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VOLUME 48 • NUMBER 20 JUNE 9, 2016 UNIVERSITY OF Project to fix CL Signs drainage of he ducks that swim from spring time to time on the Cathe- dral of Learning lawn will Spring planting is under- T way across the Pittsburgh need to find a different vacation campus. Student grounds spot. workers Lewis McKenzie, Work is progressing on a new kneeling, and Dustin Zeiler, background, plant drainage system that will eliminate cannas as part of a tropi- the lake that forms between the cal display outside the and Heinz . Chapel after heavy rains. The new lawn should be ready for use by Aug. 1, Scott Berno- tas, associate vice chancellor of Facilities Management, told the University Times. Overcompacted soil prevented the lawn from draining properly, he said. The old soil has been hauled away, replaced by a pair of CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Kimberly K. Barlow/University Times Local experts discuss opiate crisis sked whether they knew the drug again after a period of • Risky use: May be everything the symptoms of fatigue, from anyone — neighbors, attempted recovery. To get help from drinking at a work lunch impaired coordination to muscle family or friends — with Opiate addiction causes crime hour to upping the frequency and relaxation. But several symptoms A LifeSolutions (www. an opiate addiction, half the 60 to fuel the habit, Welsh said, par- level of drug use. are unmistakably from opiates: people attending the Staff Asso- ticularly thefts, with addicts more hr.pitt.edu/lifesolutions) • Dependence: The body and/ constricted pupils and gray skin ciation Counsel’s May 24 presenta- likely to be arrested for burglary, offers free, confidential or mind becomes dependent on a color. People on opiates also may tion on opiates raised their hands. retail theft, robbery or receiving services, including up to six substance and there is an anxiety seem to absentmindedly stroke As panelist Nancy McKee stolen property. counseling sessions, to all about not being able to obtain the or scratch the side of their faces. pointed out, addicts are no longer “Even right here in , members of Pitt employees’ drug, plus withdrawal symptoms Psychologically, opiates have as hidden as they used to be, we get a lot of times where we households and is available if the drug is not used. a variety of effects: decreased thanks to widespread painkiller stop a car and they have bubbles all day, every day for crises • Addiction: “They’re not anxiety, cognitive impairment, over-prescription, which leads or bricks of heroin in the car,” requiring urgent attention using it to get high anymore; euphoria or dissociation. to addictions and then to use of he said, referencing larger quan- at 1-888-647-3432. they’re using it not to feel sick,” Unlike alcohol addiction with- the chemically related but cheaper tities of heroin, as opposed to ioral Health. Drug dealers may Sedlock said. drawal, which can cause death, and more readily available heroin: the postage-stamp-sized “stamp barter with users who don’t have Heroin and painkillers may opiate withdrawal is not fatal “Those are people that we know. bags” sold individually on the the cash for their drugs: Dealers be abused by injection, dissolved but can cause tremors, seizures Those are people that we live next street for about $10. may borrow a user’s car or have under the tongue, snorted or and the elevation of many vital to. Those are our children.” “We’ve had a problem with the user work as a driver, in lieu freebased (heated and inhaled signs (blood pressure, pulse and McKee, clinical manager for theft here on campus,” he added, of payment. Some drug dealers through a pipe) or through skin temperature), with nausea and the UPMC health and wellness something he attributes to non- also take checks and use credit popping (injecting the drug any- vomiting. program LifeSolutions, reported students looking for items to sell card-swiping devices and apps where under the skin, when a vein Said another panelist, Tom a 208-percent increase in over- for drug money. Common targets on their mobile phones, listing is hard or impossible to find, or Koloc, senior account manager doses from pain medication in include laptops and cellphones left the transaction as a legitimate when the addict is too eager for for LifeSolutions: “I’ve heard Allegheny and seven surrounding unattended at . business deal and paying taxes the dose to search for a vein). people say if you’re withdrawing counties from 2008 to 2014, and But the Pitt Police also have seen a on it. But some people do pay Users build a tolerance to opi- from opiates you’ll wish you were a 289-percent increase in heroin bicycle theft ring and smash-and- for their addictions via thefts or ates, “so you’ll use more and more dead.” overdoses in the same area and grab thefts from cars parked in prostitution, she allowed. of it to get that feeling, to feel q time. Soldiers and Sailors and O’Hara How do people end up so good,” she added. Some of her Naloxone was developed to Pitt Police Sgt. Charles Welsh garages. He said Oakland also addicted that they must resort clients have used up to 50 stamp bring OD victims back from the noted that the total number of has experienced violence among to crime to pay for their habit? bags of heroin per day. “You brink of death via an injection or a pain relievers prescribed in the drug dealers for control of sales Addiction comes on gradually, have to keep in mind that drug nasal spray. “It throws people into United States grew from about territory. Sedlock pointed out. There are dealers are not fine, upstanding an immediate withdrawal,” said 76 million in 1991 to 207 million Robbery and similar crimes five common stages: citizens” and that heroin may be Sedlock. However, she cautioned, in 2013 — and 80 percent of new are not common at the regional • Experimentation: Trying cut multiple times with several “It is not going to help anybody heroin users started by abusing campuses and, if they occur, are various addictive substances, and diluting or enhancing substances get clean.” prescription opioids. more likely to be student-on- perhaps developing a preference before it reaches the user. “While It also must be administered Heroin on the street now is student crimes, he said. for one particular drug or kind of they’re using 50 bags of heroin, again if it wears off, which is as much as 70 percent pure, he q alcohol because it slows the body’s the amount of heroin they’re using possible within 20-60 minutes. said, compared to a 2-3 percent Paying for drugs has taken on systems down or speeds them up may not be enough for 10 bags” People present at an overdose are pure product used in the 1970s, a very modern cast, said panelist in a desirable fashion. of pure heroin. advised to call 911 and try mouth- making overdoses more likely Rebekah Sedlock, a coordinator • Regular use: Beginning to Opiates can cause many side to-mouth resuscitation first. today, particularly if addicts use with Community Care Behav- develop a habit. effects that may be mistaken for CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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D. Smith. q Document outlines trustee commitments The committee also recom- he Board of Trustees at dates for board membership and trial College of the Armed Forces, He received the Pitt Alumni mended: its June 24 meeting will nine trustees for re-election. and a master’s degree in nursing Association’s 2006 Volunteer of —Re-electing Blum for a one- Tconsider a statement that New candidates are Edward J. from Pitt. Excellence Award, the Varsity year term as chair of the Board outlines collective and individual Grefenstette, Patricia D. Horoho Horoho delivered the keynote Letter Club’s 2005 Award of Dis- of