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PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume IX • Number 21 • July 21, 2008 Six Pitt Faculty Receive NSF Awards Awards fund junior faculty members’ emerging research

Tracy Cui Di Gao Rebecca Hwa Alexandros Labrinidis Lisa Weiland Jun Yang By Morgan Kelly cells for therapeutic use for neurological from such specialized domains as busi- Communities powered by clean, local- diseases and injuries. Her research involves ness e-mails or scientific literature as well would specify preferences in three catego- source energy. Faster, more reliable tech- creating a surface of electroactive polymers as texts that are automatically translated ries of quality: Quality of Service, Quality nologies and computers with a better grasp on which neural stem cells can be directed from foreign languages. Specifically, Hwa of Data, and Quality of Information. of human language. Medical care tailored to become functional neurons. This technol- will create machine-learning algorithms The user-centric Web portal would then to your DNA, or neural stem cells readily ogy would allow scientists to answer the that find correspondences between “stan- display the Web pages most in keeping with available for treating neurological diseases predominant questions regarding neural dard English” and texts from specialized the person’s preferences. Labrinidis’ project and injuries. stem cell growth and neural tissue regenera- domains. re-examines traditional query processing Six University of faculty tion, namely, whether stem cells can become The project focuses on three types of techniques and introduces a new tier of members will advance the futures of functional cells on an engineered surface correspondences: direct translations, such interaction wherein the processor adapts energy, health, and tech- and, if so, under what as bilingual documents; loose translations, to the user’s changing preferences over nology as part of Faculty circumstances. e.g., paraphrased articles; and indirectly time. Labrinidis will conduct user studies Early Career Develop- As of July 7, Pitt was related texts without an explicit translation. to validate the QA framework, evaluate the ment (CAREER) awards Di Gao’s research From these correspondences, a standard proposed algorithms analytically and exper- they received this year among only 19 universi- could help usher in the system will be adapted to translate texts in imentally, and develop prototypes. Results from the National Science much-heralded future specialized domains. Better language pro- of this research—including software, data, Foundation. The awards ties to receive six or of personalized medi- cessing for a wide range of texts could allow and publications—will be made publicly fund junior faculty mem- cal care based on an for such computer applications as intelligent available via the project Web site db.cs.pitt. bers’ emerging careers more of the 420 CAREER individual’s DNA, with tutoring programs and data mining for edu/user-centric. Labrinidis is codirector of and include an education awards granted since his effort to revamp the medical documents. Pitt’s Advanced Data Management Tech- component that encour- technique for screen- nologies Laboratory (ADMT Lab), which ages outreach to women October 2007. Matching ing and separating The need for personalization is expected encompasses a range of projects from data and underrepresented DNA molecules. Gao’s to increase dramatically as the Internet management for sensor networks to data- populations. Pitt with six awards are approach would stretch becomes more widespread and its users— stream management systems and from sci- Four recipients teach DNA strands tethered and content—more diverse. Accordingly, entific data management to Web databases. in Pitt’s Swanson School Penn State, Texas A&M to a solid surface via an Alexandros Labrinidis aims to create a The ADMT Lab was established in 1995 of Engineering: Tracy electric field, allowing user-centric Web portal wherein people can through an NSF CAREER award presented Cui, an assistant profes- University System, the them to be pulled from tailor their search results. Labrinidis will to ADMT codirector Panos Chrysanthis, a sor in the Department University of Massachu- the surface and ana- first identify quality information from Web Pitt professor of computer science. of Bioengineering; Di lyzed based on their data sources; then—through a framework Gao, an assistant