Senior administrators’ pay frozen itt trustees are holding Under an extension of the the line on the salaries trustees’ 2002 retention incentive Pof Chancellor Mark A. Poor economy cited as reason pay plan, Nordenberg will receive Nordenberg and the University’s an additional $75,000 of deferred senior administration. mendation, the committee voted attitude that has characterized the chancellor, $388,000; James V. pay if he remains as chancellor In a compensation committee unanimously to hold the officers’ distinguished service of this lead- Maher, senior vice chancellor through June 2009 while Cochran, teleconference meeting Wednes- pay at last year’s levels. ership team,” Cappy stated. and provost, $348,000; Amy K. Maher and Ramicone each stand day, Dec. 3, committee chair Ralph Despite what was termed an Nordenberg’s current salary is Marsh, treasurer and chief invest- to receive an additional $50,000 J. Cappy said, “Based on both per- outstanding year of progress at $460,000. Salaries for the other ment officer, $320,000; Arthur in deferred pay if they remain in formance and benchmarking it is Pitt, “The committee understands senior officers are: Arthur S. G. Ramicone, vice chancellor for their positions through the end clear that Chancellor Nordenberg that we are moving through Levine, senior vice chancellor for budget and controller, $265,000; of the fiscal year. Retention pay and other senior officers merit a uniquely challenging times and Health Sciences and dean of the and B. Jean Ferketish, secretary to was not among the agenda items substantial salary increase.” How- accepts this recommendation … School of Medicine, $702,000; the Board of Trustees and assistant at the compensation committee ever, on the chancellor’s recom- as another example of the Pitt-first Jerome Cochran, executive vice chancellor, $190,000. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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This is the last issue of the University Pitt’s second annual weight race Times for the fall term. Publication could help with those New Year resolutions...... 2 will resume on Jan. 8. Due to the winter break, the calendar and The University hosts its annual reception for long-time staff mem- advertising deadline for that issue bers today...... 4-6 is Dec. 23. U N I V E R S I T Y TIMES VOLUME 41 • NUMBER 8 DECEMBER 4, 2008 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

The Boulevard of the Allies bridge was opened Nov. 24, easing 18 months of traffic Good news for inconvenience at the west entrance to Oak- land. Construction of the $29-million project to replace the deteriorating bridge and ramps Oakland commuters began in April 2009. In other transit news, representatives of the Port Authority of Allegheny County and leaders of the union that represents its 2,300 bus drivers and T operators announced a tentative agreement Nov. 25 that they said would prevent a work stoppage. Members of Local 85 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) have been working without a contract since July 1. ATU rank-and-file workers still must ratify the agreement, which reportedly calls for a four-year contract. Union mem- bers are expected to meet Dec. 7 to discuss the details. Following a ratification vote, a special Port Authority board meeting will be called to review the agreement and vote on the pact, officials said. Kimberly K. Barlow BPC wants public release of revenue/expense report he Senate budget policies whether it would be presented at meetings to understand long- ommendations tend to be near- pared by the Office of Budget and committee will seek public UPBC’s next meeting. standing puzzling issues about the unanimous. Financial Reporting. Trelease of the University’s BPC co-secretary Phil Wion allocation of resources throughout BPC member Stephen Carr University policy charges BPC attribution report to facilitate said, “There is some usefulness in the University. During the late said cooperative relationships with the responsibility of review- a hoped-for meeting with Pitt’s seeing it, which we did last spring, 1990s the committee success- with the current administration ing whether planning and budget- athletic director. but if we can’t talk about it or fully made both the allocations may have “lulled” UPBC into ing system processes are followed. The report attributes revenues make any parts of it public, then and the budgeting process suf- its less active role. Pratt noted, Business and administrative units and expenses to the University’s its usefulness is more limited.” ficiently transparent that our “We’ve had a continuing era of can choose whether to have plan- academic units and other respon- Noting that the study “was reviews of budget and planning good feeling for some time, but ning and budgeting committees sibility centers, including athlet- completed long ago and it’s last issues became much simpler thinking to a future which might (PBCs) but senior vice chancellor ics. year’s study,” Wion added, “The and more straightforward. As a not be of that same character, areas and academic responsibility BPC reviewed a draft of the whole point of the attribution result, in recent years we have can one do anything now to have centers are required to have them. report in executive session at its study is to help people — admin- had a two-hour review to orient structures that can cope with PBCs participate in development May 12 meeting but the docu- istrators and others — understand new members of the committee possible different futures or does of units’ proposed plans, budgets ment prepared by the Office of how the whole financial system is each fall and then begun the main the wheel have to be reinvented and contingency plans. BPC Budget and Controller has been working and how revenues relate work of the committee together at that time?” received information that indi- withheld from public view pend- to expenditures unit by unit.” with all members present as soon Wion expressed concern that cated all units that are required ing presentation of a final version BPC members expressed as we have some sense of the as turnover in UPBC member- to have planning and budgeting to the University planning and related concerns about the reduc- governor’s budget in February. ship occurs, awareness of the committees do, although whether budgeting committee. UPBC held tion in the number of UPBC meet- While we might need quite a few committee’s broader role in other all had a majority of elected rather a strategic planning orientation ings and the apparent narrowing meetings between February and planning and budgeting issues than appointed members was Nov. 4 but is not scheduled to of UPBC activity. May to craft the FY 2010 budget dwindles. He said, “The danger is unclear, Pratt said. meet again until Feb. 19. In its early days, the committee this year because of the national of losing that confidence that has BPC will ask for additional At BPC’s Nov. 21 meeting, met at least monthly, but meet- financial problems, the experience been so laboriously built up not information in next year’s report chair Richard Pratt agreed to con- ings have become less frequent in recent years has been that we only by the administration but also including a summary of which tact the provost, who chairs UPBC since 1997 and have dwindled were able to come to an under- by the involvement of faculty, staff units were in compliance with meetings, to seek the attribution to three or four per year, with a standing and craft a budget with and students. … It shouldn’t be University policy and a tally of report’s release. Pratt said, “This focus on advising the chancellor relatively few meetings even in the taken for granted. We need to keep how many times each unit’s PBC has been of some concern because on the University budget and spring term.” active the mechanisms that built it met during the year. we were interested in inviting our salary pool. At the BPC meeting, Robert up and that will sustain it.” • BPC canceled its Dec. 5 athletic director to come, but we In response to a University F. Pack, vice provost for academic But, Wion said, “Unless some- meeting. The next meeting is set wanted to have the budget infor- Times query as to why the meet- planning and resources manage- one wants it to do a little more, the for Jan. 16. Among the planned mation on athletics available to ings have become less frequent, ment, noted that the committee trajectory isn’t likely to change.” agenda items is a review of Pitt’s discuss.” He noted that the study Provost James Maher, who was tends to focus on issues such as In other business: 2007-08 financial report by Vice was not completed until after not present at the Nov. 21 BPC tuition, financial aid and salary • BPC reviewed the annual Chancellor for Budget and Con- UPBC’s final meeting last fiscal meeting, stated, “In the early years and has worked well. He added update on unit-level planning troller Art Ramicone. year and that he did not know the committee needed many, many that UPBC votes on budget rec- and budgeting committees pre- —Kimberly K. Barlow n

