University Times

Thursday 4

HSLS Workshop
“Adobe Photoshop for Beginners,”
Sam Lewis;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-noon

Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
“Design of Protein Interaction Interfaces,”
Shohei Koide;
6014 BST3, 11 am

EOH Seminar
“Intracellular Danger Sensors Regulate Caspase-1,”
Mark Wewers;
540 Bridgeside Point, noon

Epidemiology Seminar
“Developments in Adolescent & Adult Immunization,”
Lee Harrison;
A115 Crabtree, noon

HSLS Lunch With a Librarian
“Searching for Dollar$: Grant Resources on the Web,”
John Siegel;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, noon

REES/European Studies/EUCE Lecture
“Georgia’s Place in a Changing World,”
Vasil Sikharulidze, Georgian ambassador to the US;
4130 Posvar, 2:30 pm

Chemistry Seminar
“Development & Application of Proteomics to Understand Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease in Animal Models,”
Renã Sowell, U of MI;
307 Eberly, 2:30 pm

Long-Term Staff Recognition Event
WPU Assembly Rm. & Ballrm., 3-5 pm

History Colloquium
“Recovering ‘Jewish Spain’: Jewish History as ‘Historia Patria’ in Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Spain,”
Michal Friedman, Columbia;
3703 Posvar, 3-5 pm

McGowan Inst. Seminar
Lee Miller, Northwestern;
Scaife aud. 5, 4 pm

Geology & Planetary Science Colloquium
Grad student presentations;
203 Thaw, 4 pm

Business/OED Holiday BioBlast
Mervis atrium, 6-8 pm (412/918-4229)

Pitt Press Book Signing
“The Fallingwater Cookbook: Elsie Henderson’s Recipes & Memories,”
Suzanne Martinson & Elsie Henderson;
lower lounge WPU, 6 pm (3-2493)

Greensburg Poetry Reading
Heather McNaugher;
campus coffeehouse, Village, UPG, 7 pm (814/270-0581)

Friday 5

• Last day for undergrad day classes, fall term.

• Deadline for continuing students to register for spring term without a penalty fee.

SBDC Workshop
“The 1st Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business”;
114 Mervis, 7:30-10 am (8-1542)

Dental Education Seminar
“A Team Approach to Treating the Dental Patient With Medical Issues as Well as Treating the Mature Female Patient,”
Barbara Steinberg;
2148 Salk, 9 am-4 pm

Epidemiology Scholarship Benefit/Art Sale
1st fl. lounge Parran, 10 am-3 pm

General Internal Medicine Journal Club
“Rosuvastatin to Prevent Vascular Events in Men & Women With Elevated C-Reactive Protein,”
Mark Roberts;
conf. rm. 933W Montefiore, 10 am

Clinical Grand Rounds
“Services & Research for Recovery in Serious Mental Illness,”
Kadiamada Chengappa;
WPIC 2nd fl. aud., 11 am-12:30 pm

Memorial Service
For Ana M. Guzman, former associate vice chancellor of Facilities Management, who died Dec. 1;
Heinz Chapel, noon;
reception to follow in Connolly Ballrm., Alumni

Medicine/Medical Education Grand Rounds Lecture
“Anesthesiology: Is There a Future?”
John Williams, anesthesiology;
Scaife lecture rm. 3, noon (8-9000)

Physical Therapy Clinical Rounds
“Biomechanical Gait Analyses: Insights Into Geriatric Falls,”
Rakie Cham;
G23 Parran, noon

Philosophy of Science Lecture
“Teleology in Descartes’ Physiology,”
Karen Detlefsen, Penn;
817R CL, 3:30 pm (4-1052)

African Music & Dance Ensemble Performance
Bellefield aud., 8 pm (412/394-3353)

Heinz Chapel Choir Holiday Concert
Heinz Chapel, 8 pm (also Dec. 7, 3 pm; 4-4125)

Saturday 6

• Reading day.

• CGS, Saturday & evening classes continue to meet through Dec. 13. Final exams should be held during the last scheduled class mtg.

