INSIDE Rediker’s $50,000 book prize...... 2 UPJ Distinguished Alumni Award to Murtha...... 4 PittNewspaper of the University of PittsburghChronicle Volume IX • Number 18 • June 9, 2008 Hartwell Foundation Selects Pitt Pitt-Johnstown Receives $12 Million Medical Science Investigator Donation—Largest Gift in School’s History Darville to Receive Individual By Robert W. Knipple Biomedical Research Award The University of Pittsburgh at John- Darville only 2nd woman to receive this award stown has received a donation of $12 mil- By Lynn Shea lion, the largest gift in the school’s 81-year history. Established through the generosity Lee Antoinette Darville—a professor of a deceased alumnus who wished to in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Dis- remain anonymous, the estate gift endows in eases and the Department of Immunology perpetuity a commuter scholarship that was in Pitt’s School of Medicine and a physi- established at Pitt-Johnstown in 2000. It is cian at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of estimated that the gift will provide support UPMC—will be one of 12 medical research for approximately 40 students annually. scientists to receive a 2007 Individual Bio- The commuter scholarship fund sup- medical Research Award from The Hartwell ports the attainment of a bachelor’s degree Foundation. at Pitt-Johnstown by providing each com- This is the second consecutive year that muter student recipient with a full academic a Pitt faculty member has been selected to scholarship for all four academic COURTESY PITT-JOHNSTOWN receive this prestigious award; last year, years, including tuition, fees, Gary A. Silverman—professor of pediatrics and books. in the Pitt School of Medicine and chief of Eligibility requirements the Division of Neonatology and Develop- for the commuter scholar- mental Biology at Children’s Hospital of ship are as follows: Each Pittsburgh of UPMC—was selected to be in recipient must commute the inaugural class of Hartwell Individual to campus; be in the Biomedical Research Award recipients. top 15 percent of his or Darville was selected for her research her high school gradu- project titled “Development of Live Attenu- ating class; have an legacy and sets an example to the area’s educational, social, cultural, ated Vaccines Against Chlamydial Eye and SAT score greater than for others to follow. A gift of and economic environment, Pitt-Johnstown Genital Tract Disease.” The ultimate goal of 1200; complete 12 or this magnitude will enable offers a high- quality educational experi- Darville’s research is to develop a vaccine more credits each term; deserving students to pursue ence that is purposefully designed to to protect against chlamydial infection- maintain a QPA of 3.25 an intellectually stimulating prepare students for the real world of the induced infertility and blindness. Darville in the freshman year, 3.35 education and position them- 21st century. was chosen from among 42 research scien- in the sophomore year, and selves for rewarding tists representing 11 institutions. She is one 3.45 in the junior year; and careers and meaningful of only two women scientists to be named qualify for financial need. lives. There are no words “This estate gift sends a valuable a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Each candidate must be at least eloquent enough to express message about the importance of Award recipient in the two years of the a three-year resident of, and a Jem Spectar our gratitude.” award competition. high school graduate from, any Information on the schol- alumni support. Through this gift, our Earlier during 2007-08, The Hartwell of the following five Pennsylvania counties: arship is available by contact- Foundation named the University of Pitts- Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Indiana, or ing the Pitt-Johnstown Office of loyal alumnus acted in a way that leaves burgh a top-10 biomedical research center Westmoreland. Admission, 814-269-7050. of excellence for the second year in a row. “This estate gift sends a valuable mes- Founded in 1927, Pitt-John- a permanent legacy and sets an Other institutions receiving the most-recent sage about the importance of alumni sup- stown is the first and largest Hartwell Top 10 designation were Duke port,” said Pitt-Johnstown President Jem regional campus of the University example for others to follow.” University, Johns Hopkins University, the Spectar. “Through this gift, our loyal alum- of Pittsburgh. A vital knowledge —Jem Spectar University of Wisconsin at Madison, the nus acted in a way that leaves a permanent center and a leading contributor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hos- pital, the University of Michigan, the Uni- versity of California at San Diego, Cornell UPJ’s Theresa Horner to Receive 2008 Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award University, and the University of Virginia. Boston University was selected at-large by Award annually recognizes significant contributions in Affirmative Action the Foundation for limited participation. By Amanda Leff “We are honored to once again be included in such distinguished company,” Theresa Horner, director of the Office program by establishing highly supportive said Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg. of Disability Services at the University of services that allow students with disabil- “We also are pleased that, based upon the Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ), has been ities to fully participate in all aspects rigorous standards which The Hartwell selected as the recipient of the 2008 Chan- of campus life at Johnstown, thereby Foundation uses to select its research cen- cellor’s Affirmative increasing diversity ters and its award recipients, Pitt has again Action Award, given at UPJ. The award been recognized for both our significant annually to an “out- Horner has reinvigorated committee was par- achievements and future potential in bio- standing University the program by ticularly impressed medical and bioengineering education and program area or with the accomplish- research.” individual that has establishing highly ments of the Office of COURTESY PITT-JOHNSTOWN The Hartwell Foundation, based in made a significant Disability Services, as Memphis, Tenn., provides Hartwell Indi- contribution in Affir- supportive services that Horner is the sole ser- vidual Biomedical Research Award recipi- mative Action.” vice provider for students ents $100,000 per year for three years for Pitt Chancellor allow students with dis- with disabilities attending innovative and cutting-edge biomedical Mark A. Nordenberg Pitt’s Johnstown campus. applied biomedical research that potentially will present Horner abilities to fully Horner acts as a coun- benefits children. The foundation seeks to fund early-stage research projects that have with the $2,500 participate in all aspects selor and mentor to address Theresa Horner award during the the academic issues and not yet qualified for funding from traditional University Senate’s of campus life at other challenges faced by for students with disabilities. Horner also sources. June 11 meeting. the students she serves. She has created strong relationships with diag- Foundation president Frederick A. Since joining Johnstown, thereby established an effective nosticians, parents, caregivers, and other Dombrose explains that the purpose of the the Office of Dis- working relationship with service providers, including proactively awards is to inspire innovation and achieve- ability Services six increasing diversity at UPJ Physical Plant and other working with the Pennsylvania Office of ment. To best realize those objectives, years ago, Horner offices to ensure appropriate Vocational Rehabilitation and the U.S. has reinvigorated the UPJ. accommodations are made Office of Civil Rights. Continued on page 4 2 • Pitt Chronicle • June 9, 2008 University of Pittsburgh Hosts the 2008 Academy on Community Policing in Albania Amanda Leff Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and free exchange of ideas and concepts through International Affairs (GSPIA) and Center for two previous academies held in Pittsburgh. Russian and East European Studies (REES), The partnership also has led to on-site in partnership with the Institute for Democ- instructional visits to Albania by members racy and Mediation (IDM) in Albania, is of the Bureau of Police and the University hosting a 10-day training of Pittsburgh and resulted in educa- academy through June 13 tion and delivery of community on community policing police services to the citizens of Late-18th-century illustration of the slave ship Brooks of Liverpool, England, published by the Society Effecting the for Albanian police Albania. Abolition of the Slave Trade. officers, commu- nity