INSIDE Private-public partnerships, national security...... 2 Pitt study looks at low insecticide levels, frogs... 3 PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume IX • Number 27 • October 6, 2008 GSPIA: 50 Years of Grooming Global Leaders GSPIA responds to changing needs of employers and students by expanding international focus By Amanda Leff

The University of ’s Gradu- International students make up slightly ate School of Public and International less than 20 percent of GSPIA’s “Over time, there has been a very dramatic increase in the number Affairs (GSPIA) is no stranger enrollment, down somewhat of employers who expect our students to possess expertise in interna- to change. The school, which from a decade ago. As celebrates its 50th anniver- Keeler notes, the effects tional affairs. Our vision is for a school that will nurture and groom sary this year, has spent of Sept. 11, 2001, have five decades keeping made it much more the leaders of the future, graduates who will be prepared to lead from pace with globalization cu mbersome for as well as global eco- these students to get a broad-based knowledge of the nations of the world and how they nomic shifts and tech- approval to study in nological advances. the United States. interrelate.” Looking ahead to the D o n a l d C . —John T. S. Keeler next five decades, Stone, GSPI A’s GSPIA is as nimble as f o u n d i n g d e a n ever, adapting to chang- who served in that Administration for FDR’s New Deal in the students would benefit enormously if the ing enrollment patterns, position from 1957 1930s. He helped draft the United Nations school had a foothold in Washington,” says expanding the breadth through 1969, encour- Charter in the 1940s, and his efforts were Keeler. of the school’s educational aged his colleagues, stu- instrumental in the success of the Marshall Keeler says GSPIA owes much to Pitt offerings, and intensifying its dents, and friends to improve Plan in rebuilding Europe after the Second Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor James fundraising efforts to meet today’s government, make administra- World War. V. Maher for making the school’s presence global demands. John T. S. Keeler tions more effective, and provide Keeler says he is sure Stone would have in D.C. a reality. Since its founding in 1958, GSPIA responsible leadership and stew- been delighted by one of GSPIA’s most “Originally, our plan was just to has groomed leaders around the world. ardship for future generations. important new initiatives, the opening of acquire one small office in D.C.—but the Many of its nearly 7,000 alumni—including Stone’s remarkable public service an office in Washington, D.C. Provost decided he was willing to back such distinguished alums as the late General career included developing procedures for GSPIA places about half of its gradu- a much more substantial initiative,” says Roscoe Robinson Jr. (’64), the first African the Civil Works Administration and plan- ates in Washington, D.C., every year. American four-star general in the U.S. ning and implementing the Works Progress “When I was hired, I knew that GSPIA Continued on page 4 Army; U. S. Congressman Jim Moran (’73) from Virginia; Neylan Bali (’63), former director of the Security Council Affairs Division of the United Nations; and Byong Hyon Kim (’68), former Korean Ambas- Five Pitt Faculty, Researchers Named as AERA Inaugural Fellows sador to China—have not only embarked on careers as ambassadors, members of By Patricia Lomando White Congress, top military brass, and officials at the United Nations, but also as governmen- Five faculty puter Laboratory, and cocoordinator of the the American Psychologist in 1998. tal ministers abroad, university presidents, and researchers have been selected for the Administrative and Policy Studies’ Policy, Lesgold received his BA degree in foundation presidents, and corporate lead- inaugural American Educational Research Planning, and Evaluation Studies psychology, with high honor, from ers, among others. Association (AERA) Fellows Program. degree program. He earned his Michigan State University in As recently as the 1970s, about two- They are being recognized for either bachelor’s degree in chemistry 1967 and his master’s and doc- thirds of GSPIA’s students earned degrees their exceptional scientific or scholarly at Lawrence College in 1952, toral degrees in psychology in public administration and urban and contributions to education research or a master’s degree in science from Stanford University in regional planning that were designed to their significant contributions to the field education and statistics at 1968 and 1971, respectively, prepare them for careers at the regional or through development of research opportu- the University of Minnesota and also holds an honorary national level, says John T.S. Keeler, dean nities and settings that are nationally and in 1955, and a doctorate in doctorate from the Open of GSPIA since 2007. Today, three-quarters internationally recognized. The fellows will science education, statis- University of the Nether- of the students set their sights on one of be inducted at AERA’s annual meeting in tics, and measurement at lands. He is an APA fellow GSPIA’s internationally oriented degrees: the spring. Harvard University in in experimental, applied, and the Master of Public and International Pitt inductees are William 1958. Cooley’s acco- educational psychology and also Affairs and the Master of International W. Cooley, professor emeritus lades include selec- Lauren Resnick an American Psychological Society Development. As a result of that shift, in the Department of Admin- tion as a fellow at the fellow. In 2001, Lesgold received the GSPIA has necessarily focused more and istrative and Policy Studies; Center for Advanced Study APA award for distinguished contributions more on training students for careers that James Greeno, visiting pro- in the Behavioral Sci- of applications of psychology to demand graduates with a global outlook. fessor of education at Pitt and ences in Palo Alto education and training. In 1995, “Over time, there has been a very dra- the Margaret Jacks Professor (1972-73) and ser- he was awarded the Educom matic increase in the number of employers of Education emeritus at Stan- vice as president Medal. He was president who expect our students to possess expertise ford University; Alan Lesgold, of the AERA in of the Applied Cognitive in international affairs,” says Keeler. “Our professor and dean of the School 1981-82. Psychology division of the vision is for a school that will nurture and of Education and professor of G r e e n o International Association groom the leaders of the future, graduates psychology and intelligent systems; James Greeno received his BA, for Applied Psychology from who will be prepared to lead from a broad- Lauren Resnick, University Profes- MA, and PhD degrees 2002 to 2006. Lesgold is a based knowledge of the nations of the world sor of Psychology and Cognitive from the University of lifetime national associate of and how they interrelate. This is what the Science, senior scientist and proj- Minnesota. Among the National Research Council world now demands, and we are here to ect director in Pitt’s Learning his honors are the (National Academies). He also meet that demand. Research and Development American Psycho- Janet Schofield was appointed by Pennsylvania “In response to marketplace needs, Center (LRDC), and former logical Association’s Governor Edward G. Rendell as a more of our students now seek internships LRDC director; and Janet (APA) Edward Lee member of the Governors’ Com- at the national and international level, rather Schofield, senior scientist Thorndike Award, a John mission on Preparing America’s Teachers than the regional level,” Keeler adds. “And at LRDC and professor and Simon Guggenheim Founda- in 2005. when it comes time for placement, we have social program chair in the tion fellowship, and a Center Resnick, past president of AERA, many more students who hope to work in Department of Psychology. for Advanced Study in Behav- founded and directs LRDC’s Institute for Washington D.C., New York, or abroad. At Pitt, Cooley was codirec- ioral Sciences fellowship. Gree- Learning and is founding editor of Cogni- That trend of employer demand and students tor of LRDC from 1969 to 1977. He no’s publications include Thinking tion and Instruction and AERA’s Research focusing more and more on international served as director of LRDC’s Penn- Alan Lesgold Practices in Mathematics and Points. Among her many awards and honors positions in public and international affairs sylvania Educational Policy Stud- Science Learning (Lawrence Erl- are the European Association for Research has compelled us to reinforce our school’s ies, director of the School of Education’s baum, 1998) and “The Situativity of Know- emphasis on a global perspective.” Administrative and Policy Studies Com- ing, Learning, and Research,” published in Continued on page 3 2 • Pitt Chronicle • October 6, 2008

