Apr
26
Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Noon - 1:15 PM, Auditorium at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital or ZOOM
Bruno Averbeck, Chief, Section on Learning & Decision Making, National Institute of Mental Health presents, "Neural Dynamics, Adolescent Synaptic Pruning, and Cognition" Zoom link here.
Apr
30
CNBC Postdoc Seminar
Noon, Mellon Institute Room # 348 or ZOOM
Diana Burk, National Institute of Mental Health, presents, "Computational and neural mechanisms underlying motivation to earn symbolic reinforcers" Zoom link here.
May
2
GenAI and Dialogue: An Idea Lab for Revolutionizing Teaching and Learning
Noon - 4:30 PM, Information Sciences Building, Room 316
Flashtalk presenters will discuss how they’ve used GenAI like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, etc. in their academic work – as either an instructor or a student – regardless of how successful the attempt was. Join us to hear from faculty, staff, and students through 3–5-minute talks about their successes, failures, opportunities, and challenges when using GenAI.
May
6
NVC Cluster Speaker
11:00 AM, Mellon Institute, room 328 or ZOOM
The NVC collaborative cluster will host Ashley Ingiosi, the Department of Neuroscience at Ohio State University, to present, "Sleeping under the Stars: astroglial contributions to Sleep and Wakefulness." Sign up for lunch here. Zoom link here.
May
6-9
Interdisciplinary Workshop for Graduate Students and Faculty on Diversifying STEM
Hosted by the Research, Ethics, and Society Initiative (RESI) of Pitt Research
Seminar meetings will take place in-person on the Oakland campus. Applications are also welcome from small groups on other Pitt campuses who wish to participate virtually on their own campuses. More information here.
May
7
WaveClub Talk
Noon, ZOOM
Zachary W. Davis, University of Utah, presents, "Cortical traveling waves emerge from synaptic fluctuations in horizontal fiber connectivity" Zoom link here.
May
9
Special Guest Seminar
2:00 - 3:30 PM, Murdoch 424 or ZOOM
Andrés Buxó-Lugo, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, presents, "Listeners dynamically weigh segmental cues and prosodic information during spoken word recognition" Zoom link here.
