Calendar: October 18-November 1

Thursday, Oct. 18

Community Engagement Homewood Grand Opening
CEC in Homewood, 622 N. Homewood Ave., Homewood. 6-8 p.m. (Information: Here)

Science 2018 Sessions
Spotlight Session 1: “Bacteria and Their Environment”; Spotlight Session 2: “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”; Spotlight Session 3: “Protein “Origami”: Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center, 9 a.m. (Information: Science 2018 Calendar)

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Getting Started with Qualtrics Survey Service,” 302 Bellefield Hall, 10 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Science 2018 Dickson Prize in Medicine Lecture
“Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria,” Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University; Alumni Hall Auditorium, 7th floor, 11 a.m. Details here.

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Introduction to Mindfulness,” 342 Craig Hall, Noon (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Science 2018 Sessions
Spotlight Session 4: “Don’t Confuse Me with the Facts”; Spotlight Session 5: "Microbiomes and Microenvironments”; Spotlight Session 6: "Precision Translational Pharmacology and Therapeutics”; Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center, 2 p.m. (Information: Science 2018 Calendar)

ULS Workshop
“EndNote Basics”; Hillman Library, G-74 Amy Knapp Room, 2 p.m. (Information: ULS event)

Science 2018 Provost Lecture
 “Using Viruses To Select for Reduced Virulence of Bacterial Pathogens in Human Patients,” Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan;  Alumni Hall Auditorium, 7th floor, 4 p.m. Details here.

Women Entrepreneurship Week Event
“She Creates”; 20th Century Club, Art Deco Dining Room, 5 p.m. Details here.

Center for Creativity Workshop
Beyond Instapoems; The Book Center on Fifth; 7 p.m. 

Friday, Oct. 19

Small Business Development Center Workshop
“The Second Step: Developing a Business Plan”; 114 Mervis Hall, 7:30 a.m. (Information: SBDC workshop)

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Intercultural Compentency: Beyond the Basics,” 342 Craig Hall, 9 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Science 2018 Sessions
Spotlight Session 7: “Applications of Novel Molecular Tools”; Spotlight Session 8: “Modeling—From Particles to People”; Spotlight Session 9: “Drug and Vaccine Targets”; Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center, 9 a.m. (Information: Science 2018 Calendar)

Senate Computer Usage Committee
717 Cathedral of Learning, 10 a.m.

Science 2018 The Mellon Lecture
“Development of CRISPR_Cas Systems for Genome Editing, Feng Zhang; Alumni Hall Auditorium, 11 a.m. Details here.

Department of Theatre Arts Talk
"Wits Astray and Minds' O'erthrown: Gendered Performances of Madness at London's Lyceum Theatre, 1878-1899,” Meredith Conti, Univeristy of Buffalo, SUNY; 602 Humanities Center, 11:30 a.m. Details here.

ULS Workshop
Understanding and Practicing Cartographic Literacy”; G-49 Hillman Library, 1 p.m. (Register: ULS workshop)

Office of Research Workshop
“Finding Funding: Resources and Opportunities at Pitt,” B-21 Cathedral of Learning, 2 p.m. (Information: U Events Calendar)

Science 2018 Sessions
Spotlight Session 10: “Evolutionary Biology Meets Medicine”; Spotlight Session 11: “New Ways of “Seeing”—Visually, Statistically, and Otherwise”; Spotlight Session 12: “Cellular Organization, Behavior, and Communication”; Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center, 2 p.m. (Information: Science 2018 Calendar)

Senate Budget Policies Committee Meeting
1817 Cathedral of Learning, 2 p.m.

Science 2018 Hofmann Lecture
“Using Viruses to Select for Reduced Virulence of Bacterial Pathogens in Human Patients,” Paul Turner, Yale University, Alumni Hall Auditorium, 4 p.m. Details here.

Art Show @ Pitt–Greensburg artist reception
Millstein Library, 6 p.m. Details here.

Saturday, Oct. 20

Pitt–Greensburg Car Cruise
Smith Hall Parking lot, 11:30 a.m. Details here.

Pitt–Greensburg Alumni Celebration Dinner
Hempfield Room, 5:30 p.m. Details here.

Sunday, Oct. 21

Ballin' On Bigelow Tournament
Bigelow Boulevard, 10:30 a.m.