 U N I V E R S I T Y TIMES Goal of 2nd weight race: a healthier new year n the heels of the Pitt Steps as part of the challenge to develop down may wish to set a goal of It Up activity challenge is a healthier lifestyle, rather than losing 5 percent of their body Oanother competition to to focus solely on what the scale weight. “It’s achievable and health encourage Pitt faculty and staff says. significant,” Carpenter said. “If to develop and maintain healthier Gift cards will be awarded you lose 5-10 pounds you will lifestyles. as prizes in team and individual benefit from a health perspec- A new MyHealth Weight Race categories. tive,” and it’s more doable than will kick off Jan. 18 and wrap up Prizes will be awarded to the setting a daunting 50- or 100- with final weigh-ins the week of teams that achieve the greatest pound goal. April 12. percentage of their team’s weight- The maximum weight-loss The 12-week program is simi- loss goal. In case of a tie, random goal during the competition is lar to last year’s weight race, which drawings will determine the limited to 25 pounds — it’s not drew more than 1,300 participants winner. All team members must recommended that people attempt across Pitt’s campuses, leaving the complete the race in order for a to lose more than two pounds per racers collectively more than three team to be eligible for prizes. week, Carpenter said. tons lighter. Individuals won’t qualify for In the new race, not only will make healthful choices, Carpen- “It is a 12-week challenge, but But, said Sandy Carpenter, a team prizes, but all participants winners be drawn from among ter said. Participants who are at a in reality this is about creating program manager with the UPMC (including those who are members those achieving their goals, but healthy weight are encouraged to healthy lifestyles,” she said. Health Plan who helped develop of a team) will have a chance to participants will receive an entry set a goal to maintain it rather than “You don’t want people to the new weight race, based on win individual prizes. into a prize drawing every time attempt to drop below a normal just go on a diet and lose weight results from focus groups of last John Kozar, director of Ben- they self-report their weight by body mass index (BMI) range. and then forget it.” Instead, the year’s participants, several changes efits, said some of last year’s par- the weekly deadline. However, she said, given that aim is to help people change have been made and new features ticipants may have given up when The weight race isn’t just for about 65 percent of Americans are their behavior to increase their added. attaining their goal proved to be those who want to shed a few overweight or obese, “Chances are activity levels and make healthful Registration will begin Jan. tougher than expected. “We want pounds. Even those who don’t someone on your team may need food choices. “It’s really a lifelong 5 and will be conducted entirely to encourage them to continue need to lose weight can benefit to lose weight.” commitment,” she said. online. Information on the race participating.” from bonding with a group to Individuals who need to slim —Kimberly K. Barlow n will begin appearing on the weight race web page at www.hr.pitt. edu/fitness/weightrace.htm later this month. Participants still are encour- Senior administrators’ pay frozen aged to make the challenge a group CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 effort by forming teams of three- meeting. applauds the Board of Trustees’ John Baker labeled the administra- all of us. I praise them for their five members — “The whole point The last time administrative support of Chancellor Norden- tors’ decision both generous and decision and generosity in putting of the race is to build networking officers’ pay was frozen was in berg’s recommendation to main- prudent. “It is generous because Pitt first.” support from colleagues,” Car- FY96 following a freeze in Pitt’s tain salaries for senior administra- the pay pool was increased 4 per- Nordenberg’s action mirrors penter said — but individuals state appropriation. tive officers at their current level. cent for FY09, and they deserved that of leaders at some other uni- and two-member teams also may In anticipation of the legisla- The University community will to get a pay raise like everyone else versities who have turned down participate. tors’ action, then-Chancellor J. without doubt face tough eco- at Pitt who performed their job bonuses or pay raises in light of An additional official weigh-in Dennis O’Connor in April 1995 nomic times in the near future. well in FY08. It is prudent because the difficult economic times and has been added, based on feedback ordered a University-wide hiring “Chancellor Nordenberg’s we look to our leaders in difficult stretched university budgets. that suggested it would be help- and salary freeze. Officers’ pay, recommendation further solidifies times, and next year will likely be A Nov. 21, 2008, story in the ful to have more “accountable including O’Connor’s, was frozen his reputation as a strong leader a difficult time for Pitt. Chronicle of Higher Education moments,” Carpenter said. through the June 2006 fiscal year who is dedicated to playing a major “The nation is experiencing a reported that the University Instead of face-to-face weigh- end. Some lower-paid employees role in the continued transforma- severe economic downturn, and of Connecticut’s president in ins at the beginning, middle and received raises beginning in Janu- tion of Pitt into a world-renowned it will undoubtedly negatively September turned down what end of the race, the new race will ary 1996. institution. This decision dem- impact next year’s operating stood to be a $100,000 bonus require weigh-ins at the beginning q onstrates their commitment to budget. The state is unlikely to and that leaders at some other and end as well as at weeks 4 and 8, Citing grim economic news the students, faculty and staff help, so all of us will be affected. schools, including Rutgers, the with self-reported weights logged that has appeared in recent of the University of Pittsburgh. Under these conditions, it is University of Louisville, Rowan during each of the other weeks. headlines and reiterating his own The Staff Association Council appropriate for University officers University and Brevard Com- Another addition will be an Oct. 1 message to the Univer- is humbled by their actions and to sacrifice too. munity College, recently have activity tracker tool that allows sity community that warned of grateful to have such a talented “It is to their credit that our either waived bonuses or raises participants who wear pedometers looming economic challenges, and committed core leadership senior administrators decided to or returned them as donations to to log their steps or to convert Nordenberg told the committee, group.” sacrifice their pay raises a year their institutions. other activities into their equiva- “Though it may be hard to make University Senate President before the FY10 budget impacts Kimberly Barlow & Peter Hart lent in steps. more specific predictions, it seems Carpenter said the new tool is quite clear that tougher times are designed to broaden participants’ coming and we need to be prudent awareness of their activity levels in preparing for them.” In asking that no salary increases be awarded to himself or the other officers this fiscal year, Nordenberg said, “I make that recommendation despite the high levels of performance U N I V E R S I T Y and significant achievements that marked the work of these officers TIMES during the past year.” EDITOR Stating that the officers sup- N. J. Brown 412/624-1373 ported the pay freeze, Nordenberg [email protected] told the committee, “I make that WRITERS recommendation because in these troubled times it is the institution- Kimberly K. Barlow 412/624-1379 [email protected] ally responsible thing to do.” Nordenberg also noted that Peter Hart 412/624-1374 the Board of Trustees in July [email protected] passed a budget that included a BUSINESS MANAGER salary pool increase and that “all Barbara DelRaso 412/624-4644 other employees already have [email protected] received salary increase decisions Events Calendar: [email protected] based on that pool.” The University Times is published bi-weekly Pitt employees’ salary pool Kimberly K. Barlow Bright new signs are helping library patrons find their way at Hillman Library. Located mainly on on Thursdays by the University of Pittsburgh. increase for fiscal year 2009 was Send correspondence to University Times, the ground level and first floor, signs stenciled on walls and wrapped around structural pillars in 308 Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh, set at 4 percent including 2.5 bold red, orange, green and blue have replaced an understated color scheme. “It was so beige,” Pittsburgh, PA 15260; fax to 412/624-4579 percent for salary maintenance said librarian Jeff Wisniewski, who said the change also reflects simplified language University or email: [email protected]. Library System has adopted in other areas, such as on its web site. for employees whose performance Some color-coding is at work: collection-related signage is blue; action-related signs are red, Subscriptions are available at a cost of $25 for was rated at least satisfactory. he said. The reference desk is located near a red “ask” sign; lending has become “checkout” the publishing year, which runs August-July. and interlibrary loan “requests from other libraries.” In the stairwells, patrons can more easily Make checks payable to the University of In response to Wednesday’s orient themselves with signs listing main areas and services as well as an indication of where Pittsburgh. action, Staff Association Council the user is in relation to them. The newspaper is available electronically at: President Rich Colwell stated, Staff surveys and studies of how students use the library contributed to the signage choices and placement over approximately a year of planning for the project. www.pitt.edu/utimes/ut.html “The Staff Association Council

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the building is locked. college administrators across Remote lockdowns also can be the nation have been prompted controlled from the police com- to scrutinize campus security mand center in case of emergency. at their institutions. While Pitt For instance, a building could be already was upgrading its systems, evacuated using Pitt’s emergency Cochran said scheduled security notification system, then locked work was accelerated in the once the building was empty, summer that followed the Virginia Cochran said. Tech shootings. Other security measures that He noted there is special focus fall under Integrated Security’s on security in the residence halls. domain range from parking lot “We’ve got to make sure resi- gates to the nitrate detector dences are taken care of. That’s “sniffers” in BST3 to the bollards where people live. They need that keep vehicles from getting a sense of security to be able to too close to the Cathedral of live here and go to school here,” Learning. he said. Integrated Security’s techni- It takes between five and 10 cians also install silent alarms, or years to upgrade the entire campus panic devices, for use by recep- while keeping up with security tionists, as well as motion sensors installations in new buildings, in labs or office suites that can Cochran said, adding that constant WORK be armed like a home security advances in technology mean that Pitt’s senior administration grabs most of the headlines. The faculty here get noticed when system when employees leave for work will never be “done,” just they bring in research dollars, win teaching awards or publish in their fields. the night. ready for the cycle to start over But behind the scenes, University staff, some 6,500 strong across five campuses, often toil in In the wake of 9-11 and the again. jobs ranging from the mundane to the esoteric. shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007, —Kimberly K. Barlow n From mailroom workers to data entry specialists, costume designers to biosafety officers, photographers to accountants, staff at Pitt perform tasks great and small, year-in and year-out, for the greater good of the University. This is one in an occasional series profiling University staff, providing a glimpse of some of the less recognized employees whose primary business is making Pitt work.

rom the corner of Forbes “Our police department was to deter or view any potential Avenue and Bigelow Boule- being used to monitor all these criminal activity, but also to allow Fvard, sharp-eyed observers systems when it was 60 or 70 sys- officers to get a closer look at traffic can look to the rooftops of Hill- tems on campus,” Cochran said. or activities on campus. man Library and the Cathedral of “It makes sense to have it within In combination with cameras Learning and see that they perhaps the police department because the atop the Public Safety Building are being observed in return. police use it.” and Sennott Square, the cameras The security cameras — two of Elsewhere, campus security mounted on the 25th floor roof nearly 400 installed in public areas typically is contracted to outside of the Cathedral and on Hill- indoors and out on the Oakland firms; in-house operations are man give the police department campus — are the handiwork of likely to come under facilities or a bird’s-eye view of most of the the Pitt police department’s Inte- information technology areas, he campus and Oakland’s Forbes grated Security Division. said, adding that he knows of no Avenue corridor. Like its cameras, the division’s other university in which security Surveillance cameras are a rela- eight-member staff isn’t hidden, installations are housed within the tively small part of the installations but keeps a low profile. Its five police department. done by Integrated Security’s five technicians crisscross the campus Video surveillance cameras technicians. “Access control is a to install and maintain security sys- are posted on rooftops, in eleva- bigger part of the job,” Cochran tems and are on call 24 hours a day tor lobbies and vestibules and on said, noting that while there are for emergencies. Although part of top of emergency phones across 300-400 cameras on campus, there the police department, Integrated campus. Under Pitt police policy, are 10 times that many “access Security staffers are civilians, not they aren’t monitored regularly control points,” otherwise known uniformed police officers. under normal conditions, but as building entrances. The division came into being video from the cameras can be Among Integrated Security’s three years ago, replacing a patch- viewed from a bank of TV screens recent projects was an upgrade work of individual security sys- in the department’s security at the Petersen Events Center in tems installed by subcontractors monitoring and command center which all the entrances were elec- across campus, said manager Josh in the Public Safety Building if trified to allow doors to be moni- Kimberly K. Barlow Cochran, who had been a security circumstances warrant. tored and the building to be locked Josh Cochan, manager of the Pitt police department’s Integrated Security Division, surveys Oakland from the vantage point of a liaison before Pitt brought the Cochran said the cameras and unlocked automatically. Swipe police video surveillance camera mounted on the 25th floor of system in-house. serve as a “virtual patrol” not only cards enable staff to enter when the Cathedral of Learning.

