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April 2008
Vol. 34, No. 4
Edith Kaplan
Honored for Lifetime
Achievement
Psychology Professor
Edith Kaplan received a
Lifetime Distinguished
Career Award from the
International Neuro
psychological Society at its
36th annual meeting in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
Kaplan, who was honored for her
contributions to the field of neuropsychology, joined the University in 1996 and is the
founder of the neuropsychology concentration of the doctoral program in clinical
psychology.
“Edith Kaplan has long served as a mentor, role model, supervisor, colleague and
friend to many fellow neuropsychologists. It
is only fitting that she receive such a distinguished award in recognition of her years of
dedication and unwavering enthusiasm for
the field of neuropsychology,” said Haley
LaMonica, a Suffolk clinical psychology
doctoral student who attended the event.
Kaplan is included in a distinguished
group of individuals who played a pivotal
role in establishing neuropsychology as a distinct clinical and professional discipline. As
founder of the Boston Process Approach to
neuropsychological assessment, she initiated
a movement in the United States that offered
a radical alternative to strictly quantitative
assessment batteries by highlighting the
importance of cognitive strategies and error
pattern analysis versus sole reliance on
outcome scores.
She has served as president of both
the International Neuropsychological
Society and Division 40 of the American
Psychological Association. Kaplan is also an
adjunct professor of neurology at Boston
University School of Medicine.
Kaplan is author or co-author of some
of the most widely used neuropsychological
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Michelle Bolser, Rich Limone and Andrew Teixeira are the technical brains behind the College
blogging program. (Photo by John Gillooly)
College Pilot Blog Proves Popular
When Michelle Bolser piloted a blogging program at the College of Arts and
Sciences, she expected that perhaps 10
people would test the waters. But six
weeks after the launch, the site already
was hosting 60 blogs. And on March 27,
the site had reached 100 bloggers.
The blogs were launched in January in
response to faculty requests, and faculty
members have built blogs that include
class materials, research and presentations.
Students are blogging under the direction
of faculty, and the dean’s office has a blog
for posting information about events
and another for the College’s alumni
magazine.
But the College blog’s popularity
has spread even beyond the campus
community.
“Many of the student blogs are
drawing comments from outside the
University,” said Bolser, educational
technology coordinator for the College.
“People stumble across the blogs, like
what they see, and subscribe.”
The College blogs, located at http://
blogs.cas.suffolk.edu, are built on the
WordPress open source platform, which is
easy to use, according to College Director
of Communications Sherri Miles. “Blogs
have so much appeal because they provide
a simple and instant way to publish
information—you can change text and
add photos any time, and the results are
immediately viewable on the Internet.”
The software uses rich text format, and
there’s no need for coding, so bloggers
can cut and paste text from a Word document, said Bolser. It also can incorporate
plug-ins, such as video files.
Lab Tech Manager Rich Limone and
Andrew Teixeira, senior Unix systems
administrator, both volunteered to set up
and administer the WordPress server for
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New Public Affairs
Director, SUN Editor
Greg Gatlin, the University’s new director of the
Office of Public Affairs, also will serve as executive editor of the SUN. Gatlin joins the University after 10 years at the Boston Herald, where
he had risen through the ranks from reporter
to deputy business editor and, most recently,
business editor. He also has worked as a reporter at The Patriot Ledger and the MetroWest
Daily News and in production at ABC News in
New York. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Hear All about Us on iTunes U
The University is using iTunes U to bring new educational resources to both the
University community and an external audience.
Professors and staff have developed podcasts of courses, lecture series, productions and
marketing material as part of the University’s efforts to prepare a public site for iTunes U
and to offer private online content to students. Many of these files can be downloaded
for listening or viewing by accessing iTunes U through Blackboard or the Law School
Web site.
The Legal Practice Skills faculty at the Law School has launched a podcast series of
weekly legal writing tips. Subscribers can automatically download these podcasts when
new content becomes available and listen to them anywhere or anytime. They are available to the public at www.law.suffolk.edu/iTunes.
In May the Law School will launch a guest speaker podcast series, featuring legal
writing experts from around the country who will provide advice on applying the legal
research and writing skills learned during their first year of law school to summer legal
employment. The Legal Practice Skills department will host the series, but the intended
audience includes first-year law students nationwide. It will be available, free of charge,
on iTunes U.
College podcasts are primarily private and course-specific at this time, with professors
from Education and Human Services, Mathematics and Computer Science, Biology,
Theatre, Humanities and Modern Languages, and the New England School of Art &
Design offering video and audio content to students in their courses.