140 , 139 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA Faculty members who receive a nomination from 15260. Electronic submissions can be sent to clynch@pitt. their department chair and from two or more BrieflyNoted edu, but must be followed by a signed paper duplicate. undergraduate students whom they have advised For more information, contact Carol Lynch at will be considered. Pitt Lecture to Urge Public, [email protected] or visit www.as.pitt.edu/teaching/ A letter from the department chair should Private Partnerships for awards.html#bellet. explain the advising model used in the faculty Global Security —Patricia Lomando White member’s home department, including a perspec- tive on the advising appointment and case load, Will security worldwide improve if private Call for Nominations for and describing how the faculty member has businesses combine efforts with government Pitt’s Ampco-Pittsburgh Prize demonstrated excellence. The student advisee agencies? Scott E. McHugh (CAS, CGS ’76), vice letter should describe when and how the faculty president for global asset protection and security The University of Pittsburgh School of Arts and member’s advice has impacted the academic and at Wal-Mart, believes so, and he will outline his Sciences will accept nominations for the Ampco-Pittsburgh career goals of the advisee. reasons in an Oct. 6 lecture titled “Global Public- Prize for Excellence in Advising from Oct. 1 through 31. Faculty and students may submit nomina- Private Partnerships for Risk Management Improve Arts and Sciences annually recognizes outstanding tion letters to Arts and Sciences Associate Dean Security for All and Need to Become the Norm, Not faculty advisors with the prize. The winner will be selected for Undergraduate Studies Juan J. Manfredi, the Exception.” The talk, which is the kick-off event by the Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Council on the University of Pittsburgh, 140 Thackeray Hall, for Pitt’s Center for National Preparedness Seminar basis of demonstrated excellence in academic advising. 139 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Series, will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. in Room Each award recipient receives a $4,000 cash prize. Electronic submissions can be sent to taylor@ 528 Alumni Hall. Fulltime Arts and Sciences faculty—assistant or as.pitt.edu. Prior to assuming his position at Wal-Mart, associate professor, professor, lecturer, senior lecturer, or For more information, contact Z Taylor at McHugh served as a member of the U.S. Depart- instructor—who have been a departmental advisor for [email protected]. ment of State and pioneered the development of at least three years on the campus are eligible. —Patricia Lomando White proactive terrorist surveillance detection tactics that are used today in the global war on terrorism. He taught courses on issues associated with terrorism Job Seekers in Action for the National Defense University, FBI Academy, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. McHugh now manages all risk- and security- related issues outside of the United States for “Pitt Steps It Up” Program Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest public corporation. He earned a bachelor’s degree in To Start Oct. 13 administration of justice and in psychology at the The University of Pittsburgh, seeking to promote University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in healthy lifestyles among its faculty and staff, is kicking strategic intelligence at the U.S. National Defense off Pitt Steps It Up, a six-week, pedometer-based walking Intelligence College. challenge, from Oct. 13 to Nov 21. The challenge is Pitt’s —Lauren O’Leary latest Fitness for Life health initiative. The walking program is designed to increase physical activity by having participants log the number of steps they take each day. The challenge’s overall goal is to have participants work up to taking an average of 70,000 steps per week. Similar to past Fitness for Life health initiatives, contestants will have the option to join a team or participate individually. JOE KAPELEWSKI/CIDDE The program is sponsored by Pitt’s Pitt’s Annual Fall Job Fair, held Oct. 1 in the , attracted about 3,000 Pitt students and Department of Health and Physical Education 236 employers, making it the largest job fair in the University’s history. Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg and Department of Benefits. For more made welcoming remarks during the Student Leadership Networking Event, held prior to the job fair. Pitt information or to register, visit www.hr.pitt. Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor James V. Maher and Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kathy Humphrey edu/fitness/pittStepsItUp.htm. also attended, networking with employers to express appreciation for their partnerships with Pitt. —Anthony M. Moore

