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GSA Events
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Friday, Sept 22, 5-7pm at Skibo Cafe
GSA Happy Hour
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Performances
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Sept 21-24,
Pittsburgh Symphony presents Pittsburgh Pops
"All That Jazz"
Featuring the "Jazz Ambassadors" and the "In Time Jazz Quartet"
Conducted by Marvin Hamlisch
Info: 392-4900
Tickets: $5 (Two per valid CMU grad student ID) from UC Info Counter
http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/
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Wednesday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland
Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic performs
Robert Schumann's Symphony #4 in D and
selections from Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite.
Tickets: $5 for general admission, $4 for students and senior citizens.
For tickets and information call 268-2383.
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Sept 26 - 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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Friday, Sept 22, 11 am - 2 pm, Kirr Commons, UC
Pittsburgh Culture and Arts Fair
Meet representatives from Pittsburgh's cultural art organizations and
learn what's going on in the Pittsburgh arts scene.  Get specialy priced

tickets
for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Chamber Music
Society
and the Pittsburgh Public Theatre by special arrangement through GSA.
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Saturday, Sept 23, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 317 South Pacific Avenue
RUMMAGE SALE
Sponsored by & proceeds for Women's Resource Center in Pittsburgh
Furniture, collectibles, toys, books, CD's, clothes, baked goods, & more

Donations or Volunteers: 731-1147; Information: 243-0413
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Sunday, Sept 24, 2-4 pm, USA Professional Karate Studio on Murray Avenue

GAP-sponsored Women's Self-Defense Class
Cost is $10 or $5 with student ID.  Class size is limited.  Please RSVP
(Amy Stein at 621-8875) to reserve your space
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Monday, Sept 25, 5:00-6:30 pm, McKenna Peter Rooms, UC
* Banking and Budgeting Workshop *
For international students: an informative session about options for
banking, budgeting and monetary issues in the US.
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Wednesday, Sept. 27, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m., Rangos 3, UC
Graduate Women's Connecting Lunch
This is an opportunity to meet other graduate women around campus and
create professional and personal support networks.
Register on-line at http://www.cmu.edu/adm/apaa/grad/programdate.html
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Wednesday, Sept 27, 7:15 p.m., Frick Art Museum auditorium, Point Breeze

"Replicas and Representations, Backwards and Forwards: The
Oscillating Art of Vik Muniz"
A lecture by Andy Grundberg, Washington-based arts writer and critic
Students:  $8.00.  Reservations are required.
Info: 371-0600
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Thursday, Sept 28
9th Annual Students of Color Dinner Series
"Expanding Your Horizons"
Speaker: Toi Derricotte (Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh)

Dinner discussion: Building Diasporic Communities: Networks of the Heart

Along with dinner, attendants will receive a free autographed copy of
Derricotte's
book: "Black Notebooks". Register online:
http://www.cmu.edu:80/adm/apaa/gpo/poc/index.html
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Weekends thru Sept 24. West Newton
Greater Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival.
Re-creation of a 16th century marketplace, craft shops, stages, games,
food and jousting.   Info: 724/872-1670.
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Through Sept. 29, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Purnell Center
Tuesday - Sunday 11:30 - 5 p.m
"Fusion!" Artists in a Research Setting
Organized by the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry  and Robert Atkins,
Microsoft Research Fellow.
For information: call 268-3618
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Seminars
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Friday, Sept 22. 4:30pm-5:30pm, DH 1212
"Raising the first round of funding for your venture"
Speaker: Steve Ketchpel (CTO & Founder, Vividence Corporation)
You've got the killer startup idea, you've assembled the team (well
almost!), now all you need is the money to get you going!  The hunt for
funding is on--and you've got questions:
     *  The Elevator pitch!
     *  What are your funding options?
     *  How do you generate VC interest in your idea and company?
     *  What terms are important in the negotiation?
     *  How does the valuation get decided?
BRING YOUR RESUME FOR A CHANCE TO WIN AN MP-3 PLAYER!
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Friday, Sept 22, 1 p.m., CNBC Conference Room, Mellon Institute 115
CNBC Friday Seminar
"How Does Our Ability to Think Mature?:  fMRI Studies of Cognitive
Development"
Speaker: Beatriz Luna, Ph.D. (Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic)
Info: Barb Dorney dorney@cnbc.cmu.edu
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Monday, Sept 25 12:00-1:00 pm, Baker Hall 129
C I S - H D G C   Lunch Time Seminars
"Equitable cost-benefit analysis of climate change"
Speaker: RIchard Tol (Hamburg University, Germany)
Info: Terri Jones (412) 268-1087  tjones@andrew.cmu.edu
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Tuesday Sept 26, 8pm, Rangos Hall, UC
Ralph Nader Lecture
One free ticket with Carnegie Mellon ID, $5 per ticket without.
Info: Lisa Defrock-Cole 268-8704 lisad@andrew.cmu.edu.
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Tuesday, Sept 26 4 - 5:30 p.m., Rangos 3, UC
"Thinking of Starting a Company?"
The Technology Transfer Office is sponsoring an information session with

Innovation Works (www.innovationworks.org), a regional development
company that identifies promising, young,  high-technology companies
and matches them with the cash and capabilities they need to succeed.
Please reserve your seat by calling 268-5441 or emailing bklaas@cmu.edu.

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Wed, Sept 27, 6 - 9 p.m Carnegie Confeence Rm, Warner Hall, 1st floor.
Professional Development Seminar Series
"The ABCs of Management: An Overview"
Speaker: Professor Joan Kiel (Duquesne University)
Registration will be limited to a 30 student.  Dinner will be provided.
To register, graduate students should come, in person, to the Graduate
Programs Office, Warner Hall 419.  A sign-up notebook will be available
at the door.
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Wed, Sept 27, 3:30pm-5:00pm, Wean Hall, Room 5409
HCI Seminar Series
"The ELDer Project: Social and Emotional Factors in the Design of
Eldercare Technologies"
Speaker: Jodi Forlizzi
Info: Brad Myers bam+@cs.cmu.edu
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Wednesday, Sept. 27, 3.30 pm, Conference Room, Mellon Institute
Biological Science Seminars
"Probabilistic Analysis of Some Problems in Computational Biology"
Speaker: Alan Frieze (CMU)
Contact: Elizabeth W. Jones ej09+@andrew.cmu.edu
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Wed, Sept 27,  Noon - 1 p.m., 901 Cathedral of Learning
U. of Pitt Women's Studies
"Promoting Understanding & Racial Harmony"
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Thurs, Sept 28, Noon - 1:00 p.m., 901 Cathedral of Learning
Sponsored by Center for West European Studies
 "A Female Healer in Early Modern Germany: The Case of Margarete Amman"
Speakers: B.Ann Tlusty (History) and Helmut Graser (German Language &
Linguistics)
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Thursday, Sept. 28, .  5 p.m., McConomy Auditorium, UC
School of Art Lecture Series
Animation filmmaker and historian John Canemaker
Free and open to the public. Information: 268-2409.
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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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