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June 13, 2013

Calendar

Thursday 13

Virtual State of the Science Conf.

10 am-1 pm

(also Friday; www.rerctr.pitt.edu)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Causation: Interactions Between Philosophical Theories & Empirical Research,”

James Woodward, history & philosophy of science;

2500 Posvar, 4 pm

Nursing Fundraiser

“An Evening With Lou Holtz”;

Oakmont Country Club, 6 pm

(jmw100@pitt.edu)

Friday 14

Sr. Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar

“Neural Control of Movement After Spinal Cord Injury,”

Monica Perez, medicine; lect. rm. 6 Scaife, 1 pm

(www.svc-seminar.pitt.edu)

Oakland Farmers Market

Schenley Plaza, 3-6 pm

(Fridays through Oct. 25; www.oaklandfarmersmarket.org)

Saturday 15

Greensburg Campus Open House

UPG, 9:30 am

(www.greensburg.pitt.edu/admissions/visit-campus)

Sunday 16

Episcopal Service

Heinz Chapel, 11 am

(Sundays: http://pittepiscopalchaplaincy.wordpress.com/)

Monday 17

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Charlie Wessell;

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

Greensburg Campus Cave Canem Poetry Reading

Thomas Ellis, James Lewis, Terrance Hayes & Angela Jackson;

Village, UPG, 7:30 pm

(hgeter@ccpoets.org)

Tuesday 18

MMR Seminar

“Polyploidy, Ploidy Reversal & Aneuploidy in the Liver,”

Andrew Duncan, medicine;

Rangos aud., noon

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

Senate Community Relations Committee Mtg.

272 Hillman, noon-2 pm

HSLS Workshop

“Advanced PowerPoint for Presentations,” Julia Jankovic;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 12:30-2:30 pm

(jcj6@pitt.edu)

Greensburg Campus Poetry Reading

Harryette Mullen, Thomas Ellis, Terrance Hayes, Toi Derricotte, & Cornelius Eady;

Village, 7:30 pm

(also June 19, 7:30 pm & June 21, 8 pm; hgeter@ccpoets.org)

Wednesday 19

HSLS Workshop

“EndNote Basics,” Melissa Ratajeski;

Falk Library classrm. 2, 9:30-11:30 am

(mar@pitt.edu)

Pathology Menten Lecture

“Breast Cancer Genomics: From the Individual to the Population,”

Charles Perou, UNC-Chapel Hill;

1104 Scaife, noon

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Lecture

“Infections”; G33 Salk, 4 pm

(also June 26; fordam@upmc.edu)

Provost’s Inaugural Lecture

“Of Moles & Men,”

Miguel Reyes-Múgica, pathology;

Scaife lect. rm. 6, 4 pm

Thursday 20

Medical Grand Rounds

“Aortic Stenosis & TAVR,”

Thomas Gleason, medicine;

UPMC Shadyside west wing aud., 8 am

(rubinoje@upmc.edu)

Sr. Vice Chancellor’s Laureate Lecture

“Vaccines for a 21st Century Society,”

Rino Rappuoli, Novartis Vaccines Inst. for Global Health;

lect. rm. 6 Scaife, noon

(www.svc-laureate.pitt.edu)

Friday 21

UPCI Seminar

“Designer T Cell Therapy for Cancer,”

Carl June, Penn;

UPMC Shadyside west wing aud., 1 pm

(polij@upmc.edu)

Saturday 22

• Summer 6-week-1 session ends; final exams scheduled during last class meeting.

• Official date for awarding of degrees.

Monday 24

• Summer 6-week-2 session enrollment period ends; classes begin.

Tuesday 25

MMR Seminar

“Hepatocyte Transplantation & Regeneration in the Treatment of Liver Disease,”

Ira Fox, Children’s;

Rangos aud., noon

(linda.cherok@chp.edu)

Wednesday 26

• Summer 6-week-1 session grades must be approved by instructors by 11:59 pm before final posting can begin.

• Summer 6-week-2 session add/drop period ends.

• Summer 4-week-2 session deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean’s office.

