aug. 22
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Jeff Frooman, Katz Graduate School of Business, Stakeholder Influence Strategies, noon-2 p.m., Room 280, Mervis Hall.

Pitt’s Freshman Convocation, 4-6 p.m. (For details, see page 5.)

Photography Exhibitions, Site Specific: Photographs by Jen Morris, and Days, by Lisa Albaugh, both through Sept. 1, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, New Gallery, 477 Melwood Ave., 412/681-5449 or www.pghfilmmakers.org/gallery.

Art Exhibitions, Designing Oakland, through Sept. 22, and Forum: Hello My Name Is…, through Sept. 29, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412/622-3131 or www.cmoa.org.

Art Exhibition, Spin-Span-Spun: A Site Specific Sculpture by Hilary Shames, through August, University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, 412/648-2792.

Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Bridge VII: Xenobia Bailey, Lin Stanionis, and Dana Zámeckníková, through Nov. 2, Society for Contemporary Craft, 2100 Smallman St., 412/261-7003 or www.contemporarycraft.org.

Natural History Exhibition, Under Arctic Ice, through Oct. 26, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412/622-3131 or www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh.

Art Exhibition, Off Guard: The Photography of Ron Galella, through Sept. 1, Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., 412/237-8300 or www.warhol.org.

Botanical Exhibition, Butterfly Forest, through Oct. 11, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, One Schenley Park, 412/622-6914 or www.phipps.conservatory.org.

History Exhibition, Earth 2 U: Exploring Geography, through Nov. 3, Hidden Pittsburgh A-Z, through Nov. 9, and Kidsburgh, through Dec. 31, Sen. John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District, 412/454-6000 or www.pghhistory.org.

Art Exhibition, James Turrell: Into the Light, through April 30, Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, 412/231-3169 or www.mattress.org.

Exhibitions, Busytown, author Richard Scarry’s community in 3-D, and Planetary Landscapes, both through Sept. 1, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, 10 Children’s Way, 412/322-5059 or www.pittsburghkids.org.

History Exhibition, Victory Europe, through Sept. 28, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, 4141 Fifth Ave., 412/621-4253 or www.soldiersandsailors.org.

Art Exhibitions, Cory Rockwood: The Perils of Living in 3-D and Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, both through Oct. 13, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg, 724/837-1500, ext. 27, or www.museumaa.org.

Aristocrats by Brian Friel, through Aug. 24, Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre, 13th and Bingham streets, Irish and Classical Theatre, 412/396-6246.

aug. 23
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Susan Dudash, Department of French, Giving Voice to the People: Rhetoric, History, and Literary Representations of Social Conflict in the Late Middle Ages, 10 a.m., Cathedral of Learning.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Tom Richards, Department of Biostatistics, Weakest Link Models for Binary-Response and Survival Data, 1 p.m., A719 Crabtree Hall.

aug. 24
Art Exhibition, Ceramics: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, through summer 2003, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., 412/622-3131 or www.cma.org.

Botanical Exhibition, Go Native!, though Oct. 13, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, One Schenley Park, 412/622-6914 or www.phipps.conservatory.org.

aug. 25
Lantern Night, Night of the Panther Ceremonies, 7:30 p.m. (For details, see page 4.)

aug. 26
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Patricia S. Sullivan, Department of English, Avant-Garde Composition: Pedagogies of Experimental Writing, 2-4 p.m., 501 Cathedral of Learning.

aug. 27
Salsa and Tango Lessons, 9 p.m.-midnight, also Sept. 3 and Sept. 25, William Pitt Union, Center for Latin American Studies, e-mail clas+pitt.edu.
Mamma Mia, through Sept. 8, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Mellon Pittsburgh Broadway Series, www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

aug. 29
Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence Training Event, Small Business Innovation Research: Understanding the Basics of Federal Funding for Technology Development, free, 8-10 a.m., 2K56 Posvar Hall, Katz Graduate School of Business, 412/445-6698.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Jorge Porcel, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Tiempo, modalidad y aspecto en el verbo espanol: Un descripción del uso del presente progresivo, el fuluro morfólogico y perifrástico, el pretérito y el impefeto del indicativo en la comunidad cubana de Miami, 9 a.m., 1217 B Cathedal of Learning.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Xin Huang, Department of Human Genetics, Dissection of the 11q13 Amplicon in Oral Cancer Cells, 10 a.m., Graduate School of Public Health, 109 Parran Hall.

Pitt-Titusville Academic Convocation, 2 p.m., McKinney Hall veranda, with Keynote Speaker Randy P. Juhl, Pitt vice chancellor for research conduct and compliance and professor of pharmaceutical sciences, reception immediately following.

aug. 30
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Juan Pablo Dabove, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Bandidos y letrados: violencia campesina, literaturay formación de la nanción-estado en America Latina en el largo siglo XIX, 4 p.m., 1217 B Cathedal of Learning.

sept. 4
Heinz Distinguished Lectureship, Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (William Morrow & Co., 1997), Biomimicry—Concepts and Applications: The Art of Well Adapted Design, free, 5 p.m., G-23 Parran Hall, School of Engineering, R.S.V.P. by Friday, 412/624-9870.

sept. 5
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Gregory E. Hicks, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Predictive Validity of Clinical Variables Used in the Determination of Patient Prognosis Following Participation in a Lumbar Stabilization Program, 8-10 a.m., 4016 Forbes Tower.

The Global Issues Lecture Series, Dan Kovalik, assistant general counsel, United Steelworkers of America, Enforcing Global Human Rights through U.S. Domestic Law, 5:30 p.m., 2K56 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Global Studies Program and World Federalist Association of Pittsburgh, 412/624-2918.

Pitt/United Way Day of Caring (For details, see page 12.)

sept. 6
Governance Initiative Briefings, Heritage Valley Health System Administrators, Norman Mitry, president and CEO, and J.R. Philp, chair, On-Line Trustee, 8-9:30 a.m., A115 Crabtree Hall, Health Policy Institute, 412/624-6104 or www.pitt.edu/~hpi.

First Fridays at the Frick, Nonpareil Wind Band, 7 p.m., Frick Art & Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., 412/271-0600.

sept. 7
Langston Hughes Centenary Celebration, 11 a.m. (For details, see page 2.)

sept. 10
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Miryoung Lee, Department of Epidemiology, Bone Mineral Density (BMD), Bone Loss and Coronary Calcification in Older Men, 9-11 a.m., 117 Parran Hall.

sept. 11
Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence Training Event, The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business, free, 7:45-9:50 a.m., 1K56 Wesley Posvar Hall, Katz Graduate School of Business, 412/445-6698.

Panel Discussion with Pitt faculty members Reid Andrews, professor of history; Patrick Doreian, professor of sociology; and Robert Hayden, professor of anthropology, September 11—Perspectives from Abroad, noon, 2K56 Posvar Hall, UCIS, 412/624-4672.

Lecture Series, John E. Wennberg, M.D., Peggy Y. Thomson, professor and director, Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical College, 4-5:30 p.m., A115 Crabtree Hall, Health Policy Institute, 412/624-6104 or www.pitt.edu/~hpi.

aug. 12
Grand Rounds Lecture, Jacek Smurzynski of University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, Update on Otoacoustic Emissions and Their Applications, 8:30-11 a.m., 7th-Floor Auditorium, Montefiore Hospital.

Welcoming Reception for faculty, staff, and students, Center for Latin American Studies, 4-6 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Cloisters, 412/648-7392 or e-mail clas@pitt.edu.

Second City, also Sept. 13 and 14, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Public Theater, 412/316-1600, www.ppt.org.