Happy Fall! This term at the Dietrich School is filled with lots of exciting events. Below is a full rundown of events by department. Please note that these events are subject to change. Visit calendar.pitt.edu for up-to-date event info.
Anthropology:
Robert's Lecture: October 18
Bioethics:
The Weaponization of Victimhood: September 4
Collaboration, Community and Connection, Partnering to Advance Research: September 9
Music Therapy and Ethics: September 9
Roundtable on Pedagogy in Disability Studies: September 9
Care Binds, Chronic Illness at the Edges of Support: September 9
Catholic Perspective on Defining the End of Life and a ‘Good Death’: September 10
Celebrating Rurality, Embracing Rural Health Ethics: September 10
Exploring Healthcare Ethics and the Medical Humanities in Clinical Practice: September 13
What Does It Mean to be Human?: September 18
Political Determinants of Health, How Policy and Politics Influence Health: September 26
Lost and Found: Stories of Gains, Losses, and Growth: September 27
On the Acceptability of Preselection for Autistic Children: September 30
Advancing Trust in Science, Institutional Obligations to Promote Research Integrity: October 10
Clinical Ethics and Hospital Chaplaincy: Areas of Overlap and Divergence: October 15
Transplant Ethics and Policy Conference: October 17
14th Annual Midwestern Medical Humanities Conference: October 25
Global Bioethics, Perspectives, Problems and Solutions: November 7 - 9
Shame, Guilt, Anger and Rebuke in 21st Century Medicine: November 12
How Meditation Became Medicalized: December 10
Biological Sciences:
Dr. Kendall Calhoun to speak: September 4
Dr. M. Denise Dearing to speak: September 9
Dr. Kaylan Moore to speak: September 10
Dr. Liedson T. Carneiro to speak: September 11
Dr. Allyson O'Donnell to speak: September 16
Dr. Renata Diaz to speak: September 18
Dr. Kirill Kiselyov to speak: September 23
Dr. Christopher Johnson to speak: September 25
Dr. Blanton Tolbert to speak: September 27
Dr. Michael Boots to speak: September 30
Dr. Valentina Alaasam to speak: October 2
Dr. Amy Wehn to speak: October 3
Dr. Todd Graham to speak: October 7
Dr. Rosa McGuire to speak: October 9
Dr. Sean Johnson to speak: October 14
Dr. Arthur Porto to speak: October 16
Dr. Molly Bletz to speak: October 21
Dr. Curtis Suttle to speak: October 23
Dr. Fred Winston to speak: October 28
Dr. Athma Pai to speak: November 4
Drs. Nick Barts, Michelle Valkanas, and David Outomuro to speak: November 5
Dr. Emily Le Sage to speak: November 13
Chemistry:
Igor Alabugin - Florida State University: September 3
Matthew Shores - Colorado State University: September 12
Thomas Montgomery - Duquesne University: September 17
2024 Alumni Awards: September 27- 28
John Herbert - Ohio State University: October 2
Mark Morris – Covestro: October 3
Yuezhi Mao - San Diego State University: October 10
Jennifer Schomaker - University of Wisconsin, Madison: October 15
Aikomari Guzman-Martinez - University of Puerto Rico: October 17
Kaufman Seminar Lecture Day 1 - Adriaan Bax – NIH: October 24
Kaufman Seminar Lecture Day 2 - Adriaan Bax – NIH: October 25
Kirill Kovnir - Iowa State University: October 31
Julia Widom - University of Oregon: November 7
Chenjie Zeng - University of Florida: November 12
Ratmir Derda - University of Alberta: November 14
Christopher Uyeda - Purdue University: December 10
Children’s Literature:
Book Talk with Sonia Nimr and M. Lynx Qualey: October 1
Economics:
Econometrics Seminar, Jonathan Roth, Groos Family Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University: September 9
English:
Lavish Gifts, Judicial Ethics, and the U.S. Supreme Court: September 12
Book Launch - ADOPTION MEMOIRS, INSIDE STORIES by Marianne Novy: September 13
Pittsburgh Contemporary Writer Series (PCWS) Presents: Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Isabella Hammad: September 30
Film and Media Studies:
"Small Doses", 2024 Film and Media Colloquium Series: September 19
"Sex, Lies, and Video-on-Demand in the (post-)European Context", 2024 Film and Media Colloquium Series: September 23
"Disability and Accessibility in the Media Classroom" : 2024 Film and Media Colloquium Series: November 21
French and Italian:
Health Humanities Lecture Series "Care Binds: Chronic Illness at the Edges of Support": September 9
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies:
Book Launch - ADOPTION MEMOIRS: INSIDE STORIES by Marianne Novy: September 13
Geology and Environmental Science:
Colloquium, Lab Safety Training: September 5
Colloquium Speaker, Dr. David Huber: September 12
Department Alumna and Sr. Geologist at the PA Geologic Survey will be giving the Keystone GIS Career: September 18
Colloquium Speaker, Distinguished Alumna Carloe Lojek: September 19
Colloquium Speaker, Erica Love: September 26
Seeing and Unseen, Aquatic Invaders & What is at Stake: October 1
Colloquium Speaker, Dr. Vikas Khanna: October 3
Colloquium Speaker, Eli Hall: October 10
Colloquium Speaker, Maria Angela Capello: October 17
Colloquium Speaker, Justin Mackey: October 24
Save the Date, Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit: October 30 – November 1
Colloquium Speaker, Dr. Joanmarie Del Vecchio: October 31
Colloquium Speaker, Dr. Jennifer Sheridan: November 7
Colloquium Speaker: Dr. Marisa Repasch: November 14
Colloquium Speaker, Dr. Hilary Dugan: November 21
Colloquium Speaker: Kristi Dobra: December 22
German:
Panel Discussion, Conversations on Europe "The History of Environmentalism,Right, Left, Center": September 3
Lecture, Gaming Climate Change, Environmentalism and the German Video Game Industry: September 17
Munich, City of Natural Wonder, Sustainability and Oktoberfest: October 4
Film Screening, Bis hierhin und wie weiter?/ Stick together.: October 7
Student Showcase, Landscapes: Nature, Culture, Climate Change.: November 15
History:
Talk by Dr. James Nealy on the Soviet Economy: September 12
How Does One Become Racist?: September 24
Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of California anti-immigrant Proposition 187: October 17
Gender and Race in Latin American Labor History: November 21
Series, Grand Narratives Reading Group, Lauren Benton, They Called it Peace, Worlds of Imperial Violence (2024): November 22
History of Art and Architecture:
HAA Graduate Students Share their Summer Experiences: September 4
Visual Culture and the History of Astronomy: September 11
Opening Receptions, UAG Fall Exhibitions: October 3
Artists in Conversation, Sarah Moore and Diana Khoi Nguyen: October 16
Object Lesson, Wang Jiqian’s Landscape 427: November 19
Jewish Studies:
Welcome Reception and Open House: September 5
An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli: October 9
Mathematics:
Introduction to Algebraic Stacks: September 3
Vector-valued Laurent polynomial equations, toric vector bundles and matroids: September 5
On Calderon-Zygmund Theory for the p-Laplacian: September 6
Kristoffer Varholm - tba: September 9
TBA PDE and Analysis Seminar,Kristoffer Varholm: September 9
Vector-valued Laurent polynomial equations, toric vector bundles and matroids II: September 12
Euclidian Ramsey Theory: September 13
TBA - Thomas Hales: September 20
TBA - Qiwei Feng: September 24
TBA - Algebra, Combinatorics, and Geometry Seminar: September 26
TBA - Kresimir Josic: September 27
Mohamed Moakher - TBA: October 3
TBA - Maxime Van de Moortel: October 4
TBA - Sean Cotner: October 10
TBA - Algebra, Combinatorics, and Geometry Seminar: October 17
TBA - Heather Macbeth: October 25
The Edmund R. Michalik Distinguished Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences: October 25
TBA - Daniel Krashen: November 1
TBA - Roberto Camassa: November 11
TBA - Katia Consani: November 15
Alumni Panel: November 22
Undergraduate Research Colloquium: December 6
Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology:
Systematically mapping protein sequence-structure-function relationships: September 12
Data & Literature Club: September 19
NMR of Glycans ON and OFF cells: September 19
Data & Literature Club: September 26
New opportunities through path sampling - from drug discovery to chemical reactions: September 26
Music:
Donna Amato Solo Piano Recital: September 22
Visiting Scholar Series, Francesca Royster: October 7
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: October 9
Sam Rivers Q & A Panel: October 28
Fall Music Performance Showcase: October 28
