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LRDC’s Janet Schofield has found Sodexo’s new composter is turning herself doing a little bit of everything dining hall trash into treasure...... 3 in her effort to help establish the first If you’re searching for a fact on private college in the Himalayan Pitt or any of the other state-related schools, there’s a good chance you’ll country of Bhutan. See pages 8 & 9. find it in the annual Snyder reports U N I V E R S I T Y that the schools are required to file TIMES with the state...... 7 VOLUME 43 • NUMBER 10 JANUARY 20, 2011 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Port Authority OKs reduced March cuts he Port Authority of allows the transit company to to the Port Authority. Allegheny County will cut stretch the emergency funding The contract includes a re- Tits service by 15 percent, from the commonwealth over 18 opener clause wherein either party including some service to Oak- months, through June 30, 2012. with 60 days’ notice prior to the land, beginning March 27. Port Authority CEO Steve end of a contract year may demand The plan, approved last week Bland said at the Jan. 12 public a renegotiation of the fee for the by the Port Authority board, will board meeting, “We want it to following year. Pitt is contracted eliminate 29 routes and cause be absolutely clear that this is to pay $6.8 million for the year 180 employee layoffs. The plan only a temporary solution and a July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012, an amends a scheduled 35 percent painful one at that. We’re going increase of 15 percent over the service cut that was set to go into to work very aggressively with the current year. effect in March, prior to a $45 state legislature to find a sustain- Eli Shorak, associate vice chan- million infusion of emergency able transit solution. We’ve only cellor for Business, told the Uni- state funds announced by outgo- bought some time.” versity Times, “The University’s ing Gov. Edward G. Rendell in Absent a permanent fix to the agreement with the Port Authority December. (See Jan. 6 University chronic budget shortfalls, Bland does include language acknowl- Times.) said the Port Authority likely will edging that the compensation paid Under the revamped plan reinstitute the 35 percent service by the University is in consider- approved Jan. 12, weekday service cuts approved under the previous ation for a certain level and type of cuts will be made on 37 routes plan, although he did not specify service. The University does plan instead of 79; 63 routes will remain when such cuts might occur. to consult with the Port Authority unchanged. Service to about half The March cuts will be the regarding service modifications of the ridership will be affected, fourth phase of service reduction, and the impact these may have Port Authority officials estimated. which began last April, followed on our riders. These discussions The new plan is expected to by cuts in June and September. may also include recommended produce an estimated 5 percent q compensation adjustments if it is weekday ridership loss, that is, Under a five-year contract determined that service modifica- about 12,000 fewer passenger with the Port Authority that runs tions have a significant impact on trips each weekday. The transit through June 30, 2012, Pitt is the University’s overall ridership company’s average weekday rider- paying $5.91 million for the cur- levels.” ship is 240,000. rent fiscal year (2010-11) for free The contract also calls for a The transit company also will bus rides for its valid ID holders. renegotiation of the annual fee close its Harmar garage. Pitt riders account for about 6 to be triggered by the installa- Kimberly K. Barlow The 15 percent reduction million rides annually, according tion of “smart card” technology on all Port Authority vehicles, a process that has been slowed by technology glitches, Port Author- Tulsa coach takes reins of Pitt program ity officials have said. That program will change the ulsa head coach Todd Graham was introduced Jan. year from Pitt over what is believed following a Dec. 31 arrest on way Pitt riders are counted, with Graham last week was 11 by Steve Pederson, director of to be a five-year contract. charges of domestic battery. (See fare boxes that scan Pitt ID cards Tnamed Pitt’s head football Athletics, who said he was thrilled Graham succeeds Dave Jan. 6 University Times.) replacing the system of drivers coach, following a tumultuous that Graham had accepted the Wannstedt, who resigned under The co-Big East champion manually tracking the number month for the program that saw coaching job. pressure Dec. 6, and Miami Panthers finished 8-5 this past of Pitt riders. The new system a former head coach resign under At the Jan. 11 press conference, University of Ohio’s Michael season, including a 27-10 win over is expected to eliminate human pressure and his initial replace- Graham introduced five of his new Haywood, who was hired by Pitt Kentucky in the Jan. 8 Compass error and catch invalid IDs, thus ment fired. assistant coaches: Calvin Magee, on Dec. 16 then fired on Jan. 1, Bowl. yielding a more accurate count of Graham comes to Pitt after offensive coordinator, who comes New Pitt head football coach Todd Graham addresses the local Pitt rides, Port Authority officials four years at Tulsa, where he to Pitt from Michigan’s coaching media Jan. 11. noted. had three 10-win campaigns and staff; and fellow Tulsa The University’s payment to three bowl victories. He compiled coaches, Tony Gibson, the Port Authority is subsidized in a 36-17 overall record with the secondary coach and part by the $90 per term security, Golden Hurricane, including a recruiting coordina- safety and transportation fee that 10-3 mark this season. tor; Keith Patterson, Pittsburgh campus students pay. In addition to Tulsa, he served defensive coordina- (The balance comes from the as head coach at Rice for one tor; Paul Randolph, auxiliary operations budget of the season (2006), leading the Owls executive associate Office of Parking, Transportation to their first bowl game in 45 head coach/defen- and Services.) years and earning Conference sive line coach, and John Fedele, Pitt associate USA Coach of the Year honors. Mike Norvell, passing director of news, said that students Graham’s career head coaching game coordinator/co- will not face an increase in fees in record is 43-23 and includes four offensive coordinator. the near term. bowl bids in five seasons. Graham is expected “There is likely no need for Under Graham’s direction, to hire another four student fee increases in the near Tulsa led the nation in total assistants. future. Once Port Authority has offense twice (2007 and 2008) Terms of Gra- the smart card put on all trans- and ranked fifth this year. While ham’s contract were portation, we will review this,” he has a reputation for devising not announced, but Fedele said. high-octane offensive game plans, according to multiple q the 46-year-old coach built his media reports, he was Among the Oakland service career on defense and also has earning $1.3 million a cuts starting March 27 are: served as a defensive coordinator year at Tulsa and will • 42 Mt. Lebanon-Oakland and position coach. receive $2 million a Mike Drazdzinkski/CIDDE CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

1 U N I V E R S I T Y TIMES Port Authority OKs cuts; Mellon funds corporate Oakland routes affected social responsibility CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 programs at Pitt bus will have weekday service Sundays. eliminated and the route will be eliminated (there is no weekend • 75 Ellsworth will have renamed G2 West Busway-All BNY Mellon, a global asset in a diverse world is an important service on this route). service reduced on weekdays and Stops. management and securities core aptitude that the University • 54C Northside-Oakland- eliminated on weekends. • P3 East Busway-Oakland services company, this week wants to instill in the future South Side will see service • 81 Oak Hill will have ser- will have service reduced on week- announced a 10-year, $1 million leaders it prepares.” increased on Saturdays and vice reduced on weekdays and days (there is no weekend service). commitment for the devel- The grant will provide: decreased on Sundays; weekday weekends. Service to Robinson Towne opment of corporate social • Three fully funded BNY service remains unchanged. • 83 Webster will have ser- Center via the 28X Airport Flyer, responsibility (CSR) programs Mellon CSR MBA fellow- • 58 Greenfield will have vice reduced on weekdays and which had been eliminated last and education at Pitt. ships, enabling MBA students service reduced on weekdays and weekends. April, will be restored. The BNY Mellon grant and small- and medium-size weekends. • 84B Oakland Loop will be Transit fares were raised Jan. 2 will fund student fellowships, regional businesses to work • 61A East Pittsburgh- eliminated. to help counter a budget shortfall faculty research fellowships together on enhancement, Wilkinsburg is being rerouted • 93 Lawrenceville-Oakland for the current fiscal year, Port and annual CSR forums and development, implementation (ending the route sooner at the will have service reduced on week- Authority officials said. By law case-study competitions. The and analysis of CSR initiatives; Wilkinsburg end); the 61B Brad- days and eliminated on weekends. the transit company must bal- programs will be administered • Two BNY Mellon business dock-Swissvale will be rerouted • EBA will be renamed P1 ance its budget. Passenger fares through the David Berg Center of humanity fellowships, where to serve North Braddock in lieu East Busway-All Stops. Service cover about a quarter of the Port for Ethics and Leadership, part students will use technology and of the 61A. will be reduced on weekdays and Authority’s expenses. of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate research to solve such world • 65 Squirrel Hill will have weekends. Details of the 15 percent School of Business and College problems as providing clean service reduced on weekdays • G Greensburg Pike Flyer service reduction are available of Business Administration. water, the adequate availability (there is no weekend service on will have service reduced on week- at www.portauthority.org or Provost Patricia E. Beeson of electricity or sufficient work this route). days (there is no weekend service by calling customer service commented, “World events opportunities; • 67 Monroeville will have on this route). at 412/442-2000 or the TTY have shown that business edu- • Six BNY Mellon learning service reduced on weekdays and • G2 West Busway-Oakland number, 412/231-7007. cation needs to devote more through experience fellowships weekends. will have service to Oakland —Peter Hart n attention to corporate social awarded annually to recruit • 67E Greensburg Pike will responsibility. Students must full-time MBA students who be eliminated on weekdays (there also have an ethical compass that are interested in CSR; is no weekend service). Former neurology prof sentenced helps them discern appropriate • Five two-year BNY Mellon • 67J Lincoln Highway will actions in an increasingly inter- faculty research fellowships be eliminated on weekdays (there ormer Pitt neurology fac- stationed in the vehicle. According connected world where laws and established to encourage inno- is no weekend service). ulty member Roger Wesley to the complaint, agents found conventions differ widely across vative CSR-related thinking and • 69 Trafford will have ser- FFarris II has been sentenced $760 along with Farris’s wallet, nations and financial incentives faculty research, and vice reduced on weekdays and in federal court to 44 months in identification, driver’s license and encourage risk-taking. Atten- • An annual CSR forum and weekends. prison and 15 years of supervised wedding ring in a hotel room that tion to responsibility and ethics case competition. n • 71A Negley will have ser- release for attempting to arrange Farris had rented with a personal vice reduced on weekdays and for sex with a minor. credit card. weekends. Farris, 41, pleaded guilty under According to a release from • 71C Point Breeze will have a plea agreement last July. He was the U.S. Attorney’s office, Judge Law prof named to service reduced on weekdays and sentenced Jan. 7 by United States Cercone commented prior to Saturdays, with no change on District Judge David S. Cercone. imposing the sentence that Farris’s Sundays. Farris was arrested in 2008 at conduct was “nothing less than • 71D Hamilton will have the Quality Inn University Center despicable,” but that he took into Nordenberg chair service reduced on weekdays and after arranging the liaison with an account the fact that Farris likely Saturdays, with no change on undercover agent posing as the would lose his medical license as Ronald A. Brand, professor of law and founding director of the uncle of a 10-year-old girl (see a result of his conviction. Center for International Legal Education (CILE), was named the Clarification March 20, 2008, University Times). Under the plea agreement, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg University Chair, effective Jan. 1. According to the 2008 com- Farris agreed to register as a Senate budget policies com- Brand joined the School of Law faculty in 1982. His major areas plaint, Farris phoned the “uncle” convicted sex offender under the mittee (BPC) chair John J. Baker of scholarly focus are international and comparative law, and he has and expressed interest in having law of any state in which he lives, said he had discussed a gender published extensively in those areas. sexual intercourse with and receiv- works or is a student. Formerly of equity report with Provost Patri- Brand was the driving force behind the ing oral sex from the child. The Fox Chapel, Farris’s most recent cia E. Beeson. A story on BPC’s creation of CILE and the Master of Laws men agreed on a price of $750 address was in Waynesboro, Va. discussion of salary issues in the program for foreign law graduates. and arranged to meet at the hotel. Following the sentencing, Jan. 6 University Times was He has received both the Chancellor’s Dis- Farris was arrested outside Farris was taken into custody by unclear about the specific aspect tinguished Teaching Award (1989) and Dis- the Oakland hotel when he the U.S. Marshals Service pending of salary information that had tinguished Public Service Award (2003). His approached the undercover a determination by the Bureau of been addressed. n impact as a teacher also has been recognized by agent’s vehicle to look at the Prisons on where he will serve his School of Law students with the Student Bar child. There was no child, but a