INSIDE Condee wins MLA Prize......................3 Moghaddam study on teens’ brains.............4 !"##Newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh$%&'(")*+ 6OLUME8)))s.UMBERs*ANUARY, 2012 Pitt Celebrates Black History Month With World Thaddeus Mosley: Sculptor Premiere Screening- of By Sharon S. Blake W/&'!,1&%E( )*( =&%%1D$,A0( 60./#!55),( -.,H(>?(F),3!/D!,A(./3(=&%%(`&#!( 60./#!55),(*),(=$D5&#(>**.&,1(_)D!,%(]&55( 4&55(#)0)1%(.(7,&'.%!(7,)A,.C(./3(,!#!7%&)/( J!D?( ;( *),( %0!( 4),53O7,!C&!,!( 1#,!!/&/A( 'E- Thaddeus Mosley: SculptorS.( 3)#$C!/%.,E(#0,)/&#5&/A(%0!(5&*!(./3( .,%&1%&#(#.,!!,()*(%0!(,!/)4/!3(\!1%!,/( =!//1E5'./&.(1#$57%),(./3(;LY:(A,.3$.%!( )*(=&%%K1(a!//!%0(=?(G&!%,&#0(I#0))5()*(>,%1( /(2-9)"+()+38 TOM ALTANY @0!(bYOC&/$%!(3)#$C!/%.,E(&1(%0!( William E. 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