Dental Education Seminar
“Surgical Crown Elongation: Hands-On,”
Pouran Famili & Ali Seyedain;
2148 Salk, 9 am-4:30 pm

Men’s Basketball Vs. VT;
Petersen, 7 pm

Men’s Glee Club Holiday Concert
1st Baptist Church, 195 N. Bellefield, 7 pm (412/394-3353)

Women’s Choral Ensemble Holiday Concert
Heinz Chapel, 8 pm (412/394-3353)

Sunday 7

Nationality Rooms Open House
CL, noon-4 pm

Women’s Basketball Vs. Maryland;
Petersen, 2 pm

Monday 8

• Final exam period for undergrad day classes through Dec. 13.

Katz Part-Time MBA Info Session
101 Mervis, 6-7:30 pm

Information Sciences Info Session
522 IS, 6:30-8 pm (4-3988)

Tuesday 9

HSLS Workshop
“The WOW Factor: Creating Posters With PowerPoint,”
Sam Lewis;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10-11:30 am

Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar
“The Enigma of the Intestine: Transport in Traffic,”
Nadia Ameen;
E&EI 5th fl. boardrm., 11 am

UPCI Basic Research Seminar
“Arrays for Placental Macro- & Micro-RNAs,”
Yoel Sadovsky;
Cooper Conf. Ctr. classrm. B & C, noon

Academic Career Development Postdoc Workshop
“Preparing Competitive Grant Applications: Developing Your Grant-Writing Skills,”
Bruce Freeman;
S120 Starzl BST, 3-5 pm

Inst. on Aging Research & Poster Day
“Translational Approaches to Elucidate Metabolic Dysregulation & the Loss of Function With Aging”;
WPU Ballrm., 3-6 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Histone Deacetylases & Cancer Cell Epigenetics,”
Charles Giardina, UConn;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

Endocrinology & Metabolism Bone Club
“Minimally Invasive Options for Spinal Stabilization,”
Adam Kanter;
1195 Starzl BST, 4:30 pm

Johnstown Campus Pasquerilla Lecture
“Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear,”
Frank Luntz, Luntz & Maslansky Strategic Research;
Living Learning Ctr., UPJ, 7 pm (814/269-7200)

Wednesday 10

Clinical Oncology Grand Rounds
“Where I Have Been & Where I Am Going,”
Laurence Baker;
Cooper Conf. Ctr., classrm. C, 8 am

Staff Assn. Council Mtg.
1175 Benedum, 12:15 pm

HSLS Workshop
“Pathway Analysis Tools,”
Ansuman Chattopadhyay;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3 pm

Economics Lecture
“Communication & Learning,”
Dino Gerardi, Yale;
4716 Posvar, 3:30 pm

Stuart Rowe Society Lecture
“The Stereotactic Removal of Brain Tumors,”
Patrick Kelly;
Watson Conf. Ctr., 6th fl. F-wing Presby, 4 pm

UPMC DDC Grand Rounds
“Case Presentations,”
Karen Collinson & Kofi Clarke;
1104 Presby conf. ctr., 5 pm

Latin American Film
“Cleopatra”;
FFA aud., 7:30 pm

Thursday 11

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
“On-Scene Disaster Management: The Physician’s Role,”
Douglas Garretson;
“Less Than Lethal Weapons,”
Chris Knutsen;
“PA State EMS Protocols Update,”
Ronald Roth;
“Pgh. EMS Stroke Initiative,”
Mark Pinchalk;
“Prehospital Care Case Study: Double Trouble,”
Chris Martin-Gill;
“Pandemic Preparedness: Role of EMS & EM Physicians,”
Joe Suyama;
230 McKee Pl., suite 500, classrm. A, 8 am-noon

SW PA Regional Equitable Development Summit
“The Employment Priority: Inclusion in the Workforce: Positioning Our Region to Prosper & Compete”;
20th Century Club, 4201 Bigelow, 8:30 am-12:30 pm (412/258-6642)

ADRC Lecture
“Measuring Reliable Change Over Time in Cognitive Test Scores,”
Beth Snitz, neurology;
ADRC conf. rm., S439 Montefiore, noon