Call for Nominations for Pitt’s Bellet Awards Tina and The University of Pittsburgh School David Bellet of Arts and Sciences will accept nominations for the History of Art and Architecture Tina and David Bellet Arts and Sciences Excellence PittChronicle Sets Symposium for Oct. 10-12 Awards from Oct. 1 through 31. Newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh The Bellet Awards were established in Pitt’s Department of the History of Art and PUBLISHER Robert Hill 1998 with a $200,000 donation from Arts ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith Architecture (HA&A) has set its 2008 graduate and Sciences alumnus David Bellet (CAS ’67) EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer student symposium for Oct. 10-12. and his wife, Tina, to recognize outstanding EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet Embracing the theme of the 2008 Carnegie and innovative undergraduate teaching in ART DIRECTOR Gary Cravener International, Life on Mars, the symposium is titled Arts and Sciences. A committee appointed STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake “Storytelling: Playful Interactions and Spaces of by the Arts and Sciences associate dean for John Fedele Imagination in Contemporary Visual Culture.” It will undergraduate studies evaluates teaching Morgan Kelly explore contemporary art’s and the screen media’s skills as evidenced by student teaching and Amanda Leff use of open-ended stories, fragmented narratives, peer evaluations, student testimonials, and Anthony M. Moore Patricia Lomando White references to literary texts, and the design of dossiers submitted by nominees. Fulltime fantasy environments that undermine contemplative CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Michele D. Baum faculty who have taught in Arts and Sciences Clare Collins viewing experiences. over the past three years on the Oakland Lauren O’Leary In addition to the Carnegie Museum of Art, campus are eligible. Applicants must receive Amy Dugas Rose sponsors include Pitt’s Film Studies Program, three or more nominations. Each award recipi- HAPPENINGS EDITOR Lauren O’Leary Cultural Studies Program, Global Studies Program, ent receives a $5,000 cash prize. The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by Latin American Studies Program, and Office of the Faculty and students may submit University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, Provost. More information is available by calling 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, nomination letters to Arts and Sciences Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895, 412-648-2400 or visiting http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/ Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu haasymposium2008/Index.html. Juan J. Manfredi, University of Pittsburgh —Sharon S. Blake The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any basis prohibited by law. October 6, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 3 Low Levels of Common Insecticide Can Decimate Five Pitt Faculty, Researchers Named Tadpole Populations, Pitt Research Shows As AERA Inaugural Fellows By Morgan Kelly Continued from page 1 The latest findings of a University of on Learning and Instruction Oeuvre Award, 1982). Her recent work, “School Desegrega- Pittsburgh-based project to determine the APA’s Edward L. Thorndike Award, and tion Research: Outcomes, Historical Trends environmental impact of routine pesti- APA’s 2007 Distinguished Contributions and Issues Affecting Its Usefulness in Policy cide use suggests that malathion— to Education and Training Award. She is a and Practice,” was published in Improv- the most popular insecticide lifetime national associate of the National ing Intergroup Relations: Building on the in the United States—can Academies of Science, Engineering, and Legacy of Thomas F. Pettigrew (Blackwell, decimate tadpole popula- Medicine; a member of both the U.S. National 2008). She has served on boards and com- tions by altering their Academy of Education and the International mittees at the National Academy of Sciences food chain, according to Academy of Education; and a fellow of both as well as on APA’s Council of Representa- research published in the the APA and the American Association for tives. Schofield earned a BA degree in social Oct. 1 edition of Ecological the Advancement of Science. She earned a relations, magna cum laude, at Radcliffe Applications. bachelor’s degree in history at Radcliffe College in 1968 and MA and PhD degrees Gradual amounts of College in 1957, graduating magna cum in social psychology at Harvard University malathion that were too laude with the Radcliffe History Prize; in 1969 and 1972, respectively. small to directly kill de- a master’s degree in teaching at Harvard Founded in 1916, AERA works to veloping leopard frog tad- University Graduate School of Educa- improve the educational process by encour- poles instead sparked a tion in 1958; and a doctorate in education aging scholarly inquiry related to educa- biological chain of events at Harvard University Graduate School of tion and evaluation and by promoting the that deprived them of their Education in 1958. dissemination and practical application of primary food source. As a Schofield’s research focuses on the effect research results. AERA is an international result, nearly half the tadpoles of computers on classroom social processes, professional organization whose primary in the experiment did not school desegregation, intergroup relations, goal is advancing educational research reach maturity and would and social-psychological approaches to and its practical application. Its more than have died in nature. The increasing college retention rates. She is a 26,000 members are educators, adminis- Job Seekers in Action research was funded by a fellow of the American Psychological Soci- trators, directors of research, counselors, National Science Founda- ety and the APA. She received the Gordon evaluators, graduate students, behavioral tion grant. Allport Intergroup Relations Prize for her scientists, and persons working with test- The results build book Black and White in School: Trust, ing or evaluation in federal, state, and local on a nine-year effort by Tension, or Tolerance? (Abbey Publishing, agencies. study author Rick Relyea, tadpoles did not mature as a result of the a professor of biological repeated application of malathion at very sciences in Pitt’s School low concentrations. Relyea reported that the of Arts and Sci- multiple low doses were a greater detriment Healthy Expressions ences, to inves- than the single dose, which had a concen- tigate whether tration 25-times higher than the multiple there is a link applications combined. The single doses also between pesticides and wiped out the zooplankton, but they eventu- the global decline in ally recovered, and the pond amphibians, which are con- Leopard and wood reverted back to its original sidered an environmental state. The repeated doses pre- indicator species because of frogs naturally vented the zooplankton from their sensitivity to pollutants. recovering. Their deaths may foreshadow range across North “The chain of events the poisoning of other, less caused by malathion deprived environmentally sensitive America, including a large fraction of the leopard species—including humans. Pennsylvania and frog tadpoles of the nutrients Relyea published papers in they needed to metamorphose 2005 in Ecological Appli- the northeastern into adult frogs,” Relyea said. cations suggesting that the “Repeated applications sus- popular weed-killer Round- United States. tained that disruption of the up® is “extremely lethal” to tadpoles’ food supply. So,