members, and government dig- IDM, through the nitaries. Alba- Award-Winning Pitt Historian Marcus Rediker nia’s commit- leadership of Receives George Washington Book Prize ment to the executive c o n c e p t By Patricia Lomando White of com- director Sotiraq m u n i t y Marcus Rediker, University of Pitts- tic (Beacon Press/Verso, 2000); Who Built policing has Hroni, has burgh professor of history and chair of the America? Working People and the Nation’s increased citi- Department of History in the School of Arts Economy, Politics, Culture, and Society, zen satisfaction successfully and Sciences, received the fourth annual Volume 1 (Pantheon Books, 1989); and with public safety partnered with $50,000 George Wash- Between the Devil and and lowered crimi- ington Book Prize May the Deep Blue Sea: nal activity in that GSPIA and REES 29 at Mount Vernon for Merchant Seamen, country in recent his award-winning book Pirates, and the Anglo- years. at Pitt and the The Slave Ship: A Human American Maritime IDM, through History (Viking Penguin, World, 170 0 -1750 the leadership of Pittsburgh 2007). (Cambridge University executive director Administered by the Press, 1987). Sotiraq Hroni, has Bureau of Police. C.V. Starr Center for the Rediker’s writings successfully part- Study of the American have been translated nered with GSPIA and Experience at Washington into French, German, REES at Pitt and the College in Chestertown, Greek, Italian, Korean, Pittsburgh Bureau of Md., the prize, which Portuguese, Russian, Police. This partner- honors the prior year’s Spanish, and Swed- ship has resulted in a most-important new book ish. His many honors about America’s found- include a 2001 Inter- ing era, was presented to Marcus Rediker national Labor History Rediker during a black-tie Book Prize, a 1988 dinner followed by fireworks and candlelit Merle Curti Social History Book Award, and tours of Mount Vernon. a 1988 John Hope Franklin Book Prize. He Student Affairs to Host Administrative Conference June 15-17 “One of the things I wanted to do in this has received fellowships from the National Anthony M. Moore book was to make our understanding of the Endowment for the Humanities, the Ameri- slave trade concrete—hence, my subtitle, ‘a can Council of Learned Societies, and the The University of Pittsburgh’s Divi- national students, explores best practices, human history’—because I think our capac- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Founda- sion of Student Affairs will host the 2008 and offers practical tips. The second ses- ity to live with injustice depends to some tion. In addition, the Organization of Ameri- National Association of Student Personnel sion, titled “Building Bridges in the World extent on making it abstract,” said Rediker, can Historians named him Distinguished Administrators (NASPA) Region II Confer- of Work for Our International Students,” whose fierce opposition to the death penalty Lecturer for 2002 through 2008. ence at the Westin Convention Center, 1000 explores career services for the international was the inspiration for The Slave Ship and its Penn Ave., Downtown, June 15-17. The title student and offers job-search strategies and exploration of what he describes as the his- of this year’s conference is “Building Bridges resources for successfully navigating the toric connection between race and terror. to Transformation: Theory to Practice.” employment process. “The George Washington Book Prize is CORRECTION “We are excited to bring our peers in In addition, the conference will provide a tremendous honor, and a surprise. I grew Pitt Professor Marcus Rediker is chair student affairs from the region to our great networking activities such as the Pitts- up in the South and went to high school in of the Department of History. This city. We are confident that burgh Campus Crawl, a Virginia, so George Washington and the corrects information that was pub- the [conference’s] theme will “We are excited to progressive dinner that Virginia aristocracy always loomed large in lished in the May 27 Pitt Chronicle. resonate with them, because includes tours of Pitt, Car- my mind. It’s where I first came to under- it speaks to the unique and bring our peers in negie Mellon University, stand issues of race and class, and I’ve been exciting profession in which Chatham University, and working on them ever since.” we work,” said Kathy W. student affairs from Point Park University. Rediker’s book was named the winner Humphrey, vice provost and An Exhibitor Showcase, by a panel of two representatives from each dean of students at Pitt and the region to our great featuring vendor displays, of the three institutions that created and chair of the conference com- will take place in the Wes- sponsor the prize—Washington College, the mittee. According to Hum- city. We are confident tin’s rotunda area. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American His- PittNewspaper ofChronicle the University of Pittsburgh phrey, the primary goal of that the [conference’s] Wit h mor e t ha n tory in New York City, and the Mount Vernon the conference is to empower 11,000 members at 1,400 Ladies’ Association—plus historian Patricia PUBLISHER Robert Hill student affairs professionals theme will resonate campuses representing 29 Bonomi of New York University. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John Harvith to measure the impact they countries, NASPA is the Created in 2005, the George Washington EXECUTIVE EDITOR Linda K. Schmitmeyer are having on students. with them, because it largest professional asso- Book Prize was awarded in its inaugural year EDITOR Jane-Ellen Robinet Highlighting the con- ciation for student affairs to Ron Chernow for Alexander Hamilton ART DIRECTOR Gary Cravener ference will be keynote speaks to the unique administrators, faculty, (Penguin Press, 2004) and in 2006 to Stacy STAFF WRITERS Sharon S. Blake addresses by Michael J. and graduate students. Schiff for A Great Improvisation: Franklin, John Fedele Cuyjet, an associate pro- and exciting profes- NASPA serves its mem- France, and the Birth of America (Henry Morgan Kelly fessor in the University of sion in which we bers through a variety of Holt and Co., 2005). This is the second time Amanda Leff Louisville’s College of Edu- professional development it has been awarded for a book on the slave Anthony M. Moore cation and Human Develop- work.” opportunities for student trade. Last year, it went to Charles Rappleye Patricia Lomando White ment, and Molly Schaller, affairs individuals at all for Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Michele D. Baum an associate professor and —Kathy W. Humphrey levels of the profession as the Slave Trade, and the American Revolu- Stefanie Frerotte coordinator of the College well as through its quar- tion (Simon and Schuster, 2006). Robert W. Knipple Student Personnel Program terly publications. NASPA Rediker has received other honors for Megan Grote Quatrini and a fellow in the Learning Teaching Center Region II represents Pennsylvania, New The Slave Ship. In March, he was selected Lynn Shea at the University of Dayton. A panel discus- York, New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, winner of the 2008 Merle Curti Award by the sion will feature seven students giving their Delaware, and the District of Columbia. It Organization of American Historians, who The Pitt Chronicle is published throughout the year by bestowed the honor at its annual meeting in University News and Magazines, University of Pittsburgh, unique perspective on student affairs-related also serves Germany, Egypt, Greece, Japan, 400 Craig Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, issues. Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and the Virgin New York City. Phone: 412-624-1033, Fax: 412-624-4895, New to this year’s conference will be Islands. At Pitt since 1994, Rediker also is the E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.chronicle.pitt.edu two special sessions sponsored by Pitt’s For more information and a full sched- author of Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Office of International Services. The first, ule of events, contact Shawn Ahearn, direc- Pirates in the Golden Age (Beacon Press/ The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal titled “Bridging National Borders and Cul- tor of communications in Pitt’s Division of Verso, 2004); The Many-Headed Hydra: opportunity institution that does not discriminate upon any tures: A Counseling Perspective,” examines Student Affairs, at 412-648-1005, or visit Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the basis prohibited by law. the challenges of meeting the needs of inter- www.naspa.org. Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlan- June 9, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 3

