University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Feb. 12-18

EXHIBITION

2/12 "Free At Last? Slavery in Pittsburgh in the 18th and 19th Centuries," an exhibition by the University of Pittsburgh, is being presented at the Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Strip District. The exhibition runs daily from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through April 5. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/news/free-at-last/.

LECTURES

2/12 Asif Khan, Jie Cui, and Muriel Zhou, graduate students in Pitt's University Center of International Studies, will deliver a presentation titled "Gender and Higher Education in Pakistan" at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is part of the Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series. For more information, contact Jennifer Murawski at 412-383-3062 or jennm@pitt.edu.

2/12 Jaime Toro, a professor in West Virginia University's Department of Geology and Geography, will deliver a lecture titled "Problem of the Opening of the Arctic Basin" at 4 p.m., 11 Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science. For more information, visit www.geology.pitt.edu/colloquium.html.

2/17 Mark Roth, a staff writer at the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette," will deliver a lecture titled "Not All Black and White: The Challenges of Covering Race in the Mass Media" at noon, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The event is part of the Reed Smith Speaker Series and is sponsored by the Center on Race and Social Problems within Pitt's School of Social Work. For more information, visit www.crsp.pitt.edu/Service.html.

2/18 Christian Frenopoulo, a biomedical healthcare researcher, will deliver a lecture titled "Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon" at noon, 4217 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is part of the Brown Bag series sponsored by Pitt's Global Studies Program. For more information, contact Veronica Dristas at 412-624-2918 or dristas@pitt.edu.

2/18 Billy Kee Long So, a professor in the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Department of History, will deliver a lecture titled "Republican Beijing: Urban Cultural Change in GIS Perspective" at 3 p.m., 4217 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by the Asian Studies Center within Pitt's University Center for International Studies. For more information, contact Katy Carlitz at kcarlitz@pitt.edu.

2/18 Sara Goodkind, a professor in Pitt's School of Social Work, will deliver a lecture titled "A Feminist Profession? Teaching Feminist Theory and Practice in Social Work" at noon, 2201 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. The event is sponsored by the Pitt Women's Studies Program. For more information, contact wstudies@pitt.edu or visit www.wstudies.pitt.edu/news.html.

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