April 11, 2005 Issue

april 11
Remembering Polio Symposium, “The History and Future of Vaccine Development,” 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Alumni Hall Auditorium, also April 12, visit www.polio.pitt.edu for detailed schedule.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Teresa Pena-Jordan, Pitt Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, “Cuerpo Político del Deseo: Género, Raza y Nación en el Imaginario Geo-Cultural de Cuba y Puerto Rico (1863-2000),” 10 a.m., 1401 Cathedral of Learning.

Open Mic and Read-Out Discussion, “Many Voices, One Nation at Your Library,” 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m., Information Sciences Library, 3rd floor, Information Sciences Building; also noon-3 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., Lozano Lecture Room, 1st floor, Hillman Library; Pitt’s University Library Systems, School of Information Sciences, and Student Chapter of the American Library Association, klr18@pitt.edu, 412-648-7919.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Monique Boudreaux, Pitt Department of Epidemiology, “The Genetics of Insulin Resistance: Analysis of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Pathway,” 1-3 p.m., A523 Crabtree Hall.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Jason B. Grant, Pitt Department of Music, “The Rise of Lyricism and the Decline of Biblical Narration in the Late Liturgical Passions of Georg Philipp Telemann,” 3 p.m., 302 Music Building.
Lecture, “Chinese and Western Views on Mutability,” Cecile Chu-chin Sun, professor, Pitt Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, 3:30 p.m., 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, 412-648-7367.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Matthias Zana Naab, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, “Decentralization and Democratic Local Governance in Ghana: Assessing the Performance of District Assemblies and Exploring the Scope of Partnerships,” 3:30-5 p.m., 3600 Posvar Hall.

Lecture, “Communicating During a Crisis: Managing the Anthrax Attacks at the CDC,” Vicki Freimuth, professor, University of Georgia, 4-6 p.m., G23 Parran Hall, Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health, www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp, 412-383-2232.

Music Monday, 8 p.m., free, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.pitt.edu/~concerts, 412-624-4125.

Film Screening, Demonlover, directed by Oliver Assayas, 8 p.m., 138 Blaisdell Hall, Pitt-Bradford, Spectrum Film Series, 814-362-7505.

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

Theatrical Performance, The Boundary by Tammy Ryan, through April 17, Henry Heymann Theater, Stephen Foster Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, www.pitt.edu/~play, 412-624-0933.

Annual Studio Arts Students Show, exhibition runs through May 1, University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag, 412-648-2423.


april 12
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Donna D. Caruthers, Pitt School of Nursing, “Enhancing Tobacco Abstinence Following Hospitalization,” 9:30 a.m., 451 Victoria Building.

Lunchtime Talk, “Unanswerable Questions and Unknowable Facts,” Professor Nicholas Rescher, Pitt Department of Philosophy, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr, 412-624-1052.

Musical Performance, Tuesday Musical Club, Spring Program, 12:30 p.m., South Avenue United Methodist Church, 733 South Ave., Wilkinsburg, www.tuesdaymusicalclub.org.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Kivilcim Onal Hance, Pitt Department of Material Science and Engineering, “The Effects of Water Vapor on Alumina and Chromia Scales at Temperatures Between 700C and 1000C,” 3:30 p.m., 823 Benedum Hall.

Musical Performance, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Ustad Zakir Hussain, classical Indian music performance, 7:30 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-6666.

Pitt Honors Recitals, 8 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.pitt.edu/~concerts, 412-624-4125.

Theatrical Performance, Hairspray, through April 24, Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., PNC Broadway Series, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-1390.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Swamp Sparrow, through April 25, Hillman Library Ground Floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, www.library.pitt.edu, 412-648-3330.


april 13
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Anustup Basu, Pitt Department of English, “Mantras of the Metropole: Geo-Televisuality and Contemporary Indian Cinema,” 9:30-11 a.m., 526 Cathedral of Learning.

Artist’s Talk, noon-1p.m., University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Annual Studio Arts Students Show, exhibition runs through May 1, http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag, 412-648-2423.

Brown Bag Lunch, “Microcredit, Piecerates, and Women’s Labor Force Participation in the Scottish Industrial Revolution,” Salvatore Babones, assistant professor, Pitt Department of Sociology, noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Women’s Studies Program, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies, 412-624-6485.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Jose Enrique Garcia-Gonzalez, Pitt Department of Material Science and Engineering, “Fundamental Study on the Formation and Decomposition of Austenite in Low Si, Al Added Nb-Mo TRIP Steels,” 1 p.m., 423 Benedum Hall.

HPI Silver Anniversary Lecture Series, “Medrad: What It Takes to Win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award,” John P. Friel, CEO and president of Medrad, Inc., 4:30 p.m., A115 Crabtree Hall, Pitt’s Health Policy Institute, www.healthpolicyinstitute.pitt.edu.

Bayer Distinguished Lectureship, 5 p.m., also 9:30 a.m. April 14. (For details, click here.)

Spring Concert, Brahms’ A German Requiem, Pitt-Bradford College-Community Choir, 7:30 p.m., Bromeley Family Theater, Pitt-Bradford, 814-362-7505.