sentence. Association’s Excellence-in-Teaching Award. female law enforcement agent was —Kimberly K. Barlow n Brand is a member of the faculty advisory committees for the Center for Russian and East European Studies, the European Union Center University Times letters policy of Excellence and the global studies program. Letters should be submitted at least one week prior to publication. Persons From 1993 to 2005, Brand served as a member of the U.S. delega- U N I V E R S I T Y criticized in a letter will receive a copy of the letter so that they may prepare a tion to the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private response. If no response is received, the letter will be published alone. International Law. The commission was charged with negotiating a Letters can be sent by email to [email protected] or by campus mail to 308 TIMES Bellefield Hall. convention on jurisdiction and the effects of foreign judgments in civil EDITOR The University Times reserves the right to edit letters for clarity or length. and commercial matters. N. J. Brown 412/624-1373 Individuals are limited to two published letters per academic term. Unsigned Currently, Brand is both an invited expert observer to the United [email protected] letters will not be accepted for publication. Nations Commission on International Trade Law working group on WRITERS online dispute resolution and a member of the American Society of International Law working group on the implementation of the Hague Kimberly K. Barlow 412/624-1379 Drue Heinz 2011 lit prize winner announced [email protected] Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. Shannon Cain of Arizona is the enjoy — the consequences of their Brand succeeds Alberta M. Sbragia, the inaugural Nordenberg Peter Hart 412/624-1374 2011 winner of the Drue Heinz own restless discontent.” University Chair, who was appointed to the position in June 2006. [email protected] Literature Prize. Cain’s stories have been Sbragia stepped down from the position last fall when she became BUSINESS MANAGER Cain’s manuscript, “The awarded the Pushcart Prize, the vice provost for graduate studies. Barbara DelRaso 412/624-4644 Necessity of Certain Behaviors,” O. Henry Prize and a fellowship The Nordenberg University Chair was created in 2005 to mark the [email protected] was selected by author Alice Mat- from the National Endowment for 10th anniversary of Nordenberg’s service as chancellor. It was funded Events Calendar: [email protected] tison from more than 300 entries. the Arts. Her work has appeared, with $2.5 million in personal contributions from trustees, alumni The University Times is published bi-weekly on Thursdays by the University of Pittsburgh. The book will be published this fall or is forthcoming, in Tin House, leaders and other donors. Send correspondence to University Times, by the University of Pittsburgh The Colorado Review, the New Nordenberg has said that the chair should be held by someone 308 Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Press, sponsor of the prize. The England Review, American Short who has earned disciplinary distinction and has a record of institution Pittsburgh, PA 15260; fax to 412/624-4579 prize includes a $15,000 award. Fiction and Southword: New building. In announcing Brand’s appointment, the chancellor said, “The or email: [email protected]. quality of our international legal programs has become a distinguish- Subscriptions are available at a cost of $25 for “The stories in ‘The Neces- Writing From Ireland. the publishing year, which runs from Septem- sity of Certain Behaviors’ chart She has taught fiction writ- ing feature of our School of Law, and no one deserves more credit for ber through July. Make checks payable to the the treacherous and often absurd ing at the University of Arizona, that than Ron Brand. In all of his work, which has earned him respect University of Pittsburgh. territory of the illicit,” Cain Gotham Writers’ Workshop, around the world, Ron has placed students at the heart of his efforts The newspaper is available electronically at: and has found ways to effectively partner across the boundaries that www.utimes.pitt.edu. explained. “My characters are des- UCLA Extension and Arizona tined to suffer — and sometimes State University. n too often divide disciplines, institutions, cultures and countries.” n 2 JANUARY 20, 2011 University gears up for RecycleMania challenge anners and additional based on 10 weeks of collections. competition division in the 2010 of trash produced, Zullo said. Last goal is to get the amount of waste recycling containers Facilities Management is challenge. year, Pitt ranked No. 107 with as low as possible, Zullo noted. Bare springing up across partnering with Housing and Last year Pitt’s recycling 47.64 pounds per person. q campus as Pitt prepares for the Residence Life as well as Sodexo collection efforts were good for Working in Pitt’s favor is a The RecycleMania competi- 2011 RecycleMania challenge. and the student group Free the a No. 140 ranking in the per new composting system that helps tion is a program of the Recy- The aim is to collect 7 pounds Planet in promoting the competi- capita competition. Pitt’s total of reduce food waste from Pitt’s larg- cleMania steering committee in of corrugated cardboard, 1 pound tion and raising awareness about 429,292 pounds collected placed est dining facility, Market Central. coordination with the College of bottles and cans and 4 pounds recycling on campus. the University at No. 29 among (See related story.) and University Recycling Coali- of paper per person during the While the efforts on campus 346 competitors. This year’s eight-week goal is tion. Information and competi- competition for a per-capita total are targeted mostly at students, Another of this year’s goals is to 35 pounds per person (compared tion results are available at www. of 12 pounds of recyclables, said employees are encouraged to improve in the waste minimization to 37.8 pounds collected over eight recyclemaniacs.org. Laura Zullo, Facilities Manage- participate. RecycleMania’s per- category, which tallies the amount weeks last year), although the true —Kimberly K. Barlow n ment’s senior manager of capital capita figures are based on a and special projects. campus population of 45,021, RecycleMania challenges col- which includes the number of leges and universities across the full-time-equivalent students as country to step up their recycling well as faculty and staff. and waste minimization efforts. Recycling information and Last year, Pitt collected 12.02 updates on Pitt’s progress will be pounds of recyclables per person: posted on the my.pitt.edu portal 7.39 pounds of corrugated card- to broaden awareness across the board, 3.83 pounds of paper and University community. 0.8 pounds of bottles and cans. (See Organizers also are asking fac- April 29, 2010 University Times.) ulty and staff to take time during The 2011 competition begins the March 6 spring recess week Jan. 23 with two weeks of trial col- to do some spring cleaning and lections that don’t count toward recycle their accumulated office the totals, followed by competition paper. Facilities Management can weeks that run Feb. 6-April 2. provide extra recycling containers Pitt’s 2011 goals are based on the upon request, Zullo said. amount of recyclables organizers The Pittsburgh campus ini- hope to collect during the eight tially participated in the non- competition weeks, Zullo said, competitive benchmarking divi- whereas last year’s totals were sion in 2009, but moved up to the Kiplinger ranks Pitt Kimberly K. Barlow Market Central executive chef Jeff McClain checks out the compost made from dining hall waste as it emerges from a composter on the Towers loading dock. A new composting system is cutting among best values waste at Pitt’s largest dining facility and providing fertilizer for campus flowerbeds. in public colleges Speedy compost system turns itt is the highest ranked on a combination of academics among six Pennsylvania and affordability. We start with Ppublic institutions listed data from more than 500 public dining hall trash into treasure in the 100 best values in public four-year schools, provided by rays have disappeared to and biodegradable trash from the At least one Sodexo manager is colleges nationwide, according Peterson’s/Nelnet, then add our reduce food waste and 5,000 meals served each day at testing it on rose bushes at home to a report released last month. own reporting. We narrow the Tnon-recyclable food pack- Market Central — go into the mix. and Facilities Management plans Kiplinger’s Personal Finance list to about 120 schools based aging has been all but eliminated The process is simple. When to use the material on flowerbeds magazine ranked Pitt 28th on measures of academic qual- to cut the amount of trash heading plates are returned, staff in the dish around campus. nationally among four-year ity — including SAT or ACT to landfills from Pitt’s dining halls. return area scrape food, napkins The composting system aligns public institutions that deliver scores, admission and retention The latest in Pitt’s ongoing and other compostables such with Sodexo’s company-wide the best education at the best rates, student-faculty ratios and efforts to cut dining hall waste as chopsticks into a water-filled commitment to reducing waste, prices for its in-state students. four- and six-year graduation in the name of sustainability is trough that feeds a pulper — think said resident district manager The magazine considered rates. We then rank each school a composting system that can oversized garbage disposal — that Susan Fukushima. Pitt’s dining such criteria as tuition; average based on cost and financial aid.” reduce the contents of a 60-gallon grinds the materials into a fine services provider has commit- student-loan debt of graduates; Academic quality carries garbage can to 15 pounds of flaky slurry. ted to such sustainability efforts financial aid availability for more weight than costs, almost fertilizer in a matter of hours. The goop travels through pipes as buying local and sustainably in-state students; test scores of two-thirds of an institution’s The aim is to create a closed under the floor to an extractor grown foods and cutting both incoming freshmen; student- total score, the magazine said. system in which Pitt’s food waste where 90-95 percent of the liquid organic and non-organic waste. faculty ratio; four- and six-year “To assess costs, we look at can be composted and used on is removed. That “gray water” is Sodexo already has switched to graduation rates, and admission the total expenses for in-state the same farms and gardens that recycled for reuse in the system, compostable takeout containers rates. students; the average cost for a produce some of the food eaten saving some 90,000 gallons of and uses some biodegradable Fellow state-related schools student with need after subtract- on campus. water annually, Rane noted. utensils. It also is phasing out non- Penn State-University Park was ing grants; the average cost for a Jim Earle, assistant vice chan- The remaining waste goes into recyclable packaging on campus, 44th overall and Temple was student without need after sub- cellor for Business, estimated the an eCorect digester on the Towers she said. 94th on Kiplinger’s annual list. tracting non-need-based grants; composting system’s cost would loading dock. There it’s baked at That’s important to the com- “Despite rising tuition costs, the average percentage of need be recovered through savings in 300 degrees for 18-30 hours before posting efforts because tiny bits of there are still many first-rate met by aid, and the average debt waste-hauling expenses within emerging as a low-level nitrogen plastic — the remnants of single- institutions providing outstand- per student at graduation.” six-seven years. soil amendment. Mixing it in a serve packaging for crackers and ing academics at an affordable The rankings focus on The concept had been cook- 1:3 ratio with carbon-rich brown fortune cookies — reduce the price,” said Janet Bodnar, editor traditional four-year schools ing in the minds of sustainability matter such as dried leaves yields quality of the finished product. of Kiplinger’s. “Schools like with broad-based curricula. leaders on campus for several years a fertilizer suitable for garden use. Fukushima said Sodexo is these on the Kiplinger 100 list “Schools that offer great value before the composting system was The composting efforts have looking for alternative products prove graduates can enter the but focus on special or narrow installed at Market Central last resulted in an 85 percent reduction to eliminate the problem at its workforce with a great educa- academic programs, such as the fall, said Sony Rane. Rane, who in dining hall waste — cutting 20 source. tion — and without a huge cloud military service academies, are graduated from Pitt last year with trash barrels down to the equiva- For now, the compost is being of debt.” excluded,” the magazine stated. a degree in environmental studies lent of fewer than 3, Rane said, and given away, but with improved The top five schools on Kiplinger’s also ranks the top and business, was active in the reducing 750-900 pounds of food quality, the product could even the Kiplinger list are North 100 private institutions. student environmental group Free waste daily to 100 pounds or less. find a market, Rane said. Carolina-Chapel Hill, Florida, To view the list of the top the Planet and now is Sodexo’s Last fall, some of the compost Once the process is perfected Virginia, William and Mary and public colleges and universities, marketing and sustainability went to a local farm that supplies at Market Central, Pitt’s largest Maryland-College Park. go to www.kiplinger.com/tools/ coordinator on campus. some of the produce used at dining facility, composting could According to the magazine, colleges/. Both pre-consumer waste — Market Central. Compost also was be implemented at the Perch at “Kiplinger’s bases its rankings —Peter Hart n such as peelings and other food used at a student-operated garden Sutherland Hall and other dining preparation scraps — and post- on Atwood Street that provides facilities on campus, she said. consumer waste — uneaten food produce for dining hall patrons. —Kimberly K. Barlow n

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A healthy start to the new year Just in time to help with those New Year’s resolu- tions, Pitt-Johnstown opened a 40,000-square-foot, $9.7 million Wellness Center Jan. 5. The center includes a cardiovascular area with treadmills, ellip- ticals, stationary bikes and stairclimbers; strength- training equipment; two multipurpose courts; a three-lane running track; a dance studio, and a 30-foot climbing wall.

