University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Nov. 5-12

The following events are open to the public.

SYMPOSIA
11/8 The symposium "The Future of Medicare," which includes the Mark A. Nordenberg Lecture in Law, Medicine, and Psychiatry, will be held from 12:30–4:30 p.m., Teplitz Memorial Courtroom, Barco Law Building, 3900 Forbes Ave., Oakland. For a complete schedule, visit www.law.pitt.edu/events/2012/11/the-future-of-medicare-a-symposium. To register, visit www.law.pitt.edu/events/2012/11/the-future-of-medicare/registration. For questions, call 412-648-7120.

11/8 The Swanson School of Engineering will host its seventh annual Nuclear Night, featuring FirstEnergy’s Peter P. Sena III as the keynote speaker. This night allows students to interact with representatives from the region’s nuclear power industry and to learn about Pitt’s nuclear engineering certificate and Master of Science programs. Free to the public, 7 p.m., William Pitt Union, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, contact Paul Kovach at pkovach@pitt.edu.

CONFERENCE
11/9 and 11/10 A free conference titled "Chinese Local Governance: Contemporary Innovation and Reform" will be held from 9 a.m.–5p.m. in Conference Room A, University Club, 123 University Place, Oakland. Registration is required. Email Rachel Jacobson at rej16@pitt.edu.  

MUSIC
11/7 Pitt’s Department of Music presents a free performance by the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra of music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninov; includes performances by trombonist Ted Zellers and pianist Harry Jamison, 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.music.pitt.edu.

11/9 The Emerging Legend Series presents a performance by roots revival singer/songwriter Cathasaigh, from noon to 1 p.m., Cup & Chaucer Café, ground floor, Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. The free series is presented by the University of Pittsburgh Library System and Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society. For more information, visit www.calliopehouse.org/legends.htm. 

LECTURES
11/7 Glenn Flores, professor of pediatrics and public health at the University of Texas, Southwestern, will deliver a free lecture titled “The Successful Elimination of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Children’s Health and Healthcare,” at noon at Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems, 20th floor, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The lecture is part of the center’s Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Fall 2012 Speaker Series. For more information, call 412-624-7382.

11/8 Paul Yoon, award-winning fiction writer of Once the Shore (Sarabande Books, 2009) will deliver a free talk at 8:30 p.m., auditorium of the Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Drive, Oakland. It is part of the University of Pittsburgh Writing Program’s Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. For more information, call 412-624-6508 or visit www.pghwriterseries.wordpress.com.

EXHIBITION
11/5 – 11/30 Students in Pitt’s Museum Studies course, offered by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, present an exhibition titled Face Value: (De)Constructing Identity in Portraits at the University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, 650 Schenley Drive, Oakland. Opening reception is Nov. 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, call 412-648-2423 or write to uag@pitt.edu.

THEATER
11/8 – 11/18 Pitt Repertory Theatre presents the comedy/drama Compleat Female Stage Beauty, written by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Pitt doctoral student Dave Bisaha, Henry Heymann Theatre, Pitt’s Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland. Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Opening night performance Friday, Nov. 9 followed by a post-show reception. For tickets or for more information, call 412-624-PLAY (7529) or visit www.play.pitt.edu. 

11/12 NoPassport theatre alliance and press will present a free staged reading of the play Spark, which involves three sisters caught up in the aftermath of war, written by NoPassport founder Caridad Svich and directed by Pitt theatre arts faculty member Lisa Jackson-Schebetta, 7 p.m., Henry Heymann Theatre, Pitt’s Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-PLAY (7529) or visit www.play.pitt.edu.

REMEMBRANCE DAY—NATIONAL ROLL CALL
11/12 Pitt’s Office of Veterans Services will host the Remembrance Day National Roll Call to honor American servicemen and women. Pitt staff, faculty, and community volunteers will read names of those who have died in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Opening ceremony is from 9 to 10 a.m. For more information or to volunteer to read names, call 412-624-3213 or visit www.veterans.pitt.edu. 

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