Where You Read It First Mostly Cloudy 66/60 THE TUFTS DAILY Est. 1980 VOLUME LX, NUMBER 33 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010 TUFTSDAILY.COM Tisch Library director Friedman School wins $15 million to retire after 19 years for nutrition programs in Asia, Africa BY MAHPARI SOTOUDEH Michalak expressed pride in BY KATHRYN OLSON Contributing Writer the library’s development over Daily Editorial Board her tenure as director. Director of Tisch Library Jo-Ann “We didn’t have great resources The United States Agency Michalak will leave her position or collections at the time, and for International Development this spring after 19 years. we’ve really worked to change (USAID) this month granted Tufts’ As director, Michalak oversaw that,” Michalak said. “When Tisch Friedman School of Nutrition the construction and renova- Library was first built, we did not Science and Policy two awards tion of the Tisch Library and the even have the funds to complete totaling $15 million to establish construction of the Lilly Music the ground level, but that has now research programs in agriculture, Library, as well as the creation of been completely renovated.” health and nutrition in Asia and Tisch’s website. During her direc- A 2003 accreditation noted the Africa. torship, survey data has indicated library’s progress, stating that the The Leader with Associates a turnaround in satisfaction with library was no longer a negative Award establishes Tufts as the Tufts library services, she said. aspect for the university, she said. principal organizer for two new Tufts had begun an initiative Tufts’ library resources are now nutrition Collaborative Research to expand its library, then known comparable to those of other Support Programs (CRSP) in Africa as the Wessell Library, when schools in the greater Boston area, and Asia. This marks the first nutri- Michalak arrived at Tufts in 1991. which has decreased students’ tion CRSP that USAID has awarded Surveys at the time showed an need to rely on outside libraries, in 25 years. overall satisfaction rate below 50 she said. The Friedman School will lead percent, according to Michalak. “Previously, Tufts was a very a group of U.S.-based institutions Student, faculty and staff feed- active user of the other collections and partners in Africa and Asia back has reflected improvement, in the Boston area, but now, the to implement two five-year pro- she said, citing a current overall strength of our collections can be grams. satisfaction rate with library ser- put up against other library con- “We want to bridge health, agri- vices at over 95 percent. sortiums,” Michalak said. culture and nutrition to change Additionally, the university’s Michalak contributed to a the definition of well-being,” senior exit surveys annually report planning group that converted Friedman School Professor of that the library is both the most the then-Wessell Library into the Food Policy and Applied Nutrition important and the most highly present-day Tisch Library. The William Masters, who will lead the rated support service, she said. renovation project more than CRSP in Africa, said. Michalak said she plans to doubled the library’s floor space Among the partnering insti- remain a part of the Tufts com- and restructured the building’s tutions are Johns Hopkins munity after she leaves her cur- layout to accommodate changing University’s Bloomberg School of rent position. student and technological needs, Public Health, Harvard University’s “It has been my privilege to according to Michalak. School of Public Health, Purdue lead the Tisch Library as it grew Michalak said the process of University’s Department of into a respected research library, library improvement is always Agricultural Economics and which was not the case 18 years ongoing. Tuskegee University’s College of ago, and became a selling point to “The arts and sciences and Agricultural, Environmental and COURTESY TUFTS PHOTOGRAPHY prospective students and faculty engineering programs continue Natural Sciences. Friedman School Dean Eileen Kennedy said the school’s strong history and a research partner while they working with the U.S. Agency for International Development contributed are here,” she said. see MICHALAK, page 2 see FRIEDMAN, page 2 to its winning $15 million for new food security projects. Search gets underway for new head of public and environmental safety BY DAPHNE KOLIOS “Human Resources partnered with Daily Editorial Board the VP for Operations to refine the job description and select the search firm,” The search to replace John King, Cronin said in an e-mail. “HR is collab- the former Senior Director of Public orating with the search firm in review- and Environmental Safety is underway, ing resumes and selecting candidates with a replacement expected by the to be interviewed.” end of 2010. Human Resources’ role is to coordi- King left Tufts in mid-August to nate the interview process, Cronin said. become the director of public safety and Executive Vice President Patricia chief of police at Boston College. Vice Campbell said that while Tufts has President for Operations Dick Reynolds recently begun to emphasize keeping is serving as the interim director until a budget restraints in mind while filling replacement is named. open positions, the importance of this The search for King’s successor start- role supersedes such considerations. ed last month, and the candidate inter- “We’re clearly not going to leave some- view process has just begun, according thing as critical as this unfilled — that to Vice President of Human Resources wouldn’t be wise,” Campbell said. “So we ASHLEY SEENAUTH/TUFTS DAILY Kathe Cronin. have not approached this any differently Students bid on dinner dates with Wren RAs in Carmichael Hall to benefit Jumpstart. Reynolds, to whom the new director because of the economy than we would will report, is heading up the search. He have at any other time.” Wren RA auction raises $342 for non-profit said the search team includes representa- Campbell stressed the importance of tives from different departments at Tufts. the mutual agreeability of a candidate BY BIANCA BLAKESLEY Eight RAs participated in the fundraiser “I will certainly be working with prior to his or her appointment to the Contributing Writer for the organization. It was announced at Human Resources; we’ll certainly be position. the event that a total of $342 was raised from working with [Executive Vice President] “We want that person to get a good Wren Hall residential assistants on winning bids and raffle tickets sold during Patricia Campbell,” Reynolds said. sense of Tufts,” she said. “We want some- Sunday auctioned themselves off as din- the auction. “We will also have some of our clients one to know us well so they’re making a ner dates at a philanthropic event held in Participating students purchased auc- [involved, as well as] the deans of the good choice, as well as for us to get to the lobby of Carmichael Hall to benefit tion paddles for $1, receiving with their various schools.” know them well so that we’re sure it’s a Jumpstart, a non-profit that works to pre- paddles a raffle ticket for a simultaneous An external recruitment firm has been really good match.” pare preschoolers in low-income communi- hired to aid in selecting candidates, ties to enter kindergarten. see AUCTION, page 2 according to Cronin. see PUBLIC SAFETY, page 2 Inside this issue Today’s Sections The men’s and wom- News 1 Op-Ed 7 Local chef Ming Tsai en’s soccer teams com- expounds on his rise to peted in thrillers over Features 3 Comics 8 culinary stardom. the weekend. Arts | Living 5Sports 9 Editorial | Letters 6 Classifieds 10 see FEATURES, page 3 see SPORTS, page 9 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS Tuesday, October 26, 2010 University hopes to find new senior director of Friedman leads food security public and environmental safety by end of year mission in developing countries PUBLIC SAFETY Reynolds said specific work one who has a calm approach FRIEDMAN which global food prices rose on continued from page 1 experience in campus safety is and good judgment yet is continued from page 1 average 43 percent, according to In the initial phases of a crucial consideration. capable of making quick deci- USAID chose the Friedman the International Monetary Fund. the search process, the job “We’re really looking for sions when they need to be,” School to lead the two CRSPs in “The new CRSP program reflects description had to be altered someone who has experi- she said. part due to its successful contribu- a new commitment to food secu- to better reflect the demands ence in campus public safety, Those involved in the tions to the U.S. government and rity and nutrition,” Webb said. of the position, according to because running a university search emphasized the need its proven ability to deliver with Masters noted the importance Campbell. public safety office is very dif- to conduct a speedy yet thor- other USAID initiatives, according of collaborating with local institu- “There were a handful of ferent than municipal police ough process. to Masters. tions in Africa and Asia, rather than things that John had taken forces,” Reynolds said. “This “It’s a really important posi- “We have established a relation- imposing a specific U.S. policy. on over the years that weren’t job will have responsibility tion and we’re hoping as quick- ship with USAID that has con- “We are coming with a tool- directly part of public safety,” for environment health and ly as possible to fill it with tributed to U.S. policy-making for kit, not with a blueprint,” Masters Campbell said. safety and emergency man- someone we think is capable over 20 years.