CALENDAR
Thursday
Bloodborne Pathogen Training & Hepatitis B Vaccine
Benedum Aud., 9 am (624-9505)
Organization Development Workshop
"Supervisory Skills: Setting Expectations";
100 Craig, 9 am-5 pm (To register: 624-8046)
Intercultural Bag Lunch
Medical Arts Bldg. Suite 500, noon (383-1813)
Human Resources Investor Workshop
"Stocks";
WPU Kurtzman Rm., noon-12:45 pm or 6-6:45 pm (624-8068)
Human Resources Investor Workshop "Bonds";
WPU Kurtzman Rm., 1-1:45 pm or 5-5:45 pm (624-8068)
History Lecture
"Knowledge and Power: Information Technology in the Age of Philio II,"
Geoffrey Parker, OSU;
3P11 FQ, 3 pm
Asian Studies Lecture
"Market and Disparity in a Socialist System: Higher Education Reform in China,"
Kai Ming Cheng, U. of Hong Kong;
4E51 FQ, 3 pm
Pgh. Conference Chemistry Lecture
"Coherent Dynamics and Electron Transfer in Macromolecules,"
Jean-Louis Martin, Ecole Polytechnique;
Chevron Ashe Aud., 4 pm
Friday
KGSB Ctr. for Executive Education Seminar
"Improving Construction Productivity";
208 CL, 9 am-4:30 pm (To register: 648-1600)
Pharmacology Seminar
"Apoptosis Control and Cancer,"
Qing Ping Dou; 1395 BST, noon (648-9400)
West European Studies Lecture
"The Future of the European Court of Justice: National Challenges to the Rule of Law,"
Kurt Riechenberg, law;
2K56 FQ, 1 pm
Anthropology Seminar
"Social, Cultural and Health Concerns With Hydroelectric Dam Construction: Examples From El Cajon, Honduras, and Salto Grande, Argentina/Uruguay,"
Thomas Schorr, GSPH;
3D10 FQ, 3 pm
Medieval/Renaissance Studies Lecture
"Household Chastisements: Gender, Authority and Domestic Violence in 'The Taming of the Shrew',"
Frances Dolan, Miami U.;
149 CL, 3 pm
Cell Biology/Physiology Seminar
"Regulation of Pseudopod Attachment and Detachment: Toward an Understanding of Growth Cone Guidance,"
Karl Pfenninger, U. of Col.;
Eye & Ear Inst. 5th fl. Board Rm., 4 pm (648-2845)
UPMC Lecture
"The Effect of Displacement on People in Their Communities,"
Mindy and Robert Fullilove, Columbia;
A115 Crabtree, 4-6 pm (624-3001)
Saturday UPMC/WPIC Conference
"The Neurobiology of Schizophrenia";
Hidden Valley Resort & Conf. Ctr., 8:15 am-4 pm (To register: 647-8079)
Survival Skills & Ethics Workshop
"Writing and Publishing a Research Article";
WPIC 2nd fl. Aud., 9 am-4 pm (To register: 624-7098)
Sunday
Hillel Film Festival
"A Kiss to This Land";
Beehive Bigscreen, 1:30 pm (also at 7:30 pm Feb. 10)(681-8093)
Johnstown Campus Performance
"Sydney's Series for Kids: Curious George";
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Ctr., UPJ, 2 pm (814-269-7200)
Jewish Studies Lecture
"Searching for Our Jewish Visual Heritage in Eastern Europe: New Discoveries,"
Bezalel Narkiss, Hebrew U.;
WPU Dining Rm. A, 4 pm (624-3007)
Monday
KGSB Ctr. for Executive Education Seminar
"The Traditional & Changing Role of Controller as Financial Manager";
also Feb. 11, 208 CL, 9 am-4:30 pm (To register: 648-1600)
Memorial Service
For Paul Dowd, professor of chemistry who died Nov. 21, 1996;
Heinz Chapel, 10 am
Clinical Pharmacology Seminar
"Do HMG-coA Reductase Inhibitors Reduce Progression of Renal Disease,"
Michael Cressman, UPMC;
1103 Scaife, noon-1 pm
Paul Dowd Chemistry Symposium
"An Organic Reaction Mechanism: Big Picture vs. Detail,"
William von Eggers Doering, Harvard; 1:15 pm;
"What Really Lies Behind Organic Chemistry," Edward Arnett, Duke; 1:50 pm;
"Paul Dowd and Ken Houk's Excellent Adventures in Organic Reaction Mechanisms," Kendall Houk, UCLA.; 2:25 pm;
"The Bioorganic Adventurer," Ronald Breslow, Columbia; 3:30 pm;
"Assembly and Encapsulation," Julius Rebek, Scripps Research Inst.; 4:05 pm;
"Organic Reactions in Polar Media," Paul Grieco, Indiana U.; 4:40 pm;
"Recent Applications in Natural Products Total Synthesis," Samuel Danishefsky, Columbia; 5:15 pm,
all in Chevron Ashe Aud.
