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Thursday 14

Epidemiology Seminar
“The Challenges in Environmental Epidemiology: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly,”
Evelyn Talbott;
A115 Crabtree, noon

Sr. VC’s Laureate Lecture
“Yeast Prions: Pathology, Biology & Structure,”
Reed Wickner;
Scaife aud. 6, noon

Survival Skills & Ethics Workshop
“Grants Over Lunch”;
S100 BST2, noon-1:30 pm (412/578-3716)

Senate Plenary Session
“Teaching Excellence as a Criterion for Promotion & Tenure”;
WPU Assembly Rm., noon-3 pm

OBID Concert
Brad Yoder;
Schenley Plaza, noon-2 pm

Chemistry Seminar
“NanoGUMBOS: The Next Generation of Nanomaterials,”
Isiah Warner, LA St.;
12B Chevron, 2:30 pm

Ctr. for Nat’l Preparedness Seminar
“Security Implications of the Resurgence of Nuclear Power,”
Larry Foulke, nuclear engineering;
532 Alumni, 3 pm

Medicine Sleep Conference
“Adolescent Sleep: Can Biology & 21st Century Lifestyles Be Reconciled?”
Mary Carskadon;
Detre 2nd fl. aud., 4 pm

Humanities Lecture
“Framing the Original: Toward a New Visibility of the Orient,”
Rey Chow, Duke;
501 CL, 4 pm (4-6523)

European Studies Lecture
“Grassroots Politics & Alternative Media in the Making of Europe,”
Alice Mattoni, sociology;
3703 Posvar, 4-6 pm

Greensburg Campus Lecture
“Leadership Lessons From the Oval Office & the Board Room,”
Kenneth Duberstein, chief of staff to Pres. Reagan;
Ferguson Theater, UPG, 7 pm (724/836-7497)

Friday 15

Medical Ethics Lecture
“The Ethics, Economics & Politics of Rationing: Death Panels, Mammogram Guidelines & Chemotherapy,”
Mary Ann Baily;
S100 Starzl BST, 8 am

WPIC Clinical Grand Rounds
“Geriatric Psychiatry,”
Jules Rosen; WPIC 2nd fl. aud., 11 am

Sr. VC’s Research Seminar
“Mechanistic Insight Into Sugar, Sodium & Water Cotransport via Sodium-Solute Symporters,”
Michael Grabe;
Scaife aud. 6, noon

Pulmonary Grand Rounds
“The Evolution & Impact of Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals,”
Jeremy Kahn;
NW628 Montefiore, noon

UCSUR Lecture
“White Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood,”
Rachel Woldoff, WVU;
121 University Place 2nd fl. conf. rm., noon (pncis@pitt.edu)

Emerging Legends Concert
Emily Rodgers;
Cup & Chaucer, ground fl. Hillman, noon

Medical Education Grand Rounds
“From Genes to Society: The Knowledge Foundation for Individualized Medicine,”
David Nichols, Johns Hopkins;
Scaife 4th fl. lecture rm. 3, noon

Senate Budget Policies Committee Mtg.
512 CL, 12:10 pm

REES/Slavic Languages & Literatures Graduation Ceremony
4130 Posvar, 3-5 pm (crees@pitt.edu)

Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Measurement of Hawking Radiation in an Analog System,”
William Unruh, U of British Columbia;
817R CL, 3:30 pm (4-1052)

Carpathian Ensemble Concert
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (4-4125)

Saturday 16

Johnstown Campus Psychology Conference
“The Rhythms of Life: A Key to Practical Treatments of Mood Disorders,”
Ellen Frank;
Blackington, UPJ, 9 am (814/269-2954)

Collegiate YMCA Citizenship Seminar
540 WPU, 1:15-2 pm
(also 2:45-3:30 pm; 8-7960)

Nationality Rooms Cabaret Ball
WPU Ballrm./Kurtzman Rm., 5 pm (4-6150)

Sunday 17

Pitt Humanitarian & Environmental Alliance Super Stroll
CL lawn, 2 pm
(superstrollpgh.eventbrite.com)

Women’s Choral Ensemble Concert
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm (4-4125)

Monday 18

Neurobiology of Brain Dysfunction Lecture
“Stress, Depression & PTSD,”
Anne Germain;
114 Victoria, 9:30-11:30 am

History/Latin American Studies Lecture
“Race & Racism: Cuba & the Caribbean,”
Rafael Duharte, Casa del Caribe;
3703 Posvar, noon (8-7486)

