Calendar

Novelist Sherrie Flick will read from her work Feb. 23 on the Bradford campus.
Thursday 18
EOH Seminar
“Seeing Is Believing: How Structure Informs About Function,”
Angela Gronenborn;
540 Bridgeside Pt., noon
Epidemiology Seminar
“Biologic Subsystems: Patterns & Trajectories Associated With Mortality in Human Aging,”
Anne Newman;
A115 Crabtree, noon
Translational Neuroscience Seminar
“Behavioral Neuroendocrine Associations & Treatment Options in Autism,”
Suma Jacob;
16th fl. conf. rm. Starzl BST, noon
UCIS Asia Lecture
“The Material Culture of Death in Medieval Japan,”
Karen Gerhart, HA&A;
4130 Posvar, noon (8-7370)
OACD-Postdoc Professionalism Lecture
“Advancing to an Academic Position: Being Prepared for the Job Market,”
Christopher Martin;
S100 Starzl BST, 3-5 pm
Sara Fine Inst. Lecture
“Minds for Sale,”
Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard;
Teplitz Mem. Courtrm., Barco, 3 pm
(rsvp: www.sis.pitt.edu/~fineinst/projects/zittrain.html)
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Coastal Sedimentary Processes,”
Katie Farnswort, IUP;
11 Thaw, 4 pm (4-8780)
UCIS Lecture
“Where Neoplatonism Meets Ethnology: Garcilaso & the Gods of Huarochiri,”
Frank Salomon, U of WI-Madison;
232 CL, 4 pm
Latin American Film
“Princesas”;
FFA aud., 6:30 pm
Friday 19
Endocrine Conference
“Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Among Type II Diabetes: Sweet & Low?”
Lewis Kuller; 1195 Starzl BST, 8:30 am
Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“The Role of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in the Urinary Bladder Wall,”
Christopher Fry, U of Surrey;
1395 Starzl BST, 11 am
WPIC Clinical Grand Rounds
“Services & Research for Recovery in Serious Mental Illness,”
Charles Kahn & Emil Ivanov;
2nd fl. aud. Detre, 11 am
East Asian Colloquium
“Remembering World War II & Narrating the Nation: Study of Tezuka Osamu’s War Manga,”
Remi Feuillassier;
4209 Posvar, noon
EOH/SCRR Joint Seminar
“Public Health of Brain Trauma: From Mechanisms & Treatment to Legislation/Regulations,”
Wen-Ta Chiu, Taipei Medical;
540 Bridgeside Pt., noon
Genetics Seminar
“On the Confluence of Art & Genetic Science,”
Lynn Fellman;
A115 Crabtree, noon (4-3066)
Pulmonary Grand Rounds
“Caring While Searching for the Cure for IPF: The Simmons Center Experience,”
Kathleen Oare Lindell;
NW628 Montefiore, noon
Sr. VC’s Research Seminar
“Learning From Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Getting the GIST of Targeted Therapies,”
Anette Duensing;
aud. 6 Scaife, noon
Computer Science Colloquium
“Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks,”
Richard Stallman;
WPU lower lounge, 12:30 pm
UCIS Lecture
“Ideas Against Ideocracy: The Platonic Drama of Russian Thought & Possible Strategies for the Future,”
Mikhail Epstein;
3911 Posvar, 3 pm
Bollywood & Indian Film
“Akaler Sandhane”;
FFA aud., 7 pm (4-5578)
Saturday 20
Women’s Basketball
Vs. Seton Hall;
Petersen, 2 pm
Bollywood & Indian Film
“Rangeela”;
FFA aud., 7 pm (4-5578)
Sunday 21
Men’s Basketball
Vs. Villanova; Petersen, noon
Heinz Chapel Choir Festival
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm (4-4125)
Monday 22
• Summer term registration & add/drop begin.
Tuesday 23
Health Services Research Seminar
“Racial Differences in Access to High Quality Care for Coronary Heart Disease,”
Ioana Popescu;
305 Parkvale, noon
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
“Libraries Inspired by Natural Products & Peptides,”
Jeffrey Aube;
456 Salk, noon
UPCI Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Role of Autophagy in Cancer & Therapy,”
Eileen White, Rutgers;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon (412/623-7771)
Faculty Development Lecture
“Conflict or Cooperation? Teaching a New Generation,”
Mary Kerr;
457 Salk, 12:30 pm
Faculty Assembly Mtg.
