CALENDAR
Thursday 5
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
“The Role of Inflammation & Loading in Tendon-Bone Healing”;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-8 am
Vanguard One-on-One Info Sessions
1st fl. meeting rm. Craig, 9 am-5 pm (also April 17 & 18; appointment: 800/662-0106)
Asian Studies Lecture
“Eastern & Western Fusion: The Beauty of Jade Stone & Nautilus Shell,”
Kong Ho, UPB; 4130 Posvar, noon (8-7370)
Race & Social Problems Lecture
“Poor, Young, Black & Male: A Case for National Action?”
Elijah Anderson, Penn;
2017 CL, noon-1:30 pm
UPMC Health Plan/PPC Lecture
“Stress Management & Resiliency,” Rose Gantner; Schenley Park Visitor Ctr., noon
Wellness Program Seminar
“The French Don’t Diet Plan,”
Will Clower, Mediterranean Wellness;
Kurtzman Rm. WPU, noon
Environmental Oncology Lecture
“The Dilemma of Flame Retardants: Science, History, Politics,”
Arlene Blum;
Herberman Conf. Ctr. UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Shadyside, 2-4 pm
Chemistry Seminar
“Through the Looking Glass: New Developments & Applications of Unconventional Bond-Forming Methodology,”
Karl Scheidt, Northwestern;
12B Chevron, 2:30 pm (4-8200)
Ctr. for Nat’l Preparedness Seminar
“Are the United States Prepared? Some Scientific Reflection on the Terror Enterprise,”
Dennis McBride, Potomac Inst. for Policy Studies;
5th fl. Alumni, 3-4 pm (4-2677)
Asian Studies Lecture
“New Frontier and Its Old Boundaries: Musical Ethnicity and Minority Politics in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,”
Chuen-Fung Wong, Macalester College;
4217 Posvar, 3-4 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Selenium Distribution & Mode of Occurrence in the Kanawha Formation, Southern West Virginia,”
Dorothy Vesper, WVU;
203 Thaw, 4 pm
Anthropology Lecture
“I Am Where I Think: ‘After’ Latin & Anglo America,”
Walter Mignolo;
144 CL, 5-7 pm
Toastmasters Meeting
104 Mervis, 5:30 pm (also April 9, 12, 16 & 19)
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Mark M. Ravitch Lecture
“The Century of the Cardiovascular Surgeon, 1900-2000,”
Allen Weisse, NJ Medical School;
lecture rm. 5 Scaife, 6 pm (8-8927)
Pitt Arts Concert
Carlos Pérez;
FFA aud., 8 pm (4-4125)
Friday 6
Asian Studies Panel Discussion
“Public Commitment in Crisis Bargaining,”
Ahmer Tarar, Texas A&M;
4500 Posvar, 10:15 – 11:45 am (4-2918)
Religious Studies/Honors College Lecture
“Thinking ‘Inside’ the Box: Tombs, Ossuaries, Inscriptions & the Family of Jesus,”
Rebecca Denova;
Kurtzman Rm. WPU, 2 pm (4-5989)
Heinz Chapel Organ Concert
“Music for Good Friday,”
John Cannon III;
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
East Asian Film
“Cracked Eggs & Noodles”;
4130 Posvar, 6:30 pm (4-5562)
Saturday 7
Asian Studies Cherry Blossom Festival
FFA aud, 7:30 pm
Monday 9
Toastmasters Meeting
104 Mervis, 11:45 am-12:45 pm (also April 16)
UCIS-CLAS Lecture
“Why Do Corrupt Governments Maintain Public Support?”
