UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CALENDAR OF EVENTS, SEPT. 1 - 19

August 29, 2001

The following events at the University of Pittsburgh are open to the public:

LECTURES

9/4 Scholars from Argentina and the United States will present a conference titled "Representation and Democratic Politics in Latin America," which is a collaborative project of the University of Pittsburgh and the Universidad de San Andres (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Room 2K56 Posvar Hall, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., with a lunch break from noon to 2 p.m. For more information, call 412/648-7393 or e-mail bravo@ucis.pitt.edu.

9/6 Samantha Carl, a member of the Working Group of the European Union's Development Policy in African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries, presents "More than Just Bananas? US/EU Trade Issues in the Caribbean." Room 4ES1 Posvar Hall, noon. For more information, e-mail yoder@ucis.pitt.edu.

9/6 Doctor of Naprapathy Rosita Arvigo, an author and conservationist, founder of the Terra Nova Medicinal Plant Reserve in Belize, and renowned expert in rain forest medicinal plants, will give a presentation titled "Traditional Healing of the Maya and the Medicinal Plants of Belize." Carnegie Lecture Hall,

4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 7:30 p.m. General admission, $10; students with ID, $5. For more information, call 412/441-4442.

9/12 Pitt Science2001 presents spotlight sessions titled "New Horizons in Cancer Biology" and "Informatics for 21st Century Science." Masonic Temple, 11 a.m. Admission free, registration required. For more information, visit www.science2001.pitt.edu.

9/12 Pitt Science2001 presents spotlight sessions titled "Neuronal Signaling: From Molecule to Disease" and "Applying Genetics at the Population Level." Masonic Temple, 2:30 p.m. Admission free, registration required. For more information, visit www.science2001.pitt.edu.

9/13 Pitt Science2001 presents spotlight sessions titled "Visualization of Macromolecules" and "Nanoscience—A New Frontier in Chemistry, Physics, and Material Science." Masonic Temple, 11 a.m. Admission free, registration required. For more information, visit www.science2001.pitt.edu.

9/13 Pitt Science2001 presents spotlight sessions titled "Drug Discovery" and "Environmental Science—Protecting Our World." Masonic Temple, 2:30 p.m. Admission free, registration required. For more information, visit www.science2001.pitt.edu.

EVENTS

9/13 Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies invites you to its annual welcoming reception. Frick Fine Arts Cloisters, 4 – 6 p.m. For more information, call

412/648-7392 or e-mail clas+@pitt.edu.

9/13 K. Leroy Irvis will be joined by fellow Pitt School of Law graduate Derrick Bell in "A Conversation with K. Leroy Irvis" to discuss their careers, racial inequity and discrimination, and how the conflict and difficulties in their personal and professional careers shaped who they are today. Questions from the audience will follow. Masonic Temple Auditorium, 7th floor, 7 p.m. Admission free. For more information, call 412/648-7710.

9/14 A panel discussion titled "The Life and Times of K. Leroy Irvis" will take place with Attorney Wendell Freeland as moderator. Pitt School of Law, 9 a.m. Admission free. For more information, call

412/648-7710.

9/14 The K. Leroy Irvis Reading Room will be dedicated. Elsie Hillman will preside as mistress of ceremonies, and Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, Commonwealth Lieutenant Governor Mark Schweiker, State Representative William Robinson, Mayor Tom Murphy, Allegheny County Chief Executive Jim Roddey, and others will join her. First floor, Hillman Library, 11 a.m. Admission free. For more information, call 412/648-7710.

9/19 The Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series presents Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford. Room 125 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium,

8:15 p.m. Admission free. For more information, call 412/624-6506.

MUSIC

9/19 The University of Pittsburgh Department of Music's World Music Series presents Mongolian singer and composer Urna Chahar-Tugchi in a program of traditional Mongolian music and her own compositions. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 8 p.m. General admission, $8; students and seniors, $5. For more information, call 412/624-4125 or e-mail concerts@pitt.edu.

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