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PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume X • Number 9 • March 16, 2009 Pitt to Launch Hesselbein Global Leadership Academy University of Pittsburgh alum- The annual summits will provide par- Bass, 1996), which has been translated into nus Frances Hesselbein,” said ticipants the opportunity to learn how to be 16 languages. Her latest book, Hesselbein Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nor- effective, ethical, and innovative leaders. on Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2002), is an denberg. “Among her many Through mentoring communities, interna- exposition of her thoughts on living out her honors, Mrs. Hesselbein was tional experts will share their insights and philosophy that “leadership is a matter of awarded the Presidential Medal knowledge with students, training them so how to be, not how to do.” of Freedom, the nation’s highest that they leave the academy with the skills In addition to receiving the Presiden- civilian honor, in recognition and experiences neces- tial Medal of Freedom of her exemplary leadership as sary to excel in various In addition to receiving award in 1998, Hes- chief executive officer of the leadership capacities. selbein also has been Girl Scouts of the USA. She also “I’ve been involved the Presidential Medal of awarded the Legion of was a member of the first class in leadership develop- Honor Gold Medallion of University Legacy Laure- ment for a long time, and Freedom award in 1998, from the Chapel of the ates, a group of distinguished if I were a young person, Four Chaplains, Pitt’s Pitt alumni who—with excep- I would be so excited Hesselbein also has been Distinguished Alumni tional creativity, commitment, about the opportunity Fellows Award, and and intellectual energy—have to come to this academy awarded the Legion of a n I n t e r n a t i o n a l reached the highest levels of because I would have the Honor Gold Medallion from AT H E NA Awa rd . their professions. Mrs. Hessel- chance to engage with She has received 20 bein has shared her leadership some of the top leaders the Chapel of the Four honorar y doctoral expertise with corporations, and be part of building degrees and has served the military, and CEOs across a community,” said Hes- Chaplains, Pitt’s Distin- as a commencement the globe, and now, through selbein, one of the most speaker at numerous this new leadership academy, highly respected experts guished Alumni Fellows colleges and universi- formally joins forces with Pitt in the field of contempo- ties. in developing the leaders of rary leadership develop- Award, and an Interna- The academy also tomorrow.” ment. “Instead of reading will offer four Hessel- COURTESY OF LEADER TO LEADER INSTITUTE tional ATHENA Award. She Frances Hesselbein “We are extremely excited about great leaders, I’d be bein Global Leaders to launch a program that rec- engaging with them.” has received 20 honorary Externships begin- ognizes and advances the work Hesselbein served ning in summer 2010. By Patricia Lomando White of exceptional student leaders as chief executive officer doctoral degrees and has Graduating seniors from around the world,” said of the Girl Scouts of the from around the world The University of Pittsburgh, in con- Kathy Humphrey, Pitt vice provost and USA from 1976 to 1990 served as a commence- whose dedication to junction with Pitt alumnus Frances Hes- dean of students. “Frances is clearly one and was founding presi- their campuses and selbein, is launching the Hesselbein Global of the outstanding leaders of our time, and dent and chief execu- ment speaker at numerous communities embod- Academy for Student Leadership and Civic we are delighted that she is so engaged in tive officer of Leader colleges and universities. ies the essence of lead- Engagement. Named for Hesselbein— the academy.” to Leader from 1990 to ership are eligible. Fel- recipient of the 1998 Presidential Medal of The academy is under the direction 2000. A native of John- lows will complete a Freedom and chair of the board of governors of Humphrey and Angela Miller McGraw, stown, Pa., Hesselbein is a board member yearlong externship under the direction of of the Leader to Leader Institute (formerly Hesselbein Academy program manager for several nonprofit and private-sector prominent international leaders in countries the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Non- at Pitt. An inaugural Student Leadership corporate boards. that are different from their native ones. profit Management)—the academy has Summit will be held at the University this She serves as editor-in-chief of the Applications for the Student Leader- as its mission inspiring, developing, and summer from July 10 to 14; it will be open award-winning quarterly journal Leader ship Summit and Global Leaders Externship rewarding accomplished student leaders to to 50 top college student leaders from across to Leader and has written for or served as are available at www.hesselbein.pitt.edu. meet the challenges of tomorrow. the United States. Subsequent summits, to an editor of numerous articles and books For more information about the Hesselbein “No one has done more to advance be held annually, will be open to college on effective leadership, including the best- Academy, contact Miller McGraw at ange- effective approaches to leadership than students worldwide. seller The Leader of the Future (Jossey- [email protected] or 412-624-5203. Pitt Magazine Celebrates 12 Phenomenal Pitt Women Pitt Magazine’s Winter 2009 issue highlights the successes and contributions of 12 University of Pittsburgh women. To mark March’s nationally celebrated Women’s History Month, the magazine’s publisher and editors assembled a contem- porary cross-section of women from the Pittsburgh campus, representing students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees. The editors then profiled each of them, along with the Pitt women who began it all, Stella and Mar- garet Stein. The Pitt Chronicle is reprint-

ing those PHOTOS BY JOE KAPELEWSKI/CIDDE prof i le s , Pitt Magazine honored its 12 “Phenomenal Women” during a March 5 reception in the Twentieth Century Club. Seated from left are Yuan Chang, a professor beginning of pathology in the School of Medicine; Jeannette South-Paul, UPMC Andrew W. Mathieson Professor and Chair, School of Medicine’s Department of Family with this Medicine; Honors College student Eleanor Ott, 2008 Truman Scholar and a senior in the School of Arts and Sciences; Helen S. Faison (EDUC ’46, ’55G, issue and continu- ’75G), Pitt trustee and director of Chatham University’s Pittsburgh Teachers Institute; Eva Tansky Blum (A&S ’70, LAW ’73), trustee and cochair of the ing in the University’s Building Our Future Together campaign, senior vice president and director of Community Affairs at PNC Bank, and PNC Foundation chair; and Ma rch 23 Amy Krueger Marsh, Pitt treasurer and chief investment officer. Standing from left are Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg; Gwen Watkins, vice president of and 30 issues. Staff Association Council’s Steering Committee and community activities coordinator for Pitt’s Office of Community and Governmental Relations; Alberta Sbragia, the Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg University Chair and director of Pitt’s European Union Center of Excellence/European Studies Center; Kathy W. Humphrey, vice provost and dean of students; Agnus Berenato, head coach of Pitt women’s basketball team; Cindy Gill, Pitt Magazine editor in chief; John Harvith, senior associate vice chancellor for University news and magazines; and Robert Hill, vice chancellor for public affairs. Not present: Susan G. Amara, the Thomas Detre Professor and Chair, School of Continued on page 3 Medicine’s Department of Neuroscience, and Angela M. Gronenborn, UPMC Rosalind Franklin Professor and Chair, School of Medicine’s Department of Structural Biology. 2 • Pitt Chronicle • March 16, 2009 UniversityUpdate BrieflyNoted