Luigi Manzetti, Southern Methodist;
4130 Posvar, noon-1 pm (8-7392)
Senate Council Meeting
2700 Posvar, 3 pm (4-6504)
Physics/CMU Colloquium
“A Question of Scale: Effective Field Theory in Particle Physics,”
Adam Leibovich;
102 Thaw, 4:30 pm
Tuesday 10
Toastmasters Meeting
104 Mervis, 12:30 am-1:30 pm (also April 17)
Faculty Adviser Session
Fulbright student program, 2500 Posvar, noon-2 pm (allibunga@gmail.com)
Greensburg Campus Lecture
“China’s News Industry: The Past & the Present,”
Ernest Yuyan Zhang, MO School of Journalism;
Hempfield Rm. Chambers, UPG, 7 pm (724/836-7741)
REES Film
“Lemonade Joe”;
4130 Posvar, 7 pm (8-7407)
Wednesday 11
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
“Cartilage Injury & Osteoarthritis,”
Henry Mankin, Harvard;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-8 am
Johnstown Campus Symposium
Living/Learning Ctr., UPJ, noon-5 pm (814/269-2080)
OIS Program
“PASSPORT to Social & Cultural Programming”;
Dining Rm. A WPU, noon-1:30 pm (4-7120)
Religious Studies Colloquium
“Islamic Cosmopolitanism: Hakim Mohammed Said & the Society for the Promotion of Eastern Medicine,”
Joseph Alter, anthropology;
2628 CL, noon
Social Work Lecture
“HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction Programs for Drug Dependent Persons,”
Larry Gant, U of MI;
2017 CL, noon-1:30 pm (4-6304)
SAC Meeting
1175 Benedum, 12:15-2 pm
Classics Lecture
“Reconstructing Rural Lydian Life in Western Anatolia,”
Christopher Roosevelt, BU;
244B CL, 4:30 pm (4-4494)
WPIC/Carnegie Library Lecture
“How to Cope With Stress for Better Physical & Mental Health,”
Bruce Rabin, UPMC;
Carnegie Library, 6-8 pm (7-3555)
Film Studies Film
“In the Mirror of Maya Deren”;
7th fl. aud. Alumni, 7 pm (4-6564)
Greensburg Campus Presentation
“China’s Folk Dance,” Yang Li;
Hempfield Rm. Chambers, UPG, 7 pm (724/836-7741)
Germanic Films
“Constantly Moving: Crossovers in Experimental Film & Video Art”
& “I Want to See How You See”;
205 Lawrence, 7:30 pm (8-2614)
Univ. Symphony Orchestra Concert
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (4-4125)
Global Studies Film
“Farewell China”;
4130 Posvar, 8:30 pm (4-2918)
Thursday 12
Donald N. Medearis Jr. Lecture in Pediatrics
“Human Nature, Reprogenetics & the Future of Humankind,”
Lee Silver, Princeton;
McCluskey Aud., Children’s, 8-9 am (8-1320)
ADRC Lecture
“Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Clinically Useful Concept,”
Pieter Jelle Viser, VU Univ. Med. Ctr., Amsterdam;
S120 BST2, 11 am-12:30 pm (2-2721)
Immunology Seminar
“Immune Activation by EGFR-specific mAbs,”
Robert Ferris, Otolaryngology;
aud. 5 Scaife, noon (8-7050)
Survival Skills & Ethics Lunch
“Grants From the National Institutes of Health”;
S100 BST2, noon-1:30 pm (412/578-3716)
UPMC Health Plan/PPC Lecture
“Asthma & Allergies,” Christopher Lamperski;
Schenley Park Visitor Ctr., noon
UCIS/African Studies Recognition Reception
4130 Posvar, 2-3 pm (8-2058)
Academic Career Development Health Sciences Postdoctoral Professionalism Seminar
“Demystifying the Process of Attaining a Faculty Position”;
S120 BST2, 3-5 pm
Biostatistics Seminar
“An Overview on Assessing Agreement With Continuous Agreement,”
Huiman Barnhart, Duke;
A115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm
Chemistry Seminar
“Significant OH Radical Reactions in the Lower Atmosphere: A New View,”
Marsha Lester, Penn;
12B Chevron, 4 pm
REES Lecture
“Outsiders in a Forced Community: Dutch Jews in the Nazi Ghetto of Terezin, 1943-1945,”
Anna Hajkova, history;
3703 Posvar, 4 pm (8-7407)
Greensburg Campus Workshop/Concert
Andes Manta;
Smith Hall, UPG, 4:30 pm
Film Studies Film
“C”;
7th fl. aud. Alumni, 7 pm (4-6564)
Friday 13
Small Business Development Ctr. Seminar
“The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”;
209 Mervis, 7:30-10 am (register: 4-2182)
Global Studies/Office of the Provost/CLAS Workshop
“Research in Sustainable Community Development,”
keynote: Gilberto Januzzi, Universidad de Campinas;
Ctr. for Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 2nd Ave., 8 am-5 pm (also April 14; 8-7391)
UCIS Undergrad Research Symposium
“Europe: East & West”;
Dining Rms. A & B WPU, 9 am-3:30 pm (3-7694)
Pharmacology Seminar
“Genetic Analysis of Neuroendocrine Cell Biology in Drosophila,”
Paul Taghert, WA U of Medicine;
1395 Starzl BST, noon (3-7757)
REES Lecture
“Chernobyl 4-Ever: The Cultural & Health Fallout of a Nuclear Disaster,”
Sarah Phillips, IN U;
4217 Posvar, noon (8-7407)
Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting
501 CL, noon
Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Aristotle on Intentionality,”
Victor Caston, U of MI;
817R CL, 3:30 pm (4-1052)
Women’s Choral Ensemble Concert
Heinz Chapel, 7:30 pm (4-4125)
Univ. Gamelan Ensemble Concert
Euis Komariah;
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (also April 14)
Saturday 14
Johnstown Campus Psychology Conference
Keynote speaker: Christopher Martin, psychiatry;
Blackington, UPJ, 9 am (814/269-2080)
Dental School Dean’s Scholarship Ball
Duquesne Club, Downtown, 6:30 pm (7-3555)
Sunday 15
Heinz Chapel Choir Concert
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
Monday 16
Amnesty Int’l Lecture
“China’s Silent Genocide: A Forum on Human Rights & Religious Persecution in China,” David Kilgour, Charles Lee & Wenyi Wang; Kurtzman Rm. WPU, 11 am-1 pm (fazhen@edoors.com)
Mascaro Engineering Sustainability Conference
Sheraton Station Square, 10:30 am (also April 17)
Physics/CMU Colloquium
“The Nature & Origin of Cosmic Rays,”
Stephane Coutu, PSU;
7500 Wean, CMU, 4:30 pm
Tuesday 17
Academic Career Development NIH Career Development Award Workshop
“Mid-Career Investigator Awards in Patient Oriented Research: K24”;
S120 BST 2, 11 am-1 pm
Senate Community Relations Committee Meeting
Hillman Library conf. rm., noon (8-1479)
Survival Skills & Ethics Lunch
“Careers in Science Law”;
1104 Scaife, noon-1:30 pm (412/578-3716)
UPCI Seminar
“Using Synthetic Biology to Domesticate the Gene-Translation Engineering TM,”
Joseph Kittle, CODA Genomics;
Cooper Conf. Rms. B&C Hillman Cancer Ctr., Shadyside, noon (412/623-7766)
Ctr. for Industry Studies Seminar
“Superstar Extinction: The Effect of Coauthor Death on Research Productivity in the Academic Life Sciences,”
Pierre Azoulay, MIT;
4716 Posvar, 3:30-5 pm (8-1765)
Johnstown Campus Lecture
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of NYT bestseller “Infidel”;
Pasquerilla studio theatre, UPJ, 7 pm (800/846-2787)
Bradford Campus Lecture
“The Founding of Jamestown, 1607,”
Marvin Thomas;
Mukaiyama Univ. Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 8 pm (814/362-0248)
Wednesday 18
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
James Larson;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-8 am
GSPIA Lecture
“WMD: Lessons From Iraq; Lessons for Iran,”
David Kay, Potomac Inst. for Policy Studies;
3911 Posvar, noon-1 pm
Pathology Seminar
“Mechanisms of Dementia in the Elderly,”
Thomas Montine, U of WA;
1105 Scaife, noon (8-1040)
Academic Career Development Health Sciences Postdoctoral Professionalism Seminar
“Diversifying Your Funding Portfolio: Grant Resources on the Web”;
S120 BST2, 3-5 pm
Film Studies Film
“Personal Velocity”;
7th fl. aud. Alumni, 7 pm (4-6564)
Chemistry Seminar
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: SERMs, Subtype Selective Estrogens & TSECs — The Evolving Story of Estrogen Pharmacotherapy,”
Chris Miller, Wyeth Labs;
12 Chevron, 7:15 pm (4-8200)
Greensburg Campus Concert
Greensburg Chorale;
Ferguson Theater, UPG, 7:30 pm (724/837-7040)
Thursday 19
ADRC Lecture
“Adapting Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Depressed Elders With Cognitive Impairment,”
Mark Miller, Late Life Depression Ctr.;
ADRC conf. rm. Montefiore, noon-1 pm (2-2700)
UPMC Health Plan/PPC Lecture
“Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A 21st Century View,”
S. Ramalingam;
Schenley Park Visitor Ctr., noon
Chemistry Seminars
“Protein Synthesis Using Tandemly Activated tRNAs,”
Sidney Hecht, UVA; 2:30 pm
“Gas-Phase Radical Ion Chemistry for Biomolecular Structural Characterization,”
Kristina Hakansson, U of MI;
4 pm 12B Chevron (4-8200)
Geology & Planetary Science Graduate Student Presentation
203 Thaw, 4 pm
Film Studies Film
“In the Cut”; 7th fl. aud. Alumni, 7 pm (4-6564)
Pitt Jazz Ensemble Concert
Assembly Rm. WPU, 8 pm
PhD Defenses
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“Self Constitution as Resistance to Normalization & Compliance: Imagination & Pedagogies of Democratic Citizenship,”
Andrea Hyde;
April 5, 4301 Posvar, 9:30 am
Education/Instruction & Learning
“Action Research: The Description & Analysis of the Implementation Process of a Teacher-Initiated Character Education Program in an Elementary School,” Elizabeth Svirbel;
April 5, 5140 Posvar, 9:30 am
A&S/English
“Making Feminism Matter Again,”
Jennifer Michelle Cotter;
April 5, 526 CL, 11 am-1 pm
Education/Instruction & Learning
“The Effects of Three Methods of Introducing Vocabulary to Elementary Students: Traditional, Friendly Definition and Parsing,”
Constance Nichols;