 U N I V E R S I T Y TIMES University recognizes long-time staff

School of Dental Medicine Staff being honored for long-term service to the University will gather Burkhart, Nicoline N. Turner, Diane T. 40+ years at 3 p.m. today, Dec. 4, for a recognition ceremony and reception at the William Pitt Union. Pitt will recognize those staffers who reached 20, School of Pharmacy 30, 40 and 40+ years of employment in 2008. Bradish, Janie L. Office of the Chancellor Bayus, Sandra S. — 43 years The lists of names of those staff members with 40+, 40, 30, 20, 10 and Graduate School Moore, Fred M. — 49 5 years of service were provided to the University Times by the Office of Public Health of Human Resources. Buccigrossi, Rhea School of Arts and Sciences Buchanan, William G. Funtal, Cynthia L. — 42 Byrnes, Mary T. Henry, Patricia L. — 42 Ding, Ming Sicher, Dennis L. — 42 Business Operations Office of the Provost School of Medicine Hester, Mary Virginia Erdlen, William E. — 41 Carroll, Mary Patrice Division Administration Jones, Joann A. Office of the Provost Kierzkowski, Russell — 42 Hertel, Ralph E. Maranowski, Michael G. Kinzel, Laura Suzanne Heron, Barbara Repasi — 42 Long, Jesse C. — 45 Walker, Blaine R. Martin, Deborah E. Hoffmeyer, Veronica L. — 42 Watson, Robert G. Vice Chancellor Meehan, Rebecca J. Kreiling, Delia A. — 42 School of Budget and Controller Molina, Edwin Information Sciences Joseph M. Katz Booker, Leigh G. Norbut, Jeanette K. School of Education Benedek, Theresa — 41 Graduate School of Business Rudolph, Carol Elaine Tuccillo, Eileen M. Bost, Carole A. — 42 Babjak, Janet Sobol, Sharon R. Williams, Eileen Capson, Carol A. — 41 Zogran, Patricia A. School of Education Business Operations School of Engineering Farrell, Donna M. Reeves, Roy C. School of Medicine Van Ormer, Cole M. — 41 Argenzio, Patti R. 40 years School of Engineering Darabant, Michelle Marie Graduate School of Public McGahey, William E. Ferguson, Carolyn and International Affairs Gaspich, Donna M. Schetley, Grace L. — 41 Student Affairs School of Law Gigliotti, Michelle A. Fakles, Theodora Mocello, Darleen A. Giles, Renee School of Dental Medicine 20 years Lemster, Bonnie H. Watson, Sherman Jr. — 48 School of Arts and Sciences School of Pharmacy Logar, Alison J. Austin, Gail Smith, John H. Jr. McCarthy, Audrey Dorris School of Pharmacy Barr, Cathleen M. Office of the Chancellor Mislanovich, Bonita M. Haberle, Francis G. — 42 Hunt, Barbara Graduate School Barone, Jean Marie Nash, Joan Ann Tomko, Constance T. of Public Health Irwin, Howard R. Phalin, Carolyn M. Graduate School Gilarski, Linda M. Miller, Margaret Puccio, Ava M. of Public Health Office of the Provost Hritz, Michael J. Ruggieri, John M. Schmitz, Marcia L. White, Mary E. — 49 Bates, Roberta M. Youngman, Edward J. Schwoegl, Kirsten Yvonne School of Medicine Slivinske, Pamela Joan School of Medicine School of Social Work Arch, Judith E. Student Affairs Cicco, Michael A. — 41 Rinella, Rosemary A. George, Vida R. Kloman, Harry B. School of Health DiLuiso, Gloria M. — 43 Haupt, Kathleen G. Mihalik, Donna M. and Rehabilitation Sciences Ellis, Ethel M. — 48 School of Medicine Sheffo, Brenda M. Cuniff, Alisha Shane Hughes, William B. — 45 Edwards, Elizabeth A. Sipula, Darina School of Arts and Sciences Murrell, Gayle C. — 42 Patrene, Kenneth D. White, Christine A. Bruce, Katherine L. University of Pittsburgh Shab, Linda A. — 42 Carter, Philippa K. at Johnstown University Library System School of Health Lloyd, Kelly M. Eckenrod, Robert University of Pittsburgh Duff, Patricia E. and Rehabilitation Sciences Matrozza, Nancy E. Hamula, Deborah A. at Johnstown Radcliffe, Donna L. Schwesinger, Ronald W. Murphy, Kathleen Ward Hedrick, James R. Dupnock, Thomas G. — 41 Oravetz, John M. Kemock, Michael Facilities Management University of Pittsburgh Reich, Theresa Ann Marks, William E. University of Pittsburgh Doss, Gregory at Johnstown Robinson, Carol A. McGuirk, Judith A. at Titusville Settles, John T. Berkey, Dolores A. Robison, Glenn M. Paap, Janet Spence, Jean M. — 45 Gemus, Samuel W. Spanoudakis, Mary M. Shiley, Thomas J. Vice Chancellor Sabol, Pamela Jeanne Tsouris, Marsha J. Shook, Kimberly D. University Center Budget and Controller Sernell, Joseph J. Weisdack, Carl David Sumak, Kathleen E. for International Studies Cafeo, Dianne M. Smith, Sandra J. Williams, Mary Susko, Jeanne M. Bruhns, E. Maxine — 43 Ostroski, Linda L. Vickroy, Donna L. University of Pittsburgh Office of the Provost General Counsel Associate Vice Chancellor at Bradford Cooper, Lynn M. University of Pittsburgh Rosenberg, Jerome L. — 55 Human Resources Moonan, Kathy L. Furlong, Jean A. at Titusville Gilkes, Nancy Geragi, Karen Jean Wencil-Tracey, Marian University of Pittsburgh Education-University Gusten, Kristin Lynn Cancer Institute Business Operations Service Programs Henderson, Cynthia Ann University Center Reihl, William P. — 43 Carson, William III Taylor, Robert Homonai, Elizabeth A. for International Studies Culley, Russell E. Jr. Kudrav, Janet M. Langer, Susan M. University Library System University Library System Lawson, Alice Elizabeth O’Malley, Eileen Louise Forsythe, William R. — 45 Ferber, Eleanor R. Rand, Mark Werntz, Deborah Ann Lynch, Cathy A. — 42 Hieber, Barbara Anne Rupert, Deborah A. McEndoo, Bettie R. — 42 Computing Services Computing Services Joseph M. Katz and Systems Development Computing Services and Systems Development Graduate School of Business Carter, Ben and Systems Development 30 years Falcettoni, Linda A. Dugan, Ann Chen, Lung-Hwa Novicki, Harry H. — 41 Smith, Shirley M. Fialkovich, Mark G. Facilities Management Graham, Joseph William Facilities Management Office of the Chancellor Bannon, Patricia C. School of Education Wertz, Cindy L. Bowden, John — 49 Honath, Kimberly L. Cocuzzi, Kenneth A. Cheyne, Angela R. English, Charles — 49 Race, Mary Jo Grissom, Delbert M. Graham-Seifert, Susan Facilities Management Kwas, James A. Abt, William E. Learning Research Student Affairs LaRotonda, Joseph A. School of Engineering Claherty, John R. and Development Center Lynch, Cynthia A. O’Kain, William M. Ebitz, Mary A. Fuhrer, Daniel Kraly, Pauline M. — 41 Orchard, Thomas C. Lasky, Marcia Hoag, Thomas R. School of Arts and Sciences Powers, David J. Lewis, Daniel J. Karpa, James D. Vice Chancellor Bashor, Oliver J. Jr. Shaffer, James J. Budget and Controller Connell, Deborah A. Learning Research Senior Vice Chancellor Travers, Thomas G. McGettigan, Geraldine Lee Hamler, Mary Jean and Development Center Health Sciences Walch, John R. — 42 Hoffman, Kathleen Ann Hyland, Bradley W. 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Athletics School of Education Welshons, Lynne Marie Ochwat, Thomas L. School of Engineering Blanc, Robert O. Musewe, Lucas Onyango Williams, Mary Carole Odoemene, Chlgozie Rahamat DeCenzo, Diann Blank Scanlon, Stephanie Ann Wolfe, Elizabeth A. Pan, Ivy N. Kovalcik, Gena Marie School of Medicine Zhang, Jiying Sokolowski, Michelle Lynn McGuire, Katherine Ann Division Administration School of Law Zurowski, Nancy B. Stofko, Mark Douglas Welton, Jennifer M. Dimeno, Lorraine Steffy, Lila Turner Drzemiecki, Keith E. University of Pittsburgh Associate Vice Chancellor School of Law Dudley, Angelo D. School of Social Work at Johnstown Human Resources Blake, Patricia Ann Elmore, David L. Newman, Michael Anthony Brandle, Linda A. Prisuta, Shelley Loren Poller, Jennifer L. Hollingshead, Deborah J. Caputo, Christopher A. Ribarchak, Ammie Lynn Sanderlin, Mary Sylvia Jozwiak, Ronald P. Senior Vice Chancellor Helman, Marjorie R. Kuzy, Olivia J. LaRotonda, Beth A. Health Sciences Keirn, Joan M. Graduate School of Public Lanz, Karen E. Husted, Jeffrey T. Kist, Jennifer Stephany Business Operations and International Affairs Mehalic, Michael P. Lenio, Diane Louise Amrhein, Amy H. Hale, Jean M. Miko, Mark School of Dental Medicine Trovato, Joni L. Cerula, Timothy R. Eidson, Stephen Eugene Moore, Donald Colwell, Kelly Jean Yaskanich, Robert John Conicella, Vincent McDaniels, Paul Repic, William F. Jr. George, Leah Marlene Smith, Sandra Faye Miranda, Joel J. Grzyb, Nancy K. University of Pittsburgh Schrecengost, Michael C. Executive Vice Chancellor Nannini, Linda Lois at Greensburg Soltesz, Megan M. Doswell, Denise Darr, Brandi S. Sopko, Gerald P. School of Nursing Radaker, Harry D. Suhina, Michael J. Vice Chancellor Huang, Sulan Budget and Controller King, Jennifer University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine Clark, Jeannette D. Knowlton, Diane M. at Titusville 5 years Carricato, Wendy Marie Grimm, Linda A. Carey, Kathleen Anne Casino, Susan Virginia Koerbel, Mary J. Graduate School Flory, Cathy A. of Public Health University of Pittsburgh Office of the Chancellor Galvanek, Gene L. Associate Vice Chancellor Blecharz, Richard W. at Bradford Cursi, Julie Ann Horn, Katherine Dorothy Human Resources Farrow, Sonja Burkhouse, Barbara Ann Grabowski, Erin Holmes Kordesich, Marija Mackey, Olivia F. Harper, Maria Lourdes Kohler, William D. Kumar, Charlene A. Harrie, Noel C. Luciano, Tammy R. Mowrey, Andrew School of Nursing Business Operations Jiang, Weimin Mazza, Lorraine R. Myrddin, Khrys Xavier Gannon, Nicole Marie Hanratty, Peter F. Joyce, Mary A. Shade, Janet Maureen Novicki, John F. Jr. Lapsley, Laurie Jo Kuczma, Norbert A. Kania, Michael A. Vogt, Geraldine M. Rapp, Vicki Sue Mowrey, Kimberly A. Laffey, Joseph T. Knauer, Alicia Vernice Simpson, Katherine R. Mahan, Charles E. Lebder, Mark A. University Center Staresinic, Charles School of Pharmacy Spicuzza, Charles T. Matthews, Gloria Ann for International Studies Wilson, Jerry M. 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local entrepreneurs could impact employees seeking to take charge economic opportunities in the of their own future may decide to Program aids entrepreneurs region. pursue their own business ideas. “People tend to stay when “People are always going to spend ot the passion and the noted. students will develop prototypes they have networks, relationships money,” he said. “What will they willingness to spend time He said individuals typically as part of their class work next and job opportunities,” Lehman spend it on?” Gand energy to make a come to entrepreneurship from term. Entrepreneurs needing to noted. Making and strengthen- While there are financial chal- marketable idea a reality? a specific disciplinary expertise have primary research done have ing local company connections lenges for finding loans or angel Michael Lehman can help. — perhaps computer science, been connected with marketing through IEE may encourage those investors, there always is room for Lehman joined the Katz medicine or engineering. “They professors willing to let students people to remain here, which in entrepreneurial endeavors. Graduate School of Business’s really understand their academic do it as a class project. turn can benefit students. Remember, Lehman said: Institute for Entrepreneurial area” but lack the network neces- Instead of inviting successful He cited as an example IEE’s Every industry started with one Excellence (IEE) earlier this year sary to take their product to the businesspeople to tell their stories, Entrepreneurial Fellows Center person and one idea — an entre- after leaving his position as execu- marketplace, Lehman said. by exposing students to entre- where some 300 alumni of the preneur. tive director of the Juniata Col- “That’s the perfect place you preneurs who are in the midst of program provide a growing —Kimberly K. Barlow n lege Center for Entrepreneurial want to be,” he said, noting there developing their businesses, the list of younger Leadership. As director of IEE’s are plenty of people who can students see for themselves the entrepreneur- PantherlabWorks and student provide accounting or operations passion and skills required as well ial people “who services, his job is to encourage expertise for someone with the as the challenges entrepreneurs are just a phone entrepreneurship within the Uni- specialized skills or knowledge face. “They also learn they go call or an email versity and beyond. behind a potential product. through many failures,” he said. away” from visit- Funded by area foundations, Among current Panther- q ing in Pitt class- PantherlabWorks offers free labWorks projects are medical Another facet of Lehman’s rooms, provid- consultation to help entrepreneurs devices, products that need to be work will be to help integrate ing internship commercialize new products and engineered, new technologies and entrepreneurship across dis- opportunities technologies. While approxi- software, said Lehman, remaining ciplines and promote student or lending their mately 60 percent of Pantherlab- deliberately vague on details to entrepreneurship as part of the industry exper- Works clients are from the outside protect the ideas. business school’s plan to increase tise. community, the rest are faculty, Others, such as faculty who its entrepreneurship efforts. q staff or students with entrepre- do consulting on the side, could “There are lots of opportunities to Despite the neurial aspirations. benefit from PantherlabWorks insidiously integrate it into courses poor economy, it PantherlabWorks can assess help in marketing or developing faculty are teaching. is a good time for a product and its market, offer a business strategy. “When it comes to opportuni- entrepreneur- advice and connect entrepreneurs Help for entrepreneurs cre- ties for faculty, giving them the ship, Lehman with experts and resources. ates learning opportunities for opportunity to translate theory said. “No one’s Its mission differs from Pitt’s students. Pitt faculty and students into practice is something I’m quite sure what Office of Technology Manage- help entrepreneurs with their passionate about,” he said. the market’s ment and Office of Enterprise problems; the entrepreneurs “Pitt has a lot of little areas going to look Development, which serve to provide the students with practical of entrepreneurial activity, but like, who’s going commercialize University-devel- experience. we’ve got the opportunity to tie to survive.” oped intellectual property (IP). For instance, Lehman has con- it all together in one consolidated S t u d e n t s “There are plenty of things nected an entrepreneur in need strategy.” faced with a Kimberly K. Barlow Michael Lehman is director of PantherlabWorks people do outside of work that’s of a prototype with the Swanson Creating more connections bleak job market and student services in KGSB’s Institute for not Pitt-developed IP,” Lehman School of Engineering, where among faculty, students and or experienced Entrepreneurial Excellence. University recognizes long-time staff