Ballrm. A University Club, 3 pm
Bradford Campus Reading
Sherrie Flick;
Bromeley Family Theater, Blaisdell, UPB, 7:30 pm
Global Studies Lecture
“Colonial, Post-Colonial & Lesotho Today: Khotso Pula Nala ‘Peace Rain Prosperity,’”
Mpho Letima, Malmberg fellow;
1st fl. lounge Sutherland, 8 pm (8-5085)
Wednesday 24
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
Venkat Seshadri;
LHAS Aud. Montefiore, 7 am
Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Stents of the Gastrointestinal Tract for Primary & Metastatic Cancers: Indications & Complications,”
Andres Gelrud;
2nd fl. aud. Herberman Conf. Ctr. Cancer Pavilion, 8 am
OED 3rd Annual Innovation Speed Dating
WPU Ballrm., 11 am-1 pm
Pathology Research Seminar
“HNF4: New Functions for an Old Receptor,”
Frances Sladek, U of CA;
1105AB Scaife, noon
Women’s Studies Lecture
“Queering Terror: Visualizing Sexuality & Nationalism in Israeli & Palestinian Cinema,”
Colleen Jankovic;
2201 Posvar, noon
Survival & Ethics Grants Over Lunch Lecture
“Grants From the National Science Foundation,”
Diane Witt;
S100 BST2, noon-1:30 pm (412/578-3716)
HSLS Workshop
“EndNote Basics,”
Ahlam Saleh;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm
HSLS Workshop
“Lasergene,”
Carrie Iwema;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3:30 pm
Japanese Theatre Workshop
“Walk the Walk & Talk the Talk Kyogen-Style: A Lecture, Demonstration & Workshop,”
Julie Iezzi, U of HI, Assembly Rm. WPU, 1-3:30 pm
2010 Bernard Fisher Lecture
“Clinical Implications of Breast Cancer Stem Cells,”
Max Wicha, U of MI;
aud. 5 & 6 Scaife; 3:30 pm
Bradford Campus Search Engine Optimization Lecture
“Getting Listed on Google,”
Josh Curcio, Protocol 80;
105 Swarts, UPB, 5-8 pm (to register: 1-800/872-1787)
ULS Concert
Pairdown;
Cup & Chaucer, Hillman gr. fl., 6 pm
Thursday 25
Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
“Damage Control & Hemostatic Resuscitation,” Andrew Peitzman;
“Tachydysrhythmias,” Rebecca McNutt, &
“Morbidity & Mortality,” Micha Campbell;
5th fl. classrm. A230 McKee Place, 9 am-noon
Bradford Campus Jazz Piano Performance
Ed Epstein;
KOA Speer Electronics Lobby, Blaisdell, UPB, 11:30 am (814/362-0248)
Endocrine Research Conference
“Neurotrophic Growth Factors in the Pancreas: An Overview & Perspective,”
Kathryn Albers;
1195 Starzl BST, noon
EOH Seminar
“Roles & Regulation of Arginases in Health & Disease,”
Sidney Morris, microbiology & molecular genetics;
540 Bridgeside Pt., noon
Epidemiology Seminar
“Vitamin D, Vitamin D Binding Protein, PTH & Fracture in Multi-ethnic Women,”
Jane Cauley;
A115 Crabtree, noon
UCIS Asia Lecture
“Children’s Birth Registration in China: Practice, Problems & Policies,”
Yexia Zhang, Heinz fellow;
4130 Posvar, noon (8-7370)
Survival & Ethics Careers Over Lunch Lecture
“Careers in Research Administration,”
Diane Witt;
S100 BST2, noon-1:30 pm (412/578-3716)
Chemistry Lecture
“Manipulating MOFs by Postsynthetic Modification,”
Seth Cohen, U of San Diego;
102 Thaw, 2:30 pm
French & Italian Colloquium
“Readings on Diderot’s Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville,”
Lynn Festa, Rutgers;
602 CL, 2:30 pm
Chemistry Lecture
“Activity-Based Proteomics: Applications for Enzyme & Inhibitor Discovery,”
Ben Cravatt, Scripps Research Inst.;
157 Benedum, 4 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Mars Exploration: 6 Years of Roving With Spirit & Opportunity,”
Wendy Calvin, U of NV-Reno;
11 Thaw, 4 pm (4-8780)
Medieval & Renaissance Studies Lecture
“Othello in the 21st Century,”
Ayanna Thompson;
G8 CL, 4:30 pm (4-5220)
UCIS Africa Film
“The Bible & the Gun”;
4130 Posvar, 5-7 pm (8-2058)
Greensburg Campus Film
“The Rape of Europa”;
Campana Chapel, UPG, 5:30 pm
History Lecture
“Race & the Management of US Labor,”
David Roediger;
FFA aud., 7:30 pm
Bradford Campus Improv Show
Pitt Improvers;
Mukaiyama U Rm., Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 8-10 pm
Friday 26
Board of Trustees Mtg.