April 6, 5140 Posvar, 10 am
GSPH/Biostatistics
“A Method for Detecting Optimal Splits Over Time in Survival Analysis Using Tree-Structured Models,”
Leighton Scott Dean;
April 6, 109 Parran, 10 am
A&S/Economics
“Economic Activities & Networks of Relationships,”
Yong-Ju Lee;
April 9, 4940 Posvar, 8:30 am
A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“Can Minority Languages Survive in a Situation of Sustained Bilingualism? Ethnolinguistic Vitality & Language Behavior Among Indigenous Speakers of Quichua in Ecuador,”
Sonia Lenk;
April 9, 1325 CL, 10 am-noon
GSPH/Epidemiology
“Familial Aggregation of Physical Activity Levels in the Strong Heart Family Study,”
Kristi L. Storti;
April 10, A523 Parran, 1:30-3:30 pm
GSPH/Human Genetics
“Affected Relative Pair Linkage Statistics That Model Relationship Uncertainty,”
Amrita Ray;
April 11, A312 Crabtree, 9:30 am
GSPIA
“Politics of Price Stabilization: A Comparative Study of Argentina, Brazil, Israel, Mexico & Turkey,”
Yonca Ozdemir;
April 11, 3600 Posvar, 1:30 pm
A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“Colonialismo y representación. Hacia una relectura de los discursos latinoamericanista, indigenista y clasistaétnico en los Andes del Siglo XX,”
Armando Muyolema-Calle;
April 13, 1301 CL, 9-11 am
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“Southwestern PA Public School Districts Compliance With P.S. § 12-1205.1 et Seq (Act 48),”
Trisha Ann Varish Craig;
April 13, 5901 Posvar, 3 pm
A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“El discurso latinoamericano del exilio: extraterritorialidad y novella en Argentina y Cuba desde los años 70,”
Antonio Gómez;
April 16, 1301 CL, 9-11 am
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“An Unequal & Unlevel Playing Field: Critically Examining the Race-Conscious Affirmative Action Legal Debate Through the Eyes of the Council on Legal Educational Opportunity (CLEO),”
Dana Thompson;
April 16, 5702 Posvar, 11:30 am
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“Teleliteracy in the Neighborhood: Seeking & Educative Pedagogical Framework & Finding & Encoded Praxis of Mutual Humanization in ‘Mister Rogers Talks About Learning,’”
Daniel Murray;
April 16, 4321 Posvar, 2 pm
Nursing
“Depression, Anger, Anxiety and Smoking in a Sample of Pregnant Adolescents,”
Kathleen A. Feltes;
April 17, 446 Victoria, 10 am
IS/Telecommunications & Networking Program
“Network Design Under Demand Uncertainty,”
Koonlachat Meesublak;
April 17, 522 IS, 10 am-noon
A&S/Music
“Textural Depth, Structural Depth, Expressive Depth: Ladders From Line to Sonority in Arvo Part & Henryk Mikoaj Gorecki,”
Ivan Jimenez;
April 18, 114 Music, 10 am
A&S/Music
“Tibetan Singing Bowls: Myth, Marketing, Spirituality and Politics in Musical Representations of Tibet in the United States,”
Darinda Congdon;
April 18, 114 Music, 1 pm
Theatre
Kuntu Repertory Theatre
“Relativity”;
through April 7 at 8 pm, also April 5 at 11 am, 7th fl. aud. Alumni (4-7298)
Bradford Campus
“The Persians: Themes & Variations by Aeschylus”;
April 13 & 14 at 7:30 pm, April 15 at 2 pm, Bromeley Family Theater Blaisdell, UPB (814/362-0248)
Exhibits
Bradford Campus
“Affairs of the Art: Pitt-Bradford Student Art Exhibition”;
through April 13, KOA Speer Electronics Lobby Blaisdell, UPB, M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm, F 8:30 am-6 pm (814/362-0248)
Hillman Library
“Pileated Woodpecker” through April 16;
“Downey Woodpecker” April 17-30;
Audubon exhibit case, ground fl. Hillman, M-Th 7:50 am-2 am, F 7:50 am-10 pm, Sat. 9 am-mid., Sun. 10 am-2 am (8-7715)
Barco Law Library
“Inside of a Few Square Blocks,”
photos by Bob Kubiak;
through May 31, Barco Law Library, M-Th 7:30 am-11:45 pm, F 7:30 am-8 pm, Sat. 10 am-8 pm, Sun. 10 am-11:45 pm (8-1376)
Univ. Art Gallery
Studio arts student exhibition through April 18; FFA, M-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Th. 10 am-8 pm
Studio Arts
Through April 28, Univ. Art Gallery FFA, M-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Th until 8 pm (8-2423)
Deadlines
Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards
Applications due April 6; call 4-6172 for more info.
Office of Child Development Family Support Conference
Registration deadline is May 4. Go to www.education.pitt.edu/ocd for more info. (4-6150)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published April 19. It will contain events of April 19-May 3. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm April 12 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.
