University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Dec. 8-14

HOLIDAY EVENT
Nationality Rooms Holiday Open House, showcase of diverse ethnic and cultural holiday traditions, noon Dec. 8, Cathedral of Learning Commons Room, www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu

EXHIBITIONS
Pitt Football Through the Years, photography exhibition highlighting historic key moments and athletes, through Jan. 17, ground floor of Hillman Library, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/d/documentingpitt

LECTURES
“Embedding Quantum Chemistry in Quantum Chemistry,” Fred Manby, University Research Fellow in Chemistry, professor of theoretical chemistry, University of Bristol, 4 p.m. Dec. 9, 150 Chevron Hall, 4th Annual Henry Frank Lecture, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu

“Bridging Genes to the Environment in the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity,” Benjamin Blackman, assistant professor of genetics, genomics, and epigenetics, University of Virginia, 4:15 p.m. Dec. 9, 169 Crawford Hall, Pitt Department of Biological Sciences Fall '13 Seminar Series, www.biology.pitt.edu

“Developing Competitive Grant Applications,” Bruce A. Freeman, Irwin Fridovich Professor and Chair of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Peter A. Friedman, professor of pharmacology and chemical biology, vice chair of academics, University of Pittsburgh, 8:30 a.m. Dec. 11, S120 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development’s Health Sciences Faculty Professional Development Series, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu

“Antisymmetry and Molecular Dissociation in Coupled-Cluster Theory,” Fred Manby, University Research Fellow in Chemistry, professor of theoretical chemistry, University of Bristol, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 11, 150 Chevron Hall, 4th Annual Henry Frank Lecture, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu

“Paying More Wisely: How Incentives Influence Physician Decisions at Point of Care,” Eugene Rich, director of Mathematica’s Center on Health Care Effectiveness, noon Dec. 13, Scaife Hall 4th Floor, Lecture Room 3, Medical Education Grand Rounds, Office of the Vice Dean, Pitt School of Medicine, www.megr.pitt.edu

Written by Melissa Carlson

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