University Times

Thursday 27

Health Sciences Search

Open meeting for Sr. Vice Chan. for Hlth. Sci.;

WPU Ballroom, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

FAS Workshop

"The Invisibility of Privilege: The Intersection of Race and Gender,"

Carla Gary and Philip Smith;

Babcock Rm., 40th fl. CL, noon-1 p.m. (624-6026)

REES Lecture

"Russian Literature in the Post-Soviet Era,"

Mark Lipovetsky, Ekaterinberg U.;

4J51 FQ, noon-1:30 p.m.

Pharmacology/Chemistry Seminar

"New Anticancer Drug Development at Lilly Research Laboratories,"

Homer Pearce, Eli Lilly & Co.;

12B Chevron, noon-1 p.m.

Health Sciences Lecture

"Paternalism's Tacit Dimension: History and Ethics in Neurosurgery,"

Rosa Pinkus;

Scaife Aud. 5, noon-1 p.m.

WESP Videoconference

"Jobs, Training and Growth in Europe and the United States: Convergence of Issues;"

1M56 FQ, 1-3 p.m. (648-7405)

Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry Seminar

"Induction of Protective Immune Response Against SIV by Macrophage-tropic Virus,"

Janice Clements, Johns Hopkins;

1295 BST, 3:30 p.m. (648-9458)

GSPH Colloquium

"Community Organization as Subversive: AIDS and Empowerment,"

Dennis Altman, Latrobe U., Australia;

G-23 Parran, 3:30 p.m. (624-3496)

Clinical Pharmacology Seminar

"Reversible Myocardial Dysfunction,"

Mitchell Finkel; 622 Scaife , 4-5 p.m.

CLAS Lecture

"The Experience of the Marvelous: Traveling to Latin America,"

Guillermo Giucci, U. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;

104 DL, 4 p.m.

GSPIA Lecture

"Nonprofit Management;"

IK56 FQ, 6 p.m.

SBDC Seminar

"Marketing Essentials for Small Business,"

Jane Rectenwald, Rectenwald, Inc.;

244 CL, 7-9:30 p.m. (648-1528)

Friday 28

Religious Studies Lecture

"Ancient Burials and the Function of Relics,"

Howard Saalman, CMU;

2628 CL, noon (624-5990)

UPMC Health Lecture

"Happy, Healthy Feet,"

William Post;

Downtown Health Ctr., 339 Sixth Ave., 4th flr., noon-1 p.m. (647-3555)

Philosophy of Science Lecture

"Logical Independence in Quantum Logic,"

Miklos Redei;

817R CL, 12:05 p.m. (624-1050)

Anthropology Colloquium

"If It's Documented, Why Dig? The Case of Florence Cathedral,"

Franklin Toker, fine arts; 3D10 FQ, 3 p.m.

Wm. Pitt Debating Union

British Debate Tour;

144 CL, 3:15-5:30 p.m.

Classics Lecture

"The Problem of the Social Status of the Tragic Poets in Athens in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries,"

Suzanne Said, Columbia;

149 CL, 3:30 p.m.

Philosophy of Science & Philosophy Lecture

"The Empirical Basis of Mathematical Statements and Their Logical Necessity,"

John Harsanyi, UC/Berkeley;

817 CL, 3:30 p.m.

CLAS/Anthropology Gathering

Emilio Moran, Indiana U. and Pitt;

3D10 FQ, 5 p.m.

Oakland Rotary Club

Youth Project Benefit Dinner

To benefit the Collegiate Y;

Bellefield Presbyterian Church, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (648-7960)

FAS Jewish Studies Lecture

"The Muslim View of Jews and Christians in the Golden Age of Spain," Theodore Pulcini; Kurtzman Rm., WPU, 7:30 p.m.

PPC Film

"Wolf"; DL Aud., 8 and 10 p.m.