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From: Mark A. Nordenberg Ridgway Center Sets Lecture on this important engineering field, the University of Date: March 2, 2009 U.S. Military Preparedness Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering’s Depart- ment of Civil and Environmental Re: Fiscal Year 2010 Salaries The Graduate School of Engineering will host J.N. Reddy Public and International Affairs’ for its 2009 Landis-Epic Lecture. (GSPIA) Matthew B. Ridgway A Distinguished Professor at Center at Pitt and the National At last Friday afternoon’s Texas A&M University, Reddy is Honors Convocation, we cel- Security Network will present a renowned in the broad fields of ebrated the 222nd anniversary free public lecture by Lawrence mechanics, applied mathematics, of the founding of the Univer- Korb, “The Overextended and computational engineering. sity of Pittsburgh, and we did American Military—Prospects The free public lecture, “Modeling so in true academic style— for Our Future,” at 7:15 p.m. and Simulation of Complex Struc- honoring alumni, faculty, March 19 in the Frick Fine Arts tures: From Physical to Biological staff, and students for their Auditorium. Systems,” will be held at 4 p.m. outstanding accomplishments Korb is a senior fellow March 20 in the Frick Fine Arts and contributions. It would be at the Center for American Auditorium. RSVP to mebitz@ impossible to participate in Progress, a senior advisor to the Lawrence Korb such an event without being pitt.edu. inspired by the levels of talent Center for Defense Information, —Morgan Kelly and dedication to be found and a former GSPIA dean. He will address the U.S. within our community, as well military’s preparedness and overextension and discuss March 20 Conference to as the impact of the work being the future of U.S. national security. He also will offer Examine AFRICOM done here. suggestions for how President Obama should deal Honors Convocation also with challenges the country is facing. The University of Pittsburgh will present a provides an opportunity to Korb was assistant secretary of defense under conference to examine the United States’ new African reflect on an institutional life President Reagan from 1981 to 1985, overseeing 70 that now spans nearly two and Command (AFRICOM), which is intended to provide a percent of the U.S. defense budget. He has authored unified focus for U.S. security concerns and defensive one-quarter centuries. Over more than 20 books and 100 articles on national the course of that extended activities in Africa. The conference, which takes place time, our Pitt predecessors had security issues, appeared frequently on major televi- from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 20 in the William Pitt the chance to witness many sion shows, and written numerous op-ed pieces in Union Assembly Room, is free and open to the public, wonderful things, but they various leading publications. though registration is requested. also endured fires and floods —Patricia Lomando White The AFRICOM leader- and wars, as well as economic Mark A. Nordenberg ship is working to develop an crises as serious as the Great Pitt’s Lynn interagency pattern of security Depression. Through it all, they kept implement it. Emanuel to Give our University moving forward. Even though many other univer- cooperation on the continent Now, unfortunately, it is our turn sities already have taken this step, Reading at UPJ by emphasizing diplomatic and to deal with what might fairly be the decision not to provide for salary development efforts that will described as “more than our fair share” increases in next year’s budget was not Poet and author Lynn foster human security. The AFRI- of bad fortune, even while we maintain an easy one for me to make or for the Emanuel, who is a professor of COM initiative is intended to be our committed efforts to contribute UPBC to recommend. We value the English at the University of Pitts- mutually beneficial to the United to the greater good. It would not be efforts of our faculty and staff and have burgh, will be the featured poet States and African countries, productive even to try to compare our made investments in compensation a of the annual Esther Goldhaber and its success is dependent own hardships with those that were high priority over the course of many Jacovitz Poetry Series reading on a strengthened partnership faced here in the past. However, the years. However, given the stresses on at 7:30 p.m. March 19 in the J. among African leaders. knowledge that significant challenges our revenue streams, our ability to Irving Whalley Memorial Chapel were met and overcome should be a meet new expenses will be severely Registration can be done on the Pitt-Johnstown campus. online at www.ridgway.pitt. source of encouragement. constrained. Lynn Emanuel Beyond that, steps recently A significant workforce reduction, Emanuel, who is director edu/africa_registration.asp or taken by the federal government, as the most obvious alternative in an insti- of Pitt’s Writing Program, is the author of four by phone, 412-624-7884. I described in my last Update, do tution with such heavy commitments collections of poetry: Hotel Fiesta (University of —Amanda Leff provide new reasons for hope—for to personnel expenses, was considered Georgia Press, 1984); The Dig (University of Illinois the economy generally and for higher to be a far less desirable option by all Press, 1992), a National Poetry Series Award winner; education in particular. But we still are involved. As we know from almost Then, Suddenly— (University of Pittsburgh Press, searching for any persuasive signs of an daily media reports, many organiza- 1999), a selection of the Academy of American Poets’ economic reversal, and most experts tions are moving forward with substan- Poetry Book Club and Eric Matthieu King Award; and, seem to be predicting that a recovery tial employment cutbacks, but sitting forthcoming, Mob and Torch. will not come quickly. at the very heart of our core strengths PittChronicle Each year, the University’s Plan- are the dedicated individuals who work Emanuel’s work has been featured in the Newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh ning and Budgeting Committee tirelessly and effectively to advance our Pushcart Prize Anthology and in Best American Poetry eight times and is included in The Oxford Book of (UPBC)—whose members include important institutional mission. It is PUBLISHER Robert Hill representatives of the administration, both equitable and essential, then, that American Poetry. She has been a Pushcart Prize ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith faculty, staff, and students—makes we do everything possible to maintain Anthology poetry editor, a member of the National EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer recommendations to me regarding the a reasonably stable employment base. Endowment for the Arts’ literature panel, and a judge EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet shape of our operating budget for the Holding salaries at their current levels for the National Book Awards. She is a recipient of ART DIRECTOR Gary Cravener next fiscal year. Typically, its advice will help us to do that. two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake covers a number of matters and comes Obviously, we all will continue —Patricia Lomando White John Fedele in a single submission that is delivered to hope for a quick reversal of our Morgan Kelly in late spring, but this clearly is not a economic fortunes. From all that we Amanda Leff typical year. now know, however, we will continue Pitt Lecture Explores Latest in Anthony M. Moore Recently, at their first meeting of to face serious fiscal challenges for Computational Mechanics Patricia Lomando White the new year, members of the UPBC the foreseeable future. But, as noted CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Reid R. Frazier assessed the continuing economic above, our history shows that if we From designing airplanes to simulating intercel- Emily Martin crisis and discussed the difficulties remain committed to our mission, we lular relations, computational mechanics provides Amy Dugas Rose that will have to be faced in crafting a will prevail in our current struggles, as the basis for creating—and improving—products HAPPENINGS EDITOR Lauren O’Leary budget for the next fiscal year. Believ- daunting as they may be, and Pitt will and procedures before they’re brought to fruition. ing that it would be a prudent first continue to make unique, significant, Major industries such as automotive, aerospace, The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by step in meeting that responsibility and and lasting contributions—in educa- University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, also feeling that it would be fairer to tion, research, and service—for many, pharmaceutical, and petroleum—as well as the 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, put everyone on formal notice as soon many years to come. emerging biotechnology and information technology Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895, as possible, the UPBC recommended industries—rely on computational mechanics to help E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu that next year’s budget not include with engineering, design, and manufacturing. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal a salary increase pool. I agree with To examine the latest developments in opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any that recommendation and also plan to basis prohibited by law. March 16, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 3

Continued from page 1 ) tein sisters cept S PHOTOS BY HARRY GIGLIO (Ex Stella (above) and Margaret Stein Kathy W. Humphrey Alberta Sbragia Helen S. Faison Vice Provost and Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg University Chair EDUC ’46, ’55G, ’75G Women Stella and Dean of Students Director, European Union Center of Trustee, University of Pittsburgh Margaret Stein Office of the Provost Excellence/European Studies Center Director, Pittsburgh Teachers Institute University of Pittsburgh Chatham University Sisters Stella and Professor of Political Science Margaret Stein were University of Pittsburgh true pioneers, daring to tread first where others t is not uncommon for Kathy W. Hum- lberta Sbragia has been study- he week before Helen S. Faison eventually would follow. phrey to rearrange her action-packed ing the changes in Europe for graduated from Westinghouse Their exceptional spirit of schedule at a moment’s notice to assist more than three decades— High School, her father died, achievement continues to a student. As Pitt’s vice provost and most of her academic career. leaving her an orphan. With