Trustees. trustee commitments and respon- and S. Jeffrey Kondis. address at Pitt’s 2012 commence- tinction, the Katz school’s 2003 —Re-electing Michael A. sibilities. • Grefenstette is president ment convocation, where she was Distinguished Service Award and Bryson and Robert M. Hernandez The document, approved and chief investment officer awarded an honorary Doctor of the 1998 H.J. Zoffer Award for as trustees of the University of by the board’s governance and for The Dietrich Foundation, a Public Service degree. She was Meritorious Service. Pittsburgh Trust board. nominating committee June 1, Pittsburgh-based charitable trust named a q —Electing John J. Verbanac collects in a single statement Pitt established by former Pitt board Legacy Laureate in 2007 and was Recommended for re-election and re-electing Mark A. Norden- board members’ responsibilities. chairperson William S. Dietrich honored by the Pitt Alumni Asso- are: term trustees John A. Bar- berg as University directors of the It states that, in addition II, who died in 2011. Grefenstette ciation as a Distinguished Alumni bour, Eva Tansky Blum and UPMC board of directors. to overseeing the University’s oversees the foundation’s opera- Fellow in 2012. John H. Pelusi Jr.; special trustees q affairs, the board promotes Pitt’s tions with a primary focus on • Kondis is the manager of Douglas M. Browning, David C. The full Board of Trustees will charitable, scientific and educa- managing its global investment corporate marketing for the L.B. Chavern, Brian Generalovich, act on the committee’s recom- tional purposes and upholds the portfolio. He holds a bachelor’s Foster Company, a Pittsburgh- Marlee S. Myers and Robert P. mendations at its June 24 meeting. core principles of institutional degree in economics and a JD based manufacturer and distribu- Randall; and alumni trustee Jack —Kimberly K. Barlow n autonomy, academic freedom and degree from Georgetown and an tor of products and services for shared governance. The expecta- MBA in finance and strategy from the global rail, construction and U N I V E R S I T Y S E N A T E tions for individual trustees center Carnegie Mellon. energy industries. He has been an on dutifully serving, actively sup- • Horoho, former U.S. Army adjunct faculty member in Pitt’s M A T T E R S / Irene Frieze & Robin Kear porting the University’s values Surgeon General and commander College of Business Administra- and mission, and upholding the of the U.S. Army Medical Com- tion since 1998. Writing Senate Matters board’s integrity. mand, retired from the military as Kondis, who earned a bach- Since at least September 1995 (as far back as the online Uni- Cynthia C. Moore, deputy a lieutenant general last December elor’s degree in chemical engi- versity Times archive goes), an important way in which the fac- secretary and senior associate and now heads the defense health neering and an MBA at Pitt, is ulty communicate to the wider University community has been general counsel, told the Univer- practice and oversees business president of the Pitt Alumni through the Senate Matters column. Over the last several years sity Times that trustees’ fiduciary operations as managing director Association. the column, overseen by the Senate vice president, has appeared duties are set by state law. “These and client account lead at Accen- He sits on the board of direc- in every other issue of the University Times. Topics have ranged responsibilities, along with other ture Federal Services. tors for both Pitt’s Varsity Letter from sustainability and salaries to mentoring female faculty and expectations of board members, She holds a bachelor’s degree Club and the Katz Graduate the meaning of shared governance. The hope is that the content have been incorporated in a in nursing from the University School of Business and College is readable, relatable and relevant. number of the board’s operating of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, of Business Administration and In the last two years, Senate Vice President Irene Frieze has procedures and practices over the a master’s degree in national has served as president of both focused the columns on matters of particular interest to the Senate years,” explained Moore. resource strategy from the Indus- boards. officers and Senate committees. The Senate president traditionally “The governance and nomi- writes the first column of the academic year, outlining some of the nating committee, as part of its issues facing the Senate in the year ahead. Last year Lori Molinaro, mission statement approved by director in the Office of the University Senate, wrote a column the board in February 2015, is about her experiences running the Senate office and website. We responsible for developing and also had a column by Senate budget policies committee chair Bev- recommending to the board gov- erly Gaddy on the important activities of her Senate committee. ernance guidelines,” she stated. In other columns, Lorraine Denman described her experiences “The committee recently as both a part-time and now a full-time non-tenure-stream faculty reviewed the University bylaws member, and Seth Weinberg, chair of the spring plenary session and is continuing its efforts to planning committee, outlined why the session was focusing on periodically review and update academic freedom. Irene also contributed a column about her 30 other documents pertinent to years of experience in working on the Senate. the board and its operations. As In the coming year, Robin Kear, who takes over as Senate part of this process, the com- vice president July 1, will be managing this column. She believes mittee is recommending that the that the content should be relevant to issues that are vital to the board adopt a single ‘Statement Senate and of importance to all faculty, not just those involved of Trustee Commitment and with the Senate. A few of the questions she wants to explore Responsibilities,’ based on best with the help of faculty writers: Do we need trigger warnings or practices outlined by the Associa- other warnings related to mature content in classrooms? How tion of Governing Boards of Uni- do we know what research or University-related papers/digital versities and Colleges’ Survey of content to discard, shred or donate to the University Archives? Higher Education Governance,” How should we handle official requests for information? What Moore said. is the current state of the digital humanities at Pitt? How should q we deal with changing methods of scholarly communications and In other business, the gover- NJ Brown/University Times research metrics? Is there an increasing amount of governmental Game Commission wildlife diversity program supervisor nance and nominating committee Dan Brauning, assisted by Kate St. John, fits a peregrine chick with regulation affecting our work? recommended three new candi- identification bands in the Cathedral of Learning Babcock Room. Robin also will continue the tradition of having the Senate The female chick, the sole survivor from the Cathedral of Learning nest (see May 12 University Times), was banded May 27 and is expected to president detail the group’s plans for the year in the first fall-term U N I V E R S I T Y fledge, or begin flying, this week. St. John, author of the birdwatch- column. That first-archived September 1995 Senate Matters column ing blog Outside My Window, has organized fledge watches through by then-President Keith McDuffie could have been talking about Sunday at the tent, weather permitting. The schedule and updates are posted at www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/events/. the 2016-17 Senate: • “The University Senate will be working with a number of new play- TIMES ers on the University scene.” This year we also have several new vice Food drive runs through June