Cutting the ribbon on the Wellness Center were, from left: James Franz, Tedco Construction; Douglas Shuck, WTW Architects; Joseph Fink, Pitt’s Office of Facilities Management; Barbara Parkins ’80, UPJ Advisory Board; Jem Spectar, Pitt-Johnstown presi- dent; Jacob Shirk, Student Government Association; Brian Houston, Faculty Senate; Wanda Dwire, Staff Association Council; Jeffrey Burtner ’10, former Student Government Association president, and the Johnstown campus mascot, PJ the Mountain Cat.

Clyde Williams Watkins noted that both com- mittees would need the approval SAC considers adding 2 standing committees of the steering committee before advancing to a vote by the mem- he Staff Association Coun- permanent committees. campus improves the quality of Nicholson acknowledged that bership. cil (SAC) has granted ad SAC currently has nine stand- education,” Nicholson said. “The similar entities already exist at q Thoc status to two proposed ing committees and a steering purpose of the committee would the University, such as the Sen- In other SAC business: standing committees. committee, which comprises the be not just to support policies ate’s antidiscriminatory policies • The SAC-sponsored brown The ad hoc diversity and officers, committee chairs and and procedures that champion committee and the Office of bag lunch presentation, “Campus inclusion committee and the staff vice chairs. diversity and inclusion and all Cross-Cultural and Leadership Safety,” postponed in November, mentoring committee have been The diversity and inclusion the things the University should Development in Student Affairs, has been rescheduled for noon-2 charged by SAC President Gwen committee, initially proposed stand for and does stand for, but but none is devoted to staff con- p.m. Feb. 3 in the William Pitt Watkins to prepare draft mission last June, had been foundering also it could serve as a liaison cerns. “I think it’s something we Union Ballroom. Presenters will statements to be distributed to in the governance committee between the Staff Association really need to do to catch up with be Kathy Humphrey, vice provost SAC members prior to discussion as members looked into which Council and entities outside the the times,” he said. and dean of students; Walker, at the Feb. 9 meeting. bylaws changes would be required University community like the Watkins added, “Diversity and student conduct officer in Student “They are now both ad hoc to create a standing committee. Equal Employment Opportunity inclusion for faculty is different Affairs, and Officer Ron Bennett committees, so that they can con- Watkins said the governance com- Commission, to see how such from staff. I just feel more com- of the campus police. tinue to develop those commit- mittee is preparing a draft mission issues are handled.” fortable if I can talk with my staff Topics will include the student tees,” said Watkins at SAC’s Jan. statement. The committee also would colleagues about issues.” conduct hearing process, security 12 meeting. The SAC president Jesse Nicholson, a member serve as an informational vehicle Proposed last fall, the staff awareness, the scope of authority has the authority to name ad hoc of the governance committee, to raise staff awareness, he said. mentoring committee would of campus security officers and committees. Watkins said SAC argued for a diversity and inclusion “We’d like to keep staff informed foster mentoring by hosting events criminal procedures. expects to discuss the committees committee in SAC. on issues that need to be addressed, and coordinating experienced staff • Rick Fabean, chair of the next month, then vote in March “There is empirical research like equal pay for women, for volunteers. The committee also safety and security committee, on whether they should be made that shows diversity on a college example.” would offer advice on staff career reported that a SAC-sponsored advancement. CPR certification workshop is Deborah Walker, who serves scheduled for Feb. 26. For more on the program and planning com- information, contact the SAC mittee, is charged with preparing office at 4-4236. the draft mission statement. —Peter Hart n April 8 application deadline for Manners awards The University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) is seeking applications for the annual Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards. Two awards of up to $10,000 each relating to work in the social, behavioral and policy sciences will be given in honor of Manners, who was UCSUR’s assistant director at the time of his death in 2000. One award is a research development grant to support pilot research. Research development grants are expected to have the potential of leading to larger, externally funded projects. The other award is an infrastructure development award aimed at enhancing faculty capabilities to conduct interdisciplinary research by enabling faculty to develop, acquire and disseminate new research skills. Full-time faculty from all Pitt campuses are eligible. Applications are due April 8. The awards will be announced in June. For more information, go to www.ucsur.pitt.edu/manners_ award.php or email Anna Aivaliotis at [email protected]. n Writing on Bolivian history & culture sought New research on the history English or indigenous languages. and culture of Bolivia is being Editors are seeking innovative solicited for the Bolivian Stud- interdisciplinary research that ies Journal/Revista de Estudios discusses Bolivia’s challenges in Bolivianos, an e-journal published the new millennium. The journal by the University Library System is especially interested in dis- (ULS), with the support of the seminating research produced in Center for Latin American Stud- Bolivia to a worldwide audience. ies and Department of Hispanic It welcomes articles, case stud- Languages and Literatures. ies, discussions and interviews in The journal is edited by Eliza- a wide range of areas, including beth Monasterios and Martha Andean studies, Amazonian stud- E. Mantilla. Its editorial board ies, history, law, philosophy and comprises well-known scholars, visual arts. intellectuals and writers working For information on submitting in Bolivia, the United States and to the journal, visit http://bsj.pitt. Europe. It publishes once a year edu. For other inquiries, email and accepts material in Spanish, [email protected]. n

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5 U N I V E R S I T Y TIMES Pitt faculty publishing has tripled since 1981-85 Pitt showed the greatest jump — a threefold increase — among the 25 most publishing-productive American research universities in the total number of research papers published by its faculty in the years 2005-09 compared to the 1981-85 time period. According to an analysis of the U.S. research base by Thomson Reuters and reported recently by The Chronicle of Higher Educa- tion and the journal Science, the number of Pitt faculty-published research papers climbed from 7,483 papers in 1981-85 to 22,457 in 2005-09. The term “most publishing productive” connotes the fact that the 25 institutions in the Thomson Reuters publication output table in the Chronicle and Science articles published the greatest numbers of papers between 2005 and 2009 and among them hold a combined 42 percent share of the overall U.S. output of papers during those years. The publication output table also shows Pitt producing 1.39 percent of the total U.S. research papers in 2005-09, almost double Pitt’s 0.77 percent share in 1981- 85. Based on that statistic, the Uni- versity placed 10th among public universities and 16th among all universities in the table’s overall listing. In addition, Pitt is shown to have ranked 5th in the absolute increase between the 1981-85 and 2005-09 time periods in its per- centage share of the total number of research papers published in the United States. n Engineering program to focus on solutions to humanitarian issues The Swanson School of Engi- neering has established an under- graduate certificate program that combines engineering with ele- ments of business, public policy and social science to help aspiring engineers implement techno- logical responses to the world’s humanitarian ills. The engineering for humanity certificate is a 15-credit program offered through the school’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation. Program adviser Lisa Weiland, a faculty member in mechanical engineering and materials science, said the program’s multidisci- plinary approach enjoins students to view such global problems as environmental preservation and water management from perspec- tives beyond the technical scope of engineering. For more information on the engineering for humanity certificate, contact Weiland at 412/624-9031 or lmw36@pitt. edu. n

6 JANUARY 20, 2011 State-relateds file fact-filled reports with commonwealth nquiring minds who want to pa.us/portal/server.pt/commu- as well. summaries, which are useful in tions section at http://jsg.legis. know how faculty spend their nity/the_snyder_report/12959 The Joint State Government particular to education commit- state.pa.us/. The FY10 analysis is Itime and how Pitt spends some contain a variety of facts large Commission has the job of analyz- tee and appropriations committee expected to be online in February of its money can get a look in a and small. ing the schools’ submissions and members in the state House and or March. recent report filed with the state For instance, readers of Pitt’s preparing an annual report. The Senate, are posted in the publica- —Kimberly K. Barlow n Department of Education. fiscal year 2010 reports could Pennsylvania’s public school find that: code requires Pitt and its fellow • Full-time Pitt faculty col- Pitt’s Office of Public Affairs won 11 awards — including seven state-related universities, Penn lectively spent 41,644 hours a Gold Awards — in the Council for Advancement and Support of State, Temple and Lincoln, to week on research during spring Education (CASE) District II 2011 accolades awards program. provide budget and financial term 2010. CASE Gold Awards went to: information as well as reports • Engineering offered 101 • “Newspaper of Record: The Pittsburgh Courier,” in the Com- outlining faculty salaries and classroom courses (undergradu- munity Relations Programs, Projects and Special Events category; workload, employee pay and ate and graduate) during summer • “Hail to Pitt 2009-10 Institutional Spot,” in the PSAs and benefits, retirement and tuition term 2009. Commercial Spots category; benefit policies, travel expenses • Pitt-Titusville spent $1,090 • “Newspaper of Record: The Pittsburgh Courier,” in the Indi- and student headcounts, class on supplies and equipment at vidual Special Public Relations Projects category; hours and degrees each year. The Wal-Mart. Public • “Transforming Pittsburgh: The Eds and Meds Story,” in the universities also are required to list • Athletics paid $15,000 to Specific Media Relations Programs category; goods and services expenditures Zambelli Fireworks for profes- • “Newspaper of Record Program,” in the Visual Design in Print, that exceed $1,000. sional services. Affairs Single-Page Publications category; The documents are known • Facilities Management paid • “Newspaper of Record: The Pittsburgh Courier,” in the Special informally as the Snyder Report, $29,361,008 in utilities expendi- Events, Individual category. although more correctly that tures to Duquesne Light Co. wins • Pitt Magazine, in the Staff Writing category. report