Pitt be a beacon of aspiration dean of students, she works to create She remembers the day when the help of church and com- and attainment for all Pitt learningI opportunities for undergraduates Athe Berlin Wall came down. She was in Tmunity, she was given a scholarship, women. inside and outside the classroom. As a Brussels, Belgium, watching a television after-school work, a home with a generous In 1895, after com- faculty member, she focuses her School of screen that glowed with images of people family, and enough support for trolley pleting advanced courses Education efforts on helping traditional-age streaming across a once-forbidden border tokens. The quiet, serious student was able at Pittsburgh’s Central High college students find their purpose. Her staff between West and East Germany. As a to begin her classes at Pitt in the autumn School, the Stein sisters members describe her as dynamic, passion- longtime political expert, she was aston- of 1942. The support gave her something enrolled as sophomores at ate, energizing, inspiring, and committed. ished by what she saw. “It was one of those else, too—great expectations. the University of Pittsburgh, “I am someone who believes that everything moments when you think, ‘This is truly Faison didn’t disappoint. With a sense which then was known as can be made better,” she says. historic,’” she says. “But no one could of duty and a graceful determination, she the Western University of Since her arrival at Pitt in 2005, Hum- foresee how Europe would change.” repaid the debt, blazing a trail of firsts Pennsylvania. phrey has initiated many innovations for Now, nearly 20 years later, the direc- as she became one of the state’s most The Steins were the students, including the establishment of the tion is clearer. Sbragia, the inaugural accomplished educators. first women in the Univer- Office of Cross-Cultural and Leadership Mark A. Nordenberg University Chair In 1950, joining a small cadre of sity’s history to be admitted Development and Nordy’s Place recreation and professor of political science, is an Black teachers, Faison was hired to teach as full-time undergraduates. center in the William Pitt Union. She cre- internationally renowned expert on Europe social studies and English at Fifth Avenue By the end of their ated the Office of Student Employment and and the European Union’s rise as a unique High School in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. senior year, the Stein sisters Placement Assistance to give students a type of superpower. “The whole of Europe A strong believer in public education, were indisputable standouts boost in securing internships and jobs, and is being reshaped by the European Union,” she encouraged her students and built in the Class of 1898. They she also played a leadership role in develop- she says. a highly respected career. In 1960, she had aced their courses ing the Outside the Classroom Curriculum, With expertise in public policy, became the school district’s first African and were tied—with one a Universitywide initiative that was piloted urban affairs, transAtlantic relations, and American high school guidance coun- another, with identical in the fall of 2008. comparative European-American politics, selor; in 1968 she became the district’s grades—for first place Also in 2008, Humphrey received a Sbragia has won the respect of colleagues first African American and first female in their graduating class. YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Tribute to Women as well as European Union leaders. She academic high school principal. Later, Ultimately, Stella Stein was Leadership Award in the education category. directs the University’s European Studies she became a deputy superintendent and named class valedictorian; She was one of eight women honored for Center, as well as Pitt’s European Union the district’s highest-ranking woman. She some surmise that a coin their professional and volunteer work and for Center of Excellence, one of only 11 retired from the public schools in 1993, flip determined the out- helping to advance the goals of YWCA—the such centers nationwide designated and returning in 1999 for one year as interim come. Several years after empowerment of women and girls and the financially supported by the European school superintendent, making her the completing their bachelor’s elimination of racism. Humphrey’s accom- Commission. She also is a Jean Monnet first African American to lead the entire degrees, the Steins enrolled plishments have been lauded before, but Chair ad personam, an honor bestowed by school district. as Pitt graduate students her greatest personal honor so far, she says, the commission upon leading American Those long-ago lessons of commu- and were among the first is recognition as the 2007 Best University scholars whose careers exemplify excel- nity continue to resonate. Faison is now women to earn master’s Administrator in her category as voted by lence in teaching and research related to director of the Pittsburgh Teachers Insti- degrees at the University. the readers of the student newspaper, The the European Union. tute, a center for enhanced teacher train- Pitt News. She particularly cherishes this When she’s not busy teaching, writing ing at Chatham University. The Helen S. accolade from the students. articles and books, mentoring students, and Faison Arts Academy, in the community A leader, author, educator, and compas- leading two active academic centers, she’s where she grew up, is a tribute to her sionate human being, Humphrey encourages often lecturing in cities across Europe. The ongoing legacy. Phenomenal all of us to reach our full potential. In a continent is being transformed, she says. In 2006, Pitt Chancellor Mark A. convocation speech, she gave this advice Sbragia wants to observe those changes up Nordenberg announced the creation of (Reprinted from to freshmen: “You are in charge of your close, to see history in the making. the Dr. Helen S. Faison Chair in Urban Pitt Magazine’s soul, which is your intellect, your will, your Education, the first fully endowed chair in emotions, and your imagination. Develop the School of Education’s history. Faison, Winter 2009 issue.) your intellect. Use your will to make good a Pitt trustee, has also been recognized by choices. Develop a game plan that can help the University with an honorary doctor- you boldly face the difficulties that may ate, a Distinguished Alumna award, and come. Take charge and develop the stron- other accolades. With respect and dignity, gest you.” Faison continues to inspire others. Her father, most surely, is proud. 4 • Pitt Chronicle • March 16, 2009 “An Investment in Knowledge Always Pays the Best Interest” Winter 2009 Report to the Trustees This is the print version of Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg’s report to the Pitt Board of Trustees at its Feb. 27 meeting.

in the mid-1780s—came Here in Pittsburgh, true generations later. we just completed a But even Mr. Brack- yearlong celebration enridge could not have of the region’s 250th foreseen the position birthday. The history that higher education of Pittsburgh is mainly would occupy in the a story of triumph and economy of 21st-cen- of impact. In certain tury Pittsburgh. Today, key respects, includ- of course, higher edu- ing the transformation cation not only serves of regional economic as an important aid to drivers, the story of other industries, such as Pittsburgh also is a story of change. manufacturing, but is a dominant economic When the British took possession of the force in its own right. Point in November of 1758, they were driven In a very real sense, that regional by the strategic military importance of con- transformation began in Oakland, roughly trolling the confluence of our three rivers. a century ago. In fact, as many of you have And principally because of those rivers, seen from the street banners we have hung, Pittsburgh did become the Pitt now is celebrating 100 country’s first “Gateway to years in Oakland. I want to the West.” spend some time this morn- But even in those very ing, then, talking not only early days, at least one about Pitt but also about person saw a different, Oakland and its impact much grander, future for on the social vitality and this wilderness outpost. economic strength of the Hugh Henry Bracken- larger region. ridge—whose founding Oakland’s emergence of our University in 1787 as the cultural, educa- will be celebrated at our tional and medical capital Honors Convocation this of Western Pennsylvania afternoon—came west, began near the turn of the across the Alleghenies, to 20th century. Consider make his fortune. some of the highlights from In commenting on his that period: adopted home, Mr. Brack- enridge made two prophetic Hugh Henry Brackenridge • In 1893, Henry Phipps statements. built the conservatory The first was that still bears his that This town must in future time name; This town must in future time be a be a place of great manufac- • In 1895, Andrew place of great manu- tory. Indeed, the greatest on Carnegie built his factory. Indeed, the museum, librar y, greatest on the con- the continent, or perhaps in the and concert hall. tinent, or perhaps in Presbyterian Hospital the world. world. The situation in the town was founded, and Eye And the second and Ear Hospital was was that of Pittsburgh is greatly to chartered; The situation in the town of Pitts- be chosen for a seat of • In 1898, the Schenley burgh is greatly to learning . . . I do not know that Hotel opened, and be chosen for a seat in 1901, it was the of learning . . . I do the legislature could do a more site of a d i n ner Mark A. Nordenberg not know that the called “the meal of legislature could do acceptable service to the m i l l ion ai re s”— a become Carnegie Mellon University; • In 1910, the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial a more acceptable banquet celebrating was dedicated; service to the com- commonwealth than by endow- the formation of the • In 1906, St. Paul’s Cathedral was consecrated monwealth than by United States Steel and the University Club purchased property • In 1912, the Syria Mosque was dedicated; endowing a school at ing a school at this place . . . Cor poration, this in Oakland to build its new home; and this place . . . We well We well know the strength of country’s first billion- know the strength of dollar company; • In 1908, the Western University of • In 1914, the cornerstone was laid for the a state greatly con- a state greatly consists in the Pennsylvania was re-chartered as the Masonic Temple. sists in the superior • In 1905, construction University of Pittsburgh and construction That incredibly rich collection of well- mental powers of the superior mental powers of the began on buildings began on State Hall, its f irst Oakland building; targeted investments dramatically trans- inhabitants. t o h o u s e t h e formed and elevated this one very special B o t h o f inhabitants. Carnegie Technical • In 1909, Forbes Field was dedicated section of the city within a very compressed those “Pittsburgh —Hugh Henry Brackenridge S c h o o l s , w h i c h and Montefiore Hospital was founded; prophecies”—made ultimately would Continued on page 5

Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Library Former Schenley Hotel, now William Pitt Union Former Forbes Field, now Mervis Hall and Posvar Hall Former Masonic Temple, now Alumni Hall March 16, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 5

