CALENDAR
Thursday 5
UPCI Seminar
"Caspases in T Cell Activation and in T Cell Death,"
Rafick-Pierre Sekaly, Universite de Montreal; Lecture rm. 1 Scaife, noon
Friday 6
* Great Americans' Day observance, University closed
Sunday 8
* Spring recess for students ends
Monday 9
Bloodborne Pathogen Training
GSPH Aud., 9-11 am
History of Art & Architecture Colloquium
"Terrible Like Agamemnon's Son: Schiller's Aesthetics in John Frankenstein's Portrait of Godfrey Frankenstein and American Art: Its Awful Altitude,"
Elisabeth Roark; Chatham; 203 FFA, noon
Concert
Wake Forest University Choir; Heinz Chapel, 2 pm
Biology Seminar
"Functional Interrelationships Between Nuclear Structure and Gene Expression,"
Gary Stein, U. Mass Medical Center; 169 Crawford, 4:15 pm
Music on the Edge Concert
Ted Mook, cellist, and Friends; FFA Aud., 8 pm
Johnstown Campus Film
"Slap Shot," 138 Blackington Hall, UPJ, 6 pm
Tuesday 10
Faculty & Staff Development Workshop
"Parking and Transportation,"
Parking Pavilion, 9 am-noon
REES Lecture
"Life and Death in a Russian City: Novokuznetsk, 1959-1994,"
Richard Day; 4S56 FQ, 11:30 am-1 pm
Intercultural Bag Lunch
Student Health Service, Medical Arts, 5th fl. conf. rm., noon
Women's Studies Lecture
"The Gendering of Honey Bees From Hesiod to Plath,"
Yvonne Noble; 2629 CL, noon
Philosophy of Science Talk
"The Conceptual Crisis in Fundamental Particle Theory and Cosmology,"
Ernest Stern-glass; 817R CL, 12:05 pm
Faculty Assembly Meeting
2P56 FQ, 3 pm
Biology Lecture
"Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Cancer,"
Arnold Meisler and Mona Melhem; 169 Crawford, 4 pm
Recital
"Guitar Influences,"
John Maione; FFA Aud., 8 pm
English Dept. Reading
Dennis Johnson, fiction;
Bill Kirchner, fiction & poetry;
Hemingway's, 8:30 pm
Wednesday 11
* Spring term deadline for students to submit monitored withdrawal forms to dean's office
Katz SBDCA Seminar
"How to Start a Small Business";
180 Mervis, 8-10 am (To register: 648-1542)
Film Studies Lecture
"Queering the Deal: On the Road With Hope and Crosby,"
Steven Cohan, Syracuse; 501 CL, 10 am
SAC Meeting
2P56 FQ, noon-2 pm
Linguistics Colloquium
"Self-Expression and Socio-linguistic Variation,"
Barbara Johnstone, CMU; 144 CL, 3 pm
Economic Symposium
"Will Asian Deflation Threaten Your Job Search,"
James Cassing, Steven Husted and Asatoshi Maeshiro; 104 David Lawrence, 3:30-5 pm
English Lecture
"An Evening With Susan Orlean,"
Susan Orlean, The New Yorker; 501 CL, 8 pm
Dowd Chemistry Symposium
"Template-Directed Control of Peptide and Protein Architecture,"
Reza Ghadiri, Scripps Research Institute; Ashe Aud., Chevron, 8:15 pm
Thursday 12
* Registration begins for fall term 1998-99
Nursing Horizons Conference Keynote Lecture
"Fight or Flight: Nursing's Dilemma,"
Martha Orr, NY State Nurses Assn.; Sheraton Hotel, Station Sq., 8:30 am (To register: 647-8263)
Faculty & Staff Development Workshop
"Supervisory Skills: The Foundation, Core Skills for Building Commitment,"
100 Craig, 9 am-5 pm
Council of Graduate Students in Education Expo
Multi-Cultural Expo: Celebrating Ethnic Diversities; 1st fl. FQ, 11 am-6 pm
UPCI Immunology Seminar
"Heat Shock Proteins in Transplant Rejection,"
Rene Duquesnoy; W995 BST, noon
Ethics Grand Rounds
"Is It Time to Abandon Brain Death?"