Heinz Chapel Concert
Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra; Heinz Chapel, 3 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 22

ULS Workshop
“Zotero Basics”; G-74 Hillman Library, 11 a.m. (Register: ULS workshop)

Senate Plant Utilization and Planning Committee Meeting
826 Cathedral of Learning, 3 p.m.

Center for Creativity Workshop
Intro to Screen Printing; The Book Center on Fifth; 3:30 p.m. (Information:  U Events Calendar)

Tuesday, Oct. 23

Honors College Brilliant Breakfast Talk
“Journalism, Ghostwriting and Writing Coach,” Amanda Filipelli, writer and editor; Cathedral of Learning, Floor 35, 8 a.m.. (Information: U Events Calendar)

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Silence: Dissent and Consensus in the Workplace,” 531 Alumni Hall, 9 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Time Management,” 342 Craig Hall, 9 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Senate Athletics Committee Meeting
Peterson Events Center, 2 p.m.

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Microsoft Word 2016,” 302 Bellefield Hall, 10 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

I Love Pitt Day
William Pitt Union Driveway, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Teaching Center Workshop
“Understanding Our Students — Financially”; B-26 Alumni Hall, 11:30 a.m. (Information: U Events Calendar)

Research Conduct and Compliance Office Workshop
ClinicalTrials.gov: Background, Requirements and Process,” Patrick Fawcett, ClicalTrials.gov Coordinator; RCCO Learning Resource Center, Room 305, Noon (Information: U Events Calendar)

Center for Philosophy Lunchtime Talk
“On Experience in Feyerabend’s Philosophy,” Deivide Garcia da Silva Oliveira, Federal University of Reconcavo of Bahia; 1119 Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 p.m.

Provost Inaugural Lecture
"Small Actions Big Difference: Leveraging Corporate Identity, Responsibility and Sustainability to Drive Triple Bottomline Value." CB Bhattacharya, H.J. Zoffer Chair in Sustainability and Ethics in the Katz Graduate School of Business; 2500 Posvar Hall, 4 p.m.

Basic & Translational Research Seminar
“High-Throughput Sequencing at the UPMC Genome Center,” Annerose Berndt; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Cooper Conference Room D, 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 24

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Introduction to Grants Management Services in the Office of Research,” 342 Craig Hall, 9 a.m.  (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Flu Shots
Bridgeside Point II, Room 402, 11 a.m.

Artful Wednesdays
Jeremy Frantz Trio, jazz; William Pitt Union Nordy’s Place, noon

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Interviewing Skills: Making a Good Impression,” 342 Craig Hall, Noon (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

VMI/HVI Distinguished Lecturer Series 
“Mechanical Forces: Basic Mechanisms and Roles in Cardiovascular Health and Disease,” Robert Berliner, Yale School of Medicine; S-100 Biomedical Science Tower, noon

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Starting or Completing an Undergraduate Degree or Certificate at Pitt,” 1400 Posvar Hall, 12:30 p.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Effective Interpersonal Communication,” 342 Craig Hall, 1 p.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Senate Benefits and Welfare Committee Meeting
702 Benedum Hall, 3 p.m.

Mental Health Month Lecture
“Standing tall in the Face of Mental Health,” Dennis Gillan; William Pitt Union Kurtzman Room, 6 p.m. (Information: U Events Calendar)

Center on Race and Social Problems Lecture
“Education is Not Enough to Close the Racial Wealth Gap,” Danyelle Solomon; 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Noon

Thursday, Oct. 25

DEA Drug Take Back Day
University Pharmacy, Nordenberg Hall, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Microsoft Word 2016,” 302 Bellefield Hall, 10 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Brain Day
University Club Ballroom, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Details here.

Farmers Market
William Pitt Union Driveway, 10:30 am-2 p.m.

Literature Over Lunch Faculty Reading
“All the Names They Used for God: Stories,” Anjali Sachdeva, Hillman Ground Floor, Cup & Chaucer, Noon (Information: ULS event)

Office of Research Workshop
“Federal Funding: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)”; B21 University Club, Noon (Information: U Events Calendar)

Teaching Center Panel Discussion (faculty only)
Mentoring Faculty; 211 David Lawrence Hall, noon

Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Seminar
“Visualizing Chromatin Organization at Nanoscale With Super-Resolution Imaging, Yang Liu; 1395 BST, noon

Senate Research Committee Meeting
156 Cathedral of Learning, 1 p.m.

