Frank, Juhl, Andrews, and Zigmond Honored

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PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume IX • Number 20 • July 7, 2008 Frank, Juhl, Andrews, and Zigmond Honored Pitt-Bradford to Name Faculty receive Distinguished Professor designation New Residence Hall For Retired Zippo Manufacturing Executive Howard Fesenmyer By Kimberly Marcott Weinberg

The University of Pittsburgh at Brad- ford will name its new residence hall in honor of Howard Fesenmyer, a retired Zippo Manufacturing Co. executive who is executive secretary of the Blaisdell Foundation, a Zippo board member, and a member of Ellen Frank Randy Juhl Charles Reid Andrews Naomi Zigmond the advisory board of Pitt-Bradford, where he is a leader in the school’s fundraising Pitt is honoring four senior faculty American Psychiatric Association Task from 1992 to 1993. In 1992, he was asked efforts. members as Distinguished Professors: Force on DSM-V and is an honorary fellow to chair the FDA’s newly created advisory The University of Pittsburgh Board of Ellen Frank has been named Distinguished of the American Psychiatric Association. In committee on nonprescription drugs that Trustees approved the naming of Fesenmyer Professor of Psychiatry, effective June 1; 1999, she was elected to the National Acad- advises the FDA on a range of issues related House at its June 27 annual meeting in Pitts- Randy Juhl, Distinguished Service Pro- emy of Sciences Institute of Medicine. to over-the-counter medications; he served burgh. Fesenmyer attended the meeting. fessor of Pharmacy, effective July 1; and, A graduate of Vassar College, Frank as committee chair until 1996. In 1998, he Fesenmyer House will become home to effective Sept. 1, George Reid Andrews, earned a master’s degree in English at Car- was appointed chair of the FDA’s Pharmacy 144 students this fall. Pitt-Bradford broke Distinguished Professor of History, and negie Mellon University and a doctorate in Compounding Advisory Committee, created ground for the $7.3 million residence hall Naomi P. Zigmond, Distinguished Profes- psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. by the FDA Modernization Act of 1997 to last July. It is located near Blaisdell Hall. sor of Education. Pitt Chancellor Mark A. serve as a public forum for the resolution “Never in my wildest dreams would I Nordenberg made the appointments based Juhl, vice chancellor for research con- of regulatory issues affecting pharmacy ever have thought this could happen to me,” on the recommendation of Pitt Provost and duct and compliance, came to the University compounding. Fesenmyer said. “I am humbled, honored, Senior Vice Chancellor James V. Maher. in 1979 to serve as chair of the Depart- Juhl received an associate’s degree and pleased, and I thank Pitt-Bradford for The appointment of a faculty member ment of Pharmacy Practice. His research from Waldorf College in 1968 and his BS, this remarkable recognition.” to a Distinguished Professorship constitutes included the effects of disease states and MS, and PhD degrees in pharmacy from Livingston Alexander, president of Pitt- the highest honor that can be accorded a other conditions on the the University of Iowa Bradford, said, “Howard is not only a major member of the professorate. The rank of pharmacokinetics and in 1972, 1974, and 1976, fundraiser for Pitt-Bradford, but he also is Distinguished Professor recognizes extraor- pharmacodynamics of The appointment of respectively. He has been our greatest cheerleader and advocate. dinary, internationally renowned scholarly drugs. In 1986, he was a faculty member to honored as a distinguished “What drives Howard to ask for a gift attainment in an individual discipline or named dean of the School alumnus of Waldorf Col- is precisely what motivates our donors field. The title Distinguished Service Pro- of Pharmacy, a position he a Distinguished lege (1994) and the Uni- to give—an unselfish dedication to our fessor is given in recognition of distinctive held for 16 years. During versity of Iowa College of campus and an abiding commitment to our contributions and outstanding service to the his tenure as dean, the Professorship Pharmacy (2000). students.” University community in support of its mis- school converted its entry- Fesenmyer has been chair of the sion, as well as performance excellence in level practitioner degree constitutes the high- Andrews, a professor in institutional advancement council of Pitt- the faculty member’s department or school from the bachelor’s to the Department of His- Bradford’s advisory board for more than a and national stature in his or her field. the PharmD level; insti- est honor that can be tory in Pitt’s School of decade, helping to lead teams of volunteers Biographical information on the faculty tuted advanced practice accorded a member of Arts and Sciences, is a to successfully raise $10 million for the honorees follows. residencies in conjunction historian whose interests campus’ Campaign 2000. During that same with UPMC and other the professorate. focus on Latin America, time, he has also been serving as chair of Frank is a professor of psychiatry and partners; developed an comparative history, and the Complete the Campus Campaign, which psychology in the University of Pittsburgh innovative clinical sci- race. At Pitt since 1981, raised $13.1 million for campus construc- School of Medicine and director of the entist PhD program; and he served as chair of the tion; the Reed-Coit Scholarship Challenge, Depression and Manic Depression Preven- increased its endowment more than tenfold. history department from 1998 to 2001 and which raised $2 million for scholarships; tion Program at Western Psychiatric Institute The school also attained a Top 10 ranking from 2006 to 2007. In addition, Andrews has and the Blaisdell Fine Arts Challenge, and Clinic. among pharmacy schools and colleges as been a research professor of history in the which raised $3.4 million to build Blaisdell Frank and her colleagues developed measured by grant support from the National University Center for International Studies Hall. He is currently spearheading the a new psychotherapy—interpersonal and Institutes of Health. since 1991. fundraising campaign for a campus inter- social rhythm therapy—for the treatment of In July 2002, Juhl joined Nordenberg’s Andrews has written numerous books, faith chapel, to be built solely with private manic depressive illness under a MERIT senior leadership team as vice chancellor including Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000 donations. award from the National Institute of Mental for research conduct and compliance. His (Oxford University Press, 2004), which was In 1998, Pitt-Bradford awarded Fesen- Health (NIMH). She recently completed responsibilities include overseeing the Uni- awarded the 2005 Arthur P. Whitaker Prize myer its highest honor, the Presidential an NIMH-sponsored study of women with versity’s Institutional Review Board, the from the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin Medal of Distinction, given to those who recurrent depression in which she examined Institutional Animal Care and Use Com- American Studies and was named Choice make significant contributions to the how psychobiology, life stress, and different mittee, the Radiation Safety Program, the Outstanding Academic Title in 2005; and campus and the community. “doses” of psychotherapy interact to increase Recombinant DNA Office, and components Blacks and Whites in São Paulo, Brazil, “I cannot think of a single volunteer or decrease vulnerability to new episodes of of the University’s conflict-of-interest report- 1888-1988 (University of Wisconsin Press, who has had more of an impact on raising depression. In addition, Frank is completing ing and monitoring functions. 1991), which won the 1993 Arthur P. Whi- support for Pitt-Bradford and advancing the a joint project with researchers at the Univer- Juhl is a widely published and con- taker Prize. He is currently working on a college than Howard,” said Karen Niemic sity of Pisa, Italy, aimed at achieving a better sulted expert in pharmacy. He has written book titled Blackness in the White Republic: Buchheit, Pitt-Bradford’s executive director understanding of the clinical importance of or cowritten more than 70 manuscripts, Afro-Uruguay, 1800-2000. of institutional advancement. “His enthu- subsyndromal mood, anxiety, and eating abstracts, and books on these and related A 1996 Chancellor’s Distinguished siasm for, and devotion to, Pitt-Bradford disorders—that is, when the symptoms are topics. He also currently consults for several Teaching Award recipient, Andrews received is contagious—which is the reason he has not severe enough for diagnosis as a clini- companies and organizations that deal with a 2001 Rockefeller Humanities Fellow- been so successful in garnering such sup- cally recognized syndrome. self-medication and the process of having ship for research at the Universidad de la port.” An expert in mood disorders and their a prescription drug become an over-the- República, Montevideo, Uruguay; a 1996-97 Fesenmyer House will bring Pitt- treatment, Frank was chair of the Food and counter medication. He also is a frequent John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Bradford’s on-campus resident capacity to Drug Administration (FDA) Psychopharma- speaker on a variety of regulatory topics Fellowship; and a Fellowship for University 800 students. It is a three-story building cologic Drugs Advisory Panel. She also is related to the FDA. Teachers from the National Endowment for with 21 four-person suites, 10 five-person a former member of the National Advisory Juhl served as president of the Ameri- the Humanities in 1995. suites, and five two-person suites. Each Mental Health Council. She currently serves can Pharmaceutical Association’s Academy on the Mood Disorders Workgroup of the of Pharmaceutical Research and Science Continued on page 6 Continued on page 6 2 • Pitt Chronicle • July 7, 2008 Trib Readers Vote Pitt Best School in Pittsburgh Area Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems By John Harvith To Host Summer 2008 Institutes Readers of the Pittsburgh Tri- advanced education in professions in bune-Review recently voted the region. A very large fraction of the University of Pittsburgh professionals in Western Penn- the best college, univer- sylvania and the whole state sity, or technical school in get graduate degrees from the the Pittsburgh area. The University of Pittsburgh.” Tribune-Review reported The third reason, Maher Pitt’s head-of-the-class adds in the article, is that ranking June 27 in an Pitt is “one of the biggest article titled “Making importers of federal research education the best it can dollars in the whole coun- be” that was part of a spe- try, bringing $630 million cial “Pittsburgh’s 250 Favor- into Pennsylvania. That has a ite Businesses” supplement. major impact on the economy The article contains extensive of his region. It’s a major source of quotes from Pitt Provost and Senior James V. Maher employment.” Vice Chancellor James V. Maher also notes in Maher, who gives “three the article how Pitt and broad reasons” for the the city of Pittsburgh “are University’s success. “We’ve been incredibly intertwined…. “We’ve been working At remarkably many junc- hard to make the under- working hard to make tures, the University of graduate experience here Pittsburgh has stepped absolutely superb,” Maher the undergraduate up to the plate and helped says in the article. “It’s experience here the city renew itself.” He made an enormous differ- concludes by voicing his ence in education offered absolutely superb.” hope that city-University to undergraduates coming —James V. Maher connectedness continues to be with us. Secondly, “for many, many centuries we’re a major provider of to come.”