Continued from page 4 period of time. develop, and the companies that we have For Pitt, of course, the construction of helped create. the Cathedral of Learning, which began in To pick up on that last point, most 1926 and was completed in 1937, made the people tend to think of university-related, clearest statement that Oakland would be technology-driven economic development our home. And both Heinz Chapel and the as a very modern thing. But let me give you Stephen Foster Memorial were opened at two very relevant regional examples from that same time. the 1960s: Much, obviously, has changed since the Cathedral of Learning was dedicated, and • Jerry McGinnis, a young man from part of that change has been physical: Illinois, came to Pitt to do graduate work in engineering. Having completed his studies, • Some of the facilities that I mentioned— he stayed, worked for a period of time at Forbes Field and the Syria Mosque—no Westinghouse, and ultimately founded longer exist; Respironics—which remains one of this region’s biggest commercial biotechnology • Some of the facilities that I mentioned success stories, a major regional employer have been renovated and converted to and a global force in its areas of specialty; other uses. The Schenley Hotel now is and our William Pitt Student Union, and the Masonic Temple now is our Alumni Hall, • At roughly the same time, John for example. And the University Club, Swanson, a young man from upstate New having been completely renovated, soon York, came to Pitt to do graduate work in will reopen as a true University facility; engineering. Having completed his studies, he stayed, worked for a period of time at • And, of course, new construction Westinghouse, and ultimately founded has continued to reshape ANSYS, which remains Oakland. Key recent one of this region’s additions by Pitt—among A favorable, front-page biggest software success more than $1 billion in The New s t o r i e s — a m a j o r capital projects just in the article in regional employer and a past decade—include the York Times described global force in its areas Petersen Events Center of specialty. (the world’s best place to Pittsburgh’s positive watch two of the country’s And to return to my Clockwise from top: Hillman Cancer Center, the new Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, and the Petersen Events Center best basketball teams) passage to an economy “neighborhoods theme,” and our third Biomedical the impact of key Oak- Scie nce Towe r (t he grounded in university- land institutions also world’s best place to do Miami can be clearly seen in • the promise for Lawrenceville of the In a December Post-Gazette biomedical research). based research. A patterns of physical new Children’s Hospital of UPMC, which Of course, the true Herald column enviously growth beyond Oak- also will include a new research tower. column, Harold Miller, a highly impact of Oakland is land’s own boundaries. tied most directly to the identified research as Consider: Perhaps the most telling symbol of respected analyst of regional people and programs of the impact of Oakland institutions on the economic trends, confirmed that the community of Oak- the foundation for Pitts- • t h e a l m o s t broader economy, though, may be the fact land institutions—most unbelievable pace of that the city’s two most famous “skyscrap- our region is doing better than particularly Pitt, UPMC, burgh’s transformation recent development ers” now are occupied by the University of and Carnegie Mellon Uni- along the river across the Pittsburgh, which remains in the Cathedral most and said that a major reason versity—with health and into a “Knowledge City.” Hot Metal Bridge, where of Learning, and the University of Pitts- education now being the And the Cleveland Plain early anchors included burgh Medical Center, which has moved is that fully “one-fifth of the jobs region’s top employment t he U PMC Sp or t s its executive offices, and much more, to the sector and the only sector Dealer analyzed lessons Performance Complex U. S. Steel Tower. in the Pittsburgh region...are in of the regional economy and the headquarters Our ability to sustain this “towering the two most recession-resistant that has added jobs in from “Pittsburgh’s renais- buildi ng for Pit t’s momentum” is critical not only for our own every year since 1995. McGowan Institute people and programs but for the economic sectors: health care and higher For the three institu- sance” that might be f o r R e g e n e r a t i v e health of the entire region. As I pointed out tions that I specifically Medicine; in a column published in the Pittsburgh education.” mentioned— Pitt, UPMC, applied there. Post-Gazette this month, analysts from and CM U — regional • the transforma- throughout the country are looking with care. (See reprint of article in Feb. 23, 2009, impact can be measured tional impact, still under envy at Pittsburgh’s economic stability. Pitt Chronicle, http://www.chronicle.pitt. in many ways. They include the people way, of the Hillman Cancer Center, which is And, in virtually every case, they have edu/?p=2201) that we employ, the students we attract, the half UPMC clinical and half Pitt research, concluded that this region’s single most A favorable, front-page article in The patients that we treat, the regional reputa- on the Baum Boulevard/Centre Avenue significant economic asset is its companion tion we have built, the technologies that we corridor; and strengths in higher education and health Continued on page 6

Willam Pitt Union The entrance to the former University Club and artist’s renderings of the UC as it will appear after its current renovation March 16, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 6 “An Investment in Knowledge Always Pays the Best Interest”

Continued on page 5 New York Times described Pittsburgh’s Labor & Industry, Pennsylvania lost more by the President and passed with a big boost System or in a community college. positive passage to an economy grounded in than 27,000 jobs in December. The single from Pennsylvania’s senior senator, Arlen Ironically, it is the state-related uni- university-based research. A Miami Herald bright spots were the education and health Specter, provides the funding necessary versities that have become the universities- column enviously identified research as the services sectors, which added 1,500 jobs and to increase Pell Grant awards, to expand of-choice for many of Pennsylvania’s most foundation for Pittsburgh’s transformation set a record-high job count that month. the federal work-study committed and talented into a “Knowledge City.” And the Cleveland Dr. Miller also went on to ask what program, and to create In that same speech, the high school students, and Plain Dealer analyzed lessons from “Pitts- might be viewed as the “bottom-line” ques- a larger, more flexible access to state-related burgh’s renaissance” that might be applied tion: “How long can Pittsburgh retain this and more expansive President described the universities helps keep there. competitive advantage?” My form of tax credit for those students in Penn- In the Plain Dealer own answer—offered in my the families of college federal stimulus package sylvania. To a consider- article, David Berg- In his prime-time op-ed and again today—is students. able extent, it also is the holz, a Cleveland-based address on Tuesday that “it depends”—and that I n t h a t s a m e as supporting “the larg- public research universi- foundation executive it depends, most directly, speech, the President ties within that group that who earlier had been a evening [Feb. 24], Presi- on the level of priority described the federal est investment in basic most effectively leverage respected civic leader assigned to public invest- stimulus package as research funding in Ameri- the state’s investments in here, described a “grow- dent Obama, taking the ments in Pennsylvania’s supporting “the larg- them and that are gen- ing g ulf ” bet ween public research universities, est investment in basic can history—an invest- erating, through their Cleveland and Pitts- 222-year-old message which do now compete on research funding in research efforts, many of burgh in higher educa- an uneven playing field. American history—an ment that will not only the “jobs of the future” tion. After referring to of Hugh Henry Brack- From a university per- investment that will not that will require a col- the unique partnership enridge into a current spective, the news now only spur new discover- spur new discoveries in lege education. More than between Pitt and Carne- emerging from Washington ies in energy, but break- any other sector, it also is gie Mellon, the presence context, declared that can be viewed as a beacon throughs in medicine, energy, but breakthroughs students from the state- of nearby West Virginia of hope in troubled times. science, and technol- in medicine, science, and related universities that University as a third “[i]n a global economy Actions taken in response ogy.” The act autho- have been disadvantaged research center, and the to the recession reflect a rizes $16 billion in new technology.” by funding levels that lag position of UPMC as the where the most valu- continuing commitment funding for research— well behind the support area’s largest employer, to the age-old belief that including more than $10 provided to peer univer- he noted even more spe- able skill you can sell education is the key to the billion for the National sities in other states and cifically, “You don’t is your knowledge, a American dream. They also Institutes of Health, $3 billion for the that have played a major role in driving up have an equivalent of reflect the more modern, but National Science Foundation, and $2 billion tuition. Pitt in Cleveland. It’s a good education is no widely shared, recognition for the Department of Energy. Additional In fairness, those recommendations big engine, both region- that investments in research funding for research also has been built into were crafted before the passage of the federal ally and nationally.” longer just a pathway are among the most effec- the omnibus funding package now moving stimulus package. Pennsylvania is expected In a December tive generators of economic forward in Washington. From our past per- to receive $1.6 billion in federal payments Post-Gazette column, to opportunity—it is a growth, both in the short formance, it is clear that Pitt is particularly through the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Harold Miller, a highly term and in the long term. well positioned to bring that was created by the respected analyst of prerequisite.” I n his pr i me-ti me a sizeable share of those stimulus act. Among other regional econom ic address on Tuesday evening dollars into this region. things, those monies are trends, confirmed that [Feb. 24], President Obama, The first steps taken intended to help restore our region is doing better than most and said taking the 222-year-old message of Hugh to create a new Com- funding for public univer- that a major reason is that fully “one-fifth of Henry Brackenridge into a current context, monwealth budget were sities. Those funds, then, the jobs in the Pittsburgh region...are in the declared that “[i]n a global economy where grounded in a very dif- should position Pennsylva- two most recession-resistant sectors: health the most valuable skill you can sell is your ferent approach—one nia to be more supportive of care and higher education.” Even more knowledge, a good education is no longer placing Pennsylvania’s its state-related universities recently released state-wide employment just a pathway to opportunity—it is a prereq- public research universi- and their students. data support his assessment. According to uisite.” And the recently enacted American ties in a “least favored” As the state’s budget- a Jan. 22 report by the state Department of Recovery and Reinvestment Act, supported status among the broader building process moves community of the state’s forward, Pitt recognizes higher education institu- that these are troubling tions. In terms of annual times, and we stand ready appropriations, to begin to do our part. What that with the most basic exam- Barack Obama means, on the one hand, is ple, it was recommended that that we are prepared to share the state’s community colleges receive a 2 in the sacrifices that may be required— percent increase to their appropriations and as we have done, without complaint, in that the institutions of the State System of absorbing recent midyear cuts to our state Higher Education receive “flat funding”— appropriation. But, as we work to build a support equal to what had been authorized better future, doing our part also means for the current fiscal year. In sharp contrast, continuing to provide the highest-quality the state-related universities—which include higher education programs, which will be our public research universities—were in even greater demand as people seek to recommended to receive appropriations effectively position themselves for life in the that are 6 percent less than what had been postrecession economy. And doing our part authorized for the current fiscal year. [The means continuing to compete effectively for week following the Trustees’ meeting, the the expanding pool of research dollars, which Governor announced that he would be able now represent such a major force within our to use federal stimulus funds to restore cuts regional economy. that had been planned to the appropriations President Obama is from Illinois and of the state-related universities in the next typically traces his political ancestry to fiscal year. This obviously was a very wel- Abraham Lincoln. However, his economic come development, for which the University priorities also clearly reflect the wisdom of is grateful.] Benjamin Franklin who, back in the days Even more troubling is the fact that the of our founder, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, proposed Tuition Relief Act would NOT said, “An investment in knowledge always extend to the families of Pennsylvania stu- pays the best interest.” Our shared interest dents enrolled in the state-related universi- will be well served if Mr. Franklin’s wisdom ties. Instead, the benefits of that act would also shapes the work of Harrisburg’s budget be limited to students enrolled in the State builders in the weeks and months ahead.

