University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, April 7-14

EXHIBITION

4/7 "Studio Arts Student Exhibition" featuring the artwork of graduating students in Pitt's Department of Studio Arts is being presented in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. The exhibition runs daily through

May 1. For more information, call 412-648-2430 or visit www.studioarts.pitt.edu.

FESTIVAL

4/8-9 Pitt's Office of the Provost will host the second annual "Blue, Gold, and Green Sustainability Festival" in Pitt's William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland, and the Schenley Quadrangle, 3990 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.bluegoldandgreen.pitt.edu/eventoverview.htm.

CONCERTS

4/9 Pitt's Department of Music will present "Dangdut Diva Ikke Nurjanah and the Dangdut Cowboys," at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4186 or visit www.music.pitt.edu/events/dangdut-diva-ikke-nurjanah-dangdut-100322.

4/10 Pitt's Department of Music will present its University Gamelan Ensemble at

8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.music.pitt.edu/events/univeristy-gamelan-ensemble100119.

4/11 Pitt's Department of Music will present the Heinz Chapel Choir's Spring Concert at 3 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. For more information, visit www.music.pitt.edu/events/.

4/11 Pitt's Department of Music will present "Recycle," at 7 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. This performance is part of the IonSound Project's Reduce-Renew, Recycle season. For more information, visit www.music.pitt.edu/events/.

THEATER

4/8-17 Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will present two one-act plays, "The Electronic Negro" by Edward Bullins and "Sister Son/ji" by Sonia Sanchez, in the Seventh-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Kuntu Repertory Theatre at 412-624-7298 or visit www.kuntu.org/.

4/14-18 The University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theater will present two-one act plays, "Dog Sees God" by Bert V. Royal and "Mud" by Maria Irene Fornes, in Pitt's Studio Theater, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, visit www.play.pitt.edu/docs/0910SeasonMailer.pdf.

LECTURES

4/7 Jonathan M. Hurwitz, a professor in Pitt's Department of Political Science, will deliver a lecture titled "Justice in America: The Separate Realities of Blacks and Whites," at noon, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the Reed Smith LLC Spring 2010 Speaker Series and is sponsored by Pitt's Center for Race and Social Problems within the School of Social Work. For more information, visit www.crsp.pitt.edu/news-events/index.php.

4/7 Nancy Klancher, a graduate student in Pitt's Department of Religious Studies, will deliver a lecture titled "The Canaanite Woman Is Everyman," at noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Religious Studies. For more information, visit www.religiousstudies.pitt.edu/events/.

4/7 Shalini Puri, a professor in Pitt's Department of English, will deliver a lecture titled "Gender, Revolution, and the Politics of Memory: The Case of Grenada," at noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Women's Studies Program. For more information, visit www.wstudies.pitt.edu/events/.

4/7 Marla Ripoll, a professor in Pitt's Department of Economics, will deliver the keynote address for the Center for Latin American Studies 17th Annual Honors Day, at 4 p.m., University Club, 123 University Place, Oakland. For more information, call 412-648-7392 or e-mail clas@pitt.edu.

4/8 Yuko Eguchi, a graduate student in Pitt's Department of Music, will deliver a lecture titled "The Art of Geisha: Constructing Feminine Identity and Social Class," at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of the Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series and is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center. For more information, contact Jennifer Murawski at jennm@pitt.edu or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events.shtml.

4/8 Barton Beebe, a professor in New York University's School of Law, will deliver the University of Pittsburgh's 2010 Distinguished Intellectual Property Law Lecture titled "The Expansion of Antidilution Law Beyond Trademark Law," at

3 p.m., Room 111, Barco Law Building, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's School of Law. For more information, call 412-648-1400.

4/8 Stuart L. Hart, the Samuel C. Johnson Chair in Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management, will deliver the 2010 Heinz Distinguished Lecture titled "Taking the Green Leap," at 4 p.m., Ballroom, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. For more information, call 412-624-6718 or visit www.bluegoldandgreen.pitt.edu.

4/8 Willie Harper Jr., a professor in Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering, will deliver a lecture titled "Biological Process Research for Wastewater Treatment and Water Quality in Estuaries," at 4 p.m. Room 11, Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science. For more information, visit www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Apr_8.html.

4/14 Alice K. Butterfield, a professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago's Jane Addams College of Social Work, will deliver the Raymond R. Webb Jr. lecture titled "International Higher Education Partnerships for Place-Based Community Development: Lessons From a Social Work Education Partnership in Ethiopia," at noon, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The lecture commemorates World Social Work Day and is sponsored by Pitt's School of Social Work. For more information, call 412-624-6304.

4/14 Jorge Delgrado, a graduate student in Pitt's School of Education, will deliver a lecture titled "The Emerging Model of Scientific Publications in Latin America," at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's School of Education's Administration and Policy Department, Global Studies Program, and Institute for International Studies in Education. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or visit, www.ucis.pitt.edu/main/events-one-month.shtml.

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