chancellors and other senior administrators. The Pitt Partnership for Food Cochran Public Safety Build- • “The scene will be enlivened by the renewed efforts of the United Faculty EDITOR N. J. Brown drive is underway on the Pitts- ing, Scaife Hall, , 412-624-1373 to achieve unionization.” The United Steelworkers have launched a [email protected] burgh campus through June. The Thomas Boulevard, Posvar Hall, drive to organize full- and part-time faculty in one group and annual event benefits neighbors the University Store on Fifth and graduate student employees in another group. WRITERS Kimberly K. Barlow 412-624-1379 served by the Greater Pittsburgh the William Pitt Union. • “The Senate will be dealing … with possibly far-reaching changes.” [email protected] Community Food Bank. The most wanted items include Changes in intellectual property rights are among the issues that Online donations can be made low-sugar, high-fiber cereal; tuna Marty Levine are of utmost concern to faculty now. 412-624-1374 at pittsburghfoodbank.org/Pitt. and salmon packed in water; fruit • “The Senate executive committee wants to learn about faculty concerns [email protected] Online donations will be matched packed in juice or water; canned and opinion and looks forward to hearing from you.” It goes without BUSINESS MANAGER Marsha Lee dollar-for-dollar through the beans; peanut butter; hand soap saying that we want your input. 412-624-4644 Chancellor’s Challenge. Accord- and toiletries; toilet/facial tissues; McDuffie continued: “The power of the University Senate — to [email protected] ing to organizers in the Office of detergent; diapers; low- or no- some that phrase may seem an oxymoron. The Senate’s institutional power Community and Governmental sodium canned vegetables. EVENTS CALENDAR [email protected] is advisory only, yet over the years it has demonstrated its fundamental role Relations, in combination with the The University partners with as the primary forum for dialogue and accommodation (or lack of it) between chancellor’s match and the food the food bank all year. On the the faculty, staff, students and administrative officers.” This is still true The University Times is published bi-weekly bank’s purchasing power, every second Thursday of most months, today due to the dedicated faculty serving in various Senate roles. on Thursdays by the University of Pittsburgh. dollar donated provides 10 meals. Pitt volunteers participate in the Send correspondence to University Times, If you have ideas you think should be addressed in the Senate 308 , University of Pittsburgh, Donation bins for non-per- food bank’s Produce to People Matters column and/or would like to write a column yourself, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; fax to 412-624-4579 ishable items in non-glass con- event. The University provides please let Robin know. She will be happy to hear from you. n or email: [email protected]. tainers are located in Alumni transportation, departing from Subscriptions are available at a cost of $25 for the publishing year, which runs from Hall, , Cathedral Bigelow Boulevard near Soldiers Irene Hanson Frieze ([email protected]) is the outgoing vice president of the late August through July. Make checks of Learning, Craig Hall, Eureka and Sailors hall. There will be no Senate and an emeritus professor of psychology. Robin Kear (rlk25@pitt. payable to the University of Pittsburgh. Building, Hillman Library, Mervis Pitt trip to the food bank this edu) is the incoming vice president and a faculty librarian in Hillman Library. The newspaper is available online at utimes. Hall, O’Hara Student Center, Park month; trips will resume in July. pitt.edu. Plaza, , For details visit cgr.pitt.edu. n

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stories. As he concludes: “It feels stories, scenes and characters. better to me to be doing only a The podcast tries to do the podcast.” same as a richly produced, multi- q layered narrative documentary. Robert Keene, IT manager Before beginning the podcast, PODCASTING for the University Center for Vitone took a class at Pittsburgh Social and Urban Research, had Filmmakers on producing sound- the idea for the “UCSUR Radio” scapes for radio. “It took a while. podcast (https://itunes.apple. There were a lot of technical com/us/podcast/ucsur-radio/ bugs,” she allows. In fact, the very id357286847?mt=2) in 2010 — first podcast had to be re-recorded at and became its de facto host. He almost immediately, since the began with an interview of Chris science had changed while the Briem, a regional economist with podcast was in production. UCSUR, and often interviewed Although Vitone has pro- guest lecturers for the podcast duced only four podcasts since PITT before they delivered their public 2012, they have had a far reach. presentations. Two episodes, “Tinnitus” and “It was tough to keep the ball “Itch,” have been picked up by rolling in an interview/discus- NPR stations in Colorado and sion format” as “UCSUR Radio” Virginia and may air in the future, odcasting is at its peak today, average only once a year. All show into the discussion of race and originally was produced, he says, while “Itch” has received national with “Serial”’s deep dive into a different side of Pitt, and make policing than usually is done “to so today he podcasts UCSUR’s distribution through PRX Remix, Pa true-crime story gaining unique connections with listeners. show real important nuances brown bag lecture series, spon- which is curated by Roman Mars millions of ears and Marc Maron’s q that people usually don’t get to sored lectures such as those for of the popular podcast “99% long-form conversation podcast John N. Murphy, executive hear about. UCSUR’s urban and regional Invisible,” and thus may lead to “WTF” attracting President director of the McGowan Insti- “It’s a well-informed but analysis program and public meet- other broadcasts. “Pitt Medcast” Barack Obama as a guest last year. tute for Regenerative Medicine, informal conversation,” he adds. ings, including the center’s recent also has been part of the online Pitt faculty and staff have tells the story of an institute col- “It’s the kind of thing you would 40th anniversary celebration. streaming service of the National been podcasting since the form league who was visiting a friend have over coffee or a beer. It’s not Keene says UCSUR Radio is Science Foundation, Science360 debuted a decade ago, and through in Florida and got into the friend’s a lecture. It’s not a class. You’re downloaded by a small audience Radio. the years have created such offer- car. “You ought to listen to this not going to hear a lot of jargon.” that is nonetheless passionate and Vitone says she plans to step ings as a diabetes management podcast,” said the Florida man And you don’t need a law degree very involved in the podcast’s sub- up the podcast’s frequency. The podcast from the School of as he popped a CD into the car’s to appreciate the discussion, he ject, including local and regional podcast may even be home to Pharmacy and a podcast with player. Apparently, this man had emphasizes. politicians and policymakers. readings of past articles, some- the latest developments from not only been downloading his Thus far, he says, doing his Video podcasts require the thing she compares to producing the Department of Critical Care podcasts, but burning them onto podcast has “brought out some attention of more than one sense audio books. Medicine. CDs so he could listen during his human stories that people don’t and a still viewer, he says, while an “Some people even think pod- Pitt students also have been commute. usually get to hear.” He may ask a audio podcast is simply an easier casts are the future of radio,” she producing podcasts, with and It was the monthly “Regen- broad question, then find his