profes- setts, the University of viscoelasticity. This called Quality Agreements (QA)—a person Continued on page 2 sor in the Department of method would over- Chemical and Petroleum Missouri, the University come the limitations Engineering; Lisa Wei- of the predominant Making the Sweep land, an assistant profes- of Washington, the Uni- method of electro- sor in the Department of phoreses—submerg- Mechanical Engineering versity of Delaware, and ing the strands in a and Materials Science; Virginia Tech. matrix and applying and Jun Yang, an assistant an electric field. By professor in the Depart- stretching the DNA, ment of Electrical and c h r o m o s o m e - s i z e Computer Engineering. DNA molecules can be Assistant professors separated and studied, Rebecca Hwa and Alexandros Labrinidis, large fragments can be screened for muta- both in the Department of Computer Sci- tions, and longer sequence fragments can ence in Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences, be extracted. The technique might also be also received awards. applied to RNA. The education component As of July 7, Pitt was among only 19 of Gao’s project includes outreach to under- universities to receive six or more of the represented high school students through a 420 CAREER awards granted since Octo- related course and workshop at Baldwin and ber 2007. Matching Pitt with six awards Westinghouse high schools in Pittsburgh, are Penn State, Texas A&M University both of which have large African Ameri- System, the University of Massachusetts, can student populations, and collaboration the University of Missouri, the University with Tsinghua University in China on an of Washington, the University of Delaware, international field study module for Pitt and Virginia Tech. The University of Illinois undergraduates that focuses on international

at Urbana-Champaign tops the list with 18 views of the ethical and social issues of JOE KAPELEWSKI/CIDDE genetic research. awards. Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg (foreground, right) and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (left) toured A description of each Pitt recipient’s research follows. Rebecca Hwa aims to improve the ability of July 15, looking for building code violations and inspecting recently renovated properties during the third-annual Central Oakland computers to process and translate human “sweep.” They were accompanied by building inspectors, Oakland community activists, and members of the news media. The code Tracy Cui is developing a platform for better language. She will address the difficulty sweeps began in the spring of 2006 to encourage Oakland landlords to keep their properties safe and clean for the approximately understanding how to harvest neural stem many systems have in processing texts 20,000 university students residing in the neighborhood. 2 • Pitt Chronicle • July 21, 2008 Six Pitt Faculty Receive NSF Awards Academic Benefits of Full-Day Kindergarten Continued from page 1 Are Short-Term, Pitt Study Finds Lisa Weiland will undertake a twofold power without becoming too delicate. The effort to help sustainable energy gain a foot- education component of her project includes hold in Western by implement- working with civic and business leaders in ing self-powered materials into an ongoing Vandergrift—and eventually other cities— project to power the town of Vandergrift in to develop tailored plans for becoming more Westmoreland County with hydrokinetic efficient producers and consumers of energy power. The Vandergrift project, based in and goods. the Swanson School’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, will harness the As technologies become more compact Kiskiminetas River and help power the and powerful, the microprocessors within town’s main business district with free, them become more prone to overheating, clean-source electricity using microhydro leading to poor performance, reduced reli- generators. Because the river—and thus the ability, and shorter lifetimes. Jun Yang will generator—is small, Weiland will investi- investigate ways of controlling temperature gate a potential power-harvesting method by proactively scheduling workloads among based on electromechanical materials that different processing cores—which perform would generate power as the river’s current specific tasks within a processor—of today’s moves over them. Weiland will focus on, multicore processors. Current processors among other things, materials known as adopt a