University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, April 15-22

THEATER

4/15 Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will present two Rob Penny plays-Pain In My Heart, and Reachings-both directed by Vernell A. Lillie, in the Seventh Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The performance concludes April 18. For more information, contact Kuntu Repertory Theatre at 412-624-7298 or visit www.kuntu.org.

LECTURES

4/15 Jen Lee, a graduate student in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, will deliver a lecture titled "Microfinance Institution and World Poverty" 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.

4/15 James Russell, a professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies, will deliver a lecture titled "Chasing a Roman Soldier" at 4:30 p.m., 208A Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Classics. For more information, visit www.classics.pitt.edu/events.

4/16 Brian Toelle, the principal geophysicist at Schlumberger DCS, will deliver a lecture titled "CO2 Sequestration Potential of the North Michigan Silurian Reef Trend" at 4 p.m., 11 Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science. For more information, visit www.geology.pitt.edu/colloquium.html.

4/16 Zarema Mukusheva, an H.J. Heinz Company Foundation Fellow, will deliver a lecture titled "Image of War in Chechnya" at noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is part of Pitt's Global Issues Lecture Series and is sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

4/16 Margaret Dimitrova, a professor at Sofia University in Bulgaria, will deliver a lecture titled "Texts and Rites for the Pre-baptismal Period: The Mother, Child, Midwife, and the Priest" at 3 p.m., 1401 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Center for Russian and East European Studies. For more information, visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.

4/16 Vivian Curran, a professor in Pitt's School of Law, will deliver a lecture titled "Mixed Marriages Prohibitions in Nazi Germany and Their Rule of Law Implications for Past and Future" at 6 p.m., Alcoa Room, Barco Law Building, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Center for International Legal Education. For more information, contact Gina Clark at 412-648-7023 or glclark@pitt.edu.

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