guest way to get content. “I personally says, pointing to a Slate article in without faculty advice, including erative Medicine Today” podcast answering with a more intimate find it easier to listen … you can April that outlined NPR execu- a podcast called “In Brackets” (www.regenerativemedicinetoday. story of his or her own experi- do other things. You can wash tives’ worries that podcasts are (http://wptsradio.org/?tag=hot- com) from the McGowan Insti- ence. “That was surprising and your car and listen to a podcast. taking their radio audience away metal-bridge) from the editors tute, perhaps Pitt’s oldest continu- very moving. I hadn’t asked for it. You can do minor office work and — in particular, younger listeners. of the literary magazine Hot ous podcast. I hadn’t even known it was there. listen to a podcast.” “It’s a way to reach a different Metal Bridge and the upcom- “It’s a more personal form of “When you’re talking to people q audience,” she says of podcasting. ing “Investigation Nutrition” communication,” Murphy says of in that one-on-one conversational While that’s certainly a pod- As a mother of young children, podcast (https://itunes.apple. the show, which averages 2,000 experience, they do reveal things, cast advantage over print, Elaine Vitone says she has little time to com/us/podcast/investigation- downloads a month. “It’s one because that’s what human beings Vitone hopes her Pitt Med relax and read, but can just push nutrition/id1111786317) from thing to read a blog; it’s another do.” magazine podcast, “Pitt Medcast” play on a podcast during her com- James Bock, a grad student in the thing to hear the excitement of a q (www.pittmed.health.pitt.edu/ mute or while doing chores. School of Health and Rehabilita- researcher or clinician or patient Dan Kubis, assistant director podcasts-more#Tinnitus), also Besides, she says, “this is a tion Sciences, whose podcast will who has been treated through of the Humanities Center since will arrest listeners’ attention with place where long-form is thriving. weigh the value, from a dietitian’s regenerative medicine” — a medi- January, began a podcast for Pitt’s great storytelling. People like to hear a voice keeping perspective, of the latest dietary cal strategy that focuses on replac- Year of the Humanities as part of The print magazine was started them company in the downtime. science and popular fads. Pitt ing trauma- or disease-damaged his job: doing humanities-focused by and is still staffed entirely by Pitt It lends itself to people lingering also has a partnership with the organs rather than merely treating outreach to the Pitt community creative nonfiction MFA program with the content, and that’s what “Longform” journalism interview symptoms. and beyond, aiming to show how graduates, so it aims to flesh out we need in science writing.” podcast; MFA students in the cre- “We’ve actually found col- the humanities relate to our lives. medicine’s complex ideas using —Marty Levine n ative nonfiction track are interns laborators through the podcast,” “It started because I was for “Longform” every semester. Murphy says — researchers and doing interviews with guests At base, audio podcasts are on- clinicians who have asked to work who came through — initially demand radio, and many public with McGowan faculty to further for a film documentary” about radio shows also have a podcast projects in their field. the academic year, which has version, which can be downloaded The McGowan podcast most since been released (https:// onto MP3 players or heard on recently featured faculty from vimeo.com/163745695). “But smartphones and computers via across the country discussing the interviews seemed good by a website link. skeletal muscle repair research, a themselves.” These interviews, At best, podcasts extend far new analysis of sepsis and inflam- with humanities scholars but also beyond radio’s constraints, spend- mation, the latest endovascular musicians and authors, are meant ing more time with their subjects devices and other topics. Twenty to show the impact of the humani- and showcasing a broader range of the Pitt regenerative medicine ties beyond academic scholarship. of people and ideas for niche podcasts currently are available; Even though the Year of listeners. Murphy hopes to repost all 158 the Humanities is wrapping up, A December 2015 study of soon. the podcast, “Being Human” podcasts by the Tow Center for q (https://soundcloud.com/ Digital Journalism of the Colum- Perhaps the newest podcast humanities-pitt), will continue bia Journalism School found that from Pitt, which launched on once a month. Kubis is working Pitt podcasters include, above: David Harris, left, and Elaine Vitone, and “consumers are generally listening March 29 and has posted eight full with Pitt’s student radio station below: Robert Keene, left, and John Murphy. alone, from beginning to end, episodes, is “Criminal (In)Justice” WPTS to set up a humanities and engaging intimately with the (www.criminalinjusticepodcast. media fellowship for undergradu- material.” Perhaps that’s because com) by law faculty member ates who will help use the podcast podcasts seem to put a voice in David A. Harris, produced in the and other new media to further your ear: When done well, pod- studios of local National Public publicize the humanities’ impact. casts seem to be talking directly Radio (NPR) station WESA. Podcasting has been valuable to you. Each week Harris sits down particularly, he says, for the ease Pitt faculty and staff are with a national expert; he tells in which it allows him to include bringing their expertise — their listeners he is “your personal the work of some of the inter- research and teaching, and their explainer of the sprawling mess viewees featured: the music of special events, plus the experi- we call our criminal justice jazz trombonist George Lewis ence of visiting lecturers — to a system.” Already he has tackled or audio recordings of specific world audience through a variety consent decrees, body cameras, performances that Shakespeare of podcasts, many of which are implicit bias and many other scholar Peter Holland discusses. available on iTunes, Stitcher, topics in the news since Michael Plus, Kubis says, he always has SoundCloud or other podcast- Brown was shot and killed by formulated his interview ques- ing outlets, and via Pitt websites. Ferguson, Missouri, police. tions to elicit answers ideal for Some are monthly, while others Harris says he is going deeper audio: individuals telling personal

3 UNIVERSITY TIMES PeopleSoft complaints dominate CSSD forum he University’s implementa- mented and continue to be used Part of the difficulty with Menicucci and Graham. If there she hears about new systems tion of PeopleSoft came in in a jury-rigged manner. “It seems PeopleSoft today, noted a staff were a new CSSD-type office for coming in, “it makes me a nervous Tfor lengthy criticism at the kind of archaic” to be using it this member, is that too many Pitt the schools alone, each school wreck.” May 26 IT directors’ forum on way, he said. departments wished to retain would need a liaison to work with • Create a better clearinghouse technology planning at Pitt. While PeopleSoft enables his “processes of the past” despite this hypothetical new tech team, for information on what IT ser- Overseen by Dan Menicucci students to register themselves for improvements to PeopleSoft’s he suggested. “Are the schools vices are available for users. and Jay Graham, enterprise archi- classes, he noted, the program’s processes through the years. willing to do that?” he asked. • Create a way to communicate tects in Computing Services and presentation is hard for students The old processes were retro- Perhaps it shouldn’t be a throughout the University when Systems Development (CSSD), to read, since