contains data on instruc- However, digesting the • CASE Silver Awards went to: tional output and faculty salary entire submission would require • “Newspaper of Record Invitation,” in the Visual Design in costs; the financial reports (some- patience. The main report on awards Print, Specialty Items category; times called the Stairs Report) faculty costs and workload is 498 • “A Decade of Challenge (2010 Report of Chancellor Mark should be referred to as the pages. The financial reports add A. Nordenberg),” in the Annual or Institutional Reports category; Information Disclosure Report, another 679 pages, posted online • Pitt Magazine, “Power in Black and White,” in the Best Article according to a Joint State Govern- in two parts. And that’s just Pitt’s category. ment Commission staffer. report. Hundreds more pages A CASE Bronze Award went to “Newspaper of Record Invita- The reports, which can be of information on Penn State, tion,” in the Visual Design in Print, Covers category. found at www.education.state. Temple and Lincoln are posted In addition, Pitt-Bradford won a Silver Award for “Go Beyond Brand Party,” in the Institutional Identity Programs category. n Lymphedema screening program started Magee-Womens Hospital has accurately in a patient’s limb, launched a lymphedema screen- which can assist physicians in ing, early detection and preven- assessing early signs of lymph- tion program to help breast cancer edema. Patients who participate patients with the most potential in the program will have their for developing this treatment- arms measured for swelling before related complication. treatment and at regular intervals Lymphedema, one of the afterward because lymphedema most common complications can occur weeks, months and even breast cancer patients face, is a years after treatment. chronic and progressive condi- The highest incidence of tion that causes swelling in the lymphedema in the United limbs, increasing a patient’s risk States occurs following breast for infection and often affecting cancer surgery, particularly among quality of life. those who undergo radiation Atilla Soran, professor of sur- therapy following lymph node gery in the School of Medicine, surgery. Among this group, up is director of the program, which to 30 percent of patients develop will incorporate bioimpedance some degree of upper extremity spectroscopy technology created lymphedema. by ImpediMed Ltd. to aid in the Funding to start the program clinical assessment of at-risk breast was provided by the Magee- cancer patients. This technology Womens Hospital Volunteer can measure extracellular fluid Service Board. n

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University Times: What was Long-time Pitt professor of psychology Janet W. Schofield, your role in setting up the new senior scientist at the Learning Research and Development college? Center (LRDC), is 18 months into a two-year leave on a spe- Janet Schofield: Both my hus- cial — and unusual — mission in Bhutan, a landlocked country band and I are the right-hand HIGHER EDUCATION about the size of Maryland in the Himalayans. people to the other core admin- Schofield went there to help launch the country’s first pri- istrators. We either do what they vate higher education institution — Royal Thimphu College, say needs to be done or we go to which opened in August 2009 and now serves more than 600 them with ideas about what needs students, with an additional 300 students expected in August. to be done and how it could be From the ground up Nestled between India and Chinese Tibet, Bhutan has a done. We have a lot of flexibility mainly rural population of about 800,000 and is mostly moun- in that regard. tainous. We do all sorts of things, which The latitude of the country is similar to Miami’s, but the is what’s made it very interesting. altitude — much of it is about 2,300 meters above sea level — I’ve done everything from drafting means most of the country has chilly, though not frigid, winters. the faculty and student handbooks, The government of Bhutan recently became a constitutional to mentoring faculty, to setting the LRDC prof monarchy, adding a Parliament to co-rule with the king. The grading policy, to influencing the official religion is Buddhism and while there are several languages curriculum — all sorts of things. spoken throughout the country, Tsongkha, a sister language to Because it’s a new institution helps tiny Tibetan, is the official governmental language. English is the you have to consider all the things most common language of instruction. that are taken for granted at a place Royal Thimphu College (RTC), located about 10 kilometers like Pitt. I drafted the constitution outside the capital of Thimphu in the western part of Bhutan, for the student government. I’ve country of sits on a picturesque 25-acre campus, a gift from the royal family. helped set up student clubs. I was RTC’s campus, when completed later this year, will consist in charge of faculty orientation. I of 34 buildings as well as athletic fields and courts, an indoor designed the survey for teaching Bhutan set up multi-purpose hall, an auditorium and a gymnasium. The col- evaluations. lege also has a well-equipped IT center with more than 125 computers. It has its own source of treated water and dedicated What has your husband’s role electricity supply, although there is no central heating. been? its first About 80 percent of the current library holdings came to My husband does not teach RTC courtesy of the Pitt community, which donated more than there, but he does head the busi- 1,700 books. Schofield approached the departments that offer ness program, sort of the depart- private college programs similar to those that are taught in the new college; ment chair. faculty and students in economics, English, sociology, political He does all sorts of business science, psychology, LRDC and environmental studies contrib- and financial things, everything uted generously, Schofield said. from contracts to insurance to She and her husband, Douglas, a business consultant, are thinking about how to make sure serious world travelers, having visited 90 countries. They first the tuition cash flow will accom- visited Bhutan 20 years ago as tourists and fell in love with the modate the interest that needs to country and its friendly people, she said. be paid off on the loan. He reviews Four years ago, they decided to revisit the country that so government policies. He set up impressed them earlier. On the second visit, the couple met the financial control system. He Tenzing Yonten, a Bhutanese government official who had been will say, ‘How are people going schooled at Berkeley and Yale and wanted to establish the first to pay tuition?’ — when people private college in his native country. can come in literally with stacks “At the time Tenzing was in the midst of a very intensive of money, because the banking planning effort for the college and he had a planning book that system is [unsophisticated]. must have been 2-3 inches thick,” Schofield explained. “He My husband and I were both asked us to look at it after he learned I was a college professor involved with setting up an and my husband did his dissertation on planning for colleges exchange program with Wheaton and universities. We were very impressed with the plan, and I College in Massachusetts. This think he appreciated our comments.” past semester they sent eight stu- At that point the Schofields caught the new-college bug and dents to our college. I had three agreed to help in establishing it. For the past two years, they of the students in my class. Those have served as senior advisers and professors, part of the core students were terrific and had a management team that includes Yonten as the director, a reg- great time, and Wheaton is think- istrar (the equivalent of the dean of student affairs) and a dean ing of expanding that number. (the equivalent of the dean of academic affairs). The college has Why Wheaton? The current about 35 faculty members from six countries, and is seeking to king spent some time at Wheaton, hire faculty and staff in most of the programs. and some Bhutanese students in While back in Pittsburgh this month on Royal Thimphu the U.S. — and there aren’t many College’s winter break, Schofield discussed her Bhutan project — go to Wheaton because of that with University Times staff writer Peter Hart. historical connection. size, 40 students. The students Is having a college diploma a My husband worked on the come from very different back- major achievement in Bhutan? financial, logistic arrangements. grounds. Some went to high Historically, a college degree The school also sent one school in India at quite good really gave you a privileged posi- faculty member and I helped her international schools; some went tion because there were so few prepare for what awaited her. to schools in little tiny rural areas people with one that they tended with multi-age classrooms and to go into the government, which So, you’ve been teaching at the very little in the way of resources. gave you respect, prestige, secu- new college? To give you a sense of how rity, a certain amount of power. I’ve taught one and a half isolated some students have Things are changing now. classes so far. I taught one social been, one of the students wrote The government can’t continue psychology course for second-year in her essay that when she went to expand at the rate that the students, which is what I teach to elementary school, her mother educated population is expand- here at Pitt, and I taught half of walked with her the first day two ing. That’s why, for example, the a freshman course that’s outside and a half hours each way, which college has a good-sized business the normal curriculum called is quite common. program and we’re trying to Introduction to College Learn- She said she was so astonished prepare people for other things ing. That course is intended to that there were other children as well. improve students’ writing skills there because she thought the There is still a leftover sense and their general academic skills kids in her village were the only that a college degree is what you — finding information, taking children in the world! need to be set for life. That’s notes — and to help them adjust Someone else wrote an article increasingly becoming untrue in to being away from home, living about how their village had the students’ lives, so we’re setting communally, those sorts of things. been terrified when they were up a career counseling office. “attacked” by a huge bird — it How does the experience com- turned out to be an Indian army Do you think about that as a pare to teaching here? helicopter that had to make an teacher? It’s very different. The teach- emergency landing. Yes, you have to. In fact one of ing load would be considered very But the majority of our stu- the things I did in my Introduc- heavy by Pitt’s standards. Many of dents come from towns and vil- tion to College Learning class was Janet Schofield, left, and her husband Douglas Schofield in the classes meet five days a week; lages that have television and the to get a copy of the civil service Bhutan. The Schofields first visited Bhutan 20 years ago as tourists and have spent the last two years in Bhutan helping to that’s a lot of class time. Internet. Facebook is popular exam to show it to the students. develop the country’s first private college. The classes are all the same among the students. First of all, they’re pretty hard.