amphibians in concentrations Once plentiful, even concentrations that can- JIM BURKE/CIDDE found in the environment. not directly kill tadpoles can leopard frogs have indirectly kill them in large Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health offered hands-on activities during this year’s orientation program as a For his current research, way for students to explore various facets of public health. The Aug. 21 Plunge into Public Health and Pittsburgh Relyea and the study’s co- declined in recent numbers.” author, Pitt alumnus Nicole The research results program included Visual Voices, a national arts-based program that uses art expression to address issues related to Diecks (CGS ’05), creat- years. should apply to several other students’ lives, communities, and health (above). Jessica Griffin Burke (right), an assistant professor of behavioral ed simulated ponds from insecticides that are highly le- and community health sciences at Pitt, paints with Anna Vitriol (left), a joint-degree student at Pitt in public health 300-gallon outdoor tanks con- thal to zooplankton, including and social work. The Visual Voices program was founded by Michael Yonas, assistant professor of family medicine taining wood frog and leopard carbaryl, diazinon, endosul- in Pitt’s School of Medicine. frog tadpoles. They exposed fan, esfenvalerate, and pyridaben, the ponds to no malathion, Relyea said. All of these chemi- moderate concentrations in cals are toxic to humans as well a single dose, or low con- and are commonly used in the PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE centrations in weekly doses United States, although some that mirror the levels tad- are banned in other countries. poles experience in nature. The effects of insecticides and Malathion is commonly used other pesticides on amphibians worldwide to thwart crop pests are not widely known because and control mosquitoes that carry current regulations from the U.S. malaria and West Nile virus. It has Rick Relyea Environmental Protection Agency been detected in the wetlands where do not require amphibian testing. frogs and other amphibians live. The EPA also relies on single-species tests to The doses of malathion in the simulated assess a pesticide’s risk and does not account ponds were too low to directly kill the am- for potential indirect repercussions. phibians, but instead wiped out tiny animals “The indirect impacts on the amphibians known as zooplankton, which eat algae that observed in this study could not be observed float in the water. With few zooplankton in traditional, single-species tests,” Relyea remaining, the algae, known as phytoplank- said. “These results demonstrate that we ton, grew rapidly and prevented sunlight need to take a much broader view of the

from reaching the bottom-dwelling algae, or consequences pesticides might have in our JIM BURKE/CIDDE periphyton, which tadpoles eat. This chain world.” University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg (right) participated in an Aug. 25 ribbon-cutting ceremony of events occurred over a period of several Leopard and wood frogs naturally range for the inaugural year of the University Prep School, a partnership between Pitt and the Pittsburgh Public Schools. weeks. The wood frog tadpoles, which ma- across North America, including Pennsyl- Based in the former Milliones Middle School in the Hill District, the school offers a support system for students as vania and the northeastern United States. ture quickly, were largely unaffected. they advance through their secondary education, preparing them to take advantage of The Pittsburgh Promise. The Leopard frog tadpoles, on the other Once plentiful, leopard frogs have declined hand, require more time to develop into in recent years. Promise program helps eligible Pittsburgh Public School graduates to pay for college. In the photo, Nordenberg talks frogs and experienced slower growth as a The journal Ecological Applications with Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt (middle) and University Prep Principal Sito Narcisse result of the reduced amount of periphyton. is available online at www.esajournals.org/ (EDUC G’07). Ultimately, 43 percent of the leopard frog loi/ecap. 4 • Pitt Chronicle • October 6, 2008 GSPIA: 50 Years of Grooming Global Leaders

GSPIA Centers and Institutes The Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies is dedicated to educating the next generation of security analysts as well as producing scholarship and impartial analysis to inform policymakers who confront diverse challenges to international and human security.

The Ford Institute for Human Security, established at Pitt through a generous endow- ment gift from the Ford Motor Co., conducts research on a series of transnational threats to the human rights of civilian populations. The institute generates independent research, disseminates policy papers, and advocates nonpartisan policy proposals. COURTESY GSPIA ARCHIVES Chief S. O. Adebo, executive director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, with GSPIA’s founding dean, Donald The Innovation Clinic seeks to identify innovations in governance that can improve the qual- Stone, Oct. 17, 1962. ity of life in this region. It also seeks to improve the expertise of GSPIA students in public service Continued from page 1 through applied research; clinical experiences in nonprofit organizations, local governments, and state agencies; and conferences and lecture series. Keeler. “And that’s a major reason why sity in Japan. we now have the University of Pittsburgh Former GSPIA Dean Carolyn Ban, Through support from LaVonne and Glen Johnson, GSPIA created the Washington Center.” who is a GSPIA professor, took the lead in Johnson Institute for Officially opened two months ago at establishing a double-degree program that Responsible Leadership in 2003 to formalize the school’s commitment to the study of ethics 2025 M Street N.W., the center is a five- will enable students to earn a GSPIA degree and accountability. The institute’s goal is to create ethical leaders by providing an institutional office suite in a larger office located at the along with a Geneva MBA with specializa- platform from which to launch an innovative program of teaching, research, and public service on edge of Foggy Bottom. Made possible by tion in international organizations, says issues of ethics and accountability in all areas of public life. financial support from Maher, the center Keeler. Several GSPIA faculty members is a joint venture that serves Pitt’s GSPIA, have worked to establish a partnership School of Law, Office of Student Affairs, with the Graduate School of International Interactive, Intelligent Spatial Information System (IISIS) represents GSPIA’s commit- and Office of Federal Gov- Cooperation Studies at ment to public service by providing a communications system that will help local leaders increase ernmental Relations. Key Kobe. Students from Kobe the efficiency of disaster response management through a seamless, integrated network of real- planners for the center were University will come to time data transmission and information search and exchange. The IISIS computational software Keeler; Mary Crossley, dean GSPIA to pursue double helps community leaders manage risk during disasters and better link communities together when of the law school; Kathy degrees, while GSPIA will Humphrey, vice provost and recruit students with back- public safety is at risk. dean of students; and Jeanne grounds in Japanese or Stoner, assistant vice chancel- East Asian studies from lor for federal government around the United States to relations. combine study for a GSPIA The center features two degree with coursework large seminar rooms, one of and internships in Japan. which is equipped with HD GSPIA also is in the early videoconferencing equipment stages of developing simi- to connect with Pitt’s Oak- lar programs in China and Homecoming land campus for instructional India. Celebration

