Happenings: April 16-29, 2007

Issue Date: 
April 16, 2007

April 16
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Antonio Gómez, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, “El discurso latinoamericano del exilio: extraterritorialidad y novella en Argentina y Cuba desde los años 70,” 9 a.m., 1301 Cathedral of Learning.

Panel Discussion, “China’s Silent Genocide,” 11 a.m., William Pitt Union’s Kurtzman Room; 5:30 p.m., Carnegie Mellon’s University Center McConomy Auditorium; Pitt’s Amnesty International and Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, Carnegie Mellon’s Intervarsity Christian Fellowship; fazhen@edoors.com.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Dana Thompson, Pitt School of Education, “An Unequal and Unlevel Playing Field: Critically Examining the Race-Conscious Affirmative Action Legal Debate Through the Eyes of the Council on Legal Educational Opportunity (CLEO),” 11:30 a.m., 5702 Posvar Hall.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Daniel Murray, Pitt School of Education, “Teleliteracy in the Neighborhood: Seeking and Educative Pedagogical Framework and Finding an Encoded Praxis of Mutual Humanization in ‘Mister Rogers Talks About Learning,’”  2 p.m., 4321 Posvar Hall.

Lecture, “The Nature and Origin of Cosmic Rays,” Stephane Coutu, associate professor of physics, Penn State University, 4:30 p.m., 7500 Wean Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Pitt-Carnegie Mellon University Physics Colloquium Series, www.phyast.pitt.edu/Events.

Panel Discussion, “Pittsburgh Youth City Issues Forum” featuring Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University students and other local young people addressing city issues, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Connections, 3495 Bates St.; Greater Pittsburgh Student Voices, B-PEP, the League of Women Voters, and the Oakland Community Council, 412-421-0661.

Art Exhibition, Studio Arts Student Exhibition, through April 29, Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, Pitt’s Studio Arts Department, 412-648-2423, www.pitt.edu/~studio.

April 17

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Kathleen A. Feltes, School of Nursing, “Depression, Anger, Anxiety, and Smoking in a Sample of Pregnant Adolescents,” 10 a.m., 446 Victoria Building.

Luncheon Discussion, “Careers in Science Law,” noon, 1104 Scaife Hall, Pitt’s Survival Skills and Ethics Program, 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu.

Lecture, “Bios, Praxis, and the Unity of Life in Aristotle,” James Lennox, professor, Pitt’s Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 12:05 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

Lecture, “The Economics of Superstar Extinction,” Pierre Azoulay, assistant professor of strategy, MIT Sloan School of Management, 3:30 p.m., 4716 Posvar Hall, Pitt Department of Economics’ Center for Industry Studies’ Pitt/CMU Applied Microeconomics Seminar, 412-648-1765, nas47@pitt.edu.

Panel Discussion, “Arts and Culture in the Metropolis,” Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje, associate social research analyst, RAND Corporation, 4-6:30 p.m., Benedum Center’s 2nd-Floor Studio A, 719 Liberty Ave., downtown, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 412-391-2060, info@pittsburghartscouncil.org.

Audubon Print Exhibition, Downey Woodpecker, through April 30, Hillman Library ground floor, Pitt Department of Special Collections, 412-648-7715, www.library.pitt.edu/images/audubon.

April 18

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Ivan Jimenez, Pitt Department of Music, “Textural Depth, Structural Depth, Expressive Depth: Ladders From Line to Sonority in Arvo Part and Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki,” 10 a.m., 114 Music Building.

Lecture, “WMD: Lessons From Iraq; Lessons for Iran,” David Kay, senior fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, noon, 3911 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Matthew B. Ridgway Speakers Series, www.ridgway.pitt.edu.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Darinda Congdon, Pitt Department of Music, “Tibetan Singing Bowls: Myth, Marketing, Spirituality, and Politics in Musical Representations of Tibet in the United States,” 1 p.m., 114 Music Building.

Awards Ceremony, Pitt Center for Latin American Studies’ Honors Day, 4-6 p.m., William Pitt Union’s Lower Lounge, 412-648-7393, bravo@ucis.pitt.edu.

Debate, “Should Pittsburgh Merge Its City and County Governments?” 6 p.m., G-23 Parran Hall, Pitt’s William Pitt Debating Union, 412-624-8531.

Film Screening, Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002), directed by Rebecca Miller, 7 p.m., Alumni Hall’s 7th-Floor Auditorium; Pitt’s Department of English, Women’s Studies Program, and School of Arts and Sciences; 412-624-6564, www.pitt.edu/~filmst/WomensFilmSeries/index.htm.

Lecture, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: SERMs, Subtype Selective Estrogens, and TSECs—The Evolving Story of Estrogen Pharmacotherapy,” Chris Miller, researcher, Wyeth Laboratories, 7:15 p.m., 12 Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Pitt-Greensburg Chorale Spring Concert, 7:30 p.m., Pitt-Greensburg’s Ferguson Theater, 724-837-7040.