All schools will be developing additional public and private podcasts over the spring
and summer, with the goal of launching a comprehensive Suffolk University site on
iTunes U next fall to showcase the school’s law, business and liberal arts areas of study.
These public and private faces reflect the potential of iTunes U as both an educational
and a marketing tool based on the site’s visibility and traffic.
New Issue of Salamander
Literary Journal
The latest issue of Salamander, a literary
journal edited by English Professor Jennifer
Barber and sponsored by the College of Arts
and Sciences, features:
• Fiction by David Crouse, Rachel Klein,
Dana Kinstler and Kathryn Gahl
• Poetry by John F. Deane, Todd Hearon,
Carol Moldaw, Eric Pankey, Christopher
Siteman, Pam Bernard and Jessica
Greenbaum
• A portfolio of photographs, “Consider the Oyster,” by Emily
Hiestand
Salamander took part in this year’s Associated Writing
Programs Conference in New York City.
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73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Rappaport Chair at Law School
Alasdair Roberts, a professor of public administration at the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse
University, will join Suffolk University Law School this fall as the
first holder of the Rappaport Chair in Law and Public Policy.
“Alasdair Roberts is one of the leading scholars in law and policy
studies in the country today,” said Suffolk Law School Dean Fred
Aman. “His stellar accomplishments as a scholar and a teacher and
his creative approach to law and policy issues will ensure that the
Rappaport Center will play a leadership role in some of the most
important law and policy issues of our times.”
Roberts, the first to hold the chair, is a fellow of the National
Academy of Public Administration and an honorary senior research
fellow of the constitution unit at the School of Public Policy at
University College London.
Roberts is the author of the award-winning book, Blacked Out:
Government Secrecy in the Information Age. His new book, Collapse of
Fortress Bush: The Crisis of Authority in American Government, examines the Bush presidency in the larger context of recent U.S. history.
“I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to serve as the first
Rappaport Chair in Law and Public Policy,” said Roberts. “Suffolk
Law School has three great advantages: talented people, a tradition
of public service and a perfect location. It is the ideal place to have
conversations about the intersection of law and public policy.”
Pilot Blog Proves Popular
G re e n C a m p u s
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City Honors University with
Green Business Award
the pilot project and have been adding more functionality over
time.
Except for an initial e-mail announcing the pilot, there was no
advertising to prompt the huge response, said Bolser.
Her own blogs include a wide range of technical information,
including support for bloggers and those preparing iTunes
University content. Bolser also has offered both classroom and
one-on-one training.
The College blogs are generally public, but different levels of
privacy are available to users. The S.O.U.L.S. Community Service
and Learning Center originally opted for a private blog, using it in
much the same way as Blackboard, but finding that it is easier to
use.
A move is afoot to open the blogging project to the wider
University, and a committee is being formed to look into both
technical and policy issues.
Meanwhile, various departments across campus are also
blogging, including the Sawyer Library, Admissions and Career
Services. Law professors are particularly active in the off-campus
blogosphere, and the University Web site links to blogs from
student ambassadors.
SMART Idea for Archives
The University and Moakley archives will launch an online
archive this fall, and researchers and the general public will be
able to search across all of the University’s archival holdings using
the Suffolk/Moakley Archives Research Tool, or SMART, online
catalog.
The archives staff thought long and hard to come up with a
catchy name for the database, even reaching out to and offering a
“special archives gift” for ideas.
In the end, Nicole DeAngelo
of the archives staff came up with
the SMART acronym.
“We had been brainstorming
in the office that day about the
name, and it popped into my
head as I was riding home on the
commuter rail,” said DeAngelo.
No word yet on what the
“special archives gift” will be, but
perhaps it will be ready in time
for DeAngelo’s April 27 wedding
to Dan Feeney, after which she
will adopt his last name.
Nicole DeAngelo
The city of Boston has selected Suffolk
University as a recipient of the second
annual Thomas M. Menino Green Business
Award, based on the University’s many
academic and operational sustainability
initiatives.
One of our areas of success has been
in reducing energy consumption. The
University’s electricity consumption was
reduced 9 percent in February as a result of installing highefficiency lighting, a benefit to both the environment and the
budget.
The lighting and water improvements are expected to be completed by June 2008, and Facilities is exploring additional efficiency
opportunities.
We’re also taking our energy efforts on the road. Suffolk is
now a university partner of Zipcar, which means that qualified
faculty, staff and students have access to a discounted membership.
Members also receive discounts to area attractions. Each Zipcar
takes 15 privately owned vehicles off the road. Information is available at www.zipcar.com/suffolk.