GSPIA Philanthropy Forum
“Health & Human Rights in the US & South Africa: Two Arguments for Persistence,”
Gara LaMarche, Atlantic Foundation;
UClub Ballrm. A, 3-4:30 pm (8-1336)

Chemistry Lecture
“The General Mechanism of Peptide Aggregation & Assembly: What Matters & What Doesn’t,”
Michael Bowers, UC-Santa Barbara;
12B Chevron, 4 pm

Greensburg Campus Concert
Samuel Oram & Shou Ping Liu;
Campana Chapel, UPG, 7:30 pm

Tuesday 19

HSLS Workshop
“EndNote Basics,”
Ahlam Saleh;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon

Basic & Translational Research in Lung Diseases Lecture
“PU.1-Dependent Regulation of Th Cell Heterogeneity & Allergic Inflammation,”
Mark Kaplan;
NW628 Montefiore, noon

CVR Seminar
“No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: The Emergence of Human Monkeypox After the Eradication of Smallpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo,”
Anne Rimoin;
9014 BST3, noon

Senate Community Relations Committee Mtg.
272 Hillman, noon

UPCI Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“Cancer Genomics: Discovery, Prognosis & Diagnosis,”
Elaine Mardis, Washington U;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon (412/623-7771)

OBID Concert
Dan Burgun Guitar Duo;
Schenley Plaza, noon-2 pm

Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Space, Consciousness & Control,”
Robert Briscoe, OH U;
817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)

UPMC Aging Inst. Poster Session
“Celebrating Research on Aging: Building Collaborations for the Future”;
WPU Ballrm., 1 pm

MMG Seminar
“Inside the Matrix: Subversion of Host Cell Function by the Chronic Pathogen Helicobacter pylori,”
Steven  Blanke;
503 Bridgeside Point II, 3:15 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
Daniel Altschuler;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

Chemistry Lecture
“Amyloid Assembly & Oligomer Structure in Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease & Type 2 Diabetes,”
Michael Bowers, UC-Santa Barbara;
12A Chevron, 4 pm

Greensburg Campus Performance
“Mahalia Jackson: Standing on Holy Ground”;
Ferguson Theater, UPG, 7 pm

Wednesday 20

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Updates in the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer,”
Joan Schiller;
UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Herberman Conf. Ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8 am

Pitt Alumni Assn. Picnic
WPU lawn & patio, 11 am-2 pm
(www.alumni.pitt.edu/facultystaff)

Pathology Research Seminar
“Mechanisms of Acetaminophen-induced Liver Injury in Mice & Man,”
Hartmut Jaeschke, U of KS;
S120 Starzl BST, noon

HSLS Workshop
“Sequence Similarity Searching,”
Carrie Iwema;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm

Plant Utilization & Planning Committee Sustainability Subcommittee Presentation
Joseph Fink, Facilities Management;
4127 Sennott, 3 pm

Neurology Grand Rounds
“PRES: Clinical, Imaging & Pathological Features,”
Walter Bartynski;
520 E&EI, 4 pm

Translational Neuroscience Lecture
“Neurogenesis in the Adult Brain: Regulation & Function,”
Fred Gage;
WPIC 2nd fl. aud., 4 pm

Humanities Discussion/Reading Group
“Collaborative Research in Translation Studies”;
602 CL, 4-6 pm

PACWC Women’s Networking Event
UClub, 4:30-6 pm

GI Grand Rounds
“Pancreas & Biliary Diseases”;
11 Scaife conf. ctr., 5 pm

Thursday 21

Epidemiology Seminar
“And Then Cardiology Created Women,”
Sheryl Kelsey;
A115 Crabtree, noon

OBID Concert
Lisa Joseph String Trio;
Schenley Plaza, noon-2 pm

Chemistry Seminar
“How Aromantic Interactions Control Your Genes: A Molecular View of Biomolecular Recognition,”
Marcey Waters, UNC-Chapel Hill;
12B Chevron, 2:30 pm

Information Sciences Lecture
“Teaching From Country: Stories & Place in a Postcolonial Australian Aboriginal Pedagogy,”
Michael Christie, Charles Darwin U;
UClub Ballrm. B, 3 pm

Chemistry Seminar
“Computer-Aided Design of Drugs Targeting Protein Kinases & Phosphatases,”
Chung Wong, U of MO;
12A Chevron, 4 pm

Friday 22

• Last day for spring term undergrad day classes.