reactive temperature control by ionomers, which have been tested for such decreasing power flow within the entire uses as self-powered sensors in bridges processor—even if only one core overheats. and for monitoring blood flow in patients Yang’s technique instead prevents overheat- at risk for arterial blockage; as the sensors ing by swapping a high-stress task in an move from vibrations or fluid flow, they overheating core with a low-stress task from would simultaneously send out an electric a cooler core. This approach would dimin- data signal and recharge themselves. But ish the occurrence of hotspots and maintain ionomers have not yet been applied to such a temperature at which the processor can high-power devices as generators because of function with maximum performance and a concern that electrical output and fragility reliability. Yang focuses her research on computer architecture particularly power increase in tandem. As part of her CAREER By Sharon S. Blake project, Weiland will work on constructing and thermal-aware design, energy efficiency, more robust ionomers that can produce more and chip multiprocessor design. As full-day kindergarten becomes more fact, from the spring of their kindergarten popular throughout the United States, parents year through fifth grade, the academic skills may wonder whether the full-day of children in part-day kindergarten programs pay off academically for grew faster than those of children Pitt Sets Emergency Preparedness children in the long run. in full-day kindergarten. The According to a new study advantage of full-day versus by researchers at the Univer- part-day programs was no sity of Pittsburgh and Loyola longer evident by the spring Drills for 11 Buildings in August University in Chicago, the of third grade. academic benefits are more According to the research- The ’s call Environmental Health and short-term. ers, this is owing, in part, to the Department of Environmental Health Safety at 412-624-9505 for The study, published in fact that the children in part-day and Safety has scheduled emer- the development of an indi- the July/August 2008 issue of kindergarten were from more gency preparedness exercises vidual emergency response the journal Child Development, socio-economically advantaged during August for 10 Uni- plan. suggests that full-day kindergarten Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal situations and had more stimulating versity-operated high-rise The schedule is: promotes academic achievement, home environments than those in buildings and the Petersen , Aug. 8, and those children in full-day kindergarten full-day programs. Events Center. 8:30 a.m.; Petersen have slightly better The exercises will be Events Center, Aug. reading and math Pitt assistant professor of psychology Elizabeth initiated by the sounding 8, 9:15 a.m.; Bio- skills than children in of an emergency alarm medical Sciences part-day kindergar- Votruba-Drzal, the study’s lead author, worked throughout each building; Tower 3, Aug. 11, ten. However, those occupants should evacuate 8:30 a.m.; Learn- initial academic ben- with data on 13,776 children from the Early the building via the nearest i n g R e s e a r c h efits diminish early in stairwell or exit door. Each and Development elementary school. Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten exercise should last no more Center, Aug. 11, 9:15 Pitt assistant pro- than 20 minutes. (Occupants of a.m.; , fessor of psychology Class of 1998-99, a study of a nationally the will be Aug. 12, 8:30 a.m.; Gradu- Elizabeth Votruba- representative group of kindergartners. given special instructions for their ate School of Public Health, Drzal, the study’s lead scheduled exercise.) Each residence Aug. 12, 9:15 a.m.; Alumni Hall, author, worked with hall will have an emergency pre- Aug. 13, 8:30 a.m.; School of Infor- data on 13,776 chil- paredness exercise during the fall term. mation Sciences, Aug. 13, 9:15 a.m.; dren from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Individuals with medical conditions or , Aug. 14, 8:30 Study: Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, a disabilities that may require accommoda- a.m.; , Aug. 14, 9:15 study of a nationally representative group tions for participation in an evacuation exer- a.m.; and Cathedral of Learning, Aug. 15, of kindergartners. Votruba-Drzal and her cise or in a real emergency are requested to 8:30 a.m. colleagues measured children’s academic PittNewspaper ofChronicle the