The University is participating for the second year in Recycle
Mania, a national waste-reduction and recycling competition for
colleges and universities. Suffolk has achieved a weekly average of
35 percent recycling during this year’s competition, surpassing its
goal of 33 percent. Just two years ago the campus recycled less than
5 percent of its waste stream.
The Sustainability Committee would like to remind you to be
mindful of the waste stream as you clean your office this spring.
Before you throw away a binder, book or supplies, ask yourself if
it can be reused within your department. If not, contact recycle@
suffolk.edu to make a donation. Suffolk has relationships with local
organizations such as Extras for Creative Learning, which collects
used supplies for Boston-area artists and schoolchildren.
Did you know? A glass bottle takes thousands of years to break
down if sent to a landfill, but it can be made into a new item within
weeks if sent to a recycling plant.
Gordon B. King
Senior Director, Facilities Planning and Management
Kaplan
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tools, including the Boston Naming Test, the Boston Diagnostic
Aphasia Examination—the first of its kind for systematically classifying the aphasia subtypes, the California Verbal Learning Test, the
Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System, Clock Drawing, qualitative analysis of the Rey Osterrieth, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence
Scale-Revised as a Neuropsychological Instrument and the Wechsler
Intelligence Scale in Children as a Process Instrument.
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Potpourri
Jennifer Barber, English. Her poem
“God Doesn’t Speak in the Psalms”
received a first prize of $1,000 for the
21st annual Anna Davidson Rosenberg
Awards for Poems on the Jewish
Experience sponsored by the Jewish
Community Center of San Francisco.
Julia Collins, Archives, has been named
University archivist and director of the
Moakley Institute. She has worked as the
associate archivist for the past six years.
Victoria Dodd, Law School, was
appointed to the advisory board of the
SSRN Online Education Law Journal by
the Social Science Research Network.
She also will serve as a member of the
Executive Committee of the Education
Law Section of the Association of
American Law Schools for 2008–2009.
Roberto Domínguez, Government,
served on a panel “The European
Union, The United States and Mexico:
regional integration or cooperation?”
at the Miami-Florida European Union
Center of Excellence panel presentation “The European Union, Regional
Integration and World Governance”
at the University of Miami.
Jennifer O’Connor Duffy and Carmen
N. Veloria, Education and Human Services,
attended a workshop for youth workers
and youth practitioners, “Access: Increasing
Opportunities to Higher Education for All
Girls,” at Simmons College. Participating in
a panel on “Barriers to Access,” Duffy spoke
on “Class & Gender: Barriers that Impede
Access and Success Once Enrolled,” and
Veloria presented “Culture Counts: Factors
to Consider when Working with Latina
Urban Girls.”
Bernadette Feeley, Law School. At
the Externship 4: Learning from Practice
Conference in Seattle, Wash., she presented
“Training Field Supervisors: How to be
Efficient and Effective Critics of Student
Writing” and was a panelist at a session
“Externships with For-Profit Entities.”
History Department News: The
Sawyer Library has received the first 34
volumes of 70 ordered and financed by the
Service, Northeast region, in recognition of
the work his students did in documenting
the American Revolution in Roxbury. He
also was elected to the board of governors of
the Shirley-Eustis House in Roxbury.
Daniel Kimmel, Communication and
Journalism, introduced the film “Beyond
the Gates” at the “Witnessing Genocide:
Truth, Reconciliation and the Media” conference at the University of Notre Dame.
He also served on a panel “The Media
Looks at Genocide.”
Samantha Moppett, Law School,
participated on a panel “Innovative
Teaching Techniques” at the New England
Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers
Regional Conference at Vermont Law
School.
Adam Nelson, Athletics. He appeared
March 13 on the New England Cable News
“Good Morning Live” show, previewing the
NCAA basketball tournament with host
Mike Nikitas.
David Paleologos, director of the
Political Research Center, was interviewed
by CN8, the Comcast Cable network, on
March 4, regarding the Ohio and Texas
Democratic primaries.
Marilyn Plotkins, Theatre Arts, and
Suffolk alumna Jill Gabbe, president of
the board of the Vineyard Theatre in New
York, attended the 80th birthday celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Edward Albee at the Vineyard Theatre’s
Annual Gala at the Rainbow Room in New
York City. Tyne Daley, Eartha Kitt, and
Stiller and Meara were among the stars seen
at the event.
John C. Cavanagh History Book Fund
which was created through donations from
the University’s faculty, staff and alumni.
