University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Oct. 19-25

LECTURES

10/19 As part of the Pitt Department of Chemistry 28th Annual Bayer Lecture Series, 1987 Nobel Laureate of Chemistry Jean-Marie Lehn, a professor and researcher at the Collegè de France, Paris, will deliver a lecture titled "From Supramolecular Chemistry to Constitutional Dynamic Chemistry" at 9:30 a.m. in Room 12B, Chevron Science Center. For more information, visit www.chem.pitt.edu/seminar/seminars.asp.

10/19 Ron Pollock, executive director of Families USA, will deliver the Norman J. and Alice Chapman Rubash Lecture in Law and Social Work at noon in the Teplitz Moot Courtroom, Pitt School of Law, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. For information on obtaining CLE credits, visit www.law.pitt.edu/alumni/cle/index.php. For additional information on the lecture, call 412-648-5476.

10/20 Author Thomas Brooks will take part in a Meet and Speak session and will sign copies of his new book, A Wealth of Family: An Adopted Son's International Quest for Heritage, Reunion, and Enrichment (Alpha Multimedia, Inc., 2006), at noon in the University Book Center, 4000 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This free event is sponsored by Pitt's University Book Center and School of Engineering, as well as Alpha Multimedia, Inc. For more information, call 412-648-1453.

10/23 Peter Zoller, a professor of physics at the University of Innsbruck, Germany, will deliver a lecture as part of the Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh Physics Colloquium Fall 2006 Series at 4:30 p.m., Room 102, Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. Refreshments will be served at 4:15 p.m. For more information, visit www.phyast.pitt.edu/events.

10/23 Erica Selva, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Delaware, will deliver a lecture titled "Regulation of Wnt/Wingless Secretion and Signaling by Sprinter" at

4:15 p.m., Room 169, Crawford Hall, Fifth and Ruskin avenues, Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Biological Sciences. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~biology.

10/24 Richard Day, an assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology in Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health, will deliver a lecture titled "HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation 2004-2025" at 9 p.m. in the ISLLC Lounge, Sutherland Hall,

3725 Sutherland Dr., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Center for Russian and East European Studies and International Studies Living and Learning Community. For more information, contact Elaine Linn at eel58@ucis.pitt.edu.

10/24 Gerald McCausland, a visiting lecturer in Pitt's Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, will give a free lecture titled "Terrorism and Subjectivity in the Recent Films of Karen Shakhnazarov" at noon, Room 4217, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Center for Russian and East European Studies. For more information, contact Vera Dorosh at 412-648-7407 or crees@ucis.pitt.edu.

10/25 Carol Lewis, a professor of political science at the University of Connecticut, will deliver a lecture titled "In Pursuit of the Public Interest" at 4:30 p.m. in the Bigelow Room, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's School of Information Sciences and the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership, part of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Refreshments will be served at this free event. To register, visit

www.johnsoninstitute-gspia.org/events.asp. For more information, e-mail ethics@gspia.pitt.edu.

MUSIC

10/22 James Welch, an organist and lecturer in music at Santa Clara University, California, will give a Latin American organ concert at 4 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. The concert will be preceded by a lecture and demonstration beginning at

3 p.m. General admission is $12; students, $2. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies. For more information, visit www.nauticom.net/~pghago/oas.shtml#programs.

THEATER

10/19 Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will present In the Midnight Hour, written by Kathleen Collins and directed by Vernell A. Lillie, through Nov. 4 in the Seventh-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays. The plays in Kuntu's 32nd season will be presented in partnership with the Center for Minority Health, part of Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health. For information on matinees, tickets, or group sales, call

412-624-7298.

FILMS

10/19 Pitt's Center for Russian and East European Studies, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Film Studies Program will present a free screening of Education of a Man (1982), directed by Usman Saparov and Iazgeldy Seidov, at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Stacey Kronander at 412-648-7407 or crees@ucis.pitt.edu.

10/20 Pitt's Center for Russian and East European Studies, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Film Studies Program will present a free screening of

The Son (1989), directed by Khalmamed Kakabaev, at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium,

315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Stacey Kronander at 412-648-7407 or crees@ucis.pitt.edu.

EXHIBITION

10/19 The free exhibition From Pavement to Paradise: The Urban Revolution of Schenley Plaza will continue through Oct. 21 in the University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Plaza, Oakland. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 4-8 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, visit vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/uag.

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