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May 17, 2007

CALENDAR

Thursday 17

Office of Child Development Family Support Pre-Conference

“Family Support: Exploration of National Trends, Challenges & Strategies”;

Westin Convention Ctr., Downtown, 7:30 am-4:15 pm (412/244-5358)

TIAA-CREF Counseling Sessions

4750 5th Ave. Suite 300, 8:30 am-4:30 pm

(also May 23 & 24; appointment: 877/209-3136)

Immunology Seminar

“Ym1 Induction in Murine Dendritic Cells by HMG-CoA Inhibitor Statin Promotes Th2 Type Response,”

Prabir Ray;

aud. 5 Scaife, noon (8-7050)

Office of Academic Career Development Postdoctoral Symposium

Ballrm WPU, poster session: 4-6 pm;

dinner: 6-8 PM

Provost Inaugural Lecture

“Regional Perfusion Therapy & Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus,”

David Bartlett, medicine;

2500 Posvar, 4:30 pm (4-5750)

Friday 18

• Summer term add/drop period ends.

Business Training Seminar

“The Second Step: Business Plan Workshop”;

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

Stroke Screening

Herberman Conference Center, UPMC Shadyside Cancer Pavillion, 9 am-3 pm (7-3555)

Stroke Information Session

UPMC Presby cafeteria, 11:30 am-1:30 pm (also May 23; 7-3555)

Saturday 19

Dental Medicine Diploma Ceremony

Heinz Hall, 1 pm (8-8422)

Irish Nationality Room Banquet

50th anniversary banquet;

Ballrm WPU, 4 pm (412/884-2060)

Falk School 75th Anniversary Celebration

Dinner dance, Concordia Club, 6:30 pm

(carnival, May 20, noon-4 pm, Falk School; groundbreaking for addition, 1 pm)

Choral Concert

El Coro Latinoamericano;

FFA aud., 7:30 pm (412/708-3312)

Sunday 20

Johnstown Campus Carnegie Brass Concert

Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, UPJ, 3 pm (1-800/846-2787)

Monday 21

•Summer 12-week add/drop period ends.

Medicine Diploma Ceremony

Carnegie Hall, 10 am (8-8935)

Tuesday 22

HSLS Lunch With a Librarian

“Finding a Needle in a Haystack: Search Bioresearch Databases and Software Tools Using the HSLS Online Bioinformatics Resource Collections”;

conf. rm. B Falk Library, noon-1 pm

Pgh. Symphony Chamber Orchestra Concert

Bellefield aud., 8 pm (412/392-4819)

Wednesday 23

Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

Garen Steele;

LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-8 am

Pathology Research Seminar

“Mesenchymal Cell Survival Requires Surface-Bound Platelet-Derived Growth Factor at One of Three Distinct Fibronectin Domains,”

Richard Clark, SUNY-Stony Brook;

1105B/C conf. ctr. Scaife, noon (8-1040)

Thursday 24

GSPH/Health Policy & Management Lecture

“Making Tomorrow’s Vision Today’s Reality: Improving Patient Safety Through Value-Based Health Care,”

Carolyn Clancy, HHS, S100A Starzl, noon (2-4853)

Greensburg Campus Awards Dinner

5th Annual Smart Growth Awards Dinner;

Chambers, UPG, 6:30-9 pm (724/838-8020)

Friday 25

Family Medicine Rounds

“LOPIR: A Longitudinal Outpatient Practice Improvement Rotation,”

Bruce Brock;

west wing aud. UPMC Shadyside, 8-9 am (3-2248)

Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting

501 CL, noon

Saturday 26

•Official date for degrees awarded in the first professional programs in law and medicine.

Law Commencement

Keynote speaker: Commonwealth Court Judge Doris Smith-Ribner;

Soldiers & Sailors, 11 am (8-1373)

Monday 28

•University closed in observance of Memorial Day.

Wednesday 30

•Summer 4-week-1 deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean’s office.

Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

Kurt Weiss, LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-8 am

Pathology Research Seminar

“A Novel Model of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Progression Based on Orthotopic Cell Transplantation of Spontaneous Versus erbB-2/neu Transformed Rat Cholangiocytes,” Alphonse Sirica, VCU;

1105B/C conf. ctr. Scaife, noon (8-1040)

Theatre

Kuntu Repertory Theatre

“Healthy Black Family: The Separation of Blood”;

May 19- June 2, Th-Sat. at 8 pm and Sun. at 4 pm, matinee at 1 pm on May 26 and 11 am on May 31, 7th fl. aud. Alumni (4-7298)

PhD Defenses

CAS/English

“Redefining Didactic Convention: Mary Wollstonecraft and Feminist Discourses of Appropriation, 1749-1847,”

Kirstin Hanley;

May 24, 526 CL, 3:30-6:30 pm

Exhibits

Barco Law Library

“Inside of a Few Square Blocks”;

through May 31, Barco Law Library, 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)

Hillman Library

“White-crowned Sparrow” through May 21;

“Wood Peewee” May 22-June 4;

Audubon exhibit case, ground fl. Hillman (8-7715)

Deadlines

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)

Farms to Pitt Subscription Program

Inquiries due by May 20. Email stz@pitt.edu for more information.

SAC Kennywood Picnic

Discounted tickets on sale at WPU box office for July 29 Pitt Day through July 27. (4-4236)

Idlewild & Sandcastle

Discounted tickets on sale at WPU box office through Aug. 30. (4-4236)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published May 31. It will contain events of May 31-June 14. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm May 24 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.


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