Robert Allison received a Community
Service Award for Excellence in
Interpretation from the National Park
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Marilyn Plotkins and Jill Gabbe
Save the Date
for Spring Fling
4:30–8 p.m. Thursday, May 8
Sawyer Lounge
Benjamin Powell, Economics and
the Beacon Hill Institute. He discussed
the findings of his edited volume Making
Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship and the
Process of Development on C-Span2 Book
TV on March 30 and talked about the book
on dozens of radio shows nationwide.
Sebastián Royo, associate dean for the
College and director of the Madrid campus,
has presented:
“Globalization and Latin America:
National Responses,” at the International
Studies Association Annual Meeting in San
Francisco.
“The 2008 Election in Spain: An
Election that is Better to Lose?” at the
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European
Studies at Harvard University.
“The 2008 Election in Spain: Challenges
for the New Government,” at Georgetown
University.
“The 2008 Presidential Elections in the
US: Expect the Unexpected,” at the Colegio
Mayor Universitario San Pablo, Madrid.
“The Euro and the Challenge of
Economics Reforms,” at the IV Congresso
of the APCP-Associação Portuguesa de
Ciência Política, in Lisbon.
David Yamada, Law School, received
the Alexander J. Cella Memorial Award for
commitment and dedication to the Suffolk
University Law Review at the first Law
School Honor Ball banquet on March 28,
2008. He presented a paper “Surviving the
Nightmare: A Safety Net Project for Bullied
Workers” at the Work, Stress, and Health
Conference, co-sponsored by the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, American Psychological Association
and Society for Occupational Health
Psychology, in Washington D.C.
Music Man Bob Bellinger
To Bob Bellinger, music is life.
“The way you play that instrument is the way you live,” said
Bellinger, an associate professor of History and director of both the
Collection of African American Literature and the Black Studies
Program. “Music comes from your spirit and reflects a lot about
who you are.”
Bellinger began taking saxophone lessons in the fourth grade,
performing as a youngster primarily in middle school bands. He
again took up the sax in his early adult years, playing alongside a
good friend before any audience that would listen.
“Subways, parks, workshops, outside, people’s homes—it didn’t
matter,” said Bellinger with a slight chuckle. “We played anywhere
we could, and we had a great time doing it.”
This traveling duo continued to perform for people of all ages for
about 10 years. Then, in 1986, on his first visit to Senegal, Bellinger
purchased a drum. Less than a year later, he bought a second drum,
different from the first.
“Shortly thereafter, I came home one day and said to myself, ‘If I
have these drums, I should learn how to play them,’” he said.
Bellinger took drum lessons from Nurudafina Abena, a woman
with more than 40 years of experience as a drummer, for about
10 years.
“She was a great teacher who provided me with the foundation of
how I play,” he said.
Bellinger has been playing the drums for various groups,
including two African dance companies, at local concerts and music
festivals for a little more than 20 years. He has produced a CD with
one of the bands.
He also has played in a jazz band with a group formed by a
childhood friend. And last October, he demonstrated his talents as
a drummer in an opening act for award-winning jazz musician Dee
Dee Bridgewater at the Tremont Temple.
“I enjoy the transformative
experience that music can
be for the performer and the
listener,” he said.
Bellinger is presently working on forming a percussion
ensemble, known as Tam Tam
Gisé. “It’s in the infancy stage
and will be comprised of local
talent,” he said. “It will be a
vehicle for expressing my own
musical ideas and flexibility.”
Bellinger was instrumental
in bringing the Faye Family,
a Senegalese drumming
and dancing group, to the
University for a month as part
When he’s not teaching history, Bob
of Suffolk’s Distinguished
Bellinger enjoys following the beat
Visiting Scholars program.
of his own drummer. (Courtesy, Ken
The Faye Family was to share Martin, Amstockphoto.com)
its skills and knowledge with
people throughout the Suffolk community and beyond, presenting
a seminar on the géwël tradition; performing at the C. Walsh
Theatre; conducting workshops describing the relationship among
language, music and movement; and participated in various Black
Studies classes.
“The Faye family is an exciting and electrifying group of musical
performers,” said Bellinger. “Their visit here not only adds to the
educational experience of students, faculty and staff, but it also
helps strengthen the relationship between our Boston campus and
our campus in Senegal.”
Faculty Publications
Melanie Barker Berkmen, Chemistry and Biochemistry, had an
article, “Still looking for the magic spot: the crystallographically
defined binding site for ppGpp on RNA polymerase is unlikely to
be responsible for rRNA transcription regulation,” published in the
Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 277, issue 2, 2008.
