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Issue Date: 
October 10, 2011
TALKING ABOUT 'RACE': Larry Davis, dean of Pitt’s School of Social Work, Donald M. Henderson Professor, and director of the Center on Race and Social Problems at Pitt, and Laurence Glasco, a Pitt history professor, participated in an Oct. 1 community panel discussion about David Mamet’s play Race. Performed by the Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre (PICT) in the Stephen Foster Memorial’s Henry Heymann Theatre from Sept. 8 through Oct. 1, Race has been described as an incendiary story about perceptions and realities and the subtle shades between being a victim and being victimized. From left, Gale McGloin, panel moderator and PICT development and education director; Davis; Barbara Wolvovitz, a civil rights attorney; Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist and associate editor; and Glasco.TALKING ABOUT 'RACE': Larry Davis, dean of Pitt’s School of Social Work, Donald M. Henderson Professor, and director of the Center on Race and Social Problems at Pitt, and Laurence Glasco, a Pitt history professor, participated in an Oct. 1 community panel discussion about David Mamet’s play Race. Performed by the Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre (PICT) in the Stephen Foster Memorial’s Henry Heymann Theatre from Sept. 8 through Oct. 1, Race has been described as an incendiary story about perceptions and realities and the subtle shades between being a victim and being victimized. From left, Gale McGloin, panel moderator and PICT development and education director; Davis; Barbara Wolvovitz, a civil rights attorney; Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist and associate editor; and Glasco.
PALLADIO'S LEGACY: Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, the Honorary British Consul in Pittsburgh, hosted a Sept. 19 reception and lecture to celebrate the opening of the Carnegie Museum of Art exhibition Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey. Andrea Palladio (1509-1580) was one of the most influential architects in the Western world. A number of his drawings, books, and models are held in a collection owned by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), which organized the traveling exhibition. In the front row, from left, are Harry Rich, the RIBA’s chief executive; Irena Murray, director of the RIBA Sir Bannister Fletcher Library; and Tracy Myers, curator of architecture and curatorial liaison for exhibitions at the Heinz Architectural Center in the Carnegie Museum of Art. In the back row, from left, are Stephen Phillips, chair, British Architectural Trust; Charles Hind, associate director and H. J. Heinz Curator of the Drawings and Archives Collection at the RIBA; and Chancellor Nordenberg. The reception was held in the Connolly Ballroom, Alumni Hall.PALLADIO'S LEGACY: Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, the Honorary British Consul in Pittsburgh, hosted a Sept. 19 reception and lecture to celebrate the opening of the Carnegie Museum of Art exhibition Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey. Andrea Palladio (1509-1580) was one of the most influential architects in the Western world. A number of his drawings, books, and models are held in a collection owned by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), which organized the traveling exhibition. In the front row, from left, are Harry Rich, the RIBA’s chief executive; Irena Murray, director of the RIBA Sir Bannister Fletcher Library; and Tracy Myers, curator of architecture and curatorial liaison for exhibitions at the Heinz Architectural Center in the Carnegie Museum of Art. In the back row, from left, are Stephen Phillips, chair, British Architectural Trust; Charles Hind, associate director and H. J. Heinz Curator of the Drawings and Archives Collection at the RIBA; and Chancellor Nordenberg. The reception was held in the Connolly Ballroom, Alumni Hall.
PITT PRESS 75TH ANNIVERSARY: From left, Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg; Cynthia Miller, director of the University of Pittsburgh Press; and Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson are pictured during a reception celebrating 75 years of the University of Pittsburgh Press. The Sept. 28 event was held in The Book Center. The Press was founded in 1936 with funding from the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, the Buhl Foundation, the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh.PITT PRESS 75TH ANNIVERSARY: From left, Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg; Cynthia Miller, director of the University of Pittsburgh Press; and Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson are pictured during a reception celebrating 75 years of the University of Pittsburgh Press. The Sept. 28 event was held in The Book Center. The Press was founded in 1936 with funding from the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, the Buhl Foundation, the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh.
BEHIND THE SCENES OF 'MR. ROGERT' NEIGHBORHOOD': Producers and actors from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, including actor and Pitt alumnus David Newell (CGS ’73), who played the character Mr. McFeely; the show’s associate producer, alumnus Hedda Sharapan (SOC WK ’67G); as well as other producers and Fred Rogers Company president Bill Isler, offered a behind-the-scenes look at the beloved children’s show during a Sept. 16 presentation in the William Pitt Union Ballroom. Seated from left are Newell; Sharapan; Joanne Rogers, Mr. (Fred) Rogers’ wife; and Carl Kurlander, executive producer of Steeltown Entertainment Project and a senior lecturer in Pitt’s English department. The event was presented by Pitt in Hollywood and Steeltown Entertainment Project along with the Pitt English department’s Children’s Literature Program and Film Studies Program.BEHIND THE SCENES OF MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD: Producers and actors from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, including actor and Pitt alumnus David Newell (CGS ’73), who played the character Mr. McFeely; the show’s associate producer, alumnus Hedda Sharapan (SOC WK ’67G); as well as other producers and Fred Rogers Company president Bill Isler, offered a behind-the-scenes look at the beloved children’s show during a Sept. 16 presentation in the William Pitt Union Ballroom. Seated from left are Newell; Sharapan; Joanne Rogers, Mr. (Fred) Rogers’ wife; and Carl Kurlander, executive producer of Steeltown Entertainment Project and a senior lecturer in Pitt’s English department. The event was presented by Pitt in Hollywood and Steeltown Entertainment Project along with the Pitt English department’s Children’s Literature Program and Film Studies Program.
'SILENT NO MORE': Pitt hosted an international conference titled “Silent No More: Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence” on Sept. 17-20 in Posvar Hall. The event focused on Zimbabwean women and girls who, while rarely called upon to physically fight in the country’s internal or external conflicts, suffer as victims of politically motivated sexual violence. Participating in one of the conference’s panels were (from left) Alan Martin, research director, Partnership Africa Canada; Christopher Kwangwari, a clinical specialty pharmacist who teaches at Florida Keys Community College; and Jerome Taylor, chair and a professor of Africana Studies at Pitt.'SILENT NO MORE': Pitt hosted an international conference titled “Silent No More: Rape as a Weapon of Political Violence” on Sept. 17-20 in Posvar Hall. The event focused on Zimbabwean women and girls who, while rarely called upon to physically fight in the country’s internal or external conflicts, suffer as victims of politically motivated sexual violence. Participating in one of the conference’s panels were (from left) Alan Martin, research director, Partnership Africa Canada; Christopher Kwangwari, a clinical specialty pharmacist who teaches at Florida Keys Community College; and Jerome Taylor, chair and a professor of Africana Studies at Pitt.