University of Pittsburgh achievement in math and reading in the fall and spring of their kindergarten and PUBLISHER Robert Hill first-grade years, and in the spring of their ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith BIG BEN SUPPORTS PITT POLICE K-9 third- and fifth-grade years. The researchers EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer Training and equipment were made avail- looked at the type and extent of child care EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet ART DIRECTOR Gary Cravener able for the Pitt Police canine, Officer Riggs, the children received outside of the kinder- garten classroom, the quality of cognitive STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake through the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation, John Fedele which donated nearly $100,000 to Pitts- stimulation they received at home, and their families’ poverty level. Morgan Kelly burgh-area police and fire department K-9 “These study results suggest that the Amanda Leff units. Dog lover Ben Roethlisberger, who also shift from part-day to full-day kindergarten Anthony M. Moore plays quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, programs occurring across the United States Patricia Lomando White donated the money because, he said, he may have positive implications for the child’s wanted “to recognize and support the men learning trajectories in the short run,” says and women in the police and fire departments Votruba-Drzal. “They also highlight charac- who risk their lives to protect our communities teristics of children and their families that are The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by noteworthy in explaining why the full-day University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, and keep us safe. Since I happen to love dogs, 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, this program is a unique way to contribute advantages fade relatively quickly.” Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895, to K-9 units in different cities that play a Overall, the study found that reading E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu and math skills of children in full-day kin- vital role in assisting police and fire efforts.” dergarten grew faster from the fall to the The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal Pictured (from left) are Roethlisberger; Pitt spring of their kindergarten year compared opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any Police Chief Tim Delaney; Pitt Police Officer David Nanz; Allegheny County Deputy District Attorney Tom Swan; to the academic skills of children in part-day basis prohibited by law. and Rob Cochran, president and CEO of #1 Cochran, one of the foundation’s major supporters. kindergarten. However, the full-day kinder- gartners’ gains in reading and math did not last far beyond their kindergarten year. In July 21, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 3

Academic Benefits of Full-Day Kindergarten The Playboy of the Western World, by John Millington Synge, through Aug. 16, Henry Heymann Theatre in the Pitt’s Kuntu Repertory Theatre: A Call for Auditions Are Short-Term, Pitt Study Finds , Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theater, 412-394-3353, www. Actors of diverse backgrounds Thinking Outside the Box picttheater.org. are encouraged to audition for the is about a reality game show HappeningMattress Factory,s Shear Madness, by Paul Portner, 18th annual Pittsburgh New Works and a potential contestant Inner & Outer Space, through Sept. 28, Pittsburgh CLO Caba- Festival, which will include a staged who has a rather unorthodox through Jan. 11, ret, Cabaret at Theatre Square, 655 Penn 2009, 500 Sampso- Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6766, www. reading of Thinking Outside the audition. Kuntu’s reading, nia Way, Northside, clocabaret.com. Box, an original one-act play to be directed by Jean- 412-231-3169, www. by Michael Wolfson to be nine Foster-McKelvia, mattress.org. Pitt PhD Dissertation presented by the University is slated for 7 p.m. of Pittsburgh’s Kuntu Reper- Aug. 24 at Open Stage Film Defenses tory Theatre. Theatre. Admission is Quicksilver, (1986), Jill Brady, School of Health and Auditions for Thinking free. directed by Thomas Rehabilitation Sciences, “Examining Outside the Box and other The Pittsburgh Michael Donnelly, 8 Inter-sentential Influences on Predicted p.m. Aug. 1; Il Postino, Verb Subcategorization,” 9 a.m. July 21, productions will take place from New Works Festival will (1994), directed by Room 5047 . 