March 16, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 7 Graduate and Professional Education: Mapping the Future

Doorway Into a Community of Scholars Pitt Doctoral Students Learn the Art of Teaching This is the final article in a series about the University of Pittsburgh’s programs in graduate and professional education. By Reid R. Frazier

Laura Macia, a Pitt graduate teaching assistant in anthropology, faced a pedagogi- cal problem: how to engage contemporary undergraduates in learning about kinship, a cornerstone of anthropology. Knowing that kinship can be heavy going—even for the most devoted anthropology undergrad- uate—Macia made a teaching decision. She recast the examination of kinship from one of dry theory and diagrams into a lively class discussion that delved into how different cultures define familial relationships. Macia turned to something her students knew—the social dating site Match.com. Macia, who also is a Pitt doctoral can- didate in anthropology, compared the ways Americans choose potential partners on the popular dating Web site—using categories such as physical characteristics, lifestyle, and background—to the ways people on a simi- lar site in India choose a mate, basing their matches on religion, caste, mother tongue, and even profession. (In India, such matches are made with an eye toward marriage, not simply dating.) “I wanted them to understand the emphasis that different cultures make in building their families and how people in other cultures think about these issues dif- ferently than we do,” Macia says about the technique she used with her Introduction to Cultural Anthropology students. “I think a lot of the students felt like the kinship mate- rial in the book didn’t have a lot of real-life implications. I wanted to translate it into something tangible, something they’d be able to relate to.” Finding ways to engage students in aca- demic learning is a task shared by hundreds BRADEN WOLFE/CIDDE of Pitt graduate teaching assistants (TAs) and Peter Bell, a Pitt doctoral student in chemistry, conducts an experiment for his organic chemistry class, while George Bandik, a senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies for Pitt’s Depart- teaching fellows (TFs) who, like Macia, are ment of Chemistry, looks on. From left are Bell, sophomore Vanessa Cole, junior Jason Zlotnicki, Bandik, and sophomore Kaitlyn Musco. honing their skills in the classroom, under the guidance of faculty, while pursuing PhD degrees. The doctoral students help faculty stable. “There is nothing like the enthusiasm Even if PhD students they are just a few years craft course syllabi, evaluate student work, of anthropology students back from their first choose not to go into aca- older than their students. run labs, and lead discussions and teaching field research trips. They can talk about how demia, teaching helps Even if PhD students They also can bring a recitations. In doing so, Pitt TAs and TFs hard it is to do fieldwork and really convey them become better com- certain freshness to the receive hands-on experience in teaching and a sense of excitement to the undergraduates municators, according to choose not to go into classroom because of mentoring from seasoned faculty. because it’s still fresh in their minds. For the George Bandik, senior their generational con- “We want to develop our PhD students undergrads, they can get a real sense of what lecturer and director of academia, teaching helps nection. as scholars in the fullest sense of the word,” the field is like that they wouldn’t necessarily undergraduate studies them become better com- That freshness can says Pitt Vice Provost get from reading about it in in Pitt’s Department of be seen in the teaching for Graduate and Under- a book.” Chemistry. “There are two municators, according to methods doctoral stu- graduate Studies Patricia “Research and teaching aspects of science,” says dents employ, many of Beeson, “scholars who are intertwined, and Introduction to the Bandik. “One is finding George Bandik, senior which use or reference study, who learn, and Profession new information, and the lecturer and director of popular media forms. who share what they the best among us are For a majority of Pitt’s other is getting that infor- At 25 years old, art learn with the broader PhD candidates, the gradu- mation across to other undergraduate studies history PhD candidate community, through skilled at both. We are ate school teaching experi- people so it can be used in Robert Bailey is only writing and publishing, ence is vital preparation for the world. No matter what in Pitt’s Department of a few years older than through lectures given as proud of our reputa- their future. In the School graduate students end up his students. “There are to colleagues throughout of Arts and Sciences, 55 doing, this is their chance Chemistry. “There are two things I have in common the world, and through tion and accomplish- percent of PhD graduates to learn how to get that with them that I can use their teaching. ments as educators as move directly into aca- information across.” aspects of science,” says to make a point,” says “ R e s e a r c h a n d demic teaching positions, Many chemistry PhD Bandik. “One is finding Bailey. teaching are inter- we are of our research while another 20 percent students move on to work In one course, he twined,” continues land academic fellowships, as researchers in private new information, and the cited channel surfing as Beeson, who also is a and scholarship.” which lead to teaching posts industry. They, too, will a way of characterizing professor of economics in many cases. benefit from learning how other is getting that infor- the work of American and public policy, “and —Patricia Beeson That is why most doc- to teach, says Bandik. painter David Salle, the best among us are toral candidates in Arts “If they’re going into a mation across to other whose paintings include skilled at both. We are and Sciences—between 80 research position, they’ll images from different as proud of our reputation and accomplish- and 90 percent of the 1,500 or so graduate have to know how to share people so it can be used sources and contexts. ments as educators as we are of our research students in the school—receive training as their research with differ- “His paintings have a and scholarship.” teachers, says Constable. “Once they hit the ent kinds of people. in the world. No matter character similar to the The excitement that many graduate job market, having teaching experience is random juxtaposition students have for what they are learning in really valuable.” Bridging the what graduate students of images that channel their dissertation research often carries over Many TAs gradually work their way Generational Gap end up doing, this is their surfing produces,” says into the classroom, according to Nicole Con- into a classroom by helping professors Graduate TAs and Bailey. “Salle came to stable, associate dean of graduate studies and with such administrative duties as grading TFs also can serve as a chance to learn how to get prominence in the 1980s research in the School of Arts and Sciences papers or setting up labs. Over time, they bridge between under- when a lot of Ameri- and a professor of anthropology. gain more exposure by leading discussions graduates and faculty. that information across.” cans began subscribing “When you are first working on a PhD or lab sections, giving lectures, and, as their Graduate students might to cable, so it makes and you are teaching, it’s like you are learn- knowledge and expertise increases, some relate to the undergradu- ing things again for the first time,” says Con- even teaching classes of their own. ates they teach because, for the most part, Continued on page 8 March 16, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 8 Pitt Doctoral Students Learn the Art of Teaching The intellectual exchange that takes place in the classroom is by no means a one-way street, graduate TAs and TFs say. The curiosity of undergraduates continuously challenges them to reappraise their ways of seeing the world and understanding their own disciplines. “It’s a really good way to learn your own biases and defend your opinions—your way of thinking about the world—because students will test you,” says Octavia Graham, a PhD student in communication.

