University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Sept. 29-Oct. 5

LECTURES

9/29 Pitt's University Center for International Studies and Office of International Services will hold an Eat 'n' Meet Intercultural Lunch at noon, Fifth Floor, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-7120 or e-mail jbrayman@pitt.edu.

9/29 Eric K. Noji, senior policy advisor for Health and National Security Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, D.C., will deliver the John C. Cutler Annual Lecture as part of the Pitt Graduate School of Public Health's Global Dialogue Series, at 4 p.m., Room G-23, Parran Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-3001 or e-mail ronaldlaporte@gmail.com.

9/30 Roger Dannenberg, associate research professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, will present a lecture titled "Music Understanding by Computer" at a Department of Information Sciences and Telecommunications Colloquia, 10:30 a.m., Room 403, Information Sciences Building, 135 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/seminars or call 412-624-5230.

9/30 George Cybenko, Dorothy and Walter Gramm Professor of Engineering and adjunct professor of computer science at Dartmouth College, will be the keynote speaker at a Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems (LERSAIS) Seminar titled "Process Detection in Network Security and Automatic Computing," at 2 p.m., Room 404, Information Sciences Building, 135 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.sis.pitt.edu/~lersais/ or call 412-624-5230.

9/30 Aref Al-Khattar, associate professor of criminal justice and criminology at California University of Pennsylvania, will deliver a lecture titled "International Terrorism," at 4:30 p.m., Room 1500, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program, the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, and the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh. For more information, call 412-648-2113.

10/5 Douglas Oard, associate professor at the College of Information Sciences and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, will present a lecture titled "Nobody Writes Letters Anymore: The Impact of Emerging Search Technologies on the Archivist's Dilemma" at a Department of Information Sciences and Telecommunications Colloquia, 10:30 a.m., Room 403, Information Sciences Building, 135 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.sis.pitt.edu/updates/seminars or call 412-624-5230.

FESTIVALS

9/30 As part of International Week, Pitt's Study Abroad Office will hold an International Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., William Pitt Union Lawn (inside if inclement weather), 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Learn about international certificate programs, sample foods, and purchase crafts. For more information on the fair, e-mail freya@ucis.pitt.edu. For more information on International Week, visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/internationalweek.

10/1 Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies and the Latin American Cultural Union, as part of International Week, will hold the 26th-Annual Latin American and Caribbean Festival, from 2 p.m. to midnight, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The festival will feature the watercolors of Peruvian artist Victor Beltran and will include music, food, dance, and children's activities. For more information, contact the Center for Latin American Studies at 412-648-7392 or e-mail lavst12@ucis.pitt.edu. General information regarding the center and union can be found at www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas and www.lacunet.org/, respectively.

THEATER

9/29 Pitt Repertory Theatre will continue to present Old Times, written by Harold Pinter and directed by W. Stephen Coleman, at the Henry Heymann Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland. Performances run through Oct. 9, from Thursdays to Saturdays at

8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at 412-624-7529 or www.pitt.edu/~play.

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