Saturday 29

UPMC Alzheimer Conference Workshop and Forum for African-American Families and Caregivers;

East Liberty Carnegie Library (Baum Blvd. & Whitfield St.), 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (392-4468)

UPMC Sports Medicine Clinic

"Acute High School Sports Injuries";

Baum Blvd. & Craig St., 10 a.m.-noon (578-3320)

Parents for Pitt Program

Charles Cost Ctr., 11 a.m. (624-5800)

Volleyball Vs. Connecticut,

Field House, 11:30 a.m.

Football Vs. Temple;

Faculty, Staff & Family Day; one price for family of five;

Athletic Department and SAC sponsors;

Gate 1, Pitt Stadium, noon (648-3800)

CLAS Grand Halloween Fiesta

Benefit Herencia!;

Proceeds benefit 16th Latin Amer. & Caribbean Folk Festival;

WPU Ballroom, 8 p.m.

PPC Film

"Wolf";

Lawrence Aud., 8 and 10 p.m.

Sunday 30

BAS African-American Job Expo

WPU 1st floor, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Women's International Clubs

Buffet 1228 CL, 1:30 p.m.

Johnstown Campus Kids Concert

Johnny the K (John Kelleher);

Pasquerilla Performing Arts Ctr., UPJ, 2 p.m. (1-800-846-ARTS)

Slavic Languages & Literatures Concert

"Ukrainian Love Songs";

Frick Fine Arts Aud., 3 p.m.

Music for Compline Pgh. Compline Choir;

Terri Konzen, guest organist;

Heinz Chapel, 9:30 p.m. (682-6886)

Monday 31

SAC Fall Assembly

"Serving Your University,"

Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor;

Provost James Maher;

Ben Tuchi, senior vice chancellor, Business and Finance;

WPU Assembly Rm., noon-2 p.m.

Greeks Blood Drive

FQ Galleria, noon-5:45 p.m.

FAS Meeting

144 CL, 3-5 p.m.

Jewish Studies Lecture

"The Muslim View of Jews and Christians in the Golden Age of Spain,"

Theodore Pulcini;

WPU Kurtzman Rm., 7:30 p.m. (624-5990)

Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society Concert

Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra;

Benita Valente, soprano;

Carnegie Music Hall, 8 p.m. (624-4129)

November

Tuesday 1

CLAS Lecture

"Slavery and Abolition in Cuba,"

Manuel Fraginals, U. of Havana;

3P11 FQ, noon-1 p.m.

Art & Architecture Colloquium

"Leon Sagan's Maedchen in Uniform: From Repressive Tolerance to Erotic Exploitation,"

Leesa Rittelmann;

203 Frick Fine Arts, noon-1 p.m.

Asian Studies Lecture

"Current Economic Change in Vietnam,"

Nguyen Dung;

4E51 FQ, 12:20-1:30 p.m.

Faculty Assembly Meeting

1K56 FQ, 3 p.m.

SLIS Lazerow Lecture

"The Information Superhighway: Plans and Progress,"

Sally Katzen, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB;

Frick Fine Arts Aud., 4-5 p.m.

Asian Studies Club Movie

"Godzilla – King of the Monsters";

4J51 FQ, 6 p.m.

Johnstown Campus Magic Show

"Magic for the '90's," featuring The Spencers;

Pasquerilla Performing Arts Ctr., UPJ, 7:30 p.m. (814-269-2080)

Wednesday 2

Forum on Pitt Master Plan

WPU Ballroom, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

To obtain copy of the master plan before the forum, contact Facilities Management, 624-9500.

Residence Life Blood Drive

Tower A Conf. Rm., 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

UPMC Educational Cancer Program

"Dealing With Emotional Highs and Lows";

Montefiore, 7 Main, Rm. S780, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

CLAS Lecture

"Blood and Debt: War and Statemaking in 19th Century Latin America,"

Miguel Centeno, Princeton;

4E51 FQ, 3-4 p.m.

REES Lecture

"The Business Climates in the Czech Republic and Slovakia,"

Juraj Kizak, Czechoslovak Management Ctr., Czech Republic;

4E51 FQ, 4:30-6 p.m.

