Events Calendar

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Thursday, October 7

07 Oct
Art for August

Art for August

This is a past event.

Art for August is a new initiative by August Wilson House to support local artists by commissioning original work that celebrates the legacy of the Pulitzer...

October 07, 2021
07 Oct
Cathedral

This virtual exhibition of art-science works by internationally recognized artists opened March 1. Situating contemporary genetics within a spectrum of past,...

October 07, 2021
Virtual Event
07 Oct
panther flag

Today's team doesn't always work in the same office or even the same country. This session provides interactive activities that will show participants how to...

October 07, 2021
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Civic Action Week

Civic Action Week

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Civic Action Week is a campus-wide event for students, faculty, staff, and the broader community to educate, engage, and encourage collective responses to...

October 07, 2021
07 Oct
photo of a dark figure emerging from a foggy forest

One Minute Film Festival

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Tell your tale of terror… in just 60 seconds. The tools of filmmaking have never been more accessible; most of us carry a high-quality video camera in our...

October 07, 2021
07 Oct
SCREENSHOT: ASIA film festival

SCREENSHOT: ASIA film festival

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A five-day film festival celebrating Asian and Asian American film. Films will be from a variety of different countries and regions, including Japan, China,...

07 Oct
Pancreas & Biliary Rounds

Pancreas & Biliary Rounds

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PB case discussions with Dr. Dhiraj Yadav, Dr. Adam Slivka, and colleagues from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and UPMC Pancreas...

October 07, 2021 7:00 a.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Cathedral

Rachel L. Brazee will present her Final PhD Dissertation Defense “Reconsidering Quality End-Of Life Care Standards for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer...

October 07, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Morning "Zoomies" Workouts with Steph Allison Owner of Vibe Fitness

Steph will be mixing it up each day Monday-Friday with different classes such as Yoga, Barre, Kickboxing, and Zumba. Classes are open to anyone and any...

October 07, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Pediatric Grand Rounds: Protecting teens from violence: a health equity call to action

Alison Culyba, MD PhD MPH Annual Wiener Lecture Violence-related injuries are an urgent pediatric public health and health equity issue that impact...

October 07, 2021 8:00 a.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Free Images (and More) on the Web and How to Cite Them

Tired of clip art? Looking for just the right image for your slides? Do you want to minimize text in your PowerPoints? Bring your presentations to life with...

October 07, 2021 9:00 a.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Visitors viewing artwork at the art show

The Art Show @ Pitt-Greensburg will return to an in-person event as part of Blue & Gold Celebration: Homecoming 2021. Stop by Millstein Library during...

07 Oct
Coffee & Culture: Pitt Greensburg

As part of the Greensburg campus Blue & Gold Celebration and the University of Pittsburgh International Week, students, staff, faculty, and alumni are...

October 07, 2021 10:00 a.m.
07 Oct
Electronic Thesis & Dissertation Workshop @ Hillman

This workshop is in-person at Hillman Library! Learn how to format your thesis or dissertation using the University’s Microsoft Word template. We’ll also...

October 07, 2021 10:00 a.m.
07 Oct
MEMS Graduate Seminar Series - Invited Lecturer - Dr. Dipankar Choudhury

Digital Exploration Made Possible By High Performance Computing on GPUs Abstract: The quest for simulation-driven product and process development is...

October 07, 2021 11:00 a.m.
07 Oct
Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology Seminar:   “From data to noise to meaningful data with generative AI-augmented molecular simulations”

Pratyush Tiwary, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of...

October 07, 2021 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
FSDP Global Competence Certificate Celebration Ceremony

On Thursday, October 7 the University Center for International Studies will hold the second annual Global Competence Certificate Celebration Ceremony. This...

October 07, 2021 11:30 a.m.
07 Oct
Jean Monnet Center Distinguished Lecture- Gary Younge

Gary Younge, author, broadcaster, and editor-at-large for The Guardian based in London, England and Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester...

October 07, 2021 11:30 a.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
"Authors and Anecdotes" Book Club: Featuring Tom Rea

Join this week's featured author, Tom Rea, in our virtual book club series, “Authors and Anecdotes”, as he discusses his book Bone Wars: The Excavation and...