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ou’ve heard the expression, sensitivity to criticism; downward to complete her certification via “dotting the I’s and crossing hooks on lowercase G’s and Y’s a home study course offered by Ythe T’s.” mean fear of success; circles within Handwriting University in Dallas, But did you know that some circles in lowercase O’s indicate which this fall honored her with people believe that how you dot secretiveness and deceit; an over- the 2008 Associate Professor your I’s and cross your T’s says a sized lowercase letter, especially a of the Year Award at the Inter- lot about your personality? K, indicates defiance. national Handwriting Analysis According to long-time Pitt Moreover, whether you con- Conference, an event that attracts and UPMC staff member Mary nect your letters or leave spaces handwriting analysts, counselors, C. “Mitzie” Biertempfel, who is between them, whether you therapists and personality profilers a certified handwriting analyst, spread out words in a sentence or from around the world. your handwriting reveals all kinds write them close together, whether She began teaching a course in of readily identifiable personality your handwriting is large or small, handwriting analysis at Commu- and character traits. and whether you press down hard nity College of Allegheny County For example, she says big loops or write with a light touch also last spring. in lowercase D’s and T’s indicate project traits to the trained eye, Biertempfel said her specialty Skeptics scoff, but Pitt staffer says Biertempfel said. has potential applications in Handwriting While there is considerable a number of areas, including: debate about the scientific valid- screening dating partners for ity of handwriting analysis, there compatibility; screening room- it can tell a lot about you. is no shortage of its supporters, mates and prospective tenants; Biertempfel said. And skeptics screening job applicants; police often are converted, she added. profiling, and entertaining. from a pool of faxed submissions, personality traits revealed in a “Almost everybody I’ve done In addition, by employing a was analyzed on a Pittsburgh radio small handwriting sample, and an analysis for has validated the technique called grapho-therapy, station by guest Bart Baggett, more extensive analyses, which results as accurate about them- individuals, guided by a certified founder and president of Hand- include a personality profile and selves.” handwriting analyst, can use hand- writing University and later grapho-therapy recommenda- Biertempfel, executive assis- writing as a way to modify their Biertempfel’s mentor. tions. She also does analyses for tant in a joint program of the behavior, Biertempfel maintains. “Bart’s analysis was so accurate, couples to test their compat- McGowan Institute for Regen- For example, she said where you’d think he had known me ibility. erative Medicine and the depart- one crosses the T in relation to its for years. I had never even met She would like to branch out to ments of chemical and petroleum stem is an indicator of the level of the man or talked to him before work with young children who are engineering and bioengineering, a person’s self-esteem. A T crossed this and he accurately identified learning cursive writing, teaching is certified in the trait-stroke at or near the top means high self- several of my personality traits,” what she says are the more posi- method of handwriting analysis, esteem; at mid-point it’s deemed Biertempfel said. tive handwriting traits. Children also known as graphology — as average or practical self-esteem, Curious, she dabbled as an often are taught to put big loops opposed to forensic analysis that and near the bottom of the stem amateur doing handwriting analy- on their D’s, something Biertemp- primarily studies handwriting to indicates low self-esteem. ses for friends and family, based fel says indicates a sensitivity to detect forgeries. So, a person actually can raise on the tips posted on Baggett’s criticism. “This is not fortune-telling and his or her self-esteem by concen- web site. “Get that big loop out of it has nothing to do with the occult trating deliberately on crossing the Eventually, she completed the there!” she said. “Don’t teach them or the zodiac or tarot readings,” T at a higher point, she said. certification course and began to to put a big loop in the D. You Biertempfel said, adding that the q do analyses for a fee for individuals want a tiny loop, so there’s [only] Library of Congress sanctioned Biertempfel first caught the and couples, as well as at lectures some sensitivity there.” handwriting analysis as a subfield handwriting analysis bug some and local parties. She offers both Biertempfel said parents can of psychology in 1980. eight years ago, when her hand- “quickie” analyses, where she will watch for potential problems by It took Biertempfel two years writing sample, selected randomly identify the five most dominant charting changes in a child’s hand- Steve Zupcic Putting it to the test ertified handwriting analyst Mary C. “Mitzie” Biertempfel agreed to provide “quickie” analyses of handwriting samples taken from three Cwell-known Pitt volunteers: Richard Colwell, president of the Staff Association Council; Patricia D. Kroboth, dean of the School of Pharmacy, and Stephen P. Zupcic, coordinator of Pitt’s Volunteer Pool. Biertempfel was not told whose handwriting she was analyzing prior to her analysis. She asked that the participants write three sample sentences — chosen because they cover most of the letters of the alphabet — in ink on an unlined white sheet of paper. They were asked to write naturally in cursive form.

When this writer gets excited about something he is filled with enthusiasm. This enthusiastic attitude can take projects and people all the way to the top. Zupcic: “At the risk of self-aggrandizement, I think that this also bears truth. Over the years there have been projects around the University and in outside settings that I was told would be impossible to succeed. Through enthusiastic consensus-building supported by solid fact-based research, I have actually been able to pull them off and Biertempfel’s analysis: This writing sample indicates that the writer feels any witness their continued success.” emotional situation very strongly. And because of this he can easily relate to others’ problems. He is a people person and tends to make decisions based on When this writer expresses an opinion on an issue he will stick to that opinion his emotions. and probably will not change his mind. Changing his mind can be very difficult. Zupcic: “This is quite true. Not only do I experience a high level of empathy for others Once he makes up his mind, he doesn’t want to be confused with the facts. and their situations, but I tend to ‘take it to heart.’ This makes me effective at working Zupcic: “Based on an administrative principle that I learned from a member of our with groups of people of diverse backgrounds and diverse personal qualities.” senior staff — ‘No decision is ever final’ — I often continue to plead my case to those in power, even when I have been told that there has been a decision to the contrary. I continue This person will work most efficiently in a people-orientated job as opposed with consensus-building and back my opinion up with fact-based research. I never cease to a job working alone. This writer also needs room to work and would not work to be amazed that this actually works. So the analyst’s closing phrase really isn’t true. I well in small spaces. simply continue to research additional supportive facts. n Zupcic: “This is also true. I have worked for decades in both professional and voluntary community relations and community organizing in all sorts of communities and with all sorts of people. I feel most gratified when I am dealing with global issues and their importance to specific individuals I know. I really enjoy being out of doors in locales around the world. I have spent my life in a large work environment — a ‘world-class Pat Kroboth University’ — constantly caring about the individuals within it and affected by it.”