it uses mono-space fitted into the new system, which choice, he continued. Maybe each alumni request that one depart- the event at the William Pitt Union type, as if it were written on a makes for inefficient operations school should be told, “‘You’re ment change their contact infor- was designed to gather staff and typewriter, where each character today, he said. And too many going to do this to make the data mation or not contact them at all. faculty opinions on tech improve- has the same width. “It’s 2016 conversations about implement- work better’ … We never get that • Allow off-campus buildings ments desired at the University. —their eyes bug out,” he said of ing PeopleSoft have taken place much pressure applied to us at the access to the same software tools “What are things that CSSD his students. in individual departments or school level. Having that hammer that are available on campus. “The could be doing better?” Meni- Even juniors and seniors have units, without wider consultations. to be able to drop on us is a good University is pulling away and get- cucci asked to open the session. difficulty registering or getting on “There wasn’t a long-term view of thing, to help us move in the right ting far, far ahead of us” in such “What could be making your life a class’s waiting list, he added, how to set up the system. direction.” capabilities, said a Pitt employee easier? Where would technology because “the rules are Byzantine. “It ought to be worth a strong q working at such a site. “It’s time make the University reach its full It seems like we could do better on conversation … to see about Many of the forum’s other for a larger initiative to get us, who potential?” the self-service side for students.” doing a reimplementation of the suggestions were aimed at broader are at a competitive disadvantage, “Or [is there] something that “Getting PeopleSoft to live system,” he said. issues involving tech use: so to speak, on board.” we’re not doing that you need day up to its original goal” certainly There are 33 application cen- • Offer self-service access to • Make better use of the to day?” Graham said. should be on the CSSD task list, ters at the University, including the firewall rules. “That’s definitely increasing number of computer One faculty member Menicucci said. He noted that a regionals, each of which is allowed high on the list,” said Graham. systems that integrate data from responded: “A lot of promises PeopleSoft mobile app now is to add software into Pitt’s overall • Shift the management of central sources. “Is there any way were made that were never ful- available for Pitt’s mobile-focused system, he added. If a reimple- permissions for software use, of going back to the sources of filled because we didn’t buy the millennial students. mentation were to happen, there currently decided on an individual this data to re-evaluate what data whole PeopleSoft.” Many of the But another Pitt employee in would be “less chance we’re going basis, to be determined based on is being gathered?” asked one software program’s modules were attendance said students were to have all these little modules … job descriptions. Thus, users at forum attendee; perhaps one not purchased, he added, and having trouble getting the app to and pieces” as standalone parts certain job levels automatically office needs to gather more data, others were never fully imple- function properly. and patches. would have access to designated another less data, and others a One Registrar’s office staff software. different type of data than was member acknowledged that his • Coordinate scheduling soft- previously requested. colleagues “fully recognize what ware across disparate offices, so • Increase research data stor- everyone is saying” about the diffi- that scheduling does not have to age. “I know it’s being worked culties students have in registering be done on multiple platforms for on but it’s something we’ve been using PeopleSoft. single occasions. suffering for a long time,” said a Get theSmile As a solution, he suggested • Have a presentation-building participant. that having “one central technical program that allows departments • Improve the archiving of group” handling the entire Uni- to keep confidential data, such as research data. of your dreams! versity’s tech needs “is unrealistic.” donor information, safer while • Elicit a broader swath of How is CSSD supposed to learn allowing the program to com- opinion on what tech services what each academic unit requires? municate with other departments. the University should invest in He suggested a new group, parallel • Make certain the implemen- and implement. to CSSD, be instituted to focus tation of new systems takes into The forum was part of CSSD’s solely on the technology needs account the needs of unique technology planning process, of the academic units. departments at the University. conducted over the past year “A lot of the academic pieces “What we are doing is so spe- with groups of students, faculty necessarily shouldn’t fall on you,” cialized,” said an Institutional and staff. another forum attendee told Advancement staffer, that when —Marty Levine n

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M. Bevier Professor of Chemi- R E S E A R C H N O T E S “This allows us to begin to stan- dardize our treatment approach cal and Petroleum Engineering, Changing advanced earlier detection of invasive breast patients who underwent a single and improve patient care in the will join Fullerton as co-principal cancer, and this is also associated or double lung transplant. postoperative setting.” investigator of the study, “A breast cancer care with an increase in the detection They found that about 30 Other Pitt members of the New Approach to Explore the standard of noninvasive breast cancer, such percent developed arrhythmia, research team included Alex Semiconductor-to-Metal Phase Surgery to remove the primary as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), most often during the first week D’Angelo, Ernest Chan, J.W. Transition in Two-Dimensional tumor in women diagnosed with the earliest form of breast cancer following surgery. Risk factors Awori Hayanga, David Odell, (2-D) Crystals Using Ionomers.” stage IV breast cancer, followed where the disease has not spread for a postoperative arrhythmia Joseph Pilewski, Maria Crespo, The individual layers of 2-D by the standard combination of out of the milk duct. Over 60,000 included being older and having Matthew Morrell, Norihisa crystals can be isolated to make therapies, adds months to patients’ women are diagnosed with DCIS had a previous heart surgery. Shigemura, James Luketich, electronic devices that are a lives when compared with stan- each year, and the majority of Researchers also found that Christian Bermudez and single atom or molecule thick. dard therapy alone, a clinical trial noninvasive lesions will not transplant recipients who devel- Andrew Althouse. Semiconductor researchers have led by a University of Pittsburgh progress to invasive diseases oped an arrhythmia were 1.6 times been studying these materials Cancer Institute (UPCI) faculty if left untreated. However, the more likely to die within five years extensively for the past decade as Crystal transistor a potential low-voltage replace- member revealed. majority of these women undergo than those who didn’t, a finding may lower energy The results of the phase III unnecessary surgeries, treatments D’Cunha attributed more to the ment for traditional complemen- randomized, controlled trial were and therapy. potential complications of treat- consumption of tary metal-oxide-semiconductor presented at the American Society Said Adrian Lee, faculty ing arrhythmia than the abnormal electronics (CMOS) electronics. of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) member