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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