Thursday 5
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
“The Role of Inflammation & Loading in Tendon-Bone Healing”;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-8 am
Vanguard One-on-One Info Sessions
1st fl. meeting rm. Craig, 9 am-5 pm (also April 17 & 18; appointment: 800/662-0106)
Asian Studies Lecture
“Eastern & Western Fusion: The Beauty of Jade Stone & Nautilus Shell,”
Kong Ho, UPB; 4130 Posvar, noon (8-7370)
Race & Social Problems Lecture
“Poor, Young, Black & Male: A Case for National Action?”
Elijah Anderson, Penn;
2017 CL, noon-1:30 pm
UPMC Health Plan/PPC Lecture
“Stress Management & Resiliency,” Rose Gantner; Schenley Park Visitor Ctr., noon
Wellness Program Seminar
“The French Don’t Diet Plan,”
Will Clower, Mediterranean Wellness;
Kurtzman Rm. WPU, noon
Environmental Oncology Lecture
“The Dilemma of Flame Retardants: Science, History, Politics,”
Arlene Blum;
Herberman Conf. Ctr. UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Shadyside, 2-4 pm
Chemistry Seminar
“Through the Looking Glass: New Developments & Applications of Unconventional Bond-Forming Methodology,”
Karl Scheidt, Northwestern;
12B Chevron, 2:30 pm (4-8200)
Ctr. for Nat’l Preparedness Seminar
“Are the United States Prepared? Some Scientific Reflection on the Terror Enterprise,”
Dennis McBride, Potomac Inst. for Policy Studies;
5th fl. Alumni, 3-4 pm (4-2677)
Asian Studies Lecture
“New Frontier and Its Old Boundaries: Musical Ethnicity and Minority Politics in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,”
Chuen-Fung Wong, Macalester College;
4217 Posvar, 3-4 pm
Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
“Selenium Distribution & Mode of Occurrence in the Kanawha Formation, Southern West Virginia,”
Dorothy Vesper, WVU;
203 Thaw, 4 pm
Anthropology Lecture
“I Am Where I Think: ‘After’ Latin & Anglo America,”
Walter Mignolo;
144 CL, 5-7 pm
Toastmasters Meeting
104 Mervis, 5:30 pm (also April 9, 12, 16 & 19)
C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Mark M. Ravitch Lecture
“The Century of the Cardiovascular Surgeon, 1900-2000,”
Allen Weisse, NJ Medical School;
lecture rm. 5 Scaife, 6 pm (8-8927)
Pitt Arts Concert
Carlos Pérez;
FFA aud., 8 pm (4-4125)
Friday 6
Asian Studies Panel Discussion
“Public Commitment in Crisis Bargaining,”
Ahmer Tarar, Texas A&M;
4500 Posvar, 10:15 – 11:45 am (4-2918)
Religious Studies/Honors College Lecture
“Thinking ‘Inside’ the Box: Tombs, Ossuaries, Inscriptions & the Family of Jesus,”
Rebecca Denova;
Kurtzman Rm. WPU, 2 pm (4-5989)
Heinz Chapel Organ Concert
“Music for Good Friday,”
John Cannon III;
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
East Asian Film
“Cracked Eggs & Noodles”;
4130 Posvar, 6:30 pm (4-5562)
Saturday 7
Asian Studies Cherry Blossom Festival
FFA aud, 7:30 pm
Monday 9
Toastmasters Meeting
104 Mervis, 11:45 am-12:45 pm (also April 16)
UCIS-CLAS Lecture
“Why Do Corrupt Governments Maintain Public Support?”
Luigi Manzetti, Southern Methodist;
4130 Posvar, noon-1 pm (8-7392)
Senate Council Meeting
2700 Posvar, 3 pm (4-6504)
Physics/CMU Colloquium
“A Question of Scale: Effective Field Theory in Particle Physics,”
Adam Leibovich;
102 Thaw, 4:30 pm
Tuesday 10
Toastmasters Meeting
104 Mervis, 12:30 am-1:30 pm (also April 17)
Faculty Adviser Session
Fulbright student program, 2500 Posvar, noon-2 pm (allibunga@gmail.com)
Greensburg Campus Lecture
“China’s News Industry: The Past & the Present,”
Ernest Yuyan Zhang, MO School of Journalism;
Hempfield Rm. Chambers, UPG, 7 pm (724/836-7741)
REES Film
“Lemonade Joe”;
4130 Posvar, 7 pm (8-7407)
Wednesday 11
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
“Cartilage Injury & Osteoarthritis,”
Henry Mankin, Harvard;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-8 am
Johnstown Campus Symposium
Living/Learning Ctr., UPJ, noon-5 pm (814/269-2080)
OIS Program
“PASSPORT to Social & Cultural Programming”;
Dining Rm. A WPU, noon-1:30 pm (4-7120)
Religious Studies Colloquium
“Islamic Cosmopolitanism: Hakim Mohammed Said & the Society for the Promotion of Eastern Medicine,”
Joseph Alter, anthropology;
2628 CL, noon
Social Work Lecture
“HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction Programs for Drug Dependent Persons,”
Larry Gant, U of MI;
2017 CL, noon-1:30 pm (4-6304)
SAC Meeting
1175 Benedum, 12:15-2 pm
Classics Lecture
“Reconstructing Rural Lydian Life in Western Anatolia,”
Christopher Roosevelt, BU;
244B CL, 4:30 pm (4-4494)
WPIC/Carnegie Library Lecture
“How to Cope With Stress for Better Physical & Mental Health,”
Bruce Rabin, UPMC;
Carnegie Library, 6-8 pm (7-3555)
Film Studies Film
“In the Mirror of Maya Deren”;
7th fl. aud. Alumni, 7 pm (4-6564)
Greensburg Campus Presentation
“China’s Folk Dance,” Yang Li;
Hempfield Rm. Chambers, UPG, 7 pm (724/836-7741)
Germanic Films
“Constantly Moving: Crossovers in Experimental Film & Video Art”
& “I Want to See How You See”;
205 Lawrence, 7:30 pm (8-2614)
Univ. Symphony Orchestra Concert
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (4-4125)
Global Studies Film
“Farewell China”;
4130 Posvar, 8:30 pm (4-2918)
Thursday 12
Donald N. Medearis Jr. Lecture in Pediatrics
“Human Nature, Reprogenetics & the Future of Humankind,”
Lee Silver, Princeton;
McCluskey Aud., Children’s, 8-9 am (8-1320)
ADRC Lecture
“Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Clinically Useful Concept,”
Pieter Jelle Viser, VU Univ. Med. Ctr., Amsterdam;
S120 BST2, 11 am-12:30 pm (2-2721)
Immunology Seminar
“Immune Activation by EGFR-specific mAbs,”
Robert Ferris, Otolaryngology;
aud. 5 Scaife, noon (8-7050)
Survival Skills & Ethics Lunch
“Grants From the National Institutes of Health”;
S100 BST2, noon-1:30 pm (412/578-3716)
UPMC Health Plan/PPC Lecture
“Asthma & Allergies,” Christopher Lamperski;
Schenley Park Visitor Ctr., noon
UCIS/African Studies Recognition Reception
4130 Posvar, 2-3 pm (8-2058)
Academic Career Development Health Sciences Postdoctoral Professionalism Seminar
“Demystifying the Process of Attaining a Faculty Position”;
S120 BST2, 3-5 pm
Biostatistics Seminar
“An Overview on Assessing Agreement With Continuous Agreement,”
Huiman Barnhart, Duke;
A115 Crabtree, 3:30 pm
Chemistry Seminar
“Significant OH Radical Reactions in the Lower Atmosphere: A New View,”
Marsha Lester, Penn;
12B Chevron, 4 pm
REES Lecture
“Outsiders in a Forced Community: Dutch Jews in the Nazi Ghetto of Terezin, 1943-1945,”
Anna Hajkova, history;
3703 Posvar, 4 pm (8-7407)
Greensburg Campus Workshop/Concert
Andes Manta;
Smith Hall, UPG, 4:30 pm
Film Studies Film
“C”;
7th fl. aud. Alumni, 7 pm (4-6564)
Friday 13
Small Business Development Ctr. Seminar
“The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”;
209 Mervis, 7:30-10 am (register: 4-2182)
Global Studies/Office of the Provost/CLAS Workshop
“Research in Sustainable Community Development,”
keynote: Gilberto Januzzi, Universidad de Campinas;
Ctr. for Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 2nd Ave., 8 am-5 pm (also April 14; 8-7391)
UCIS Undergrad Research Symposium
“Europe: East & West”;
Dining Rms. A & B WPU, 9 am-3:30 pm (3-7694)
Pharmacology Seminar
“Genetic Analysis of Neuroendocrine Cell Biology in Drosophila,”
Paul Taghert, WA U of Medicine;
1395 Starzl BST, noon (3-7757)
REES Lecture
“Chernobyl 4-Ever: The Cultural & Health Fallout of a Nuclear Disaster,”
Sarah Phillips, IN U;
4217 Posvar, noon (8-7407)
Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting
501 CL, noon
Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Aristotle on Intentionality,”
Victor Caston, U of MI;
817R CL, 3:30 pm (4-1052)
Women’s Choral Ensemble Concert
Heinz Chapel, 7:30 pm (4-4125)
Univ. Gamelan Ensemble Concert
Euis Komariah;
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (also April 14)
Saturday 14
Johnstown Campus Psychology Conference
Keynote speaker: Christopher Martin, psychiatry;
Blackington, UPJ, 9 am (814/269-2080)
Dental School Dean’s Scholarship Ball
Duquesne Club, Downtown, 6:30 pm (7-3555)
Sunday 15
Heinz Chapel Choir Concert
Heinz Chapel, 3 pm
Monday 16
Amnesty Int’l Lecture
“China’s Silent Genocide: A Forum on Human Rights & Religious Persecution in China,” David Kilgour, Charles Lee & Wenyi Wang; Kurtzman Rm. WPU, 11 am-1 pm (fazhen@edoors.com)
Mascaro Engineering Sustainability Conference