This writer is very self-confident and has a high self-esteem. This person will reach whatever level of success he desires. This self-concept is possessed by less than 2 percent of the population and that 2 percent contains the most successful people in the world. When a person has a high self-esteem, he frees himself to achieve an unlimited world of success. Zupcic: “Also true. It has taken me years of difficult personal development, being open with others and expecting a similar level of openness from them, to achieve this. My understanding of what constitutes success has evolved. I know now that I have achieved it and will continue to. A sense of humility demands that I feel embarrassment at the Biertempfel’s analysis: The person who wrote this sample learns faster through analysis that I am among the 2 percent of ‘the most successful people in the world.’” demonstration than through directions or written instructions. Once he has

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wants to look to the world. she said. writing.” Analyzing Queen Elizabeth “If you have very tiny writing “You can tell the sex of an I’s signature, Biertempfel said, that means you can focus and unborn baby by the mother’s concentrate.” She offered a tip for handwriting. It’s about 98 percent those looking to improve concen- accurate,” she said. tration. “If you write very small, “You look at the O’s. When try writing one or two sentences you’re first pregnant, there’s a little as large as you can — no more ‘pain dot’ at the bottom of the O. than that — that will get you into After you’re pregnant at least three a focused state of mind right before months, if you’re having a boy, a test, right before you want to the dot goes up to the right, and study, right before something you if you’re having a girl it goes up “See those loop-de-loops? This want to concentrate on.” to the left, as you look at the O. It says ‘I’m a very important person For those who normally write will also show multiple births, and and I want everybody to know it.’ in large handwriting, writing a few what the sexes are. The pain dot Skeptics scoff, but Pitt staffer says A lot of flourishes mean a lot of sentences as small as possible has goes away after the birth. I think Handwriting creativity. But the message is, ‘I’m the same effect, she added. that is so fascinating.” a queen and you have to respect Biertempfel said the most For more information on that.’” surprising thing she discovered Biertempfel and her handwrit- it can tell a lot about you. People who dot their I’s with about handwriting analysis came ing analysis services, go to www. hearts, flowers or circles also show from a nurse at a conference who hand2brainwriting.com. creativity, she said. And people gave a talk on “Health in Hand- —Peter Hart n writing. “If you have a child who ing has three levels, the philosoph- who dot their I’s only sporadi- is crossing his T’s on the top or in ical realm, inhabited by so-called cally or not at all show a lack of the middle and all of sudden starts upper letters, such as lowercase L’s, attention to detail. “That will also crossing them at the bottom, this T’s and D’s that have ascenders; affect your memory. If you want “This is a tool, is a red flag. Something is both- the middle or “mundane” realm, to improve your memory, work ering him to get that self-esteem where lowercase letters such as A’s, on dotting all your I’s and J’s as not the be-all down. It could be a bully. It could O’s, E’s, S’s and U’s indicate those close to the top of the stem as be something going on in school personality traits in evidence at the possible,” she said. and end-all. It’s that the parent should become time the sample was written, and Dotting I’s with a tiny dot aware of,” she said. the lower realm with letters that indicates loyalty, she added, while a tool to com- “This is a tool, not the be-all have descenders, such as lowercase dotting them with a slash that goes and end-all. It’s a tool to comple- G’s, Y’s and J’s, which indicate the out to the right indicates irritation plement other ment other psychological tools physical realm. and out to the left means irritation and it can be used in that capacity,” “When you see a tail or hook at yourself. Biertempfel said. on the cross of the T, for example, “When you don’t connect your psychological q or on an upper letter, that indicates letters, that shows intuition, that In her community college people with the desire to acquire, you follow your gut instinct; when tools and it can course Biertempfel uses Grapho- or hook onto, knowledge, because you connect your letters, that deck handwriting analysis flash- that’s in the philosophical area,” shows intelligence,” Biertempfel be used in that cards, which feature 50 common Biertempfel said. “If you see it said. personality traits and instructions in the mundane area, it’s people “Usually people who put big capacity.” for which letters or stroke features who want material things. They spaces in between their words to hone in on to recognize those like to shop.” don’t like to work in confined —Mitzie Biertempfel traits. Other lessons teach that a sig- spaces. They need room to

She teaches that all handwrit- nature represents the way a person work, they like to spread out,” Peter Hart Putting it to the test Rich Colwell Biertempfel said, “Handwriting analysis cannot determine the gender of the writer if it is not already known, so for ease of writing I used the male gender in [my] analyses.” Legibility is immaterial in handwriting analysis, she added. Following are the handwriting samples, Biertempfel’s analysis of each and each writer’s responses to her analysis of the five most dominant personal- ity traits that emerge from the samples. Biertempfel also did an analysis for a fourth volunteer who later chose to withdraw from this story. That volunteer said Biertempfel’s analysis largely was inaccurate. —Peter Hart n Biertempfel’s analysis: The is a very emotional person with a broad range of emotions. He feels any emotional situation very strongly and because he feels learned new material, and understood it, he won’t forget. situations intensely, he easily relates to others’ problems. Kroboth: “Because the statement makes a comparison of two learning styles, it is Colwell: “When first reading the analysis of my handwriting I started to wonder, difficult for me to comment, especially since I don’t often have the opportunity to learn Who me? But after sitting down with a couple of co-workers and doing a line-by-line from demonstration and I am pretty good with learning from written directions. My comparison with examples, I would give the handwriting analysis an A+. I am an active husband even agrees!” member of the Salvation Army — helping people in bad situations. I am president of SAC, trying to make progress for all staff members, advocating good pay and fairness, This person is intuitive. This mental “I had a hunch” ability is very often cor- good working environment/benefits; not having a personal agenda or pushing my per- rect. He can usually sense when someone is lying to him or things are just “not sonal wishes. I see others’ problems and want to help.” right.” This intuitive ability should be trusted. Kroboth: “Right on! I think that anyone who has worked closely with me would This person’s code of ethics, philosophical or religious beliefs are set in agree.” stone. Colwell: “My beliefs are set in stone. I never lie. I try to treat others as I would want to This person has a desire for responsibility. He wants to be the most important be treated. I have some other home-type values, such as believing in a good upbringing, factor in an organization. He has the desire to lead many people; if given this believing that everyone is created equal, being a good listener. A small but important opportunity, he will be an asset. thing: I hold the doors for the ladies.” Kroboth: “I feel fortunate to have been given the opportunity for leadership in our School of Pharmacy, which continues to prosper because of the collective efforts of our This person will work most efficiently in a people-oriented job as opposed to faculty, students, alumni and friends. While I have always readily accepted responsibility a job working alone on an assembly line. and gravitated to leadership positions, I don’t feel the desire to be the most important Colwell: “I would rather do something different every day than the same thing every factor in an organization. I generally just see a way to accomplish something and seek day. I prefer a team effort over the grandstanding of one person.” to make it happen.” This person is persistent about achieving his goals. Once goals are set, he will This person’s goals are planned, practical and down to earth. He has a positive not stop until they are achieved. self-esteem that contributes to his success. He has enough self-confidence to leave Colwell: “That’s me! When I set out to do something, I do it.” a bad situation, yet he will not take great risks, as they relate to his goals. Kroboth: “I am truly amazed at this insight. It is entirely on target . . . and I could This person has a private side that he intends to keep that way. This person can give examples!” keep secrets and confidences. This is a good trait to have especially if he needs to keep certain information confidential. This person desires people to speak to him in a direct manner. He does not Colwell: “On the private side, I would relate it to the fact that I may be loud and to like “beating around the bush”; he wants to get directly to the point and not the point (on first impression), but once past that I will do what I can to help or change waste his time. the situation. On keeping secrets and confidences, that is one thing the University Times Kroboth: “How my handwriting gave insight to this last statement amazes me. I wishes I did not do. But as president of SAC, that is a trait that is a must to have, and personally think it would be more accurate if the ‘and not waste time’ had been omitted. without it I would never have any information shared with me. Maybe that is why I have I do at least take time to say hello!” n been the president or vice president of SAC for 13 years in a row.” n