Robert Truog, Harvard; lecture rm. 1, Scaife, noon-1 pm
FSAP/UCDC Parenting Lecture
"Parents as Advocates for Children in Schools,"
Sherry Cleary; WPU Dining Rm. A, noon-1 pm
Dowd Chemistry Symposium
"Self-Assembly of Tubular Nanostructures,"
Reza Ghadiri, Scripps Research Institute; Ashe Aud., Chevron, 3 pm
Biostatistics Seminar
"Intervention Trials With Group as the Unit of Randomization,"
Sylvan Green, Case Western Reserve; A-115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Seminar
"The Stoneridge-Fall Run Landslide: Premonition, Progression and a Postscript,"
Charles Shultz, Slippery Rock; 203 Thaw, 3:45 pm
Biology Seminar
"The Population Dynamics of N-Fixing Plants in Pasture: Stability vs. Sustainability,"
Susanne Schwinning; 169 Crawford, 4 pm
Cell Biology/Physiology Seminar
"The Epithelial Na+Channel: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulation,"
Mouhmed Awayda; 1495 BST seminar rm., 4-5 pm
History of Art & Architecture Lecture
"'The Heavens and the Earth': The Symbolic Language of Michelangelo's Medici Chapel,"
Edith Balas; CMU; 202 FFA, 4 pm
PTEI Lecture
"Protein and Cell Delivery Systems for the Central Nervous System,"
W. Mark Saltzman, Cornell; Biotech. Ctr., 300 Tech. Dr., 4 pm
Women's Studies Alumnae Reception & Poetry Reading
Toi Derricotte, Lynn Emanuel, Jan Beatty and Judith Vollmer;
Kurtzman Rm., WPU, 4-6 pm
Toastmasters
5R51 FQ, 6-7:30 pm
Indian Classical Music Concert
Rajan Misra and Sajan Misra, vocal;
Sohanlal Mishra, tabla,
and Kanta Prasad Mishra, harmonium;
FFA Aud., 7:30 pm
Friday 13
Nursing Horizons Conference Keynote Lecture
"Life Support: Protecting Nursing in an Era of Corporate Health Care,"
Suzanne Gordon; Sheraton Hotel, Station Sq., 8:30 am (To register: 647-8263)
Senate BPC Meeting
512 CL, noon
Anthropology Colloquium
"From One 'Battle' to Another: AIDs and Political Action Among 'Travesti' in Brazil,"
Charles Klein; 3D10 FQ, 3 pm
Men's Glee Club Concert
"ACApACAlypse Now,"
WPU Aud., 8 pm (648-7871)
Saturday 14
Asian Studies/Borders Books Lecture
"Dolls of Friendship: The Story of Miss Kochi,"
Teresa Heiner, Friendship Ambassadors; Borders, Northway Mall, McKnight Rd., 3 pm
Contra/Square Dance
Featuring Amaryllis & caller Ron Buchanon, no partner necessary;
WPU Ballrm., 8 pm
Monday 16
History of Art & Architecture Colloquium
"American Exile and the Fashioning of European Surrealism in the 1930s and 1940s,"
Barbara McCloskey; 203 FFA, noon
Latin American Lecture
"Health-Care Reform in the Dominican Republic: Practical Experiences,"
Gerald LaForgia, Inter-American Development Bank; 4P58 FQ, 1-3:20 pm
Senate Council Meeting
2P56 FQ, 3 pm
Biology Seminar
"Size-Structured Interactions and Multiply Domains of Attraction in Pond Good Webs,"
Jonathan Chase; 169 Crawford, 4 pm
Johnstown Campus Film
"Downhill Racer,"
138 Blackington Hall, UPJ, 6 pm
Town Meeting
Second Annual Brain Awareness Week;
FFA, 6:30-9 pm
Pgh. Chamber Music Society Concert
Beaux Arts Trio, Carnegie Music Hall, 8 pm (624-4129)
Tuesday 17
Economics Seminar
"World Economic Report: A Series of Briefings";
2P56 FQ, 8:30 am- 4:30 pm (To register: 648-1742)
Philosophy of Science Talk
"Scientific Explanation in Quantum Theory: The Case of Vacuum Correlations,"