Jazz Seminar Lecture

"Jazz in Europe, From Dear Old Stockholm to Brand New Folklore,"

Hans Fridlund, Sweden;

WPU Assembly Rm., 8-9:30 p.m. (624-4187)

Thursday 3

Facilities Management Training

Bloodborne pathogen training and Hepatitis B vaccine administration;

Benedum Aud., 9 a.m. (624-5905)

Greeks Blood Drive

FQ Galleria, noon-5:45 p.m.

Chemistry Colloquium

"Snapshots of Chemistry: Product Imaging of Molecular Reactions,"

Paul Houston, Cornell;

Chevron, Ashe Aud., 4 p.m. (624-8200)

SBDC Lecture

"Where the Money Is and How to Get It";

244 CL, 7-9:30 p.m. (648-1528)

Titusville Campus Lecture

"Who Should Bear Arms?"

Thomas Baldino;

UPT Student Union; 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Seminar Lecture

"Inside the Music Business,"

Helen Keane, artist manager;

WPU Assembly Rm., 8-9:30 p.m.

Friday 4

Greeks Blood Drive

FQ Galleria, 11 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

Jazz Seminar

Trumpet: Wallace Roney;

WPU Assembly Rm., 11 a.m.-noon

Senate Budget Policies Meeting

WPU Dining Rm. B., noon-1:50 p.m.

Alumni Downtown Lecture

"The Revolution in the Education of Managers,"

H. J. Zoffer; Westin William Penn, noon (624-8229)

English Conference Panel Discussion

Pirated Jazz

(Rewriting [Post]Modern Bodies

Panel 1: Figures and Movements Within/Against the Postmodern "Postmodernis Poetry," Brian McHale; "Feminist Postmodern Fiction," Magali Michael;

"Syntax for Surgeons," Rob Hardin; 501 CL, 12:30 p.m.

Panel 2: Bodies In Flesh "Life Writing and Light Writing," Tim Adams;

"Bodybuilding," Leslie Heywood; "Parasitical Bodies," Doug Rice; 501 CL, 1:30 p.m.

Panel 3: Writing Today A roundtable discussion with Raymond Federman, Larry McCaffery and Lance Olsen;

501 CL, 2:30 p.m.

Jazz Seminars

Drums: Thelonious Monk Jr.;

WPU Assembly Rm., 1-2:30 p.m.

Bass: Ray Drummond;

WPU Assembly Rm., 3-4 p.m.

Anthropology Colloquium

"An Evoluntionary Analysis of PMS,"

Christine Reiber;

3D10 FQ, 3 p.m.

Classics Lecture

"Trier: Growth From a Provincial Metropolis to an Imperial Residence,"

Charles Ternes, Luxembourg;

337 CL, 3:30 p.m.

Jazz Seminar

Piano: Geri Allen;

WPU Assembly Rm., 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Saturday 5

Practice & Research in Education Symposium

"Change, Change, More Change — How to Survive!";

Masonic Temple, 8:30 a.m. (648-2283)

Workshop: Survival Skills and Ethics for Emerging Scientists

"Getting Financial Support for Research";

WPIC 2nd. fl aud., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (to register: 624-7098)

UPMC Sports Medicine Clinic

"Acute High School Sports Injuries";

Baum Blvd. & Craig St., 10 a.m.-noon (578-3320)

Jazz Seminars

Tenor/Soprano Saxophone: Grover Washington Jr.;

WPU Assembly Rm., 10-11:30 a.m.

Trumpet/Flugelhorn:

Clark Terry; WPU Assembly Rm., 1-2 p.m.

Tenor Saxophone: Johnny Griffin;

WPU Assembly Rm., 2-3 p.m.

English Poetry Reading

Poetry and fiction featuring Ray Federman, Lance Olsen, Larry McCaffery, Craig Paulenich, Peter Wortsman, David Matlin and Laurie Weeks;

Beehive, Oakland, 7 p.m.