Center for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Career Development Worskshop
“CV to Resume: Preparing for Employment Outside of Academia”; O’Hara Student Center Ballroom, 3 p.m. Details here.

Provost Inaugural Lecture
“Police Body Cameras: From Accountability to Betrayal,” David Harris; 2500 Posvar Hall, 4 p.m.

University Library System Panel Discussion
“Reprints and the Future of Scholarship,” Steinn Sigurdsson (keynote speaker), Penn State; O’Hara Student Center Dining Room, 4 p.m.

Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Reading
“The Black Ecstatic”; Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 7 p.m. Details here.

Friday, Oct. 26

Center for Creativity Workshop
Make A Difference: Pitt United Way Literacy Kits; The Book Center on Fifth; 11 a.m. (Information:  U Events Calendar)

Innovation Institute Investor Office Hours
Gardner Steel Conference Center, first floor, 1 p.m.

Center for Creativity Workshop
“Zine Crash Course”; The Book Center on Fifth; 3 p.m. (Information:  U Events Calendar)

Health Sciences Library Lecture
“African Americans in Civil War Medicine,”  Margaret Humphreys, Duke University; Scaife Hall Lecture Room 1, 3 p.m. (Information: HSLS Lecture)

Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Workshop
“Clinical Interviewing Counseling Skills”; Forbes Tower, fourth floor, 1 p.m. (Information: U Events Calendar)

Be Fit Pitt Spooky Strides
Cathedral of Learning, by the fountain; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

ULS Workshop
“Data Visualization Best Practices”; G49 Digital Scholarship Commons, 1 p.m. (Information: U Events Calendar)

Investor Office Hours
Innovation Institute, first floor, 1 p.m.

Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar
“Pediatric Neurodevelopment and Manganese Exposure,” Erin Haynes, University of Cincinnati; A-719 Public Health, 1 p.m.

South Asia Talks 
“Mediating Voice: Sounding Politics,” Laura Kunreuther, Bard College; 4130 Posvar Hall, 3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 27

Center for Philosophy Workshop
“Norton For Everyone? The Material Theory of Induction and Beyond,” Hasok Chang; 1008 Cathedral of Learning, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Information: U Events Calendar)

Sunday, Oct. 28

Heinz Chapel Concert
“Lost and Found,” Regina Kettering, organist; Heinz Chapel, 3 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 29

Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert Kick-Off
The Pitt Jazz Ensemble; William Pitt Union, Noon

Research Conduct and Compliance Office Workshop
“Learn About Good Research Practices”; RCCO Learning Resource Center, Room 305, Noon (Information: U Events Calendar)

Tuesday, Oct. 30

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Baby Boomers to Millennials: Respect and Productivity in the Workplace,” 342 Craig Hall, 9 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Computer Security,” 302 Bellefield Hall, 10 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

University Library System Workshop
“Self-Archiving,” G-74 Hillman Library, Amy Knapp Room, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh Liver Research Center Lecture
“Distributed Hepatocytes an Liver Homeostasis and Renewal,” Steven Artandi, Stanford University; S-123 Biomedical Science Tower, Noon

Center for Philosophy Lunchtime Talk
“A Cognitive Theory of Information,” Ronald Vigo, Ohio University; 1119 Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 p.m.

University Library System Workshop
“Human Rights and Information Access in A Digital World”; 272 Hillman Library, Noon

Office of Research Workshop
“Pivot for Research Administrators”; B21 University Club, Noon (Information: U Events Calendar)

Mark A. Nordenberg Lecture in Law, Medicine & Psychiatry
“The Psychiatric Presidency,” Jeannie Suk Gersen, Harvard Law School, Barco Law Building, Ground Floor Courtroom, 12:30 p.m. Details here.

Open Door Project
“Practicing Cultural Humility”; G-74 Hillman Library, Amy Knapp Room, 1 p.m.

Thornburgh Family Lecture on Disability Law & Policy
“Canine Partners for Life: How Service Dogs Unleash Abilities,” Kathleen Bell, Canine Partner's for Life; University Club Ballroom A, 1 p.m.