Sheraton Station Square, 10:30 am (also April 17)
Physics/CMU Colloquium
“The Nature & Origin of Cosmic Rays,”
Stephane Coutu, PSU;
7500 Wean, CMU, 4:30 pm
Tuesday 17
Academic Career Development NIH Career Development Award Workshop
“Mid-Career Investigator Awards in Patient Oriented Research: K24”;
S120 BST 2, 11 am-1 pm
Senate Community Relations Committee Meeting
Hillman Library conf. rm., noon (8-1479)
Survival Skills & Ethics Lunch
“Careers in Science Law”;
1104 Scaife, noon-1:30 pm (412/578-3716)
UPCI Seminar
“Using Synthetic Biology to Domesticate the Gene-Translation Engineering TM,”
Joseph Kittle, CODA Genomics;
Cooper Conf. Rms. B&C Hillman Cancer Ctr., Shadyside, noon (412/623-7766)
Ctr. for Industry Studies Seminar
“Superstar Extinction: The Effect of Coauthor Death on Research Productivity in the Academic Life Sciences,”
Pierre Azoulay, MIT;
4716 Posvar, 3:30-5 pm (8-1765)
Johnstown Campus Lecture
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of NYT bestseller “Infidel”;
Pasquerilla studio theatre, UPJ, 7 pm (800/846-2787)
Bradford Campus Lecture
“The Founding of Jamestown, 1607,”
Marvin Thomas;
Mukaiyama Univ. Rm. Frame-Westerberg Commons, UPB, 8 pm (814/362-0248)
Wednesday 18
Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds
James Larson;
LHAS aud. Montefiore, 7-8 am
GSPIA Lecture
“WMD: Lessons From Iraq; Lessons for Iran,”
David Kay, Potomac Inst. for Policy Studies;
3911 Posvar, noon-1 pm
Pathology Seminar
“Mechanisms of Dementia in the Elderly,”
Thomas Montine, U of WA;
1105 Scaife, noon (8-1040)
Academic Career Development Health Sciences Postdoctoral Professionalism Seminar
“Diversifying Your Funding Portfolio: Grant Resources on the Web”;
S120 BST2, 3-5 pm
Film Studies Film
“Personal Velocity”;
7th fl. aud. Alumni, 7 pm (4-6564)
Chemistry Seminar
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: SERMs, Subtype Selective Estrogens & TSECs — The Evolving Story of Estrogen Pharmacotherapy,”
Chris Miller, Wyeth Labs;
12 Chevron, 7:15 pm (4-8200)
Greensburg Campus Concert
Greensburg Chorale;
Ferguson Theater, UPG, 7:30 pm (724/837-7040)
Thursday 19
ADRC Lecture
“Adapting Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Depressed Elders With Cognitive Impairment,”
Mark Miller, Late Life Depression Ctr.;
ADRC conf. rm. Montefiore, noon-1 pm (2-2700)
UPMC Health Plan/PPC Lecture
“Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A 21st Century View,”
S. Ramalingam;
Schenley Park Visitor Ctr., noon
Chemistry Seminars
“Protein Synthesis Using Tandemly Activated tRNAs,”
Sidney Hecht, UVA; 2:30 pm
“Gas-Phase Radical Ion Chemistry for Biomolecular Structural Characterization,”
Kristina Hakansson, U of MI;
4 pm 12B Chevron (4-8200)
Geology & Planetary Science Graduate Student Presentation
203 Thaw, 4 pm
Film Studies Film
“In the Cut”; 7th fl. aud. Alumni, 7 pm (4-6564)
Pitt Jazz Ensemble Concert
Assembly Rm. WPU, 8 pm
PhD Defenses
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“Self Constitution as Resistance to Normalization & Compliance: Imagination & Pedagogies of Democratic Citizenship,”
Andrea Hyde;
April 5, 4301 Posvar, 9:30 am
Education/Instruction & Learning
“Action Research: The Description & Analysis of the Implementation Process of a Teacher-Initiated Character Education Program in an Elementary School,” Elizabeth Svirbel;
April 5, 5140 Posvar, 9:30 am
A&S/English
“Making Feminism Matter Again,”
Jennifer Michelle Cotter;
April 5, 526 CL, 11 am-1 pm
Education/Instruction & Learning
“The Effects of Three Methods of Introducing Vocabulary to Elementary Students: Traditional, Friendly Definition and Parsing,”
Constance Nichols;
April 6, 5140 Posvar, 10 am
GSPH/Biostatistics
“A Method for Detecting Optimal Splits Over Time in Survival Analysis Using Tree-Structured Models,”
Leighton Scott Dean;
April 6, 109 Parran, 10 am
A&S/Economics
“Economic Activities & Networks of Relationships,”
Yong-Ju Lee;
April 9, 4940 Posvar, 8:30 am
A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“Can Minority Languages Survive in a Situation of Sustained Bilingualism? Ethnolinguistic Vitality & Language Behavior Among Indigenous Speakers of Quichua in Ecuador,”
