University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, June 3-10

The following events are open to the public.

CONFERENCE

6/3 The University of Pittsburgh will host the 2009 Working Class Studies Association Conference June 3-6 in the William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Conference speakers include historian David Montgomery on class and empire, educator Ira Shor on class in the classroom, writer Bill Fletcher Jr. on the current economic crisis, and union leader Fred Redmond on labor and globalization. For more information, visit the conference Web site at www.workingclassstudies.pitt.edu.

LECTURE

6/3 Anthony D. Wagner, a professor in Stanford University's Department of Psychology, will deliver a lecture titled "Resolving Uncertainty and Regulating Memory: Contributions From Frontal and Parietal Cortex" at 3 p.m. 2nd Floor Auditorium, Learning Research and Development Center, 3939 O'Hara St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Neuroscience. For more information, visit www.neuroscience.pitt.edu/news-events/.

THEATER

6/3 Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will present Among the Best: "The Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays," directed by Vernell A. Lillie, in the Seventh Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The performance, which concludes Kuntu's 2008-09 season, runs through June 13. For more information, contact Kuntu Repertory Theatre at 412-624-7298 or visit www.kuntu.org/.

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