By Sharon S. Blake

What is the best social services model Disparities”—Charma Dudley, associ- for supporting prisoner reintegration into ate director of clinical services, Family society? What unique problems do Black Resources of Pennsylvania. children with mental health issues face? Is there a racial component to violence among July 24 young people? Race and Youth Violence The University of Pittsburgh’s Center “Race, Crime, and Justice: Standing on on Race and Social Problems (CRSP) will Common Ground”—David Kennedy, direc- tackle these questions in separate summer tor, Center for Crime Prevention and Control, institutes from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 9, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City 11, and 24. The free public sessions will be University of New York; held in the School of Social Work Conference “Violence, Race/Ethnicity, and Ameri- Center, 20th floor, Cathedral of Learning. A can Youth: Patterns, Trends, and Correlates”— fourth institute is slated for Aug. 19; details John Wallace, associate professor, Pitt School will be forthcoming. of Social Work, and Michael Yonas, assistant Educators, community leaders, social professor, Department of Family Medicine, workers, and others will explore these Pitt School of Medicine; and issues—their causes and consequences— “The Challenge of Creating Buy-in and and look at model programs and new policy Credibility Around Race and Violence: The

COURTESY OF VOICES ACROSS TIME ideas. The institutes include presentations, Pittsburgh Experience”—Frederick Thie- Teachers Robert Tam (left) from Honolulu and Mark Dillon from Asheboro, N.C., participated in the 2006 Voices Across Time discussions, and break-out sessions. Details man, president, The Buhl Foundation, and Institute. Here, they played a song at the grave of a Civil War soldier during a field trip to Gettysburg. about the institutes follow. founder, Youth Crime Prevention Council. The summer institutes are made pos- July 9 sible through funding from The Pittsburgh Race and Prisoner Reintegration Foundation. Pitt’s Voices Across Time Institute “Race and Prisoner Re-entry: An Overview”—Steven Raphael, professor Trains Educators to Teach With Music of public policy, University of California, Berkeley; By Sharon S. Blake “Race and Female Offender Re-entry”— Beth Richie, professor of criminal justice and Twenty-five educators from as far away students. gender and women’s studies, University of as Hawaii and Puerto Rico will converge on “The sound of history is missing from Illinois, Chicago; PittNewspaper ofChronicle the University of Pittsburgh the University of Pittsburgh campus July 7 our classrooms,” says institute codirector “Race and Prisoner Re-entry: Find- through Aug. 8 for the Voices Across Time Deane Root, Pitt professor of music and ings From a Longitudinal Study”—Nancy PUBLISHER Robert Hill Summer Institute for teachers—a program director and the Fletcher Hodges Jr. cura- LaVigne, senior research associate, Urban ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith developed by Pitt’s Center for American tor of the Center for American Music. Institute, Washington, D.C.; and EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer Music that trains teachers Root says the insti- “The Pennsylvania Department of Cor- EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet how they can use Ameri- tute provides participants rections Approach to Re-entry”—Kathleen ART DIRECTOR Gary Cravener can music as a tool to “Songs are with musical examples Gnall, deputy secretary for re-entry and STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake educate students at the to support their teach- specialized programs, Pennsylvania Depart- John Fedele elementary, middle, and remarkable ing, such as listening to ment of Corrections. Morgan Kelly high school levels. the spiritual “Go Down, Amanda Leff Funded through the transmitters of culture Moses” to help them better July 11 Anthony M. Moore National Endowment for and history. I will never understand slavery. They African American Children’s Mental Patricia Lomando White the Humanities, the insti- may hear Woody Guth- Health CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Michele D. Baum tute has been held twice again view songs as rie’s “This Land Is Your “Indicators of Mental Health Among Kimberly Marcott Weinberg before at Pitt. Among the Land” as a representation African American Children”—Oscar Bar- Voices Across Time fac- isolated expressions of of the American populist barin, professor, University of North Caro- ulty members are musi- movement of the mid- lina School of Social Work; The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by cologists, historians, and musical creativity.” 20th century, and Bruce “Barriers to Mental Health Service University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, performers who provide —Voices participant Springsteen’s “Philadel- Use by Children and Families of Color”— 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, the teachers with materi- phia” may enlighten them Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895, Michael Spencer, professor, University of E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu als and techniques they about poverty and health Michigan School of Social Work; can use to weave Ameri- care in urban centers. “Effects of Chronic Stress on Urban The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal can music into their existing curricula and Said one past Voices participant: Adolescents’ Mental Health”—David Miller, opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any as a primary source for teaching students “Songs are remarkable transmitters of professor, Case Western Reserve University basis prohibited by law. the history of the nation. Past participants culture and history. I will never again view School of Applied Social Sciences; and have reported a marked increase in the level songs as isolated expressions of musical “African American Children’s of enthusiasm and performance among their creativity.” Mental Health: Common Diagnoses and July 7, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 3 Pitt Alumni Association Elects New Slate of Officers clinical research associate System as practice director of orthopedic of the Chesapeake and Potomac Pitt Club at Clinimetrics Research surgery. He has served as team physician from 2003 to 2008, Tallarico oversaw Associates; Secretary Mary for Greensburg Salem High School athletics establishment of the club’s endowed schol- Francis Gargotta (CGS ’79), since 1978. arship fund and was key in implementing a executive vice president and Involved in Westmoreland County com- four-year grant to aid need-based students chief executive resources munity affairs, Smith has been active with from the Washington, D.C., metro area. officer of MARC USA in the Greensburg YMCA and is past president She also has served as a member of the Pittsburgh; and Treasurer of its board, has served as the president of Alumni Leadership Council, chair of the Mary Ellen Callahan (A&S the board of directors of Westmoreland Membership and Student Recruitment ’90), partner with Hogan and Museum of American Art for 10 years, was Committee, and regional director of the Hartson law firm in Wash- a member of the Boy Scouts of America Pitt Alumni Association. In 2007, the ington, D.C. Council, and has served on the advisory association named her the first recipient A nationally known board at Pitt-Greensburg. He has been chair of the Ivan and Mary Novick Award for entrepreneur, industry of the Pitt Department of Orthopaedics’ Young Alumni Leadership. leader, and philanthropist for alumni association for nearly 10 years, has Gargotta spent more than 20 years at more than 30 years, McCarl served as a Pitt Alumni Association director, Alcoa before joining MARC USA. She has recently served as president- and was vice president of the association for helped to create and implement the com- elect of Pitt’s Alumni Asso- the past two years. pany’s Standards of Excellence and leads ciation. He started his career Salter is an international business succession planning for the company. Her at the helm of McCarl’s, consultant and director of BDC client program, Total Compensation, won the 10 Inc., a family-owned busi- Enterprise Florida’s African Trade Expan- Best Companies for Employee Financial ness that he helped grow to sion Program, which he created and has Security award, a national awards national prominence. During managed since 2000. He has led program, and the S.T.A.R. his tenure with McCarl’s and trade missions to South Africa, Performance Management since selling the company in Morocco, Ghana, Botswana, System, an automated 2000, McCarl has cultivated Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria. performance review and diverse leadership experi- A former U.S. diplomat, development system, ences. Salter served as the perma- garnered a People Do McCarl has received nent charge d’affaires at the Matter award. Gargotta numerous awards, including U.S. Embassy in Antigua; was one of the 2004 Pitt’s Distinguished Alum- consul at the U.S. Consulate Pennsylvania Best 50 nus Award in 2002, the Pitt in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico; Women in Business, Alumni Association Vol- and consul general at the U.S. was in the United Who’s

TOM ALTANY unteer of the Year Award Embassy in Buenos Aires, Who Women Executive Registry and the Who’s F. James McCarl in 1993, the ARC Beaver Argentina. Prior to his 22-year County Chapter Distin- foreign-service career, Salter Who Executive Registry in guished Community Service played professional football for NFL Bryant J. Salter 2005, and was a Girl Scouts of By Patricia Lomando White Award, and the Community teams in San Diego, Washington, and Western Pennsylvania Woman of Champion Award for West- Miami. He has a Pitt bachelor’s degree in Distinction in 2006. F. James McCarl (CGS ’73), chair of the ern Pennsylvania. sociology and a master’s degree in public Callahan, who was a Chancellor’s board, chief executive officer, and president McCarl and his son, Foster (CGS ’98), administration from Harvard University’s Scholar at Pitt as an undergraduate stu- of The McCarl Group, LLC, a Pittsburgh- created the McCarl Center for Nontraditional Kennedy School of Government. Salter was dent, received her law degree from the based management and development con- Student Success in Pitt’s College of General a four-year letterman on Pitt’s track and field University of Chicago Law School. She sultant firm, was elected president of the Studies. And, to honor Pitt athletes, McCarl, team and lettered three times in football. specializes in antitrust law and has exten- University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association, along with his wife, established the F. James The Pitt Varsity Letter Club has honored sive litigation experience in First Amend- and Jack D. Smith (A&S ’69, MED ’73), and Carol McCarl Hall of Champions in the him as an Awardee of Distinction. ment cases involving telecommunications an orthopedic surgeon in Greensburg, was Petersen Events Center. Honored by CGS as Tallarico, with Clinimetrics since Sep- and Internet policies and filtering. A Pitt named president-elect at the association’s an outstanding graduate in the mid-1990s, tember 2007, specializes in oncology clinical Truman Scholarship winner, Callahan board meeting. McCarl also is founder and chair of the board trials. From 2001 to 2007, she was program graduated magna cum laude and received Other newly elected Alumni Associa- of Gateway Bank of Pennsylvania. director of the Cancer Control Program at the Bachelor of Philosophy degree from tion officers were Vice President Bryant J. Smith, after completing a residency in Georgetown University, where she managed Pitt’s Honors College in 1990. An active Salter (A&S ’71), CEO of Business Diplo- orthopedic surgery at the University’s health numerous National Cancer Institute-funded member of Pitt’s Alumni Association, Cal- macy Consulting (BDC); Vice President center in 1978, was in private practice until clinical studies and published several lahan has previously served as both alumni Michelle D. Tallarico (A&S ’01), regional 2007, when he joined the Excela Health articles based on her research. As president association treasurer and vice president.

