University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Feb. 8-14

LECTURES

2/8 Chris Mercer, a Ph.D. candidate in Pitt's Department of Anthropology, will deliver a lecture titled "Malaria and Development: Community-based Activism on the Island of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands" at noon, Room 4130, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This free event is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center. For more information, call 412-648-7763 or e-mail jordanb@ucis.pitt.edu.

2/8 Thomas Hare, a professor of comparative literature at Princeton University, will deliver a lecture titled "Songs and Subjects in Medieval Japan" at 2:30 p.m., Room 3504, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center. For more information, call 412-648-7367 or e-mail dakis@ucis.pitt.edu.

2/8 Janyce Wiebe, the director of the Intelligent Systems Program in Pitt's Department of Computer Science, will deliver a lecture titled "Information Extraction of Events and Beliefs From Text" at 3 p.m., 5th-Floor, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This free event is part of the Pitt Center for National Preparedness' Seminar Series. For more information, call 412-624-8291 or visit www.cnp.pitt.edu.

2/8 Michael Strano, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will deliver a lecture titled "The Chemistry of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Applications to Biomolecular Sensing and Electronic Devices" at 4 p.m., Room 12, Chevron Science Center,

219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. This free event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Chemistry. For more information, visit cwt4.chem.pitt.edu/index.aspx.

2/9 Pitt's Small Business Development Center will host a lecture titled "The First Step: Mechanics of Starting a Small Business" from 7:30 to 10 a.m., Room 209, Mervis Hall, Roberto Clemente Drive, Oakland. To register for this free event, call 412-648-1542.

2/9 As part of the Pitt School of Social Work's Speaker Series, Jeanne Marsh, dean of the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration, will deliver a lecture titled "Knowledge Utilization in Social Work Practice" at noon, Room 2017, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave. For more information, call 412-624-6304 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittssw.

2/12 Sam Carter, a research associate in the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics at the University of Colorado, will deliver a lecture titled "Terahertz-Optical Spectroscopy of Semiconductors: From 'Atomic' Physics to Terahertz Optoelectronics" at 3 p.m.,

Room 106, Allen Hall, 3941 O'Hara St., Oakland. This free event is part of the Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh Physics Colloquium Series. For more information visit www.phyast.pitt.edu/Events.

2/13 As part of the Pitt Center on Race and Social Problems' Reed Smith Spring 2007 Speaker Series, Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia, an associate senior researcher in the Center for the Study of Politics at Sciences Po, Paris, will deliver a lecture titled "Immigration and Racism in Europe: Old Prejudices, New Challenges" at noon, Room 2017, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-7382 or visit www.crsp.pitt.edu.

2/13 Svitlana Berezhna, a staff scientist in the Single Molecule Biophysics Deniz Laboratory at the Scripps Research Institute, will deliver a lecture titled "Visualizing and Gaining Vision: Imaging Insights Into RNA Interference Function" at 3 p.m., Room 103, Allen Hall, 3941 O'Hara St., Oakland. This free event is part of the Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh Physics Colloquium Series. For more information, visit www.phyast.pitt.edu/Events.

2/13 Pitt's Career Services will present a two-day lecture titled "Pathway to Graduate

2/14 School" from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The Feb. 13 lecture will be held in Room 310 and the Feb. 14 lecture in Room 609. For more information, visit www.careers.pitt.edu.

2/14 Lewis Lancaster, a professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California at Berkeley, will deliver a lecture titled "Support for the Learner: Digital Reference to What, Where, When, Who" at noon, Room 501, Information Sciences Building, 135 N. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. A Meet the Speaker coffee session will be held prior to the lecture at 11:30 a.m., 5th-Floor, Large Commons Room. This free event is part of the Pitt School of Information Sciences' Digital Libraries Colloquium Series. For more information, call 412-624-3988 or visit www.sis.pitt.edu.

MUSIC

2/12 Pitt's Department of Music will present Music Monday at 8 p.m. in Bellefield Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, call

412-624-4125 or visit www.music.pitt.edu.

THEATER

2/8 Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will continue to present Sarafina! written by Mbongeni Ngema and directed by Olusegun Ojewuyi, through Feb. 10 in the Seventh-Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays. The plays in Kuntu's 32nd season are being presented in partnership with the Center for Minority Health, part of Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health. For information on matinees, tickets, or group sales, call 412-624-7298 or visit www.publichealth.pitt.edu.

2/8 Pitt Repertory Theatre will continue to present Vinegar Tom, written by Caryl Churchill and directed by Ryan Howe, in the Henry Heymann Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, Oakland. The play, which will run through

Feb. 11, will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets for senior citizens, Pitt Alumni Association members, as well as Pitt and UPMC faculty and staff are $15. Student admission is $10 or $32 for Student Semester Passes, which will cover five admissions. General season passes are $60 for four performances and $85 for six performances. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 412-624-7529 or visit www.play.pitt.edu.

2/10 Katsura Koharudanji will perform "Japanese Rakugo" at 1 p.m. in the Frick Fine Arts Building Auditorium, Schenley Drive, Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center and University Center for International Studies, as well as the Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania, and the Japanese Consulate of New York. For more information, call 412-648-7367 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc.

FILM

2/8 Pitt's Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Department of English, Film Studies Program, Center for Latin American Studies, and University Center for International Studies will host a film screening titled "Indigenous Filmmaking and Political Organizing in Latin America: Case Studies From Chipas and Oaxaca" at 6 p.m., Seventh Floor Auditorium, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, e-mail Salomé Skvirsky at sas136@pitt.edu.

DANCE

2/10 In conjunction with Pitt's Department of Health and Physical Activity's Community Leisure-Learn Program, Pitt's University Dance Ensemble will host a high school dance workshop from noon to 5 p.m. in Trees Hall, Allequippa and Darragh streets, Oakland. Registration is $25 and limited to 75 high school students. For more information, call 412-648-8262 or visit www.education.pitt.edu/hpa.

EXHIBITIONS

2/8 An exhibition titled "Advertising a Dream: Movie Posters From Post-war Korea" will run through March 1 in the foyer of Pitt's Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Oakland. This free event is sponsored by Pitt's Asian Studies Center, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and University Library System's East Asian Library. For more information, contact 412-648-7370 or turker@pitt.edu.

2/8 An exhibition titled "Revolution, Ritual, and Remembrance: The Art of Haiti" will run through March 17 in the University Art Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive, Oakland. For more information, contact Josienne N. Piller at 412-648-2423 or jpiller@pitt.edu.

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