University Times

Thursday 17

ADRC Conference

“Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Cognitive Survival: Role of ABeta & Metabolism,”

Ann Cohen, psychiatry;

Montefiore ADRC conf. rm. S439, noon (412/692-2721)

Voluntary Early Retirement Plan Info Session

Dining Rm. A WPU, noon

(register: www2.hr.pitt.edu/Retirement/default.aspx)

Psychiatry/Translational Neuroscience Seminar

“ERK MAP Kinase Regulation of Myelination: New Mouse Models for the Study of White Matter Perturbations in Human Disease,”

Sharyl Fyffe-Maricich;

1695 Starzl BST, noon dealcv@upmc.edu

CIDDE Workshop

“CourseWeb Level 2”; B23 Alumni, 1 pm

(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)

Chemistry Seminar

“Lanthanides: From Coordination Chemistry to the Clinic,”

Kenneth Raymond, UC-Berkeley;

150 Chevron, 4 pm (4-8200)

Friday 18

• Summer term add/drop period ends.

Bike to Campus Event

Free bike registration, safety check & prize raffle;

Posvar (S. Bouquet side), 8-10 am

WPIC Psychotic Disorders Conf.

“Search for Treatments in Early Psychosis”;

Sheraton Station Square, 8 am-5 pm

(www.wpic.pitt.edu/oerp/conferences or 412/802-6917)

CIDDE/SIDI Workshops

“Process-Oriented Group Inquiry Learning,”

Rick Moog, Franklin & Marshall;

“Real Reasons to Write: Engaging & Motivating Student Writers,”

Sara Kajder, English;

“Reading to Learn or Learning to Read? Motivating Students to Complete Assigned Readings,”

Mary Margaret Kerr, administrative & policy studies;

U Club Ballrm. A, 8:30 am-12:30 pm

(www.cidde.pitt.edu)

CIDDE Workshop

“CourseWeb Level 2”; B23 Alumni, 10 am

(www.cidde.pitt.edu/workshops)

Chemistry Seminar

“Confinement & Catalysis in Chiral, Self-Assembled Nanoscale Flasks,”

Kenneth Raymond, UC-Berkeley;

150 Chevron, 2:30 pm (4-8200)

Sunday 20

Bradford Campus Special Olympics/American Cancer Society Fundraiser

“Miles for Smiles”;

300 Campus Drive, UPB, 9 am

(milesforsmilesrun.weebly.com)

Dental Medicine Diploma Ceremony

Heinz Hall, Downtown, 1 pm

(rim33@pitt.edu)

Bradford Campus Concert

Southern Tier Symphony;

Bromeley Theater, UPB, 3 pm

(www.southerntiersymphony.org)

Monday 21

• Summer 12-week session add/drop period ends.

HSLS Workshop

“EndNote Basics,”

Pat Weiss;

Falk Library conf. rm. B, 9:30 am (pwf@pitt.edu)

Senate BPC Mtg.

156 CL, 10 am

Medical School Diploma Ceremony

Carnegie Music Hall, 10 am

(joanne@medschool.pitt.edu)

Voluntary Early Retirement Plan Info Session

548 WPU, noon

(register: www2.hr.pitt.edu/Retirement/default.aspx)

HSLS Workshop

“Advanced PowerPoint for Presentations,”

Julia Jankovic;

Falk Library classrm. 1, noon (cj6@pitt.edu)

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Barb Folb;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 3:30 pm (folb@pitt.edu)

Tuesday 22

Office of Research/NCURA Workshop

“Technology Transfer for the Research Administrator”;

S120 Starzl BST, 11:30 am-3:30 pm (4-7405)

Health Services Research Seminar

“Literacy, Adherence & Health Outcomes in Heart Failure,”

Michael Pignone;

305 Parkvale, noon (reedja3@upmc.edu)

Magee-Womens Research Seminar

“Genetics of Oligozoospermia & Male Infertility,”

Alex Yatsenko;

1st fl. conf. ctr. Magee Womens Research Inst., 204 Craft Ave., noon

(klazar@mwri.magee.edu)

MMR Seminar

“Polarity Protein Dynamics & Hypoxia in Drosophila,”

Yang Hong;

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

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“30 Years of Lung Cancer Research: How Far Have We Come?”

Jill Siegfried, medicine;

Scaife lect. rm. 6, 4 pm

Wednesday 23

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds

“Chinese Herbal Medicine as a Modulator of Chemotherapy in the Neoadjuvant Treatment of Early-Stage, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer,”

Rushir Choksi;

“The Role of Early Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma in the Era of Novel Drugs,”

Lijun Dai;

Hillman Cancer Ctr. Cooper conf. rm. C, 8 am

(millerc5@msx.upmc.edu)

Prayer Book Service

Heinz Chapel, 12:15 pm

Thursday 24

Rehabilitation Research Day

“Stroke Rehabilitation: Studying Outcomes Within a Large Integrated Health System,”

M. Elizabeth Sandel;

“Enhanced Post-acute Care Rehabilitation: A Success in Treatment Development Research,”

Eric Lenze;

WPU Ballrm., 8 am-4 pm

(synnottm@upmc.edu)

Voluntary Early Retirement Plan Info Session

548 WPU, 1 pm

(register: www2.hr.pitt.edu/Retirement/default.aspx)

Friday 25

Psychiatry Lecture

“From Rats to Regulation: The Role of Nicotine in Tobacco,”

Eric Donny;

WPIC 2nd fl. aud., noon

Renal Electrolyte Lecture

“AKI & the Path to CKD: Trees, Forests & Promises,”

Timothy Sutton;

F-1145 Presby, 12:15 pm

(lmh55@pitt.edu)

Voluntary Early Retirement Plan Info Session

Kurtzman Rm. WPU, 1 pm

(register: www2.hr.pitt.edu/Retirement/default.aspx)

Saturday 26

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

Monday 28

• University closed in observance of Memorial Day.

