Happenings

Concerts

Eve Goodman & Tracy Drach, a blend of jazz and blues styling from the 1930s and ’40s, noon Oct. 10, Cup and Chaucer Café, Hillman Library, The Emerging Legends Concert Series, www.library.pitt.edu/emerging-legends

Pitt Jazz Ensemble, setting a jazzy mood on campus, noon Oct. 10, Nordy’s Place, Lower Level, William Pitt Union, Pitt Jazz Thursday Brown-Bag Lunch Concerts, www.pitt.edu/~pittjazz

Exhibitions

University Art Gallery, Rediscover: The Collection Revealed, artwork from the University collection addressing conservation issues within the collection, through Oct. 19, Frick Fine Arts Building, Department of History of Art and Architecture, www.haa.pitt.edu

Hillman Library, Pitt Football Through the Years, photography exhibition highlighting historic key moments and athletes, through Jan. 17, ground floor of Hillman Library, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/d/documentingpitt

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“The Evolution of Developmental Diversity: Insights from Emerging Model Systems,” Nipam Patel, William V. Power Endowed Chair in Biology, professor of genetics, genomics and development, University of California Berkeley, 4:15 p.m. Oct. 7, 169 Crawford Hall, www.biology.pitt.edu

“Hurting for Home: Nostalgia in American Military Psychiatry from the Civil War to WWII,” Laura McLafferty, Pitt chief resident for education and resident in general adult psychiatry, noon Oct. 8, 1105 Scaife Hall, Civil War Disabilities Lectures, Pitt Center for Bioethics and Health Law, www.bioethics.pitt.edu

“Metaphor, Polysemy and Cognitive Activities in Mechanistic Explanation of Mind,” Carrie Figdor, Center for Philosophy of Science visiting fellow, assistant professor of philosophy, University of Iowa, 12:05 p.m. Oct. 8, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr

“Community Organizing and Policy Analysis as Tools for Closing the Racial Achievement Gap,” Carey Harris, executive director, A+ Schools, noon, Oct. 9, School of Social Work Conference Center, 2017 Cathedral of Learning. School of Social Work 2013-14 Speaker Series, www.socialwork.pitt.edu

“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. Oct. 9, 150 Chevron Hall, Department of Chemistry’s 33rd Annual Pittcon Lecture, www.chem.pitt.edu

“How Health Reform Paves the Way for Improving Medication Use,” William Shrank, assistant clinical professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, division of pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, noon Oct. 10, Scaife Hall, Auditorium 6, Pitt Health Policy Institute, www.healthpolicyinstitute.pitt.edu

“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. Oct. 10, 150 Chevron Hall, Department of Chemistry’s 33rd Annual Pittcon Lecture, www.chem.pitt.edu

“Crick Information,” Paul Griffiths, professor of philosophy of science, University of Sydney, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science Annual Lecture Series, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr

“The Inner Life of Harmonies: An Examination of the Middle Voice in Pop, Classical, and Early Post-Tonal Music,” Neil Newton, Pitt lecturer in music theory, 4 p.m. Oct. 11,132 Music Building, Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

Miscellaneous

Book Discussion, Anne Waldman, poet and author of Gossamurmur, 8:30 p.m. Oct. 10, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, http://pghwriterseries.wordpress.com