Senate Council Meeting
2P56 FQ, 3 pm
Biological Sciences Seminar
"RNA Dynamics in the Spliceosome,"
David Brow, U. of Wisc.;
169 Crawford, 4:15 pm
Law Lecture
Bryan Stevenson, director of the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama;
Teplitz Courtroom, 5 pm (648-1401)
Pgh. Chamber Music Society Concert
Guitarist Eliot Fisk and Shanghai Quartet; Carnegie Music Hall, 8 pm (624-4129)
Tuesday
Intercultural Bag Lunch
Suite 500 Med. Arts Bldg., noon (383-1813)
History/Philosophy of Science Lecture
"What Are Conditional Probabilities Conditional Upon?" Wes Salmon; 817R CL, 12:05 pm
Organization Development Workshop
"Leading Organization Change";
100 Craig, 1-4 pm (To register: 624-8046)
Wednesday
History Lecture
"Sex, Family and Power: The Intimate Portrait of a Columbian Caudillo,"
William Losstrom;
3P11 FQ, noon
Wellness Program Seminar
"Food-Label Know How," Leslie Bonci;
WPU Kurtzman Rm., noon-1 pm (648-8251)
Pathology Seminar
"Transplantation of Human Hepatocytes,"
Stephen Strom; 618 Scaife, 4 pm
Health Management/Policy Lecture
"Regulation of Integrated Health Care,"
Ross Stromberg, health law attorney; GSPH Aud., 4:30 pm
Pulmonary Medicine Grand Rounds
"Invasive Pulmonary Asper-gillosis: Update on Therapy,"
Victor Yu, VAMC; LHAS Aud. Montefiore, 5 pm (648-9206)
Music Dept. Concert
New works by graduate student composers;
FFA Aud., 8 pm (624-4125)
Thursday
Inst. for International Studies in Education Seminar
"African Voices: A Conversation About Education";
5D10 FQ, 11:30 am-1 pm (648-7163)
Medical Ethics Lecture
"Rabbinical Perspectives on Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment,"
Daniel Schiff, Stephen Steindel and Joseph Weiss;
Scaife lecture rm. 1, noon-1 pm
Organization Development Workshop
"ISIS: Confidentiality & Security Issues";
100 Craig, 1-4 pm (To register: 624-8046)
Chemistry Colloquium
"Theory and Modeling of Noncovalent Interactions,"
Mike Gilson, National Inst. of Science & Tech.;
Chevron Ashe Aud., 2:30 pm
Chemistry Colloquium
"Laser Induced Fast Protein Folding Dynamics,"
Martin Gruebele, U. of Ill.;
Chevron Ashe Aud., 4 pm
Bayer Chemical/Pteroleum Engineering Lecture
"The Evolution of Chemical Engineering," L.E. Scriven, U. of Minn.;
WPU Ballroom, 5 pm (To register: 624-9641)
Antiretroviral Update
John Mellors, medicine; John Bartlett and Glenn Treisman, Johns Hopkins;
Holiday Inn, University Ctr., 5-9 pm (To register: 624-1895)
Johnstown Campus Performance
"Singin' in the Rain";
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Ctr., UPJ, 8 pm (814-269-7200)
Creative Writing Program Reading
M. Evelina Galang, author;
501 CL, 8:30 pm (624-6506)
Friday
Bayer Chemical/Petroleum Engineering Lecture
"Liquid Is Readily Coated, but Coatings Cannot Be Liquid,"
L.E. Scriven, U. of Minn.;
1175 Benedum, 11 am (To register: 624-9641)
Pharmacology Seminar
"Hepatocyte Growth and Control Differentiation,"
George Michalopoulos; 1395 BST, noon (648-9400)
BAS Conference
"African American Leadership Conference";
also Feb. 15 & 16, Benedum, 2-7:45 pm (To register: 648-7880)
Anthropology Colloquium
"Mother of the Suffering, Mother of the Crying: Difunta Correa Narratives in Argentina,"
Mary Massolo, Allegheny Coll.;
3D10 FQ, 3 pm
Ctr. on American Politics & Society Lecture
"The Civic Knowledge of High School Seniors,"
Richard Niemi, U. of Rochester; 4R51 FQ, 3:15 pm
History/Philosophy of Science Lecture
"The Structure of Computation: The Origins of Theoretical Computer Science,"
Michael Mahoney, Princeton; 817R CL, 3:30 pm
BAS Cabaret
WPU Assembly Rm., 10 pm-2:30 am (648-7880)
Saturday
BAS Workshop
"Leadership in the 21st Century,"
Ivan Van Sertima, Rutgers; 120 & 121 DL, 3 pm (648-7880)
BAS Comedy Night/Step Show
Soldiers & Sailors, 7 pm (648-7880)
Sunday Hillel Film Festival
"Song of the Siren";
Beehive Bigscreen, 1:30 pm (also 7:30 pm Feb. 17) (681-8093)
Dear Friends Valentine's Concert
Stephen Foster Aud., 2:30 pm (624-4125)
Heinz Chapel Chamber Choir
Festival Heinz Chapel, 3 pm (624-4508)
Music on the Edge Concert
"New Works," graduate students; FFA Aud., 8 pm (624-4125)
Monday Clinical Pharmacology Seminar
"All the Things I Might Have Understood by Now if Albert Einstein's Wife Was My Mother,"
Curtis Kost, medicine;
1103 Scaife, noon-1 pm
Human Resources Investor Workshop
"Investment Perspectives";
WPU Kurtzman Rm., noon-1 pm or 5-6 pm (To register: 624-8068)
Asian Law Students Assn. Film
"The Wedding Banquet"; Teplitz Courtroom, 6 pm (683-9485) Tuesday HA&A Colloquium "Ritual Bronze Daggers at Yanqing: Barbarian Warriors Inside Chinese Territory,"
Jian-jing Li; 203 FFA, noon.
