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Times-October-2007.Pdf THE DUQUESNE U NIVERSI T Y OCTOBER 2007 Sustainable Speech Happy Losers One-Stop Energy Shop Turns 10 Airborne Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute See the smiling winners of the Lighten The University’s co-generation plant The new, dramatic Sklar Skywalk will will deliver the keynote address at Up Duquesne challenge. Page 5 has provided efficient lighting, heat- carry pedestrians 80 feet above Sustainable Business: Beyond the Bot- ing and cooling for 10 years. Page 9 Forbes Avenue. Page 11 tom Line. Page 4 Duquesne MBA Ranked Eighth on Aspen Institute Global Top 100 List By Karen Ferrick-Roman Duquesne University has been ranked No. 8 worldwide by the As- COURSE CONTENT STUDENT EXPOSURE FACULTY RESEARCH pen Institute for leadership in integrating social and environmental STUDENT OPPORTUNITY issues into its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. The University, which launched an MBA for Sustainability this fall, was ranked No. 1 worldwide among schools of its size in 2007. It also was rated No. 1 in student exposure, which the institute describes as a measure of the proportion of students and teaching hours dedicated to social and environmental issues. “We are honored to receive this recognition,” said Dr. Alan R. Miciak, dean of the Courtesy Aspen Institute Center for Business Education Palumbo Donahue School of Business. “We live in a rapidly changing world that requires business education and the free enterprise system to move at similar speeds. Social, ethical and environmental issues have been at the fore of our University since company’s performance and reputation,” said Judith Samuelson, executive director of its founding, and they are common denominators in all that we do. The Aspen Insti- the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program. tute provides a valuable service to global business education, and we at Duquesne are Duquesne implemented the full-time, one-year MBA for Sustainability to incorpo- proud to participate in their mission.” rate the bedrock elements of ethics and fiscal responsibility into a global-minded pro- Beyond Grey Pinstripes, the biennial survey by the Aspen Institute Center for Busi- gram with environmental and human capital considered part of a multi-dimensional ness Education, looks at how social and environmental issues are integrated into bottom line. programs that shape the training of future business leaders to compile its Global Top This program was developed with input from local corporations and prospective 100 list. More than 600 internationally accredited business schools were invited to students. It does not treat topics focused on sustainability as add-on courses, but participate. (See the related story on Page 4 regarding an event that features the head of as issues integrated into each course offering. Hands-on experiences with local and the Aspen Institute and other panelists speaking on sustainability.) international companies are part of the program. “In the Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey, success is measured not by how much new Learn more about the rankings at www.beyondgreypinstripes.org. MBA graduates earn or how many offers they get, but by how well-prepared they are Learn more about Duquesne’s MBA programs at http://www.business.duq.edu/ to guide a company through the complex relationship of business and society, where grad/programs/default.htm. issues relating to the environment or the well-being of a community can impact a Komen Foundation Funds this specialization that creates an extra body supposedly is getting screened,” layer of protection from breast cancer Witt-Enderby added. Research of Two Professors risk for women who have nursed their To Davis and Witt-Enderby, that children. But melatonin can urge the means any additional gains in fighting By Karen Ferrick-Roman Duquesne’s professors are using their cells in breast tissue of non-pregnant, breast cancer will come in preventing the Melatonin’s current claim to fame is as creativity and research talents to try non-nursing women to form these disease from gaining a foothold to start an over-the-counter remedy to aid sleep- to attack an on-going problem with a specialized cells, the researchers say. They with—and that’s where melatonin could lessness. But two Duquesne University different method,” said Dr. J. Douglas are working to prove that this specializa- play a critical part. researchers are examining possibilities Bricker, dean of the Mylan School of tion prompted by melatonin, or used Cells can accomplish either specializa- that this hormone has in aiding resis- Pharmacy. “This kind of cutting-edge re- in conjunction with other hormones, tion or growth through division; they tance to breast cancer. search only expands the body of knowl- would also provide a level of protection are incapable of doing both at the same Dr. Paula