CATHEDRAL OF LEARNING SOCIETY INDUCTEES 60TH ANNIVERSARY ALEXANDER DENMARSH Six philanthropists were inducted into the Cathedral of Learning Society for contributing a lifetime total of $1 million or more to the University of Pittsburgh. Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg recognized the donors at a special ceremony June 27 in the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room. Pictured from left to right are Ralph E. Bailey, executive chair of Fuel-Tech, Inc.; his wife, Bettye Bailey (CGS ’84); Darlene Mascaro; her husband, John Mascaro (ENGR ’66 ’80) of Mascaro Construction and founder of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering; Wallis Katz; her husband, Marshall Katz, former chair and CEO of Papercraft Corporation and son of the late industrialist Joseph M. Katz, for whom Pitt’s graduate school of business is named; and Nordenberg. Also inducted into the Cathedral of Learning Society were David Bellet JIM BURKE/CIDDE (A&S ’67), chair of Consolidated Coal (now CONSOL Energy), and his wife, Tina Bellet; David Alan Tepper (A&S ’78), president of the hedge-fund Pitt Emeritus Trustee Herbert Douglas was recognized at the June 27 Board of investment firm Appaloosa Management; and Ginny Thornburgh, vice president and founding director of the Religion and Disability Program of the Trustees meeting for the 60th anniversary of his bronze medal-winning long National Organization on Disability, and her husband, Dick Thornburgh (LAW ’57), Pitt trustee and formerly Governor of Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney jump in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Douglas earned bachelor’s and master’s General, and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management. degrees in Pitt’s School of Education in 1948 and 1950, respectively. 4 • Pitt Chronicle • July 7, 2008

The University of Pittsburgh will recog- nize the philanthropy of six donors who have contributed a lifetime total of $1 million or more each by inducting them into the Cathe- dral of Learning Society in a by-invitation- only ceremony June 27 in the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room. Science&Technology “The Cathedral of Learning stands as Continued from page 4 a monument to our never-ending pursuit of even higher levels of achievement,” said Pitt Pitt Team Receives Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg. “Through the Cathedral of Learning Society, we rec- $2.5 Million to ognize those outstanding individuals who have energized many of our University’s Simulate and most important initiatives and have made it possible for us to achieve our towering ambi- Analyze Brain, tions. As we continue to press forward with programs of positive impact, we are deeply Immune System grateful to our most generous donors for their remarkable leadership support.” Activity and Apply This year’s Cathedral of Learning Soci- ety inductees are Bettye J. Bailey and Ralph E. Bailey; Tina B. Bellet and David F. Bellet; Math to Medical Marshall P. Katz and Wallis F. Katz; John C. and Darlene D. Mascaro; David Alan Tepper; Problems and Dick and Ginny Thornburgh. Informa- tion about the honorees follows. By Morgan Kelly Bettye J. Bailey and Ralph E. Bailey In an effort to promote the applica- Bettye Bailey enrolled in the Uni- tion of mathematics to medical treat- versity of Pittsburgh as her husband, Ralph, ment, researchers in the University was becoming a prominent leader in the of Pittsburgh’s Department of Math- American energy and financial sectors and ematics will undertake a $2.5 million Pitt Biomarker Study Couldher four childrenLead were to beginning their own project to create models of how the design a clinical strategy for intervention college careers. After years of balancing her brain and immune system function and based on a condition’s progression.” life as mother, wife, and student, she received change over time in response to certain The neurological models will outline Improved Organ Selectiona Bachelor for of ArtsTransplants degree in social sciences illnesses, infections, and treatments. the typical course of activity in various from Pitt’s College of General Studies in The models are intended to help doc- brain regions, communication between By Michele D. Baum 1984. tors better understand and predict the brain cells, and time-dependent changes in Before then, Bettye studied at various possible short- and long-term responses the synapses—the small gaps between cells Higher levels of the immune protein schoolsand professor, as Ralph Department pursued a of distinguished Critical of their patients’ bodies to treatments. through which they communicate. The interleukin-6 (IL-6), a biomarker for inflam- careerCare Medicine, that has included University posts of as Pittsburgh chair of Con - The National Science Foundation team will look for how electrical signals mation, are associated with decreased sur- solidatedSchool of Coal Medicine. (now CONSOL “Patients Energy); who chair awarded University professors G. Bard and brain waves transmit between brain vival in patients receiving organs for trans- andreceived CEO organsof its parent from company,donors with Conoco, lower Inc; Ermentrout, Beatrice Riviere, Jonathan cells and, in turn, the manner in which plant from brain-dead donors, University of boardIL-6 levels vice-chair were substantiallyof E.I. DuPont less deNemours likely Rubin, David Swigon, and Ivan Yotov, those impulses alter the cells. Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers andto have Company; complications founder followingof XPRONET, trans -Inc., interim chair, a nearly $1.8 million One clinical application, Rubin said, reported in the June issue of Critical Care andplant United requiring Meridian hospitalization Corporation; and were and his Research Train- would be for improv- Medicine, the official journal of the Society currentmore likely service to have as board longer chair survival of the after Ameri - ing Group (RTG) ing therapies for neu- of Critical Care Medicine. canhospital Bailey discharge.” Corporation and executive chair award. The RTG The team will create a rological conditions The results suggest that biomarkers of Fuel-Tech, All organ Inc. donors experienced includes resources such as deep brain such as IL-6 might be used to help identify increasesThe Baileys’in bloodstream appreciation concentrations for the chal - for creating training variety of computer models stimulation (DBS), organs that are more suitable for transplant, lengesof the threefaced cytokines by adult students measured inspired follow them- programs