Sam Rivers Concert featuring members of the RivBea Orchestra: October 29
Neuroscience:
Dr. Francois St-Pierre to speak: October 29
Dr. Timothy Buschman to speak: November 14
Dr. Joshua Corbin to speak: December 5
Philosophy:
The Department of Philosophy Presents Shamik Dasgupta: September 13
The Department of Philosophy Presents Michelle Moody-Adams: September 20
Michael R. Bennett Memorial Philosophy Workshop: October 5
The Department of Philosophy Presents Helen Steward: October 18
Nuel D. Belnap Jr. Memorial Celebration: October 19
Wesley C. Salmon Memorial Lecture - Branden Fitelson: November 8
Physics and Astronomy:
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: September 4
AstroLunch @ Pitt, Lyra Cao (Vanderbilt University):September 6
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Adam Miller (Northwestern University): September 9
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: September 11
Pitt PACC Public Lecture, Chris Quigg (Fermilab) : September 12
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Joshua Shaevitz (Princeton University): September 16
Biological Physics Day: September 17
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: September 18
AstroLunch @ Pitt, Anirudh Chiti (University of Chicago): September 20
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Noemi Rocco (Fermilab): September 23
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: September 25
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Equity and Inclusion Town Hall: September 30
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: October 2
AstroLunch @ Pitt, Rachel Patton (University of Pittsburgh): October 4
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Clarice Aiello (UCLA): October 7
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: October 9
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: October 16
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Rodrigo Ibata: October 21
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: October 23
AstroLunch @ Pitt, Cat Fielder (University of Arizona): October 25
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Norman Yao (Harvard University): October 28
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: October 30
Event 7688: November 4
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: November 6
AstroLunch @ Pitt, Brian O'Shea (Michigan State University): November 8
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, TBD: November 11
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: November 13
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Patrick Gallagher (University of Pittsburgh): November 18
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: November 20
AstroLunch @ Pitt, Yao Yuan-Mao (University of Utah): November 22
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: December 4
Pitt-CMU Colloquium, Yuan-Sen Ting (Ohio State University): December 9
Departmental Social Hour & Research Talks: December 11
Political Science:
CAPS Speak, Miranda Yaver (University of Pittsburgh): September 18
GPS Speaker, Nadiya Kostyuk (Carnegie Mellon): September 20
GPS Speaker, Andrea Pena-Vasquez (University of Pittsburgh): September 27
GPS Speaker, Aala Abdelgadir (University of Pittsburgh): October 18
GPS Speaker, Danielle Jung (Emory): December 6
Religious Studies:
Welcome Reception and Open House: September 5
Colloquium, Literal Figures in the Language of Serpent-Handling Churches: September 18
A Confluence of Ideas, From Wisdom on the Three Rivers to Reversing the Chicago River: September 19
Colloquium, Topic TBD: October 23
Colloquium, Roman Water Culture, Climate Change, and the Demise of the Private Judean Mikveh: November 20
Slavic:
34th Annual Slovak Heritage Festival: November 3
Statistics:
Seminar with Rebecca Deek: September 16
Seminar with Marina Vannucci: September 30
Keystone State Statistics Symposium: October 5 – 6
Seminar with Kai Zhang: October 14
Seminar with Jian Kang: October 21
Seminar with Nancy Zhang: November 11
Seminar with Yehenew Kifle: November 18
Studio Arts:
Supernatural Exhibit: September 5 – September 29
Theatre Arts:
Dead Man's Cell Phone: October 25 – November 3
The Inseparables: November 15 – 22
Trifles: October 4 -6