University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, March 16-22

CONCERTS
Duquesne Organ Recital, organ concert performed by Duquesne students, 3 p.m. March 16, Heinz Memorial Chapel, www.heinzchapel.pitt.edu

Please Turn Your Cell Phone ON, variety concert emphasizing interactive media and inviting audience members to collaborate with musicians through social media interactions during the performance, 7 p.m. March 16, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, IonSound Project, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

The Choir of the College of William and Mary, featuring Nathaniel Dett’s Chariot Jubilee and selections from Eternal Memory to the Heroes: Selected Hymns from the Memorial Service by Alexander Kastalsky, 8 p.m. March 17, Heinz Memorial Chapel, www.heinzchapel.pitt.edu

EXHIBITION
University Art Gallery, Nicholas Lochoff Collection Guided Tours, free tours offered in English and Mandarin-Chinese, through April 11, Pitt Department of History of Art and Architecture, www.haa.pitt.edu

Hillman Library, Oakland: A Look Back Over the 20th Century, glimpse into a past foreshadowing the changes that would lead to Oakland’s development as a medical, cultural, and educational hub, through summer 2014, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/exhibits/oakland-a-look-back/

CONFERENCE
“Environment and Energy: Comparison of U.S. and EU Policies,” organized by Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, Pitt associate professor of public and international affairs, March 21 and 22, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce

LECTURES
“Algorithms for Scheduling and Large Data Analysis,” Benjamin Moseley, research assistant professor, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, 9:45 a.m. March 17, 5317 Sennott Square, Pitt Department of Computer Science Departmental Colloquium, http://cs.pitt.edu

“Same-Sex Marriage: From Europe to the Global Arena,” David Paternotte, political science researcher, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 4 p.m. March 18, 4500 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Gender and the Global Spring 2014 Events, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu

“Recognizing and Supporting the Global Social Service Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities,” Robin S. Mama, dean, Monmouth University School of Social Work, noon March 19, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt School of Social Work, World Social Work Day Lecture, Sidney A. Teller Lecture, www.socialwork.pitt.edu

“Hydrazone-Based Switches, Fluorophores and Sensors,” Ivan Aprahamian, assistant professor of chemistry, Dartmouth College, 2:30 p.m. March 20, 150 Chevron Hall, Pitt Department of Chemistry, www.chem.pitt.edu

“The Politics of Sex: 2012 and Beyond,” Susan Hansen, Pitt professor emeritus of political science, 4 p.m. March 20, 2201 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Gender and the Global Spring 2014 Events, Pitt Women’s Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu

“The General and the Music Teacher: Tracing Orality in the Dirty War Archives of Chile,” Steve J. Stern, Vice-Provost for Faculty and Staff and Alberto Flores Galindo and Hilldale Professor of Latin American History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4:30 p.m. March 20, 2500 Posvar Hall, Pitt Department of History, Center for Latin American Studies, www.history.pitt.edu

“Sonic Wounds: Narratives of Sorrow and the Migrant Circuits of Brown Feelings,” Armando Garcia, Pitt assistant professor of Hispanic languages and literatures, 10 a.m. March 21, 2201 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, work-in-progress discussion, Gender and the Global Spring 2014 Events, Pitt Women's Studies Program, www.wstudies.pitt.edu

“Making the New Economy Work in Pittsburgh,” Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland, College Park Department of Government and Politics, 2 p.m. March 21, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt Department of Sociology, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, School of Social Work, www.business.pitt.edu/katz/berg

Written by Melissa Carlson

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