September 26, 2005 Issue

Sept. 26
Habishack, information on Pitt’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, 8 a.m.-5p.m., through Sept. 29, William Pitt Union Lawn, part of Pitt’s International Week, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek, mirspir@gmail.com.

Study Abroad Photo Exhibition, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., through Sept. 30, Kimbo Art Gallery, William Pitt Union, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Lunch and Learn Program, “Democracy in Israel: Experience This Reality,” noon-1:30 p.m., William Pitt Union Kurtzman Room, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Ph.D. Defense by Marjet Heitzer, Pitt School of Medicine, Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology Graduate Program, “Mechanism of Hic-5/ARA55 Action: A Novel Stromal-Specified Nuclear Receptor Coactivator,” 1 p.m., S120 Biomedical Science Tower.

Caribbean Coffeehouse, 4-6 p.m., William Pitt Union Ballroom, part of Pitt’s International Week, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek., jbrayman@pitt.edu.

Global Studies Panel Discussion, “History of Islamic Civilizations,” 4:30 p.m., Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Panel Discussion, “Yes, It Is Possible to Study in the Middle East,” 8-9 p.m., William Pitt Union Ballroom, part of Pitt’s International Week, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Theatrical Performance, Old Times, directed by W. Stephen Coleman, 8 p.m., continues through Oct. 9, Henry Heymann Theatre, Pitt’s Stephen Foster Memorial, Pitt Repertory Theatre, 412-624-7529, www.pitt.edu/~play.

Falk Library Exhibition, Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians, through Oct. 14, Falk Library, Scaife Hall, 412-648-2040, www.minimed.pitt.edu.

Volunteer Activity, “Hurricane Survivors in Pittsburgh,” various days and times, Pitt Volunteer Pool Activities, 412-624-7709, stz@pitt.edu, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.


Sept. 27
Lecture, “Historical Revisionism in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia: The Case of Slovenia,” Oto Luthar, director, The Scientific Research Center of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia, noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Center for Russian and East European Studies and Department of Anthropology, 412-648-7407, www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees.

Global Dialogue Series Lecture, “Outsourcing Torture,” Jules Lobel, professor, Pitt School of Law, noon, Barco Law Building, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Swiss Cooking Demonstration, noon, 12th Floor, Cathedral of Learning, preregistration required, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Lunchtime Talk, “Aristotle’s Philosophy of Psychology,” David Charles, University of Oxford, U.K., 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

Ph.D. Defense by Catherine Ann Kraft, Pitt School of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program, “Lipid Binding and the Scaffolding Function of the Kinase Suppressor of RAS,” 3 p.m., 1395 Biomedical Science Tower.

Professional Development Series, “Building Work-Life Balance in Busy Times,” 3-5 p.m., S120, Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic and Career Development, www.health.pitt.edu/oacd.

Israeli Cooking Demonstration, 5:30 p.m., location TBA, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Restaurant Tour, explore worldly cuisines of various area restaurants, 6-9 p.m., purchase tickets at the William Pitt Union box office, the Oakland Development Office, 235 Atwood St., or participating restaurants, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Film Screening, Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light District Kids, 7 p.m., William Pitt Union Assembly Room, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Peace Corps Information Session, 8-9 p.m., William Pitt Union Lower Lounge, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Musical Performance, Pitt faculty member Roger Zahab, violin, 8 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Schenley Drive, 412-624-4125, www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Virginian Partridge, through Oct. 10, Hillman Library, ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu.

Sept. 28
Brown Bag Lunch, “Teaching Global Feminism,” Frayda Cohen, teaching fellow, Pitt Department of Anthropology, noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, Global Dialogue Series: Connecting Cultures, Sharing Communities, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, 412-624-6485, www.pitt.edu/~wstudies.

Film Screening, If I Wasn’t Muslim, directed by Damir Niksic, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Brown Bag Lunch, “University Sources of Funding,” noon-1:30 p.m., S200 Biomedical Science Tower R, Pitt’s Survival Skills and Ethics Program, 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu.

Health Disparity Journal Club, noon, Parran Hall, Room 109, Pitt’s Center for Minority Health, 412-624-5665, www.cmh.pitt.edu.

Panel Discussion, “GSPIA Internships Abroad: Investigating a Student Internship Overseas,” 1-3 p.m., 3911 Posvar Hall, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Irish and Celtic Storytelling, 3 p.m., 156 Cathedral of Learning, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Third Annual African Festival, 4-9 p.m., William Pitt Union Assembly Room, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Multimedia Showcase and Seminar, language professionals from Pitt, other area universities, and local area schoolteachers discuss projects in multimedia-based materials for language learning, 4 p.m., G17 Cathedral of Learning, Robert Henderson Language Media Center, 412-624-4153, www.polyglot.pitt.edu/events/.

Mexican and Latin American Music Workshop, Tlen-Huicani, 4:30-6 p.m., Chambers Hall, Fireside Lounge, Pitt-Greensburg, 724-836-9905, www.upg.pitt.edu.

Inaugural Lecture, “Optical Coherence Tomography: The Role of the Clinician-Scientist,” Joel Schuman, professor and chair, Pitt Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, 4:30 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, calendar.health,.pitt.edu.

Lecture, “Ramadan: A Time for Spiritual Reflection,” Donna Thomas, owner, Black Pearl Emporium, 4:30 p.m., Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Lecture, Beck Weathers, Mt. Everest expedition survivor, 8 p.m., Ferguson Theater, Smith Hall, Pitt-Greensburg, 724-836-9905.