purposes. ALEXANDER DENMARSH While GSPIA expands With videoconferencing its reach across the globe, it capability at its fingertips, also is strengthening its ties GSPIA just finalized the hiring of its first regionally in metropolitan Pittsburgh and the GSPIA will host a two-day Washington-based adjunct professor, Daniel Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. event to reunite alumni, J. Fiorino, a distinguished senior manager at “We’re very proud of the fact that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency GSPIA has produced a mayor of Pitts- faculty, and friends during who will teach a course from the D.C. office burgh—Pete Flaherty (’67)—and has three in the spring. More Washington-based incumbents in the Pennsylvania State House Pitt’s homecoming weekend, adjuncts will be hired in the future, accord- of Representatives,” says Keeler. “We have ing to Keeler. approximately 25 alumni who are city, town, Oct. 24-25. “We have only just begun to explore or municipal managers in the metropolitan the possible ways we can benefit from the area of Pittsburgh alone.” center,” Keeler says. “The prospects are Looking ahead, Keeler says he is On the morning of Oct. 24, exciting, especially because we can already focused on development and fundraising. envision synergies developing from col- The school’s current endowment is about current students will have the laborations with the law school and our other $7 million. GSPIA used a portion of its Pitt partners.” funding from the Provost’s Office to add opportunity to network with GSPIA’s international push also includes six new staff members, including two in the a newly completed partnership with the alumni relations/development areas, two in alumni and discuss their career University of Geneva in Switzerland and a career services, a grant administrator, and developing partnership with Kobe Univer- a special grant writer. paths. That evening’s festivities will include an awards dinner to mark the school’s 50th anniversary and celebrate the accomplishments of its nearly 7,000 alumni.

On Oct. 25, an open house will begin at 10 a.m. and run until noon on the third floor of Posvar Hall. ALEXANDER DENMARSH An African dance ensemble concludes GSPIA’s 2008 Honors and Graduation Celebration at the Twentieth Century Club in Oakland on April 26.

October 6, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 5 Science&Technology Post-traumatic Stress Endures Over Time in Family Members Of ICU Patients, Pitt Study Finds By Clare Collins

Family members may experience displayed depression in the ICU; that post-traumatic stress as many as six dropped to six percent at six months. months after a loved one’s stay in At six-month follow-up, 35 per- the intensive care unit (ICU), cent of all family members had according to a study by post-traumatic stress, while 46 researchers at the Univer- percent of family members of sity of Pittsburgh School patients who died had com- of Medicine and Univer- plicated grief. Surprisingly, sity of California, San post-traumatic stress was not Francisco. The study, more common in bereaved published online in than nonbereaved family the Journal of General members. Internal Medicine, found “As doctors, we tend to that symptoms of anxiety think only of the patient in an and depression in family intensive care situation,” said Genetic Profile Reveals Susceptibility members of ICU patients Cindy L. Bryce Wendy Anderson, lead author and diminished over time, but assistant professor, Division of high rates of post-traumatic stress and Hospital Medicine, University of Califor- complicated grief remained. nia, San Francisco. “Our results show that To Cleft Palate, Pitt Study Finds “Our findings sug- family members can be By Michele D. Baum gest that family mem- “Our findings suggest greatly influenced by a bers of patients in the patient’s ICU stay, and For the first time, researchers from travel. The researchers were stranded for intensive care unit are that family members of that this impact persists the University of Pittsburgh School of more than a week and pitched in to help at risk for serious psy- after the patient leaves Dental Medicine have identified a series of emergency rescue personnel following a chological disorders that patients in the intensive the ICU.” genetic mutations that appear to be linked massive mudslide on Southern Leyte that may require treatment,” Support for the to significant risk for cleft palate and other caused widespread damage and loss of life said Cindy L. Bryce, a care unit are at risk for study was provided by dental abnormalities. These are devastat- in February 2006. professor of medicine the University of Pitts- ing conditions that can cause tremendous “In some cases, it would be two and health policy and serious psychological burgh’s Institute for social isolation and also are associated with entire days of travel by boat, car, and management in Pitt’s disorders that may Doctor-Patient Com- decreased lifespan, a higher risk of cancer, foot to reach just one family in a remote School of Medicine. munication and The and increased susceptibility to psychiatric village,” said Vieira, first author of the “Unfortunately, it may require treatment.” Greenwall Foundation. disorders, even after surgical repair. study. “It took us about three years to be difficult to identify Coauthors are profes- The findings were reported in the Sep- finish the project.” these family members —Cindy L. Bryce sors Robert Arnold tember issue of Genetics in Medicine. The gene ERBB2 has been associ- while their loved one is and Derek Angus Alexandre Vieira, an assistant professor ated with aggressive breast cancer, while in the hospital because in Pitt’s School in Pitt dental school’s IRF6 is linked to forma- the symptoms that we can observe of Medicine. Department of Oral tion of the connective and measure early—anxiety and Biology, and his col- Cleft lip and palate is tissue, such as the palate. depression—do not seem to be associ- leagues collected and a common birth defect, CDH2 is a gene associ- ated with the longer-term outcomes evaluated genetic mate- ated with left-right asym- like post-traumatic stress disorder and rial from the saliva and on average affecting metry. Other genes of complicated grief. This tells us that blood of more than 500 interest that were identi- screening family members after individuals in family about one in 700 live fied include MSX1, PVR, hospitalization is crucial.” groups with two or more PVRL, and TGFA. The study included 50 siblings affected with births worldwide. In Associated tooth family members of patients cleft lip or palate and an abnormalities studied who were admitted to the additional 100 people general, Asian popula- included families where ICU. Researchers mea- from unrelated families tions have a higher people had extra teeth sured family members’ whose samples were or teeth that were tiny or level of anxiety and used for general-popu- prevalence of cleft lip missing. Missing teeth depression in the ICU lation comparison data. was the most frequently and at one- and six- The researchers ana- and palate at about one observed abnormality, the month follow-up lyzed 1,489 variations researchers noted. interviews. They in DNA sequences, in 500 births. Cleft lip and palate is also measured known as single-nucle- a common birth defect, on s y m p t o m s of otide polymorphisms, average affecting about post-traumatic in 150 genes. one in 700 live births worldwide. In stress disorder “We found a group of more than a general, Asian populations have a higher and complicated dozen gene mutations that appear to be prevalence of cleft lip and palate, at about grief during the significantly associated with cleft lip and one in 500 births. Among Caucasians, the six-month follow- palate, as well as other dental abnormal- rate is one in 1,100, and African popula- up interview. ities—predominantly at the locations for tions have the lowest rate, at one in 2,500 Forty- ERBB2, CDH2, and IRF6,” said Vieira, births. two percent a pediatric dental specialist. “Here we “In the Philippines, affected people of family report, for the first time, an extensive can- can be completely isolated socially, miser- m e m b e r s didate gene analysis for cleft susceptibility, able, alcoholic, and heavy smokers with ex h ibit e d a crucial step that may allow for better a hard time speaking. Access to care is symptoms of estimates of recurrence risk in individual very difficult,” said Vieira. “The hope is anxiety in the families.” to be able to narrow down the genes that ICU. This per- Collecting the genetic data from cause clefts and to screen for that risk— centage dropped to members of extended family groups living and, eventually, to possibly lead to gene 15 percent six months among the 7,000 islands in the Philippines therapy targets, although that may not later. Likewise, 16 per- presented its own challenges. Field research- happen in my lifetime.” cent of family members ers faced typhoons and severe tropical The study was funded by the National storms, at least one major landslide, and fre- Institute of Dental and Craniofacial quently thorny local political conditions that Research of the National Institutes of restricted areas to which they could safely Health.

