University Times

June

Thursday 23

Cave Canem Poetry Reading

Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, Natasha Trethewey & Amiri Baraka;

Monterey St. between Sampsonia & Jacksonia, North Side, 7:30 pm (412/321-2190)

Friday 24

Board of Trustees Mtg.

Assembly Rm. WPU, 10 am

WPIC Lecture

“Depth Psychology & Neuroscience: The Relationship & Legacies of Sigmund Freud & Carl Gustav Jung,”

James Harris;

WPIC 2nd fl. aud., 11 am-12:30 pm

Greensburg Campus Poetry Reading

Cave Canem;

Village, UPG, 7:30 pm

Tuesday 28

Molecular Medicine Research Seminar

“Thrombospondin-1-CD47 Globally Regulates Multiple Cardiovascular & Stress Responses,”

Jeff Isenberg;

Rangos Research Ctr. 3rd fl. conf. ctr., noon

Wednesday 29

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Oncogenomics to Target Myeloma in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment,”

Kenneth Anderson;

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

Pathology Research Seminar/ Menten Lecture

“Recurrent Gene Fusions in Common Solid Tumors: Implications for Personalized Medicine,”

Arul Chinnaiyan, U of MI;

1105 Scaife, noon (8-1040)

HSLS Lunch With a Librarian

“Registered Research & Clinical Trial Databases,”

Ahlam Saleh;

Falk Library conf. rm. B, noon

ReSET Panel Discussion & Networking Reception

“Smoke-Free Campus Initiatives”;

109 Parran, 3 pm

Information Sciences Recruitment Initiative

Kathy Humphrey, Student Affairs;

WPU lower lounge, 6 pm

Thursday 30

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

Andrew Peitzman, surgery;

Scaife lecture rm. 6, 4:30 pm

July

Wednesday 6

HSLS Workshop

“Gene Regulation Resources,”

Ansuman Chattopadhyay;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 1-3 pm

PhD Defenses

Medicine/Neuroscience- Neurobiology

“Beyond Neurons: The Role of the Oligodendrocyte-Specific Gene CNP1 in Major Depressive Disorder,”

Nicole Edgar;

June 23, LRDC 2nd fl. aud., noon

IS/Library & Information Science

“Relationship Analysis of Image Descriptions: An Ontological Content Analytic Approach,”

Allen Benson;

June 23, 1A04 IS, 1:30 pm

Medicine/Molecular Pharmacology

“Targeting Protein Kinase D by Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors & RNA Interference in Prostate Cancer,”

Courtney LaValle;

June 24, 1395 Starzl BST, 2 pm

A&S/Chemistry

“In Vivo Fast Scan Cyclic Voltammetry Reveals Distinct Domains of Dopamine Terminal Function in the Striatum,”

Keith Moquin;

June 28, 307 Eberly, 10 am

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

“Evaluation of the Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia & Cardiac Arrest on Specific Cytochrome P450 Isoform Activity,”

Jocelyn Zhou;

June 28, 456 Salk, noon

A&S/Economics

“Essays on Life Cycle Dynastic Discrete Choice Models,”

Mehmet Soytas;

June 29, 4716 Posvar, 9 am

A&S/Biological Sciences

“Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Polyomavirus Replication,”

Sandlin Preece Seguin;

June 29, 169 Crawford, 1 pm

GSPH/Biostatistics

“Longitudinal Data Analysis in Depression Studies: Assessment of Intermediate-Outcome- Dependent Dynamic Intervention,”

Jesse Yenchih Hsu;

June 30, 308 Parran, noon

Medicine/Cellular & Molecular Pathology

“Beta-Catenin Signaling in Hepatic Differentiation: Which Way Does the Wnt Blow?”

Abigale Lade;

July 6, S123 Starzl BST, 10 am

A&S/Chemistry

“Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Macromolecules to the Brain Using Electrokinetic Transport,”

Amir Faraji;

July 6, 135 Chevron, 2 pm

Exhibits

Audubon Exhibit

“Little Owl,” through July 5;

“Shore Lark,” July 5-19;

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

Deadlines

SSWR Summer Institute Workshops

Registration deadline is July 2 for 2 Pitt workshops:

“Community-based Intervention Research for Underserved & Minority Populations,”

July 12-14; “Biosocial Methods for Social Work Research,” July 26-28.

(info: www.sswr.org/SSWR-summer-workshops.php)

New Faculty Orientation

Registration deadline is Aug. 18 for orientation to be held on Aug. 25, 8 am-2 pm in Connolly Ballrm., Alumni.

(www.cidde.pitt.edu/-1)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of July 7-21. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on June 30 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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