University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Feb. 16-22

CONCERT
Music of Burr Van Nostrand, performing Fantasy Manual for Urban Survival, Phaedra Antinomaes, and Voyage in a White Building 1, 8 p.m. Feb. 22, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

CONFERENCE
“European Cultural (Dis)Union,” Randall Halle, Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German and Cultural Studies, director of Pitt Graduate Studies, exploration of cultural unification fostered by the European Union, Feb. 21-22, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence, European Studies Center, Department of German, Humanities Center, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce

LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS
“Making the Right Decision: Repairing DNA Breaks during C. elegans meiosis,” Diana Libuda, professor of developmental biology, Stanford University, 4 p.m. Feb. 17, 169 Crawford Hall, Pitt Department of Biological Sciences, www.biology.pitt.edu

“Postsynaptic Molecular Organization and Kinase Dynamics at Single, Living Synapses,” Thomas Blanpied, associate professor of physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 4 p.m. Feb. 17, A219B Langley Hall, Pitt Department of Neuroscience, http://cnup.neurobio.pitt.edu

“Race, Equity, and Urban Education: Issues that Divide,” H. Richard Milner, Helen Faison Professor of Urban Education, director, Pitt Center for Urban Education, noon Feb. 18, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Reed Smith Speakers Series, Center on Race and Social Problems, Pitt School of Social Work, www.crsp.pitt.edu

“The Sensorimotor Basis for Primate Vocal Communication,” Asif A. Ghazanfar, associate professor, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, 4 p.m. Feb. 18, S210 Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Department of Neuroscience, http://cnup.neurobio.pitt.edu

“Perspectives on Tourism: Defining the Self and the Other in Interwar Hungary and Socialist Romania,” discussion led by Emanuela Grama, assistant professor of history, Carnegie Mellon University, 4 p.m. Feb. 19, 3703 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pitt Department of History European Colloquium, www.history.pitt.edu

“The Many Faces of Death: the Removal of Unwanted Cells by Phagocytosis or Extrusion,” Daniel Denning, postdoctoral scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4 p.m. Feb. 19, 169 Crawford Hall, Pitt Department of Biological Sciences, www.biology.pitt.edu

“Looking Back and Thinking Forward: Policies and Practices that Treat Juveniles as Adults in the Justice Systems,” Jeff Shook, Pitt associate professor of social work, 12:30 p.m. Feb. 20, Teplitz Memorial Courtroom, Barco Law Building, Pitt School of Law Rubash Distinguished Lecture, www.law.pitt.edu

“Dynamics in Complex Environments: Rods and Janus Particles,” Rigoberto Hernandez, professor of chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 20, 150 Chevron Hall, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu

“Mock K Award Study Section,” Christine Milcarek, Pitt professor of immunology, 3 p.m. Feb. 20, S100 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Pitt Office of Academic Career Development’s National Institutes of Health Mentored Career Development Award Series, www.oacd.health.pitt.edu

“The Design, Implementation, and Verification of an Extensible Hypervisor Framework,” Limin Jia, assistant research professor of electrical and computer engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 3 p.m. Feb. 20, 5317 Sennott Square, Pitt Department of Computer Science Departmental Colloquium, http://cs.pitt.edu

“Bridge Builders: Black Women in the Pittsburgh Women’s Movement,” Patricia Ulbrich, Pitt visiting scholar, 4 p.m. Feb. 20, 2201 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Gender and the Global Spring 2014 Events, Pitt Women's Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu

“Connectedness in the Islamic World (661-1300 CE),” Maxim Romanov, postdoctoral associate of classics, Tufts University, 4 p.m. Feb. 20, 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Department of History, Department of Linguistics, Department of Religious Studies, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, www.cerisnet.pitt.edu

“Reagent Controlled Stereoselective and Stereospecific Glycosylation Reactions,” Clay S. Bennett, assistant professor of chemistry, Tufts University, 4 p.m. Feb. 20, 150 Chevron Hall, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu

“Catalysis for Sustainable Energy,” Jens Nørskov, Leland T. Edwards Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 5 p.m. Feb. 20, 102 Benedum Hall, 2014 Bayer Distinguished Lecturer, Swanson School Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, www.engineering.pitt.edu/chemical

“In Search of the Catalyst Genome,” Jens Nørskov, Leland T. Edwards Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 21, 102 Benedum Hall, 2014 Bayer Distinguished Lecturer, Swanson School Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, www.engineering.pitt.edu/chemical

“Waiting for Black Superman: Black Male Teachers’ Narratives of Resistance and Resilience in the Urban School Context,” work-in-progress discussion, Amber Pabon, Pitt assistant professor of instruction and learning, 2201 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, 10 a.m. Feb. 21, Gender and the Global Spring 2014 Events, Pitt Women's Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu

“Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in the Motor City,” George Galster, Clarence B. Hilberry Professor of Urban Affairs, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Wayne State University, noon Feb. 21, 3343 Forbes Ave., Oakland, University of Pittsburgh Center for Social and Urban Research’s Urban and Regional Brown Bag Seminar, www.ucsur.pitt.edu

“Ethnic Entrepreneurship, Intersectionality, and Household Economy,” Zulema Valdez, associate professor of social sciences, University of California, Merced, 1 p.m. Feb. 21, 2432 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh Social Movements Forum, Pitt Department of Sociology, www.sociology.pitt.edu

Written by Melissa Carlson

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