when they look for jobs as junior faculty. “During the interview process, they’re often asked about how they would handle MIKE DRAZDZINSKI/CIDDE course development; they usually have a Pitt doctoral student Jessica Ghilani confers with Ronald Zboray, a professor of communication and director of graduate studies for Pitt’s Department of Communication. Ghilani, who is working on pretty good story to tell because, for them, her doctorate in communication, had just finished teaching a discussion class for the Advertising History and Criticism course to 22 undergraduate students in the Cathedral of Learning’s German it begins right away,” Zboray says. Nationality Room. By the end of the pedagogic course, the students will have crafted course syllabi Continued from page 7 and teaching statements that describe their teaching philosophies and strategies for sense that an artist would create a painting while all graduate students have access to tory of Art and Architecture, for example, implementing those philosophies. Zboray that appeals to the haphazard, distracted Pitt’s Center for Instructional Development the pedagogy course is partly designed to says the emphasis on teaching is part of the viewer surfing through a hundred or more and Distance Education (CIDDE), which provide discipline-specific instruction, such reason why the department has an excep- channels. It’s a way to show students how serves the teaching and learning mission as teaching with images, says Kirk Savage, tional 90-percent placement rate for PhDs one aspect of their visual culture relates to of the University by providing support for a professor and chair of the department. But into tenure-track positions. the study of art history.” instructional excellence and innovation. Savage says there’s another benefit: “That Among those PhD students who have Many graduate student teachers use The center offers a new-TA orientation course helps us get a conversation about benefited from their training at Pitt is Erika movies, television, and Internet references course each semester, and almost 300 gradu- teaching going within the department, so you Molloseau Pryor, an assistant professor to make their topics rel- ate students participate. get graduate students talking with professors of communication at Denison University evant and to reach their They receive instruction and their fellow graduate students about who received her PhD degree from Pitt last media-savvy under- Pitt helps its gradu- in everything from ethical teaching.” year. “Being at Pitt really prepared me for graduates. Using these issues to student evaluation. In yet another approach, chemistry the mechanics of teaching, in terms of con- references as teaching ate students meet The TAs also learn how to department TAs spend a week before each structing a syllabus, conducting a class, and tools comes easily to effectively assess whether semester preparing to lead lab sections. They interacting with students,” she says. this generation of PhD the requirements for their students are grasping learn safety precautions, perform all the lab At Pitt, Molloseau Pryor was a TA in students because they classroom teaching by the course material. experiments ahead of time, and practice several communication courses and, as she also grew up using these CIDDE also offers a giving lessons to mock classes. advanced in her degree program and began media forms. In teach- providing an array of teaching practicum course to master subject-specific information, she ing cultural identity, for and in-depth workshops Jumping in the Deep End taught courses. Teaching these courses example, anthropolo- courses, workshops, and throughout the semester While graduate TAs in most departments helped her to gain the required teaching gist Macia used profile on various subjects, among gradually become acclimated to the class- background she needed to successfully com- pages on Facebook.com a form of “boot camp” them incorporating diversity room, communication PhD students experi- pete for tenure-track positions at universities to show her students into the classroom, leading ence total immersion. First-semester PhD around the country. how people construct that immerses them in discussions, and creating a students teach stand-alone courses in public “Especially after teaching those stand- and then manage their the art and science of teaching portfolio. speaking, under alone courses, where you are own identities. Graduate TAs also have the supervison of responsible for students learn- Peter Bell, a PhD teaching. the opportunity to receive a faculty member. By the end of the ing, I felt like it prepared me candidate in chemistry, one-on-one video consulta- The idea, says Ron to step into the role of faculty likes to share his love of tions at the center, in which Zboray, professor of pedagogic course, the member,” she says. chemistry with his students, many of whom a seasoned teacher evaluates various seg- communication and Inevitably, being a TA are intimidated by their first organic chem- ments of video footage from a class. It director of gradu- students will have crafted presents difficult challenges istry lab. So Bell orchestrates a hands-on can be painful for some students to watch ate studies for the for PhD students, says Mol- activity to teach polymer chemistry—how themselves, but it is a valuable tool, says department, is to course syllabi and teach- loseau Pryor— such as han- two different substances combine to make a Joann Nicoll, associate director of CIDDE. immerse students in ing statements that dling a case of cheating or third, totally different substance. The class is “They’ll look at the video of themselves and the classroom envi- plagiarism. But, as she points asked to mix two liquids—polyvinyl alcohol ask, ‘Am I asking the right questions? Am ronment from the describe their teaching out, almost every experience and borate. The result: slime. “We make I keeping the students engaged? Is my class beginning of their prepares them for what lies slime—it’s this goo that will ooze between organized well?’” doctoral education. philosophies and strate- ahead. your fingers. Everybody ends up having a Among those who answer these ques- While they are good time,” says Bell, a self-described sci- tions is Brenda Henry, a TF who helps teaching their first gies for implementing Testing the Teacher ence geek whose favorite TV show as a child organize the CIDDE consultations. “We’ll courses, the TAs The intellectual exchange was Mr. Wizard. “There are serious applica- talk to them about how they stand in front also are enrolled in those philosophies. that takes place in the class- tions to polymer chemistry, of course, but of a classroom and write on a blackboard— a pedagogic course room is by no means a one- this is a way to show way to show them that do they stand with their backs to the class? that “walks them way street, graduate TAs we can have fun with chemistry.” We’ll talk about their tone of voice—are they through what they and TFs say. The curiosity of modulating their voices or are they using can expect during undergraduates continuously Coaching New Teachers a monotone?” says Henry, who is herself their first semester teaching,” Zboray says. In challenges them to reappraise their ways of Pitt helps its graduate students meet a graduate student in a joint master’s-PhD the pedagogic course, they learn everything seeing the world and understanding their the requirements for classroom teaching by program in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public from the history of the communication field own disciplines. providing an array of courses, workshops, Health and School of Social Work. to how to address different kinds of audi- “It’s a really good way to learn your and a form of “boot camp” that immerses Some departments offer specialized ences. The new TAs pick up pointers from own biases and defend your opinions—your them in the art and science of teaching. Some teaching courses tailored to their particular senior faculty and from each other. The crash departments provide the training themselves, disciplines. In the Department of the His- course helps them later on, Zboray says, Continued on page 9 March 16, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 9

“When you teach, you are giving your students something extra they can carry with them for the rest of their lives— whether they become nurses or engineers or go into business, you can teach them something about chemistry that they can COURTESY OF PITT’S OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT take away. You get the opportunity to spark that interest in them. And that’s special.” —Thomas Stringfield

audience for help, we had a lifeline called ‘Bother Bandik,’ in which the students could ask Bandik a question if they were stumped,” he says. In using a familiar media format, Stringfield was able to help students review key concepts from the material and to think on their feet about chemistry.

