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
| SPRING 2009 SCHEDULE (Term 2094) | ||
| Date | Lecture Topic |
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| January 9 at 3 pm (3500 CL) | Excavating an 8th Century BC Anatolian Settlement Joshua Cannon, A&S '09 |
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| January 16 at 2:15 pm (3500 CL) | Pennsylvania's Carbon Management Plan: How Much Carbon Do You Use and What Do We Do About It? William Harbert, PhD, Department of Geology and Planetary Science |
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| January 23 at 2:15 pm (3500 CL) | Helicopter EMS Safety and Medical Capabilities: An International Study Patrick Lambert, SHRS '09, UHC '09 |
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| January 30 | No Lecture | |
| February 6 at 2:15 pm (3500 CL) | Transformation of the Pittsburgh Regional Economy Christopher Briem, Program in Urban and Regional Analysis, University Center for Social and Urban Research |
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| February 13 at 2:15 pm (3500 CL) | Yoga as Sport: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous? Joseph Alter, PhD, Department of Anthropology |
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| February 20 at 2:15 pm (3500 CL) | Baby Beetles Inspire New Propulsion for Boats Sung Kwon Cho, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science |
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| February 27 | No Lecture | |
| March 6 | No Lecture (Spring Break) | |
| March 13 | No Lecture (Spring Break) | |
| March 20 | No Lecture | |
| March 27 at 12:50 pm (meet at Forbes Avenue entrance to Carnegie Museum of Natural History) | The Horse: A Guided Tour of the Exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Sandra Olsen, PhD, Curator of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History |
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| April 3 | No Lecture | |
| April 10 at 2:15 pm (3500 CL) | Plants, Pathogens, and Poisoned Philosophers: The Wonders of Herbal Chemistry! Brian Traw, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences |
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| April 17 | No Lecture | |
PREVIOUS LECTURES
Fall 2008 Schedule (Term 2091)
Spring 2008 Schedule (Term 2084)
Fall 2007 Schedule (Term 2081)
Spring 2007 Schedule (Term 2074)
Fall 2006 Schedule (Term 2071)