori;

April 27, 3600 Posvar, 1 pm

A&S/Music

“Transnational Cultural Traffic in Northeast Asia: The ‘Presence’ of Japan in Korea’s Popular Music Culture,”

Eun-Young Jung;

April 30, 302 Music, 11 am-1 pm

A&S/Slavic Languages & Literatures

“Visualizing Tolstoi’s ‘Anna Karenina’,”

Irina Makoveeva;

April 30, 1401 CL, 1-3 pm

Theatre

Johnstown Campus

“Anne of Green Gables”;

April 30, 10 am & noon, mainstage Pasquerilla, UPJ (tickets: 800/846-2787)

Exhibits

Studio Arts Student Exhibit

Univ. Art Gallery FFA, through April 28, M-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Th until 8 pm (8-2423)

Hillman Library

“Downy Woodpecker”

through April 30;

“Blue Bird,” May 1-7;

Audubon exhibit case, ground fl. Hillman, M-Th 7:50 am-2 am, F 7:50 am-10 pm, Sat. 9 am-midnight, Sun. 10 am-2 am (8-7715)

Barco Law Library

“Inside of a Few Square Blocks”;

through May 31;

M-Th 7:30 am-11:45 pm, F 7:30 am-8 pm, Sat. 10 am-8 pm, Sun. 10 am-11:45 pm (8-1376)

Deadlines

Office of Child Development Family Support Conference

Registration deadline May 4. Go to www.education.pitt.edu/ocd for more info. (412/244-5358)

Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award

Nominations due to 1234 CL by May 4. (8-7860)

Teaching Evaluation Surveys

Completed request forms due to G-39 CL by May 18 for 4-week-1 & 6-week-1;

by June 1 for 12-week & term;

by June 15 for 4-week-2;

by June 29 for 6-week-2;

by July 13 for 4-week-3. (4-6147)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published May 3. It will contain events of May 3-17. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm April 26 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.


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