Endocrine Conference
“Translating the DPP Into Real World Settings,”
Linda Siminerio, Gretchen Platt & Kaye Kramer;
1195 Starzl BST, 8:30 am

Student Sustainability Symposium
WPU Ballrm., 9 am-1 pm (412/606-9075)

GI Research Rounds
“Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research,”
David Binion;
M2 conf. rm. Presby, noon

Human Genetics C.C. Li Memorial Lecture
“Lymphatics: The Other Vascular System,”
Robert Ferrell;
A115 Crabtree, noon

Saturday 23

• Reading day.

• CGS, Saturday, grad & evening classes continue to meet through April 30;
final exams should be held during the last scheduled class meeting.

World History Workshop
“Assessment in World History,”
Patrick Manning & John Myers;
5604 Posvar, 9 am-3 pm

Asian Studies Benefit Concert
For Japan earthquake & tsunami relief;
Bellefield aud., 2 pm (8-7763)

Monday 25

• Final exams for all undergrad day classes through April 30.

Neurobiology of Brain Dysfunction Lecture
“Slow ‘Viral’ Infections of the CNS,”
Clayton Wiley;
114 Victoria, 9:30-11:30 am

Translational Neuroscience Seminar
“Propofol, Parkinson’s Disease & Brain Rhythms,”
Nancy Kopell;
1695 Starzl BST, noon

Tuesday 26

GI Journal Club
“Genetic Studies,”
Matthew Coates & Dhiraj Yadav;
M2 conf. rm. Presby, 7:30 am

UPCI Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“ChIP-seq for p63: From Infection to Development & Cancer,”
Dennis McCance, Queen’s U;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper classrm. D, noon (412/623-7771)

OBID Concert
Heather Kropf;
Schenley Plaza, noon-2 pm

Philosophy of Science Lecture
“The Gene: A Concept in Flux,”
Staffan Müller-Wille, U of Exeter;
817R CL, 12:05 pm (4-1052)

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“SUMOylation & De-SUMOylation: Wrestling With Life’s Processes,”
Edward Yeh, U of TX;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

Wednesday 27

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“Preparative Irradiation for Cell-Based Therapies in Regenerative Medicine,”
Chandan Guha;
UPMC Cancer Pavilion Herberman Conf. Ctr. classrm. C, 8 am

Biomedical Informatics Workshop
“Text Information Extraction System: A New Tool for Research”;
Hillman Cancer Ctr., Cooper classrm. A/B, 11 am

HSLS Workshop
“Protein Sequence Analysis,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm

Neurology Grand Rounds
“Immunopathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis,”
Michael Racke;
1105 Scaife, 4 pm

GI Grand Rounds
“Endoscopic & Radiologic Unknowns,”
John Nasr, Ari Wiesen & Su Min Cho;
11 Scaife conf. ctr., 5 pm

OED Lecture
“Creating & Implementing Breakthrough Medical Technologies,”
Robert Langer, MIT;
Alumni 7th fl. aud., 5:30 pm

Thursday 28

HSLS Workshop
“The WOW Factor: PowerPoint for Posters,”
Julia Jankovic;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 9-11 am

HSLS Lunch With a Librarian
“Personal Genomics, Personalized Medicine & You,”
Carrie Iwema;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, noon

ADRC Lecture
“Cystatin C, Inflammatory Markers & Brain Volume in Cognitively Normal Subjects,”
Mario Riverol, neurology;
ADRC conf. rm., S439 Montefiore, noon

OBID Concert
Ray Ryan Ragtime Piano;
Schenley Plaza, noon-2 pm

Chemistry Seminar
“Protein Recognition of Bacterial Glycans Containing Furanose Residues,”
Todd Lowary, U of Alberta;
12B Chevron, 2:30 pm

Chemistry Seminar
“Pathways to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells: What We Can Learn by Watching Electrons Move in Real Time,”
John Asbury, Penn St.;
12A Chevron, 4 pm

PhD Defenses

GSPH/Epidemiology
“Racial Disparities in Asthma Severity: A Comparison Between Black & White Adult Asthmatics in the Severe Asthma Research Program,”
Christy Gamble;
April 15, A523 Crabtree, 8:30 am

GSPH/Biostatistics
“Statistical Issues in Combining Multiple Genomic Studies: Quality Assessment, Dimension Reduction & Integration of Transcriptomic & Phenomic Data,”
Dongwan Kang;
April 15, 308 Parran, 10 am

A&S/Communication
“Queerly Remembered: Tactical & Strategic Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past,”
Thomas Dunn;
April 18, 1128 CL, 10 am