EOH Seminar
“Adenosine: The Little Molecule That Could!”
Edwin Jackson;
540 Bridgeside Point, noon

Epidemiology Seminar
“Epidemiology: Key to Eradication,”
Donald Henderson;
A115 Crabtree, noon

African Studies/African Students Organization Film
“Afro@Digital”;
4130 Posvar, 5 pm (8-2058)

Friday 12

SBDC Workshop
“The 2nd Step: Developing a Business Plan”;
114 Mervis, 7:30-10:30 am (8-1542)

Pulmonary Grand Rounds
“Sarcoidosis: An Unsolved Mystery,”
Lobelia Samavati;
628NW Montefiore, noon

Dental Education Seminar
“CPR Update Session for Relicensure,”
Michael Cuddy;
2148 Salk, 1-4 pm

Sr. VC’s Research Seminar
“Molecular & Cellular Mechanisms of Skin Immunology,”
Adriana Larregina;
Scaife lecture rm. 6, noon

Classics Lecture
“The Development of Early Pythagorean Cosmology,”
Carl Huffman, DePauw;
244B CL, 3:30 pm

Saturday 13

• Fall term ends.

Women’s Basketball Vs. WV State;
Petersen, 2 pm

Asian Studies/Univ. Book Ctr. Japanese Tea Ceremony
Lecture/demonstration by tea master Sen So-oku;
Book Ctr., 2:30 pm

Men’s Basketball Vs. MD-Baltimore County;
Petersen, 7 pm

Sunday 14

• Winter recess for all students through Jan. 4.

• Residence halls close.

Monday 15

Amy Knapp Room Dedication
In honor of Pitt librarian who died May 31;
gr. fl. Hillman, 11 am

Tuesday 16

CVR Seminar
“Development of a Mucosal Vaccine Against SIV/HIV Using Recombinant Clostridium Perfringens,”
Yue Chen, infectious diseases & microbiology;
6014 BST3, noon

UPCI Basic Research Seminar
“Anti-CTLA4 Blocking Antibodies: What Went Wrong?”
John Kirkwood;
Cooper Conf. Ctr. classrm. B & C; noon

HSLS Workshop
“PubMed Basics,”
Mary Jo Dorsey;
Falk Library classrm. 1, 1-2:30 pm

Academic Career Development Faculty Workshop
“Preparing to Serve on a Study Section Panel: Tips for Being an Effective Reviewer,”
Gerald Gebhart;
S100 Starzl BST, 3-5 pm

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Seminar
“Insights Into the Structure & the Mechanism of Action of the Secretin Receptor, a Prototypic Family B GPCR,”
Laurence Miller, Mayo Clinic;
1395 Starzl BST, 3:30 pm

Women’s Basketball Vs. Wagner;
Petersen, 7 pm

Wednesday 17

• Fall term grades must be approved by 5 pm before final posting can begin.

Pathology Research Seminar
“Tales of Two Kinases: Pink1 & LRRK2 for Parkinson’s Disease,”
Chenjian Li, Weill Medical College, NY;
1105 Scaife, noon

ULS Writers’ Café
Cup & Chaucer, ground fl. Hillman, noon-1:30 pm

HSLS Workshop
“Microarray Data Analysis,”
Uma Chandran;
Falk Library conf. rm. B, 1-3 pm

UPCI CI3 Program Seminar
“DC & Regulatory T Cells,”
Therese Whiteside & Penelope Morel;
“HCC Immunotherapy & Biomarkers: Proposals & Revisions,”
Lisa Butterfield;
Hillman Cancer Ctr. 2nd fl. conf. rm., 5-6:30 pm

UPMC DDC Grand Rounds
“Endoscopic & Radiologic Unknowns,”
Elie Aoun, Arthur Barrie & Brian Ng;
1104 Presby, 5 pm

