Happenings

Concerts

Chamber Choir Festival, a choral performance, 3 p.m. Feb. 9, Heinz Memorial Chapel, www.heinzchapel.pitt.edu

PalPITTations Spring Concert, health sciences a capella group sings contemporary hits in their spring concert, 7 p.m. Feb. 15, Scaife Hall, Lecture Room 6, PalPITTations, https://pitt-community.symplicity.com

Pitt Handbell Ensemble, performing a variety of pieces ranging from traditional melodies to movie soundtrack favorites to Handbell Ensemble originals, 3 p.m.Feb. 16, Heinz Memorial Chapel, www.heinzchapel.pitt.edu

Exhibitions

Filmmakers Galleries, Pittsburgh je t’aime, features more than 100 small printed images taken in and around Pittsburgh with artist Hilary Robinson’s iPhone, through Feb. 21, 477 Melwood Ave., Shadyside, http://pfm.pittsburgharts.org 

Carnegie Library, Inside Out: The Art of the Students of Greater Pittsburgh Literary Council, through Feb. 28, Carnegie Library, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Greater Pittsburgh Literary Council, http://www.gplc.org  

Phipps Conservatory, Orchid and Tropical Bonsai Show, featuring elegant orchids planted in garden beds and hanging baskets alongside tropical bonsai trees, through March 9, 1 Schenley Park, Oakland, http://phipps.conservatory.org 

Carnegie Museum of Art, 2013 Carnegie International, preeminent exhibition of new international art in the United States, through March 16, 4400 Forbes Ave, Oakland, www.carnegiemuseums.org  

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Nanoscience and the Future of the Global Carbon Cycle,” A. Paul Alivisatos, Samsung Distinguished Professor in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research, professor of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 4 p.m. Feb. 10, 154 Chevron Hall, 33rd Annual Pittcon Lectures, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu

“Unraveling the Effects on MicroRNAs: Targets and mRNP Remodeling,” Olivia Rissland, postdoctoral fellow, Whitehead Institute, 4 p.m. Feb. 10, 169 Crawford Hall, Pitt Department of Biological Sciences, www.biology.pitt.edu

“Fatigue,” Lanie Francis, medical oncologist, Hillman Cancer Center, 10 a.m. Feb. 11, Cooper Conference Room C, Hillman Cancer Center, 5115 Center Ave., Shadyside, Integrative Oncology Lecture Series: Making Wellness a Reality, UPMC Cancer Center, www.upmccancercenter.com

“Design and Synthesis of Multi-Component Colloidal Nanocrystals for Catalysis and Sensing,” A. Paul Alivisatos, Samsung Distinguished Professor in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research, professor of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 11, 152 Chevron Hall, 33rd Annual Pittcon Lectures, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu

“Social Networks to Combat Obesity: Worth the Effort?” David Andrew Shoham, assistant professor of public health sciences, Loyola University Chicago, 3 p.m. Feb. 11, 109 Parran Hall, Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, www.publichealth.pitt.edu

“Molecular Insights into the Recognition and Generation of Cellular Membrane Geometry,” Fang Tian, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Pennsylvania State University, 11 a.m. Feb. 13, 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3, Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University Joint Program in Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology, www.mbsb.pitt.edu

“Collective Memory, Law, and the Eurozone Crisis,” Patrick O’Callaghan, professor of law, University College Cork, noon Feb. 13, 4217 Posvar Hall, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce

“What Place for Genomics? Personalized Medicine and Addressing Health Disparities,” S. Malia Fullerton, associate professor of bioethics and humanities, Institute for Public Health Genetics, University of Washington School of Medicine, noon Feb. 13, A115 Crabtree Hall, Pitt Department of Bioethics, www.bioethics.pitt.edu

“Reversible DNA and RNA Methylation in Biological Regulation,” Chuan He, professor of chemistry, University of Chicago Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 13, 150 Chevron Hall, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu

“Exploring Ancient and Modern Mars with the Curiosity Rover: Recent Results from the SAM Investigation at Gale Crater,” Paul R. Mahaffy, chief, Planetary Environments Laboratory, Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 3:45 p.m. Feb. 13, 11 Thaw Hall, Pitt Department of Geology Spring 2014 Colloquium, www.geology.pitt.edu

“Drowning: Climate Change Hits a Small Island,” Stuart Beck, ambassador for oceans and seas, Permanent Mission of Palau, 4 p.m. Feb. 13, O’Hara Student Center, The Politics of Global Climate Change: Debates in the United Nations and Civil Society lecture series, Pitt Global Studies Center, University Honors College, Model U.N. Club, www.ucis.pitt.edu/global

“Is Structural Engineering Education Sustainable?” Lawrence C. Bank, professor of civil engineering, The City College of New York, 4 p.m. Feb. 13, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 2014 Landis Lecturer, Pitt Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, http://engineering.pitt.edu/civil

“Microcredit and Third World Women: Panacea for Poverty or Delusional Development?” Uma Narayan, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Chair of Philosophy, Vassar College, 4 p.m. Feb. 13, 4500 Posvar Hall, Gender and the Global Spring 2014 Events, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu

“Playing It (Too) Safe: Play, Playgrounds, and the Value of Risk,” Susan Solomon, author of American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13, Carnegie Music Hall, 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children, www.carnegiemuseums.org  

“The Politics of Rescue and the Politics of Forgetting: Exploring the Contemporary Allure of Rescue Agendas in Feminist Politics,” Uma Narayan, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Chair of Philosophy, Vassar College, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 602 Cathedral of Learning, Gender and the Global Spring 2014 Events, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, colloquium discussion text available from wstudies@pitt.edu

Miscellaneous

Literary Evening with Helene Cooper, White House correspondent for The New York Times, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, Carnegie Music Hall, Literary Evenings Monday Night Lecture Series, http://pittsburghlectures.org

“Your Career Path: Planning a Successful Journey,” panel discussion of PhD-trained professionals, 5 p.m. Feb. 11, O’Hara Student Center, Pitt’s Office of Academic Career Development Versatile PhD Introduction Session, register at www.oacd.health.pitt.edu

“Diversifying Your Funding Portfolio: Grant Resources on the Web,” online webinar with Barbara Folb, public health informationist and reference librarian, 3 p.m. Feb. 12, Pitt’s Office of Academic Career Development Versatile PhD Introduction Session, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu

Language Fair, information about Pitt’s language courses, international programs, scholarships, and student organizations, 1 p.m. Feb. 14, William Pitt Union Assembly Room, Ball Room and Kurtzman Room, Pitt Global Studies Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/global

Opera/Theater/Dance

Agamemnon, the King of Argos returns home from the Trojan War victorious, only to discover his deadliest enemies are waiting in his bed,

Feb. 13-23, Henry Heymann Theatre within Stephen Foster Memorial, Pitt Department of Theatre Arts, www.play.pitt.edu

Heads, intimate story of four hostages in a war zone and the difficult choices they make to survive, through Feb. 16, Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave. www.pittsburghplayhouse.com

PhD Dissertation Defenses

Yu (Jerry) Zhou, School of Medicine Department of Immunology, “The Heat Shock Protein-CD91 Pathway in Immunosurveillance of Cancer,” 10 a.m. Feb. 12, 1103 Scaife Hall.