Theatrical Performance, Her First American by Lore Segal, through April 16, Pitt Studio Theatre, Pitt Department of Theatre Arts Laboratory Productions, www.pitt.edu/~play, 412-624-7529.


april 14
Lectures by Lainie Friedman Ross, visiting professor, Pitt’s Department of Pediatrics,“Newborn Screening: Ethical and Policy Issues Raised by Case Studies from Around the World,” 8 a.m., Children’s Hospital Auditorium; “Decision Making by Children and Adolescents: Is It in Their Best Interest?” noon, WPIC Auditorium; “Payment in Non-Therapeutic Pediatric Research,” 1:15 p.m., 300 Medical Arts Building; Pitt’s Center for Bioethics and Health Law, pischke@pitt.edu, 412-648-7120.

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

Lecture, “Strategies for Empowering Women in Local Governance in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study Learning from India, United States, and Sweden,” Kamala Liyanage, professor, Department of Political Science, University of Peradenya, Sri Lanka, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc, 412-648-7370.

Inaugural Lecture, “Linking Communities with Academic Health Centers,” Pitt Professor Jeannette South-Paul, UPMC Andrew W. Mathieson Chair in Family Medicine, Pitt School of Medicine, 4 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, reception follows in 2501 Posvar Hall.

Lecture, “Colloidal Crystal Based 3-D Chemical Sensors and Optical Waveguides, and Brief Comments on the Colloidal Templating of Biologically Active Hollow Nanospheres,” Paul Braun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 4 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Material Sciences and Engineering, 412-624-8200.

Pitt Alumnae Council Spring Event, 6-8:30 p.m. (For details, click here.)

Musical Performance, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, traditional South African vocal ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St.,Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-6666.
Theatrical Performance, West Side Story, through April 17, CAPA Theater, 111 Ninth St., Pittsburgh Musical Theater, www.pgharts.org, 412-456-1390.

Musical Performance, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, David Baker, musical director, through April 17, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St., www.manchesterguild.org, 412-322-0800.

Theatrical Performance, The Bird Sanctuary by Frank McGuinness, through May 15, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh Public Theater, www.ppt.org, 412-316-1600.


april 15
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Khaled Al-Hajeri, Pitt Department of Material Science and Engineering, “The Grain Coarsening and Subsequent Transformation of Austenite in HSLA Steel During High Temperature Thermomechanical Processing,” 11 a.m., 1020 Benedum Hall.

Lecture, “Why Does Shiva Look Like the King? Reflections on the Nature of Royalty and Divinity in Cambodia,” Eleanor Mannikka, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of Religious Studies, relgst@pitt.edu, 412-624-5990.

Lecture, “Are Anti-Particles Just Particles Traveling Back in Time?” Frank Arntzenius, Rutgers University, 12:05 p.m., 817R, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr, 412-624-1052.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Phongsak Kiratiwintakorn, Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, “Energy Efficient Security Framework for Wireless Local Area Networks,” 1-4 p.m., Large Commons Room, 5th floor, Information Sciences Building.

Nobel Laureate Frank Glaser Lecture, 4 p.m. (For details, click here.)

Nationality Council Cabaret Ball, 5 p.m. (For details, click here.)

University Gamelan Ensemble, 8 p.m., also April 16. (For details, click here.)

Comic Performance, Alex House, 8 p.m., part of Spring Fest 2005, Chambers Hall Gymnasium, Pitt-Greensburg, www.upg.pitt.edu.

Dance Performance, Spring Show by Dance Alloy, through April 18, Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., www.dancealloy.org, 412-363-4378.


april 16
Volunteers Needed, Oakland Gateway Garden, 10 a.m.- noon, Volunteer Pool Activities, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm, 412-624-7709.

Folk Music Performance, The Waybacks, 8 p.m., Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Calliope Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, www.calliopehouse.com, 412-394-3353.

Musical Performance, Handel in Rome, performed by Ellen Hargis with Seattle Baroque, 8 p.m., Synod Hall, Fifth Avenue and Craig Street, Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh, www.rbsp.org, 412-682-7262.

University of Pittsburgh String Quartet, …And Stars Will Appear, 8:30 p.m., (For details, click here.)

Art Exhibition, American Beauty: Painting and Sculpture from the Detroit Institute of Arts 1770-1920, through June 12, Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., www.frickart.org, 412-371-0600.


april 17
Musical Performance, Robert Sutherland Lord, Organ Concert Series, 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, www.pitt.edu/~concerts, 412-624-4125.

Musical Performance, VocaLISZT, works by Franz Liszt, Pitt’s Men’s Glee Club, Pitt’s Women’s Chorale Ensemble, and Sanctuary Festival Choir, Richard Teaster, conductor, 3 p.m., First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, 159 N. Bellefield Ave., www.sanctuaryconcertseries.org, 412-621-0500.

Musical Performance, Piano Masters, Jonathan Gonder, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, Pitt-Johnstown, 8-10 p.m., Pitt-Johnstown, Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, www2.upj.pitt.edu/events, 1-800-846-2787.

april 18
Lecture, “Arnolfo di Cambio and the Beginnings of Artistic Identity,” Franklin Toker, professor, Pitt Department of the History of Art and Architecture, noon, 203 Frick Fine Arts Building, part of Frick Fine Arts’ Spring 2005 Colloquia, www.pitt.edu/~arthome/events.html.

Pasquerilla Lecture Series, Niall Ferguson, economic historian and author, 7 p.m., Living/Learning Center, Pitt-Johnstown, www.upj.pitt.edu, 814-269-2080.