University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, April 14-20

LECTURE

4/14 Kamala Liyanage, professor of political science at the University of Peradenya, Sri Lanka, will deliver a lecture titled "Strategies for Empowering Women in Local Governance in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study Learning from India, United States, and Sweden," at noon, Room 4130, Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. For more information, call the Asian Studies Center at 412-648-7370.

4/14 Paul Braun, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will deliver a lecture titled "Colloidal Crystal Based 3-D Chemical Sensors and Optical Waveguides, and Brief Comments on the Colloidal Templating of Biologically Active Hollow Nanospheres," at 4 p.m., Room 12B, Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. For more information, call the Department of Chemistry at 412-624-8200.

4/14 Lainie Friedman Ross, a visiting professor in Pitt's Department of Pediatrics, will deliver a lecture titled "Newborn Screening: Ethical and Policy Issues Raised by Case Studies from Around the World," at 8 a.m. in the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Auditorium, 3705 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Ross also will deliver a lecture titled "Decision Making by Children and Adolescents: Is It In Their Best Interest?" at noon, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic Auditorium, 3811 O'Hara St. Her final lecture, titled "Payment in Non-Therapeutic Pediatric Research," will be held at 1:15 p.m., Room 300, Medical Arts Building, 3708 Fifth Ave. These events are hosted by Pitt's Center for Bioethics and Health Law. For more information, contact Beth Ann Pischke at 412-648-7120 or pischke@pitt.edu.

4/14 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.

4/15 In a joint colloquium with the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Department of Mathematics will host Nobel Laureate in Physics Donald Glaser, who will deliver a lecture titled "What Can We See, How Do We See It, and Why Do We See Things that Aren't There?," at 4 p.m., Room 343, Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, e-mail Pitt Professor William Troy at troy@pitt.edu.

4/15 Frank Arntzenius, an associate professor of philosophy of science at Rutgers University, will deliver a lecture titled "Are Anti-Particles Just Particles Traveling Back in Time?," at 12:05 p.m., Room 817R, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-1052 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr. This event is sponsored by the Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science.

4/15 Eleanor Mannikka, a professor of art history at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, will deliver a lecture titled "Why Does Shiva Look Like the King? Reflections on the Nature of Royalty and Divinity in Cambodia," as part of Pitt's Department of Religious Studies 2005 Spring Colloquium, at noon, Room 2628, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-5990 or e-mail relgst@pitt.edu.

4/18 Franklin Toker, a Pitt professor in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, will deliver a lecture titled "Arnolfo di Cambio and the Beginnings of Artistic Identity," as part of Pitt's Frick Fine Arts Spring 2005 Colloquium, at noon, Room 203, Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive, Oakland. For more information, visit www.pitt.edu/~arthome/events.html.

4/19 Oleg V. Ozerov, an assistant professor of organometallic chemistry at Brandeis University, will deliver a lecture titled "Ligand Design and Reactivity: Chicken and Egg?" at 1:30 p.m., Room 12A, Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Oakland. For more information, call the Department of Chemistry at 412-624-8200.

4/19 Alexandre Guay, a postdoctoral fellow in Pitt's Department of History and Philosophy of Science, will deliver a lecture titled "Symmetry and its Formalisms," at 12:05 p.m., Room 817R, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. For more information, call 412-624-1052 or visit www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr. This event is sponsored by the Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science.

MUSIC

4/15-16 Pitt's University Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Pitt associate professor of music Andrew Weintraub, will give two performances, both at 8 p.m., Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Oakland. General admission is $10, and senior and student admission is $5. Pitt students with a valid ID will be admitted without charge. For more information, call 412-624-4125 or visit www.pitt.edu/~concerts.

4/17 As part of the Heinz Chapel Organ Concert Series, Robert S. Lord will give a

free performance at 3 p.m. in Heinz Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Bellefield

avenues, Oakland. The event is part of the chapel's larger Trio of Concerts

Series. General information about the concert series can be found at

www.discover.pitt.edu/chapel.

4/20 The Pitt Symphony Orchestra, directed by Pitt Lecturer 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.

4/20 Larry Scalfari, 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.

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