Witt-Enderby, associate edge being used by scientists around the from breast cancer risk, just as breast- time, the researchers say. In order to professor of pharmacology-toxicology, world.” feeding does. grow as a cancer tumor, cells must be and Dr. Vicki Davis, assistant professor Witt-Enderby and Davis have found In the eyes of Witt-Enderby and unspecialized and fast-growing. Me- of pharmacology, are in the second year that melatonin helps cells to cluster Davis, melatonin would offer a healthy, latonin seems to thwart the process by of a $250,000 research grant from the together and specialize, or differentiate, safe therapy to aid prevention; because focusing cells’ attention on achieving a national Susan G. Komen for the Cure. faster than normal. This is important melatonin is an antioxidant, it could specialization, thereby diverting it from They are continuing to examine the pos- because cancer tumors are created from have beneficial side effects instead of the growing through cell division. sibilities of breast cancer protection of- non-differentiated cells, the researchers more typical detrimental ones. Besides its abilities as a possible cancer fered by melatonin, used separately or in say. “We have developed better ways to preventive, melatonin also could aid in conjunction with hormone replacement For instance, in pregnant women, cells detect cancer, and the strides we’ve made sleep treatment, reduce bone loss, and therapy, and hope to move their research move inside the breast and specialize to are because we’re better at detecting it,” mitigate risk that could be associated into clinical trials. literally lay the foundation that allows Davis said. See Komen Page 3 “This novel study illustrates how women to breast-feed their babies. It is “But we’ve hit a peak, where every- 2 • Duquesne University TIMES • October 2007 Provost Ralph Pearson …. on what it means to be an Endowed Chair… Q: What does it mean to be an endowed Q: Are all faculty members eligible to mittee selects from the applicants three Q: Are endowed chair? become endowed chairs? to four candidates to bring to campus chairs open to all A: An endowed chair is usually created A: All qualified faculty at Duquesne for interviews by the committee, faculty, fields of study? with a notable gift to the University by and other universities may apply for an appropriate administrators and the A: The typi- a donor for a special academic pur- endowed chair. The key word is “quali- president. The committee recommends cal practice is pose, that is, focusing upon a particular fied.” a potential appointee(s) to the president to establish discipline(s) or area of study. There are who makes the final decision on whether endowed chairs Dr. Ralph Pearson instances of endowments being created Q: What is the selection process? or not to invite an individual to be the in disciplines/areas of study that receive for other areas of the University, e.g., A: Once an endowment is created and chair holder. the necessary funding from a donor and student life, athletics, but the usual focus the earned income is sufficient to make are supportive of the educational (and in is academic programs/areas of study. an appointment to the chair, a search Q: Is there a term limit for endowed our case the Catholic, Spiritan) mission The gift should be of sufficient size so committee that includes faculty and ap- chairs? of the University. If a donor is interested, that the interest earned can support the propriate others from the University at A: Term limits vary. Some universities sufficient funding is provided, and the research activities, operational needs large in the discipline(s)/areas is appoint- have no time limit. At Duquesne, our mission and faculty support the purpose and some or all of the salary of the chair ed to conduct a national/international practice is to appoint faculty to five-year of the endowment, chairs can be estab- holder. search to identify potential candidates terms, with the possibility of reappoint- lished in areas of study that might not be for appointment to the chair. The com- ment in some cases, but not all. available currently in the University. On the Web Take a look at Duquesne’s new virtual tour at http://www.duq.edu/virtualtour. We hope it will help prospective students, new employees and visitors get to know Update our campus. Tech This effort was coordinated by the Public Affairs department with the Miller Creative Group. It is intended as a first phase, with enhancements to come, and of course, updates as construction progresses. There is a link to the tour on the home DU Daily Moving into DORI page menus under About DU. By Alison Conte Other new sites on the Duquesne Web describe Graduate Studies at Duquesne, If you are a loyal DORI fan, you may have noticed that the All Employee Notices www.graduatestudies.duq.edu, and Academic Affairs, www.academicaffairs.duq.
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