Happenings
Exhibitions
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs, features the largest exhibit of flying reptiles ever mounted in the United States, through May 22, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, www.carnegiemnh.org
Carnegie Museum of Art, Teenie Harris Photographs: Great Performances Offstage, celebrates performances of all kinds as produced or experienced by Pittsburgh’s African American community and captured by Pittsburgh’s beloved photographer, through July 17; Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 105th Annual Exhibition, showcases the longest and oldest continuing survey exhibition of regional art in the country, through August 15; Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, features the artist’s one-of-a-kind reinterpretation of China’s culture and politics through the zodiac, May 28 through August 29, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, www.cmoa.org
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Great Expectations, presents a collection that depicts the beauty and energy within the continuous cycle of plant development, through June 30, Hunt Library, 5th floor, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, www.huntbotanical.org
Phipps Conservatory, Butterfly Forest, colorful butterflies and beautiful glasshouse showrooms, through Sept. 5; Summer Flower Show: Playgardens, awe-inspiring summer blooms and vintage garden décor, through Oct. 2, 1 Schenley Park, Oakland, www.phipps.conservatory.org
Hillman Library, 1989 China/Avant-Garde Exhibition, a look into the world of Chinese contemporary art collected by Minglu Gao, research professor in Pitt’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture, through Oct. 31, University Library System, Year of the Humanities in the University, Ground Floor lobby, www.humanities.pitt.edu
Lectures/Seminars/Readings
“Quantitative Understanding of Microseismicity for Characterization and Development of Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Reserves,” Serge A. Shapiro, professor of geophysics, Freie University Berlin, Germany, 11 a.m. May 18, 102 Benedum Hall, Swanson School of Engineering, www.engineering.pitt.edu
“LC3-Associated Phagocytosis: How Autophagy and Phagocytosis Collide at the Crossroads of Inflammation, Innate Immunity, and Aging,” Douglas R. Green, Peter C. Doherty endowed chair and chair of the Department of Immunology, St. Jude’s Research Hospital, noon May 19, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in Immunology, www.gensurgerylabs.pitt.edu
“Code Black and the Television Doctor Paradox: Popular and Powerless in the 21st Century,” Ryan McGarry, Pitt School of Medicine alumnus and executive producer, Code Black, and instructor of emergency medicine, Cornell University, noon May 24, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, Pitt Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health, www.crmth.pitt.edu
“PD-1 Blockade in Cancer Treatment: Precision Medicine Meets Immunotherapy,” Suzanne L. Topalian, professor of surgery and oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 3:30 p.m. May 25, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, 2016 Bernard Fisher Lecture, www.health.pitt.edu
Miscellaneous
“The Farmers’ Market at Pitt,” features sustainable produce and goods from vendors throughout the community, 11:30 a.m. June 16, William Pitt Union Driveway
PhD Dissertations
Robert Steel, Dietrich School’s Department of Philosophy, “Planning for Failure,” noon May 16, 1001B Cathedral of Learning
Jia-Yuh Chen, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Joint Modeling of Bivariate Longitudinal and Bivariate Survival Data in Spouse Pairs,” 9 a.m. May 20, A425 Crabtree Hall
Tri Le, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management, “Institutional Post-Acute Care Utilization Patterns and Outcomes in Pennsylvania Medicaid,” 9 a.m. May 20, A622 Crabtree Hall
Ashlee Brooke McKeon, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, “Physiological Predictors of Behavioral Dysregulation in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Novel Ecological Momentary Assessment Method,” 10 a.m. May 31, 4065 Forbes Tower
Ulf Hlobil, Dietrich School’s Department of Philosophy, “What Is Inference? Or the Force of Reasoning,” 2:30 p.m. May 31, 1001B Cathedral of Learning
Louis Justine Vuga, School of Medicine’s Clinical and Translational Science Program, “Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and Correlation of E2F8 with Biomarkers and its Implication in Collagen-1 Synthesis,” 2:30 p.m. June 7, 152 Cathedral of Learning
Erh-Hsuan Wang, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Health Information Management, “A mHealth Platform for Supporting Clinical Data Integration and Service Delivery: An Example from Augmentative and Alternative Communication Integration,” 1 p.m. June 9, 6081 Forbes Tower
Exhibitions
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs, features the largest exhibit of flying reptiles ever mounted in the United States, through May 22, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, www.carnegiemnh.org