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always read all the assignments. [Buddhist] monks are the primary was an extremely isolated country. (laughs) actors. For example, there’s a People there will say about their Individuals vary a lot. We have custom in Bhutan you need to own country: “We went from some very, very excellent highly hold a ceremony to make any new Medieval times to modern times HIGHER EDUCATION motivated students and, like any place a propitious place for you to in 60 years.” place, we have some that are not live, to make sure that the spirits so motivated. are placated. It’s a blessing, plus How about modern conve- making sure that those who were niences, such as cars, televisions Teaching students from a vari- there before are not unhappy with grocery stores? From the ground up ety of educational backgrounds your being there now. At the college, some of us have has to be a challenge. Since my husband and I were cars — probably less than half. Yes it is. But that’s true any- there for four or five months We do have city bus service and a where. We tried to do some before the opening of the college, couple college cars to use. There things to deal with that. We have a we were the first people to live at are a lot of Indian cars. Learning Resources Center where the college. When the apartment There is a national TV station, students who need extra help became ready we moved in and which mainly has news and some with writing are referred. This they had a monk come and throw features. CNN and BBC are avail- year, as a result of our experience rice and bless the rooms, and put able. The Indian channels are the from last year, we sent out math up a white scarf, which is a sign most common. workbooks — after students had of welcome and respect. There are some American been admitted but before they It’s incredibly different but movies shown at a couple movie arrived — to show students the there’s a lot of commonality as theatres in Thimphu. The Ameri- level of math they would need for well. Sometimes things surprise can films tend to be more violent their particular program. you. I woke up one morning and and overly sexual than customary We also have a non-credit, I saw all these cars decorated to the Bhutanese. There even but required course for freshmen, with what we think of almost as is a modest size movie industry which is an introduction to IT. Christmas garlands. It was the that reflects the culture, mostly About half the students when they celebration of the god of tools. producing love stories. Two of come are familiar with computers, And cars are a tool. Little altars them were filmed at the college. but “familiar” covers a large range. had been set up around campus There aren’t grocery stores. There are many who have little or with butter lamps, pictures of There’s a large vegetable market, no experience. With books diffi- the king and pipe wrenches and probably as big as a city block, cult to come by, students have to hacksaws on the altar. with two stories. A lot of the food learn to rely on more web-based It’s surprising but on the is imported from India. resources. other hand it reflects the human Faculty are available for tutor- tendency toward religion and Did the country’s cuisine take ing. There is an effort to make it so spirituality. some getting used to? that everyone has everything they The national dish is ema datsi, need. But still the differences in Did you experience a lot of cul- which is chili and cheese and it is students’ background and prepa- tural shock in Bhutan coming hot. The cheese is like a cottage ration are substantial. from a Western background? cheese and the chili spices it up. Above: Students at Royal Thimphu College That’s true too with English Not as much as when we were People will say in Bhutan, assemble in traditional Bhutanese garb for facility. The students — almost there 20 years ago. I remember “Chili is a vegetable, not a spice.” an informational session. all of them — speak English very when we first went to Thim- That’s the dish everybody has comfortably and fluently. With phu, we had some pictures of every day, and if they don’t they Left: The main academic building of the new college, one of 34 buildings that are writing, though, you can tell that Downtown Pittsburgh, and one wish they did. complete or under construction. even for the best of them that of them had a skyscraper, and we English is a second language, or were asked, “What’s that?” and I How would you characterize even in some cases a third or fourth said “That’s where people work” the Bhutanese people? language. and the person looked at me and The people are wonderfully said, “But wouldn’t it take them a friendly. There’s a tradition of You mentioned student clubs. couple of hours to walk up there hospitality in Bhutan, because What kinds of clubs? in the morning?” So even the idea it’s so rural. If we go walking in Sports are very popular, espe- of an elevator was not something the countryside, in the rice fields, cially “football,” which we call that people had. That’s not that people will come out, they’ll talk soccer. Basketball is popular. long ago. to you, they’ll invite you into their Badminton seems to be popular. If you go back further, in the house for some tea or some of the We have intramurals. In fact, we 1950s there were still serfs, even local beer or locally brewed liquor. even have faculty-student games. slaves. It really was different. They’ll ask to have their picture And there’s the cultural club. The Bhutan by preference and policy taken with you. n majority of its program is typical traditional Bhutanese dance. But people do love Western music and If Janet Schofield’s experiences at the fledgling Royal Thim- also Korean music. phu College in Bhutan sound intriguing, she’d like to hear from Second, they do involve both a the country, over time you see less you. She is a faculty recruiter for the college. lot of general knowledge and a lot of that because it’s not something Is there a heavy Buddhist influ- In addition to looking for an IT manager and a librarian, the of fairly complex essay questions. we require. ence at the college? college needs faculty in economics, political science, sociology, Since I was teaching writing, I It’s also not uncommon for There are courses in Bhutanese English, IT and business, among other fields. Faculty need at wanted the students to see writing students to speak in very soft tones history and culture that would least a master’s degree. “I think it’s a wonderful opportunity for was not just an academic skill, but and even cover their mouth when show that. anyone who’s interested in that part of Asia or just anyone who to recognize it’s something they they talk. I think they don’t want The most obvious linkage is wants to do something different. It could be a great experience need to get to where many of them to be breathing on someone of that at certain times there will for people here at Pitt.” want to go. higher status. Because they think be ceremonies, which are very For more information, contact Schofield at [email protected]. n And with the general knowl- it’s disrespectful to talk too loud, important culturally, in which the edge I tried to get students to that sometimes makes it hard to read newspapers and magazines teach. These habits are deeply and realize that it’s not only what engrained and so it’s hard to get they learn in classes, but it’s what students to change. they can do and what they know If I’m walking on campus with as a person that also matters. a laptop, students will run up and grab it and say, “Madam, madam, Is the student-teacher relation- let me carry it.” It’s not because of ship different from that in the my age — that’s all part of honor- United States? ing the teacher. Yes, very different. It is inter- I advise the student govern- esting how students relate to ment and quite to my surprise they teachers. Because of Bhutan’s his- decided to organize a teacher’s day tory, with the monarchy and this celebration — all on their own. It almost feudal-type system, respect was a college-wide event. They and authority are very important. gave presents to all the teachers. For example, students’ normal Some of them made testimonial inclination when they see a teacher speeches: “This teacher has done is to stand up. So if they’re sitting this, and is so good to me.” There talking and you walk by, they will were songs and dances. There is a stand up and say, “Good morning.” tradition of celebrating teacher’s Because the college is more day, but they made a big thing of it. RTC founder and director Tenzing Yonten, head of table, leads a management meeting. Janet and informal than a lot of places in That doesn’t mean the students Douglas Schofield, in Western dress, are senior advisers to the new college.

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R E S E A R C H N O T E S to 200 pounds of mercury burst The University Times Research pressure and exhibited elasticity Notes column reports on funding tations were the inclusion of few duration treatment to determine comparable to native arteries. awarded to Pitt researchers and on Otitis treatment findings arising from University studied very young children, in whom the the efficacy of short-course anti- Other Pitt authors of the study included Donna B. Stolz of cell research. Antibiotics are an effective infection tends to be more stub- biotic therapy and its impact on We welcome submissions from biology and physiology. treatment for young children born, and the use of antibiotics antimicrobial resistance in young all areas of the University. Submit with acute middle ear infections, that had a limited effectiveness children with acute otitis media information via email to: utimes@ or were given in doses that were (ear infections). NO loss in pitt.edu, by fax to 412/624-4579 according to a clinical trial at or by campus mail to 308 Belle- Children’s Hospital. The findings ineffective.” Hoberman said: “Ear infec- Alzheimer’s field Hall. add important new evidence to the Hoberman’s study randomly tions affect the vast majority of probed For submission guidelines, best treatment for ear infections assigned 291 children to receive children, yet they can be difficult A School of Medicine visit www.utimes.pitt.edu/?page_ id=6807. and could have major implications either the antibiotic amoxicillin- to diagnose and clinicians do not researcher, in collaboration with on treatment guidelines in the clavulanate or a placebo for always agree on what constitutes NIH scientists, has discovered that and Immunology at Children’s United States. 10 days. An improvement in adequate treatment. Experts the deadly plaques of Alzheimer’s Hospital. Results of the study were symptoms occurred earlier in remain divided between the so- disease interact with certain cel- According to the study, chil- published in the Jan. 13 issue of children who received antibiot- called ‘watchful waiting’ approach lular proteins to inhibit normal dren whose mothers had depres- The New England Journal of ics. Mean symptom scores over and treatment with antibiotics.” signals that maintain blood flow sion were at increased risk of Medicine. the first seven days were lower at The new trials are part of a to the brain. Their findings, which asthma hospitalizations at 1 and The researchers, led by pedi- each time point in the antibiotic two-pronged NIAID approach could lead to new approaches to 3 years of age, and an increased atrics faculty member Alejandro group than in the placebo group. to antimicrobial research: learn- treat the dementia, recently were prevalence of asthma diagnosis at Hoberman, found that in children Larger differences between chil- ing how to make better use of the published in PLoS One. age 3. At 1 and 3 years of age, chil- ages 6 months-2 years with acute dren receiving the antibiotic and drugs available today in order to Levels of nitric oxide (NO) dren whose fathers had depression otitis media (AOM), or middle children receiving the placebo protect their usefulness, while —a signaling molecule that helps experienced increased oral steroid ear infection, treatment with were observed in rates of clinical facilitating the development of regulate blood flow and immune use and there was an association antibiotics for 10 days reduced failure: 4 percent vs. 23 percent on new drugs. and neurological processes — are between parental depression and the severity and duration of the day four or five; and 16 percent vs. In a prepared release, NIAID known to be low in the brains hospitalizations. infections more effectively than 51 percent on days 10-12. director Anthony S. Fauci of people who have Alzheimer’s “Our findings add to the a placebo. The key to optimal man- stated, “Many infectious dis- disease, but the reason for that growing body of evidence of a Children in the study who agement of AOM remains an eases are increasingly difficult hasn’t been clear, said study co- link between stress in the family received antibiotics also were less accurate diagnosis, according to treat because bacteria and author Jeffrey S. Isenberg, a and the development of asthma likely to have evidence of clinical to Hoberman. “Young children other microbes have developed faculty member in the Division of in children and subsequent poor failure (persistent signs of acute with a certain diagnosis of AOM resistance to commonly used Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical symptom control,” Celedón said. infection) that required further are more likely to recover when antimicrobial drugs. Research Care Medicine. “Addressing parental psychosocial treatment, said Hoberman, who treated with an appropriate anti- to preserve the effectiveness of “Our research sheds light stress, caused by factors such as also is chief of the Division of biotic, and their symptoms will licensed antibiotics is a critical on how that loss of NO might violence and poverty, may improve General Academic Pediatrics and subside more quickly,” he said. priority for the institute.” happen, and reveals