Rob Clifton; 817R CL, 12:05 pm
Chemistry Colloquium
"Supported Liquid Membrane Extraction as a Tool for Sample Preparation,"
Jan-Ake Jonsson, Lund U; Ashe Aud., Chevron, 4 pm
Piano Recital
Scott Faigen, FFA Aud., 8 pm
English Dept. Reading
Catherine Gammon & Prudy Grimes Holman;
Hemingway's, 8:30 pm
Wednesday 18
Faculty & Staff Development Workshop
"Getting a Grip on Stress," 100 Craig, 10 am-noon
Intercultural Bag Lunch
Student Health Service, Medical Arts, 5th fl. conf. rm., noon
East Asian Colloquium
"Gender Issues in Japanese Higher Education,"
Yasumi Moroishi; 4E51 FQ, noon
Alumni Career Day
Careers for English Majors, 501 CL, 2-4 pm
Cell Biology/Physiology Seminar
"Rab GTPases and the Regulation of Endocytosis,"
Philip Stahl; EEI, 5th fl. seminar rm. 4-5 pm
Medieval & Renaissance Studies Lecture
"Nuns, Courtesans and Dutiful Daughters: Women Composers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,"
Mary Lewis; 216 CL, 4 pm
University Senate Plenary Session
"Student-Faculty Relations: Problems and Possibilities;
WPU, 3-5 pm
University Chamber Orchestra Concert
"Randall Thompson's American,"
conducted by Roger Zahab; Bellefield Aud., 8 pm (624-4125)
Thursday 19
Safety Training
Safe handling of compressed gases and cryogenic liquids;
Benedum Aud., 8:30-11:30 am (624-9505)
Alzheimer Lecture
"A Multi-Center AD Caregiver Intervention Trial,"
Richard Schulz; ADRC conf. rm., 4 South Montefiore, noon-1 pm
FSAP/UCDC Parenting Lecture
"What Does a Healthy Family Look Like?"
Cindy Rhodes; WPU Dining Rm. B, noon-1 pm
Biostatistics ENAR Student Presentations
"Sample Size Determination for Comparing More Than Two Treatment Groups Using Cluster Randomization," Fei-Na Chen;
"Improved Martingale Residuals for the Cox's Proportional Hazards Model," Joyce Ho;
"Analysis of Repeated Toxicity Data in a Clinical Trial," Wei Tian;
A-115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm
Women's Studies Lecture
"Work That Body: African-American Women, Work and Leisure in the Jim Crow South,"
Tera Hunter; 3P11 FQ, 3:30 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Seminar
"The Tectonic History of the Sierras Subandinas, NW Argentina: Magnetostratigraphy Applied to Hydrocarbon Exploration,"
James Reynolds, JR Magstrat Ltd.; 203 Thaw, 3:45 pm
Biology Seminar
"Plant Community Dynamics: Clustering, Spatial Strategies, and Coexistence,"
Benjamin Bloker; 169 Crawford, 4 pm
Chemistry Colloquium
"Electron Transfer on the Infrared Time Scale and the Resistance of Individual Molecules,"
Clifford Kubiak, Purdue; Ashe Aud., Chevron, 4 pm
PTEI Lecture
"Biological Self-Assembled Architectures: Fundamentals, Principles and Technological Applications,"
Alan Rudolph, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency & Naval Research Lab;
Biotech Ctr., 4 pm (383-9703)
Reflections on India Today Lecture
"Fifty Years After Independence: The Role of Dalits (ex-Untouchables) and Ambedkar,"
Eleanor Zelliot, Carlton College; 2K56 FQ, 4:30 pm
Ph.D. Defense
FAS
"In the Footsteps of Che and Sandino: The Life of Carlos Fonesca Amador of Nicaragua,"
Matilde Zimmermann, history;
Mar. 13, 3M51 FQ, 12:30-2:30 pm
FAS
"Social Support Networks of Impaired Older Adults in Southwestern Pennsylvania,"
Marcie Caryn Nightingale, anthropolgy;