Mexican Folk Music Performance, Tlen-Huicani, 8 p.m., Ferguson Theater, Smith Hall, Pitt-Greensburg, 724-836-9905, www.upg.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Pitt Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roger Zahab, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 412-624-4125. www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

Free Salsa Dance Lessons, 9:15 p.m., Posvar Hall, First Floor Galleria, part of Pitt’s Latin American and Caribbean Festival, 412-648-7394, www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas.


Sept. 29
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Ketki B. Desai, Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Disability in Older Women with Heart Failure,” 10 a.m., 5047 Forbes Tower.

Eat ’n’ Meet Intercultural Lunch, noon-1:30 p.m., 5th Floor, William Pitt Union, Pitt Office of International Services, www.ucis.pitt.edu/int, jbrayman@pitt.edu.

Asia Over Lunch, “Lyricism, Ritual, and Kingship: Three Approaches to the Poetry of the Man’ysh,” Torquil Duthie, assistant professor, Pitt Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt Asian Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc.

Lecture, Yijian Huang, associate professor, Department of Biostatistics, Emory University, 3:30 p.m., A115 Crabtree Hall, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, 412-624-1634.

Second Annual John C. Cutler Global Health Lecture, “The Public Health Consequences of Disasters: Challenges for Public Health Action,” Eric Noji, senior policy advisor for emergency preparedness and response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 p.m., G23 Parran Hall, Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health, 412-624-3001, www.publichealth.pitt.edu.specialevents/cutler2005.

Lecture, Norman Gevitz, professor of the history of medicine, Ohio University, “‘A Corrosive Plaster for Vices’: Medical Ethics in New England, 1620-1720,” 6 p.m., Lecture Room 5, Scaife Hall, The C. F. Reynolds Medical History Society, 412-648-8927, erlen@pitt.edu.


Sept. 30
International Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., William Pitt Union lawn, Pitt Study Abroad Office, Part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.
Colloquia, “Music Understanding by Computer,” Roger Dannerberg, 10:30 a.m.-noon, 403 Information Sciences Building, Pitt Department of Information Sciences and Telecommunications, 412-624-5230, www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/seminars.html.

Musical Performance, Tangueros de Ley, noon-1 p.m., William Pitt Union patio, part of Pitt’s International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

Ph.D. Defense by Vivek Khatri, Pitt School of Medicine, Center for Neuroscience/Neurobiology Graduate Program, “Sensory Adaptation and Thalamocortical Response Transformations in the Somatosensory System,” 2 p.m., 1495 Biomedical Science Tower.

Seminar, George Cybenko, professor, Dartmouth College, “Process Detection in Network Security and Autonomic Computing,” 2-3:30 p.m., 404 Information Sciences Building, Pitt’s Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems, www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais.

Lecture, in honor of James Lennox, professor and director, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, “Darwin on Orchids: Teleology with a Twist,” John Beatty, professor, University of British Columbia, Canada, 3:30 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall, Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

Lecture, “International Terrorism,” Aref Al-Khattar, associate professor, California University of Pennsylvania, 4:30 p.m., 1500 Posvar Hall, Pitt Global Studies Program, 412-648-2113.

Theatrical Performance, Mrs. Shakespeare, Will’s First and Last Love, 7 p.m., also Oct. 1, English Nationality Room, Cathedral of Learning, New Place Collaborations, 412-512-0589, MrsShakespeare2005@yahoo.com.


Oct. 1
Adult Student Information Session, 10:30 a.m.- noon, McCarl Center, 4th Floor, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s College of General Studies, 412-624-6600, www.solutions.pitt.edu.

26th Annual Latin American and Caribbean Festival, 2 p.m.-midnight, William Pitt Union, part of Pitt’s International Week, www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/events.shtml, 412-648-7390.

Volunteer Activity, “Sci-Tech Spectacular,” Carnegie Science Center, North Side, also Oct. 2, various shifts available, Pitt Volunteer Pool Activities, 412-624-7709, stz@pitt.edu, www.pitt.edu/~govtrel/volunteerpoolhome.htm.

Oct. 3
GSPH Open House for Prospective Students, 8:30 a.m., Parran Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, 412-624-3002, www.publichealth.pitt.edu/admissions/open_house.html.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Mark R. Schmeler, Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Development and Testing of a Clinical Outcome Measurement Tool to Assess Wheeled Mobility and Seating Interventions,” 1 p.m., 5047 Forbes Tower.

Oct. 4
Lecture, Charles McCarry, author, 7 p.m., Living/Learning Center, Pitt-Johnstown, Frank J. and Sylvia T. Pasquerilla Lecture Series, 1-800-846-2787, www2.upj.pitt.edu/events/.

Oct. 5
Lecture, “Nobody Writes Letters Anymore: The Impact of Emerging Search Technologies on the Archivist’s Dilemma,” Douglas Oard, associate professor, University of Maryland, 10:30 a.m., 403 Information Sciences Building, Pitt School of Information Sciences, 412-624-5230, www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/seminars.

Theatrical Performance, Wonder of the World by David Lindsay-Abaire, codirected by Alaina Salks and James Wong, 8:30 p.m., continues through Oct. 9, Pitt Repertory Lab, Studio Theatre, B-72 Cathedral of Learning, 412-624-7529, www.pitt.edu/~play.