24th Annual Jazz Seminar Concert

Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Grover Washington Jr., Wallace Roney, Geri Allen, Ray Drummond, Thelonius Monk Jr., and Nathan Davis;

Carnegie Music Hall, 8 p.m. (648-7814)

Sunday 6

Slovak Club Heritage Festival

CL Commons Rm., 1-5 p.m. (624-5906)

African Heritage Room

Meeting Frick Fine Arts Aud., 4 p.m.

African Heritage Classroom Benefit Concert

African folk songs;

Elizabeth Youngue, mezzo-soprano;

Frick Fine Arts Aud., 5:30 p.m.

Music Contata

Bach Contata Series;

Bellefield Singers, Collegiate Chorale and Collegium Musicum;

Heinz Chapel, 6 p.m. (624-4125)

Monday 7

UPMC Schizophrenia Conference

Rohan Ganguli; Richard Borison, Med. Coll. of Georgia;

Laurie Flynn, Nat'l. Alliance for the Mentally Ill; Gerard Hogarty;

Samuel Keith, U. of New Mexico; David Kupfer;

Anthony Lehman, U. of Maryland; Donald Wasylenki, U. of Toronto;

Hilton Hotel and Towers, 8 a.m.-5:15 p.m. (647-8265)

Tuesday 8

Nursing Blood Drive

Victoria 1st fl. Student Lounge, 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

Organ Recital

Robert Lord; Heinz Chapel, noon (624-4126)

Art & Architecture Colloquium

"The Nanyue King's Tomb (2nd B.C.) in South China,"

Miao-lin Hsu; 203 Frick Fine Arts, noon-1 p.m.

Intercultural Bag Lunch

Med. Arts Bldg., Suite 500, noon (383-1813)

Asian Studies Club Movie

"The Killing Fields";

1K56 FQ, 6 p.m.

Indian Nationality Room Benefit

Ballet For construction of Indian Nationality Room;

featuring Malavika Sarukkai;

Sri Venkateswara Temple Aud., Penn Hills, 7:30 p.m.

Music Concert

Franco Sciannameo, viola;

Frick Fine Arts Aud., 8 p.m.

Wednesday 9

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Lecture

"Care and Support of the Child With Minimal Life Expectancy";

417 Salk, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (648-8400)

Bradford Campus Lecture

"Knole: The Stately Home That Inspired Orlando,"

Holly Dworken-Cooley;

Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 11:30 a.m. (814-362-7505)

UPMC Educational Cancer Program

"Learning to Use Relaxation and Imagery";

Montefiore, 7 Main S780, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (624-1115)

SAC Meeting

2M/2P56 FQ, noon-2 p.m. (624-4236)

FAS Council Meeting

917 CL, noon-1 p.m. (624-5258)

Residence Life Blood Drive

Tower A Conf. Rm., 2-7:45 p.m.

Senate Council Meeting

2P56 FQ, 3 p.m.

Linguistics Lecture

"Exceptions to the Critical Period in Second Language Acquisition: Theoretical Considerations,"

David Birdsong, U. of Texas at Austin;

144 CL, 3 p.m.

Cell Biology/Physiology Colloquium

"Is Nitric Oxide anEndogenous Cardioprotectant?"

Michael Curtis, King's College, U. of London;

1495 BST, 4 p.m.

Biological Sciences Seminar

"The Evolution of Plant Responses to Disease: Resistance and Tolerance,"

Ellen Simms;

169 Crawford, 4:15 p.m.

CLAS Meeting

WPU Dining Rm. A, 6:30 p.m. (683-1655)

Bradford Campus

Reading Series

"Voodoo Dream: A Novel of Marie Laveau,"

Jewell Rhodes;

Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 7:30 p.m. (814-362-7505)

Thursday 10

GSPH Blood Drive

GSPH, ground flr., G-3

BAS/Black Engineers Job Expo

WPU 1st floor, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (648-7880)

CLAS Lecture

"Post-War Guatemala: Politics, Culture and Violence,"

Mario Morales;

4E51 FQ, 3-4 p.m.