biochemical rates of hospitalization and asthma vice chair of clinical research and “Provided the diagnosis of AOM pathways that drug discoverers symptom control in childhood.” the Jack L. Paradise Endowed in children younger than 2 years of UPJ project might be able to exploit to find Asthma affects more than 6.8 Professor in Pediatric Research age is certain, we favor treatment new medicines for Alzheimer’s,” receives grant million children in the United at Children’s. with antibiotics.” he said. “There is evidence that The Pitt-Johnstown nursing States, and Puerto Ricans have “Based on these findings, there suggests enhancing NO levels can department’s caregiver education, the highest lifetime prevalence of is strong evidence in favor of treat- Antibiotic protect neurons from degenerat- training and advocacy (CETA) asthma. In addition to high rates of ing children younger than 2 years resistance ing and dying.” project recently was awarded a asthma, Puerto Ricans have a high of age with antibiotics, irrespective The researchers found in research $5,000 grant from the Community prevalence of psychosocial stress, of the severity of the ear infec- mouse and human cell experi- planned Foundation for the Alleghenies. mostly related to exposure to vio- tion,” he said. “To some degree, ments that amyloid-beta, the Alejandro Hoberman also The CETA project, which lence and high levels of poverty, this is contrary to current clini- main component of the plaques is the principal investigator for could become a model for other with 45 percent of the population cal guidelines, which include an that accumulate on brain cells a six-year, $8.2 million con- communities that need to contain living below the poverty level. option for watchful waiting rather in Alzheimer’s, binds to a cell tract (pending the availability of health care costs, will address than prompt treatment for young appropriations) at the School of critical needs of local individuals surface receptor called CD36, children with apparently mild which causes decreased activity Aricept studied Medicine and Children’s Hospital, caring for elderly family members in depressed symptoms. We expect our study awarded by the National Institutes in the home setting. of the enzyme soluble guanylate to have an impact on treatment of Health (NIH) to address anti- cyclase to reduce NO signaling. elderly people guidelines for the United States biotic resistance in children. Synthesis of But that inhibitory effect required A School of Medicine study that currently are being revised.” Children’s Hospital is one of elastin studied the presence of and interaction published in the Archives of Hoberman said the current four institutions to be awarded with CD47, another cell surface General Psychiatry finds that Bioengineering research on protein, indicating that additional donepezil enhances language, recommendations are based on these recent contracts related synthesizing elastin in engineered studies with many important to antimicrobial research from steps in the pathway remain to be memory and executive function- arterial tissue is slated for publi- identified. ing in older, depressed adults to limitations, most notably, a lack NIH’s National Institute of cation in the Proceedings of the of strict diagnostic criteria. “In Allergy and Infectious Diseases “It’s possible that an agent that a greater extent than was evident National Academy of Sciences. could block either CD36 or CD47 from the use of an antidepressant other words, many of the children (NIAID). The paper, by bioengineering studied merely may have had fluid The Children’s clinical trial could slow the progress of neuro- medication alone. The medica- faculty member Yadong Wang nal degeneration in Alzheimer’s tion, marketed under the trade in the middle ear instead of an will compare a short-duration and Keewon Lee, a postdoctoral actual ear infection. Other limi- treatment strategy with standard by protecting the production of name Aricept, is used to treat fellow in Wang’s lab, examines NO in the brain,” Isenberg said. dementia in Alzheimer’s patients. mature elastin synthesis in small- “Importantly, we have already For the study, researchers diameter arterial constructs. identified therapeutic agents that compared 130 depressed adults Elastin is a protein that pro- can interrupt the inhibitory signal over the age of 65 with 67 subjects vides elasticity in the walls of blood induced by these interactions to receiving donepezil and 63 receiv- vessels. “Mature elastin synthesis maximize NO production, signal- ing a placebo. The participants is a key challenge in arterial tissue ing and sensitivity.” were followed for two years while engineering,” Wang stated. “Most He and his colleagues currently researchers explored the effects engineered vessels lack elastic are studying such blockers in a of donepezil and the placebo on fibers in the medial layer and those variety of disease models. five areas of neuropsychological present are poorly organized.” functioning, including speed of Researchers cultured adult Stress, asthma information processing, memory, baboon smooth muscle cells they language, visuospatial function- had seeded in porous tubular scaf- linked ing and executive functioning, or folds made from the biodegradable New research shows that paren- brain processes that are respon- elastomer poly(glycerol sebacate). tal stress, particularly depression, sible for planning and abstract The researchers found that is an important risk factor for thinking. the cells produced a substantial asthma problems among Puerto The researchers noted two amount of mature elastin within Rican children. In a study of 339 unexpected findings: donepezil three weeks and the elastic fibers sets of twins from Puerto Rico, seemed to delay the progression had a similar orientation as did published online in the Journal of of mild cognitive impairment those in native arteries. They Allergy and Clinical Immunology, to frank dementia, and the use tested the effect of pore sizes and maternal and paternal depression of the drug was associated with found a 25-32 micrometer pore were associated with children’s somewhat higher recurrence size supported cell organization recurrent hospitalizations for rates of clinical depression epi- and elastin synthesis more than asthma and poor control of asthma sodes, said Charles F. Reynolds larger pore sizes. symptoms. III, lead author of the study Biochemical analysis showed The study was led by Juan and UPMC Endowed Chair of that the constructs contained Celedón, the Niels K. Jerne Pro- Geriatric Psychiatry. “So, there mature elastin equivalent to 19 fessor of Pediatrics and Medicine was both a benefit and a risk to percent of the native arteries. at the School of Medicine and adding donepezil to antidepres- Mechanical tests indicated that chief of the Division of Pediatric the constructs could withstand up Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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R E S E A R C H N O T E S and DeSantis’s findings appear in correlation of stocks’ short-term Nonlinear Analysis: Real World volatility to price surprising. “In CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Applications, available online at classical finance, the inverse risk- sant pharmacotherapy in older contributes to the development increases production of the cell- www.elsevier.com/locate/nonrwa reward relationship stipulates adults. Fortunately, the majority of its characteristic bone lesions. signaling protein interleukin-6, and slated for publication in the that high volatility should be of recurrent depressive episodes “Our earlier work showed that which in turn leads to osteoclast journal in April. interpreted as greater risk, which could be treated to remission,” bone cells called osteoclasts in changes that are seen in PD. “Papers that discuss motiva- should diminish the price that he said. about 70 percent of these patients The prevalence of Paget’s tions beyond valuation rarely have traders would pay for the stock,” Adding donepezil to mainte- contain a certain measles virus disease has dropped during the direct contact with market data,” he said. Caginalp hypothesizes nance antidepressant medication protein,” noted senior investi- past 25 years, Roodman said. That says Caginalp. “As such, it is easy that traders are attracted to high appears to be useful in the treat- gator G. David Roodman, a could reflect the impact of measles for exponents of efficient market volatility because they foresee ment of older, depressed patients faculty member and vice chair vaccination or that another envi- theories to dismiss them.” volatility as an opportunity for with mild cognitive impairment for research in the Department ronmental factor involved in PD Caginalp finds the positive greater profits. n but does not benefit those with of Medicine. “Also, when we has changed. normal cognition. engineered normal osteoclasts in Among the Pitt co-authors “Cognitive impairment is a mice to contain, or express, the was Noriyoshi Kurihara of the core feature of depression in older measles protein, pagetic bone Department of Medicine. adults and may foreshadow the lesions formed.” The study was funded by the development of dementia,” said Osteoclast abnormalities lead National Institutes of Health and Reynolds. “While treatment of to imbalance in the normal pro- the Paget’s Foundation. depression usually benefits associ- cesses of bone dissolution and ated cognitive impairment, it does rebuilding. According to the Volatility, not completely regulate cognitive National Institute of Arthritis volume raise impairment and may not delay the and Musculoskeletal and Skin stock prices progression to dementia. So, even Diseases, an estimated 1 million While savvy investors might in remission, older adults with Americans have PD. Bones are say that a stock’s value is the past depression may still show enlarged but fragile, leading to determining factor for how residual cognitive difficulties, pain and a greater likelihood of much they’re willing to pay, Pitt such as slowing of information fracture. Arthritis, hearing loss researchers have shown that recent processing speed and impairments and kidney stones can occur as price trends and other aspects in executive or language func- a result. unrelated to a stock’s value are tion. Our study showed that by In the new study, Roodman’s important in determining the adding donepezil, cognition can team sought to understand the price investors actually pay. be improved beyond that which roles of mutations in a gene called Mathematics faculty member is seen simply with the treatment p62, which is common among Gunduz Caginalp said: “A basic of depression itself.” PD patients, and measles virus rationale for price movement is University Press books Pitt co-authors of the study nucleocapsid protein (MVNP) due to changes in the value of the included Meryl A. Butters, by examining the marrow of asset. In the absence of any insight Mary Amanda Dew, Margo affected and unaffected bones of into the motivations of investors win honors for design Holm, Joan C. Rogers, Jordan 12 PD patients and of eight people and traders, one might stipulate F. Karp, Mark D. Miller, Ellen without PD. They also bred mice that prices should fluctuate ran- The Huffington Post, an Two other University of M. Whyte, Ariel Gildengers, with the p62 mutation and MVNP. domly about this basic valuation.” Internet newspaper of politics Pittsburgh Press publications Katalin Szanto, Patricia R. The team found that marrow Caginalp and one of his stu- and culture, recently included two recently have been selected for Houck, Amy Begley, Jacque- from eight of the 12 PD patients dents, co-author Mark DeSantis, University of Pittsburgh Press design awards by the Association line Stack and Salem Bensasi expressed MVNP; three patients analyzed 111,356 records from book covers on its list of the 25 of American University Presses: of the Department of Psychiatry; expressed the protein in both 119 funds, corresponding with best cover designs of 2010. Franklin Toker’s “Pittsburgh: Oscar Lopez of neurology; Sati affected and unaffected bone sites, the daily closing prices of those Covers for “Re-Reading Poets: A New Portrait,” also designed Mazumdar and Stewart Ander- and four patients did not make it funds Oct. 26, 1998-Jan. 30, 2008. The Life of the Author” by Paul by Landesberg, and Jonathan son of biostatistics, and M. Llyas at either type of site. Osteoclast They found strong statistical Kameen, Pitt associate professor Massey’s “Crystal and Arabesque: Kamboh of the Graduate School precursor cells from PD patients evidence that a short-term price of English, and “The Physics of Claude Bragdon, Ornament and of Public Health. who made MVNP formed pag- trend tends to increase trading Imaginary Objects” by Tina May Modern Architecture,” designed etic osteoclasts in test tube prices in financial markets, to a Hall, winner of the 2010 Drue by Binocular, New York. Measles gene, experiments and displayed other magnitude of almost half that of Heinz Literature Prize for short Pitt’s Toker is a professor of Paget’s linked typical PD responses. Osteoclasts valuation. fiction, made the list. Hall is an art and architecture. Massey is A gene from the measles virus appeared normal, though, when The researchers also found assistant professor of English at an associate professor of art and plays a key role in the development the precursor cells came from PD statistically significant positive Hamilton College. architecture at Syracuse. of Paget’s disease (PD) of bone, patients who didn’t make MVNP. impacts on the price with respect The “Re-Reading Poets” cover “Pittsburgh” and “Crystal and according to a team led by School “It’s not clear why this would to the stock’s short-term volatility was designed by the University Arabesque” will be on display of Medicine researchers. happen,” Roodman said. “It could and volume trend, as well as to the Press’s production director, Ann as part of the AAUP book and Their findings, recently pub- be that