UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CALENDAR OF EVENTS

The following events at the University of Pittsburgh are open to the public and cover the time period, January 13 - February 1.

LECTURES

1/15 Pitt's School of Law presents a talk by attorney Michael Benjamin titled "The Content of Character: A Cultural Historical Perspective." The lecture, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, will examine ways in which black Americans have overcome prejudice and oppression through "the content of their character". Pitt Law School, Teplitz Memorial Court Room, 5 p.m. Free Admission. For more information, call 648-1400.

1/16 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), Department of Psychiatry, the Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the Study of Affective Disorders, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences will sponsor a lecture by William F. Eddy, Ph.D. titled "Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging." WPIC Auditorium, 3811 O'Hara Street, 2nd Floor, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Free admission. For more information, call 624-0750.

1/20 Pitt's Women's Studies Program presents a lecture by award-winning author and columnist Katha Pollitt. The lecture, titled "What's Wrong With Family Values?" will focus on the effects of welfare and other social issues upon the family. Frick Fine Arts Building on Schenley Drive in Oakland, 7 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 624-6485.

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1/21 Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies and the University Center for International Studies will present a lecture titled "President Cardoso's Reform Agenda and the Brazilian General Elections of October 1998," by David Fleischer, visiting professor at the Institute of Brazilian Studies and the Elliot School of International Affairs At George Washington University. Forbes Quadrangle, Room 4E51, noon. Free admission. For more information, call 648-7392.

1/22 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), Department of Psychiatry, the Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the Study of Affective Disorders, Comprehensive Care Division, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences will sponsor a lecture by Rajiv Tandon, M.D. titled "Atypical Antipsychotic and Negative Symptoms." WPIC Auditorium, 3811 O'Hara Street, 2nd Floor, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Free admission. For more information, call 624-0750.

1/23 Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), Department of Psychiatry, the Mental Health Clinical Research Center for the Study of Affective Disorders, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences will sponsor a lecture by Sarah L. Berga, M.D. titled "Stress-Induced Anovulation." WPIC Auditorium, 3811 O'Hara Street, 2nd Floor, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Free admission. For more information, call 624-0750.

1/26 Pitt's Department of the History of Art and Architecture will sponsor a lecture by Professor Katheryn Linduff titled "Excavating--and Jumping Hurdles--in China." Frick Fine Arts Building, Room 203, noon. Free admission. For more information, call 648-2400.

1/30 Pitt's Medieval & Renaissance Studies Program and the Department of the History of Art & Architecture present a lecture titled "Circles of Maternal Devotion: French Renaissance Manuscripts for Francis I and Louis of Savoy" by Myra D. Orth, Independent Scholar, retired from the J. Paul Getty Research Institute. Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building, Room 204, 4 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 624-5220 or 648-2400.

MUSIC

1/27 Pitt's Department of Music presents a New music chamber recital. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 8 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 624-4125.

THEATRE

1/15 Pitt's Black Action Society celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday with a play, Harlem Renaissance. William Pitt Union, Assembly Room, 8 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 648-7880.

1/16 Pitt's Generations Together will perform "Yearbook," an intergenerational play exploring social issues common to both the elderly and young people. "Yearbook" was written by Pitt Theatre Arts Professor Attilio "Buck" Favorini. The Wintergarden, PPG Place, Market Square, Downtown, noon. Free admission. For more information, call 648-7154.

SPECIAL EVENTS

1/13 Pitt's Stephen Foster Memorial, Trinity Cathedral and the Allegheny Cemetery Historical Association will sponsor the 75th annual Stephen Foster Day. Free admission for all activities. For more information, call 624-4100. Activities that will commemorate Foster include:

Wreath Laying by Deane L. Root, Pitt musicologist and curator of the Stephen Foster Memorial. Stephen Foster Statue, Forbes Avenue, adjacent to Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland, 10 a.m.

Memorial service featuring renowned guitarist Joe Negri and the chorus of Mt. Lebanon's Stephen Foster School. Trinity Cathedral, Sixth Street, Downtown, noon.

Wreath Ceremony inside Allegheny Cemetery's Temple of Memories Mausoleum. Allegheny Cemetery, 4715 Penn Avenue, Lawrenceville, 2 p.m.

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1/16 Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies will sponsor a symposium titled "Perspectives on the Revolutions of Central America: Who Really Rebelled and Why?" The featured speakers are David Stoll, Professor, Department of Anthropology at Middlebury College and Leigh Binford, Professor, Department of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut. They will be joined by Pitt Professors Mitchell A. Seligson, Department of Political Science, Michael F. Jiménez, Department of History, and John Markoff, Department of Sociology. Forbes Quadrangle, Room 2K56, 2-5 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call 648-7392.

1/28 Pitt's Student Health Service presents Health Fair '98. The Fair includes demonstrations, exhibits, drawings, gifts and prizes, and features entertainment by the Pitt Jazz Quintet, Beautiful Hands, and the Pitt Dance Ensemble. William Pitt Union, Assembly Room, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All activities are free. For more information, call 383-1830.