GSPH Colloquium

"Genetics Screening and the Ethical and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project,"

Robert Murray, Howard U.;

G-23 Parran, 3:30 p.m.

GSPIA Public Lecture

"Health Care Reform: Where Do We Go from Here?"

Michael Dukakis, Northeastern U.;

Univ. Club Members' Lounge, 4:30 p.m. (383-8970)

SBDC Lecture

"Considerations in Choosing a Business Entity,"

Pete Fuscaldo, Zegarelli Associates;

244 CL, 7-9:30 p.m. (648-1528)

Johnstown Campus Concert

Harlem Spiritual Ensemble;

Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, UPJ, 8 p.m. (814-269-7200)

Women's Studies Lecture

"Looking at Life Through These Lesbian Eyes: A Socio-Spiritual Game,"

Carter Heyward, Episcopal Divinity School;

Heinz Chapel, 7:30 p.m.

Theatre

Theatre Arts

"Blood on a Cat's Neck";

The Pit, S. Bouquet St., Oct. 28 & 29, 8 p.m. (624-6338)

Johnstown Campus

"Brighton Beach Memoirs";

Rodney Eatman, director;

Pasquerilla Performing Arts Ctr., Studio Theatre;

Oct. 28, Nov. 3 & 5, 8 p.m.; Oct. 30, 2 p.m.

"Joe Egg,"

Pasquerilla Performing Arts Ctr., Studio Theatre;

Oct. 27, 29, Nov. 4; Nov. 6, 2 p.m.

Exhibits

Titusville Campus

Allegheny West Art Exhibit & Sale

Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.;

Nov. 5, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,

UPT

Student Union University Art Gallery

"Kawase Hasui and His Context: A Collection of Japanese Prints,"

Sandy Kita & Brenda Jordan; Frick Fine Arts, through Dec. 15

History of Art & Architecture

"Ceramics East and West from Private Collections,"

Matthew Roper & Patrizia Costa;

Frick Fine Arts, through Dec. 15

Pitt Club Collection

Meet the Artists Paintings by Western PA artists; Pitt Club, Oct. 30, 5-9 p.m.

Deadlines

REES Faculty Development

Grants Competition Awards range from $1,000-$3,000; deadline Nov. 1; 4G15 FQ (648-2290)

Education African-American Teaching Fellowships

For information packet and application, contact Patricia Thomas; deadline is Nov. 15 (648-2857)

Fall Term

Monitored Withdrawals

Deadline for students to submit Monitored Withdrawal forms to dean's office is Nov. 4 (withdrawal from FAS 2000 & 3000 level courses permitted after this date only with approval from the Dean's Office)

Teaching Times Conference

First annual Teaching Excellence Conference invites all members of the Pitt community to submit proposals to participate. Proposals due Nov. 1 (624-6592).

Ph.D. Defense

Medicine

"Molecular Cloning of a Neuronal Membrane Protein, M6, Defines a Novel CNS Gene Family,"

Yimin Han;

Oct. 27, 827 Scaife, 10 a.m.

Anthropology

"Struggle for Belief: The Expansion of One Religious Community in a Postindustrial Setting,"

Lila Shaara;

Oct. 28, 3H51 FQ, 11 a.m.

Anthropology

"PMS in Perspective: An Evolutionary Model of Orthogonal Change,"

Christine Milberg, Nov. 4, 3D10 FQ, 3 p.m.

Religious Studies

"Exegesis as Polemical Discourses: Ibn Hazm on Jewish and Christian Scriptures,"

Theodore Pulcini;

Nov. 9, 2628 CL, 9:30 a.m.

General Linguistics

"Metaphoric Code-Mixing in Luke-Acts,"

Jonathan Watt;

Nov. 9, G18 CL, 9:45-11:45 a.m.

Calendar Deadline

The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published Thursday, Nov. 10. It will contain events of Nov. 10-23. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 p.m., Nov. 3, at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information will not be accepted over the telephone but can be sent by FAX: 624-4579 or e-mail: njbrown@vms.cis. pitt.edu.