March 21, 2005 Issue

march 21
Frick Fine Arts Colloquium, “Uncovering Mortuary Art: The Illustrated Story of Emperor Antoku,” Naoko Gunji, predoctoral fellow, Pitt Department of the History of Art and Architecture, noon-1 p.m., 203 Frick Fine Arts Building, www.pitt.edu/~arthome/events.html.

Reed Smith Spring 2005 Speaker Series, “The Family Home as Level Playing Field—Not,” Dalton Conley, professor of sociology, New York University, 12:30-2 p.m., Kurtzman Room, William Pitt Union, Pitt Center for Race and Social Problems, 412-624-7382.

Lecture, David A. Harris, Balk Professor of Law and Values, University of Toledo, 4 p.m. (For details, see page 2.)

Lecture, “How to Lead During Bioattacks with the Public’s Trust and Help,” Monica Schoch-Spana, senior fellow, UPMC Center for Biosecurity, assistant professor, infectious diseases, Pitt’s School of Medicine, 4-6 p.m., G23 Parran Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp, 412-383-2232.

Psychology Department Colloquia Series, title TBA, presenter, Phil Shaver, professor, University of California, Davis, 4:30 p.m., Giant Eagle Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University, Pitt and Carnegie Mellon’s Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, www.cnbc.cmu.edu/Events.

Opera Performance, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, 6:30-11 p.m., lecture followed by a performance by The Mozart Festival Opera, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown, www2.upj.pitt.edu/events, 1-800-846-2787.

Film Screening, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, directed by Werner Herzog, 8 p.m., 138 Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, Spectrum Film Series, 814-362-7505.

Student Art Show, Urban Inspirations, through March 26, Kimbo Art Gallery, William Pitt Union, www.pitt.edu/~ppc/stuart2.htm, 412-648-7900.

Student Art Exhibition, Affairs of the Art 2005, through April 15, KOA Art Gallery, Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, 814-362-7505.

march 22
Lunchtime Talk, “Turning Point: Quine’s Indeterminacy of Translation at Middle Age,” Richard Creath, professor, Arizona State University, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr, 412-624-1052.

2005 Senior Vice Chancellor’s Laureate Lecture Series, Ronald M. Evans, March of Dimes Chair in Developmental and Molecular Biology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium 6, Scaife Hall, newsbureau.upmc.com/Medsurg3/LaureateLectures2005.htm.

Pittsburgh Film Colloquium, “The Shock of the New: Urbanization, Electrification, Illumination, and the Silent Cinema,” Professor Lucy Fischer, director, Pitt’s Film Studies Program, 5:30 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, padunov@pitt.edu.

2nd Annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Series, 7:30-9 p.m., J. Irving Whalley Memorial Chapel, Pitt-Johnstown, UPJ Department of English Writing, www2.upj.pitt.edu/events, 1-800-846-2787.

Theatrical Performances, 4 A.M., The Blue Hour, and An Interview by David Mamet, through March 26, Pitt Studio Theatre, Pitt Department of Theatre Arts Laboratory Productions, 412-624-7529.

march 23
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Kevin M. Conley, Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Effects of Selected Modes of Prophylactic Support on Reflex Muscle Firing Following Dynamic Perturbation of the Ankle,” 3 p.m., 4017 Forbes Tower.

Lecture, “Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses,” Ann E.K. Page, senior program officer, Institute of Medicine, 4:30 p.m., A115 Crabtree Hall, Pitt’s Center for Bioethics and Health Law, 412-648-7120.

Lecture, “A Glimpse of African Americans in Johnstown,” Claudia B. Jones, retired professor, UPJ Department of Biology, 6 p.m., Student Union Cambria Room, Pitt-Johnstown, www.upj.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Pitt Symphony Orchestra, directed by Pitt Lecturer Roger Zahab, 8 p.m., free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.pitt.edu/~concerts, 412-624-4125.

march 24
Intercultural Bag Lunch, noon, William Pitt Union Dining Room B, Pitt’s Office of International Services, www.ois.pitt.edu, 412-621-4445.