Robert DeFillippi, Management. He has edited University
and Corporate Innovations in Lifelong Learning (2008), the sixth
volume in a management education series Research in Management
Education and Development, with Charles Wankel of St. John’s
University.
Michael Duggan, Enrollment Research and Planning, has
a chapter in the new book from the American Association of
Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), The
College Admissions Officer’s Guide. The chapter includes discussions
on tuition discounting and the IPEDS Data Feedback Report.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos,
Madrid campus. Their article, “The Invisible Hand: Star Formation
Triggered by Runaway Black
Holes,” was published in The
Astrophysical Journal Letters,”
Vol. 677, No. 1, 10 April 2008,
pp. L47–L50.
Lydia Martin, NESAD.
Her painting Copper & Cobalt
was awarded second place for
Painting in Oil and Acrylic in
Lydia Martin: Copper & Cobalt
the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Club member’s exhibition
at the Broome Street Gallery in SoHo, New York City.
Samantha Moppett, Law School, has published an article
“Research Diagnostics: An Interactive Assessment Tool” in Second
Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 22, no. 2, January 2008.
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Suffolk in the News
The University is frequently featured in local and national
media. The following is a sampling of recent media mentions. To
view the complete list, go to www.suffolk.edu and click on In the
News.
Boston Herald—April 7, 2008
Jeanne Aversa, associate director of undergraduate admission, discusses college fairs.
Wall Street Journal—April 4, 2008
Law Professor Joseph Franco comments on new “summary prospectus” proposed by the Securities Exchange Commission.
The Korea Times—March 27, 2008
Law Professor Valerie Epps
Op-ed—“Kosovo, Tibet: Same or Different?”
Boston Globe—March 31, 2008
Sociology Professor Susan Sered comments on the women’s health
care policy brief issued by the University’s Center for Women’s Health
and Human Rights. She wrote the brief with the help of her students.
New York Times—March 25, 2008
Law Professor David Yamada comments on workplace bullying cases
that can fall between the cracks of existing state and federal employment law. Also appeared in:
International Herald Tribune—March 25, 2008
Chicago Tribune—April 1, 2008
Forbes.com—March 24, 2008
Law Professor David Yamada comments on recognizing signs of
workplace bullying.
Boston Globe—March 19, 2008
Susan Prosnitz, executive director of Rappaport Center for Law and
Public Service, comments on new federal legislation to lower incomebased payments and forgive loans for graduates in any field who are
employed for 10 years in a public service position.
The Wall Street Journal—March 18, 2008
Jay Hargis, adjunct professor of Education and Human Services, suggests fields for real estate professionals to consider when contemplating a career change.
Cape Cod Times—March 13, 2008
Law Professor Mark Perlin comments on prosecuting under the Protect
Act in child pornography case.
Postal Rate Increase
Campus Mail Services has been informed that the United States
Postal Service will increase its rates and fees effective May 12. This
also includes the library and non-profit rates. University departments should expect to see an increase in their monthly postage
statements beginning in May. The rate increases are posted on the
Campus Mail Services Web site at www.suffolk.edu/offices/4693.
html. For more information, contact: mailservices@suffolk.edu.
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New Sergeants
Members of the Suffolk University Police and Security Department who
have been promoted to the rank of sergeant: Betty Sanes, Sidarith Hing,
Walter White, and John Previti. (Photo by Dhan Shrestha)
Study: Health Law Leaves
Women Vulnerable
Research by the Center for Women’s Health and Human
Rights shows that many low- and moderate-income women have
not reaped the full benefits of Massachusetts health care reform
measures.
Women in Massachusetts have greater medical expenses than
men, while earning less than men. As a result, insurance programs
that require substantial deductibles, co-pays and other forms of
cost-sharing may put health care out of women’s reach, according
to a policy brief written by Sociology Professor Susan Sered and
students pursuing the Master of Arts in Women’s Health program.
Massachusetts health care reform, designed to offer health insurance to uninsured, low-income people, was phased in beginning in
summer 2006.
“While the law makes great strides in offering health care
coverage to low- and moderate-income people, it has not eliminated
gender inequalities in the health care system.” said Sered.
The full policy brief is available on the Center’s Web pages:
www.suffolk.edu/cwhhr.
A Changing World at Adams Gallery
LIFE magazine photographer Verner
Student Showcases
Reed captured the images of a rapidly
expanding post-war economy in his work
for Life magazine during the 1950s.
A Changing World: New England in the
Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950–1972, at
the Adams Gallery through July 21, 2009, is
a retrospective of his work.