in the School of Medi- heartbeats themselves. Two Swanson School of Engi- The key is triggering the mate- annual meeting. The study was cine’s pharmacology and chemi- “Our study suggests that we neering researchers received a rial to switch very abruptly from a selected for the society’s “Best of cal biology department: “More may need to treat patients with $496,272 grant from the National state in which the flow of charge ASCO,” an effort to condense the research is required to identify the blood thinners only for a short Science Foundation to study is restricted (insulator) to a state research “most relevant and sig- minority of DCIS lesions that will amount of time — until they two-dimensional semiconductors in which charge can flow easily nificant to oncology” into a two- progress to invasive disease and are out of the window of high- with the goal of demonstrating (conductor) and to do this at low day program to increase global thus require treatment. Our hope est risk — which will hopefully a switch that requires less power voltage. access to cutting-edge science. is that our research will reveal improve long-term outcomes,” than conventional silicon-based Fullerton and Beckman will Principal investigator Atilla novel biomarkers that will be D’Cunha said. transistors. use a type of polymer electrolyte Soran, surgery faculty member in useful for predicting which DCIS In addition, because arrhyth- Said principal investigator called an ionomer to induce this the School of Medicine and breast are likely to progress. We can then mia after lung transplant can be Susan Fullerton, chemical and abrupt switching in the 2-D crystal surgical oncologist with UPMC offer personalized therapy to an anxiety-provoking experience petroleum engineering faculty with an applied field. Theoreti- CancerCenter, began the trial in those who require intervention, for patients, the findings will member: “As electronic devices cal predictions indicate that the 2007, ultimately recruiting a total while reducing the overtreatment allow surgeons to better prepare continue to become more inte- material can switch states from of 274 women newly diagnosed of DCIS in those who don’t. This patients and families for what to grated into our daily lives, more an insulator to a conductor when with stage IV breast cancer from could have a major impact upon expect. energy is required to power these a sufficient amount of strain is 25 institutions. Half the women thousands of women each year.” “Most importantly, based on devices. On a large scale, decreas- applied, and Fullerton and Beck- received standard therapy, which After printing a breast ductal the results of this study, we can ing the power requirements of man will deliver that strain at low avoids surgery and consists of a system in the laboratory, the now predict, with a reasonable electronics would impact global voltage by custom-synthesized combination of chemotherapy, researchers then will grow DCIS degree of certainty, when arrhyth- energy consumption.” ionomers. hormonal therapy and targeted cells in the printed duct. By print- mia will happen,” D’Cunha said. Eric Beckman, the George CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 therapy, while the other half ing a replica of a mouse ductal first had surgery to remove their system, experts will be able to primary breast tumor, followed create a unique model to study by the standard therapy. why some DCIS progress to inva- Hillman University Librarian & At about 40 months after diag- sion while others remain indolent. nosis, the women who received Genes involved in progression Director, University Library System the surgery plus standard therapy may serve as biomarkers indicat- lived an average of nine months ing the need to treat DCIS. The University of Pittsburgh invites nominations and applications for the position of the Hillman longer than those who received The scientists were awarded University Librarian and Director, University Library System (ULS). This is an exceptional opportunity for standard therapy alone. Nearly nearly $800,000 from the Office an accomplished, visionary, and innovative leader to continue to advance one of the nation’s leading academic 42 percent of the women who of the Assistant Secretary of research libraries and serve as a strong advocate for the essential role of the library in learning, teaching, and received surgery lived to five Defense for Health Affairs. research at Pitt. years after diagnosis, compared One of the top research universities in the country, Pitt is a state-related research university and part of with fewer than 25 percent of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education in Pennsylvania. A member of the Association of American the women who did not receive Arrhythmia’s Universities, current enrollment in Pitt’s 16 undergraduate and graduate schools and 4 regional campuses is surgery. 34,934 (25,074 undergraduate and 9,860 graduate students). negative impact In 2015, the University’s federally funded research summed to almost $600 million. Pitt is ranked The trial also showed that th th surgery in younger women with after lung transplant 9 overall and 5 among public institutions in the most recent U.S. National Science Foundation’s rankings Cardiac arrhythmia is a of federally funded research at universities and colleges. Pitt is currently ranked 66th in their National less aggressive cancers resulted th in longer average survival than common complication following Universities Ranking and 24 among public research universities by the U.S. News & World Report. in women with more aggressive lung transplantation, and one that The ULS has long been an integral part of Pitt’s academic life and consistently ranks in the top 40 research cancers that had spread to the has a significant negative impact libraries in the world as indicated by the Association of Research Libraries’ (ARL) Library Investment Index. The liver or lungs. on long-term patient survival, ULS has embraced new technologies, such as digital scholarship support services, enhanced library resources for “Our thinking is similar to concludes the largest study of its students and faculty, and has been at the global forefront of the open-access publishing initiative for scholarly how you might approach a battle kind to date. The results, published publishing. Pitt’s libraries’ global reach also includes an extensive international document delivery service with against two enemies,” said Soran. online in the Journal of Thoracic more than two dozen libraries in China, Taiwan, and South Korea and a staff exchange program with libraries “First you quickly dispatch one and Cardiovascular Surgery, pro- in China. army — the primary tumor — vide critical information that it is The ULS is comprised of 11 libraries and holdings of nearly 7.2 million volumes and employs a total FTE leaving you to concentrate all your hoped will lead to better care of count of 180. The director oversees the ULS budget, which in 2015 was approximately $32 million. The ULS is efforts on battling the second transplant recipients. a member of the ARL, the Center for Research Libraries, the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc., army — any remaining cancer.” Arrhythmia, a rapid and irregu- HathiTrust, NorthEast Research Libraries, and the Coalition for Networked Information. The research was funded pri- lar heartbeat, can lead to chest The director is responsible for the leadership and administration of the ULS, overseeing the innovation and marily by the Turkish Federation pain, stroke and heart failure. development of the libraries in the areas of user services, collections and resources, management and infrastructure, of Societies for Breast Diseases. In addition, the blood-thinning cooperative initiatives and outreach, and