Pathology Seminar

“Ploidy & Liver Physiopathology,”

Chantal Desdouets, Cancer Inst. Cochin, Paris;

1104 Scaife, noon

Thursday 27

Medical Grand Rounds

“Morbidity & Mortality,”

David Levenson & Mayank Lahoti;

UPMC Shadyside west wing aud., 8 am

(rubinoje@upmc.edu)

HSLS Workshop

“Painless PubMed,”

Linda Hartman;

Falk Library classrm. 1, 4 pm

(lhartman@pitt.edu)

Defenses

Medicine/ Molecular Virology & Microbiology

“Consequences of Immune Activation During Infection with Francisella Tularensis,”

Brian Christopher Russo;

June 14, 1101 Scaife, 10 am

GSPH/Epidemiology

“Peripheral Nerve Decline Impacts Lower Extremity Muscle Function in Older Adults,”

Rachel Ward;

June 18, 130 N. Bellefield rm. 530A, 10 am-12:30 pm

Business/Accounting

“The Economic & Behavioral Effects of Offering Financial Rewards for Internal Whistle-blowing,”

Bryan Stikeleather;

June 18, 302 Mervis, 10:30 am-12:30 pm

GSPH/Epidemiology

“Physical Activity & Sedentary Behavior in Populations With Impaired Glucose Metabolism & Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus,”

Bonny Rockette-Wagner;

June 18, 110 Parren, 2 pm

GSPIA

“Forces Shaping the South Korean NPO Sector & Their Impact on the NPO Accountability Environment,”

Bokgyo Jeong;

June 18, 3600 Posvar, 2 pm

A&S/Biostatistics

“Statistical Issues in Comparative Effectiveness Research,”

Yi-Fan Chen;

June 19, A425 Crabtree, 10 am

A&S/Intelligent Systems

“Subjectivity Word Sense Disambiguation: A Tool for Sense-Aware Subjectivity Analysis,”

Cem Akkaya;

June 20, 5317 Sennott, 10 am

A&S/French & Italian

“Apprendre des Massacres: Emotions et Nation dans la Littérature du Moyen-âge et de la Renaissance,”

Charles-Louis Morand-Metivier;

June 20, 40th fl. CL, 11 am-1 pm

Medicine/Immunology

“Characterizing the Role of Innate & Adaptive Immune Responses in the Pathogenesis of Chlamydia Genital Tract Infection,”

Lauren Frazer;

June 20, Rangos conf. ctr. rm. B & C, 2 pm

A&S/Economics

“Three Essays on Information Transmission Games & Belief-Updating Rules,”

Yun Wang;

June 21, 4716 Posvar, 10 am

GSPH/ Epidemiology

“The Longitudinal Effect of Low Kidney Function on Bone Mineral Density Change & the Association of Body Composition with Markers of Kidney Function Among Afro-Caribbean Men of West African Ancestry,”

Heartley Egwuogu;

June 21, A548 Crabtree, 10 am

A&S/Intelligent Systems

“Computational Detection of Anomalous Combinations of Modal Validation Scores in Large Sets of X-Ray Structures Deposited in the Protein Data Bank,”

Eric Williams;

June 21, 5317 Sennott, 1 pm

Medicine/ Cellular & Molecular Pathology

“The Role of Inflammasome & Caspase-1 in Regulating Adaptive Response to Oxidative Stress in Mouse Hepatocytes,” Qian Sun; June 24, 1103 Scaife, 8 am

Education/Instruction & Learning

“An Investigation of How a Literature-Based Reading Workshop Shapes a Reader’s Identity Over the Course of a Year,”

Leigh Miller;

June 24, 5700 Posvar, 9 am

Engineering/Industrial Engineering

“Optimal Replacement Strategies for Wind Energy Systems,”

John Flory;

June 24, 1060 Benedum, 10 am

A&S/Chemistry

“Monitoring the Metabolism of Thiols/Disulfides in the Extracellular Space of the Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures by Online Microfluidic Analysis Coupled With Electroosmotic Sampling,”

Juanfang Wu;

June 25, 307 Eberly, 9:30 am

Medicine/ Computational Biology

“Advances in Rule-based Modeling: Compartments, Energy & Hybrid Simulation, with Application to Sepsis & Cell Signaling,” Justin Hogg; June 27, 1018 BST3, 1 pm

Deadlines

Basic to Clinical Collaborative Research Pilot Program

Submission deadline is June 15.

(www.ctsi.pitt.edu/documents/BaCCoR.pdf)

OMET Student Opinion of Teaching Survey Requests

Deadlines vary by session.

(omet.pitt.edu)

Healthcare Entrepreneurship Competition

Nomination deadline is June 28.

(http://goo.gl/XS2t6)

Fox Center for Vision Restoration Postdoctoral Research Funding

Application deadline is July 29.

(info: www.foxcenter.pitt.edu/197;  farrelljb@upmc.edu)

UCIS Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for Int’l Achievement

Nominations due Aug. 1.

(www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/content/sheth-distinguished-faculty-award-international-achievement)

UCIS Sheth Int’l Young Alumni Achievement Award

Nominations due Aug. 1.

(www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/content/sheth-international-young-alumni-achievement-award)

Science2013 Art Submissions

What does personalized medicine mean to you? Submission deadline Aug. 15.

(dstolz@pitt.edu)

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