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 26 and present staged readings Michael Radford, 8 pm. Aug. 8; Les Triplettes Jaime Berlin Talkowski, School of 27 at Open Stage Theatre, on Aug. 24 and Aug. 31. de Belleville, (2003), Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2835 Smallman St., Strip Main stage productions directed by Sylvain “Quantifying Physical Activity in District. Actors may select the run Thursdays through Chomet, 8 p.m. Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using Aug. 15; part of bicycle- Accelerometry,” 2:30 p.m. July 21, Room plays for which they’d like to Sundays, Sept. 4-28. The themed movie nights 6012 Forbes Tower. audition. festival is dedicated to sponsored in August by Actors should be pre- fostering the development Future Tenant, an art Sarah R. Haile, Graduate School of program featuring alter- Public Health, “Inference on Competing pared to deliver a two-minute of original one-act plays native exhibitions and Risks in Breast Cancer Data,” 10 a.m. nonclassical monologue and written by local and national performances by artists July 22, Room A622 Crabtree Hall. from Carnegie Mellon provide a head shot and résumé. playwrights that are being Untitled 2008, Maria Lassnig, Life on Mars, University and beyond, To make an appointment, call produced for the first time 55th Carnegie International, through Brian S. Sheridan, School of Medicine, hosted by 819 Penn Ave. “The Presence of Latent Virus Influences 412-881-6888 or visit www. by local theater companies. January 11, 2009 Gallery, Downtown, the Maintenance and Phenotype of the pittsburghnewworks.org. —By Sharon S. Blake 412-325-7037, www. HSV-specific CD8 Memory Population,” futuretenant.org. 10 a.m. July 22, S123 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower. Concerts LaShawn M. Curtis, Graduate School of Lectures/Seminars/ Public Health, “Using a Mixed-Methods Steve Earle, country-rock, 8 p.m. Case Study Design to Explore, Evaluate, July 24, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., and Evaluation,” 10 a.m. July 23, A523 Conference Readings and Enhance a Cancer Patient Navigator Crabtree Hall. Room. Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Program,” 10 a.m. July 23, A226 Parran 412-441-1907, www.pgharts.org. How to Invest in Marketable Securi- Hall Conference Room. Antonio Guilherme Fonseca Pacheco, Lauren M. Broyles, School of Nursing, “Alcohol Use, HIV Infection, and Antiret- The Black Crowes, featuring mix of rock, ties, Mary Adamowski and Charles Graduate School of Public Health, Reszetylo, senior business analysts with Eric Kimball, Department of History, “Changes in Causes of Death in HIV/ roviral Adherence,” 2 p.m. July 30, Room blues, country, soul and gospel, 8 p.m. “An Essential Link in a Vast Chain–New Aug. 5, Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh branch of Federal Reserve AIDS Patients in Brazil in the Haart 451 Victoria Building. Bank of Cleveland, 12:15 p.m., July 24; England and the West Indies, 1700-1775,” Era,” 3 p.m. July 23, Room 451 Victoria Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 10 a.m. July 23, 3703 Posvar Hall. 412-441-1907, www.pgharts.org. Asset Allocation: Making Your Assets Building. Keon L. Gilbert, Graduate School of Work for You—Now and in the Future, Public Health, “A Meta-Analytic Review David Gettemy, Morgan Stanley financial Stephen Wilson, Department of Darmendra Ramcharran, Graduate of Social Capital’s Role in Health Promo- Bryan Adams, singer/songwriter and gui- Psychology, “Self-focused Versus Other- tarist, 8 p.m. Aug. 7, Byham Theater, 101 advisor, 12:15 p.m. July 31, Carnegie School of Public Health, “Aspects of the tion,” 1 p.m. July 30, Room 111 Graduate Library of Pittsburgh, 612 Smithfield St., focused Strategies for Coping With Lipid Profile in a Cohort with Chronic School of Public Health. Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Cultural Smoking Cue Exposure,” 10 a.m. July 23, Trust, 412-441-1907, www.pgharts.org. Downtown, 412-281-7141. Hepatitis C Infection,” 9 a.m. July 24, 4127 . 