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GSA Events
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Friday, Sept 29, 5-7pm at Skibo Cafe
GSA Happy Hour
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Performances
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Sunday, Oct 1, 2:30 pm
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
"Copland, Tchaikovsky and Stargell"
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Copland          Music for the Theatre
Copland          Lincoln Portrait
Tchaikovsky    Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Info: 392-4900
Tickets: $5 (Two per valid CMU grad student ID) from UC Info Counter
http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/
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Through Oct 1 at the Benedum Center
"Rent "
>From the Pulitzer Prize to the Tony sweep, from the critical accolades
to
the nightly ovations, Jonathan Larson's musical has become an American
icon.
Don't miss the chance to experience the phenomenon for yourself!
Box office: 456-6666
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Through Oct. 8th. Pittsburgh Playhouse. Oakland
"The Colonel Bird"
A political comedy written by Hristo Boytchev
Six lunatics declare their isolated monastery � asylum an independent
territory
and appoint themselves a "UN task force." The show opens the Pittsburgh
Playhouse Company's second season and the play's American premiere.
Tickets. $18-$22.  Box Office: 621-4445
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Things to Do
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October 2 through December 1, Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt
Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
Thursdays 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
"Cross Currents: Work of Women Artists across Culture & Time"
Featuring works by Delanie Jenkins, Prajna Paramita Parasher, & Belinda
Otero Raczka
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Monday, October 2, 7 pm, McConomy Auditorium, UC
**"GANDHI"**
Starring Ben Kingsley, Directed by Sir Richard Attenborough
Free to CMU Students
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Thursday, Oct. 5, 4:30 - 6 p.m., Adamson Wing, Baker Hall
"BIRDBATH  A play reading with audience partipation"
Written by Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger,  Directed by Denny Martin
A metaphysical meeting of the minds.... Einstein, Gandhi, Tennesse
Williams, John Lennon, Pope Gregory, Carl Jung and you contemplating a
Dramatic Experiment in the Quest for Peace
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Thursday, Oct. 5, 9 a.m. - 3  p.m., UC
CMUs 3rd Annual "Legal Update," sponsored by Human Resources.
Practical advice about some of today's hottest university legal issues.
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Friday, Oct 6, University Center
TELfair 2000
A showcase of faculty work that reveals a careful blending of technology

with teaching in an effort to elevate proven teaching methods to new
heights
Highlights:
* Keynote: Mark Kamlet, Provost, 11am - 12pm, McConomy Auditorium
* Demonstrations: Noon-5pm, Rangos Hall
* Reception in Rangos during the fair:  2 pm-4 pm
http://telab.web.cmu.edu/telfair2000/
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Seminars
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Friday, Sept 29, 12pm-1:20pm, McKenna Peter Wright Room, UC
Seminars on Technology for Education
"Intelligent Tutors: What Are They? What Promise to They Hold for
University
Education?"
Speakers: Ken Koedinger and Al Corbett (HCI Institute)
Info: 268-5503 or email to ls2y@andrew.cmu.edu.
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Friday, September 29, 4:30 PM, 7500 Wean Hall
Math Colloquium
"Colliding Black Holes and Gravity Waves: A New Computational Challenge"

Speaker: Doug Arnold (Penn State)
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Friday, Sept. 29 - Sunday, Oct. 1, McConomy Auditorium, UC
"100 Years of Mass Culture: Beyond Good and Evil,"
A conference sponsored by the English Department and the
Center for Cultural Analysis.
All events (excluding banquet) are free to the CMU community.
Information: http://hss.cmu.edu/massculture.
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Monday, Oct. 2, 4:30 - 6 p.m., Adamson Wing, Baker Hall
"Practicing nonviolence in a violent world : A panel discussion on
present
day uses of Gandhian principles of non-violence."
Panel participants:
* Martha Harty (Department of Philosophy, CMU)
* Molly Rush (Thomas Merton Center
* Fonda Hyong (Alle-Kiskie Hope Center)
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Monday, Oct 2 at 4:00 pm
LRDC 2nd Floor  Auditorium - Reception to Follow
CNBC Colloquium
"Cortical Reorganization of Visual and Language Functions after Early
Auditory Deprivation"
Speaker: Dr. Daphne Bavelier( University of Rochester)
Info: Suzy Scherf scherf@pitt.edu
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Tuesday, Oct 3, 7 pm, Carnegie Museum of Art Auditorium
Eminent Biology Lecture Series
organized by EcoForum, a consortium of Pittsburgh-area science and
conservation organizations
"Earth Transformed:Humanity's Global Footprint."
Speaker: Peter M. Vitousek (Stanford University)
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Wednesday, October 4, 3:30pm-5:00pm, Wean Hall, Room 5409
HCI Seminar Series
"Translating User-Centered Design Into The Business World: Goal
Centered Strategy"
Speaker: Nick Iozzo, Zefer
Info: Brad Myers bam+@cs.cmu.edu
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Wednesday, October 4, Noon; Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt
WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM
"Changes in the Body"
Speaker: Belinda Otero Raczka (Artist)
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Wednesday, October 4, 12  - 1  pm, Baker Hall 129, EPP conference room
C I S - H D G C   S E M I N A R   S E R I E S
"Coal in China"
Speaker: Francis C. McMichael  (EPP-CEE)
RSVP your attendance and lunch: Terri Jones tjones@andrew.cmu.edu
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Thursday, Oct 5, 3:30 p.m., Cooper Auditorium, GSIA
"Does Corporate Diversification Destroy Value?"
Speaker: Mike Lemmon (Finance Department, University of Utah)
Info: Meredith Berkner mberkner@andrew.cmu.edu  268-1319
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Thursday, Oct 5, 4-5 p.m., Scaife Hall Auditorium, Room 125.
ECE Seminar Series
"Resource Management for Broadband Satellite Systems:
How to Provide Fairness with Aggregation ?"
Speaker: Catherine Rosenberg (Purdue University)
http://amp.ece.cmu.edu/ECESeminar/Abstract/F00_Rosenberg.htm
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Friday, Oct. 6,  8 - 9:15 a.m., Hamburg Hall 1000.
Heinz School Policy and Leadership Forum.
"Making a Difference through Public Service: Your Career after the
Heinz School."
Speaker: Gwendolyn Stewart King (former commissioner of the
Social Security Administration)
A continental breakfast will be served.
RSVP: hnz-rsvp@andrew.cmu.edu by Wednesday, Oct. 4.
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