University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Jan. 14-28

EXHIBITION

1/14 "Free At Last? Slavery in Pittsburgh in the 18th and 19th Centuries," an exhibition by the University of Pittsburgh, is being presented at the Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District. The exhibition runs daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 5. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/news/free-at-last/.

THEATER

1/22 Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will present "Clean Drums," directed by Vernell A. Lillie, in the Seventh Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The performance runs through Feb. 7. For more information, contact Kuntu Repertory Theatre at 412-624-7298 or visit www.kuntu.org/clean_drums.php.

LECTURES

1/14 Horacio Castellanos Moya, a writer-in-residence in Pitt's Department of English and author of "Tirana Memoria" (Tusquets, 2008) and "Indolencia" (Ediciones del Pensativo, 2004), will deliver a lecture titled "El Salvador: Next Presidential Elections and New Challenges" at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies. For more information, contact 412-648-7392 or clas@pitt.edu.

1/15 Kati Haycock, president of the Education Trust, will deliver a lecture titled "Improving Achievement and Closing Gaps Between Groups: Lessons From Schools and Districts on the Performance Frontier" at 2:30 p.m., 5604 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is part of the Learning Policy Center's 2008-09 colloquium series, Excellence and Equity in an Era of Accountability. For more information, contact Julia Kaufman at 412-624-7035.

1/21 Aruna Raman, a student in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, will deliver a lecture titled "Small Step, Big Leap: The Women of Shri Mahila Grih Udyog" at noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

1/21 Magid Shihade, a professor in Pitt's University Center for International Studies, will deliver a lecture titled "Theories of Violence Revisited," at 4 p.m., 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

1/22 Howard R. Hogan, the associate director for demographic programs at the U.S. Census Bureau, will deliver a lecture titled "Measuring Race and Ethnicity in a Changing Multicultural America" at noon, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The event is part of Pitt's School of Social Work's Center on Race and Social Problems' Reed Smith Spring 2009 Speaker Series. For more information, contact 412-624-7382.

1/22 Christian Melander, a professor in North Carolina State University's Department of Chemistry, will deliver a lecture titled "Small Molecule Control of Bacterial Behavior" at 2:30 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Chemistry. For more information, visit www.chem.pitt.edu/p.php?pid=116&year=2009&term=spring.

1/22 Song-I Han, a professor in the University of California at Santa Barbara's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, will deliver a lecture titled "Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Analysis to Study Local Water Dynamics in Molecular Assemblies and Protein Aggregates" at 4 p.m., 12B Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Chemistry. For more information, visit www.chem.pitt.edu/p.php?pid=116&year=2009&term=spring.

1/22 Jennifer Saffron, an instructor in Pitt's Department of English, will deliver a lecture titled "The Answer is Blowin' in the Wind: Shifts in The Production and Distribution of War Photography Through 150 Years of Armed Conflict" at 6 p.m., 113 Barco Law Building, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program and the Global Solutions Education Fund. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

1/22 Charles Ferguson, the Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), will deliver a lecture titled "The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy" at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. The event is part of Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs' Ridgway Speaker Series. For more information, contact Beverly Brizzi at 412-624-7884.

1/27 Elviyanti Martini, a visiting Heinz Fellow in Pitt's University Center for International Studies, will deliver a lecture titled "The Aftermath of the Tsunami 2004: Relief and Recovery Efforts in Indonesia" at 8 p.m., Sutherland Hall Lounge, 3725 Sutherland Dr., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center and Global Studies Program. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

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