127 Parran Hall. Sherrianne Gleason, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Chi-Kuang Lin, School of Information Kathleen C. Spadaro, School of “Characterization of Dendritic Cell Exhibitions Opera/Theater/ Sciences, “Channel Access Management Nursing, “Weight Loss: Exploring Handling of Cell-Associated Membrane in Data Intensive Sensor Networks,” and Cytoplasmic Proteins From Live and Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Win- Self-regulation Through Mindfulness Dance 10 a.m. July 23, Room 502 School of Meditation,” 1 p.m. July 24, Room 451 Apoptotic Cells,” 9 a.m. July 31, A719 dows & Dreams, through July 25, 200 Information Sciences Building. Broad St., Sewickley, 412-741-4405, www. The Rat Pack Is Back!, tribute to spirited Victoria Building. Crabtree Hall. sweetwaterartcenter.org. Las Vegas night club act, Lawrence Loh, conductor, July 22-27, Heinz Hall, 600 Mita T. Lovalekar, Deparment of Bridget Calhoun, Department of Yongyun Zhao, Graduate School of Penn Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Sym- Epidemiology, “Indian Supercourse Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Public Health, “Summary Functions for Carnegie Museum of Art, BigBot: Network in Epidemiology—Development Extreme Animals—The Video Game, phony Orchestra, 412-392-6070, www. “Body Habitus Changes, Metabolic Data in the Presence of Competing Risks,” through July 27, and 55th Carnegie pittsburghsymphony.org. Abnormalities and Subclinical 10 a.m. July 31, 109 Parran Hall. International, through Jan. 11, 2009, Cardiovascular Disease Associated with 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, 412-622-3131, Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, Long-term Antiretroviral Therapy,” Adam Joseph Carter, Department of www.cmoa.org. July 22 through Aug. 3, Benedum Center, 9 a.m. July 25, A719 Crabtree Hall. Geology and Planetary Science, “Quan- 803 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh titative Thermal Infrared Analyses of Civic Light Opera, 412-471-6070, www. Kelliann K. Davis, School of Educa- Volcanic Processes and Products: Appli- Andy Warhol Museum, BigBot: pittsburghclo.org. tion, “Effect of Mindfulness Meditation cation to Bezymianny Volcano, Russia,” You’re #1 and Gigapan Student Project, and Home-Based Resistance Exercise 1 p.m. Aug. 1, Room 214 Space Research both through July 27; Transformer: The Chris Laitta’s TV Tunes, cabaret, July 25, on Weight Loss, Weight Loss Behaviors, Coordination Center. Work of Glenn Kain, through Aug. 31; Aug. 1, and Sept. 22, Cabaret at Theater and Psychosocial Correlates in Over- Recette Satire: Andy Warhol’s and Suzie Square , 655 Penn Ave., Downtown, weight Adults,” 10 a.m. July 25, Room Daniel A. Lao-Davilla, Department of Frankfurt’s Wild Raspberries, through Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-441-1907, 3034 Petersen Events Center. Geology and Planetary Science, “Serpen- Sept. 14, 117 Sandusky St., North Side, www.pgharts.org. tinite Emplacement and Deformation in 412-237-8300, www.warhol.org. Sammy Grimaldo, School of Medicine, Western Puerto Rico and Their Implica- Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fel- “Characterization of the Regulatory tions for the Caribbean-North America Plate Boundary Tectonic History,” Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Just lowship Tabernacle Church Choir, gospel Mechanisms Involved in VEGI-mediated Kidding Around: Children in Cartoons & music, 8 p.m. July 26, Byham Theater, Endothelial Cell Apoptosis,” 10 a.m. July 2 p.m. Aug. 4, Room 214 Space Research Comics, through Aug. 3; and Lemurtron, 101 Sixth St., Downtown, Pittsburgh 25, 202C Herberman Conference Center, Coordination Center. through Sept. 10; 10 Children’s Way, Cultural Trust, 412-441-1907, www. UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 5150 Centre Northside, 412-322-5058, www.pitts- pgharts.org. Ave., Shadyside. Christa E. Bartos, School of Medicine, burghkids.org. “Perceptions of Personal Power and Their Teena Marie, singer and songwriter, Richard E. Blakesley, Graduate School Relationship to Clinicians’ Resistance to the Introduction of Computerized Physi- Space, You Are Here, through 8 p.m. Aug. 2, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., of Public Health, “Parametric Control of Aug. 9, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown, Downtown, Pittsburgh Symphony Orches- Familywise Error Rates with Dependent cian Order Entry,” 9 a.m. Aug. 6, M184 412-471-8712, www.spacepittsburgh.org. tra, 412-392-6070, www.pittsburghsym- /P/-Values,” 10 a.m. July 28, Room 109 Parkvale Building. phony.org. Parran Hall. Department of Eng- Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Nancy Christine Mahady, Crow: Works From 1988-2008, through West Side Story, music by Leonard Bern- Jeffrey C. Murphy, School of Educa- lish, “Corporeality in Turn-of-the-Century Aug. 15, Carnegie Mellon Univer- stein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Aug. tion, “Effects of Acute Dynamic Stretch- American Fiction,” 2:30 p.m. Aug. 7, sity, Forbes and Morewood avenues, 5-17, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty Ave., ing on Maximal Muscular Power in a Room 527 Cathedral of Learning. 