Assembly Rm. WPU, 11:00 am
Faculty Development Lecture for Medical Educators
“Dissemination of Scholarly Work II: Med Ed Portal,” Gary Tabas;
lecture rm. 3 Scaife, noon
Senate Budget Policies Committee Mtg.
501 CL, 12:10 pm
Film Studies Graduate Student Conference
“Thinking Inside the Box: Encounters, Clashes & Strange Symbioses”;
501 CL, registration 1:50-2 pm,
(also Feb. 27; for schedule: http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/artandindustry/index.htm)
French & Italian Lecture
“Humanity Without Feathers: Slavery, Sentimentality & the 18th-Century Origins of Humanitarian Sensibility,”
Lynn Festa, Rutgers;
602 CL, 2:30 pm
Honors Convocation
Provost James Maher, speaker;
Carnegie Music Hall, 3 pm
Music Lecture
“Composition, Improvisation & ‘Purified’ Musical Language,”
Anthony Coleman; 132 Music, 4 pm (4-4125)
UCIS Roundtable
“CERIS Readers Forum for Pitt Faculty,”
David Montgomery, anthropology;
4217 Posvar, 5:30-8 pm (rsvp: eel58@pitt.edu)
Bradford Campus Seminar
“Natural Gas Drilling & Its Effect on Roads, Bridges & Other Municipal Concerns,”
Tim Ziegler, Ctr. for Dirt & Gravel Road Studies, & Scott Sjolander, Penn State Cooperative Ext.;
Mukaiyama U Rm., Frame-Westerberg, UPB, 6-8 pm
Endocrine Conference
“Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Another Risk Factor for Diabetes in Adolescents?”
Tamara Hannon;
1195 Starzl BST, 8:30 pm
Saturday 27
Bradford Campus Info Session
Admissions office, 162 Swarts, UPB, 1 pm
(to register: 1-800/872-1787)
Music on the Edge Concert
Anthony Coleman & Lindsey Goodman;
Andy Warhol Museum, North Side, 8 pm (4-4125)
Sunday 28
Greensburg Campus Joan Chambers Concert
PSU Chamber Singers;
Campana Chapel, UPG, 2:30 pm
Music Concert
Music on the Edge Chamber Orchestra;
Bellefield aud., 7 pm
March
Monday 1
Sociology Culture & Politics Lecture
“Youth Empowerment Projects: How Good Ideas Can Turn Inside Out in Everyday Life,”
Nina Eliasoph, U of Southern CA;
2431 Posvar, noon
Women’s Basketball
Vs. St. John’s;
Petersen, 7 pm
Tuesday 2
Bradford Campus Reading
Kate Northrup, West Chester U;
Mukaiyama U Rm., Frame-Westerberg, UPB, noon (814/362-0248)
Health Services Research Seminar
“Homelessness, Health & Access to Care: Evidence From a National Survey of Homeless Adults,”
Travis Baggett; 305 Parkvale, noon
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar
“Integrated Analysis of Placental mRNA & microRNA,”
Yoel Sadovsky;
456 Salk, noon
Ctr. for Philosophy of Science Lecture
“A Critical Reexamination of the Electrostatic Aharonov-Bohm Effect,”
Allan Walstad, UPJ/physics;
817R CL, 12:05 pm
Greensburg Campus Lecture
“Secrets of State: Brazil, Human Rights & the Regional Role of a Latin American World Power,”
Peter Kornbluh, Nat’l Security Archives;
Campana Chapel, UPG, 7 pm
Wednesday 3
Collection for Haiti
“Have a Heart for Haiti: Put Your Unused Crutches, Canes, Walkers & Wheelchairs to Work Today!”;
drop off at GSPH 5th Ave. entrance, 9 am-7 pm (also March 4)
OACD-NIH Career Development Workshop
“General K Award Workshop,”
Mark Roberts;
S120 Starzl BST, 8:30-10:30 am
History Lecture
“Talking With Fidel: The Secret History of US-Cuba Relations,”
Peter Kornbluh, Nat’l Security Archives;
3703 Posvar, noon-1:30 pm
Religious Studies Lecture
“Medieval Hebrew-French Wedding Songs: Expressions of Identity,”
Kirsten Fudeman;
2628 CL, noon
HSLS Workshop
“Microarray Data Analysis,”
Uma Chandran;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3:30 pm
Senate Council Mtg.