October 07, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Decorated rubber ducks sitting on bridge railing

Student- and community-decorated rubber ducks will once again take to the waves of Slate Run Creek on campus for this year's Duck Dash, part of the Blue &...

October 07, 2021 12:00 p.m.
07 Oct
Epi Seminar - ​​​​​​​Gretchen White

Building Up a Diverse Workforce Through Epidemiology Gretchen White, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University...

October 07, 2021 12:00 p.m.
07 Oct
Cathedral

IRB 101 for Exempt Studies

This is a past event.

Do you currently conduct research that meet one of the federal exempt categories or plan on submitting a new research project that may be exempt? If so,...

October 07, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Introduction to Public Speaking Research Clinic

At this workshop, students will learn how to find, use, and cite credible sources for informational speeches. You will have the chance to develop keyword...

October 07, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Misinformation, Mistrust & Media: The Story of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Presented by Beth L. Hoffman (BCHS '19, 22) and BCHS's Jamie Sidani as part of the Department of Medicine's Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care...

October 07, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
The Cold War from the Margins

The Cold War from the Margins

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A live interview with Theodora K. Dragostinova, Ohio State University The Cold War is often narrowly viewed as a binary struggle: The US versus the USSR....

October 07, 2021 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Wit(h)ness: Salon with Kiese Laymon & Wura-Natasha Ogunji

Digital Reading & Conversation | Thursday, October 7th, 2021 at 2:00PM EST An afternoon salon with essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon & artist...

October 07, 2021 2:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Introduction to Git  - Part 2

Introduction to Git - Part 2

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So, you’ve used Git to track files you work on, and to put repos on GitHub, and now you’re ready to take the next step: using Git with collaborators. We’ll...

07 Oct
Understanding Health Savings Accounts (TIAA Live Webinar)

You may know about the tax advantages of contributing to a Health Savings Account (HSA) but did you know that HSAs are also a way to save for healthcare in...

October 07, 2021 3:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Virtual International Speed Friending  

Whether you’re an international student at Pitt looking to make American friends or a native speaker of English interested in meeting people from different...

October 07, 2021 4:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
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Civic Trivia Game Night

This is a past event.

Come out and test your civic and cultural knowledge with food, fun, and giveaways! This competition serves as a playtest for a civic learning mobile game...

October 07, 2021 5:30 p.m.
07 Oct
CLAS Film Series: Stateless

CLAS Film Series: Stateless

This is a past event.

Runtime: 1h 36min Filmmaker/Director:Michèle Stephenson Dominican Republic, 2020 | Documentary Register here In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and...

October 07, 2021 6:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Education Resources Workshop

Education Resources Workshop

This is a past event.

Looking for background information for an assignment, or doing research for a thesis or dissertation? Need help finding sources? This one-hour webinar will...

October 07, 2021 6:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Wit(h)ness: An Evening with Elizabeth Acevedo

In-Person Reading & Conversation | Thursday, October 8th, 2021 at 6:30PM EST An evening with writer and poet Elizabeth Acevedo. Novelist Angie Cruz will...

October 07, 2021 6:30 p.m.
07 Oct
Community Voices: Pittsburgh, the United States Steel Corporation, and 120 years of extraction

Join World History Center Graduate Student Assistant in Public History, Chie Togami, for a presentation and conversation about her three-part podcast series,...

October 07, 2021 7:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Oct
Pop Art Den co-op space in the University Store on Fifth.

Join us at the Pop Art Den inside the University Store on Fifth for our grand re-opening party on Thursday, October 7 from 7-9 pm! Meet the artists, staff,...

October 07, 2021 7:00 p.m.
07 Oct
Pitt Women's Soccer vs. North Carolina

Panthers Women's Soccer

October 07, 2021 7:00 p.m.
07 Oct
Copyright and Your Thesis or Dissertation (In-Person)

What do you need to know about copyright for your thesis or dissertation? Join us for a workshop specifically about copyright and graduate student work....

October 07, 2021 11:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 7