Reed recorded the transition as New
England meadows were lost to encroaching
suburbs, supermarkets replaced fruit
vendors and butchers, and small farms
gave way to agri-business. His photographs
employ warmth and humor in celebrating
New England tradition, chronicling
change, and revealing the wonder of a
moment.
The New England School of Art & Design exhibits of student work continue
through mid-May.
The Foundation and Graphic Design
exhibits were in late March and early
April.
Interior Design Undergraduate and
Master’s Exhibition
May 5–16
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, May 9
The gallery is on the second floor at 75
Arlington St.
Fine Arts Undergraduate Exhibition
April 22–May 2
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 25
Clockwise from top left: Haley McLane, Interior Design; Rachelle Rickert, Fine
Arts; Carly Gordillo, Foundation; Stormi Knight, Graphic Design.
Human Resources News
Harvard Pilgrim Discount Program
The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care “Your Member Savings” program provides discounts to members on a wide range of health and
wellness-related products and services. Popular programs include fitness club reimbursements of up to $150 per year and discounts on
alternative medical procedures. Several eyewear discount programs
have been added. They are:
• Receive a free pair of prescription eyeglasses when you have a
routine eye exam at any Sears Optical location.
• Discounts on laser vision correction procedures through Davis
Vision and US Laser Vision Network
For more information: www.harvardpilgrim.org.
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Betania Andoh, Student Accounts/Bursar
Melanie Becker, Enrollment & Retention Management
Devan DeLuca, Information Technology Services
Kathleen Downing, Advancement
William Feldman, Undergraduate Admission
Emily Fuccillo, Law Admissions
Stephanie Giordano, Health Administration
Krystal Jenkins, Dean’s office, Sawyer Business School
Tisha Mattews, Law Registrar’s office
Michelle McIntyre, NESAD
Renita Mendonca, Advancement
Caitlin Pumphrey, Budget Office
Christopher Roy, Advancement
Valmy Saint Louis, Information Technology Services
Valerie Spinale-Pepin, Dean’s office, College
Kaitlyn Sullivan, Alumni Programs, College
Caroline Walters, Law Library
Lindsay Yost, Theatre Arts
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Seminar Looks
at Olympics’
Impact on China
The Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies held its first
seminar, “Competing in Beijing: China and
the 2008 Olympics,” on April 8.
The seminar addressed the risks,
challenges, and opportunities presented
to China and the world on the eve of this
historic moment.
Robyn Meredith, senior editor, Asia, for
Forbes, was the keynote speaker.
The Institute will promote exchanges
among scholars, business leaders, analysts,
faculty and students through a series of seminars addressing vital topics in the field.
University Wins
Advertising Awards
Creative Services
was selected for three
awards in the 23rd
Annual Admissions
Advertising Awards
competition,
sponsored by the
Admissions Marketing
Report.
The department
received bronze
for the “Counselor
Calendar” in the
special publications category; bronze for the
College of Arts and Sciences graduate prospectus in the catalog category; and a merit
award for the environmental engineering
brochure in the brochure category.
The Admissions Advertising Awards is
the largest educational advertising awards
competition in the country. This year,
more than 2,000 entries were submitted
from more than 1,000 colleges, universities
and secondary schools from all 50 states
and several foreign countries. A list of the
winners was published in the March 2008
issue of the Admissions Marketing Report,
a national publication for admissions
professionals.
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Philosophical Family
Philosophy Chair Gregory Fried and his dad, the Hon. Charles Fried, former associate justice of the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court at a lecture and discussion about philosophy and human
rights. Justice Fried joined the College as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the spring. (Courtesy,
Ken Martin, Amstockphoto.com)
Safety Team Promotes “Shelter in Place”
The Incident Command System team has begun teaching the University community
about Shelter in Place, a procedure used when the most appropriate response to a specified danger is to remain in a building rather than to evacuate.
Threats to safety requiring Shelter in Place might include severe weather, a hostile
intruder or the release of a hazardous material.
The team conducted Shelter in Place drills on four floors at 73 Tremont St. in midMarch and plans more drills across campus.
Building occupants were warned of the drill so they would be prepared to take the
following steps:
1. Stay where you are or go into the nearest room with a door.
2. Close the doors
3. Close the windows
4. Close the blinds or curtains
5. When possible turn off air conditioning/heating unit
6. Wait for the “all-clear” message from authorities
Risk Manager Karen Kruppa and Environmental Health and Safety Manager Kerry
Laroche reported that participants responded appropriately during the drills.
While there was a problem with the public address system on the 12th and 13th floors,
the team was able to use a bullhorn to announce the drill’s start and finish.
The team reminds members of the University community: To report any suspicious
activity, always call the University Police at extension 8111, or, from an outside line,
617-573-8111.