for math- which manipulates improving survival and health outcomes for toing establish brain death, in 2005 but the increases Bettye J. in and IL-6 Ralph ematics students to based on differential brain activity via a recipients, the researchers noted. E.were Bailey linked Scholarship most closely in with Pitt’s decreased College of work with physi- equations—which predict how surgically implanted Despite efforts to increase aware- Generalsurvival. Studies,“These dataa fund strongly for nontraditional suggest cians and biolo- device that emits ness of the need for organ donation, there adultthat the students ‘cytokine who pursuestorm’ anseen education immedi while- gists on helping to systems evolve over time— ele ct r ic pu lses. remains a critical shortage of organs, with a tendingately following to family brain and deathwork. negativelyIn 2007, they resolve complicated Despite DBS’ effec- significant number coming from patients left endowedaffects organ the deanship function,” of Pitt’ssaid SchoolRaghavan of Arts medical problems with the medical guidance of tiveness in treating brain-dead following traumatic injury or ill- andMurugan, Sciences study with first a gift author to be usedand assisas a- dis- through mathemat- such conditions as ness. And while it is known that brain death cretionarytant professor, fund Departmentto support the of development Critical ics. Pitt’s School of scientists and doctors in Pitt’s chronic pain and induces a massive inflammatory response, andCare enhancement Medicine, University of programs of Pittsburgh throughout Arts and Sciences— Parkinson’s dis- the influence of this immune response on theSchool school. of Medicine. which houses the Departments of Biological ease, how it works organ procurement, transplantation, and The Pittsburgh team suggests that mathematics depart- Sciences and Neuroscience, remains unknown, long-term survival for recipients has been Tinait is prematureB. Bellet andto recommend David F. Bellet routine ment—provided Rubin said. Once the less clear. The Pitt study is “the first time that screeningGood of teachers IL-6 levels not in onlypotential educate, organ but additional funds. the Pitt School of Medicine, pathways of brain a marker of inflammation in an organ donor donors, but that the study findings open a The team will activity are exposed, has been shown to predict outcome distinct avenue of future scientific create a variety of and UPMC. he continued, doc- in the transplant recipient,” the inquiry related to minimizing computer models tors could observe authors wrote. the inflammatory response in based on differ- how DBS functions Led by investigators organ donors. “This is one ential equations— and better control in Pitt’s Clinical Research, relatively small study, but if which predict how the electrical cur- Investigation and Systems the findings are confirmed, systems evolve over time—with the rents to avoid the known psychological Modeling of Acute Illness I think there is promise to medical guidance of scientists and side effects. (CRISMA) Laboratory, possibly use this technique doctors in Pitt’s Departments of Bio- The complicated models simulate the researchers evaluated data to ultimately improve organ logical Sciences and Neuroscience, the extensive, constant interaction of various from 30 brain-dead organ selection and patient out- Pitt School of Medicine, and UPMC, cells and organs operating on multiple time donors at the University of Pitts- comes,” Kellum said. said Rubin, a coinvestigator on the scales, from the immeasurably swift to a burgh Medical Center (UPMC) and John A. Kellum Currently, the potent anti- project. full day. The complexity of these models the University of Texas Health Sci- inflammatory steroid drug sol- The immune system models will will require the development of new ence Center in Houston who gave 91 organs umedrol is used to treat inflammation plot the various chemical and physical simulation and mathematical techniques, for transplant to 78 recipients between April in organ donors as standard practice changes that occur as the body battles but the work could apply to several other and November 2004. Bloodstream levels at many hospitals, including UPMC. influenza, inflammation, sepsis and biological systems. of immune system proteins IL-6, IL-10 and While the present study, which enrolled necrosis, and wounds. Ultimately, “We’re exploring mathematical and tumor necrosis factor, all cytokines associ- donors in 2004 and 2005, could not dem- Rubin explained, the researchers want computational territory that has not been ated with inflammation, were measured in onstrate that solumedrol improves to pinpoint the origin of such condi- understood yet,” Rubin said. “For instance, organ donors hourly for four hours following outcomes (perhaps because only a few tions as multiple organ dysfunction the brain contains millions of neurons that, declaration of brain death, and again imme- donors received the drug), it does appear syndrome (multiple organ failure), in turn, contain very small molecules [neu- diately prior to organ procurement. For study that the steroid reduced inflammation as a potentially deadly, uncontrollable rotransmitters]. This network functions on purposes, recipients, whose transplants took measured by decreased levels of IL-6. inflammation that usually strikes ailing a time scale measured in submilliseconds, place at many hospitals around the country This effect was most pronounced just patients with compromised immune a scale so small that no one can really in addition to Houston and Pittsburgh, were before organ procurement, which also is systems. grasp how short it is. At the same time, the followed through May 2005. when IL-6 levels were most predictive, “Infection and inflammation kill brain manages and abides by the circadian “We found that lower concentrations the authors write. people in the intensive care unit,” rhythm, the body’s 24-hour cycle. of IL-6 in the bloodstream of donors prior The study was supported by funding Rubin said. “We hope that by build- “If we make a breakthrough on how to organ procurement were significantly from the Health Resources and Services ing this model and calculating how to to map these time scales, it would apply to associated with improved survival,” said Administration, U.S. Department of control the system, we can help doctors multiple systems,” Rubin added. John A. Kellum, senior author of the study Health and Human Services. July 7, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 5 Pitt Alumni Association Honors 2008 Volunteers By Patricia Lomando White