Pitt’s Welsh Nationality Room Opened June 1 With Grand Celebration The room is the 27th in Pitt’s collection of ethnic classrooms By Patricia Lomando White

The University of Pittsburgh Nation- from The Design Alli- ality Rooms Program has added another ance were chosen to gem to its stunning collection of ethnic design the classroom. classrooms in the Cathedral of Learning, Wo r k i n g w i t h 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. The Welsh Br uh ns, the Welsh Nationality Room, the 27th of the group, Room’s concept com- was opened with a private blessing cere- mittee studied such mony followed by the formal dedication at designs as those for a 3 p.m. June 1 in Heinz Memorial Chapel, manor house, castle, and Fifth and Bellefield avenues. farmhouse. The group After the dedication, invited guests settled on the chapel attended a reception in the Cathedral of design because of a Learning’s Commons Room and toured chapel’s importance to the newly dedicated room, Room 342 on community life in rural the Cathedral’s third floor. During the 18th-century Wales. In reception, Welsh tenor Kenneth Davies addition to being a place and a Welsh chorus performed Welsh of worship, chapels were classical and folk music. the centers of village Patterned after the Pen-rhiw Chapel, social life. They also an 18th-century Non-Conformist chapel were the place where at St. Fagans National History Museum children and adults near Cardiff, Wales, the Welsh National- learned to read and write ity Room represents a converted Welsh the Welsh language. in a Welsh home. The

barn. It is a simple Non-Conformist In Wales, the ability to worship and hear Welsh Room clock sits PHOTOS BY BARBARA BARNES chapel (capel) with a connected pastor’s a sermon in Welsh was more important to on a platform faced in dwelling, or ty capel, at the entrance. members of the congregation than the style slate. For many years, fine-quality slate was Photos clockwise from left: G. Reynolds Clark, Pitt vice The University requires that all of the building and the furniture. Simplicity a principal export of North Wales. chancellor for community initiatives and chief of staff, Nationality Room designs precede 1787, was the fashion, and a chapel might once The room’s furnishings include a raised Office of the Chancellor, accepts the Ceremonial Key to the founding date of the University. have been a barn. pulpit made of white pine with a deacon’s the newly dedicated Welsh Nationality Room from Dale The Welsh Nationality Room Com- The Welsh Room includes poplar beams bench on either side. The professor’s table, Richards and John R. Owen, III, cochairs of the Welsh mittee comprises members of Pittsburgh’s and walls covered with milk paint. The or communion table, stands at the end of the Nationality Room Committee. The key incorporates St. David’s Society, which had proposed door replicates a barn door with wrought room. Box pews and long benches provide the idea for a Welsh Nationality Room to iron hinges. Artifacts are displayed in a student seating. many symbols from Wales in its enlarged lovespoon. E. Maxine Bruhns, director of the Nation- case just inside the door, including a Welsh The Welsh Nationality Room Committee Members of the Welsh Nationality Room Commit- ality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange hymnal, pottery, kitchen equipment, and a is the first to raise funds to design, construct, tee join in singing with Welsh chorus. Programs; in 2001, the University and the metal plaque inscribed in Welsh. Opposite and dedicate its classroom in seven years, and Members of Quo Vadis, Nationality Rooms tour society approved the project. Architects the door is an oak longcase clock, which the Welsh Nationality Room is the second to guides, share conversation in the new room. Martin Powell and Katherine Horstman was one of the most important furnishings be dedicated in the new millennium.

Pitt’s School of Information Sciences Hosts Pitt Alumni Association Sponsors a National Pitt Networking International Conferences Exploring Online Day, With 15 Regional Events Held Coast-to-Coast June 10 Social Networking and Digital Libraries

Ronald Larsen, JCDL addresses research, development, and policy supporting new forms of digital information content and organization, including theoretical and experimental models of information media, document genres, and distributed digital content. Representatives from academe, government, and industry par- ticipate in this annual conference. The conference draws from such disciplines as computer science, information science, librarianship, archival science, museum studies, medicine, the social sciences, and the humanities. For a schedule and more information, visit the JCDL Web site at www.jcdl2008.org. The 2008 Hypertext Conference

will for the first time address social PATTY NAGLE networking—the people communicat- “Pathways to Professions,” a Pitt Alumni Association networking event held in Alumni Hall’s Connolly Ballroom during ing on the Web, what they are saying, Homecoming 2007 and how the information is used in life. These topics will be explored in tandem By Stefanie Frerotte By Morgan Kelly with the conference’s traditional focus on information links—the paths from For the first time, the University of According to the Pitt Career Net- Reflective of Western Pennsylvania’s one Web site to another—to determine how Pittsburgh Alumni Association will sponsor work—a volunteer group of Pitt alumni burgeoning technology sector, the University people connect and spread ideas via Web a National Pitt Networking Day by hosting its dedicated to improving the career pros- of Pittsburgh’s School of Information Sci- pages and who initiates and leads social net- coast-to-coast regional networking events on pects of Pitt students and other alumni ences (SIS) will host two international con- works. Topics also include the information the same day—June 10—in 15 cities. through networking events and its Web ferences this month that premiere the latest that online communication reveals about its The networking event for the Pittsburgh site—two-thirds of the jobs available in trends and ideas in digital communication users and the influence of online socializing region will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bossa today’s job market are in small companies and information. Both the Joint Conference on such real world situations as the stock Nova, 123 Seventh St., Downtown. The other that normally do not advertise openings or on Digital Libraries (JCDL), June 16-20, market and popular entertainment. Among cities with networking events that day are recruit on college campuses. and the 2008 Hypertext Conference, June the conference’s keynote speakers is Cornell Atlanta, Ga.; Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.; When surveyed, 70 percent of the 19-21, will take place at the Omni William University Professor Jon Kleinberg, well- Clearwater, Fla.; Denver, Colo.; Ft. Lauder- alumni state that career networking is the Penn Hotel, 530 William Penn Place, Down- known developer of the HITS (Hyperlink- dale, Fla.; Lancaster, Pa.; Las Vegas, Nev.; most important benefit they can offer to town, with 400 researchers and profession- Induced Topic Search) algorithm now widely New Brunswick, N.J.; New York, N.Y.; Palo students and alumni, who also can make als from Pittsburgh and around the world used to identify high quality Web sites. SIS Alto, Calif.; Philadelphia, Pa.; San Diego, connections anytime on the Pitt Career expected to attend the two conferences. professor Peter Brusilovsky coordinated the Calif.; and Washington, D.C. Network at www.alumni.pitt.edu/net- The JCDL serves as the major inter- conference and SIS professor Stephen Hirtle The events provide an opportunity for working. This free online directory is for national forum on digital libraries and chaired the local organizing committee. For students and alumni to introduce themselves Pitt alumni and students who are seeking associated technical, practical, and social a schedule and more information, visit the and make connections with more than 1,000 career-related information, insight, and issues. Chaired by SIS dean and professor Hypertext Web site at www.ht2008.org. Pitt alumni volunteers. advice. 4 • Pitt Chronicle • June 9, 2008 Hartwell Foundation Selects Pitt Medical Science Investigator U.S. Congressman Murtha Is Inaugural Recipient Darville to Receive Individual Biomedical Research Award Of Pitt-Johnstown’s Distinguished Alumni Award By Robert W. Knipple