other viruses or genes are nation’s money supply. Accord- Walston, with art from Bridget jacket show in the Latin American lished in Cell Metabolism, con- triggering PD in these patients.” ing to the study, the findings Kameen. lecture room, first floor of the firm a long-held speculation that Mice with a p62 gene mutation about the money supply’s impact The book jacket for “The Hillman Library. The display — the childhood infection is an and MVNP developed dramatic validate asset-flow theory, which Physics of Imaginary Objects” was featuring 56 award-winning books environmental trigger for the dis- bone lesions. Other tests indi- holds that additional cash fuels created by Landesberg Design of and 40 award-winning covers — ease and reveal how the viral gene cate that the presence of MVNP trading price increases. Caginalp Pittsburgh. runs through Jan. 21. n Children’s recognized for patient safety, quality Children’s Hospital of Pitts- physician staffing. Children’s Hospital was among burgh is one of seven pediatric In addition, hospitals are seven pediatric hospitals and 58 hospitals in the nation named to measured on their progress in urban and rural adult hospitals the Leapfrog Group’s 2010 class preventing infections and other selected as Top Hospitals out of of Top Hospitals for patient safety hospital-acquired conditions and nearly 1,200 who participated in and quality. This is the third year in adopting policies on the handling the survey. The survey results are a row Children’s Hospital has been of serious medical errors, among posted online at www.leapfrog- named a Leapfrog Top Hospital. other things. group.org. n The Leapfrog Group is a coalition of public and private purchasers of employee health Magee gets program for cancer patients coverage working for improve- The American Cancer Society According to American Cancer ments in health care safety, quality recently launched its patient navi- Society estimates, more than and affordability. gator program at Magee-Womens 74,000 people in Pennsylvania Children’s selection was based Hospital to assist cancer patients in were diagnosed with cancer in on the results of the Leapfrog negotiating the health care system. 2009. Patient navigators connect Group’s voluntary national survey. The program is being supported patients and caregivers with the The survey, which started in 2001, by AstraZeneca. most appropriate programs and focuses on four critical areas of The patient navigator program services to help improve each patient safety: the use of computer connects a patient to a cancer individual’s access to health care physician order entry to prevent education and support specialist and to help them on their journey medication errors; standards for who serves as a personal guide to get well. Patient navigators can doing high-risk procedures such to patients and caregivers as they provide help throughout the dis- as heart surgery; protocols and face psychosocial, emotional and ease continuum — from the time policies to reduce medical errors financial challenges. The service of diagnosis, through treatment, and other safe practices recom- is free and confidential, and places into survivorship. Navigators also mended by the National Quality an emphasis on assisting the medi- are able to increase treatment Forum, and adequate nurse and cally underserved. compliance and followup care. n

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Former Graduate School of enjoying gardening, hiking and Public Health faculty member Karen S. Peterson other outdoor activities, said Karen S. Peterson died Jan. 7, Documet, who also is a former 2011, in her home in Pittsburgh. Shelter, Planned Parenthood and food and nutrition committee, the student of Peterson’s. She was 79. PPHA. Women’s International League for Peterson enjoyed children A graduate of the University She also was recognized with Peace and Freedom and Pennsyl- and was a grandmotherly figure of Minnesota nursing school, honors within GSPH. In 1993, vanians United for Single Payer to Documet’s children, albeit an Peterson earned her Master of Peterson was an inaugural recipi- Health Care. iconoclastic one. Documet recalls Public Health degree at GSPH in ent of the Margaret F. Gloninger She also was a member of returning from a business trip to 1970 and pursued doctoral studies Award, which is presented each Pittsburgh’s Raging Grannies, find Peterson had taught Docu- 1978-84 at the Graduate School of year to a GSPH graduate who has an activist group known for using ment’s children to play poker while Public and International Affairs. made a significant contribution to song parodies to call attention to they were in her care. Documet’s In addition to working as a public GSPH or the community through political and social issues. son, now grown, still plays using health nurse, she spent 31 years as volunteer service. In 2003, GSPH Peterson had a special passion the chips Peterson gave him when a GSPH faculty member, retiring students honored her with the for working to prevent homeless- he was a boy. in 2003. James L. Craig Award for Teach- ness and was outspoken about “She was not a traditional old An assistant professor, Peter- ing Excellence. universal health care, said GSPH lady,” Documet said. son taught in GSPH’s Department Peterson was outspoken in her faculty member Patricia Documet. In addition to Neller, Peterson of Health Services Administration concern for students, said Martha “Activism was a big thing for is survived by her children Eliza- and held a secondary appointment Terry, who succeeded her as coor- her,” said Documet, noting the beth, Karrie, Edward and Barney in Pitt’s women’s studies program. dinator of the master’s programs. extensive collection of T-shirts, Peterson and two grandchildren. She coordinated the department’s “I always appreciated her tote bags and buttons Peterson The family suggests memorial master’s and doctoral programs advocacy for students,” she said, vania and the Allegheny County had amassed from various causes. donations to Community Human and was associate chair for edu- recalling Peterson’s concern for Homeless Alliance (co-chairing Peterson and her longtime Services Corp., 374 Lawn Street, cational programs. She directed students’ success. “She stood out its health resources and service companion, Dick Neller, traveled Pittsburgh 15213. GSPH admissions 1983-84, in caring about students getting delivery committee) and was presi- often, returning to her native A memorial event is planned served as assistant dean for stu- the best out of the program.” dent of the Community Human Wyoming almost every year and for early spring. For details, visit dent and alumni affairs 1984-90 Peterson often would speak up Services Corp. board. Peterson taking frequent cross-country ski www.karenpeterson.wordpress. and served on the public health with the students’ point of view. also had been a member of the trips, Documet recalled. com. school’s Senior Council advisory “She’d been here long enough to Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank Peterson loved the outdoors, —Kimberly K. Barlow n committee. be confident in being outspoken,” Among other service to Terry said. the University, Peterson was a Peterson let students know member of the University Senate they could confide in her on aca- Robert Benedict Hinman and Faculty Assembly 1991-96 and demic as well as personal issues. Former English professor and was recruited moving toward an emphasis on Senate secretary 1993-94. “She cared about students in a department chair Robert Benedict to chair Pitt’s theory, curricula were changing She chaired the Western Penn- holistic way,” Terry said, adding Hinman died Jan. 2, 2011. He English depart- and the direction of the English sylvania Public Health Council that Peterson had a special con- was 90. ment, a posi- department was being debated 1974-83 and served a term as presi- cern for international students. Hinman was raised in Detroit, tion he held hotly. “He and I were on opposite dent of the Pennsylvania Public She would pick up new students earning his bachelor’s degree Phi until 1977. He sides of the issue,” Carr recalled. Health Association (PPHA). at the airport herself, or see to it Beta Kappa at Wayne State in also directed Ultimately, the point of view to She received the Chancellor’s that someone would be there to 1941. His graduate degree was graduate stud- which Carr subscribed prevailed, Distinguished Public Service greet them upon their arrival. delayed by World War II, during ies at both Emory and Pitt. but Hinman graciously didn’t hold Award in 2000. In bestowing Peterson was active in a broad which Hinman served aboard a Hinman published work on a a grudge and the two eventually the award, Chancellor Mark A. range of civic and social causes. Navy minesweeper and earned number of authors but his 1960 found common ground. Nordenberg commended her Last May she was re-elected the rank of lieutenant. He was a book, “Abraham Cowley’s World “We bonded over a wonderful leadership in addressing public a Democratic Party committee junior instructor at Johns Hopkins of Order,” is regarded as his most children’s book,” Carr recalled. health issues statewide and bet- member. 1946-48 and earned his PhD in important scholarly publication. The tale, “Beautiful Joe,” popular tering the lives of others through She had served on the boards English literature there in 1953. He taught a wide range of at the turn of the 20th century, told her work with the Rx Council of of the local League of Women Hinman was a faculty member courses but his favorites were the story of a dog rescued from an Western Pennsylvania, Traveler’s Voters, Early Head Start, Planned at Rochester 1948-69 and at on Chaucer, Spenser and 17th- abusive master from the animal’s Aid Society, Women’s Center and Parenthood of Western Pennsyl- Emory 1969-73. In 1973 he century poetry, colleagues said. point of view. Hinman had read Although he retired in 1990, the book as a child, Carr said. “It Hinman remained active in the was the beginning of a longstand- department for several years. In his ing friendship.” Joseph H. Magill retirement he especially enjoyed Hinman loved Christmas and Engineering professor emeri- undergradu- University, Hamburg, Germany. teaching children’s literature and had hundreds of crèches, which he tus Joseph H. Magill died Jan. 6, ate at Queen’s In May 1988 and June 1989, he for many years continued to host would challenge Carr’s children to 2011. He was 82. University, he was a visiting professor at the informal sessions on Spenser and count. Although he was not reli- Magill joined the Department was awarded University of Yamagata, Japan. Milton that drew students to his gious, “he loved the spirit of the of Mechanical Engineering and a Foundation Magill also spent four years home. “He had a wide and deep holidays, good will among men,” Materials Science as an associate Scholarship. as a research fellow on polymer following from the graduate said Carr. Friends relished Hin- professor in 1968, was named pro- He also research at Mellon Institute. students,” said colleague Ste- man’s annual Christmas letter, a fessor in 1975 and in 1980 added held a diploma During 1991-93, he served as phen Carr, adding that Hinman document rich in excerpted poetry the titles of adjunct professor of from the Imperial College of Sci- Office of Naval Research liaison maintained both personal and that could stretch to a dozen or chemistry and professor of chemi- ence and Technology, London, scientist in materials science at the professional correspondence with more pages. “Each was a collec- cal and petroleum engineering. where he spent two years as a ONR London office. many of them. tion of literary materials that had a He was named professor emeritus research associate in the Depart- Magill also had experience An expert in 17th-century Brit- theme as well as personal meaning in 1990. ment of Chemical Engineering outside academia, working with ish literature, Hinman enjoyed to him,” Carr said. In 1974, Magill was awarded and Applied Thermodynamics. Chemstrand Corp. and Imperial Chaucer, Milton and 17th century Unable to walk following the University’s Materials Engi- Magill’s research activities Chemical Industries, U.K. poetry in general, retired English injuries sustained in a 2004 fall, neering Citation for Excellence focused on crystallization and He was a fellow and chartered professor Robert Gale recalled. Hinman most recently lived in the in Scholastic Achievement. morphogenesis in polymers, small chemist of the Royal Society of “He had a phenomenal memory,” Schenley Gardens assisted living Former student Richard Pro molecules and their physical prop- Chemistry, London; a fellow of Gale said, noting his friend’s abil- facility. The move forced him to of Raleigh, N.C., said it was a erty relationships. the American Physical Society, ity to recite lengthy passages of part with his own collection of privilege studying under Magill. Magill taught graduate courses and a member of the American poetry. books, but he continued to be an “I will never forget the enthu- in polymers, including in topics Chemical Society. Carr said Hinman was very avid reader, said Gale, who would siasm with which he approached such as morphology-crystalli- He wrote or co-authored widely read, “well beyond profes- deliver library books to Hinman. teaching,” Pro said. “Dr. Magill zation and physical properties; more than 200 papers and book sional interest,” both in literature “He relished the intellectual also took the time to counsel me polymer stability and degradation, chapters and lectured nationally and secondary criticism. “What’s life and stayed sharp. He was stoi- with respect to my own educa- and aspects of polymer processing. and internationally. more, he could remember and cal about it all,” Gale said. Hinman tional career and, for years after- At the undergraduate level, Magill is survived by his wife, cite it well.” also continued to write, with his ward, never failed to ask my father he taught courses in polymeriza- Joyce E. Magill; a daughter, Hinman represented an era most recent work focused on about me when they occasionally tion, materials science and X-ray Annesley Hackathorn; a son, in which English scholarship was Dickens’s novels, colleagues said. met at the U.S. Bureau of Mines diffraction. Aylmer C. Magill; grandchildren, largely defined by the study of Hinman is survived by his wife, research facility. I have had the Magill spent a sabbatical year Connor, Austin, Cameron, Claire literature and period, Carr said. Janet; sons Kirk, Louis and James extreme good fortune to have had in 1975-76 on a Research Coun- and Catherine, and siblings James, “He was a tie to a quite differ- Hinman; daughter Margaret a handful of exceptional teachers/ cil senior fellowship at the H.H. Eileen, Maureen and Jean. ent formation, a generous and Haas, and grandchildren Gen- mentors in my life that instilled Wills Physics Laboratory at the The family suggests memo- thoughtful representative of that evieve, Julia and Zachary Haas a lifelong love of learning, and University of Bristol, U.K. In rial contributions be made to time.” and Alexander and Avery Hinman. Dr. Magill was counted among 1984-85, he won the Alexander Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Carr said he especially cher- The family suggests memorial those few.” Von Humboldt Senior Research Church, Friends of Music, 3319 ished Hinman’s forgiving spirit, donations to www.giving.wayne. Magill received a BSc, PhD and Award at the Max Planck Institute West Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh noting that their earliest interac- edu or www.aclu.org. A memorial DSc from Queen’s University in for Polymer Research, University 15216. tions in the department were based gathering is being planned. Belfast, Northern Ireland. As an of Mainz, and at the Technical —Peter Hart n in conflict. Study in the field was —Kimberly K. Barlow n

