University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, April 13-19

CONCERTS
Heinz Chapel Choir Spring Concert, celebrate the sounds of spring, 3 p.m. April 13, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

New Music by Pitt Graduate Student Composers, performed by IonSound members, 8 p.m. April 14, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Gilda Lyons’ Cicadas and Benjamin Britten’s Suite on English Folk Tunes, 8 p.m. April 16, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

Pitt Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert, hear jazz tunes performed by Pitt students, 8 p.m. April 17, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

Pitt African Music and Dance Ensemble, explores traditional and popular music of Africa, 8 p.m. April 18, Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Pitt Department of Music, www.music.pitt.edu

EXHIBITIONS
Studio Arts Student Exhibition, work of graduating seniors featured alongside exceptional works from the range of Studio Arts courses, through April 26, University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt Department of Studio Arts, www.studioarts.pitt.edu

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, Hillman Library, University Library System, http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/exhibits/oakland-a-look-back/

BOOK READINGS
Chris Clark, professor of modern European history, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, shares highlights of his recent book, The Sleepwalkers, 4 p.m. April 14, Barco School of Law Alcoa Room, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center, Department of History, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce

E. Lockhart, young adult novelist and author of We Were Liars discusses the writing process, 4:30 p.m. April 15, William Pitt Union Ballroom, Pitt Childhood Studies Speaker Series, Department of English, www.english.pitt.edu

THEATRE
The Fever Chart, grappling with three visions of the Middle East, full of harshness, brutality, and unswerving optimism, 2 p.m. April 13, Studio Theatre, Basement of the Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of Theatre Arts, www.play.pitt.edu

My Doomsday Off, improvisation specialist and Pitt graduate student Ric Walker hosts sketch comedy show, 2 p.m. April 13, Studio Theatre, Basement of the Cathedral of Learning, Pitt Department of Theatre Arts, www.play.pitt.edu

SYMPOSIUM AND LECTURES
“Conversation on Europe: A Parliament Against Itself? The Far Right in the Upcoming European Parliament Elections,” noon April 17, 4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pitt European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center, Department of History, www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce

“Consequences of Recent Explosive Human Population Growth on the Genetic Architecture of Complex Disease,” Andrew Clark, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Population Genetics and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator, Cornell University, noon April 18, G23 Parran Hall, 11th Annual C.C. Li Memorial Lecture, Pitt Public Health Department of Human Genetics, www.publichealth.pitt.edu

“Twitterhealth: Mining Public Health Information from Social Media,” Henry Kautz, chair, Department of Computer Science, director, Institute for Data Science, University of Rochester, 12:30 p.m. April 18, 5317 Sennott Square, Pitt Intelligent Systems Program, www.isp.pitt.edu

Written by Melissa Carlson

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