The Pitt Alumni Association recently resources officer of MARC USA in Pitts- recognized outstanding alumni for their vol- burgh, was this year’s PCN Volunteer of the unteerism and commitment to the University Year. Gargotta is secretary of Pitt’s Alumni at the 2008 Pitt Alumni Association awards Association. She spent more than 20 years luncheon held in Alumni Hall’s Connolly at Alcoa before joining MARC USA. She Ballroom. Winners were honored with the has helped to create and implement MARC’s 2008 Volunteer Excellence Award, the Pitt Standards of Excellence and leads succession Alumni Recruitment Team (PART) award, planning for the company. Her program, the Pitt Alumni Legislative Network (ALN) Total Compensation, won the 10 Best Com- award, Pitt Career Network (PCN) award, panies for Employee Financial Security the Ivan and Mary Novick Award for Young award and the S.T.A.R. Performance Man- Alumni Leadership, and the Bill Baierl agement System, an automated performance Award for Distinguished Alumni Service. review and development system, garnered a The Volunteer Excellence Award recog- People DO Matter award. Gargotta was one nizes alumni who give their time over one of the 2004 Pennsylvania Best 50 Women year or provide multiple years of service in Business, was in the United Who’s Who to the University and Alumni Association. Women Executive Registry and the Who’s This year, two alumni received the Volunteer Who Executive Registry in 2005, and was a Excellence Award. Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania Woman The first Volunteer Excellence awardee of Distinction in 2006. was Gary Brownlee (A&S ’74, KGSB ’78), In addition, Thomas G. Bigley (KGSB who just completed a two-year term as trea- ’56), Pitt emeritus trustee and retired manag- surer of the Pitt Alumni Association. Brown- ing partner at Ernst and Young, LLP, received lee’s association with the Alumni Associa- MARY JANE BENT/CIDDE the Bill Baierl Award for Distinguished tion began with membership in the Pitt Club Alumni volunteer award winners pictured here are, from left, Gary Brownlee (A&S ’74, KGSB ’78), John Robert Bender (EDUC Alumni Service. From 1985 to 1988, Bigley of Chicago. He continues to support the club, ’60, ’62, ’63), Fran Gargotta (CGS ’79), Brian Moreland (UPJ ’98), Timothy Davis (A&S ’97, PHARM ’00), and Tom Bigley served as an alumni trustee and then became including playing a lead role in raising funds (KGSB ‘56). Also honored but not pictured are Dorothy Nestel (EDUC ’63) and Kurt Nestel (ENGR ’63). a Commonwealth trustee. He was elected for the Chicago Club’s endowment fund. vice chair of the board in 2003, a position he Brownlee attended all meetings of the alumni held for three years. He also was a member board and executive committee, despite the of the Executive, Audit, Compensation, commute to the Pittsburgh campus. He has best and brightest students from their home the ranking minority member of the educa- Institutional Advancement, and Nominating served as a regional director representing state. tion committee. Since leaving the General committees and chaired the Athletics Com- constituent groups in the Mid West Region The ALN plays a key role in advocat- Assembly, Bender has been an active member mittee for four years. and will now serve as senior advisor for the ing the University and higher education to of numerous community agencies. He serves A Pitt Alumni Association lifetime Pitt Alumni Association. An avid Panther Pennsylvania’s state legislators. on the State Board of Education within the member, Bigley served on Pitt’s Capital fan, Brownlee holds season tickets for Pan- This year’s ALN Volunteer of the Year Ohio Department of Education as the state Campaign Steering Committee, as vice chair ther football games and was honored as a was John Bender (EDUC ’60, ’62G, ’69G). board member from the second district. He of Discovery Weekend, and as a member of guest coach in the women’s basketball game He has a long and distinguished career in also has participated in annual trips to Har- Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health and against Notre Dame last season. higher education and in the Ohio General risburg, highlighting Pitt’s accomplishments School of Social Work boards of visitors. Brian Moreland (UPG ’98) also received Assembly. He also was a member-at-large and pointing out its needs to legislators in Among his Pitt honors are the 1984 Distin- the Volunteer Excellence Award. He is the of the Elyria City Council. Between 1993 both the Pennsylvania House of Representa- guished Alumnus Award from the Joseph M. current vice president and president-elect and 2000, Bender served northeast Lorain tives and Senate. Katz Graduate School of Business, the Pitt of the UPG Alumni Association and has County in Ohio as a member of the Ohio Mary Francis Gargotta (CGS ’79), Varsity Letter Club Award of Distinction, served as its former treasurer. Moreland also House of Representatives, where he became executive vice president and chief executive and the Bicentennial Medallion. is a member of the Pitt Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Legislative Commit- tee, and the Alumni Legislative Network. A life member of Pitt’s Alumni Association, Historic Photos of Pittsburgh Captures City’s Past in Rare B&W Photos From Pitt Collections Moreland is an active participate in Pitt’s Career Network. His achievements as a By Sharon S. Blake chiropractor include having been published in a peer-reviewed publication and serving Just in time for the commemoration of Pittsburgh’s as secretary/treasurer for the Pennsylvania 250th birthday comes Historic Photos of Pittsburgh Chiropractic Educational and Charitable (Turner Publishing) by Miriam Meislik, archivist and photo Foundation. curator for the University of Pittsburgh Archives Service The Ivan (CAS ’49) and Mary Novick Center, part of the University Library System. Award is given annually to an alumnus With fact-filled photo captions and chapter introduc- who has graduated from Pitt within the tions by Meislik, the new book presents nearly 200 rare past 15 years, is age 38 or younger, and has black-and-white photographs, selected from Pitt’s photo- demonstrated committed involvement as graphic archives, to tell the story of Pittsburgh’s fascinat- a leadership volunteer for the Pitt Alumni ing past. Historic photos include images from the 1860s Association and/or the University. This to the present, pulled from collections as diverse as the award, presented for the first time last year, Darlington Family Papers, Pittsburgh City Photographer is funded with a gift from Ivan and Mary Collection, Smoke Control Lantern Slides, the Pittsburgh Novick. Railways Company Collection, and many others. This year’s Ivan and Mary Novick “My goal was to present Pittsburgh as a city of change, award winner was Timothy Davis (A&S ’97, a city that is constantly trying to improve itself, and to PHARM ’00). Davis joined the School of show more of the people who lived here,” said Meislik. Pharmacy Alumni Society Board in 2003. “Many of the books published focus on the architecture. He is a member of the golf outing commit- Those types of images are in my book, but I also wanted tee, planning and fundraising for the event to show playgrounds and shops and people in their daily and playing the role of charity auctioneer. He lives,” she said. also serves on the fundraising committee for Book chapters include “A Growing City,” “Moving the Pitt School of Pharmacy’s RXtravaganza Forward,” “Hard Times and Other Challenges,” and “Era 2008: A Night on the Town. Owner of a of Renewal.” pharmacy in Beaver, Pa., Davis has worked In her position at Pitt, Meislik works with rare photos to prepare students for community practice, on a daily basis. She often receives requests from individu- sharing with them his extensive knowledge als for photographs of old buildings in their effort to restore of the business. facades, verify the purpose of a building, and apply for Alumni are a valuable resource in the historic landmark status. recruitment of incoming students through Historic Photos of Pittsburgh is part of Turner Publish- the Pitt Alumni Recruitment Team (PART) ing’s Historic Photos series. These books, highlighting the program, a partnership between the Pitt history of the great cities, pivotal events, and legendary Alumni Association and Office of Admis- figures across America, have been acclaimed as a staple sions and Financial Aid. in the collection of anyone who loves history. This year’s PART Volunteers of the Year were Kurt (ENGR ’63) and Dorothy (EDUC ’63) Nestel of Louisville, Ohio. The Nestels Top right: A view of Fifth