U.S. Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) will be the inaugural recipient of Pitt John- stown’s Distinguished Alumni Award, Pitt-Johnstown President Jem Spectar has announced. Murtha will be presented with the award at a reception in his honor during the school’s 2008 homecoming festivities, sched- uled for Sept. 26 and 27. “Through his exemplary record of transformational ser- vice to our community and country, Congressman Murtha is clearly a most distinguished alumnus, and we are honored Chlamydia trachomatis in a human cervical epithelial cell and proud to bestow this honor upon him,” Spectar commented Continued from page 1 in announcing the award. “Mr. Murtha is a strong voice for Dombrose says, The Hartwell Foundation such strains of chlamydia should be useful what is great and good about puts a great deal of time into narrowing the candidates for antichlamydial vaccines in America, and he has worked field of eligible research centers before even humans. Her research addresses the compel- tirelessly on behalf of the people beginning to consider which individuals will ling need to combat this disease with more of our region. His life’s work has receive the awards. than aftercare. reflected the values and prin- “We look for institutions who share our As one of the institutions that fully ciples of service to community, values regarding the importance of improv- participated in the Hartwell process, Pitt care for country, and courage ing children’s health. We also consider the also was able to select one of its young bio- in facing challenges. His great quality, strength, and scope of their medical medical investigators to receive a $100,000 work benefits not only our local school and biomedical engineering program, two-year post-doctoral fellowship. This community, but also our entire as well as the ongoing biomedical research,” year, the fellowship was awarded to Drew nation. The congressman exem- John P. Murtha says Dombrose. D. Dudgeon, Department of Pharmacology plifies all of the traits that this “We want to know that the institutions and Chemical Biology, under the mentorship award recognizes, and he is a truly deserving ence in Manufacturing Systems Engineering we select will make a commitment to provide of John S. Lazo, director of the Institute for citizen and alumnus.” degrees, but also are able to pursue advanced the necessary resources to support the indi- Drug Discovery, School of Medicine. Dud- The new award, established by the nursing degrees as acute care nurse practi- vidual investigator in a way that can foster geon will screen a diverse chemical library Pitt-Johnstown Alumni Association, is the tioners and family nurse practitioners, thus successful collaboration and truly facilitate of compounds that may enhance the ability highest honor that the school bestows upon helping to fill the shortage of credentialed a rapid clinical application of the research of certain proteins to act as tumor suppres- its alumni. It will annually recognize alumni health care professionals. results,” Dombrose adds. sors and kill cancer cells. The Hartwell for individual achievements, leadership in In his role as a strong advocate for the Darville received a BA degree from the Fellowship is intended to support scientists their professions, service to their community, region’s citizens, Murtha has championed University of Arkansas at in the early stages of and loyalty to their alma mater. The award such causes as a patient’s bill of rights, Fayetteville in 1983 and an their biomedical research was created to celebrate the excellence and prescription-drug benefits, and a higher MD degree in 1987 at the The ultimate goal of careers by enabling them achievements of the more than 17,000 Pitt- minimum wage. He has worked to protect University of Arkansas for to pursue further spe- Johnstown alumni. Medicare, Social Security, veterans’ benefits, Medical Sciences, where Darville’s research is cialized training as part Murtha, who graduated from Pitt’s Col- and Pennsylvania’s Children’s Health Insur- she did her residency in of their career develop- lege of Arts and Sciences in 1961, attended ance Program (CHIP). He was a driving pediatrics from 1987 to to develop a vaccine ment. the Johnstown campus for the first two years force behind the effort to secure Medicare 1990, had a fellowship in to protect against Silverman received of his studies after active duty service in the coverage for such preventive health care pediatric infectious dis- t h e 2 0 0 6 H a r t wel l U.S. Marine Corps. From 1966 to 1967, he measures as mammograms and flu shots. eases from 1990 to 1993, chlamydial infection- Individual Biomedical volunteered to serve in Vietnam, where he Among Murtha’s many honors are the John and, beginning in 1993, Research award to study received the Bronze Star with Combat “V,” F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, the was a faculty member for induced infertility and a biochemical abnormal- two Purple Hearts, and the Vietnamese Cross National Breast Cancer Coalition Leader- 14 years. She joined the Pitt ity of alpha-1-Antitrypsin of Gallantry. ship Award, the Penn- School of Medicine faculty blindness. Darville was protein that is a commonly In addition to having sylvania Chamber of in 2007. inherited genetic defect had a distinguished As a loyal alumnus, Business and Industry’s Chlamydia tracho- chosen from among and the leading cause 37-year record of service Government Leader of matis, which Darville will 42 research scientists of liver transplantation in the U.S. Marine Corps Murtha established the the Year, Pittsburgh’s study as a potential vac- in children. The defect (upon his 1990 retirement Riverperson of the Year, cine, is the leading cause of representing 11 involves misfolding of from the Marine Corps John P. and Joyce Murtha and Pennsylvania’s two bacterial sexually transmit- the molecule shortly after Reserve as a colonel, the Center for Continuing highest honors—the ted infections in the United institutions. its synthesis in the liver. Commandant of the U.S. Distinguished Service States, with an estimated His innovation was high Marine Corps awarded Education and Medal and the Meritori- annual incidence of at least throughput screening of him the Navy Distin- ous Service Medal. three million cases and the impact of related small-molecule drugs in a unique animal guished Service Medal), Professional Development To be eligible for the health care costs exceeding $2 billion per model system, the transparent worm C. Murtha has served the Distinguished Alumni year. Young girls 15 to 19 years old represent elegans. Using green fluorescent reporter people of Pennsylvania’s at Pitt-Johnstown, which Awa rd, ca ndidates 46 percent of infections, with as many as proteins, he seeks to identify the underly- 12th Congressional Dis- either must have earned one in 10 adolescent girls testing positive for ing genetic components that contribute to trict since 1974. During created opportunities for a bachelor’s or associ- chlamydial infection. Worse, most infected complex human disease processes involv- his time in the House students in the region to ate’s degree from the individuals are asymptomatic and remain ing misfolded proteins and organ damage. of Representatives, he University of Pittsburgh undiagnosed and untreated. Antibiotic Potential future applications of Silverman’s has been instrumental in pursue graduate-level at Johnstown or must therapy will eliminate the infection, but it approach extend to research on emphysema, redefining the region’s have earned a bach- does not eliminate the silent complications Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, economy following the degrees. elor’s degree from the of established pathology, including chronic ALS, and prion diseases. decline of the mining and University of Pittsburgh pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, infertility, Timothy M. Maul was selected by Pitt to steel industries. He has after the completion of spontaneous abortion, premature births, receive the $100,000 two-year 2006 Hartwell helped to create thousands two years of study at postnatal pneumonia, and eye infections. Fellowship for his research on pediatric cir- of family-sustaining jobs in Western Penn- Pitt-Johnstown during the pre-1972 period, Using genetically defined mouse strains culatory support. Maul conducts research in sylvania in such areas as health care, tourism, when four-year degrees were not available that exhibited differential susceptibilities the Department of Surgery in Pitt’s School and technology. on the Johnstown campus. Nominations for to chlamydia disease, Darville has deter- of Medicine and the Department of Bioen- As a loyal alumnus, Murtha established the award may be submitted by any member mined that certain immune responses are gineering in Pitt’s School of Engineering the John P. and Joyce Murtha Center for Con- of the University of Pittsburgh community, protective, whereas others lead to disease. under the mentorship of William R. Wagner, tinuing Education and Professional Develop- including alumni, faculty, staff, students, and Based on these insights, Darville and her deputy director of the Pitt-UPMC McGowan ment at Pitt-Johnstown, which has created advisory board members. collaborator made the exciting discovery Institute for Regenerative Medicine and opportunities for students in the region to “I am most thankful to the members of that creates a chlamydia strain attenuated professor of surgery, bioengineering, and pursue graduate-level degrees. Since its the Pitt-Johnstown Alumni Association for in its ability to cause disease but capable chemical engineering at Pitt. creation in 1994, the center has enabled 122 their fine work in creating this important of eliciting a protective immune response. For more information on The Hartwell students from a nine-county region to earn award and for their ongoing support of the Darville proposes that if the innovation is as Foundation, visit www.thehartwellfounda- Master of Social Work degrees; in addition, University and our alumni, students, and effective in guinea pigs as it is in mice, then tion.org. students not only have earned Master of Sci- friends,” remarked President Spectar. June 9, 2008 • University of Pittsburgh • 5 Science&Technology Continued from page 4