Men’s Basketball Vs. Siena;
Petersen, 9:30 pm

Thursday 18

Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
“Sudden Loss of Vision,”
Evan Waxman;
“Beta Blocker & Calcium Channel Blocker Overdoses,”
Michael Abesamis;
“Fever & the HIV Patient,”
Jestin Carlson;
“M & M Conference,”
Jason Biggs;
230 McKee Pl., suite 500, classrm. A, 8 am-noon

HSLS Workshop
“PowerPoint for Beginners & Advanced PowerPoint,”
Sam Lewis;
Falk Library classrm. 2, 10 am-2 pm

Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar
“Quaternary Structure Rearrangements & the Control of Protein Function,”
Eileen Jaffe;
6014 BST3, 11 am

EOH Seminar
“Influence of Genetic Variation on Response to Toxicants,”
David Threadgill;
540 Bridgeside Point, noon

Integrated Medicine Lecture
“Preventing Back & Neck Pain Through a Healthy Diet, Exercise & Spinal Manipulation,”
Daniel Miller;
suite 310, 580 S. Aiken Ave., 5:30 pm (412/623-3023)

Friday 19

Faculty Development Lecture for Medical Educators
“Assessment of Learners: What Medical Educators Should Know,”
Michael Elnicki;
Scaife lecture rm. 3, noon

Wednesday 24

• Winter recess for faculty & staff through Jan. 1.

Tuesday 30

Women’s Basketball Vs. W. KY;
Petersen, 7 pm

January

Friday 2

• All University offices & buildings reopen.

• Residence halls open.

Sunday 4

Women’s Basketball Vs. WVU;
Petersen, 2 pm

Monday 5

• Spring term registration period ends for all students.

• Spring term classes begin.

Wednesday 7

Clinical Oncology & Hematology Grand Rounds
“DAMPs & Alarmins in Pancreatic Cancer: New Targets for Therapy,”
Michael Lotze;
Herberman Conf. Ctr., UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 2nd fl. aud., 8 am

Pathology Research Seminar
“The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: Toward a Uniform Terminology With Management Guidelines,”
Syed Ali, Johns Hopkins Hospital;
1104 Scaife, noon

WPIC Mental Health & Wellness Lecture
“Rhythm & Mood: A New Way to Think About Bipolar Disorder,”
Ellen Frank;
Carnegie Library, Oakland, 6-8 pm (3-2732)

PhD Defenses

A&S/Philosophy
“Locke’s Perfectionist Liberalism: An Articulation & Defense,”
Evan Riley;
Dec. 5, 1001B CL, 11 am

A&S/Hispanic Languages & Literatures
“Narrativas e imágenes del conflicto político-cultural entre Cuba y la República Dominicana y Estados Unidos,”
Magdalena López;
Dec. 5, 1528 CL, 4 pm

Education/Health & Physical Activity
“Effects of Training Status, Exercise Mode & Intensity on Differentiated Rating of Perceived Exertion,”
Melinda Bolgar;
Dec. 8, Petersen conf. rm., 10:45 am

A&S/History of Art & Architecture
“Eroticism, Identity & Cultural Context: Toyen & the Prague Avant-Garde,”
Karla Huebner;
Dec. 8, 104 FFA, 12:30 pm

A&S/English
“On Paying Attention: Particularity in Victorian Fiction & Empirical Thought,”
Catherine Day;
Dec. 8, 501 CL, 1 pm

GSPH/Infectious Diseases & Microbiology
“Dendritic Cell Dynamics in Blood & Lymphoid Tissues During Pathogenic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection,”
Kevin Brown;
Dec. 8, A115 Crabtree, 1 pm

Engineering/Industrial Engineering
“Agent-Based Discrete Event Simulation Modeling & Evolutionary Real-Time Decision Making for Large-Scale Systems,”
Shegnan (Shane) Wu;
Dec. 8, 1060 Benedum, 3:30 pm

GSPIA/International Development & Public Administration
“Religion, Spirituality, Corruption & Development: Casual Links & Relationships,”
James Leaman;
Dec. 10, 3412 Posvar, 11 am