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Edith Kaplan
Honored for Lifetime
Achievement
Psychology Professor
Edith Kaplan received a
Lifetime Distinguished
Career Award from the
International Neuro
psychological Society at its
36th annual meeting in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
Kaplan, who was honored for her
contributions to the field of neuropsychology, joined the University in 1996 and is the
founder of the neuropsychology concentration of the doctoral program in clinical
psychology.
“Edith Kaplan has long served as a mentor, role model, supervisor, colleague and
friend to many fellow neuropsychologists. It
is only fitting that she receive such a distinguished award in recognition of her years of
dedication and unwavering enthusiasm for
the field of neuropsychology,” said Haley
LaMonica, a Suffolk clinical psychology
doctoral student who attended the event.
Kaplan is included in a distinguished
group of individuals who played a pivotal
role in establishing neuropsychology as a distinct clinical and professional discipline. As
founder of the Boston Process Approach to
neuropsychological assessment, she initiated
a movement in the United States that offered
a radical alternative to strictly quantitative
assessment batteries by highlighting the
importance of cognitive strategies and error
pattern analysis versus sole reliance on
outcome scores.
She has served as president of both
the International Neuropsychological
Society and Division 40 of the American
Psychological Association. Kaplan is also an
adjunct professor of neurology at Boston
University School of Medicine.
Kaplan is author or co-author of some
of the most widely used neuropsychological
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Michelle Bolser, Rich Limone and Andrew Teixeira are the technical brains behind the College
blogging program. (Photo by John Gillooly)
College Pilot Blog Proves Popular
When Michelle Bolser piloted a blogging program at the College of Arts and
Sciences, she expected that perhaps 10
people would test the waters. But six
weeks after the launch, the site already
was hosting 60 blogs. And on March 27,
the site had reached 100 bloggers.
The blogs were launched in January in
response to faculty requests, and faculty
members have built blogs that include
class materials, research and presentations.
Students are blogging under the direction
of faculty, and the dean’s office has a blog
for posting information about events
and another for the College’s alumni
magazine.
But the College blog’s popularity
has spread even beyond the campus
community.
“Many of the student blogs are
drawing comments from outside the
University,” said Bolser, educational
technology coordinator for the College.
“People stumble across the blogs, like
what they see, and subscribe.”
The College blogs, located at http://
blogs.cas.suffolk.edu, are built on the
WordPress open source platform, which is
easy to use, according to College Director
of Communications Sherri Miles. “Blogs
have so much appeal because they provide
a simple and instant way to publish
information—you can change text and
add photos any time, and the results are
immediately viewable on the Internet.”
The software uses rich text format, and
there’s no need for coding, so bloggers
can cut and paste text from a Word document, said Bolser. It also can incorporate
plug-ins, such as video files.
Lab Tech Manager Rich Limone and
Andrew Teixeira, senior Unix systems
administrator, both volunteered to set up
and administer the WordPress server for
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New Public Affairs
Director, SUN Editor
Greg Gatlin, the University’s new director of the
Office of Public Affairs, also will serve as executive editor of the SUN. Gatlin joins the University after 10 years at the Boston Herald, where
he had risen through the ranks from reporter
to deputy business editor and, most recently,
business editor. He also has worked as a reporter at The Patriot Ledger and the MetroWest
Daily News and in production at ABC News in
New York. (Photo by John Gillooly)
Hear All about Us on iTunes U
The University is using iTunes U to bring new educational resources to both the
University community and an external audience.
Professors and staff have developed podcasts of courses, lecture series, productions and
marketing material as part of the University’s efforts to prepare a public site for iTunes U
and to offer private online content to students. Many of these files can be downloaded
for listening or viewing by accessing iTunes U through Blackboard or the Law School
Web site.
The Legal Practice Skills faculty at the Law School has launched a podcast series of
weekly legal writing tips. Subscribers can automatically download these podcasts when
new content becomes available and listen to them anywhere or anytime. They are available to the public at www.law.suffolk.edu/iTunes.
In May the Law School will launch a guest speaker podcast series, featuring legal
writing experts from around the country who will provide advice on applying the legal
research and writing skills learned during their first year of law school to summer legal
employment. The Legal Practice Skills department will host the series, but the intended
audience includes first-year law students nationwide. It will be available, free of charge,
on iTunes U.
College podcasts are primarily private and course-specific at this time, with professors
from Education and Human Services, Mathematics and Computer Science, Biology,
Theatre, Humanities and Modern Languages, and the New England School of Art &
Design offering video and audio content to students in their courses.