Risks From Occupational Lead Exposure Last a Lifetime, Pitt Study Finds Combination of age and early exposure to lead significantly increases risk Megan Grote Quatrini

O l d e r w o r k e r s with past occupational exposure to lead face increased risk for recir- culation of lead into their bloodstreams later in life, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers published in the cur- rent issue of Archives Monkey Uses Brain Power to of Environmental and Occupational Health. “The neurotoxic Feed Itself With Robotic Arm effects of lead have been Pitt School of Medicine innovation could benefit people with paralysis and spinal-cord injuries documented for over a century,” noted lead Michele D. Baum author Lisa A. Morrow, a Pitt psychiatry and psy- A monkey has successfully fed itself where voluntary movement originates as chology professor. “Our with fluid, well-controlled movements electrical impulses. The neurons’ collective study found that even of a human-like robotic arm by using activity is then evaluated using software workers with no cur- rent workplace exposure only signals from its brain, research- programmed with a mathematic algorithm to lead—but who have ers from the University of Pittsburgh and then sent to the arm, which carries out had considerable past School of Medicine report in the journal the actions the monkey intended to perform exposure—show increas- Nature. This significant advance could with its own limb. Movements are fluid and ing levels of lead in their benefit the development of prosthetics natural, and evidence shows that the monkeys blood as they age.” for people with spinal-cord come to regard the While state and fed- injuries and those with such robotic device as eral standards constitut- “locked-in” conditions as part of their own ing safe exposure have amyotrophic lateral sclero- bodies. continued to be lowered sis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). The primary over the last decade or so, lead exposure continues to be widespread sure has ended. “Our immediate goal motor cortex, a part in the United States, with more than 1.4 “Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that is to make a prosthetic of the brain that million industrial workers having potential affects people of all ages. Recent studies device for people with total controls movement, lead exposure. Previous studies have shown have shown impairment in both children paralysis,” said Andrew has thousands of that the amount of lead in the body increases and adults at concentrations previously Schwartz, senior author nerve cells, called throughout the life span, with 90 to 95 per- thought to be safe,” said Morrow. “Lead and professor of neurobi- neurons, which fire cent of that lead stored in the bones. With attacks many systems in the body. The ology in Pitt’s School of together as they aging, bones demineralize and stored lead most important target is the central Medicine. “Ultimately, our contribute to the can be recirculated into nervous system. goal is to better understand generation of move- the bloodstream. Increased measures brain complexity.” ment. Because of The Pitt research- The Pitt researchers studied to prevent exposure ers studied 58 men will be necessary to Previously, work has the massive number with prior workplace 58 men with prior workplace achieve the optimal focused on using brain- of neurons that fire exposure to lead. The goal of zero blood machine interfaces to con- Andrew Schwartz at the same time study group ranged exposure to lead. The study lead in the U.S. in trol cursor movements dis- to control even the in age from 40 to 76 group ranged in age from the next decade.” played on a computer screen. Monkeys simplest of actions, it would be impossible to and had not worked Coauthors of in the Schwartz lab have been trained create probes that capture the firing pattern with lead, on average, 40 to 76 and had not worked the study include to command cursor movements with the of each. Pitt researchers developed a special for the preceding 10 Herbert Needle- power of their thoughts. algorithm that uses limited information years. The workers with lead, on average, for ma n, professor “Now we are beginning to under- from about 100 neurons to fill in the miss- were then divided by the preceding 10 years. The of psychiatry and stand how the brain works using brain- ing signals. age into three groups. pediatrics in the Correlations between P it t Scho ol of machine interface technology,” said “In our research, we’ve demonstrated a blood lead and bone workers were then divided Medicine; research Schwartz. “The more we understand higher level of precision, skill, and learning,” lead were highest in the by age into three groups. associates Chris- about the brain, the better we’ll be able explained Schwartz. “The monkey learns by older age groups, mean- tine McFarland, in to treat a wide range of brain disorders, first observing the movement, which acti- ing the combination Correlations between blood the Pitt psychiatry everything from Parkinson’s disease and vates his brain cells as if he were doing it. It’s of age and bone lead department, and paralysis to, eventually, Alzheimer’s dis- a lot like sports training, where trainers have significantly predicted lead and bone lead were Kim Metheny, in ease, and perhaps even mental illness.” athletes first imagine that they are perform- an increase in current the Pitt neurol- Using this technology, monkeys ing the movements they desire.” blood lead levels. This highest in the older age ogy department; in the Schwartz lab are able to move a In addition to Schwartz, authors include suggests that lead from groups, meaning the and biotechnology robotic arm to feed themselves marshmal- Pitt neurobiology professor Meel Velliste the bones is an impor- consultant Michael tant source of lead cir- combination of age and bone Tobin. lows and chunks of fruit while their own and Sagi Perel, M. Chance Spalding, and culating in the blood. Funding from arms are restrained. Computer software Andrew S. Whitford, all Pitt bioengineering Older workers with lead significantly predicted the National Insti- interprets signals picked up by probes the graduate students. prior exposure to lead tute for Occupa- width of a human hair. The probes are The study was funded by the National may therefore face an an increase in current blood tional Safety and inserted into neuronal pathways in the Institute of Neurological Disorders and additional neurotoxic Health supported monkey’s motor cortex, a brain region Stroke at the National Institutes of Health. hazard long after expo- lead levels. the research.

6 • Pitt Chronicle • June 9, 2008 Awards&More