6 • Pitt Chronicle • October 6, 2008 Awards&More

Dana H. Bovbjerg, a nationally former deputy surgeon general of the U.S. Anesthesiologists. health coordinator, and Zarema renowned expert in biobehavioral Army, has joined the UPMC Eye Center as Part of the School of Medicine’s Mukusheva, a Chechen TV reporter oncology research, has joined the executive director of the nation’s first Center Department of Anesthesiology and Pain and human rights documentary film- University of Pittsburgh Cancer for Ocular Regeneration and Vision Medicine, WISER is a multidisciplinary maker, are recipients of an H.J. Heinz Institute (UPCI) as direc- Restoration. The center will focus training institute with participants ranging Co. Fellowship that provides a year tor of the Biobehavioral on clinical research and efforts to from students in the schools of the health of practical, professional, and educa- Medicine Program. help those with vision impair- sciences to paramedics, nurses, respira- tional experiences through Pitt. Bovbjerg also holds a ments become more active in tory therapists, and physicians. Using Martini has a master’s degree in faculty appointment their communities. lifelike, computerized simulators, WISER community nutrition from the South as a professor in Pitt’s Pollock has had a distin- provided 12,000 training sessions to about East Asian Ministers of Education Department of Psy- guished U.S. Army career with 3,500 health care providers in the 2007-08 Organization’s Tropical Medicine chiatry. broad experience in health care academic year. and Public Health network, based Prior to join- administration. She received at the University of Indonesia. ing UPCI, Bovbjerg master’s degrees in business Pitt professor Susan Albrecht, She has worked the past 12 directed the Biobehav- administration from Boston Uni- associate dean in the School years with Helen Keller ioral Medicine Program versity, health care administra- of Nursing, has been named International, an nongov- at the Mount Sinai School Dana H. Bovbjerg tion from Baylor University, and president-elect of the ernmental organization of Medicine in New York. national security and strategy from Association of Women’s that provides expertise He also has held faculty positions at the National Defense University. Health, Obstetric, and and training to establish Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Neonatal Nurses. She nutrition and eye-health Center and Cornell University Medi- David Geller, the Richard L. Simmons will serve in that position programs in partnership cal College. Professor of Surgery in Pitt’s School of beginning Jan. 1, 2009, and with host countries Medicine, and codirector of the UPMC Liver will become the organiza- Mukusheva received Bernard Goldstein has been appointed Cancer Center, has been chosen president- tion’s president in 2010. a master’s degree in history chair of the National Acad- elect of the Society of University Albrecht has served on Pitt’s Susan Albrecht from the Chechnya State Uni- emies’ Committee on the Surgeons (SUS). The nation’s faculty for more than 30 years, versity. She has worked as a Effectiveness of National premier organization for sur- teaching undergraduate, graduate, and researcher with the Chechen National Biosurveillance Sys- geon investigators, SUS is doctoral students. In addition, she has Museums’ Department of Ethnogra- tems: BioWatch and the dedicated to advancing the worked as a staff nurse for the past 30 years phy, a reporter for Chechen TV, and, Public Health System. art and science of surgery with the South Hills Health System. since 2000, a human rights monitor Goldstein is a professor by encouraging members She holds a Bachelor of and filmmaker for the Human in Pitt’s Department to pursue original investi- Science degree in nursing, a Rights Center–Memorial, of Environmental and gations in the clinic and the Master of Science degree in a leading human rights Occupational Health laboratory and by develop- maternity nursing, and a organization in Russia. and former dean of the ing innovative methods for PhD from the University University’s Graduate teaching surgery. of Pittsburgh. She also Paul Nelson, a pro- School of Public Health. As a hepatobiliary surgi- received a master’s degree fessor of interna- The 25-member National Bernard Goldstein cal oncologist, Geller has clinical in public management from tional development in Academies committee, con- interests in the evaluation and Carnegie Mellon Univer- the Graduate School vened in response to a congressional management of patients with liver cancers. sity. of Public and Interna- request, will evaluate the cost effec- Geller received his medical degree from tional Affairs, received tiveness of the BioWatch program―an Northwestern University Medical School in Pitt-Johnstown professor Janet a $275,000 grant from the advanced bioterrorism monitoring 1988 and completed his general surgery resi- L. Grady, director of UPJ’s nurs- Janet L. Grady Henry Luce Foundation to system that collects airborne particles dency in 1996 at UPMC, followed by a liver ing program, has been accepted for fund a three-year project titled to provide early warning of the release transplantation fellowship at the Thomas E. fellowship in the Academy of Nursing “Religious Institutions and Voices in of pathogens. The system alerts author- Starzl Transplantation Institute in 1998. Education. Those accepted as fellows must International Development.” Project ities before victims begin to show demonstrate enduring and substantial con- activities include research on the symptoms and provides the opportu- The University of Pittsburgh’s Peter M. tributions to nursing education as well as roles of religion and faith-based nity to deliver earlier treatments. Winter Institute for Simulation, Educa- visionary leadership in the profession. nongovernmental organizations in tion, and Research (WISER) has obtained shaping development and human Maj. Gen. (retired) Gale S. Pollock, the endorsement of the American Society of Elviyanti Martini, an Indonesian public rights policy. October 6, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 7

“Chartres Cathedral: A New Perspec- tive,” Karen Webb, doctoral candidate in Pitt’s Department of History of Art Happenings and Architecture, noon Oct. 9, 203 Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt’s Department of History of Art and Architecture, www.haa. pitt.edu/news/col_schedule.html.