support and funding. The new director will provide visionary leadership The study received scientific drugs often used to treat atrial for the ULS and implement the libraries’ strategic plan in support of the University’s academic priorities, advisement from UPMC and fibrillation, the most common curricula, and research; keep the ULS collections vital and accessible for the University community; support and assistance with statistical analysis type of arrhythmia, carry risks continue to develop open-access initiatives; increase awareness on campus of what the ULS has to offer; leverage from epidemiologists at the Grad- of heavy bleeding. and augment the resources of the ULS wisely; and lead and further develop a strong, service-oriented staff. The uate School of Public Health. Said lead researcher Jonathan director reports to the provost of the University of Pittsburgh and sits on the Council of Deans. D’Cunha, faculty member in the Among the required qualifications for the position are demonstrated leadership experience in academic School of Medicine’s Department scholarly communities and proven managerial ability in a complex organizational setting; an understanding of 3-D bioprinted of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the major challenges facing academic research libraries today; a proven ability to develop and sustain relationships chief of lung transplantation for both on campus and in the external community; and demonstrated clear evidence of success in creating and model may reduce UPMC: “Arrhythmias present a lot working well within a diverse and inclusive environment. cancer treatment of challenges for both physicians Review of submitted credentials will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. UPCI researchers and Carn- and patients. After noticing this Applicants should include a current vita and cover letter reviewing his or her experience, strengths, and egie Mellon University (CMU) complication in many of our lung accomplishments, as well as names and contact information for three professional references. Inquiries, materials and biomedical engi- transplant recipients, we decided nominations, and applications should be submitted electronically to: neers will address the overdi- to investigate how often and when Beverly Brady, Isaacson, Miller, 263 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210 agnosis and overtreatment of a it was happening, as well as any risk http://www.imsearch.com/5839 noninvasive precancerous breast factors. Now that we have a better For more information about the University Library System, please visit: www.library.pitt.edu tumor by creating the first 3-D understanding of these events, bioprinted breast ductal structure we can develop a standardized to identify markers for low-risk treatment plan and better educate premalignant disease. patients in advance.” Improvements in mammog- The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity. Researchers examined the EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled raphy screening have resulted in medical records of 652 UPMC

5 UNIVERSITY TIMES CL lawn project to improve drainage CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 12-inch deep layers of stone cov- grant. ered by topsoil and sod. Beneath In anticipation of the project, it all are six drains that run the a drain line to the lower field was length of the nearly one-acre lawn. installed last summer as part of the “This is the best kind of drain- restoration of the Varsity Walk, age system you could possibly Bernotas said. The garden will have,” Bernotas said, noting that be situated between the existing the system is similar in design to walking path and the hillside and the Schenley Plaza lawn. Bernotas will not interfere with the expanse said the lawn is slightly crowned in used as playing space, he said. the middle and designed to wick The garden will include indig- rainwater from the surface. enous plant species, walkways and The University plans to grow signage describing the sustainable sod elsewhere on campus to allow features, Bernotas said. A con- for speedy repair if the lawn is struction drawing shows an array damaged by traditional pep rally of perennials, shrubs and grasses bonfires or ordinary wear and including common ninebark, tear, he said. dwarf fountain grass, royal purple The $735,000 project includes liriope, moonbeam coreopsis, a rain garden on the lower lawn, bristly cattail sedge, American blue funded in part through a Pitts- flag iris, Henry’s garnet sweetspire burgh Water and Sewer Authority and little bluestem grass. —Kimberly K. Barlow n green infrastructure matching Kimberly K. Barlow/University Times Experts discuss opiate crisis Are you teaching this summer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Teaching Survey and looking for student feedback? In fact, said Welsh, anyone insurance companies have begun near a person overdosing on opi- requiring concurrent treatments Go to cidde.pitt.edu/omet for: ates has just 10 minutes or less to with a Suboxone prescription, • Information about requesting a survey administer naloxone before the such as counseling to get addicts victim stops breathing and goes past the psychological triggers • Survey period dates into cardiac arrest, depending on for drug use. • Tips for increasing response rates the concentration of the opiate The panelists also advised that E-mail [email protected] and what it was mixed with. All Pitt those with current opiate prescrip- officers are trained to administer tions keep the medication hidden, or call 412-624-6440 with questions. the drug. since people visiting the home, The panelists noted that, and even family members, may thanks to a Pennsylvania law, have an opiate problem and help anyone can go to a pharmacy to themselves to another person’s Office of Measurement Center for Instructional Development request naloxone to have on hand; medications. and Evaluation of Teaching OMET & Distance Education however, the drug has a short shelf McKee likes to remind people life and not all pharmacies carry it. with opiate abusers in the family: Suboxone, a drug that contains “You didn’t cause it. You can’t naloxone, now is being used to control it.” It’s up to the addict wean addicts from opiates, usually to take control him- or herself. for a two-year course. Recently, —Marty Levine n DOES YOUR CHILD SHOP R E S E A R C H N O T E S CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 PCPs should screen care visit were nearly twice as thin as those detected in the group AT CONVENIENCE STORES? for skin cancer that was not screened by a PCP. Skin cancer screenings by Thinner melanomas have a better primary care physicians (PCPs) prognosis than thicker ones that The RAND Corporation, in Pittsburgh, is conducting a during routine office visits are more advanced. research study to learn about what children, ages 11-17, improve the detection of poten- In addition, only 5 percent of tially deadly melanomas and find people in the screening group had purchase at convenience stores. them earlier, according to School especially worrisome melanomas of Medicine researchers. that were thicker than 1 millime- Lead author was Laura Ferris, ter — which are more likely to Participation requires a 20 minute phone or web survey and faculty member in the Depart- metastasize and require a biopsy one 90 minute visit to the RAND study center. ment of Dermatology and of a nearby lymph node — while member of the melanoma pro- 20 percent of the unscreened gram, University of Pittsburgh group did. Children who complete the study will be compensated for their Cancer Institute. “The PCP screenings pre- Rates of melanoma, the most vented a lot of people from time and effort with $50 in gift certificates. Parking and travel dangerous form of skin