2700 Posvar, 3 pm
Thursday 4
Alzheimer Disease Lecture
“Measuring Suffering in Persons With Alzheimer’s Disease,”
Richard Schulz, psychiatry;
S439 Montefiore, noon
Epidemiology Seminar
“Diabetes Prevention Update: What’s Happening in the Real World,”
Andrea Kriska, Kaye Kramer, Beth Venditti & Marquis Hawkins;
A115 Crabtree, noon
UCIS Asia Lecture
“South Koreans in the Debt Crisis: The Creation of a Neoliberal Welfare Society,”
Jesook Song, U of Toronto;
4130 Posvar, noon (8-7370)
Iris Marion Young Award Lecture/Reception
“Visual Democracy,”
Linda Gordon, NYU;
20th Century Club, 3 pm (rsvp by Feb. 19: 4-6485)
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
George Guthrie, DOE-NETL;
11 Thaw, 4 pm (4-8780)
Men’s Basketball
Vs. Providence;
Petersen, 9 pm
PhD Defenses
A&S/Chemistry
“Studies of Potential Energy Surfaces of Neutral, Protonated, Negatively Charged Water Clusters,”
Tae Hoon Choi;
Feb. 18, 325 Eberly, 9 am
SIS/Science & Technology
“Local Probability Distributions in Bayesian Networks: Knowledge Elicitation & Inference,”
Adam Zagorecki;
Feb. 25, 522 IS, 3-5 pm
A&S/History of Art & Architecture
“Medieval Manuscript Diagrams, Architectural Structures & Their Relationships,”
Karen Webb;
March 1, 104 FFA, 4:30-6 pm
Theatre
Pitt Repertory Theatre
“Parallel Lives” & “The General of Hot Desire”;
Feb. 24-28, Henry Heymann Theatre, Wed.-Sat. 8 pm, Sat.-Sun. 2 pm (4-7529)
Exhibits
African-American Alumni Council Exhibit
“Then & Now: A Historical Exhibition of African-American Progress at the University of Pittsburgh”;
through Feb., Hillman Library ground fl. lobby, reg. library hours
Audubon Exhibit
“Key West Dove,”
through March 1;
Hillman Library ground fl. exhibition case, reg. library hours (8-7715)
Bradford Campus Exhibit
“The Content of Becoming: Mixed Media Exhibition by Shaqe Kalaj,”
through Feb. 26;
KOA Gallery, Blaisdell, UPB, M-F 9 am-4:30 pm (814/362-0248)
Law School Exhibit
“Negotiable Ambivalence,”
Michael Walter;
Barco Library, through May 28, 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
Deadlines
Johnstown Service to Community Award
Nominations due Feb. 19.
(forms: 814/269-2080 or www.upj.pitt.edu/AdvisoryBoard)
HP Faculty Grant Program
Applications due March 1.
(info & procedures: www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/hewlett_international.html)
UCIS Int’l Studies Fund Competition
Applications due March 15.
(info: www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/isf.html)
Newman Award for Int’l Intergenerational Project Initiatives
Applications due March 26.
(info & form: www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/newman.html)
GSPIA Johnson Award for Best Paper in Ethics, Accountability & Leadership
Submissions due April 2.
(info: www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org/ or 8-1336)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times will include events of March 4-18. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on Feb. 25 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.
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Information submitted for the Calendar of the Times should identify the type of event, such as lecture or concert, and the program’s specific title, sponsor, location and time. The name and phone number of a contact person also should be included. Information should be sent to the University Times by email to: utcal@pitt.edu, by FAX to: 412/ 624-4579, or by campus mail to: 308 Bellefield Hall. We cannot guarantee publication of events received after the deadline.
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