“Markets in Crisis: Perspectives from Business and Law,” featuring Douglas M. Branson, the W. Edward Sell Professor of Business Law at Pitt’s law school, and Ken Lehn, the Samuel A McCullough Professor of Finance at Katz Graduate School of Business, 1-2 p.m. Oct. 9, Moot Courtroom, , 412-648-1401, [email protected].

“International Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism: A Comparative Case Study of Indonesia and Saudi Arabia,” A.S.M. Ali Ashraf, doctoral candidate in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, noon Oct. 9, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series, www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc.

“Quid est Veritas? Trying to Disen- tangle the Real From the Mythical Pilate,” Colum Hourihane, Princeton University director of the Index of Chris- tian Art, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 9, Room 203 Echo, 2005 Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt’s Depart- Katja Strunz, Life on Mars, ment of Religious Studies, 412-624-5220, 55th Carnegie International, www.religiousstudies.pitt.edu. through January 11, 2009 “The Effect of CO2 on the Integrity of Well Cement Under Geologic I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Sequestration Conditions,” Barbara Change, through Feb. 1, Theatre Square Kutchko, researcher at the U.S. National Cabaret, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, CLO Energy Technology Laboratory, 4 p.m. Cabaret Theater, 412-325-6766, www. Oct. 9, 203 , Pitt’s Department clocabaret.com. of Geology and Planetary Science, Fall 2008 Colloquium Series, www.geology. The Wonder Bread Years by Pat Hazell, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Photographs by Rosamond Purcell, September 25-November 29 pitt.edu/colloquium.html. indefinite-run special engagement, Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre at City “Islam and Popular Culture in Indo- Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, Concerts nesia and Malaysia,” interdisciplinary 412-431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany. conference, free admission, Oct. 10-12, org. Patrizio Buanne, Italian baritone, American Jewish Museum, Love/ Lectures/Seminars/ Pitt’s University Center for International 8 p.m. Oct. 8, Benedum Center, 719 Fences/Nests Projects by Ally Reeves, Studies, 412-648-7370, www.ucis.pitt. Liberty Ave., Downtown, 412-456-6666, through Dec. 15, 5738 Forbes Ave., Readings edu. www.pgharts.org. Squirrel Hill, 412-521-8011, www.jccpgh. org/museum.asp. “Global Public-Private Partnerships Chang & Rachmaninoff, featuring for Risk Management Improve Secu- Miscellaneous Andris Nelsons, conductor; Sarah Chang, Andy Warhol Museum, 1958, through rity for All and Need to Become the singer and violin; pieces by Theofanidis, Adams, Jan. 11, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, Norm, Not the Exception,” Scott E. Namoli Brennet, and Rachmaninoff; through Oct. 11, 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org. McHugh, vice president for Global Asset songwriter, free lunch, noon, Oct. 8, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Down- Protection and Security at Wal-Mart, Nordy’s Place, Lower Level, Wil- town, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Mattress Factory, Inner & Outer Space, 3 p.m. Oct. 6, Room 528, Alumni Hall, liam Pitt Union, Artful Wednes- 412-392-4200, www.pittsburghsymphony. through Jan. 11, 500 Sampsonia Way, Pitt’s Center for National Preparedness days, PITT ARTS, 412-624-4498, [email protected]. org. North Side, 412-231-3169, www.mattress. Seminar Series, 412-624-8291, www.cnp. Chang and Rachmaninoff org. pitt.edu/seminar. Heinz Hall Dangdut Superstar Rhoma Iramaa “No Elder Care? Know Medi- workshop on caregiving through October 11 and His Band Soneta, free admission, Edwidge Danticat, author, 7:30 p.m. care,” 8 p.m. Oct. 11, Audi- Films Oct. 6, Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes options and the roles of Medicare and torium, Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, Ave., Oakland, Drue Heinz Lecture Series, Medicaid, noon Oct. 8, Lower Lounge, University Center for International Stud- 25 Watts (2002), film directed by Juan 412-624-4187, www.pittsburghlectures. , Pitt’s Institute on ies, Department of Music, 412-648-7370, Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, 7:30 p.m. org. Aging, LifeSolutions, 866-647-3432, www.music.pitt.edu. Oct. 8, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Latin www.hr.pitt.edu/benefits. American Film Series, Pitt’s Center “Information-Theoretic Statistical Pitt’s Heinz Chapel Choir, 3 p.m. for Latin American Studies, amigos- Mechanics and the 2nd Law,” Daniel Oct. 12, , Pitt delcinelatinoamericano2008@blogspot. Parker, Virginia Tech University assistant Opera/Theater/ Department of Music, 412-624-4125, com, [email protected]. professor of philosophy, 12:05 p.m. www.music.pitt.edu. Oct. 7, Room 817 , Dance Memories of October 17 (2002), directed Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, Ballet Maribor: Radio and Juliet, by Faiza Guene and Bernard Richard, 412-624-1052, www.pitt.edu/%7epittcntr. 17- minute film, in Arabic with English through Oct. 11, Byham Theater, 101 Exhibitions Sixth St. Downtown, Pittsburgh Interna- subtitles, 7 p.m. Oct. 9, Frick Fine Arts “Genetics of Alzheimer’s,” Peter St. Carnegie Museum of Art, Abstract Auditorium, Pitt’s Department of French George-Hyslop, University of Toronto tional Festival of Firsts, 412-456-6666, Art before 1950: Watercolors, Drawings, and Italian Languages and Literatures, professor of medicine and director of the www.pifof.org. Prints and Photographs, through Oct. Beur Is Beautiful: Maghrebi-French Film- Center for Research in Neurodegenerative 18; 55th Carnegie International, through making Series, 412-624-2918, www.ucis. Disease, Jan. 11; Worlds Away: New Suburban pitt.edu/global. 4 p.m. Oct. 7, Landscapes, through Jan. 18; 4400 Room A115, Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, Memoire D’Immigres (1997), directed Pitt’s Graduate www.cmoa.org. by Yamina Benguigui, part one of French School of Public documentary, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9, Frick Fine Health, Foster Westmoreland Museum of Ameri- Arts Auditorium, Pitt’s Department of Charitable Trust, can Art, Painting in the United States, French and Italian Languages and Litera- 412-383-8849, through Oct. 19, 221 N. Main St., tures, Beur Is Beautiful: Maghrebi-French www.upmc.com. Greensburg, 724-837-1500 ext. 33, www. Filmmaking Series, 412-624-2918, www. wmuseumaa.org. ucis.pitt.edu/global. “Iran in the New Middle East,” Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Ray Takeyh, Coun- Insects, Ink, & Inklings: Illustrations by cil on Foreign Rela- Jane Hyland, through Nov. 1; Born of tions senior fellow Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret on the Middle East, Tafoya, through Jan. 4, Exploring the 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7, Arctic Seafloor: Photographs by Chris 1500 Posvar Hall, Linder; through Jan. 25, 4400 Forbes Pitt’s Matthew B. Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, www. Ridgway Center, “Chartres Cathedral: A New Perspective” carnegiemnh.org. www.ridgway.pitt. October 9 edu. Frick Fine Arts Building, Depart- ment of Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition, “Comparative Radio Golf through Nov. 21, University Art Gallery, by August Wilson, through Education in Taiwan,” Chen-Jui Su, Nov. 2, Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt’s School of doctoral candidate in Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences, 412-648-2430, www. Penn Ave., Downtown, 412-316-1600, Education, noon www.ppt.org. studioarts.pitt.edu. Oct. 8, 4130 Posvar Hall, Pitt’s Depart- ment of Administrative and Policy Stud- Silver Eye Center for Photography, ies, 412-624-2918, [email protected]. Eloquent Eggs & Disintegrating Dice: Photographs by Rosamond Purcell, Naomi Brennet, Ballet Maribor:Radio through Nov. 29, 1015 E. Carson St., Nordy’s Place, and Juliet South Side, 412-431-1810, www.silver- October 8 Byham Theater eye.org. through October 11