Education/Instruction & Learning
“3 Case Studies of the Use of an Audio Support System Embedded in a Computer-Based Cognitive Tutoring System & Its Effects on the Word Problem Solving Performance of Struggling Readers,”
Eileen St. John;
Dec. 10, 5151 Posvar, 1 pm

Education/Administrative & Policy Studies
“‘There’s Some Good Karma Up in Here’: A Case Study of White School Leadership in an Urban Context,”
Judith Toure;
Dec. 11, 5511 Posvar, 10 am

SHRS/Communication Science & Disorders
“The Effects of Stress Reactivity on Extralaryngeal Muscle Tension in Vocally Normal Participants as a Function of Personality,”
Maria Dietrich;
Dec. 11, 4015 Forbes Tower, noon

Medicine/Cellular & Molecular Pathology
“Prevention & Treatment of Head & Neck Cancer With Natural Compound Inhibitors of STAT3,”
Rebecca Leeman-Neill;
Dec. 11, 1104 Scaife, 2 pm

KGSB
“Real Options in Sequential Stock Acquisitions,”
Akie Iriyama;
Dec. 19, 102 Mervis, 10 am

A&S/French & Italian Languages & Literaures
“After the Revolution: Terror, Literature & the National in Modern France,”
Melissa Deininger;
Jan. 7, 1218 CL, 10 am

Exhibits

Hillman Library Audubon Exhibit
“Tennessee Warbler,” through Dec. 15;
“Black-Throated Blue Warbler,” Dec. 16-23;
“American Crow,” Jan. 6-19;
Hillman Library ground fl. exhibition case, reg. library hours (8-7715)

Bradford Campus Art Exhibit
“Battle of the Brutes” by Andrew Laganosky;
through Dec. 5; KOA Art Gallery, Blaisdell, UPB

Barco Law Library Exhibit
“Watercolors” by Roc Prologo;
through Jan. 16; 4th fl. exhibit gallery, Barco, reg. library hours (8-1376)

Nationality Rooms Holiday Displays
CL; Taped tours weekends through Jan. 18 except Dec. 27 & 28;
Sat. 9 am-2:30 pm, Sun. 11 am-2:30 pm; Dec. 27-31 10:30 am, first-come, first-served guided tours (4-6000)

Pitt History Exhibit
“Free at Last?”;
McGuinn Gallery, Heinz History Ctr., 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 10 am-5 pm daily through April 5. (412/454-6000)

Deadlines

European Studies Faculty Grant
Deadline is Dec. 5. (info & application: www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/faculty/funding/europeangrant.html)

Int’l Conference on Cybernetics & Information Technologies, Systems & Applications
Papers/abstracts submissions & proposals due Dec. 10. Author notification due Jan. 14. Camera-ready full papers due Feb. 4. Submit online at www.2009iiisconferences.org/CITSA/organizer.asp.

EUCE Faculty Research Grant Competition
Deadline is Dec. 12. (info & application: www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/faculty/funding/EUCEgrant.html)

GSPIA Johnson Award for Best Papers in Ethics & Accountability in Public Service
Deadline extended to Dec. 12. (info: 8-1336 or www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org)

Women’s Studies Iris Marion Young Award for Political Engagement
Nominations due Dec. 15. Nominees’ supporting materials due Jan. 19. (Info: 4-6485 or www.wstudies.pitt.edu/imya.html)

Int’l Symposium on Academic Globalization
Author notifications due Dec. 18. Full papers due Feb. 11. Submit online at www.2009iiisconferences.org/AG.

Int’l Conference on Knowledge Generation, Communication & Management
Papers/abstracts submissions & invited sessions proposals due Dec. 19. Author notifications due Jan. 14. Camera-ready full papers due Feb. 11. Submit online at www.2009iiisconferences.org/KGCM/organizer.asp.

UCIS Global Academic Partnership Competition
Submissions due Jan. 30. (Guidelines & eligibility info: www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/gap)

Faculty Development in Int’l Business Study Trip
Applications for “European Economies in Transition” due Feb. 2. (info: www.ucis.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/events/ucisextra.pl?jid=2865)

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