cancer, needing more aggressive therapy,” compensation is provided. are increasing, and skin cancer Ferris said. screenings are one of the most Another important finding was important steps for early detection that nearly half of the screened If you are interested and want and treatment, said Ferris. Typi- patients were men, who are more cally, patients receive skin checks likely to get and die from mela- to find out more about the study, by setting up an appointment with noma than women but who have a dermatologist. been underrepresented in other please call 412-545-3005 or PCPs completed training on skin cancer screenings. how to recognize melanomas Funding was provided by a [email protected]. and were asked to offer annual National Cancer Institute special- screening during office visits to ized program of research excel- www.rand.org/storestudy all patients aged 35 and older. lence grant in skin cancer. In 2014, during the first year of Additional Pitt researchers the program, 15 percent of the included Melissa Saul, Francis 333,788 eligible UPMC patients Solano, Erica Neuren, Jian-Min were screened in this fashion. Yuan and John Kirkwood. Col- On average, the melanomas leagues from Brown and Harvard detected in the group who also contributed. n received a screening at a primary —Compiled by Marty Levine

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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, accomplishments and The Board of Directors of For more information, visit country in a four-month training administrative appointments. the American Association for the www.aaas.org. program designed to strengthen We welcome submissions from all areas of the University. Send Advancement of Science (AAAS) local efforts to make communities information via email to: [email protected], by fax at 412-624-4579 has named Jeremy Berg to a five- School of Nursing faculty more walkable. or by campus mail to 308 Bellefield Hall. year term as editor-in-chief of the member Janice Dorman was Through the fellowship, she For submission guidelines, visit www.utimes.pitt.edu/?page_ Science family of journals. among five Graduate School of will complete a six-module dis- id=6807. Berg, former director of the Public Health alumni recognized tance-education training program National Institute of General for their outstanding service to this summer and participate in in developing modules that cover the flowerbeds in the Bromeley Medical Sciences at the National the field of public health in a May the international Pro Walk, Pro topics such as engineering, renew- Quadrangle each summer, his Institutes of Health (NIH), is 20 event at the University Club. Bike, Pro Place conference in able energy, water sustainability, generosity with gardening advice Pitt’s associate senior vice chan- Dorman received the public Vancouver, British Columbia, in solar energy and sustainable and his friendly temperament. cellor for science strategy and health school’s Distinguished September. design. The modules emphasize Harris has worked at Pitt- planning in the Health Sciences. Alumni Award for Teaching and hands-on learning in which high Bradford since 2004. He also is the Pittsburgh Founda- Dissemination in recognition Paul Leu, industrial engineer- school students build their own Tonya Ackley, director of tion Professor of Personalized of her work teaching graduate ing faculty member in the Swan- water filters, solder their own cir- community engagement and Medicine and director of the Insti- and undergraduate courses for son School of Engineering, is the cuit boards and design and build the Harriett B. Wick Chapel, tute for Personalized Medicine, 29 years, primarily in molecular recipient of the 2016 Institute of cars to race against one another. nominated Harris for the award. professor of computational and epidemiology and genetics. Industrial and Systems Engineers’ Leu has received a 2016 “Pitt-Bradford is very fortunate to systems biology, and professor Dorman is a faculty member (IISE) UPS Award for Minor- National Science Foundation have such a knowledgeable, hard- of chemistry. in health promotion and devel- ity Advancement in Industrial (NSF) CAREER Award and working, creative and personable The journal Science has the opment and holds secondary Engineering. the 2012 Powe Junior Faculty employee,” Ackley said. “He takes largest paid circulation of any appointments in public health. The UPS award recognizes Enhancement Award. He has great care and effort in all that he peer-reviewed, general science She also has taught courses individuals who, through inno- won an NSF nanotechnology for does. He always makes sure the journal in the world with an at the University of Michigan, in vative means, have developed undergraduate education grant campus looks pristine, and he is estimated weekly readership of 1 Buenos Aires and in Beijing. programs or projects directed and a University of Pittsburgh an excellent representative of the million people worldwide. to the advancement of women, Academic Council of Instruc- warm and friendly environment at Berg, who will remain in his Carol Reichbaum of the minorities or the disabled in the tional Excellence (ACIE) Innova- Pitt-Bradford.” roles at Pitt, begins his term as Sci- Graduate School of Public Health field of industrial engineering. tion in Education Award. Harris was instrumental in ence editor-in-chief on July 1. He has been awarded a Walking Col- Since joining the Pitt faculty IISE (formerly the Institute having Pitt-Bradford designated a will oversee the journal’s staff of lege Fellowship by America Walks, in 2010, Leu has worked with the of Industrial Engineers) is an Tree Campus USA earlier this year. PhD-level editors and its team a national advocacy organization school’s Office of Diversity super- international, nonprofit asso- He hosts a Saturday morning of science journalists. Science’s that promotes walking and walk- vising Investing Now engineering ciation that provides leadership radio show, “Around the Home editors and news reporters work able communities. summer workshops. for the application, education, with Bob Harris” that airs on in Washington, D.C.; Cambridge, Reichbaum is the program Investing Now is a college training, research and develop- WESB News Radio 1490 in U.K.; and other locations world- manager of WalkWorks, a collabo- preparatory program created to ment of industrial and systems Bradford. wide, from China and Japan to ration between the public health stimulate, support and recognize engineering. He has also donated his time Europe and Africa. school and the Pennsylvania the academic performance of to gardening forums, the First The Science family of journals Department of Health, funded precollege students from groups Pitt-Bradford facilities worker Presbyterian Church’s garden is made up of Science, Science through a grant from the U.S. that are underrepresented in sci- Bob Harris was chosen by his tour, designing gardens for the Translational Medicine, Science Centers for Disease Control and ence, technology, engineering and fellow staff members as recipient Tuna Valley Trail Association and Signaling, the open-access jour- Prevention to the Department mathematics. of the Staff Recognition Award. teaching at the Bradford Land- nal Science Advances, and — of Health. Leu and his research group also Harris, a master gardener, is mark Society’s creative women coming soon — Science Robotics Reichbaum will join 24 other have worked with the Mascaro known for his expertise in hor- workshop. and Science Immunology. advocates from around the Center for Sustainable Innovation ticulture, his creative designs for —Compiled by K. Barlow n Advav nced threat protece tion is here! Cutting-edgeg security foryourUniversityemail

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