Who’s Who Among American Teachers and has twice received the American Chemical Society Salute to Excellence Award. The chairs of Pitt-Bradford’s five academic divisions select the Faculty Teaching Award recipient. Three volumes in the Pittsburgh Series on Composition, Literacy, and Culture have won several major awards. The series, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, is edited by Pitt Depart- ment of English chair David Bartholo- mae and Pitt English professor Jean Ferguson Carr. The volume Toward a Civil Dis- course: Rhetoric and Fundamentalism by Sharon Crowley received the 2007 Gary A. Olson Award from the Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition and the Journal of Advanced Composition. The book also garnered the 2007 David Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Kane Elementary School. and Tribune Total Media. H. Russell Award for distinguished Problems (CRSP), housed in the research in teaching from the School of Social Work, was honored at University of Pittsburgh scientists, Jeanne Marie Laskas, assis- National Council of Teach- the Pittsburgh Branch of the NAACP’s educators, and an associate editor in the tant professor in Pitt’s Depart- ers of English (NCTE) and 54th annual Human Rights Dinner on Office of Public Affairs were honored at the ment of English, was a finalist the 2008 Outstanding Book May 8 at the Hilton Pittsburgh. annual Carnegie Science Awards on May 9 in the 43rd annual National Award, a prize sponsored by The Homer S. Brown Award is in Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. Keynote Magazine Awards, presented NCTE and the Conference given by he local NAACP branch in speaker at the event was Pitt English profes- by the American Society of on College Composition and recognition of the pioneering civil rights sor Lee Gutkind, journalist and author of Magazine Editors at a May 1 Communication. attorney of the same name; this year, it Almost Human: Making Robots Think (W.W. gala in New York City’s Lincoln The volume A Counter- was presented to three organizations: Norton, 2007). Center. Laskas was a finalist in History of Composition: Toward CRSP, Youth Enrichment Services, and Pitt honorees and their awards were the feature-writing category for the Jean Ferguson Carr Methodologies of Complexity by Tadisco, Inc. Stephen F. Badylak, Pitt professor of article “Underworld,” which Byron Hawk won the 2008 W. “[These organizations] have posi- surgery and deputy director of the sheds light on the culture of coal Ross Winterowd Award for the most tively impacted our community while Pitt-UPMC McGowan Institute mining. To research the article, outstanding book on writing studies attempting to build survival bridges for for Regenerative Medicine, the Laskas spent several weeks from the Journal of Advanced Composi- children, youth, and adults in times of Advanced Materials Award; underground with coal miners tion, and the volume Acts of Enjoyment: adversity,” said Pittsburgh-area NAACP John W. Manzetti, Pittsburgh working for the Hopedale Rhetoric, Zizek, and the Return of the attorney Joseph K. Williams III in rec- Life Sciences Greenhouse presi- Mining Company in Cadiz, Subject by Thomas Rickert won the 2008 ognizing the winners. dent and CEO, the Catalyst Ohio. “Underworld” was Olson Award. Founded in 2002, CRSP has been Award; Professors Joseph J. published in the May 2007 a leader in conducting race-related McCarthy and Robert S. Parker issue of GQ Magazine. David J. Kupfer, Thomas Detre Profes- research, mentoring emerging scholars, in the Department of Chemical and sor and chair of the Department of Psy- Mary Jerry Samples, and disseminating research findings. Petroleum Engineering and Stephen F. Badylak professor of chiatry and medical director and director The first research center on race at any Besterfield-Sacre in the Depart- mechanical engineering technol- of research at the Western Psychiatric school of social work in the nation, ment of Industrial Engineering, the ogy at the University of Pittsburgh Institute and Clinic of UPMC, will it focuses on race relations in several University/Post-Secondary Educator Award; at Johnstown (UPJ), has been selected to serve as chair of the American Psychi- key areas—economic and education Professor William R. Wagner in the receive the 2008 American Society for atric Association’s task force to develop disparities; interracial group relations; Department of Surgery, the Life Sci- Engineering Education (ASEE) the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and mental health; youth, families, and the ences Award; and Joe Miksch, Outstanding Teacher Award. A Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders elderly; and criminal justice. In 2007, associate editor of Pitt Med maga- faculty member at Pitt-John- (DSM-V). The work group comprises the center released Pittsburgh’s Racial zine, Honorable Mention in the stown since 1996, he also has more than 120 world-renowned scientific Demographics: Differences and Dis- Journalism category. served as director of UPJ’s researchers and clinicians with expertise parities, the most comprehensive study The awards program, estab- Engineering Technology in neuroscience, biology, genetics, statis- ever done on quality-of-life issues for lished in 1997 by the Carnegie Division and vice president tics, epidemiology, public health, nursing, Pittsburgh’s Black, White, Asian, and Science Center, recognizes out- for academic and student pediatrics, and social work, who review Hispanic residents. standing science and technol- affairs. Samples came to scientific advances and research-based ogy achievements in education, UPJ from the U.S. Military information in the field of psychiatry in James Baldwin, assistant dean of aca- research, entrepreneurship, and Academy in West Point, N.Y., order to update the manual. DSM-V is demic affairs, registrar, and director of commerce in Western Pennsylvania. Joseph J. McCarthy where he was associate professor scheduled to be published in 2012. enrollment services at the University of and director of the Mechanical Pittsburgh at Bradford, is the recipient The Office of Public Affairs won a Golden Engineering Division and director of the Steven T. DeKosky, Pitt professor and of the 2008 Staff Recognition Award, Quill Award and was a finalist for two others Mechanical Engineering Research Center. A chair of the Department of Neurology, presented by the Pitt-Bradford Staff awards at the annual presentation May 12 at coauthor of numerous books and articles on has been appointed chair of the executive Association Council. The annual award the Hilton Pittsburgh. The Golden Quill com- education and engineering, he is the recipi- advising committee of the Alzheimer’s honors an employee whose performance petition recognizes professional excellence in ent of many honors, including the American Association’s new International Society at the University or in the community written, photographic, broadcast, and online Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) to Advance Alzheimer Research and consistently exceeds standards and journalism in Western Pennsylvania. Dedication Service Award and ASME’s Life Treatment. The society is the first col- expectations. In the category of Health/medical Quality Award. Samples will be recognized legial group that represents all areas of Baldwin oversees all functions Writing, Magazines, former Pitt Magazine at ASEE’s annual awards banquet in Pitts- Alzheimer’s disease investigation. related to student records and accounts, managing editor Bo Shwerin won for the burgh on June 25. institutional research, and the College article “Danger Zone.” Eugene Myers, professor and emeritus in High School Program, which he In the category of Feature Writing, Andrea Robbins, instructor of chemistry chair of Pitt’s Department of Otolar- was instrumental in bringing to Pitt- Magazines, Pitt Magazine senior editor Cara at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford yngology, professor of oral and maxil- Bradford in 2005. Local high schools Hayden was a finalist for the article “Won- (UPB), has received the 2008 Faculty Teach- lofacial surgery in the School of Dental are now able to offer Pitt courses to their derlust,” and in Cultural Writing, Magazines, ing Award. “Andrea is very sensitive to her Medicine, and director of the Oral Cancer students during the regular school day. Pitt Magazine editor-in-chief Cindy Gill was students’ demands and suggestions and Center of Discovery at the University of Baldwin is a campus study member a finalist for the article “On the Edge.” always does her best to make adjustments Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, participated for the American Association of State Pitt was one of the lead sponsors of to meet their needs,” said Yong-Zhuo Chen, in the third-annual international sympo- Colleges and Universities’ Graduate the 2008 Golden Quill awards ceremony, chair of UPB’s Division of Physical and Com- sium STATEMENTS 2008 on Head and Rate Outcomes study project. He also along with Burson-Marsteller, Columbia putational Sciences, when nominating Rob- Neck Cancer, in Frankfurt, Germany. is a member of the grant team for the Gas, Dominion, PR Newswire, Reed Smith, bins for the award. She has been nominated Myers was chair of the Ear, Temporal program Science: It’s Elementary at Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter, three times by her students for inclusion in Bone, and Lateral Skull Base panel.