412-268-3618. Downtown, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Sample of College-Age Recreational 412-471-6070, www.pittsburghclo.org. Athletes,” noon, July 28, Room 129 Silver Eye Center for Photogra- . Workshops phy, 250 Years of Plants: Botanical Works by Regional Photographers, through Karen Frost-Arnold, Department “The First Step: Mechanics of Start- I’m Dead, of Philosophy, “The Epistemological ing a Small Business,” 7:30-10 a.m. Sept. 13, 1015 E. Carson St., South Side, Richard Shrigley, 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org. Importance of Trust in Science,” 10 a.m. Aug. 8, ; 8-10 a.m Aug. 55th Carnegie July 29, 1001B Cathedral of Learning. 20, Comfort Inn Hotel, Washington, International, Pa., Pitt’s Small Business Development Frick Art & Historical Center, A Pan- through January 11, orama of Pittsburgh: Nineteenth-Century Melinda R. Bolgar, Center, no fee, registration required, Printed Views, through Oct. 5, 7227 2009 School of Education, 724-627-9054, [email protected]. Reynolds St., Squirrel Hill, 412-371-0600, “Effects of Training edu. www.frickart.org. Status, Exercise Mode and Intensity on “The Second Step: Business Plan- Differentiated Rat- ning Workshop,” 7:30-10 a.m. Aug. Westmoreland Museum of Ameri- 22, Mervis Hall, Pitt’s Small Business can Art, Painting in the United States, ings of Perceived through Oct. 19, 211 N. Main St., Exertion,” Development Center, $25 fee, registration Greensburg, 724-837-1500, www.wmu- 1 p.m., required, 412-648-1542, ieeregistration@ seumaa.org. 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Fu’s leadership, the UPMC Center for Sports in psychology from the State University of Medicine has grown into one of the world’s New York at Brockport. largest and most comprehensive sports As a member of the Pitt-Johnstown medicine clinical and research centers. Fu is faculty, Teich has served as the chair of the the head team physician for the University’s Department of Psychology and Division Department of Athletics. of Natural Sciences, and he has been a Awards&More Fu joined the medical school faculty in member of numerous University commit- 1982 as an assistant professor of orthopaedic tees. He is very active in his field and has Andrew F. Stewart, professor and chief The CINP-Lilly award acknowledges surgery and director of sports medicine. He conducted extensive research on the effects of the Division of Endocrinology and Grace’s work to determine the modes of became clinical vice chair of the Department of stress on the human body, experimental Metabolism, Department of Medicine, action of psychiatric drugs by creating of Orthopaedic Surgery in 1990 and execu- pain, and the effects of divorce on children. University of Pittsburgh School of Medi- models of neuron activity that expose the tive vice chair in 1994. He is the editor of 28 His research has appeared in several pro- cine, was honored by The Endocrine biological and chemical roots of mental major orthopaedic textbooks and also serves fessional journals, including Behavioral Society during the organization’s 90th disorders. The award pertains in particular on the editorial boards of, and as a reviewer Brain Research, Behavioral Neuroscience, annual meeting on June 20 in San Fran- to his research into the neurobiology of for, many orthopaedic journals, including the Perspectives in Behavioral Medicine, and cisco. Stewart delivered the society’s schizophrenia and the resulting interplay American Journal of Sports Medi- Physiology and Behavior. 