University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Feb. 23-March 1

LECTURES

2/23 As part of the Pitt Asian Studies Center's Asia Over Lunch Spring 2006 Series, Dorcinda Knauth, a Ph.D. candidate in Pitt's Department of Music, will give a lecture titled "Praising Allah with Three Chords: Contemporary Muslim Music in Indonesia," at noon, Room 4130, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. A light lunch is provided; bring your own drink. For more information, contact the Asian Studies Center at

412-648-7370.

2/23 Laura Jensen, a professor in the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will deliver a lecture titled "Public Ethics, Legal Accountability, and New Governance," at 4:30 p.m., Bigelow Room, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event, held in conjunction with Pitt's Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, is part of the Pitt School of Information Sciences Policy, Ethics, & Accountability Lecture Series. A reception will follow. For more information, contact Kelly Shaffer at 412-624-2677 or kshaffer@mail.sis.pitt.edu.

2/24 As part of the Pitt School of Information Sciences Department of Information Science and Telecommunications Colloquia, Heung-No Lee, an assistant professor in the Pitt Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will deliver a lecture at 11 a.m., Room 404, Information Sciences Building, 135 Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Kelly Shaffer at 412-624-2677 or kshaffer@mail.sis.pitt.edu.

2/24 Youtao Zhang, an assistant professor in the Pitt Department of Computer Science, will deliver a lecture as part of the Pitt School of Information Sciences Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems Seminar at 2 p.m., Room 404, Information Sciences Building, 135 Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Kelly Shaffer at 412-624-2677 or kshaffer@mail.sis.pitt.edu.

2/24 Pitt's Department of Africana Studies will host a Winter Community Symposium, titled Pathways to Academic Excellence in African American Students K-12, from 4 to 6 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Schenley Drive, Oakland. This event will be moderated by Jerome Taylor, assistant professor in the Pitt School of Education and Department of Africana Studies, and will include various guest speakers. For more information, contact Monique Howze at 412-648-7540 or moh10@pitt.edu.

2/28 The Pitt Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Studies will host a panel discussion titled "National Security for a New Era: The Evolution of Cooperation, Competition, and Conflict," from 4:30 to 5 p.m., Room 3430, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. Speakers include Mike Hoadley, a colonel in the U.S. Army, and Teddy Bryan of the United States Agency for International Development. For more information, visit www.ridgway.pitt.edu.

2/28 Larry Glasco, an associate professor in the Pitt Department of History, will deliver a lecture titled "By Acclamation: The Surprising Legislative Career of K. Leroy Irvis" at noon in the Eduardo Lozano Lecture Room, first floor, Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the Celebrating Community: A Tribute to Black Fraternal, Social, & Civic Institutions Series sponsored by the Pitt University Library System. For more information, contact Crystal McCormick-Ware at 412-648-7717 or crystalw@pitt.edu.

3/1 As part of the Pitt School of Information Sciences Digital Libraries Colloquium Series, Lowry Burgess, a professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture titled "Muses in the Library" at noon in the second floor Rangos Auditorium, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University, 5032 Forbes Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Kelly Shaffer at 412-624-2677 or kshaffer@mail.sis.pitt.edu.

MUSIC

2/26 The Pitt Department of Music will host a free Chamber Choir Festival at 3 p.m., Heinz Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. For more information, call

412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

2/27 The Pitt Department of Music will present a free concert titled "Music Monday" at 8 p.m., Bellefield Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

FILM

2/24 A screening of the film Frank Bolden: The Man Behind the Words (2001), directed by Daniel Love, will take place as part of the Celebrating Community: A Tribute to Black Fraternal, Social, & Civic Institutions Series at noon in Room G20, Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by the Pitt University Library System. For more information, contact Crystal McCormick-Ware at 412-648-7717 or crystalw@pitt.edu.

EXHIBITION

2/23 In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Three Rivers Youth, the oldest agency in

Pennsylvania to serve Black children, a Pitt-sponsored exhibition titled From Colored Orphans to Youth Development will run through March 5 at the John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St. The exhibition will feature vintage photographs, artifacts, and printed materials. For more information, call 412-454-6000.

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