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P E O P L E O F T H E T I M E S The Association of Depart- Database Task- ments of English (ADE) executive force, a collab- M. Ilyas American Heart Association and a vice to the management account- committee will present this year’s orative effort K a m b o h , founding member of the scientific ing section. Francis Andrew March Award to of the Society professor at advisory board of the Alzheimer’s Birnberg’s research focuses David Bartholomae, professor for Preven- the Graduate CURE Foundation. on the application of behavioral and chair of Pitt’s Department tion Research School of Public He has served on the editorial sciences to accounting problems of English, at the Modern Lan- and the Early Health, has boards of Ethnicity and Disease, from both macro and micro per- guage Association (MLA) annual Career Preven- been appointed as well as Human Biology, and is spectives. convention in San Francisco this tionist Network. chair of the associate editor of the Annals of His research interests center month. The purpose of this task force Department of Human Genetics. on the role of modern manage- Established is to encourage and facilitate Human Genet- ment techniques, both analytical in 1984, the ADE collaborative secondary analyses ics. In his new position, Kamboh Jacob G. Birnberg, the Robert and behavioral, in planning and Francis Andrew of existing prevention-oriented will guide the department in its W. Murphy Jr. Professor of Man- controlling an organization and March Award databases as a way of utilizing these mission to study the role of genet- agement Con- its activities. recognizes dis- resources to improve people’s lives ics in causing and contributing to trol Systems tinguished ser- through preventive intervention. human disease. Emeritus at the Also at the Katz school, Robert vice to the profession of English Kamboh, who holds a second- Katz Graduate Perloff, professor emeritus of at the post-secondary level. The Thomas E. Smithgall, profes- ary appointment as professor of School of Busi- business and psychology, received committee looks for candidates sor of microbiology and molecular psychiatry in the School of Medi- ness, was chosen the President’s Award from the whose impact reverberates beyond genetics at the School of Medicine, cine, is a molecular geneticist and t o r e c e i v e National Association for Research the local to affect the ADE and has been appointed chair of the genetic epidemiologist with more the Lifetime & Therapy of Homosexuality for MLA communities and the profes- Department of Microbiology and than 20 years of experience work- Contribution to Management his “unfailing support for those sion at large. Molecular Genetics. ing on the genetics of common Accounting Award by the Ameri- whose voices would not otherwise Bartholomae is a well-known His appointment becomes diseases, including coronary artery can Accounting Association. be heard.” scholar in composition, literacy effective Jan. 1. disease, Alzheimer’s disease, dia- The award recognizes indi- and pedagogy. His most recent Smithgall has been a faculty betes and lupus. He has received viduals who have made significant Mathew Rosenblum, profes- book is a collection of essays, member at the medical school for funding for the National Institutes contributions to management sor of music “Writing on the Margins: Essays 10 years. He studies the structure, of Health totaling more than accounting education, research and director on Composition and Teaching.” regulation and signaling mecha- $20 million, and has published and/or practice over a sustained of graduate Among Bartholomae’s awards nisms of the Src enzyme family hundreds of scientific articles in period of time through scholarly studies in the are the 2006 Conference on and its role in the development peer-reviewed journals. endeavors, teaching excellence, Department College Composition and Com- of cancer and AIDS. Kamboh is a fellow of the educational innovation and/or ser- of Music, will munication Exemplar Award and In particular, his work has be one of five the 2004 MLA Mina Shaughnessy identified Src signaling proteins senior faculty composers at the Award. as potential targets for the treat- June in Buffalo Festival and Con- He served a 2004–06 term on ment of chronic myelogenous ference, set for June 1-7, 2009. the ADE executive committee leukemia. Some of those findings In addition to offering master and a 1998–2001 term on the were published recently in the classes and lectures about his MLA executive council. He was Journal of Biological Chemistry compositions, Rosenblum will the 2006 ADE president, served and were cited by scientific peers have three works performed by the on the ADE ad hoc committee on of the Faculty of 1000/Biology for New York New Music Ensemble assessment, and chaired the ADE their significance to the field. He and the Verge Ensemble and by ad hoc committee on staffing and also is exploring the Src protein faculty members of the University the MLA ad hoc committee on family as therapeutic targets for of Buffalo’s Department of Music, MLA style. HIV/AIDS. which co-sponsors the event with Smithgall currently serves as the Robert and Carol Morris Also in the English depart- principal investigator on three Center for 21st Century Music. ment, associate professor Nancy National Institutes of Health Glazener was awarded this year’s (NIH) grants and is a co-investiga- Clark Chilson, assistant pro- Foerster Prize for her essay, “Ben- tor on several additional grants. fessor of reli- jamin Franklin and the Limits of He is the primary author or gious studies, Secular Society.” co-author of more than 90 peer- was awarded a The Norman Foerster Prize is reviewed research reports, as well 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 0 9 given annually for the best field- as 14 invited reviews and book Lilly Endow- shaping essay published during chapters. ment/Wabash the year in the journal American He also serves as a member of Center grant Literature. The award will be an American Cancer Society study to conduct two presented at the MLA convention section and previously served on workshops for this month. several NIH study sections, as well university and college faculty on Glazener’s scholarship and as other review panels for the NIH pedagogies for civic engagement teaching focus on 18th-, 19th- and and the National Science Founda- in the study of religion. 20th-century U.S. literature, espe- tion. n cially fiction. Chilson was in Japan in 2007- The People of the Times Her interests 2008 working on a manuscript column features recent news include gender titled “The Consequences of on faculty and staff, includ- studies, recep- Concealment: A Comparative ing awards and other honors, tion theory, Study of Two Underground Tra- accomplishments and admin- cultural mate- ditions of Shin Buddhism” with istrative appointments. rialism, psychoanalysis, the insti- the support of a Social Science We welcome submissions tutional history of literary studies Research Council/Japan Society from all areas of the University. and the history of versions of for the Promotion of Science Send information via email personhood. Fellowship. to: [email protected], by fax at His “Nanzan Guide to Japa- 412/624-4579 or by campus nese Religions,” co-edited with Ty Ridenour, associate mail to 308 Bellefield Hall. Paul Swanson, was selected as a research professor of pharma- For submission guidelines, 2007 Outstanding Academic Title ceutical sciences at the School visit www.umc.pitt.edu/utimes/ by Choice: Current Reviews for of Pharmacy, has been named deadlines.html online. Academic Libraries. first chair of the newly created New web site established for reporting smoking problems Pitt’s Clean Air Initiative changing the social norms to to Tobacco) Center, part of has created a web site (www. discourage smoking and promote the Graduate School of Public ehs.pitt.edu/contact/concern. cessation, and addressing smoker Health; the Office of Health html) as a way for the University etiquette and environmental Education and Promotion, part community to report safety and issues, such as second-hand smoke of Student Health Service, and health-related concerns. and tobacco-related litter. the tobacco dependence initia- The goals of the Clean Air (See Oct. 23 University Times.) tive program, part of UPMC Initiative are to address prob- The Clean Air Initiative is Health Plan. lems related to smoking and a task force of faculty, staff and Information submitted on tobacco use on the Pittsburgh students recently formed under the web site will be used to campus, including reducing the the auspices of the ReSET track problem areas around the rate of smoking campus-wide; (Reduce Smoking and Exposure campus. n

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R E S E A R C H N O T E S Journal of the American College ment plan. of Cardiology. “We would suggest that more Mercury ID the mercury seeping from a filling The myoendothelial cells used More information on Huard’s options are better, because more- made easier into a person’s body and about in this study were more effective research is available at www.chp. knowledgeable investors are able Pitt researchers have devel- the disposal of unused amalgam at repairing the injured cardiac edu by clicking on “Research.” to handle larger assortments and oped a simple and quick method by dentist offices (which is not muscle and reducing scar tissue prefer them,” says Pitt researcher for detecting mercury in fish and federally regulated in the United than previous approaches that More fund J. Jeffrey Inman, Albert Wesley dental samples, two substances at States). have used muscle cells known as choices not Frey Professor of Marketing and the center of public concern about To test for leaching, the team myoblasts, according to Huard. always better professor of business administra- mercury contamination. pressed a cloth to a tooth with an “This study confirms our belief As the number of mutual funds tion. “On the other hand, our The technique involves a amalgam filling for one minute; that this novel population of stem offered by employers grows, results suggest that investment fluorescent substance that glows the sample glowed when exposed cells discovered in our laboratory less-knowledgeable investors are counseling is key for employees bright green when it comes into to the mercury-detecting agent. holds tremendous promise for the making increasingly riskier deci- who are less knowledgeable about contact with oxidized mercury, the They also submerged two amal- future of regenerative medicine. sions in the allocations of their investing.” researchers report in the current gam-filled teeth in the amino Specifically, myoendothelial cells 401(k) retirement savings, accord- In the study, the proportion online edition of the Journal of the acid cysteine to mimic sulfur- show potential as a therapy for ing to “Saving for Retirement: of dollars allocated to stocks (vs. American Chemical Society. The rich foods, which are thought to people who have suffered a myo- The Effects of Fund Assortment bonds or cash) more than doubled intensity of the glow indicates the increase mercury seepage from cardial infarction,” said Huard, Size and Investor Knowledge for less-knowledgeable investors amount of mercury present. amalgam. Again, the cysteine solu- who also is the Henry J. Mankin on Asset Allocation Strategies,” when the number of options Developed in the laboratory tion turned bright green when the Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic which recently appeared in the increased, whereas the number of of chemistry professor Kazunori indicator was added, suggesting Surgery Research, deputy direc- Journal of Consumer Affairs. options had no significant impact Koide, the test can detect mercury that Koide’s method also can be tor for cellular therapy at the The study was conducted on the allocation strategies for in 30-60 minutes for dental fillings used to monitor mercury leaching McGowan Institute for Regen- by researchers at the Joseph M. more-knowledgeable investors. (amalgams) or 10-30 minutes for caused by sulfur-rich food. erative Medicine and an associate Katz Graduate School of Busi- Inman notes that while it is fish, Koide said. “Our method In terms of amalgam disposal, director of the Pittsburgh Tissue ness, Rutgers School of Busi- not necessarily undesirable for could be used in the fish market Koide suggested that his method Engineering Initiative. ness-Camden and the McCombs less-knowledgeable investors to or the dentist office,” he said. “We could be used to test dentist office “The important benefit of School of Business, University of allocate more of their dollars to have developed a reliable indicator wastewater for mercury content our approach is that as a therapy, Texas-Austin. stocks, it is disconcerting that for mercury that a person could on site without sending samples it would be an autologous trans- The results indicate that less- merely changing the total number easily and safely use at home.” to analytical laboratories. plant. This means that for a patient knowledgeable investors change of funds offered in the plan has The fluorescence results from The paper can be found at who suffers a heart attack, we their asset allocation strategies such a large impact on the risk the reaction of mercury ions with pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ would take a muscle biopsy from when more investment options are profile for their investment port- hydrocarbons called alkynes; the ja805678r. his or her muscle, isolate and offered, allocating a significantly folios. alkyne is converted into a ketone purify the myoendothelial cells higher proportion of dollars to Inman suggests that employers and creates a fluorescent molecule. Stem cells and re-inject them into the injured stocks when choosing from the offer a “Test Your Investing IQ” Koide’s method differs from simi- repair heart heart muscle, thereby avoiding any larger assortment. quiz for their employees to assess lar mercury indicators in that it tissue risk of rejection by introducing The results are based upon which are at the greatest risk. withstands the oxidation process Researchers at Children’s foreign cells.” a decision simulation conducted “Another course of action is for mercury samples must undergo Hospital have been able to repair Results of this study were pub- among 211 adults whose task employers to advise all employees prior to testing, Koide said. The damaged heart muscle using stem lished in the Dec. 2 issue of the was to invest in a 401(k) retire- CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 mercury variety found in most fish cells derived from human skeletal and dental amalgams — such as the muscle tissue. toxic methyl mercury — must be The research team was led by converted into a safer variety of Johnny Huard, a professor in mercury with an oxidizing agent. the departments of orthopaedic Other fluorescent detectors often surgery, molecular genetics, bio- are not compatible with samples chemistry, bioengineering and that have been oxidized. pathology. The team transplanted In testing fish, Koide and his stem cells purified from human team oxidized a piece of salmon muscle-derived blood vessels into (about the size of a fingertip) in the hearts of mice that had heart water mixed with a chlorine solu- damage similar to damage that tion similar to household bleach. would occur in people who had The conversion process is safe suffered a heart attack. and relatively simple, Koide said. These transplanted myoendo- Afterward, the team added the thelial cells repaired the injured alkyne solution and the mixture muscle, stimulated the growth of glowed bright green. new blood vessels in the heart and The Pitt researchers also tested reduced scar tissue from the injury, for mercury leaching from dental thereby dramatically improving amalgam, a common tooth filling the function of the injured left composed primarily of mercury ventricle, said Huard, director of mixed with smaller amounts of the Stem Cell Research Center at other metals. Concern exists about Children’s Hospital.