MIKE DRAZDZINSKI/CIDDE Stringfield was hired in 2002 as a full- Brenda N. Henry (left), a teaching fellow in Pitt’s Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE), and Sarah Taylor (right) review a video of Taylor teaching a Pitt time instructor at Washington and Jefferson anthropology class. CIDDE offers graduate teaching assistants like Taylor, a fourth-year doctoral student in anthropology, one-on-one video consultations during which a seasoned teacher College and, four years later, as a tenure- critiques the teaching assistant’s pedagogic techniques. Henry is a student in a joint master’s-PhD program in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health and School of Social Work. She and Taylor track assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati’s Raymond Walters College. He are gaining experience in the classroom as part of their doctoral programs. credits his teaching experience at Pitt with helping him to land both positions—and Continued from page 8 with helping him find his calling. way of thinking about the world—because Stringfield was a TA for several semesters, was able to bring to his classrooms. For his “When you teach, you are giving your students will test you,” says Octavia Graham, eventually becoming TA coordinator, a posi- end-of-semester review sessions, he used a students something extra they can carry a PhD student in communication whose tion usually occupied by a senior graduate game-show format to help students review with them for the rest of their lives,” says students have grilled her on everything from student interested in teaching. He created such concepts as gas chromatography or Stringfield. “Whether they become nurses race to religion to human sexuality. “They’ll course syllabi, coordinated labs, helped covalent bonds. Stringfield played a version or engineers or go into business, you can ask you, ‘Why do you think this? Why are revise the department’s organic chemistry of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with teach them something about chemistry that you assigning this kind of reading over other lab manual and Web site, and, eventually, undergraduate supervisor George Bandik they can take away. You get the opportunity kinds?’” lectured. close at hand. “In addition to the traditional to spark that interest in them. And that’s These types of questions can cause Stringfield reveled in the creativity he ‘lifeline,’ where you could ask a friend in the special.” some PhD candidates to rethink their core assumptions about their own fields. The give and take that occurs between teachers and students has the potential to enliven the PhD candidates’ own research and deepen their understanding of their discipline. It’s okay when students sometimes ask questions that go beyond a TA’s knowledge base, says Julia Finch, a PhD candidate in the Department of History of Art and Architec- ture, because it forces TAs to learn something they might not know. “There’s nothing like having a student ask you a question and having to say, ‘Hey, I don’t know the answer, but let’s do some more research on it and we’ll figure it out,’” says Finch. History of Art and Architecture Chair Kirk Savage, now a seasoned teacher, cites one particular teaching moment from his own graduate teaching experience. During a lecture on the lack of African American representation in 19th-century monuments, a student asked then-graduate student Savage a simple question: If Blacks could cobble together enough money, why couldn’t they just build their own monuments? “I realized I hadn’t really explained the power structure behind building monuments in this country,” Savage said. The simple question had a big impact on one of Sav- age’s projects. “I realized if I’m going to go write a book on that, I’m going to have to go right to the heart of that question, and explain how public space works.” In his 1997 book on the topic, Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America (Princeton University Press), Savage devoted part of a chapter to the question initially posed by his undergraduate student.

A Lasting Bond MARY JANE BENT/CIDDE Thomas Stringfield, who earned his PhD in chemistry at Pitt in 2002, caught the Pitt History of Art and Architecture Chair Kirk Savage (left) works with Robert Bailey (middle), a fourth-year doctoral student studying contemporary art, and Julia Finch, a fifth-year doctoral teaching bug during his doctoral program. student studying medieval art. They are discussing ways to teach Michael Baxandall’s classic art text The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany. 10 • Pitt Chronicle • March 16, 2009 PittScholars&Stewards A World of Opportunities

John P. and Constance A. Curran Pharmacy Scholarship Fund ite subject in school—Curran pursued his short time, it was amazing.” undergraduate degree in pharmacy at Ford- Continued success through the 1970s ham University. Following graduation from and into the 80s allowed Curran to develop Fordham in 1966, Curran enrolled in the a simple yet sophisticated approach to ana- PhD program at the University of Pittsburgh lyzing stocks: Eschewing detail, Curran School of Pharmacy. instead learned to focus on one or two At Pitt, Curran studied pharmaceutical critical issues that make a stock valuable. “I economics, a track that honed his skills for only have a handful of good ideas!” he says understanding and analyzing the business with a chuckle. “People can write compli- side of the drug indus- cated reports about all try. “I loved my time in kinds of variables that Pittsburgh,” Curran says. In 1998, Curran and can impact a stock’s “The academic work was price, but I don’t want interesting and challeng- his wife, Constance, to get into all that. I look ing, the students and city at the one big thing that residents were nice, and gave back to the will move a stock, and of course I met my wife University of Pittsburgh that’s it.” there, so it was a great It is this philoso- experience!” by establishing the phy that formed the After marrying and backbone of Curran completing his course John P. and Constance Capital Management, a work i n Pit t sbu rg h, health care equity fund Curran applied for a A. Curran Pharmacy established in 1986 that number of jobs and was Curran manages to this hired by Pfizer, Inc., in Scholarship Fund, the day. New York City. There, most generous gift of In 1998, Curran and Curran completed his Pitt his wife, Constance, PhD dissertation while its kind in the history of g a v e b a c k t o t h e directing Pfizer’s public University of Pittsburgh policy research. the School of Pharmacy. by establishing the Cur ran moved to John P. and Constance Wall Street in 1975, taking A. Curran Pharmacy a job as a securities analyst specializing in Scholarship Fund, the most generous gift REBECCA BAILEY the health care industry. “I knew that Wall of its kind in the history of the School Constance A. and John P. Curran Street would be a great opportunity for me to of Pharmacy. The Curran scholarship is perform without having to worry about the awarded annually and provides assistance By Emily Martin politics that had dictated my previous job,” to academically qualified students who Curran says. demonstrate financial need, with preference John P. Curran decided to pursue cesses that the pharmaceutical industry It was during his time on Wall Street given to students from underrepresented a career in pharmaceuticals so that he could offer. “Even as a kid, I could see that that Curran realized his dream of seeing the populations. could see the world. there was a lot of potential to do well in the world, traveling across the globe to work with Surely, the Currans’ generosity will As a teenager from the Bronx who field,” Curran recalls. clients in Korea, India, and beyond. “It was continue to open up new worlds for delivered prescriptions for his local After making sure the profession didn’t just wonderful,” he remembers. “I learned scholarship recipients in the years to pharmacy, Curran recognized the suc- rely too heavily on Latin—his least favor- so much about how to do business in such a come. Pitt Honors Convocation 2009

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3 PHOTOS BY JIM BURKE/CIDDE Former Pitt Trustee Raymond W. Smith (KGSB ‘69), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a 4 Pitt Legacy Laureate, was the keynote speaker for the Pitt’s 33rd annual Honors Convocation, on Feb. 27 in Carn- egie Music Hall. (1) Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor James V. Maher delivers his message. (2) Maher (left) and Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg (right) bestow an honorary doctoral degree on Smith. (3) Smith gives his address, “Heisenberg’s ‘Certainty’ Principle.” (4) Pitt Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kathy W. Humphrey addresses the assembly. (5) Pitt Trustee Burton Tansky (A&S ‘61), cochair of Pitt’s $2 billion capital campaign and chair and CEO of The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., and Tracey Thomas Travis (ENG ‘83), senior vice president of finance and CFO at Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, are honored as Pitt’s 2009 Distinguished Alumni Fellows. 6 5 (6) Chancellor Nordenberg smiles during the ceremony. March 16, 2009 • University of Pittsburgh • 11