Asia Over Lunch, “The Locatives in Korean and Turkish: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis,” Ebru Turker, visiting instructor, Pitt Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt Asian Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/, 412-648-7370.

Meet and Speak author Clark M. Thomas, noon. (For details, see page 2.)

Brown Bag Lunch, “Grants from the Department of Defense,” Stephen Grate, program director, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command, noon-1:30 p.m., 219 Victoria Building, Survival Skills and Ethics Program, www.survival.pitt.edu, 412-578-3716.

Lecture, “The Failure Rates of Mixture,” Henry Block, professor, Pitt Department of Statistics, 3:30 p.m., A115 Crabtree Hall, Pitt’s Department of Biostatistics, www.biostat.pitt.edu/seminar, 412-624-3022.

Lecture, “Thin Film Structures Formed from Metallic Nanoparticles: Manipulation of the Self-Assembly Process,” Christopher J. Kiely, professor, Lehigh University, 3:30 p.m., 823 Benedum Hall, Pitt Department ofMaterials Science and Engineering, www.engr.pitt.edu/materials/.

2005 Digital Library Colloquium Series, “Can We Avoid Catastrophic Failures of Computer Networks?” Herman Mauer, director, Institute for Hypermedia Systems, University of Technology, Austria, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Rangos Hall 1, University Center, Car-negie Mellon University, Pitt’s Department of Computer Science, www.informedia.cs.cmu.edu/colloquia/.

Planetary Science Colloquium, “Exploring the Geomicrobiology of Pennsylvania, from Its Serpentine Barrens to Its Oil Fields,” Hank Edenborn, U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, 4 p.m., 11 Thaw Hall, Pitt’s Department of Geology and Planetary Science, 412-624-8780.

Volunteer Pool Activity, Global Links Medical Supplies, 5:30-7:30 p.m., www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm, 412-624-7709.

Theatrical Performance, Criteria, performed by Tim Mooney, 7:30 p.m., Bromeley Family Theater, Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, 814-362-7505.

Kuntu Theatre, Jelly’s Last Jam, 8 p.m. (For details, see page 6.)

march 25
Lunchtime Talk, “Quine’s Early Arguments Concerning Analyticity,” Gary Hardcastle, professor, Bloomsburg University, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr, 412-624-1052.

Organ Concert Series, John Cannon III, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, www.pitt.edu/~concerts, 412-624-4125.

march 26
Volunteer Pool Activity, WQED-TV Fundraiser, two shifts, 2-7:30 p.m. or 7-11:30 p.m., www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm, 412-624-7709.

march 27
Music on the Edge Series, Sequitur Ensemble, 3 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.pitt.edu/~concerts, 412-624-4125.

march 28
Frick Fine Arts Colloquium, “Mikhail Vrubel’s Domestic Goddess: Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel as a Gesamtkunstwerk,” Kristen Harkness, predoctoral fellow, Pitt Department of the History of Art and Architecture, noon-1 p.m., 203, Frick Fine Arts Building, www.pitt.edu/~arthome/events.html.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Mathew Shtrahman, Pitt Department of Physics and Astronomy, “Probing Vesicle Dynamics in Synapses,” 2 p.m., 106 Allen Hall.

march 29
Lunchtime Talk, “With Genes Like That Who Needs an Environment? Genomics’ Argument Against Genetic Determinism,” Karola Stotz, professor, Pitt Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr, 412-624-1052.

Global Issues Lecture Series, “Issues in Refugee Resettlement,” Juanita Menchca, executive director, Refugee Services at Catholic Charities of Western Pennsylvania, 1 p.m., 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Global Studies Program, 412-624-2918.

Annual Student Research Conference, “Confronting the Urban Context: Research for Educational Change,” various speakers, panels, and posters, also March 30, 2500 Posvar Hall, Pitt Council of Graduate Students in Education, www.pitt.edu/~sorc/cgse 412-624-4122.

march 30
Health Disparities Journal Club, noon-1 p.m., 109 Parran Hall, Pitt’s Center for Minority Health and Graduate School of Public Health, www.cmh.pitt.edu, 412-624-5665.

