University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Feb. 10-16

2/10 Robert M. Suter, a physics professor at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture titled "Non-Destructive 3D Maps of Microstructure with High Energy X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy," hosted by Pitt's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, at 3:30 p.m., Room 823, Benedum Hall, 3700 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-9720.

2/10 George Luther, the Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware, will deliver a lecture titled "Exploring Diverse Biogeochemical Environments Using in Situ Electrochemistry," at

2:30 p.m., Room 12B, Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8200.

2/10 David E. Bergbreiter, a chemistry professor at Texas A&M University, will deliver a lecture titled "Soluble Polymers as Easily Separable Supports in Catalysis and Synthesis," at 4 p.m., Room 12B, Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8200.

2/10 Pitt's Office of International Services will host an Intercultural Bag Lunch at noon in Dining Room B, William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-7120 or visit www.ois.pitt.edu.

2/10 Bryan Hanks, a Pitt professor of anthropology, will deliver a lecture titled "Investigating Middle-to-Late Bronze Age Socio-Economic Complexity in the Southern Urals Regions, Russian Federation," as part of Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science's 2005 Colloquium, at 4 p.m., Room 11, Thaw Hall,

3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-8780.

2/11 As part of Pitt's Psychology Centennial Colloquium Series, John Bargh, a psychology professor at New York University, will deliver a lecture titled "Unconscious Motivation Redux," at 3 p.m., Room 4127, Sennott Square, Forbes Avenue and Bouquet Street, Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4500.

2/11 As part of Pitt's Center for Philosophy of Science's 45th Annual Lecture Series, Craig Callender, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, will deliver a lecture titled "Why Does Space Have Three Dimensions? (If It Does)," at 3:30 p.m., Room 2500, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-1052 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr.

2/11 Bogdan Ion, the T.H. Hildebrandt Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, will deliver a lecture titled "Hypergeometric Functions and Representation Theory," as part of Pitt's Department of Mathematics 2005 Colloquium, at 3 p.m., Room 704, Thackeray Hall, 139 University Place, Oakland. For more information, e-mail Pitt Professor William Layton at wjl@pitt.edu.

2/16 William A. Guillory, president and CEO of Innovations International, will deliver a lecture titled "Roadmap to Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare Organizations," at 4:30 p.m., Room A-115, Crabtree Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St., Oakland. This event is hosted by Pitt's Center for Bioethics and Health Law. For more information, call Beth Ann Pischke at 412-648-7120 or e-mail pischke@pitt.edu.

MUSIC

2/12 A book signing and a performance by Pitt's University Gamelan Ensemble will mark the recent publication of Pitt professor of music Andrew Weintraub's book Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java, (Ohio University Press, 2004), at 4 p.m., Room 309, Bellefield Hall, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. Refreshments will be served. A portion of the profits from book and CD sales will go to the victims of the Asian tsunami. For more information, call Weintraub at 412-624-4184.

2/12 Pitt's graduate composers will give a free performance at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

2/13 The Heinz Chapel Choir will give a free Chamber Choir Festival, at 3 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

2/14 The Heinz Chapel Pittsburgh Artists Series' Third Annual Valentine's Concert, "An American in Paris, 1945! A Celebration of the Songs of World War II," featuring singer Daphne Alderson, will take place at 7:30 p.m., Heinz Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. Admission is $20. This concert is part of the chapel's Trio of Concerts Series. For more information, visit www.discover.pitt.edu/chapel.

2/16 The Pitt Symphony Orchestra, directed by Roger Zahab, will give a free performance at 8 p.m. in Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

2/16 Jessica Baier, a student at Duquesne University, will perform as part of the Heinz Chapel Student Recital Series at noon in Heinz Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield avenues, Oakland. Admission is free. General information about the concert series can be found at www.discover.pitt.edu/chapel.

THEATER

2/10 Pitt Kuntu Repertory Theatre will continue the presentation of the 1976 Tony Award Nominee Bubbling Brown Sugar, based on the book by Loften Mitchell and directed by Keith Tyrone Williams, in the Seventh-Floor Auditorium of Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The play runs through Feb. 12. Performances are at

8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays. Matinees are scheduled for 1 p.m. Feb. 5 and 11 a.m. Feb. 10. For ticket and group sales information, call 412-624-7298.

2/16 Pitt Repertory Theatre presents Rashomon, from the screenplay by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, adapted by Faye and Michael Kanin, and directed by Yukihiro Goto, in the Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes and Bigelow avenues, Oakland. The preview performance is Feb. 16 and Opening Night is Feb. 17, both at 8 p.m. Performances will take place every day (except Feb. 21) at 8 p.m., through Feb. 27. Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m., and a special Shakespeare-in-the-Schools matinee will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 24. Admission is $25, which comprises the "Sundays in Japan" package: a dual admission to the play and the Carnegie Museum of Art, including the James B. Austin collection. For more ticket information, call 412-624-7529 or visit www.pitt.edu/~play.

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