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Issue Date: 
January 18, 2011
Seven members of Pitt's Staff Association Council (SAC) served dinner on Dec. 10 to residents of Family House, located on the upper floors of the University Club, one of four locations for the nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing for out-of-town, critically ill patients and their families. Pictured from left are Gwen Watkins, SAC president and the community activities coordinator in Pitt's Office of Community and Governmental Affairs, and Monica Costlaw, chair of SAC's programs and planning committee, which arranged the event. Costlaw is a senior Medicaid policy analyst in Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health's (GSPH) Department of Health Policy and Management, as well as a GSPH student.Seven members of Pitt's Staff Association Council (SAC) served dinner on Dec. 10 to residents of Family House, located on the upper floors of the University Club, one of four locations for the nonprofit organization that provides affordable housing for out-of-town, critically ill patients and their families. Pictured from left are Gwen Watkins, SAC president and the community activities coordinator in Pitt's Office of Community and Governmental Affairs, and Monica Costlaw, chair of SAC's programs and planning committee, which arranged the event. Costlaw is a senior Medicaid policy analyst in Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health's (GSPH) Department of Health Policy and Management, as well as a GSPH student.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright delivered a talk on Nov. 10 as part of the Pittsburgh Middle East Institute’s Third Annual Conference. Her lecture addressed the necessity of meeting the challenges of global fundamentalism and radicalism. Held at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland, the talk was preceded by a private sponsors’ dinner, where Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg made welcoming remarks and was Albright’s dinner partner.Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright delivered a talk on Nov. 10 as part of the Pittsburgh Middle East Institute’s Third Annual Conference. Her lecture addressed the necessity of meeting the challenges of global fundamentalism and radicalism. Held at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland, the talk was preceded by a private sponsors’ dinner, where Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg made welcoming remarks and was Albright’s dinner partner.
Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, visited Pitt’s Oakland campus Dec. 6 and discussed how companies are responding to working parents’ demands for flexibility in the workplace. Sponsored by Pitt’s Department of Economics, Goldin’s talk in the University Club was the 2010 McKay Lecture. Goldin also is the director of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Development of the American Economy Program. Renowned for her historical work on women and the U.S. economy, she has explored the impact of the birth control pill on women’s career and marriage decisions and the choice of women’s surnames after marriage as a social indicator, among other issues.Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University, visited Pitt’s Oakland campus Dec. 6 and discussed how companies are responding to working parents’ demands for flexibility in the workplace. Sponsored by Pitt’s Department of Economics, Goldin’s talk in the University Club was the 2010 McKay Lecture. Goldin also is the director of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Development of the American Economy Program. Renowned for her historical work on women and the U.S. economy, she has explored the impact of the birth control pill on women’s career and marriage decisions and the choice of women’s surnames after marriage as a social indicator, among other issues.
The Central Blood Bank (CBB) of Pittsburgh presented the University of Pittsburgh with a plaque to honor Pitt’s second-place ranking in the CBB’s 2010 Top Donor Groups recognition. The University collected 2,738 units of blood during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2010. James Covert (left)(A&S ’91), president and CEO of the CBB’s parent company, The Institute for Transfusion Medicine, met at Pitt with Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg and other University representatives on Dec. 21. The Central Blood Bank (CBB) of Pittsburgh presented the University of Pittsburgh with a plaque to honor Pitt’s second-place ranking in the CBB’s 2010 Top Donor Groups recognition. The University collected 2,738 units of blood during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2010. James Covert (left)(A&S ’91), president and CEO of the CBB’s parent company, The Institute for Transfusion Medicine, met at Pitt with Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg and other University representatives on Dec. 21.
The Shona Sharif African Dance and Drum Ensemble, part of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Africana Studies, presented its production of "Nativity: A Christmas Gift" on Dec. 10 in the Seventh-Floor Auditorium of Alumni Hall. Inspired by Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity, the show explores the holiday season through traditional West African dance and 20th-century gospel music. Under the direction of artistic director Oronde Sharif, a lecturer in Africana Studies, and musical director Jerome Kirkland, the cast featured the voices of some of the region’s most-acclaimed gospel performers. The Shona Sharif African Dance and Drum Ensemble, part of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Africana Studies, presented its production of "Nativity: A Christmas Gift" on Dec. 10 in the Seventh-Floor Auditorium of Alumni Hall. Inspired by Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity, the show explores the holiday season through traditional West African dance and 20th-century gospel music. Under the direction of artistic director Oronde Sharif, a lecturer in Africana Studies, and musical director Jerome Kirkland, the cast featured the voices of some of the region’s most-acclaimed gospel performers.