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Sirani Gallery, Marc Tetro, through Women & Urinary Incon- June 27, 5875 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill, tinence, Thomas Rosvanis, 412-422-2121, www.siranigallery.com. Urologist, 5 p.m. June 23, 565 Coal Valley Rd, Jefferson Renaissance Art Gallery, Contem- Hills, 412-469-7100, www. porary Ceramics of Stuart Rosenthal, jeffersonregional.com. through June 27, 428 Washington Ave., Happenings Carnegie, 412-279-0411, www. ren-art.com. Miscellaneous Michael Berger Gallery, Shadyside Presbyterian Prescient, through June Church Strawberry Festi- 28, 415 Gettysburg St., Point val, 5:30 p.m. Breeze, 412-441-4282, www. June 13, Shadyside Pres- mbergerart.com. byterian Church, 5121 Westminister Pl., Shady- Art Space 105, Circular side, 412-682-4300, www. Passages of Gay Pride Theory, through June 28, shadysidepres.org. 105 E. 8th St., Homestead, New Hazlett Theater, June 20 412-476-0755, www.steelval- Father’s Day 5K/10K Run leyarts.org. and Walk, 7:45 a.m. June 15, Heinz Field, 100 Art Rooney Ave., The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon, Hunt Institute for Botani- North Side, 412-323-1200. through June 29, Pittsburgh Public cal Documentation, Edward Theater, O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Donovan: Naturalist Artist, 20th Annual Pittsburgh Pirates Fun Downtown, 412-434-7590, www.ppt.org. Author, and Collector, Run/Walk for Epilepsy, 8 a.m. through June 29, Carnegie June 21, PNC Park, 115 Federal St., Bust, by Lauren Weedman, through Mellon University, 4909 Frew North Shore, 412-323-5000, www.pitts- June 29, Pittsburgh City Theatre, 1300 St., Oakland, 412-268-2434, burgh.pirates.mlb.com. Bingham St., South Side, 412-431-2489, http://huntbot.andrew.cmu. www.citytheatrecompany.org. edu/. Gateway Center & Plaza, UPMC Health Plan Family Festival, through Shear Madness, by Paul Portner, Manchester Craftsmen’s June 22, Commonwealth Place, Down- through Sept. 28, Pittsburgh CLO Caba- Guild, 2008 Accomplish town, 412-281-8723. ret, Cabaret at Theatre Square, 655 Penn “Migration (still),”Doug Aitken, Carnegie Museum of Art, through January 11, 2009 Show, through July 3, 1815 Ave., Downtown, 412-325-6769, Metropolitan St., North Side, Three Rivers Arts Festival, variety of www.pittsburghclo.org. 412-322-1773, www.man- events, through June 22, Downtown, chesterguild.org. 412-281-8723, www.artsfestival.net. Pitt PhD Dissertation Concerts Silver Eye Center for Photography, 707 Gallery, The F295 Exhibition of Alternative Focus, through Contemporary Photography, through Opera/Theater/ Defenses Jazz Live, featuring Howie Alexander, June 14; 1015 E. Carson St., South Side, July 5, 707 Penn Ave., Downtown, 5 p.m. June 10, Katz Plaza, Penn 412-431-1810, www.silvereye.org. 412-471-6078. Dance Ana L.C. Allegretti, School of Health Avenue and Seventh Street, Downtown, and Rehabilitation Sciences, “Factors 412-471-6070, www.pgharts.org. Rivers of Steel Visitor Center, EveryOne An Artist Gallery, Marks & Momentum: 08, June 12-15, City Associated with Clinical Decisions and Monongahela Valley: A Time of Change, Gestures, through July 17, 4128 Butler Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side, Pressure Ulcer Development in Long Entrain, mix of rock, blues, calypso, 1980–2000, through June 14, 623 E. 8th St., Lawrenceville, 412-681-2404. 412-431-2489, citytheatrecompany.org. Term Care Residents,” 10 a.m. June 11, jazz, and funk; 6:30 p.m. June 11, Gate- Ave., Homestead, 412-464-4020, www. Room 4065 Forbes Tower. way Center Plaza, Commonwealth Place, riversofsteel.com. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Out of This Furnace, by Marci Wood- Downtown, 412-281-8723, Just Kidding Around: Children In Car- ruff, June 12-28, Open Stage Theater, Anton Ford, School of Arts and Sci- Victorian Vandergrift Museum and toons & Comics, through Aug. 3; and 2835 Smallman St., Strip District, ences, “Action and Generality,” 2 p.m. 2008 Pittsburgh Rock For Autism, Historical Society, Vandergrift Annual LEMURtron, through Sept. 10; 10 Chil- 412-394-3353, www.proartstickets.org. June 17, Room 1001B Cathedral of featuring the bands Enuff Z’Nuff, Quilt Show, through June 14, 184 Sher- dren’s Way, North Side, 412-322-5058, Learning. Euphonic Brew, and Maddie Georgi, man Ave., Vandergrift, 724-568-1990, www.pittsburghkids.org. Salome, by Oscar Wilde, June 12-28, 9 p.m. June 11, Hard Rock Café, www.vvmhs.com. Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, The Megan L. Kavanaugh, Graduate School 230 W. Station Square Dr., Station Carnegie Museum of Art, 55th Charity Randall Theatre in the Stephen of Public Health, “Moving Beyond the Square, 412-481-7625, www.hardrock. Market Square, The Heist, through Carnegie International, through Jan. Foster Memorial, 4301 Forbes Ave., Individual in Reproductive Health: com. June 15; Contained, through June 22; 11, 2009, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, Oakland, 412-394-3353, Exploring the Social Determinants of Forbes Avenue and Market Street, Down- 412-622-3131, www.cmoa.org. www.picttheatre.org. Unintended Pregnancy,” 2:30 p.m. The Gypsy Strings, European and town, 412-232-0751, www.marketsquare. June 18, Room 226 Parran Hall. Tambura music, 8 p.m. June 12, Gypsy org. How to Write a Play, by Jill Jeffrey, Café, 1330 Bingham St., South Side, Lectures/Seminars/ through June 14, Peter Mills Theater, Brandi Jones, School of Arts and 412-381-4977. Carnegie Science Center, Dinosaurs Duquesne University Rockwell Hall, 500 Sciences, “Pathways to Maladjustment Alive and Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Readings Forbes Ave., Downtown, 412-396-4997. and Resilience in Inner-city Minority Allegheny County Lunchtime Concert, Adventure, both through June 15; From Youth: Examining Academic Failure and folk music featuring the Jay Wiley Sea to Shining Sea: 200 Years of Chart- Jim Joyce and Bradley Swink, editor The Color Purple, musical based on Hopelessness as Mediators Between Con- Band, noon June 13, Allegheny County ing America’s Coasts, through June 29; and contributing writer of The Bicycle Alice Walker’s novel, through textual Risk Factors and Child Maladjust- Courthouse, 436 Grant St., Downtown, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, through Book: Wit, Wisdom & Wanderings, June 15, Benedum Center, 803 Liberty ment From a Developmental Psychopa- 412-350-4636, www.county.allegheny. Sept. 11; Allegheny Avenue, North Shore, 7 p.m. June 9, Springdale Free Public Ave., Downtown, Pittsburgh Civic Light thology Perspective,” 10 a.m. June 20, pa.us. 412-237-3400, www.carnegiesciencecen- Library, 331 School St., Springdale, Opera, 412-471-6070, www.pitts- Room 4127 Sennott Square. ter.org. 724-274-9729, www.einetwork.net. burghclo.org. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. A Christopher Campbell, School of Arts Grande Finale—The Organ Symphony Wood Street Galleries, The Last Days What Every Woman Needs to Know Eastburn Avenue, by Marcus Stevens, and Sciences, “Form Without Formal- featuring Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor; In The Beginning of March and Want, About Divorce, YWCA Legal Resources through June 15, Pittsburgh Playhouse, ism,” 2 p.m. June 20, Room 1001B Nicole Cabell, soprano; Lucas Meachem, both through June 21; 601 Wood St., for Women Department, 6:30 p.m. 222 Craft Ave., Oakland, 412-621-4445, Cathedral of Learning. baritone; June 13-15. Marvin Hamlisch Downtown, 412-471-5605, www.pgharts. June 10, 305 Wood St., Downtown, www.pointpark.edu. and Chris Botti, Jazz and romance org. 412-255-1258, www.ywcapgh.org. Chunrong Cheng, Graduate School of ballads, June 19. Heinz Hall, 600 Penn The Heist, by Attack Theater, through Public Health, “Ratio-Adjusted Gene- Ave., Downtown, 412-392-6070, www. Latest in Arthritis Care, Thaddeus June 15, part of Three Rivers Arts Wise Normalization to Enhance Classifi- pittsburghsymphony.org. A Grande Finale—The Osial, MD; Walt Garcia, physical thera- Festival, Forbes Avenue at Stanwix Organ Symphony, cation Models for Inter-Study Prediction pist; and Mike Balandiat, occupational Street, Downtown, 412-281-8723, www. in Microarray,” 2 p.m. June 23, Maceo Parker, saxophone, 7:30 p.m. featuring Yan Pascal therapist, 5:30 p.m. June 12, Univer- artsfestival.net. Room 109 Parran Hall. June 13; and The Avett Brothers, blue- Tortelier, June 13-15 sity of Pittsburgh Medical Center St. grass music, 6:30 p.m. June 21; Gateway Margaret, 815 Freeport Rd., Aspinwall, Stand By Your Man: The Tammy Stephen Goding, School of Medicine, Center & Plaza, Commonwealth Place, 412-784-5160, www.stmargaret.upmc. Wynette Story, musical, through “Induction of Antitumor Responses via Downtown, 412-392-6000. com. June 15, Mountain Playhouse, Adoptively Transferred, Cytokine-Gene 7690 Somerset Pike, Jennerstown, Transduced A-NK Cells,” 1 p.m. The Tuesday Stew, acoustic show, Take Control of Your