Brown Bag Lunch, “Careers in Research Institutes: Research and Administration,” Joan Schwartz, Neurotrophic Factors Section, National Institutes of Health, noon-1:30 p.m., 219 Victoria Building, Survival Skills and Ethics Program, www.survival.pitt.edu, 412-578-3716.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Ami S. Patel, Pitt Department of Epidemiology, “The Versatility of Epidemiology: Association of Chronic Diseases to Age-Related Hearing Loss and the Risk of Cancer within a Community Exposed to Gasoline,” 1:30-3:30 p.m., 109 Parran Hall.

march 31
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Jane Hansberry, Pitt Graduate School of Public and International Affaris, “An Exploration of Collaboration and Organizational Effectiveness in Denver Human Service Nonprofit Organizations,” 10 a.m., Room 3610, Posvar Hall.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Wasan Pattara-Atikom, Pitt Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, “Quality of Service Support in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN,” 10 a.m.-noon, Large Commons Room, IS Building.

Center for Bioethics and Health Law Lecture, “My God, My Choice: When Adolescents Refuse Medical Treatment for Religious Reasons,” Jonathan F. Will, associate, Buchanan Ingersoll, noon-1 p.m., WPIC Auditorium, www.pitt.edu/~bioethic/calendar.htm, 412-648-7120.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Michael Abram, Pitt School of Medicine’s Molecular Virology and Microbiology Graduate Program, “Proteolytic Processing in the Generation of Active HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase,” 1 p.m., 1295 Biomedical Science Tower.

Thomas Parran Lecture, “Achieving the Promise of Public Health,” Noreen Clark, Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 3 p.m., G23 Parran Hall, Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health, www.publichealth.pitt.edu/calendar/index.html, 412-624-3001.

Lecture, Kerby Sheden, assistant professor, University of Michigan Department of Statistics, 3:30 p.m., A115 Crabtree Hall, Pitt’s Department of Biostatistics, www.biostat.pitt.edu/seminar, 412-624-3022.

Horace Mann Lecture, 5 p.m. (For details, click here.)

Theatrical Performance, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, Jeremy Wakefield, director, through April 2, 7:30 p.m., Henne Auditorium, Pitt-Titusville, www.upt.pitt.edu, 814-827-4429.

april 1
Conference, “Scenario Planning in Health Care: Navigating an Uncertain Future,” Marian C. Jennings, president, M. Jennings Consulting, Inc., 8 a.m., continental breakfast included, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Pitt’s Health Policy Institute, register at 412-624-6104, friede@pitt.edu.

Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium, “Doubly Neglected: Women Monastics in Orthodox Christianity,” Milicia Bakic-Hayden, professor, Pitt Department of Religious Studies, noon-1 p.m., 2628 Cathedral of Learning, www.pitt.edu/~relgst/events/index.html, 412-624-5990.

The Writer’s Café, “Writing from Photographs,” Rona Edelstein, author, and Ellen Smith, poet, 3-5 p.m., M2 Thaw Hall, Pitt Writing Center and Department of English, www.pitt.edu/~wcafe.

Lecture, “Galileo’s Roman Agenda,” William Shea, professor, University of Padua, 3:30 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr, 412-624-1052.

Pitt’s Dance Ensemble Performance, Dance Project, 2005, 8 p.m. (For details, see page 2.)

april 2
Musical Performance, Jonathan Gonder, piano, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, Pitt-Johnstown, 7:30 p.m., Bromeley Family Theater, Pitt-Bradford, 814-362-7505.

april 3
Musical Performance, Pitt Men’s Glee Club, Richard Teaster, director, 3 p.m., free, First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, Pitt Department of Music, www.pitt.edu/~concerts, 412-624-4125.

Travel Film Series, China: The 21st Century, 3-5 p.m., Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Pitt-Johnstown, www2.upj.pitt.edu/events, 1-800-846-2787.