University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Dec. 1-7

CONCERTS
Heinz Chapel Choir Holiday Concert, medley of holiday music, 3 p.m. Dec. 1, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pitt Department of Music and Heinz Memorial Chapel, www.music.pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. Dec. 4, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

World Music Festival, Pitt’s Gamelan, Carpathian Music Ensemble, and African Music and Dance Ensemble present an afternoon of music, dancing, and food, noon Dec. 7, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

Men's Glee Club Holiday Concert, Pitt’s men’s choir performs seasonal tunes, 7 p.m. Dec. 7, First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh, 159 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

Women's Choral Ensemble Holiday Concert, Pitt’s women’s choir sings holiday music, 8:15 p.m. Dec. 7, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.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
“Valued Exports: Social Standards in EU and US Trade Agreements,” Evgeny Postnikov, PhD candidate, Pitt Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, noon Dec. 3, 4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence, Pitt European Studies Center, Pitt University Center for International Studies, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce

“DCC and the Adolescent Maturation of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex,” Cecilia Flores, associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 4 p.m. Dec. 3, A224 Langley Hall, Pitt Department of Neuroscience, www.neuroscience.pitt.edu

“Professional Coaching: Defining Goals and Developing Strategies for Career Success,” Janice M. Sabatine, 8 a.m. Dec. 5, S100 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu

“Developmental Changes in the Neuronal and Glial Connectome at Nanoscale Resolution,” George A. Spirou, professor of otolaryngology and physiology, director, Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University, noon Dec. 5, 1495 Biomedical Science Tower, Auditory Research Group, Department of Otolaryngology, Pitt Department of Neuroscience, www.neuroscience.pitt.edu

“Negotiating with the Growth Machine: Community Benefits Agreements and Value-Conscious Growth,” Colleen Cain, senior policy analyst, Northeast-Midwest Institute, noon Dec. 6, 3343 Forbes Ave., Oakland, University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research’s Urban and Regional Brown Bag Seminar, www.ucsur.pitt.edu

“The Ambivalence of Secular Ritual and the Circumstances of Life in a Nursing Home,” Philip Kao, Pitt postdoctoral fellow, medical anthropology, 3 p.m. Dec. 6, 3106 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pitt Department of Anthropology, www.anthropology.pitt.edu

Written by Melissa Carlson

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