Career, Lynette 814-629-9201, www.mountainplayhouse. June 24, Room S120 Starzl Biomedical 7 p.m. June 17, Union Project, 801 N. Taylor-Criego, founder of LTC Consult- org. Science Tower. Negley Ave., East Liberty, 412-363-4550, ing, 6:30 p.m. June 12; and Save and www.unionproject.org. Pay for College Without Going Broke, Peter Pan, a musical based on the play 6:30 p.m., June 17; Single Steps Strate- by James M. Barrie, June 21-July 2, Pop Music, Elizabethan-Style! Fea- gies, 1738 N. Highland Rd., Benedum Center, 803 Liberty Ave., turing Erika Lloyd and Alane Marco, Mt. Lebanon, 412-833-2888, www.sing- Downtown, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Life on Mars, soprano; Matt Leisy, tenor; Garald Farn- lestepsstrategies.com. 412-471-6070, www.pittsburghclo.org. 55th Carnegie International, ham, baritone and lutes; 7 p.m. Portrait of artist Phil Collins, June 19, Christ Lutheran Church, 400 The First Step: Mechanics of Start- The Gospel…The Struggle, the through January 11, 2009 Barclay Ave., Forest Hills, 917-459-7561. ing a Small Business, Ray Vargo, Praise, the Victory, by Nicole M. director of Small Business Development Carter, June 22, Byham Theater, 101Sixth Stars at Riverview Jazz Series, featur- Center, 7:30 a.m. June 13, 114 Mervis St., Downtown, 412-441-1907, ing Big Fat Jazz, 7 p.m. June 21, North Hall, Roberto Clemente Drive, Oakland, www.pgharts.org. Side, Riverview Avenue, 412-255-8975, 724-627-9054. www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/parks. Take Me Out, by The Role of Experience in Clinical Richard Greenberg, Expertise, Geoff Norman, professor of through June 22, Exhibitions clinical epidemiology and biostatistics Navarra, 131 7th at McMaster University, noon, June 13, St., Downtown, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Lecture Room 3 Scaife Hall, 3550 Ter- 412-456-6666, Glass & Steel: Art Transcends race St., Oakland, 412-648-9000, www. www.artsfes- Industry, through Sept. 5; megr.pitt.edu. tival.net. Transforming Float Glass, June 9-10; 5472 Penn Ave., Passages of Gay Pride, American East Liberty, 412-365-2145, Shorts Reading Series, 7:30 p.m. June 20, www.pittsburghglasscenter. New Hazlett Theater, Allegheny Square, org. East Pittsburgh, 412-622-8866, www. newhazletttheater.org. SPACE, Pittsburgh NOW, through June 13, 812 Liberty Joan Rivers, The Lambda Foundation, Ave., Downtown, 412-325-7723, 8 p.m. June 21, Byham Theater, 101 www.SpacePittsburgh.org. Sixth St., Downtown, www.pgharts.org.

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Pitt School of Social Work Dean Larry Davis Coeditor of 20th Edition of Encyclopedia of Social Work By Sharon Blake

As societal conditions and policies have Work during that time. versity and a master’s degree in social work, changed dramatically throughout the world The six SSW faculty members who a master’s degree in psychology, and a joint in recent years, so has the standard reference contributed articles include: professor Valire PhD degree in social work and psychology at publication of social work practitioners. Carr Copeland (Maternal and Child Health); the University of Michigan (U-M) in 1977. He The completely updated, revised, and professor Catherine Greeno (Mental Health: was the first Black to graduate from this U-M expanded 20th edition of the Encyclopedia Overview); professor Christina Newhill joint-degree program. of Social Work (NASW Press and Oxford (Client Violence); Continuing Education University Press) is now available—coedited director Tracy Soska (Housing); professor The NASW by Larry Davis, Donald M. Henderson Pro- John Wallace; and Davis (African Ameri- The National Association of Social fessor, dean of the School of Social Work cans: Overview). Workers (NASW) is the largest membership (SSW), and director of the Center on Race The 20th edition reflects the breadth organization of professional social workers in and Social Problems (CRSP) at the Univer- and scope of the profession, whose members the world, with 150,000 members. The orga- sity of Pittsburgh; and Terry Mizrahi, pro- shape public policy, influence research, and nization works to enhance the professional fessor and director of the Education Center respond to the needs of people all over the growth and development of its members, to for Community Organization at the Hunter world. create and maintain professional standards, College School of Social Work. The encyclopedia’s first edition, The and to advance sound social policies. Its The 2,000-page encyclopedia—in four Social Work Year Book, was published in publishing arm, the NASW Press, has been volumes and accessible online—is designed 1929 by the Russell Sage Foundation. publishing materials in social work since to be an indispensable resource for social 1956. It serves faculty, practitioners, agencies, workers, students, and policymakers, as well Larry Davis Larry Davis libraries, clinicians, and researchers through- as for anyone interested in social issues. Its Shortly after arriving at Pitt as dean out the United States and abroad. Known for 400 articles, written by experts that include about gender relations and the struggles of SSW in 2001, Davis created CRSP, the attracting expert authors, the NASW Press six members of the SSW faculty, reflect the concerning family relations. first research center on race at any school delivers professional information to more changes in the social work profession since The 20th edition also includes more of social work in the nation. The center than 250,000 readers through its scholarly the publication of the last edition in 1995. entries from the international community— and its programs look at how race affects journals, books, and reference works. Most notably, the articles present ideas regional overviews written by authors from economic and education gaps, relations in a more international and multicultural other parts of the world that divide the cover- between groups of people, mental health, context. age into eight global sections. criminal justice, youth and families, and The volumes provide greater detail on The volumes also feature the addition the elderly. Davis, the recipient of the 2007 mental health, drug, and alcohol problems; of 40 social work luminaries to the Biog- Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award, new entries on such critical areas as global- PUBLICATION NOTICE The next edition of raphy section, which contains background has recruited to the University faculty who Pitt Chronicle will be published June 23. ization, immigration and immigration policy, on 300 key figures in social work history. conduct research on race, and he has encour- Items for publication in the newspaper’s trauma and disaster, and displaced persons; They include National Association of Social aged other Pitt schools and departments to Happenings calendar (see page 7) should and explanations of new areas of practice, Workers (NASW) executive director Eliza- do the same. Davis is the coauthor of Race, be received six working days prior to including forensic social work and urban beth J. Clark, who received three degrees Gender and Class: Guidelines for Practice the desired publication date. Happenings social work. from Pitt—a Bachelor of Social Work in With Individuals, Families and Groups items should include the following infor- The new edition has 30 new entries, 1972, a Master of Social Work in 1974, and (Prentice Hall, 1989), coeditor of Ethnic mation: title of the event, name and title of including human needs, lifespan, children, a Master of Public Health in 1975; the late Issues in Adolescent Mental Health (Sage speaker(s), date, time, location, sponsor(s), disability, and criminal justice. The new Helen Northen, noted textbook author and Publications, 1990), and author of Working and a phone number and Web site for addi- edition also contains 23 expanded entries on With African American Males: A Guide to tional information. Items may be e-mailed 2004 Pitt Legacy Laureate who received a to [email protected], faxed to 412-624-4895, various racial and ethnic groups, including Master of Social Work Degree from Pitt in Practice (Sage Publications, 1999) and Black or sent by campus mail to 422 Craig Hall. Arab Americans. The latter, for example, 1944; and the late Margaret Berry, executive and Single: Finding and Choosing a Partner For more information, call 412-624-4238 or highlights concerns relating to stereotypes director of the Soho Community Develop- Who Is Right for You (Agate, 3rd edition, e-mail [email protected]. following the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the ment House in Pittsburgh in the 1940s, and 2004). He earned the Bachelor of Science United States and explores assumptions a field instructor in Pitt’s School of Social degree in psychology at Michigan State Uni-