Happenings

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Development of Failed States, Their Impact on National Security, and the Millennium Development Goals,” panel comprising Gen. Paul Eaton, newly appointed National Security Network senior advisor; Reuben Brigety, Center for American Progress; and Anita Sharma, Millennium Campaign, 6 p.m. Sept. 21, 4127 Sennott Square, GSPIA’s Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, National Security Network, 412-624-7884, www.ridgway.pitt.edu.

“A Scholarly Examination of the Protests at the G-20 Summit,” panelists include Pitt sociology professors Suzanne Staggenborg, Mohammed Bamyeh, Rachel Kutz-Flamenbaum, and sociology graduate student Tim Vining, noon Sept. 23, 2432 Posvar Hall, Department of Sociology, 412-648-7580.

“Political Regimes: Classifications, Criticism, and the Formulation of a New Concept,” Diego Olstein, Pitt World History Center visiting scholar from Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
4 p.m. Sept. 23, 3703 Posvar Hall, World History Seminar, Department of History, 412-624-3073, www.worldhistorynetwork.org.

“Activity-Based Proteomics: Applications for Enzyme and Inhibitor Discovery,” Ben Cravatt, Department of Chemical Physiology chair, The Scripps Research Institute, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 24, 157 Benedum Hall, Pitt’s Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

“C-H: A New Functional Group for Streamlining Synthesis,” Christina White, chemistry professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 4 p.m. Sept. 24, 157 Benedum Hall, Pitt’s Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

“Examining the Limits of Physics:  Experimental Diversity Versus the Physics of Big Experiments,” Slobodan Perovic, Carleton University (Canada) postdoctoral fellow, 12:05 p.m. Sept. 25, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science Lunchtime Talks, (412) 624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

“Software Engineering at Google: Product Search,” Kamal Nigam, Google engineering manager, 1 p.m. Sept. 25, 5317 Sennott Square, Pitt’s Department of Computer Science, 2009-10 Undergraduate Lecturer Series, www.cs.pitt.edu.

“Islamic Law: Shariah-Compliant Investment Vehicles,” Steven J. Adelkoff, partner with K&L Gates LLP, 6 p.m. Sept. 28, Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, 412-624-2918, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

“Emotions as Multimodal Constructs,” Lisa Damm, University of California, San Diego, postdoctoral fellow, 12:05 p.m. Sept. 29, 817R Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science Lunchtime Talks, (412) 624-1052, pittcntr@pitt.edu.

“Today’s Interdependent World Order,” Alexander Lennon, editor in chief of Washington Quarterly, 4 p.m. Sept. 29, Alcoa Room, Barco Law Building, Pitt’s International Week, Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, Global Studies Program, 412-624-2918, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

“Scientific Rules for Realness: Matching and Its Critics in American Adoption,” Ellen Herman, professor, University of Oregon’s Department of History, 4 p.m. Sept. 29, 3703 Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh Consortium for Adoption Studies, Pitt’s Women Studies Program, www.history.pitt.edu.

“Examining Five Prominent Explanations for the Black/White School Achievement Gap,” featuring Gary L. St. C. Oates, professor of sociology, Bowling Green State University, noon Sept. 30, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s School of Social Work’s Center on Race and Social Problems, 412-624-7382, www.crsp.pitt.edu.

“The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution,” featuring Alex Storozynski, journalist and president of the Kosciuszko Foundation, 2 p.m. Sept. 30, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Center for Russian and East European Studies, International Week, 412-648-7390, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

“Two Waves of Globalization Amidst Three Waves of Anti-Hegemonic Party States,” featuring Diego Olstein, Pitt World History Center visiting scholar from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 4 p.m. Sept. 30, 3703 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Department of History, www.history.pitt.edu.

“Beyond Food, Inc.: Food Rights and Food System Reform,” Molly Anderson, principal of Food Systems Integrity, 7 p.m. Sept. 30, Assembly Room, William Pitt Union, Global Studies Program, International Week, 412-624-2918, www.ucis.pitt.edu.

Miscellaneous

“Taylor Allderdice High School Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony,” six Allderdice alums, including four Pitt graduates, who have made significant professional advancements, 7 p.m. Sept. 24, Allderdice Auditorium, 2409 Shady Ave., Squirrel Hill, 412-422-4800.

Pitt PhD Dissertation Defenses

Hua Ai, Intelligent Systems Program within School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Computer Science, “User Simulation for Spoken Dialog,” 9 a.m. Sept. 21, Sennott Square.

John McGee, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Physical Therapy, “The Cost-Effectiveness of a Treatment-based Classification Approach in the Management of Low-back Pain in the Outpatient Physical Therapy Care Setting,” 11 a.m. Sept 21, 4065 Forbes Tower.

Omar A. Jalloun, School of Education’s Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, “Faculty Research Socialization,” 1:30 p.m. Sept. 22, 4321 Posvar Hall.

Sangmi Jun, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, “Measurements of Protein Folding/Misfolding Using Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance,” 10 a.m. Sept. 24, 307 Eberly Hall.

Llana W. Carroll, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of English, “Notions of Friendship in the Bloomsbury Group: The Influence of G. E. Moore, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, and Virginia Woolf,” 3:30 p.m. Sept. 25, Room 526 Cathedral of Learning.

Xing Yuan, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “A Meta-Analytic Framework for Combining Incomparable Cox Proportional Hazard Models Caused by Omitting Important Covariates,” 1 p.m. Sept 25, 109 Parran Hall.

Curtis Kyle Stevens, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of English, “Acting Social: The Cinema of Mike Nichols,” 10 a.m. Sept. 28, 526 Cathedral of Learning.

Frank Cackowski, School of Medicine’s Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, “Osteoclasts Are Important for Bone Angiogenesis,” 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25, 1295 Thomas Starzl Biomedical Science Tower.

Regina (Jeannie) Yuhaniak Irwin, School of Medicine’s Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program, “Speech-to-Chart: Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing for Dental Charting,” 2 p.m. Sept. 28, M184 Parkvale Building.

L. Ian Reed, School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, “The Effect of Guilt on Cooperation in a One-shot, Anonymous Prisoner’s Dilemma Game,” 9:30 a.m. Sept. 29, 4127 Sennott Square.

Abdus Sattar, Graduate School of Public Health, “Analysis of Non-ignorable Missing and Left-censored Longitudinal Biomarker Data,” 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 29, 308 Parran Hall.