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R E S E A R C H N O T E S The University Times Research Notes column aims to inform CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 readers about funding awarded to Pitt researchers and to report to set target allocations for the understanding the pathophysiol- loci — or positions of genes on a briefly on findings arising from University research. three asset classes (stocks, bonds, ogy of schizophrenia and finding chromosome — one that controls We welcome submissions from all areas of the University. Submit and money market funds) before better treatments is to identify sterility and fertility in males and information via email to: [email protected], by fax to 412/624-4579 they begin to consider the specific these networks. [These data sug- the other in females. Offspring or by campus mail to 308 Bellefield Hall. investment alternatives.” gest] that the orbitofrontal cortex that inherit both fertility versions For submission guidelines, visit www.umc.pitt.edu/utimes/dead- may be a critical component in are hermaphrodites capable of lines.html online. networks affected by schizophre- self-breeding. Plants that possess nia.” one fertility and one sterility ver- invisible mass thought to occupy treatments for schizophrenia, said The paper can be found at sion become either male or female. nearly one-quarter of the universe lead author David Lewis, UPMC www.pnas.org. Those with both sterility versions — swept through these disks Endowed Chair in Translational cannot reproduce. and further pulled stars from the Neuroscience in the departments The single-sex plants breed not Evolution of main disk. of psychiatry and neuroscience at only with one another but also with genders The researchers’ scenario the School of Medicine. hermaphroditic plants and pass on studied largely applies to the formation “The drugs we use now to treat the mutation, which can result in Pitt research published in the of the rings and long flares of psychiatric disorders are based on single-sex offspring. Nov. 20 edition of Heredity finally stars that surround such galaxies serendipitous discoveries made When inbreeding depres- could provide evidence of the first as the Milky Way, Zentner said. several decades ago,” he said. “In sion in hermaphrodites also stages of the evolution of separate But the model also presents a pos- contrast, in this study we have is considered, Ashman said, a sexes, a theory that holds that sible solution to how star spirals identified a faulty brain circuit gradual decline in the number New target for males and females developed from — the arcs of stars that radiate in schizophrenia, found an agent of hermaphroditic plants is to be schizophrenia hermaphroditic ancestors. These from the center of some disk with characteristics that affect a expected. Consequently, fewer found early stages are not understood galaxies — maintain their shape. specific molecular target in that chromosomes with both fertility New research could expand completely because the majority Spirals form as a result of any dis- circuit and then tested it to see versions of the loci will be passed the options for controlling schizo- of animal species developed into turbance to the star disk, Zentner what happened.” on and the frequency of single-sex phrenia by identifying a brain separate sexes too long ago for sci- said. However, the prolonged Earlier research indicated individuals will increase. region that responds to more than entists to observe the transition. disturbance of a galaxy and dark that a reduction of signaling by The paper is available online one type of antipsychotic drug. However, Tia-Lynn Ashman, matter expanse passing through a the neurotransmitter GABA in at www.nature.com/hdy/journal/ The findings illustrate for the first a plant evolutionary ecologist in disk explains why the spirals never circuits in an area of the brain vaop/ncurrent/full/hdy2008100a. time that the orbitofrontal cortex the Department of Biological Sci- seem to recede. called the dorsolateral prefrontal html. could be a promising target for ences, documented early separate- “Our model suggests that cortex might be to blame for developing future antipsychotic sex evolution in a wild strawberry a violent collision throws stars some of the cognitive problems drugs — even those that have very species still transitioning from Research sheds everywhere and continues moving in schizophrenia, Lewis said. To different mechanisms of action. hermaphroditism. light on through the disk, disturbing its compensate for the lower levels The study appears in the online These findings also apply to galaxy’s shape structure,” Zentner said. “It also of GABA, it appears that a bio- edition of the journal Proceed- animals (via the unified theory) The bright pinwheels and has been known for some time chemical feedback loop increases ings of National Academy of and provide the first evidence broad star sweeps iconic of disk that for star spirals to develop the number of a specific type of Sciences. in support of the theory that the galaxies such as the Milky Way and maintain their well-known GABA receptor on neurons to Bita Moghaddam, professor establishment of separate sexes might all be the shrapnel from form, there must be a prolonged capture more neurotransmit- in the Department of Neurosci- stemmed from a genetic mutation massive, violent collisions with disturbance. We show that large ter. The study drug, MK-0777, ence and the paper’s lead author, in hermaphroditic genes that led other galaxies and galaxy-size masses moving through a galaxy binds to the alpha-2 subunit of working with UPMC neurology to male and female sex chromo- chunks of dark matter, according could provide that disturbance.” the GABAA receptor and, when resident Houman Homayoun, somes. With the ability to breed to a multi-institutional project that The team’s findings were ser- GABA is present, increases the found that schizophrenia-like but spared the inbred defects of includes a Pitt researcher. endipitous, Zentner explained. flow of ions through the receptor, activity in the orbitofrontal cortex hermaphrodites, the separate Published in the Nov. 20 edi- They were modeling disk galax- in essence turning up the volume — a brain region responsible for sexes flourished. tion of The Astrophysical Journal, ies for an unrelated astrological on GABA signaling. cognitive activity such as deci- “This is an important test of the findings challenge the long- survey when they inadvertently For the study, 15 men with sion-making — could be triggered the theory of the early stages of sex standing theory that the bright discovered that stars in the main schizophrenia were randomly by the two different neurotrans- chromosome evolution and part extensions and rings surround- disk scattered when smaller galax- assigned to take either MK-0777 mitters linked to schizophrenia: of the process of understanding ing galaxies are the remnants of ies passed through. or a placebo for four weeks. They dopamine and glutamate. Brain the way we are today,” Ashman smaller star clusters that struck They shared their results with underwent neuropsychological activity then was normalized said. She added that the study also a larger, primary galaxy then colleagues a year ago, and the tests at baseline, two weeks and both by established antipsychotic shows that plants can lend insight fragmented. results have since been replicated, four weeks after starting the drug, medications that regulate only into animal and human evolu- A team that included Andrew Zentner said. as well as an electroencephalo- dopamine and by experimental tion. “We have the opportunity Zentner, Pitt professor of physics The paper is available on gram (EEG) assessment while treatments that specifically target to observe the evolution of sex and astronomy, and researchers Pitt’s web site at www.pitt.edu/ doing a cognitive task. glutamate. chromosomes in plants because at the University of California- news2008/zentner_paper.pdf. The researchers found that “The orbitofrontal cortex that development is more recent. Irvine, Ohio State University, the the drug was well tolerated and is an area that’s been some- We wouldn’t see this in animals University of Chicago and the that participants who took MK- what neglected in schizophrenia because the sex chromosomes NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Test drug aids 0777 had improvements in both research. This study should developed so long ago. Instead, at the California Institute of Tech- memory in working memory (the ability to encourage researchers to focus we can study a species that is in nology, found that their computer schizophrenic keep information in mind to guide on this brain region in imaging that early stage now and apply it simulations of galaxy formation patients behavior) and the EEG signal that and other human studies, and also to animals based on the unified suggest that disk galaxies most Pitt researchers have found accompanies working memory. to use as a model for developing theory that animal and plant biol- likely began as flat, centralized an experimental agent that shows Still, because the study is small, antipsychotic drugs,” Moghad- ogy often overlaps.” star clusters. promise in addressing working more trials will have to be done to dam said. “Schizophrenia appears Ashman and postdoctoral Smaller galaxies collided with memory impairments that occur verify the value of the experimen- to be caused by very diverse and research associate Rachel Spigler and tore through these disks bil- in schizophrenia. tal compound, Lewis noted. sometimes rare genetic mutations. worked with a wild strawberry lions of years ago, casting disk stars The results published in this The study was funded by Diverse mutations can end up species in which the evolution of outward into the wild extensions month’s American Journal of Psy- grants from Merck, the National causing the same disease if they separate sexes is not complete, so present now; the bright center is chiatry break new ground in the Institute of Mental Health and the disrupt the function of a common hermaphrodites exist among male the original formation. In addi- strategy used to develop new drug National Institutes of Health. n group of neurons or networks of and female plants. Sex chromo- tion, vast bodies of dark matter neurons. We think that the key to somes in these plants have two — a low-density, high-gravity New study-abroad program developed The Study Abroad Office has developed a new initiative called Pitt MAP, or Pitt multi-region academic program. The program will launch in spring 2010 with a semester-long trip to Buenos Aires, Cape Town and Beijing. The theme for the 2010 trip is State Memory/Private Lives. The curriculum will address the ways in which memory systems are con- structed and sustained across three very different cultures. This focus will be pursued in coursework and with site investigations that examine the tension between official state structures intended to encourage unity — city museums, war memorials, national commemorative sites — and private practices of self and family, such as holiday ritual, marketplace routine and civic activism. Students who have completed at least 24 credits at Pitt can study abroad — although the coursework will be most suitable for juniors and seniors. Future Pitt MAP themes will focus on global health; conflict and conflict resolution; sustainable development; globalized economy and global governance, and community, technology and society. For more information about Pitt MAP and other study-abroad options, contact Vanessa Sterling, 4-2033 or [email protected]. n

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I N M E M O R I A M Margaret Lucille Jonnet and Jo Ann R. Hartz The Katz Graduate School of Business has been stunned by the unexpected deaths now. This is a big loss for the school and all of us.” of administrative assistants Margie Jonnet and Jo Ann Hartz. Colleagues returned from the University’s Thanksgiving holiday break this week Jonnet, 58, died Nov. 21, the day of the school’s annual Thanksgiving luncheon, an to the news that Hartz, who had worked side by side with Jonnet in Mervis Hall, died event she helped to establish. Colleagues said Jonnet came to work feeling poorly and unexpectedly Nov. 29 while recovering from recent knee surgery. quickly grew more ill. She was transported to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital where she Hartz, 60, had been on medical leave since Oct. 8 but was planning to return to died that morning. work in January. Her death prompted Katz Dean John Delaney’s message to the school’s employees: “I “Everyone is just in shock,” said marketing and business administration professor know that this is a particular shock today, as we have our Thanksgiving lunch scheduled Jeffrey Inman, one of the faculty members for whom Hartz worked as an assistant. in a few minutes. I leave it to you to decide whether or not to attend. At the same time, Counselors from the University’s faculty and staff assistance program, Life Solutions, Margie always promoted fellowship and went out of her way to comfort anyone in his have been invited to the school to help faculty and staff deal with the deaths. or her time of need. I suspect that she would rather have us get together and continue A committee has been established to consider suggestions for memorials at the Katz one of the strong traditions that she endorsed despite the sadness that overwhelms us school in honor of the two women, Delaney said. Details remain incomplete.

