FALL 2012 UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Dig In Temple students unearth ancient Roman history. 20 COMMUNITY EXPRESS YOURSELF Something as simple as a poem or a play can keep inner-city teens in school—and steer them away from aggression. Whether it’s in North Philadelphia or Rome, in an operat- ing room or on a residential street, the innovative spirit of Owls is pervasive. In this issue, students unearth a Roman villa; a doctor repairs hearts with the help of robotics; an alumna builds group homes for adults with disabilities; and Temple helps teens tell their stories. TEMPLE2 Then & Now 3 In the Interim 4 Campus Voice 5 News 12 TUAA News 37 Class Notes 52 The Last Word 14 26 30 ACADEMICS RESEARCH ALUMNI DIGGING itaLY ROBODOCS HOME IMPROVEMENTS Undergraduate students spend their summer Temple’s rapidly expanding robotic surgery How Micki Edelsohn, TYL ’65, reacted to her uncovering a Roman villa in Artena, a rural program reduces months of recovery to days. son’s developmental disability substantially Italian village not far from Rome. changed hundreds of lives in Delaware. ON THE COVER: Temple senior Gina Roi was one of six students who spent a month in Artena, Italy, working on an archaeological dig. Photograph by Maria Raha. FALL 2012 1 THEN & NOW BIGGER, StrONGER, FASTER Top: Wayne Babcock performs surgery at Temple University Hospital in 1920. Babcock is considered a pioneer in surgery due to the invention of several surgical devices such as the Babcock Clamp—still used today—and for becoming the first surgeon in the U.S. Emerging medical technologies have been integral to Temple Health’s to use a spinal anesthetic. most significant milestones. In 1947, Ernest Spiegel and Henry Wycis Bottom: More than 90 years later, T. Sloane Guy (far left) performs surgery from across performed the first-ever minimally invasive brain surgery using 3-D the operating room. The growing robotic surgery program at Temple hit its first big mile- imaging. In 1973, Donald Taylor Jr. developed a robotic arm for stone this year, when Daniel Eun, MED ’01 (not pictured), repaired a patient’s obstructed amputees. Nine years later, Jacob Kolff performed the region’s first kidney through a single incision. It was the first such surgery in the nation. heart transplant. Today, T. Sloane Guy, associate professor of surgery and chief of cardiothoracic surgery, is expanding Temple’s robotic surgery pro- gram rapidly. Robotic-assisted surgeries provide a new generation Give Us 10! of patients with faster recoveries — almost as soon as they leave the operating room. To read more about robotic surgery at Temple, see We want to know what you think of this issue of Temple! To share “RoboDocs,” page 26. your opinions with the staff, visit temple.edu/templemag. 2 TEMPLE IN THE INTERIM VOL. 66 NO. 2 / FALL 2012 Late last month, we welcomed nearly Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement 40,000 new and returning students to a new David L. Unruh academic year. Similar to generations before Joseph Labolito V. Associate Vice President, Advancement Communications them, these young men and women were Nicole Naumoff drawn to Temple because of its historic com- Executive Director, Alumni & Development mitment to providing access to excellent Communications academic programs to talented students, Betsy Winter Hall, SMC ’01 regardless of their backgrounds or stations Senior Editor in life. Maria Raha A fundamental element of access is afford- ability. This summer, Temple’s Board of Associate Editor Renee Cree, SMC ’12 Trustees froze base undergraduate tuition at 2011–2012 levels. No other public college Design or university in the commonwealth, or in Temple University Creative Services (306-1112) our region, made such a bold move. The Correspondence, Address Changes and Gifts board also held graduate and professional TASB/1852 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122 tuition increases at modest levels. 215-926-2562 / 800-882-7655 For more than 50 years, the Email Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has sup- [email protected] ported Temple in maintaining affordable We also launched a multi-year effort to tuition rates. And this year, our elected Website raise funding for additional scholarship temple.edu/templemag leaders agreed to keep funding for Temple support, to ensure that Temple remains a equal to last year’s appropriation. Temple is published by Temple University of the Commonwealth terrific value in higher education for gen- We are deeply grateful to the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education. erations to come. General Assembly and the governor for © Copyright 2012 by Temple University President-elect Neil D. Theobald (see their continuing commitment to Temple Temple University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity page 5) has already indicated that increas- for all in every aspect of its operations. The university has and our students. We believe this partner- ing scholarships will be among his top pri- pledged not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, ship has a great future. age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status orities when he begins his Temple or disability. This policy extends to all educational, service and But there is more to affordability than presidency in January. I hope you will join employment programs of the university. tuition rates. More than 75 percent of us in this critical effort. Temple’s undergraduate students must Please visit giving.temple.edu/ borrow money to finance their education, scholarships or call 215-926-2500 to find and they graduate with an average loan out how you can help deserving students debt of more than $30,000. experience the Temple education that Student-loan debt has grown to staggering has made our exceptional alumni instantly proportions across the nation, and our trust- recognizable by their leadership, integrity ees are determined to make Temple a KEY TO SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CODES and service. national leader in lessening our graduates’ I am proud that we make up a commu- BYR Boyer College of Music and Dance financial burdens. Scholarships often make College of Health Professions and Social Work nity that stands for opportunity and excel- CHPSW the difference between whether or not CLA College of Liberal Arts lence. Together, we can keep the promise of a student can enroll and remain on track CST College of Science and Technology affordability and Temple’s mission strong. DEN Kornberg School of Dentistry for graduation. EDU College of Education We have increased Temple’s budget for Best, ENG College of Engineering scholarships by 58 percent over the past FOX Fox School of Business five years to reduce the amount students HON Honorary Degree must borrow. This year, the board added LAW Beasley School of Law $8 million to our scholarship budget, which Richard M. Englert MED School of Medicine now totals $90 million. Acting President, Temple University PHR School of Pharmacy POD School of Podiatric Medicine SED School of Environmental Design Follow Temple! SMC School of Media and Communication SSW School of Social Work facebook.com/templeu TFM Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts THM School of Tourism and Hospitality Management < To learn about the reorganization of select depart- TYL Tyler School of Art ments, and schools and colleges, see page 11. twitter.com/TempleUniv FALL 2012 3 CAMPUS VOICE What artists populate your iPod? I probably should open myself up to other genres of music, but because I came to jazz so late in life, I immerse myself in the greats: Dizzy Gillespie, ON A HIGH NOTE Miles Davis, Blue Mitchell and Lee Morgan, who is one of my favorites. Joseph Labolito V. How do performing and teach- ing intertwine? I think they feed off one another. I draw from my performances to prepare students for things they might encounter as musi- cians. For example, many of them ask me how to overcome feelings of nervousness, and I tell them to focus on how the other musicians are playing and become a selfless musician. When you give more, you get more, and you’re able to saturate yourself in their sounds. I also can draw from what I tell my students in class to make my performances better; I’ll recall a time when I’ve told them to relax or slow down when they Why did you take up the play, and I’ll try to do the same trumpet? when I perform. Terell StaffORD I played the viola for a year before I started playing the What advice do you have for OCCUPATION: Laura H. Carnell Professor of Jazz Studies, director of jazz studies, trumpet, and I was horrible at budding musicians who might chair of instrumental studies it. My teacher was discouraging; be facing the same discour- LOCATION: Boyer College of Music and Dance, Main Campus he told me I had no musical agement you did early on? ability. I switched to the All we have to live on is our Terell Stafford has toured the world as a premier jazz trumpet because I was fasci- dreams. I had a dream to play nated with it and had always the trumpet, and no matter trumpeter. He has performed in renowned venues loved the way it sounded. what, I knew I was going to including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, on The do that. I’ve had people try Tonight Show with Jay Leno and on the film soundtrack You are classically trained, to take that dream away from but switched to jazz while me, but following it has allowed for A Bronx Tale. He is a member of the Grammy- studying music education at me to do amazing things and winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and frontman for the University of Maryland.