GSPH/Human Genetics
“Mutagenic Potential of Telomeric Repeats & the Role of Werner Syndrome Helicase Protein in Facilitating Telomeric DNA Replication,”
Rama Rao Damerla;
April 18, Bridgeside Point 5th fl. conf. rm., 10 am

A&S/German
“Subjectivity Regained? German-Language Writing From Eastern Europe & the Balkans Through an East-West Gaze,”
Boryana Dobreva;
April 18, 5400 Posvar, 1 pm

A&S/Chemistry
“Self-Assembly of Liquid Crystals & Chiral Superstructures: From Coarse-Grained to Fully Atomistic Models,”
Fangyong Yan;
April 18, 307 Eberly, 1:30 pm

A&S/Physics & Astronomy
“Nanoelectronics in Oxides & Semiconductors,”
Guanglei Cheng;
April 18, 316 Allen, 3 pm

Medicine/Clinical & Translational Science
“The Epigenetic Regulation of Chemotherapy Resistance in Melanoma,”
Hussein Tawbi;
April 19, 305 Parkvale, 3 pm

A&S/English
“’Teeming Delight’: Irish Poetry, 1930-1960,”
Jessica Pannell;
April 20, 527 CL, 9 am

GSPH/Epidemiology
“Cholesterol Metabolism in the Brain & Dementia,” Timothy Hughes;
April 21, 130 N. Bellefield 5th fl. conf. rm., noon

A&S/English
“The Invention of England: Danes & Identity in Medieval Romance,”
Daniel Wollenberg;
April 22, 527 CL, 9 am

A&S/Anthropology
“Household Organization at Bandurria, a Late Preceramic Temple Center on the Peruvian Coast,”
Alejandro Chu;
April 25, 3106 Posvar, 2 pm

A&S/Anthropology
“Sex Determination From the Subadult Pelvis: A Morphometric Analysis of the Ilium, Pubis & Ischium,”
Kathleen Blake;
April 26, 3106 Posvar, 9:30 am

A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“Modernity & Crisis: The Writing of ‘the Jew’ in 20th Century Trans Atlantic Literature,”
Debbie Bensadon;
April 26, 1528 CL, 1:30-3:30 pm

Business
“The Impact of Boundary-Blurring Social Networking Sites: Self-Presentation, Impression Formation & Publicness,”
Jacqueline Pike;
April 27, 102 Mervis, 8:30 am

A&S/Anthropology
“Kokeshi: Continued & Created Traditions (Motivations for a Japanese Folk Art Doll),”
Jennifer McDowell;
April 27, 3106 Posvar, noon

Medicine/Cellular & Molecular Pathology
“Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptor Alpha Signaling in Gliomas: SHPing the PI3K Pathway to Oncogenesis,”
Kun-Wei Liu;
April 28, Hillman Cancer Ctr. Nimick Conf. Rm., 2 pm

A&S/Physics & Astronomy
“Two-Loop Radiative Corrections of Electro-Weak Mixing Angle for z->b\bar{b},” Yi-Cheng Huang, April 28, 316 Allen, 2 pm

Theatre

Pitt Student Labs
“Henna Night” & “Sparagamos”;
through April 17;
Studio Theatre, CL, W-F 8 pm, Sat. 2 & 8 pm, Sun. 2 pm (4-7529)

Exhibits

Bradford Campus Exhibit
“The Art of Oleg Gotchev & the Development of Contemporary Bulgarian Mural Paintings”;
through April 15;
KOA Art Gallery, Blaisdell, UPB, M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm, F 8:30 am-6 pm

Hillman Library Audubon Exhibit
“Canadian Titmouse,” through April 25;
“Ruby-Crowned Wren,” April 26-May 10;
Hillman ground fl. exhibition case, reg. library hours (8-7715)

Studio Arts Student Exhibit
Through April 30;
U Art Gallery, FFA, 10 am-4 pm M-F (8-2430)

Law Library Exhibit
“Landscapes: Imagined/Real,”
Timothy Thompson;
through May 20;
Barco Law Library Gallery, reg. library hours (8-1376)

Deadlines

Conflict of Interest Filing
Deadline to file forms through the Superform system (https://coi.hs.pitt.edu) is April 15. Supervisors must send the management reporting forms & annual data summary reports to the provost or sr. VC for Health Sciences by May 16. (technical assistance: 8-2222)

Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award
Nominations should be submitted to the Senate office, 1234 CL, by May 3. (info: 8-7860)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of April 28-May 12. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on April 21 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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