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8 • Pitt Chronicle • October 6, 2008

Hookah Smoking Rising, Surprisingly Popular Among College Students By Amy Dugas Rose

More than 40 percent of college students “Our study showed that more than one-third of those free ordinances being passed at a large university have smoked tobacco by local governments exempt from a waterpipe, or hookah, according to who used waterpipes to smoke tobacco over the past waterpipe cafés. Waterpipe a Pitt School of Medicine study published year had never smoked a cigarette. Clearly, young smoking is going to be a online in the Annals of Behavioral Medi- crucial public-health issue cine. The study represents the first random people believe hookah smoking is somehow differ- that will require increased sample of U.S. university students to address surveillance and study.” waterpipe smoking. ent than smoking cigarettes, but waterpipe smoke Coauthors of the study “Our study showed that more than are Jaime Sidani, health edu- one-third of those who used waterpipes to has many of the same chemicals as cigarette smoke cator at Pitt’s Student Health smoke tobacco over the past year had never Services; Eric Donny, a Pitt smoked a cigarette,” said Brian Primack, and likely poses many of the same health risks.” assistant professor of psychol- assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics —Brian Primack ogy; Aaron Agarwal (A&S in Pitt’s School of Medicine and lead author ’07)‚ who worked on the proj- of the study. “Clearly, young people believe ect while he was a Pitt under- hookah smoking is somehow different associated with substantial harm gratuate student in psychology; than smoking cigarettes, but waterpipe and addictiveness. T. E. Eissenberg of Virginia smoke has many of the Researchers received survey Commonwealth University; same chemicals as responses from 647 under- and W.G. Shadel from the cigarette smoke graduate and graduate students RAND Corporation. a n d l i k e l y from a large U.S. university. The research was poses many of Slightly more than 40 percent supported with funding the same health of respondents reported they from the National Cancer risks.” had smoked tobacco from a Institute, the Robert Wood A water pipe waterpipe, a little higher than Johnson Foundation, and the is used to inhale the 39.6 percent who said they had Maurice Falk Foundation. tobacco that usually is smoked cigarettes. In addition, Brian Primack flavored and sweet- the study found that 30.5 percent ened. The open- had smoked tobacco from a hookah in the ing of more than past year and that 9.5 percent had done 200 waterpipe so in the past 30 days. The results are cafés in the worrisome, because hookah smoking PUBLICATION NOTICE The next edition of United States engaged many young students Pitt Chronicle will be published Oct. 13. over the past in tobacco use who would oth- Items for publication in the newspaper’s decade dem- erwise have been tobacco Happenings calendar (see page 7) should onstrates the free, noted Primack. be received six working days prior to popula r ity of “We were surprised the desired publication date. Happenings waterpipe smok- that the percentage of items should include the following infor- ing. Although the students who reported mation: title of the event, name and title of speaker(s), date, time, location, sponsor(s), aesthetic appeal of ever engaging in water- and a phone number and Web site for addi- the practice suggests pipe smoking was actu- tional information. Items may be e-mailed to many users that it ally higher than the per- to [email protected], Faxed to 412-624-4895, is not harmful, studies centage of those who have or sent by campus mail to 422 Craig Hall. show that waterpipe ever smoked cigarettes,” For more information, call 412-624-1033 or tobacco smoke contains said Primack. “Waterpipe smok- e-mail [email protected]. many of the same toxins ing may become even more popular in the as cigarettes and has been near future since many of the new smoke-