Friday Afternoon Lectures
Each fall and spring we offer a series of lectures open to anyone. Our lectures are announced here and via the Student Honors Activities Council (SHAC) e-mail distribution list.
If you have a suggestion for a lecture or you would like to volunteer to present a lecture, please contact:
Edward McCord
emccord@pitt.edu
412-624-6886
| Fall 2006 SCHEDULE (Term 2071) | ||
| Date | Lecture Topic |
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| September 15 at 2 pm (3500 CL) | "Two Mountain Climbers' First Trip West" Justin Hynica, A&S '07 Todd McCormick, A&S '08 Pitt Outdoors Club |
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| September 22 at 2 pm (3500 CL) | "Global Warming: Impacts and Implications" Michael Rosenmeier, PhD, Department of Geology and Planetary Science |
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| September 29 at 2 pm (3500 CL) |
"Three Perspectives on Mongolia" Christopher Berger, A&S '06 Michael Edeke, ENG '07 Marion Sikora, A&S '07 |
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| October 6 at 2 pm (3500 CL) |
"Film in the Age of Globalization" Randall Halle, PhD, Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German and Film Studies |
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| October 13 | No Lecture | |
| October 20 | No Lecture | |
| October 27 | No Lecture | |
| November 3 at 2 pm (232 CL) |
"Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design in the Courts" James Trefil, PhD, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics, George Mason University |
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| November 10 at 2 pm (3500 CL) |
"Service Programs of GAP, Inc., in South Africa" Dotti Hatcher, Senior Director Social Responsibility, GAP, Inc. |
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| November 17 at 2 pm (3500 CL) |
"The Other Northern Ireland Peace Process: Loyalist Political Thought from Long Kesh to Good Friday" Tony Novosel, PhD, Department of History |
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| November 24 | No Lecture | |
| December 1 at 2 pm (3500 CL) |
"Black History: The Other Side of History" Robert Mosley, LMSW, Assistant Clinical Professor, Wayne State University Medical School |
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| December 8 at 2 pm (3500 CL) |
"Hospital-Physician Conflict - It's All About Money" Nathan Hershey, PhD, Professor of Health Law (Emeritus), Graduate School of Public Health |
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