University Times

Thursday 26

ADRC Lecture

“Alzheimer’s, Mild Cognitive Impairment & Pre-Mild Cognitive Impairment: Implications of the New Diagnostic Recommendations,”

Eric McDade, neurology;

S439 Montefiore ADRC conf. rm., noon

GSPH Sonis Lecture

“Comparative Effectiveness Research: The Essentials,”

Harold Sox, Dartmouth;

S120 Starzl BST, noon (412/692-4853)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Back to the Future With Apologies to Sir William Osler,”

Basil Zitelli, medicine;

Scaife lecture rm. 6, 4 pm

Friday 27

Pulmonary Grand Rounds

“Molecular Connections Between Coagulation & Inflammation,”

Wolfram Ruf;

NW628 Montefiore, noon

Saturday 28

• Official date for degrees awarded in the School of Law & the first professional programs in the medical & dental medicine schools.

Monday 30

• University closed in observance of Memorial Day.

Tuesday 31

GI Pathophysiology/Board Review

“Systemic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease,”

Ari Wiesen;

M2 conf rm. Presby, 7:30 am

UPCI Basic & Translational Research Seminar

“Targeting the Ovarian Cancer Epigenome & Ovarian Tumor Propagating Cells,”

Kenneth Nephew, IN U;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper Classrm. D, noon (412/623-7771)

June

Wednesday 1

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Measuring Immuneractivity in Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation,”

Ajlan Atasoy;

“Targeting Epigenetic Changes in Breast Cancer Treatment,”

Lamia Boric;

UPMC Cancer Pavilion Herberman Conf. Ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8 am

Pathology Research Seminar

“Human Biospecimen Science & Standards: Preparing the Way to Personalized Medicine,”

Carolyn Compton, Cancer Human Biobank;

Scaife lecture rm. 5, noon (8-1040)

Neurology Grand Rounds

“An Update on FTD: What Ever Happened to Pick’s Disease?”

Eric McDade;

1105 Scaife, 4 pm

Thursday 2

HSLS Workshop

“PubMed Basics,”

Rebecca Abromitis;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 1-2:30 pm

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Transplantation & Children: Outcomes & Opportunities for a Lifetime,”

George Mazariegos, medicine;

Scaife lecture rm. 6, 4:30 pm

Friday 3

• Summer 6-week-1 session deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean’s office.

Jewelry & Art Sale

To benefit the Evelyn Wei Scholarship Award in Epidemiology;

109 Parran, 10 am-2:30 pm

Pulmonary Grand Rounds

“Robert Rogers Lectureship,”

J. Randall Curtis;

NW628 Montefiore, noon

Carnegie Library Japanese Calligraphy Performance/Workshop

Ritsuko Takaoka;

WPU lower lounge, 5-8 pm

Saturday 4

• Summer 4-week-1 session ends. Final exams scheduled during last class meeting.

Sunday 5

Memorial Service

For Thomas Detre, emeritus distinguished sr. VC for Health Sciences, who died Oct. 9, 2010;

Heinz Chapel, 1 pm, followed by reception in Connolly Ballrm. Alumni (412/647-1784)

Monday 6

• Summer 4-week-2 session enrollment period ends & classes begin.

Tuesday 7

Consortium Ethics Program Conference

“Basic Issues in Health Care”;

La Roche College, Zappala College Ctr., 9000 Babcock Blvd., 8 am-4 pm (412/647-5834)

Biomedical Informatics Workshop

“Text Information Extraction System: A New Tool for Research,”

Rebecca Crowley;

M3901 Presby South, 11 am

(registration required: http://ties.upmc.com/register)

Faculty Assembly Mtg.

UClub Ballrm. A, 3 pm

Wednesday 8

• Summer 4-week-1 session grades must be approved by instructors by 5 pm before final posting can begin.

• Summer 4-week-2 session add/drop period ends.

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Adjuvant Therapy for Colon Cancer: What Do We Do Next?”

James Cassidy;

UPMC Cancer Pavilion Herberman Conf. Ctr. 2nd fl. aud., 8 am

Pathology Research Seminar

“Regulation of Cell Death Via Cysteine Oxidation: Implications for Pulmonary Fibrosis,”

Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, U of VT;

1104 Scaife, noon (8-1040)

Staff Assn. Council Mtg.

532 Alumni, 12:15-2 pm

HSLS Workshop

“Pathway Analysis Tools 1,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm

Thursday 9

HSLS Workshop

“EndNote Basics,”

Pat Weiss;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon

Sr. VC’s Research Seminar

“Inorganic Chemistry in Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment,”

Stephen Lippard;

Scaife aud. 5/6, noon

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“A Life in Transplantation,”

Ron Shapiro, medicine;

Scaife lecture rm. 6, 4:30 pm

Office of the Provost/Academic Career Development Postdoc Data & Dine Symposium

“The Postdoctoral Experience: Expanding Scientific Horizons,” D. Lansing Taylor;

WPU Assembly Rm. & Ballrm., 5-9 pm

PhD Defenses

GSPH/Biostatistics

“Statistical Methods for Discovering Biomarkers Subject to Detection Limit,”

Yeonhee Kim;

May 26, 308 Parran, 1 pm

A&S/Biological Sciences

“The Roles of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Paf1 Complex in Regulating Transcriptional Repression,”

Elia Crisucci;

May 26, A219B Langley, 2 pm

A&S/Classics

“From Ignobile Vulgus to Rerum Dominos: The Emergence of the Roman Crowd in Vergil’s ‘Aeneid,’”

Erin O’Bryan;

May 27, 116 CL, 11:30 am

Medicine/Cellular & Molecular Pathology

“EGFRvIII Expression & Signaling in HNSCC,”

Sarah Wheeler;

May 31, 1105 Scaife, 11 am

GSPH/Environmental & Occupational Health

“Quality of Diabetes Care in a US Manufacturing Cohort: A Comparison of Quality Indicators as Predictors of Diabetes Complications,”

Felicia Bayer;

May 31, 109 Parran, 1 pm

A&S/Geology & Planetary Science

“Processes, Products & Depositional Environments of Ice-Confined Basaltic Fissure Eruptions: A Case Study of the Sveifluháls Volcanic Complex, SW Iceland,”

Emily Constantine Mercurio;

June 3, 214 SRCC, 10 am

Business

“Brand Partnerships & the Determinants for Success,”

Casey Newmeyer;

June 3, 102 Mervis, 10:30 am

Business

“Two Essays on Turnaround Specialist CEOs,”

Jesse Ellis;

June 3, 101 Mervis, 2 pm

A&S/Economics

“The Nature & Consequences of Civil Strife,”

Shikha Basnet;

June 6, 4716 Posvar, 4 pm

A&S/Neuroscience

“Preclinical Evidence for the Efficacy of Angiotensin Receptor Antagonism in a Rodent Model of Vulnerability to Comorbid Depression & Cardiovascular Disease,”

Kristen Stedenfeld;

June 7, A219B Langley, 10 am

Medicine/Cell Biology & Molecular Physiology

“Regulation of Clathrin-Coated Vesicle Nucleation,”

James Thieman;

June 9, 1103 Scaife, noon

A&S/Communication

“Mythologizing Charles Van Doren: The 1950s, the Media & the Making of Cultural Memory,”

Heather Fisher;

June 9, 1128 CL, 1 pm

Exhibits

Hillman Library Audubon Exhibit

“American Crossbill,”

through June 6;

“Brown-Headed Worm-Eating Warbler,”

June 7-20;

Hillman ground fl. exhibition case, reg. library hours (8-7715)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of June 9-23. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on June 2 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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