Avenue, Downtown, in 1931. The former Jenkins have been lauded for finding the time to share Arcade is at the end of the street. Bottom right: The intersection of South Craig their enthusiasm for Pitt with prospective Street and Forbes Avenue, Oakland, in 1910. The spires of St. Paul Cathedral students and assisting the Office of Admis- are on the left. sions and Financial Aid with recruiting the COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES SERVICE CENTER 6 • Pitt Chronicle • July 7, 2008 Frank, Juhl, Andrews, and Zigmond Honored Pitt-Bradford to Name New Residence Hall for Retired Continued from page 1 Zippo Manufacturing Executive Howard Fesenmyer Andrews serves on several editorial vania Pupils (MP3), a model demonstration boards and is the senior editor for Hispanic grant (in partnership with Lehigh University American Historical Review. He also is a and implemented in the Uniontown Area member of the American Historical Asso- School District) from the Office of Special ciation, the Conference on Latin American Education Programs, Division of Research History, and the Latin American Studies to Practice; and the External Evaluation Association. of the Pennsylvania Reading First Initia- He earned the BA degree in history tive from the Pennsylvania Department of at Dartmouth College in 1972 and the MA Education. and PhD degrees in history at the University Zigmond has served as chair of the of Wisconsin-Madison in 1974 and 1978, Pennsylvania Special Education Advisory respectively. Panel and is founder of the Pacific Coast Research Conference, which held its 16th Zigmond is a professor of special education annual conference in February. She received in Pitt’s School of Education Department of the Research Award from the Council for Instruction and Learning. Her primary focus Exceptional Children in recognition of is the education of school-age students with research that has contributed significantly to cognitive, behavioral, and physical disabili- the body of knowledge about the education ties. At Pitt since 1970, she served as chair of exceptional children and youth. of the instruction and learning department Zigmond serves on the executive com- from 1994 through 2000. mittee of the Division for Children With Zigmond has received extensive grant Learning Disabilities of the Council for support to conduct numerous research Exceptional Children and is a member of the projects. Current projects include the Penn- American Educational Research Association sylvania Alternate System of Assessment and the Learning Disabilities Association. JIM BURKE/CIDDE Project—with funding from the Pennsylva- She received the BS degree in physi- From left: Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, Howard Fesenmyer, Pitt-Bradford President Livingston Alexander, and Pitt Board nia Department of Education—to design, ological psychology from McGill Univer- of Trustees Chair Ralph J. Cappy at the trustees’ June 27 annual meeting. validate, and implement an alternate system sity in 1962 and the MA and PhD degrees of statewide assessment for Pennsylvania in language and learning disorders from Continued from page 1 students with the most severe cognitive dis- Northwestern University in 1963 and 1966, abilities; the Monitoring Progress in Pennsyl- respectively. bedroom will have a private bathroom, cable ford, Fesenmyer is a trustee of the Bradford hookup, telephone jack, and computer port. Family YMCA, the YWCA of Bradford, Students will share a living room, kitchen, Guthrie Medical Center (Sayre, Pa.), and and storage area. the Bradford Area Public Library. He is a Supporting Scholars A formal ribbon-cutting and dedication member of the board of directors of Beacon ceremony is planned for Sept. 5. Light Behavioral Health Systems, the Brad- More than 30 high school graduates Fesenmyer, who earned the Bachelor ford Educational Foundation, the Bradford were awarded college scholarships of Science degree at Clarion University of Exchange Club, the Friendship Table, and at the Negro Educational Emergency Pennsylvania, was an executive at Zippo Isbrand Co. (Denmark). He also is a member Drive (NEED) annual dinner at from 1953 to 1991, when he retired as execu- of the Bradford Area Alliance. the Hilton Hotel, Downtown, on tive vice president. In addition to performing Fesenmyer and his wife, Dorothea, live in Bradford. Feb. 26. Devon Jackson, a graduate his extensive volunteer work for Pitt-Brad- of Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, received the 2008 Euzell “Bubby” Hairston Scholarship, which he will use Pitt to Host Institute on Childhood Education July 17-19 to attend the University of Pittsburgh By Anthony M. Moore this fall. The award was established by Hairston’s daughter, Valerie McDonald The University of Pittsburgh’s Depart- Roberts, Allegheny County Recorder of ment of Psychology in Education in the Deeds. Pictured from left to right are: School of Education will explore a wide Stephen Johnson, chair of the NEED range of methods towards advancing the board and executive vice president of field of childhood education during its 2008 CNX Gas; Jackson; and Sylvester Pace, Summer Institute to be held July 17-19 in Room 5604 Posvar Hall. president and CEO of NEED. BRADEN WOLFE/CIDDE The institute, titled Make Practice Per- fect! Training for Trainers, is targeted toward practitioners in early and middle childhood education, after-school care, child and youth work, and areas of special education. MARKING A LEGACY Through a series of speakers, presentations, and exercises, attendees will examine teaching techniques that can be incorporated into their classroom settings. A highlight of the institute will be addresses by such education experts as Andrew Schneider-Munoz, vice president and director of the Center for Youth Develop- ment and Policy Research, a nonprofit organization working to improve the development of education, health, civil society, and economics worldwide, who will give a keynote address on the significance of training and professional development in human services. Dale Curry, associate professor at Kent State ing various learning styles and appropriate University’s College of Education, Health, pedagogies for adult learners. In addition, and Human Services, will deliver a keynote networking and social activities will be avail- address on the importance of educators being able to attendees. able to change their on-job performance. The 2008 Summer Institute is cospon- In addition, Frank Eckles, president of the sored by Pitt’s School of Social Work, Office National Child and Youth Care Certification of Child Development, ACYCP, the Academy Board, a new organization offering full pro- for Educational Development, the Pittsburgh fessional certification, will deliver a lecture Association for the Education of Young MARY JANE BENT/CIDDE on creating engaging teaching environments Children, the Holy Family Institute, and Kent A Pennsylvania State Historical Marker honoring the life and legacy of the late K. Leroy Irvis (Law ’54), legendary Pennsylvania supportive of optimal learning. State University’s Human Development and legislative leader and a University of Pittsburgh emeritus trustee, was unveiled at a dedication and reception hosted by Pitt on Institute presentations will include an Family Studies Program. April 3. The marker will be placed at the site of Irvis’ former legislative office on Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Irvis, overview of the Association for Child and For more information, contact Karen who in 1977 became the first African American speaker of the House in Pennsylvania and the first Black speaker of any state Youth Care Practice (ACYCP) Certification VanderVen, Pitt professor and conference house since Reconstruction, sponsored in 1966 the bill that made Pitt a state-related institution of higher education. Shown Program, as well as the administration of director, at 412-624-6945 or kvander@pitt. edu. For a full schedule of institute events, from left to right are: Irvis’ son, Reginald D. Irvis; his daughter, Sherri L. Irvis-Hill; her husband, the Honorable Glynnis Hill; the ACYCP examination. There also will be workshops covering such topics as the visit the School of Education Web site at K. Leroy Irvis’ widow, Cathryn L. Irvis; Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission creative uses of power point and other tech- www.education.pitt.edu/news/newsdetails. Executive Director Barbara Franco; and Senator John Heinz History Center Senior Vice President Betty Arneth. nologies in training as well as understand- aspx?id=326. July 7, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 7