Mar. 16, 3H51 FQ, 3 pm
FAS
"Early Village-base Society and Long-term Cultural Evolution in the South-Central Andean Altiplano,"
Timothy McAn-drews, anthropology;
Mar. 17, 3H51 FQ, 10 am
FAS
"The Effects of Economic Development on the Biological Standard of Living: Market Integration and Human Stature in Antebellum Pennsylvania,"
Timothy Cuff, history;
Mar. 18, 3P38 FQ, 11 am
GSPH
"Psychosocial Determinants of Childhood Growth,"
Cynthia Larkby; Mar. 16, WPIC library rm. 1, 2-4 pm
Medicine
"Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of the Mouse Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor Gene (c-met) Promoter,"
Dai-Wu Seol; Mar. 16, W1095 BST, 10 am
Sociology
"Policy Environments and Selective Emulation in the Making of Health Policies: The Case of Costa Rica, 1920-1997,"
Juliana Martinez; Mar. 18, 2G05 FQ, 4:30 pm
Exhibits
University Art Gallery
Closed during spring recess, through Mar. 8
"Undergraduate Juried Show;"
Mar. 11-31, FFA, Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm (648-2400)
Johnstown Campus
William R. Brice, Geology Collection and Poster Exhibit;
through April 30, UPJ, Owen Library
Hillman Library
"The Environmental Archives Documenting Social Change";
through April 30, 363 Hillman Library (648-8197)
Theatre
Theatre Arts Production
"Shakespeare for Children: A Midsummer Night's Dream";
Carnegie Museum Lecture Hall, Mar. 14, 11 am (622-3183)
Johnstown Campus Performance
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre;
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Ctr., UPJ, Mar. 14, 8 pm (814-269-7200)
Kuntu Repertory Theatre Production
"Blues for an Alabama Sky,"
by Pearl Cleage;
The Pit Theatre, Mar. 17 – April 4 (624-7298)
Deadlines
UPJ SAT Preparation Workshops
Preliminary session, Mar. 12, 6-7:30 pm;
"SAT — Verbal Review," Mar 14, 21, 1-3:30 pm;
"SAT — Mathematics Review," Mar. 14, 21, 9 am-11:30 am;
registration deadline is noon, Mar. 6 (814)269-2099.
Tissue Engineering Seed Grant Funding
Application materials are available from the PTEI at 383-9703; application deadline is Mar. 13.
Graduate & Professional Student Assn. Elections
Submit applications by Mar. 18, GPSA office, 628 WPU, 648-7844.
International Cabaret Ball
"1938–In the Beginning …German, Russian, Scottish, Swedish and Early American Rooms Were Dedicated"; Apr. 4, 6 pm; registration deadline Mar. 27.
CF Research Ctr. Grants
For pilot/feasibility grants and postdoc or grad student stipends. Applications due April 10 to Raymond Frizzell, S362 BST. For info, contact Pat Connolly,648-9362.
University Commencement Convocation
Degreed University staff interested in participating in commencement should contact the Office of Special Events by April 10 at 624-7100.
PUCC Prostate Cancer Funding
Applications for pilot projects in prostate cancer research due April 15 to Iris Lowe, 201 Kaufmann Bldg. (692-2759)
Calendar Deadline
The next issue of the University Times calendar will contain events of March 19-April 2. Information for events during that period must be received by March 12, at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information can be sent by FAX: 624-4579 or e-mail to utcal+@pitt.edu
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