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R. Ann Cecil, an information agement of fledgling writers, technology staffer at the Katz R. Ann Cecil Cecil also was generous with her Graduate School of Business, died personal resources. She had a Jan. 11, 2011. She was 70. prevent blindness in people with on psychological and behavioral reputation for rescuing people in Cecil, a database administrator diabetes. aspects. crisis, be it by offering space on for the business school, launched Diagnosed with advanced lung Cecil’s personal collection her sofa or money to help people her career before computer sci- cancer in 2009, she received treat- of science fiction books was get back on their feet, her daughter ence became a well-defined field, ment but also chose not to let the among the largest in the area, her said. “She loved to help people.” starting out as a keypunch opera- disease dictate her life, choosing daughter said. She had a habit of In addition to her daughter and tor while a student at Rutgers. She to continue doing the things she reviewing each book inside the son-in-law, Cecil is survived by graduated in 1962 with a degree in loved, Riley said. front cover, rating them with stars. grandchildren Alexandra and Sam English literature, but furthered Cecil continued to work, tele- Word of her practice got out to Riley; brother John Cecil; a niece her interest in computers by earn- commuting when she didn’t have authors, some of whom would try and nephew, and a grandniece and ing a master’s degree in statistics the strength to travel to her office to catch a glimpse of her critique grandnephew. at Syracuse. and continuing up until the week when she sought their autographs. At Cecil’s request, there was no She later worked in industry before she died, said her daughter, “She would try to hand it open viewing or funeral service. Friends in process design, eventually Charlie Riley, assistant director of to a page where they wouldn’t be and family gathered Jan. 15 for a landing in Pittsburgh in the the TRIO program in Pitt’s School able to see that,” Charlie Riley celebration of her life. A memo- 1980s. Cecil worked to automate of Arts and Sciences student sup- literature and daily newspapers, said. “But they knew.” Although rial is planned at the Confluence manufacturing processes for busi- port services. “It’s what got her up drawing upon her attention to she was a tough critic — “She event in July. ness clients in sectors including in the morning.” detail and analytical mind to work blasted nearly everything” — —Kimberly K. Barlow n food, pharmaceuticals and heavy Cecil was well known in sci- the Sunday New York Times authors thought well of Cecil even industry. She was part of a team ence fiction fan circles and was crossword each week — in ink, if they took issue with her critique. that developed the initial process instrumental in the founding of her daughter noted. “They would argue like students Michael Perloff control for the continuous caster PARSEC, the Pittsburgh science Most of her reading was in arguing over a grade with their memorial service at U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson fiction club, said Kevin Riley, science fiction, with author Philip teacher,” she said. Works, said son-in-law Kevin who first made her acquaintance K. Dick among her favorites, Cecil did some writing of her set for Jan. 21 Riley, an adviser in Pitt’s College through his involvement in a Kevin Riley said. “She was always own, but mostly put her energy A memorial service will be of Business Administration. student science fiction club while interested in the technology and in toward encouraging others’ work. held for long-time philosophy After a stint in an IT position studying at Pitt. Together with the puzzle of how things work out She helped staff the Alpha young faculty member Michael Perl- at UPMC, she came to the Katz PARSEC, the Pitt club organized and fit together,” he said, noting writers workshop at Pitt-Greens- off at 1 p.m. Jan. 21 in Heinz school in February 2008. a science fiction conference that in she was a fan of hard science fic- burg, a summer program for teens Chapel. She was credited as a co-author 1988 spawned Pittsburgh’s annual tion, which emphasizes technical that focuses on writing in science Perloff died Nov. 19 fol- on recent telemedicine research in Confluence conference. detail, as well as the new wave fiction and other fantasy genres. lowing a stroke. He was 72.n long-distance retinal screening to Cecil kept up with professional movement, which focuses more Generous with her encour-

P E O P L E O F T H E T I M E S The People of the Times column features recent news on faculty and staff, including awards and other honors, accom- Tony Novosel, a faculty improving energy technology clinical service by expanding plishments and administrative appointments. member in the development and sustainabil- or creating venues of practice, We welcome submissions from all areas of the University. Department of ity, including energy efficiency, advanced the base of knowledge by Send information via email to: [email protected], by fax at History, is the advanced materials for demand- scholarly activity in research and 412/624-4579 or by campus mail to 308 Bellefield Hall. recipient of the ing energy technologies, carbon literature and contributed to the For submission guidelines, visit www.utimes.pitt. 2011 Ampco- management and energy diver- education of health care students edu/?page_id=6807. Pittsburgh Prize sification. and residents. for Excellence in • Kristine Schonder, phar- Advising. Mary T. Korytkowski, a macy and ther- Vorp serves as a director of the Also at Pitt-Bradford, Brian The Ampco-Pittsburgh Prize, faculty member in the medical apeutics, has Center for Vascular Remodeling Sansom has been named as the sponsored by the School of Arts school’s Division of Endocrinol- been selected and Regeneration and director of interim men’s basketball coach. and Sciences, is given annually to a ogy and Metabolism, has been as a co-chair the Vascular Surgery and Vascular Last year, as interim coach of full-time faculty member who has named to the American Diabetes of the National Biomechanics Research Lab. He the Lady Panthers, Sansom led served as a departmental adviser on Association board of directors. Quality Forum earned both his BS and PhD in UPJ to the Allegheny Mountain the Pittsburgh campus for at least steering com- mechanical engineering with an Collegiate Conference tourna- three years. The award carries a Several faculty members in the mittee for end-stage renal disease. emphasis on vascular biomechan- ment final. Since then, he had been $4,000 cash prize. School of Pharmacy recently were The forum seeks to improve ics from the University. coaching the boys’ basketball team Novosel also teaches courses recognized. health care by building national Vorp’s research in vascular at Archbishop Walsh Academy in in the College of General Studies. • Stephanie Harriman consensus on priorities and goals biomechanics has focused on the Olean, N.Y. McGrath, pharmacy and thera- and endorsing standards for biomechanisms of abdominal Sansom was the Pitt-Bradford Clayton A. Smith, an inter- peutics, has been selected as one measuring and publicly reporting aortic aneurysm rupture and the women’s assistant basketball nationally renowned hematology of the 10 hon- health care quality and perfor- design of tissue-engineered blood coach, 2005-08, and served two and oncology expert, has been orable mention mance. vessels, the neurophysiology and years as assistant softball coach, named director of the hemato- awardees for the The steering committee will biomechanics of the urethra and 2006-08. logic malignancies program at the American Phar- endorse measures relating to the bioengineering and biologic He previously was the assis- University of Pittsburgh Cancer macists Associa- health care for patients with studies of aneurysm weakening. tant women’s basketball coach at Institute (UPCI) and director of tion (APhA) one- kidney disease. These measures The is the second time in three Wilmington College (Ohio). Leukemia and Stem Cell Trans- to-one counsel- are expected to become the years the Van C. Mow Medal has Pitt-Bradford will launch a plant Clinical Services at UPMC ing program. She will be profiled national standards used by regula- been awarded to a Pitt bioengi- national search for a full-time Cancer Centers. in Pharmacy Today and be a guest tory authorities. neering faculty member. Michael coach when the season ends. Before coming to UPCI, Smith of honor at the One-To-One Schonder is the only pharma- Sacks, the John A. Swanson served as the director of the leu- Awards reception dinner at the cist to serve on the steering com- Endowed Chair, received the Matthew Masiello has been kemia/stem cell transplantation APhA annual meeting in March. mittee and the first pharmacist to medal in 2009. named medical director for the program at the British Columbia • Susan Meyer, associate serve as co-chair of the committee. Johnstown campus. Cancer Agency and as a faculty dean for educa- Pitt-Bradford has named Scott Masiello will be responsible for member in medicine at the Uni- tion, has been David Vorp, a faculty member Elliott as its sports information all clinical aspects of the Health versity of British Columbia in elected the 2011 in bioengineering and surgery, has director. Services Department and will Vancouver. Council of Deans been awarded Elliott comes to UPB from work with the Office of Health and Smith is particularly interested secretary for the the 2011 Lindenwood University in St. Wellness Services in the planning in bone marrow transplantation, American Asso- Van C. Mow Louis, where he served as the and implementation of campus cancer stem cells and bioinformat- ciation of Col- Medal. The primary media contact for the health promotion and prevention ics. His research has been sup- leges of Phar- award is given men’s and women’s volleyball, programs offered through the ported by the National Institutes macy (AACP). The Council of by the Ameri- track and field, ice hockey and Healthy Campus Initiative. of Health, the Canadian Blood Deans comprises members who can Society of softball teams. He helped imple- Masiello is the chief medi- and Marrow Transplant Group, are deans, associate or assistant Mechanical ment a new athletics web site at cal officer/chief wellness officer the Stem Cell Network and the deans or professional staff mem- Engineers to a Lindenwood. and director of the Center for Canadian Institutes of Health. He bers of AACP. researcher who has “demonstrated Elliott also worked for Fox Health Promotion and Disease also has patented several methods • Brian Potoski, pharmacy meritorious contributions to the Sports Midwest in St. Louis. Prevention at Windber Research regarding stem cell use. and therapeutics, has received field of bioengineering through He holds a master’s degree in Institute. the 2010 Jerry Siegel Clinical research, education, professional sports management from Lin- A fellow of the American Acad- Don Shields, director of cor- Achievement Award from the development, leadership in the denwood, where he also earned emy of Pediatrics, he earned his porate relations at the Swanson American Society of Health- development of the profession, a bachelor’s degree in communi- MD at Autonomous University School of Engineering, has been System Pharmacists. mentorship to young bioengineers cations. While a student at Lin- of Guadalajara Medical School, named executive director of the The award recognizes a gradu- and service to the bioengineering denwood, he was sports director and his Master of Public Health Center for Energy. ate of the Ohio State University community.” for the campus radio station and degree at the George Washing- The center, housed in the Medical Center pharmacy resi- In addition to his appointments the voice of both the football and ton University School of Public Swanson school, is dedicated to dency program who has advanced in bioengineering and surgery, basketball teams. Health and Health Services. n

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