April 19

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Ibrahim Turan, Pitt School of Education, “Requisites of Individualized Technology-Enhanced Education Program for History to Meet High School Students’ Needs,” 11 a.m., 5140 Posvar Hall.

Lectures, “Protein Synthesis Using Tandemly Activated tRNAs,” Sidney Hecht, John W. Mallet Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia, 2:30 p.m.; and “Gas-phase Radical Ion Chemistry for Biomolecular Structural Characterization,” Kristina Hakansson, assistant professor of chemistry, University of Michigan, 4 p.m.; both in 12 Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

Musical Performance, Pitt Jazz Ensemble, directed by Nathan Davis, 8 p.m., William Pitt Union’s Assembly Room.

Film Screening, In the Cut (2003), directed by Jane Campion, 7 p.m., Alumni Hall’s 7th-Floor Auditorium; Pitt’s Department of English, Women’s Studies Program, and School of Arts and Sciences; 412-624-6564, www.pitt.edu/~filmst/WomensFilmSeries/index.htm.

April 20

Ed.D. Dissertation Defense by Darla Gerlach, Pitt School of Education, “Development of Self-Regulation in Middle School Students in a Project-Based Learning Experience,” 11 a.m., 5140 Posvar Hall.

Lecture, “Engineering Lanthanide Probes for Use in Assays, Sensing, and Imaging,” David Parker, professor, Durham University’s Department of Chemistry, 3 p.m., 12 Chevron Science Center, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu.

Film Screening, My Boyfriend Is Type B (2004), directed by Choi Seok-Won, 6:30 p.m., 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Asian Studies Center and Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, 412-624-5562, turker@pitt.edu.

April 21

Workshop, “Management Skills,” 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Scaife Hall’s 4th-Floor Lecture Room 2, Pitt’s Survival Skills and Ethics Program; to register, 412-578-3716, www.survival.pitt.edu.

Lecture, “Costimulation Blockade, Chimerism, and Tolerance,” Christian P. Larsen, director, Emory University School of Medicine’s Transplant Center, 10 a.m., Scaife Hall’s Lecture Room 5, Pitt’s 2007 Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology Lecture, 412-383-8884, woodwardje@upmc.edu.

April 22

Musical Performance, organist Carol Williams, 4 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, 412-731-0266, www.pitago.org.

April 23

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Nacer Khelouz, Pitt Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, “Le Roman Algérien de Langue Française de L’Entre-Deux Guerres À L’Épreuve du Politique,” 9 a.m., 1325 Posvar Hall.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Christine Alex, Pitt Department of Sociology, “Twenty-five Century Participation in Two U.S. Greek Orthodox Churches,” 1 p.m., 2431 Posvar Hall.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Huanyu Chen, Pitt Department of Biostatistics, “Experimental Design for Unbalanced Data Involving a Two-Level Logistic Model,” 1 p.m., 109 Parran Hall.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Kenan Foley, Department of Music, “The Interpretation of Experience: A Contextual Study of the Art of Three Pittsburgh Jazz Drummers,” 1 p.m., 114 Music Building.

April 24

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Lichun Chia, School of Nursing, “The Characteristics That Associate With Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes,” 3 p.m., 350 Victoria Building.

April 25

Workshop, “The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business,” 7:30-10 a.m., 209 Mervis Hall, Pitt Small Business Development Center; registration required, 412-624-2182, mrwholihan@katz.pitt.edu.

Award Ceremony, Pitt Asian Studies Center’s Annual Graduation Ceremony, 2-3:30 p.m., William Pitt Union’s Lower Lounge, 412-648-7367, dakis@ucis.pitt.edu.

April 26

MasseyFest, celebration marking the retirement of Gerald J. Massey, Pitt professor of history and philosophy of science, 1:30-5 p.m., 2500 Posvar Hall; Pitt’s Department of Philosophy, Center for Philosophy of Science, and Department of History and Philosophy of Science; 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

April 27

Workshop, “The Second Step: Developing a Business Plan,” 7:30-10 a.m., 209 Mervis Hall, Pitt Small Business Development Center; registration required, 412-624-2182, mrwholihan@katz.pitt.edu.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by William D. Hula, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Resource and Bottleneck Mechanisms of Attention in Language Performance,” 9 a.m., 4013 Forbes Tower.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense by Yasumasa Komori, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, “The Construction of Regional Institutions in the Asia-Pacific and East Asia: Origins, Motivations, and Evolution,” 1 p.m., 3600 Posvar Hall.

April 29

2007 Pitt Commencement Ceremony with featured speaker Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania and the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 1 p.m., Petersen Events Center.