UPMC Eye and Ear Institute Hearing- Aid Course, to help individuals successfully use their new hearing aids, July 17, 24, and 31, Fifth Floor Board Room, UPMC Eye and Ear Happenings Institute, 203 Lothrop St., Oakland, registra- tion and information, 412-647-2030.

Osher Lifelong Learn- ing Institute, open house 10 a.m.-noon, information sessions at 10 and 11 a.m., July 23 and Aug. 6, fourth floor, Cathedral of Learning, Pitt College of General Studies, Oakland, 412-624-7308, www. cgs.pitt.edu/osher. Opera/ Theater/ Dance Charles Graham (American, 1852–1911), “Pittsburg, Pennsylvania from Grand View Avenue,” 1892. Mame, by Jerome Relief halftone. From Harper’s Weekly, February 27, 1892. The Hillman Company. Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, July 8-13, Ben- edum Center, 803 Lib- A Panorama of Pittsburgh, Frick Art & Historical Center, through October 5 erty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, 412-471-6070, Kai Althoff 1966, Life on Mars, 55th Carnegie International, www.pittsburghclo.org. Melanie Warziski Turk, School of Chi-Kuang Lin, School of Information through January 11, 2009 Nursing, “Weight Maintenance Follow- Sciences, “Channel Access Management The Wonder Bread ing a Weight Loss Trial: Exploring Ethnic in Data Intensive Sensor Networks,” Years, by Pat Hazell, Differences,” 10:30 a.m. July 10, Room 10 a.m. July 23, Room 502 School of special engagement 451 Victoria Building. Information Sciences Building. Concerts Silver Eye Center for Photography, beginning July 10, City Theatre, 1300 250 Years of Plants: Botanical Works Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, Catherine T. Prince, Graduate School Antonio Guilherme Fonseca Pacheco, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra by Regional Photographers, through www.citytheatrecompany.org. of Public Health, “Pulse Wave Analysis Graduate School of Public Health, Concert in the Park, Daniel Meyer, Sept. 13, 1015 E. Carson St., South Side, in Type 1 Diabetes: Historical Correlates “Changes in Causes of Death in HIV/ conductor, Neal Berntsen, trumpet, 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org. The Playboy of the Western World, by and Relationships With Complications,” AIDS Patients in Brazil in the Haart 8 p.m. July 5, South Park; 8 p.m. July 6, John Millington Synge, July 17- 11 a.m. July 10, 2nd-Floor Conference Era,” 3 p.m. July 23, Room 451 Victoria Hartwood Acres, Hampton Township, free Frick Art & Historical Center, A Pan- Aug. 16, Henry Heymann Theatre in the Room, Diabetes and Lipid Research Building. to public, 412-392-6070, www.pittsburgh- orama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Stephen Foster Memorial, Pittsburgh Irish Building. symphony.org. Printed Views, through Oct. 5, 7227 Classical Theater, 412-394-3353, www. Kathleen C. Spadaro, School of Reynolds St., Point Breeze, 412-371-0600, picttheater.org. Dharmarajan Hariharan, Department Nursing, “Weight Loss: Exploring Self- Ween, alternative rock music, 8:30 p.m. www.frickart.org. of Economics, “Essays on the Estimation regulation Through Mindfulness Medita- July 7, Mister Small’s Funhouse and Disney’s Beauty & The Beast, through of Non-Linear State-Space Models,” 10 tion,” 1 p.m. July 24, Room 451 Victoria Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale, Westmoreland Museum of Ameri- July 20; Mountain Playhouse, 7690 Som- a.m., July 11, 4716 Posvar Hall. Building. 412-821-4447. can Art, Painting in the United States, erset Pike, Jennerstown, 814-629-9201, through Oct. 19, 211 N. Main St., www.mountainplayhouse.org. Julia A. Greenawalt, School of Nurs- Johnny Mathis with the Pittsburgh Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmu- ing, “Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Trip Over, Symphony Orchestra, John Scott Lav- seumaa.org. The Rat Pack Is Back!, tribute to spirited Factors in the Early Adolescent Period,” Richard Hughes, ender, conductor, 8 p.m. July 11 and 12, Las Vegas night club act, Lawrence Loh, 10 a.m. July 14, Room 451 Victoria 55th Carnegie Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown, Carnegie Museum of Art, 55th conductor, July 22-27, Heinz Hall, 600 Building. International, 412-392-6070, www.pittsburghsymphony. Carnegie International, through Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-392-6070, through January 11, org. Jan. 11, 2009, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, www.pittsburghsymphony.org. Mark A. Newman, School of Education, 2009 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org. “mTOR Signaling Pathway Associated Shear Madness, by Paul Portner, With Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy Fol- Exhibitions Mattress Factory, Inner & Outer Space, through Sept. 28, Pittsburgh CLO Caba- lowing Resistance Exercise Training,” through Jan. 11, 2009, 500 Sampsonia ret, Cabaret at Theatre Square, 655 Penn 12:30 p.m. July 14, Room 166 Trees Hall. EveryOne An Artist Gallery, Marks & Way, Northside, 412-231-3169, www. Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, www. Gestures, through July 17, 4128 Butler mattress.org. pittsburghclo.org. Tea Soon Park, Department of Bioengi- St., Lawrenceville, 412-681-2404. neering, “Development of Hematopoietic, Endothelial, and Perivascular Cells From Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Win- Miscellaneous Human Embryonic and Fetal Stem Cells,” dows & Dreams, through July 25, 200 Pitt PhD Dissertation 3:30 p.m. July 18, Room 1100 Rangos Broad St., Sewickley, 412-741-4405, Mister Rogers’ Neighbor Days, cel- Research Center. www.sweetwaterartcenter.org. ebrating 40th anniversary of the television Defenses series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, KuangChiu Huang, School of Informa- Jill Brady, School of Health and Reha- Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, July 7-11, Idlewild and Soak Zone, 2582 tion Sciences, “Can Citywide Municipal bilitation Sciences, “Examining Just Kidding Around: Children in Route 30, Ligonier, www.idlewild.com. WiFi Be a Feasible Solution for Local Inter-sentential Influences on Cartoons & Comics, through Aug. 3; Broadband Access in the U.S.? An Predicted Verb Subcatego- and Lemurtron, through Sept. 10; 10 Career Clothing Drive, sponsored by Empirical Evaluation of a Techno-Eco- rization, 9 a.m. July 21, Children’s Way, Northside, 412-322-5058, Pennsylvania’s Women Work and the Pitt nomic Model,” 1 p.m. July 7, Room 502 Room 5047 Forbes www.pittsburghkids.org. Volunteer Pool, accepting donations of Information Sciences Building. Tower. men’s and women’s professional clothing Space, You Are Here, through and accessories, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. David L. Corcoran, Graduate School of Jaime Berlin Aug. 9, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown, July 9, Lower Lounge of William Pitt Public Health, “Transcriptional Regulation Talkowski, School of 412-471-8712, www.spacepittsburgh.org. Union, Oakland, 412-624-7702, gwat- of microRNA Genes and the Regulatory Health and Rehabilita- [email protected]. Networks in Which They Participate,” tion Sciences, “Quantifying Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Nancy 9:30 a.m. July 8, Room A312 Crabtree Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Crow: Works From 1988-2008, through Hall. Older Adults Using Accelerometry,” 2:30 Aug. 15, Carnegie Mellon University, p.m. July 21, Room 6012 Forbes Tower. Forbes and Morewood avenues, Oakland, 412-268-3618 Sarah R. Haile, Graduate School of Public Health, “Inference on Competing Risks in Breast Cancer Data,” 10 a.m. July 22, RoomA622 Crabtree Hall.