Tuesday 29

Latin American Political Theory Workshop

“La primera teoria de la descolonizacion (The First Theory of Decolonization),”

Rafael Bautista;

1528 CL, 10 am & 2 pm (elm15@pitt.edu)

EOH Seminar

Michael Yonas, family medicine;

100 Technology Dr. conf. rm. 540, 11:30 am (www.eoh.pitt.edu)

MMR Seminar

“Childhood Metabolic Markers of Adult Morbidity: Black/White Disparity,”

Silva Arslanian;

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

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

GSPH Foster Community Lecture in Alzheimer’s Disease

“Forget Memory, Try Imagination,”

Anne Basting, U of WI;

Rodef Shalom, 4905 Fifth Ave., 1 pm (ruempler@pitt.edu)

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Pat Weiss;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 1 pm (pwf@pitt.edu)

Wednesday 30

• Summer 4-week-1 session deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean’s office.

Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds

“Sports Injuries of the Foot & Ankle,”

John Kennedy, Cornell;

Montefiore 7th fl. LHAS aud., 7 am (moenichrj@upmc.edu)

Pathology Research Seminar

“Translational Studies on Protease Receptors: A Pathologist’s View Bench to Bedside,”

Steve Gonias, UC-San Diego, S-100 BST, noon (8-1040)

Prayer Book Service

Heinz Chapel, 12:15 pm

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Androgen Action in Prostate Carcinogenesis,”

Zhou Wang, medicine;

Scaife lect. rm. 6, 4 pm

Thursday 31

Pathology Fetterman Lecture

“The Triad of Gastric Stromal Sarcoma, Pulmonary Chondroma & Extra-adrenal Paraganglioma: A Tale of Two Syndromes,”

J. Aidan Carney, Mayo Clinic;

3rd fl. conf. ctr. CHP Rangos Research Ctr., 8 am (8-1040)

Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Conf.

“ChREPB & Myc: Transcriptional Glucose Sensors,”

Donald Scott, 1195 Starzl BST, noon (rmn4@pitt.edu)

Defenses

A&S/English

“Doubtful Characters: Alphabet Books & Battles Over Literacy in 19th-Century British Print Culture,”

A. Robin Hoffman;

May 17, 527 CL, 10 am

Medicine/Neurobiology

“Transcriptional Regulation of Alpha-Synuclein by GATA2 in Substantia Nigra,”

Maxx Horowitz;

May 17, 6014 BST3, 1 pm

GSPH/Epidemiology

“The Role of Family History of Depression in the Development of Major Depression in Women During Midlife,”

Alicia Colvin;

May 21, 244 Sterling, 10 am

Medicine/Biomedical Informatics

“Designing Clinical Data Presentation Using Cognitive Task Analysis Methods,”

Thankam Paul Thyvalikakath;

May 21, M-184 Parkvale, 1 pm

Nursing

“Genomics of Endoglin Pathway in Preeclampsia,”

Mandy Jo Bell;

May 22, 451 Victoria, 9 am

Medicine/Molecular Biophysics & Structural Biology

“Biophysical Mechanisms of Amyloid Nucleation in Polyglutamine-containing Huntingtin Fragments,”

Rakesh Mishra;

May 23, 1018 BST3, 2 pm

Nursing

“Breastfeeding the Late Preterm Infant: A Grounded Theory Study,”

Jill Radtke Demirci;

May 23, 451 Victoria, 2 pm

A&S/Economics

“Inter-temporal Choices With Temporal Preferences,”

Hyeon Sook Park;

May 24, 4716 Posvar, 8:30 am

A&S/Economics

“Essays on Immigration,”

Serife Genc;

May 24, 4716 Posvar, 10 am

A&S/Biological Sciences

“Identification of the Causes of Cytokinesis Failure in Cancer Cells,”

Ruta Sahasrabudhe;

May 24, A219B Langley, 1 pm

Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

“The Role of GPR30 in Mediating Estrogen Effects on Neurons & Cognitive Performance,”

Rebecca Hammond;

May 30, 456 Salk, noon

A&S/History & Philosophy of Science

“Time, Symmetry & Structure: A Study in the Foundations of Quantum Theory,”

Bryan Roberts;

May 30, G28 CL, 2 pm

Exhibits

ULS

Front pages of original charters establishing Pitt forerunners Pgh. Academy (1787) & Western U of PA (1819);

through May 18, Hillman gr. fl. exhibition case, reg. library hours

Deadlines

Student Opinion of Teaching Survey

Log onto omet.pitt.edu & click on the direct link. Survey periods & deadlines for requesting vary by session.

Voluntary Early Retirement Plan

Eligible staff must complete form & submit to Human Resources by June 15.

(www.hr.pitt.edu/benefits or 4-8160)

Event Deadline

The next issue of the University Times will include University and on-campus events of May 31-June 14. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm on May 24 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.

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