2008 Gerald D. Aurbach Award Lecture, between medication and the brain’s neu- cine, Arthroscopy, and the Jour- in recognition of his outstanding contri- rotransmitters. nal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Michael Madison, professor butions to endocrinology research. of law and associate dean for Considered an international author- Freddie H. Fu was installed as the 37th Alan H. Teich, associate pro- research in the University of ity in disorders of bone and mineral president of the American Orthopaedic fessor of psychology and nat- Pittsburgh School of Law, is metabolism, Stewart leads inves- Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) ural sciences at the University one of four law professors and tigations involving transla- during the society’s annual meeting in of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, other experts who served on a tional and basic science Orlando, Fla. Fu is a professor and has been named interim vice committee to develop a Code research of pancreatic chair of the Department of Ortho- president for academic affairs of Best Practices in Fair Use for beta islet cell function paedic Surgery in the University at Pitt-Johnstown. Alan H. Teich Online Video to guide creators of in individuals with dia- of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Teich joined the Pitt-Johnstown online entertainment. betes. He was the first and founding medical director faculty in 1987 as an assistant pro- Sponsored by the American Uni- to characterize humoral in the UPMC Center for Sports fessor of psychology and natural sciences. versity’s Center for Social Media, the hypercalemia of malig- Medicine. He was promoted to associate professor in committee was cochaired by Peter Jaszi, nancy, a syndrome that is Fu is known worldwide for his 1993. He received his doctoral degree in professor of law and faculty director of the a common cause of death pioneering surgical techniques to treat behavioral medicine from the University of Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property in patients with breast, lung, Freddie H. Fu sports-related injuries to the knee and Miami, his master’s degree in experimental Clinic at American’s Washington College and other cancers, in complete shoulder and his extensive scientific psychology from the State University of New of Law, and Patricia Aufderheide, professor biochemical detail. and clinical research in biomechanics. Under York at Geneseo, and his bachelor’s degree and director of the social media center in The Aurbach Award is given by American’s School of Communication. The Endocrine Society in honor of the Madison had a similar role on the late Gerald D. Aurbach, who served as board of an earlier project—a statement of society president from 1989 to 1990. The best practices for fair use in documentary award was first presented in 1993. filmmaking—on which the current project is based. Anthony Grace, a professor of neurosci- ence, psychiatry, and psychology in Pitt’s Department of Neuroscience, received the 2008 CINP-Lilly Neuroscience Basic Research Award for his research PUBLICATION NOTICE The next edition of into the biological bases of psychiatric Pitt Chronicle will be published Aug. 19. disorders. Items for publication in the newspaper’s The award is presented by the Happenings calendar (see page 3) should Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psy- be received six working days prior to the desired publication date. Happenings chopharmacologicum and pharmaceu- PHOTO COURTESY PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER items should include the following infor- tical company Eli Lilly to a researcher The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) won the Best Demonstration at TG08 award during the annual mation: title of the event, name and title of younger than 55 who has made signifi- conference of the TeraGrid, a National Science Foundation program of cyberinfrastructure for U.S. science and speaker(s), date, time, location, sponsor(s), cant contributions to the understanding education. A PSC team of two scientists, Shawn Brown and Philip Blood, and University of Pittsburgh student and a phone number and Web site for addi- of the nervous system. Grace accepted intern Jordan Soyke received the award for WiiMD, an innovative project that merges the video-game technol- tional information. Items may be e-mailed the award July 13 in Munich at CINP’s ogy of the Nintendo Wii with interactive supercomputing. Brown (second from left) demonstrates WiiMD to to [email protected], faxed to 412-624-4895, 26th congress. CINP is the world’s sole or sent by campus mail to 422 Craig Hall. visiting students at a National Science Foundation open house in Arlington, Va. The PSC is a joint effort of the For more information, call 412-624-4238 or global organization dedicated to neurop- University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University together with the Westinghouse Electric Company. sychopharmacology. e-mail [email protected].