University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, March 17-23

LECTURE

3/17 Li Niu, an assistant professor of chemistry at SUNY Albany, will deliver a lecture titled "Rapid Kinetic Studies of Ion Channel Glutamate Receptors and Development of Novel Aptamers," at 4 p.m., Room 12B, Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8200.

3/17 Brian Strazisar, a physical scientist at the U.S. Deparment of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, will deliver a lecture titled "Near Surface Monitoring of Geologic Carbon Sequestration," as part of Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science's 2005 Colloquium, at 4 p.m., Room 11, Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8780.

3/17 Pitt's Office of International Services will host an Intercultural Bag Lunch at noon in Dining Room B, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-7120 or visit www.ois.pitt.edu.

3/18 Douglas H. Lowndes, scientific director at the Center for Nanophase Materials Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will deliver a lecture as part of Pitt's Institute of NanoScience and Engineering Seminar at noon, Room 1175, Kresge Conference Center, Benedum Hall, 3700 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, e-mail codirector of the institute Hong Koo Kim at kim@engr.pitt.edu or visit www.nano.pitt.edu.

3/18 Alexander Orbach, Pitt associate professor of religious studies and director of Pitt's Jewish Studies Program, will deliver a lecture titled "Jewish Statehood, the Cold War, and Jewish Loyalties: Ilya Ehrenburg and Alfred Lilienthal," as part of Pitt's Department of Religious Studies 2005 Spring Colloquium, at noon, Room 2628, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, e-mail Pitt assistant professor of religious studies Adam Shear at ashear@pitt.edu.

3/18 As part of Pitt's Center for Philosophy of Science's 45th Annual Lecture Series, John Burgess, a professor of philosophy at Princeton University, will deliver a lecture titled "Philosophy of Mathematics Meets Philosophy of Science," at

3:30 p.m., Room 2500, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-1052 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

3/19 The second of two symposia discussing the historical implications of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore excavation results will take place at 2 p.m., Room 202, Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive, Oakland. Pitt Professor of Art History Franklin Toker, director of excavations under the Florence Cathedral, will moderate the event. Guest speakers include Thomas Head, professor of history at Hunter College, Patrick Geary, professor of medieval history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and John Howe, professor of history at Texas Tech University. For more information, contact Toker at 412-648-2419 or ftoker@pitt.edu.

3/21 As part of Pitt's Center on Race and Social Problems Reed Smith Spring 2005 Speaker Series, Dalton Conley, a professor of sociology and public policy at New York University, will deliver a lecture titled "The Family Home as Level Playing Field—Not," at 12:30 p.m., William Pitt Union Kurtzman Room, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Lunch will be provided. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~pittssw/crsp.html.

3/22 Richard Creath, a philosophy of science professor at Arizona State University, will deliver a lecture titled "Turning Point: Quine's Indeterminacy of Translation at Middle Age," at 12:05 p.m., Room 817R, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This lecture is hosted by Pitt's Center for Philosophy of Science. For more information, call 412-624-1052 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

3/23 Ann E.K. Page, senior program officer at the Institute of Medicine, will deliver a lecture titled "Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses," at 4:30 p.m., Room A-115, Crabtree Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St., Oakland. This event is hosted by Pitt's Center for Bioethics and Health Law. For more information, contact Beth Ann Pischke at 412-648-7120 or pischke@pitt.edu.

3/24 Hank Edenborn, a scientist at the U.S. Deparment of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, will deliver a lecture titled "Exploring the Geomicrobiology of Pennsylvania, from Its Serpentine Barrens to Its Oil Fields," as part of Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science's 2005 Colloquium, at

4 p.m., Room 11, Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8780.

CONFERENCE

3/18 Pitt's Department of French and Italian presents a two-day conference, titled Jacques Rancière: Aesthetics and Politics, March 18-19. All of the lectures will take place in Room 2700, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The conference will feature guest speakers from around the world, including the keynote address delivered by Jacques Rancière, a professor emeritus of aesthetics at the University of Paris, VIII, at 4:30 p.m. March 19. Admission is free. For more information, call the Department of French and Italian at 412-624-5220 or visit www.pitt.edu/~frit.

MUSIC

3/20 Pitt's Bach and Baroque Ensemble, directed by Pitt Professor Don Franklin, will give a concert along with members of the Spiritus Collective, at 3 p.m. in Heinz Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. General admission is $10 and $5 for students and seniors. Admission for Pitt students is free. For more information, call 412-624-4125, e-mail concerts@pitt.edu, or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

3/23 The Pitt Symphony Orchestra, directed by Pitt Lecturer Roger Zahab, will give a free performance at 8 p.m. in Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

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