Sonia Lenk;
April 9, 1325 CL, 10 am-noon
GSPH/Epidemiology
“Familial Aggregation of Physical Activity Levels in the Strong Heart Family Study,”
Kristi L. Storti;
April 10, A523 Parran, 1:30-3:30 pm
GSPH/Human Genetics
“Affected Relative Pair Linkage Statistics That Model Relationship Uncertainty,”
Amrita Ray;
April 11, A312 Crabtree, 9:30 am
GSPIA
“Politics of Price Stabilization: A Comparative Study of Argentina, Brazil, Israel, Mexico & Turkey,”
Yonca Ozdemir;
April 11, 3600 Posvar, 1:30 pm
A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“Colonialismo y representación. Hacia una relectura de los discursos latinoamericanista, indigenista y clasistaétnico en los Andes del Siglo XX,”
Armando Muyolema-Calle;
April 13, 1301 CL, 9-11 am
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“Southwestern PA Public School Districts Compliance With P.S. § 12-1205.1 et Seq (Act 48),”
Trisha Ann Varish Craig;
April 13, 5901 Posvar, 3 pm
A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“El discurso latinoamericano del exilio: extraterritorialidad y novella en Argentina y Cuba desde los años 70,”
Antonio Gómez;
April 16, 1301 CL, 9-11 am
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“An Unequal & Unlevel Playing Field: Critically Examining the Race-Conscious Affirmative Action Legal Debate Through the Eyes of the Council on Legal Educational Opportunity (CLEO),”
Dana Thompson;
April 16, 5702 Posvar, 11:30 am
Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“Teleliteracy in the Neighborhood: Seeking & Educative Pedagogical Framework & Finding & Encoded Praxis of Mutual Humanization in ‘Mister Rogers Talks About Learning,’”
Daniel Murray;
April 16, 4321 Posvar, 2 pm
Nursing
“Depression, Anger, Anxiety and Smoking in a Sample of Pregnant Adolescents,”
Kathleen A. Feltes;
April 17, 446 Victoria, 10 am
IS/Telecommunications & Networking Program
“Network Design Under Demand Uncertainty,”
Koonlachat Meesublak;
April 17, 522 IS, 10 am-noon
A&S/Music
“Textural Depth, Structural Depth, Expressive Depth: Ladders From Line to Sonority in Arvo Part & Henryk Mikoaj Gorecki,”
Ivan Jimenez;
April 18, 114 Music, 10 am
A&S/Music
“Tibetan Singing Bowls: Myth, Marketing, Spirituality and Politics in Musical Representations of Tibet in the United States,”
Darinda Congdon;
April 18, 114 Music, 1 pm
Theatre
Kuntu Repertory Theatre
“Relativity”;
through April 7 at 8 pm, also April 5 at 11 am, 7th fl. aud. Alumni (4-7298)
Bradford Campus
“The Persians: Themes & Variations by Aeschylus”;
April 13 & 14 at 7:30 pm, April 15 at 2 pm, Bromeley Family Theater Blaisdell, UPB (814/362-0248)
Exhibits
Bradford Campus
“Affairs of the Art: Pitt-Bradford Student Art Exhibition”;
through April 13, KOA Speer Electronics Lobby Blaisdell, UPB, M-Th 8:30 am-8 pm, F 8:30 am-6 pm (814/362-0248)
Hillman Library
“Pileated Woodpecker” through April 16;
“Downey Woodpecker” April 17-30;
Audubon exhibit case, ground fl. Hillman, M-Th 7:50 am-2 am, F 7:50 am-10 pm, Sat. 9 am-mid., Sun. 10 am-2 am (8-7715)
Barco Law Library
“Inside of a Few Square Blocks,”
photos by Bob Kubiak;
through May 31, Barco Law Library, M-Th 7:30 am-11:45 pm, F 7:30 am-8 pm, Sat. 10 am-8 pm, Sun. 10 am-11:45 pm (8-1376)
Univ. Art Gallery
Studio arts student exhibition through April 18; FFA, M-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Th. 10 am-8 pm
Studio Arts
Through April 28, Univ. Art Gallery FFA, M-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Th until 8 pm (8-2423)
Deadlines
Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards
Applications due April 6; call 4-6172 for more info.
Office of Child Development Family Support Conference
Registration deadline is May 4. Go to www.education.pitt.edu/ocd for more info. (4-6150)
Event Deadline
The next issue of the University Times calendar will be published April 19. It will contain events of April 19-May 3. Information for events during that period must be received by 5 pm April 12 at 308 Bellefield Hall. Information may be sent by fax to 4-4579 or email to utcal@pitt.edu.
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