LaShawn M. Curtis, Graduate School of Public Health, “Using a Mixed-Methods Case Study Design to Explore, Evaluate, and Enhance a Cancer Patient Navigator Program,” 10 a.m. July 23, A226 Parran Hall Conference Room.

Eric Kimball, Department of History, “An Essential Link in a Vast Chain - New England and the West Indies, 1700–1775,” 10 a.m. July 23, 3703 Posvar Hall.

Stephen Wilson, Department of Psychology, “Self- focused Versus Other-focused Strategies for Coping With Smoking Cue Exposure,” 10 a.m. July 23, 4127 Sennott Square. Silver Eye for Photography, 250 Years of Plants: Botanical Works by Regional Photographers, through September 13

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8 • Pitt Chronicle • July 7, 2008 Pitt Cohosts Swearing-in Ceremony for New Citizens As part of the Pittsburgh 250 Celebra- tion, 250 Western Pennsylvania residents took the Oath of Allegiance to become U.S. citizens on May 29 at the Soldiers and Sailors Museum and Memorial in Oakland. The special ceremony, cohosted by Pitt, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), and the Pittsburgh 250 Com- mission, celebrated the vast contributions immigrants have made throughout the area’s 250-year history. Donette Ambrose (below left), chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, presided over the ceremony. G Reynolds Clark (below left), Pitt vice chancellor for community initiatives and Office of the Chancellor chief of staff, was host of a University-sponsored reception for the new citizens and their guests in the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room, where guests were invited to tour the University’s Nation- ality Rooms. Pitts- burgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Debra Zam- berry, director of the USCIS P i t t s b u r g h Field Office, also participated in the celebration.

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