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Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections—A Global Perspective,” “Overview of Real-time GPS Net- “Experiments, Science, and the Fight Anne Rompalo, Johns Hopkins Univer- works and the New Virtual Reference Against Poverty,” Esther Duflo, the sity professor of medicine and medical System in Pennsylvania,” Kevin Chap- Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty director of the U.S. Centers for Disease pell, Precision Laser and Instruments, Alleviation and Development Econom- Control and Prevention’s Region III Inc., director of mapping and surveying, ics in MIT, 3:30 p.m. March 20, Room STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, 4 p.m. March 19, 11 Thaw Hall, Pitt 343, Alumni Hall, Pitt Department of 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 17, G-23 Parran Department of Geology and Planetary Economics’ 2009 McKay Lecture, www. Hall, Public Health Grand Rounds, Science, 412-624-8780, www.geology. econ.pitt.edu Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, pitt.edu. Pennsylvania/Mid-Atlantic AIDS Educa- “Modeling and Simulation of tion and Training Center, to register call “Crisis of Conscience,” Peter Karsten, Complex Structures: From Physical 412-624-1895 or visit www.pamaaetc. Pitt history professor, 6 p.m. March 19, to Biological Systems,” J.N. Reddy, org/events.asp. Alcoa Room, Barco Law Building, Pitt’s Texas A&M University Distinguished Center for International Legal Education, Professor of Engineering, 4 p.m. March “Presentation on Pittsburgh’s 1877 412-648-7023, www.ucis.pitt.edu/main. 20, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 2009 Show Trials of the ‘Molly Magu- Landis-Epic Lecture, Pitt Department of ires,’” Pitt international law student Hal “The Overextended American Mili- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Smith, 7-11 p.m. March 17, William Pitt tary—Prospects for Our Future,” Law- [email protected]. Union Ballroom, Pitt Pre-Law Student rence Korb, Center for American Progress Organization, 412-586-4864, echoe- senior fellow and Center for Defense “The Future of the EU: External Chal- soferin.blogspot.com/2008/03/molly- Information senior advisor, 7:15 p.m. lenges and Internal Debates,” gradu- maguires.html. March 19, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, ate student papers on this topic will be Pitt Graduate School of Public and Inter- presented and discussed, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 “The Veil in Islamic Societies: An His- national Affairs’ Matthew B. 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Miriam Meislik, Pitt Archives Ser- CIDDE Faculty Instructional Devel- vice Center archivist, 11 a.m. March “Winds, Mountains, Oceans, Rivers: opment Lab Open House for faculty 18, Room 501 Pitt Information Sci- Ecologies and Their Social Impacts and teaching assistants, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. Concerts Lectures/Seminars/ ences Building, Publishing Pittsburgh in the New World,” symposium on March 20, Room B 23, Alumni Hall, Pictures Lecture Series, Pitt School of relationship between ecology and society 412-648-2832, www.cidde.pitt.edu French Delights and Beethoven Bliss, Readings Information Sciences, Student Chapter in the Caribbean and South, Central, featuring works by Honegger, Milhaud, of the Society of American Archivists, and North America, 8:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Beethoven; Lawrence Loh, conduc- “The Long-term Impact of Youth 412-624-5139, www.ischool.pitt.edu/ March 20, 2500 Posvar Hall, Pitt Center Opera/Theater/ tor; Christopher Wu, violinist; James Activism: The Curious Case of Teach colloquia. for Latin American Studies, Department Gorton, oboist; 7:30 p.m. March 19, for America,” Doug McAdams, of Anthropology, 412-648-7500, www. Dance Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., professor of sociology and director of “A Taste of Democracy From Ameri- pitt.edu/%7Epittanth. Oakland; 8 p.m. March 21, Upper St. urban studies at Stanford University, can and Israeli Schools,” Ofira Roll, American Rhythms, three ballets, Clair High School; Pittsburgh Symphony noon March 19, 4606 Posvar Hall, Pitt Pitt doctoral candidate in education, “Derogatory and Cynical Clinical including Anything Goes, Straight Life, Chamber Orchestra, 412-392-4900, www. Department of Sociology, Pittsburgh noon March 18, 4217 Posvar Hall, Humor: The Joke’s on Whom?” Joseph and a doo wop world premiere featuring pittsburghsymphony.org. Social Movements Forum, 412-648-7580, Global Studies Program, 412-624-2918, Zarconi, vice president for medical educa- music by Charlie Thomas’ Drifters and http://www.pitt.edu/~socdept/graduate. www.ucis.pitt.edu/global. tion and research, Summa Health System Pittsburgh’s Pure Gold, March 19-22, The Legendary Bernadette Peters, html. in Akron, Ohio, noon March 20, Lecture Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, with Marvin Laird, conductor; 7:30 p.m. “And We Got to Get Ourselves Back Room 3, 4th Floor Scaife Hall, Medical Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 412-456-6666, www.pbt.org. March 19, 8 p.m. March 20-21, 2:30 Ninth Annual School of Arts and Sci- to the Garden,” Rebecca Denova, Pitt Education Grand Rounds, Pitt School of p.m. March 22, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn ences Grad Expo, 8:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. visiting lecturer of religious studies, Medicine, 412-648-9000, www.megr.pitt. Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony March 16, complimentary breakfast and noon March 18, 2628 Cathedral of edu. 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12 • Pitt Chronicle • March 16, 2009 Healthy Outlook Women Who See the Glass Half Full Live Longer, Pitt Study Finds

By Amy Dugas Rose

In a large study of postmenopausal women, optimists had decreased rates of death and were less likely to be hyperten- sive, diabetic, and smokers than pessimists, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In addition, women identified as highly cynically hostile, meaning they were highly mistrustful of other people, had increased rates of death when compared to their less cynically hostile counterparts. The results of the research in the almost were presented during the American Psy- 8 ,0 0 0 Bl a c k chosomatic Society’s 67th annual meeting women surveyed. Opti- organizations. The PMBC is in Chicago in early March. mistic Black women had jointly based at the University of Pittsburgh The study, led by Hilary Tindle, assis- a lower rate of death and a and Carnegie Mellon University. tant professor of medicine in the Pitt School 44 percent reduction in risk Other Pitt coauthors of the study of Medicine’s Division of Internal Medicine, of cancer-related death. Alterna- include Yue-Fan Chang, an assistant pro- analyzed data from nearly 100,000 women tively, the most cynically hostile Black fessor in Pitt’s Department of Statistics in the Women’s Health Initiative, a National women had a higher rate of death and a 142 and School of Medicine’s Department of Institutes of Health-funded study that has percent increase in risk of cancer-related Psychiatry; Greg J. Siegle, a professor of been following women ages 50 and older Rather, optimists were compared to pes- death. Tindle notes these results need to be psychiatry in the School of Medicine; and since 1994. simists, while women with a high degree interpreted with caution because of the low Karen Matthews, PMBC director. Other Optimism was defined as the expec- of cynical hostility were compared to those number of Black women surveyed. coauthors are based at the University tation that good, rather than bad, things with a low degree of cynical hostility. “It’s important to note that while this of Massachusetts, University of Iowa, will happen. Female “The effects of optimism study controlled for other risk factors, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Har- opt i m ist s i n t he and cynical hostility were including age, education, income level, vard Medical School. group surveyed had Optimism was defined independent of one smoking, diabetes, and depressive a decreased rate of another. Af ter symptoms, among others, we death and were 30 as the expectation that taking into cannot draw a causal rela- percent less likely good, rather than bad, account a wom- tionship from this data,” to die from coronary an’s degree of said Tindle. “The results PUBLICATION NOTICE The next edition of heart disease than things will happen. cynical hostil- demonstrate an association Pitt Chronicle will be published March 23. were pessi m ists. ity, the health between these psychological Items for publication in the newspaper’s Those identified as Female optimists in the effects of opti- factors and length of life. Happenings calendar (see page 11) should mism did not More research is needed be received six working days prior to the being more cyni- group surveyed had a desired publication date. Happenings items cally hostile had a change. The to determine whether treat- should include the following information: higher rate of death decreased rate of death reverse also was ment designed to increase title of the event, name and title of speaker(s), and were 23 percent true. A woman’s optimism or decrease cynical date, time, location, sponsor(s), and a phone more likely to die and were 30 percent less degree of optimism hostility would lead to better health number and Web site for additional infor- from a cancer-related did not change the Hilary Tindle outcomes.” mation. Items may be e-mailed to chron@ condition. likely to die from health effects of cyni- Tindle is a clinical research pitt.edu, faxed to 412-624-4895, or sent by I n addit ion, cal hostility,” said Tindle. scholar with the University of Pittsburgh campus mail to 422 Craig Hall. For more optimism and cyni- coronary heart disease Interestingly, results for Clinical Translational Science Institute and information, call 412-624-1033 or e-mail cal hostility were not optimism and cynical hostility the Pittsburgh Mind Body Center (PMBC), [email protected]. directly compared. than were pessimists. appeared more pronounced both National Institutes of Health-funded