University Library System Workshop
“Web Mapping Applications Including Story Maps”; G-49 Hillman Library, 2 p.m. (Information: U Events Calendar)

Faculty Assembly Meeting
2700 Posvar Hall, 3 p.m.

Basic & Translational Research Seminar 
“A Viral Trigger for Celiac Disease,” Terence Dermody; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Cooper Conference Room D, 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 31

Senate Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting
156 Cathedral of Learning, 10 a.m.

Flu Shot Clinic
Biomedical Science Tower Lobby, 10 a.m.

Innovation Igniter
540 William Pitt Union, 10 a.m.

Artful Wednesday
Scott & Rosanna, musical duo; William Pitt Union Nordy’s Place, Noon

Department of History and Architecture Lecture
“Disfiguring Devils in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy,” Megan Holmes, University of Michigan; 204 Frick Fine Arts, 3 p.m. Details here.

Thursday, Nov. 1

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Gender Theory, Gender Diversity and Trans-Inclusive Spaces,” 342 Craig Hall, 9 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Fundamentals,” 302 Bellefield Hall, 10 a.m. (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Farmers Market
William Pitt Union Driveway, 10:30 a.m.

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Write Now!”; Center for Creativity, University Store on Fifth, Noon (Register: FSDP workshop); William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Room, Noon

Mental Wellness Lecture
“Non-Pharmaceutical Remedies for Mental Health Symptoms

Faculty and Staff Development Workshop
“Creating a Safer Campus Environment,” 342 Craig Hall, 1 p.m.  (Information and register: FSDP workshop)

Pharmacology & Chemical Biology Special Seminar 
“Neuronal Bioenergetics: Coordinating Mitochondrial Number and Function with the Energy Requirements of Nerve Terminals,” Greg Macleod, Florida Atlantic University; 1395 Biomedical Science Tower, noon. Details here.

South Asia Talks 
“Congress of Kings: Notes on a Painting Showing a Mughal Ruler Having Sex,” Kavita Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University; 4130 Posvar Hall, 3 p.m.

Defenses

School of Arts & Sciences/Chemistry
“Engineering the β–turn mimetic torsion balance for conformational control: Design, Synthetic Strategies and NMR Analysis,” Alyssa Lypson; Oct. 18, 266 Chevron Hall, 1:30 p.m.

School of Arts and Sciences/Statistics
“Structured, Covariate-Adjusted and Regularized Factorization for Multivariate Data Analysis,” Xing Gao; Oct. 22, 1811 Posvar Hall, 9:30 a.m.

School of Arts and Sciences/Anthropology
“Big Transitions in a Small Fishing Village: Late Preceramic Life in Huaca Negra, Virú Valley, Peru,” Peiyu Chen; Oct. 30, 3307 Posvar Hall, 10 a.m.

Public Health/Human Genetics
"A Role for Lysophosphatidylcholine Transporter MFSD2A in CD8+ T Cell Memory and Secondary Response to Infection,” Ann Piccirillo; Oct. 30, 262 Victoria Hall, 1 p.m.

Exhibits

Mental Health Month
“Remembering the 1,100”; Cathedral of Learning, 8-5 p.m.

Hillman Library
“Travelers Along the Silk Roads: 10th Centruy to the Present”; Hillman Library Ground Floor; Oct. 24-May 1, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

“Space and Film: Geography as a Major Actor”; Hillman Library Ground Floor; through Dec 14, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

“It Has Always Been All About the Land”; Hillman Library Special Collections Reading Room, 3rd Floor; through Dec. 14, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

"Celebrating 50 years of UCIS"; Hillman Library Ground Floor; through May 1, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

University Art Gallery
“This is Not Ideal: Gender Myths and Transformations”; Frick Fine Arts; Oct. 25-Dec. 7, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m  

Theater

UP Stages
"She Kills Monsters"; Oct. 4-14, Charity Randall Theatre (Times and Tickets: UP Stages)

Deadlines

Make My Trip Count
Complete the Survey by Oct. 26 (Information: My Pitt announcement)

Panthers Forward
Faculty encourage students to apply by Oct. 31 (Information: Panther Forward)

SPIRiT Pilot Program Funding
Applications are due by 5 p.m., Nov. 30 (Information: CTSI website)

Visit the University Events Calendar to view additional events.