Carnegie Museum of Art, Teenie Harris Photographs: Great Performances Offstage, celebrates performances of all kinds as produced or experienced by Pittsburgh’s African American community and captured by Pittsburgh’s beloved photographer, through July 17; Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 105th Annual Exhibition, showcases the longest and oldest continuing survey exhibition of regional art in the country, through August 15; Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, features the artist’s one-of-a-kind reinterpretation of China’s culture and politics through the zodiac, May 28 through August 29, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, www.cmoa.org
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Great Expectations, presents a collection that depicts the beauty and energy within the continuous cycle of plant development, through June 30, Hunt Library, 5th floor, 4909 Frew St., Oakland, www.huntbotanical.org
Phipps Conservatory, Butterfly Forest, colorful butterflies and beautiful glasshouse showrooms, through Sept. 5; Summer Flower Show: Playgardens, awe-inspiring summer blooms and vintage garden décor, through Oct. 2, 1 Schenley Park, Oakland, www.phipps.conservatory.org
Hillman Library, 1989 China/Avant-Garde
Exhibition, a look into the world of Chinese contemporary art collected by Minglu Gao, research professor in Pitt’s Department of the History of Art and Architecture, through Oct. 31, University Library System, Year of the Humanities in the University, Ground Floor lobby,
www.humanities.pitt.edu
Lectures/Seminars/
Readings
“Quantitative Understanding of Microseismicity for Characterization and Development of Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Reserves,” Serge A. Shapiro, professor of geophysics, Freie University Berlin, Germany, 11 a.m. May 18, 102 Benedum Hall, Swanson School of Engineering, www.engineering.pitt.edu
“LC3-Associated Phagocytosis: How Autophagy and Phagocytosis Collide at the Crossroads of Inflammation, Innate Immunity, and Aging,” Douglas R. Green, Peter C. Doherty endowed chair and chair of the Department of Immunology, St. Jude’s Research Hospital, noon May 19, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in Immunology, www.gensurgerylabs.pitt.edu
“Code Black and the Television Doctor Paradox: Popular and Powerless in the 21st Century,” Ryan McGarry, Pitt School of Medicine alumnus and executive producer, Code Black, and instructor of emergency medicine, Cornell University, noon May 24, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, Pitt Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health, www.crmth.pitt.edu
“PD-1 Blockade in Cancer Treatment: Precision Medicine Meets Immunotherapy,” Suzanne L. Topalian, professor of surgery and oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 3:30 p.m. May 25, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, 2016 Bernard Fisher Lecture, www.health.pitt.edu
Miscellaneous
“The Farmers’ Market at Pitt,” features sustainable produce and goods from vendors throughout the community, 11:30 a.m.
June 16, William Pitt Union Driveway
PhD Dissertations
Robert Steel, Dietrich School’s Department of Philosophy, “Planning for Failure,” noon May 16, 1001B Cathedral of Learning
Jia-Yuh Chen, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Joint Modeling of Bivariate Longitudinal and Bivariate Survival Data in Spouse Pairs,” 9 a.m. May 20, A425 Crabtree Hall
Tri Le, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management, “Institutional Post-Acute Care Utilization Patterns and Outcomes in Pennsylvania Medicaid,” 9 a.m. May 20, A622 Crabtree Hall
Ashlee Brooke McKeon, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, “Physiological Predictors of Behavioral Dysregulation in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Novel Ecological Momentary Assessment Method,” 10 a.m. May 31, 4065 Forbes Tower
Ulf Hlobil, Dietrich School’s Department of Philosophy, “What Is Inference? Or the Force of Reasoning,” 2:30 p.m. May 31, 1001B Cathedral of Learning
Louis Justine Vuga, School of Medicine’s Clinical and Translational Science Program, “Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and Correlation of E2F8 with Biomarkers and its Implication in Collagen-1 Synthesis,” 2:30 p.m. June 7, 152 Cathedral of Learning
Erh-Hsuan Wang, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Health Information Management, “A mHealth Platform for Supporting Clinical Data Integration and Service Delivery: An Example from Augmentative and Alternative Communication Integration,” 1 p.m. June 9, 6081 Forbes Tower
Other Stories From This Issue
On the Freedom Road
Follow a group of Pitt students on the Returning to the Roots of Civil Rights bus tour, a nine-day, 2,300-mile journey crisscrossing five states.
Day 1: The Awakening
Day 2: Deep Impressions
Day 3: Music, Montgomery, and More
Day 4: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Day 5: Learning to Remember
Day 6: The Mountaintop
Day 7: Slavery and Beyond
Day 8: Lessons to Bring Home
Day 9: Final Lessons