History/Philosophy of Science Lecture
"Aristotle and Descartes on Logic and Method,"
Wolfgang Detel, U. of Frankfurt; 817R CL, 12:05 pm
West European Studies Lecture
"Careers in Education: Teaching Certification in Language and Social Studies,"
Richard Donato and David Berman, education;
WPU Dining Rm. A, 7 pm
Wednesday
Organization Development Workshop
"Stress Management II";
100 Craig, 9-11 am (To register: 624-8046)
Women's Studies Lecture
"Acts of Reclamation and Identity,"
Toi Derricotte, English; 2629 CL, noon (624-6485)
Intercultural Bag Lunch
Suite 500 Med. Arts Bldg., noon (383-1813)
Cell Biology/Physiology Seminar
"Regulation of the GTPase Dynamin,"
Dale Warnock, Scripps Research Inst.;
Eye & Ear Inst. 5th fl. Board Rm., 4-5 pm
Pulmonary Medicine Grand Rounds
"Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation,"
Rolf Hubmayr, Mayo Clinic, Rochester;
LHAS Aud. Montefiore, 5 pm (648-9206)
Thursday
KGSB Breakfast Forum
"The Challenge of Entrepreneurship: The Option of Self-Employment for Women in the 90's,"
Senator Melissa Hart, Andrea Fitting, Fitting Kolbrener, and Holly Maurer-Klein, HMK Associates;
Duquesne Club, 8 am (To register: 648-1654)
Board of Trustees Meeting
WPU Assembly Rm., 8:30 am
Organization Development Workshop
"Supervisory Skills: Reviewing Progress";
100 Craig, 9 am-5 pm (To register: 624-8046)
Alzheimer Lecture
"How Normal Is the Cognitive Decline Seen in Normal Aging?"
Robert Nebes, psychiatry; ADRC Conf. Rm. Montefiore, noon-1 pm (692-2700)
Chemistry Colloquium
"Monitoring Insulin Using Microelectrodes and CZE,"
Robert Kennedy, U. of Fla.;
Chevron Ashe Aud., 4 pm
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture
"Pitt Medicine Goes to War: World War II Medicine in the South Pacific Theatre,"
Jonathan Trager, Cornell Med. Ctr.;
Scaife Lecture Rm. 5, 6 pm
Ph.D. Defense
Engineering
"Ebrium-Duped Oxide Films and Devices Prepared by Sputtering for Optoelectronic Applications,"
Cheng-Chung Li, electrical engineering;
Feb. 7, 444 Benedum, 1 pm
FAS
"An Island of Experience: Petroleos de Venezuela and the Political Economy of Technocratic Agency Autonomy,"
Yasuhiko Matsuda, political science;
Feb. 10, 4L51 FQ, 2 pm
FAS
"Amenity and Productivity Components of City-Size Wage Differentials and Their Changes in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1970-1990,"
Roberto DeVera, economics;
Feb. 12, 4P51 FQ, 10 am
Theatre
Kuntu Theatre
"Over Forty," directed by Vernell Lillie;
through Feb. 8, Stephen Foster Aud., Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm (624-7298)
Pitt Theatre
"Tales From the Vienna Woods,"
directed by David Pellegrini; Feb. 11-23, Studio Theatre (624-7529)
Deadlines
Competitive Medical Research Fund Grant
Applications due by 2 pm Feb. 14 to Office of Research, Health Sciences. (692-4671)
REES Faculty Development Grant
Applications due by Feb. 17 to 4G15 FQ. (648-2290)
Teaching Evaluation Survey Request forms due by Feb. 17 to G-39 CL. Forms can be obtained from the department's chair or 624-6147.
Calendar Deadline
The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published Thursday, Feb. 20. It will contain events of Feb. 20-March 6. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 p.m. Feb. 13 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information will not be accepted over the phone but can be sent by FAX: 624-4579 or e-mail to utcal+@pitt.edu. For additional information about calendar deadlines, call 624-1376.
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