Margaret Lucille Jonnet celebration of the Pittsburgh outside the school, but the center tional, 1980-85. felt happier when I was out of Pirates’ 1960 World Series vic- of her life was the Katz school. We Jonnet is survived by her sister town,” he said. Co-workers described Jonnet tory, which takes place outside will miss her terribly.” Virginia Halleran; her nieces Janet Hartz took great pleasure as committed, beloved, com- Mervis Hall. An avid bird-lover and nature Groff, Laura Meili, Amy Shel- in helping and doing favors for passionate, friendly, helpful, Katz professor Audrey Mur- enthusiast, Jonnet helped estab- don and Jennifer Coleman; her others, Chatterjee said. “She was professional and inspirational, rell said, “Margie always helped lish an adoption program for nephew John Halleran Jr., and 13 there to help everyone else.” with exceptional leadership and people come together or feel unwanted cage birds. She was an great-nieces and great-nephews. Katz professor Jeffrey Inman organizational skills. better over food. She discovered officer of the Greater Pittsburgh Memorial contributions may remembered Hartz for her “can- “Margie Jonnet transformed the best pickles at Giant Eagle Cage Bird Society, the Erie Cage be made to the Margaret Jonnet do” attitude. “She was always the Katz school from an institution Market District and organized Bird Society and the Greater Memorial Fund, c/o S&T Bank, willing to do whatever it took to to a family,” said professor John several ‘pickle lunch’ gatherings in Pittsburgh Cactus and Succulent 7660 Saltsburg Rd., Pittsburgh carry out her assigned tasks and Camillus. “She was the center of the office. She always brought in Society. 15239. to chip in to help out when things the social life of the school.” pie to celebrate National Pi Day, In 2001, she coordinated the needed to be done,” he said. Jo Ann R. Hartz Jonnet started at the Katz and helped to create the annual establishment of the Greater “She was a wonderful person school in 1969 as a secretary after Thanksgiving dinner because she Pittsburgh Water Garden Society, Hartz began a secretarial who improved the attitudes of earning a secretarial certificate at was concerned about the students serving as its inaugural presi- career at Pitt in 1972 in what was those around her.” the Berkeley Business School (now who couldn’t go home for this dent. then the School of Library and Katz Dean John Delaney said, the Bradford School) in Pitts- holiday.” She also was a member of Information Science. She moved “Jo Ann was a wonderful employee burgh. She had been a member of In addition to school activi- Professional Secretaries Interna- to the music department in 1989 who was devoted to the school and the Katz participation team — a ties, Jonnet actively supported a and to Institutional Advancement its faculty, staff and students. She group of business school employee number of charities, Murrell said. in 1992. was looking forward to returning volunteers who meet to discuss “She was very concerned about the She left the University in 1995, to work and had just sent a very work problems and implement troops who had to be away from but returned to join the Katz staff nice Thanksgiving message to social activities — since its incep- home and families, particularly at in 1997. several staff members. We will tion in 1987. the holidays. One of her favorite Hartz was a capable, selfless miss her smile, the compassion That service as well as her organizations was Operation and unflappable assistant, said she showed to everyone and her role as the school’s United Way Troop Appreciation. It would be professor Rabikar Chatterjee, dedication.” representative for many years and a great way to honor her if people who had worked with her since his Hartz is survived by siblings her involvement in a number of supported the troops during this arrival at Pitt a dozen years ago. In Howard A. Hartz and Jean Hartz community organizations earned holiday season.” addition, he said, she had a terrific McElwain; a niece, Marianne Jonnet the Chancellor’s Distin- Camillus said, “Margie Jonnet sense of humor. “She was so much Murdy; and nephews Brian guished Service Award for Staff was the leader, spokesperson and fun to be around. She made it fun McElwain, and Christopher and Employees in 2001. confidante of all the secretarial to come to work,” Chatterjee said. Robert Hartz. Jonnet also served on the Katz staff. There was no better person Hartz nicknamed his office plant Memorial donations may be safety committee. in a crisis and she loved manag- Lily, although it wasn’t a lily, and made to Animal Friends, 2643 Recently, she helped organize ing major events like international cared for it when he was away. Penn Ave., Pittsburgh 15222. a luncheon as part of the annual symposiums. She had a full life Margie Jonnet “The joke was the plant always Peter Hart & Kimberly Barlow Ana M. Guzman Ana M. Guzman, retired asso- architecture and I didn’t want to She also is credited with lead- to the City of Pittsburgh’s Board Guzman is survived by her son ciate vice chancellor of Facilities lose the training.” ing Pitt’s campus beautification of Appeals, eventually becoming Javier Guzman; her daughter Ana Management, died Dec. 1, 2008, She also wanted to learn efforts by providing consistent board chair. She also was the first Cecilia Quezada; five grandchil- following a brief illness. the English language better, so building signage, improved out- woman invited to membership dren, Luis, Alex, Elliot, Rio and During her tenure leading Guzman took a part-time job with door lighting and seasonal flora in the Association of University Cruz; two sisters; a brother, and Facilities Management from 1996 John Schurko and Associates, a where green space allowed. Architects. She served as that two sisters-in-law. until 2005, Guzman presided over Downtown architectural firm that Jerome Cochran, executive organization’s president (1995- A service in celebration of an unprecedented era of expansion specialized in university architec- vice chancellor and Guzman’s 96), received its distinguished Guzman’s life is set for noon, Dec. on Pitt’s five campuses. ture and state-funded projects. At former boss, said, “Everywhere service award in 2004 and was 5, in Heinz Memorial Chapel, with After her retirement, Guzman that time she was one of only four you turn on Pitt’s campuses, you named a fellow of the association a reception following in the Con- continued her association with female architects in Pittsburgh. see the gift that was Ana’s.” that same year. nolly Ballroom in Alumni Hall. the University, serving as a con- Guzman left the Schurko Guzman’s professional suc- She also was named to the Memorial contributions may sultant as well as a member of architectural firm with associate cess transcended the University Pennsylvania State Architecture be made to the Greater Pittsburgh the Pitt United Way steering status and began her Pitt career in campuses: In addition to being Licensure Board and to the board Community Food Bank, 1 N. committee. 1978 as a construction supervisor one of the few women in the of trustees of the Ellis School. Linden Street, Duquesne 15110. “It is impossible to overstate and designer for the Bradford and country to manage large-scale In addition to her husband, —Peter Hart n the value of her contributions to Johnstown campuses. She then construction projects, she also the University,” said Chancellor moved to the Pittsburgh campus was the first woman appointed Mark A. Nordenberg. “In fact, as a project manager, manager of her impact was so significant that I state-funded projects and director Knapp room dedication planned used to refer to her, both publicly of design planning, among other A plaque and portrait etching will be unveiled at 11 a.m. Dec. and privately, as ‘St. Ana,’ a title responsibilities. 15 as a room on Hillman Library’s ground floor is dedicated in reflecting the enormous respect She was named head of Facili- honor of Amy E. Knapp, University Library System librarian and she had earned throughout the ties Management in 1996. That School of Information Sciences adjunct faculty member, who died University community.” put her in charge of some 500 May 31 following a battle with cancer. A native of Argentina who employees, 64 buildings, more Knapp earned her bachelor’s degree, two master’s degrees and earned a degree at the Universidad than 6.5 million square feet of a PhD at Pitt. Nacional de Cordoba’s School of building space and 12 miles of She began her ULS career as an undergraduate student in the Architecture and Urban Planning, underground utilities on the 1980s. She held several positions at ULS, rising to assistant uni- Guzman came to Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh campus alone. versity librarian in 2002. In that capacity she managed the ULS 1967 with two small children and During her last decade at Pitt, Public Services Division and departmental libraries. her husband, Alberto, a materials Guzman presided over the largest In addition to the room dedication, the first recipient of science engineer who was hired capital development effort in the the Dr. Amy E. Knapp Award will be announced at noon in that year by Carnegie Mellon. University’s history — more than the William Pitt Union as part of the ULS in-service day. “I decided to go to work right $500 million in capital projects The award will recognize individuals who have demonstrated away,” Guzman told the Univer- that included the Petersen Events exemplary service to the organizational goals of ULS and to sity Times just prior to her retire- Center, Sennott Square and the the community service ideals Knapp exemplified. n ment in 2005. “I had a degree in renovation of Alumni Hall. Ana M. Guzman

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C A L E N D A R Monday 15 UPCI CI3 Program Seminar “DC & Regulatory T Cells,” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 Therese Whiteside & Penelope Amy Knapp Room Dedica- Morel; “HCC Immunotherapy EMS Stroke Initiative,” Mark Pulmonary Grand Rounds tion Wednesday 10 & Biomarkers: Proposals & Revi- Pinchalk; “Prehospital Care Case “Sarcoidosis: An Unsolved Mys- In honor of Pitt librarian who Study: Double Trouble,” Chris tery,” Lobelia Samavati; 628NW sions,” Lisa Butterfield; Hillman Clinical Oncology Grand died May 31; gr. fl. Hillman, Martin-Gill; “Pandemic Pre- Montefiore, noon Cancer Ctr. 2nd fl. conf. rm., Rounds 11 am paredness: Role of EMS & EM Dental Education Seminar 5-6:30 pm “Where I Have Been & Where Physicians,” Joe Suyama; 230 “CPR Update Session for Reli- UPMC DDC Grand Rounds I Am Going,” Laurence Baker; Tuesday 16 McKee Pl., suite 500, classrm. censure,” Michael Cuddy; 2148 “Endoscopic & Radiologic Cooper Conf. Ctr., classrm. 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