All schools will be developing additional public and private podcasts over the spring
and summer, with the goal of launching a comprehensive Suffolk University site on
iTunes U next fall to showcase the school’s law, business and liberal arts areas of study.
These public and private faces reflect the potential of iTunes U as both an educational
and a marketing tool based on the site’s visibility and traffic.
New Issue of Salamander
Literary Journal
The latest issue of Salamander, a literary
journal edited by English Professor Jennifer
Barber and sponsored by the College of Arts
and Sciences, features:
• Fiction by David Crouse, Rachel Klein,
Dana Kinstler and Kathryn Gahl
• Poetry by John F. Deane, Todd Hearon,
Carol Moldaw, Eric Pankey, Christopher
Siteman, Pam Bernard and Jessica
Greenbaum
• A portfolio of photographs, “Consider the Oyster,” by Emily
Hiestand
Salamander took part in this year’s Associated Writing
Programs Conference in New York City.
T h e S UN is Pub l i sh ed by:
Office of Public Affairs
73 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-573-8447
sun@suffolk.edu
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Executive Editor
Greg Gatlin
Managing Editor
Nancy Kelleher
Staff Writers
Karen DeCilio
Tony Ferullo
Design
Heather Clark
Rappaport Chair at Law School
Alasdair Roberts, a professor of public administration at the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse
University, will join Suffolk University Law School this fall as the
first holder of the Rappaport Chair in Law and Public Policy.
“Alasdair Roberts is one of the leading scholars in law and policy
studies in the country today,” said Suffolk Law School Dean Fred
Aman. “His stellar accomplishments as a scholar and a teacher and
his creative approach to law and policy issues will ensure that the
Rappaport Center will play a leadership role in some of the most
important law and policy issues of our times.”
Roberts, the first to hold the chair, is a fellow of the National
Academy of Public Administration and an honorary senior research
fellow of the constitution unit at the School of Public Policy at
University College London.
Roberts is the author of the award-winning book, Blacked Out:
Government Secrecy in the Information Age. His new book, Collapse of
Fortress Bush: The Crisis of Authority in American Government, examines the Bush presidency in the larger context of recent U.S. history.
“I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to serve as the first
Rappaport Chair in Law and Public Policy,” said Roberts. “Suffolk
Law School has three great advantages: talented people, a tradition
of public service and a perfect location. It is the ideal place to have
conversations about the intersection of law and public policy.”
Pilot Blog Proves Popular
G re e n C a m p u s
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City Honors University with
Green Business Award
the pilot project and have been adding more functionality over
time.
Except for an initial e-mail announcing the pilot, there was no
advertising to prompt the huge response, said Bolser.
Her own blogs include a wide range of technical information,
including support for bloggers and those preparing iTunes
University content. Bolser also has offered both classroom and
one-on-one training.
The College blogs are generally public, but different levels of
privacy are available to users. The S.O.U.L.S. Community Service
and Learning Center originally opted for a private blog, using it in
much the same way as Blackboard, but finding that it is easier to
use.
A move is afoot to open the blogging project to the wider
University, and a committee is being formed to look into both
technical and policy issues.
Meanwhile, various departments across campus are also
blogging, including the Sawyer Library, Admissions and Career
Services. Law professors are particularly active in the off-campus
blogosphere, and the University Web site links to blogs from
student ambassadors.
SMART Idea for Archives
The University and Moakley archives will launch an online
archive this fall, and researchers and the general public will be
able to search across all of the University’s archival holdings using
the Suffolk/Moakley Archives Research Tool, or SMART, online
catalog.
The archives staff thought long and hard to come up with a
catchy name for the database, even reaching out to and offering a
“special archives gift” for ideas.
In the end, Nicole DeAngelo
of the archives staff came up with
the SMART acronym.
“We had been brainstorming
in the office that day about the
name, and it popped into my
head as I was riding home on the
commuter rail,” said DeAngelo.
No word yet on what the
“special archives gift” will be, but
perhaps it will be ready in time
for DeAngelo’s April 27 wedding
to Dan Feeney, after which she
will adopt his last name.
Nicole DeAngelo
The city of Boston has selected Suffolk
University as a recipient of the second
annual Thomas M. Menino Green Business
Award, based on the University’s many
academic and operational sustainability
initiatives.
One of our areas of success has been
in reducing energy consumption. The
University’s electricity consumption was
reduced 9 percent in February as a result of installing highefficiency lighting, a benefit to both the environment and the
budget.
The lighting and water improvements are expected to be completed by June 2008, and Facilities is exploring additional efficiency
opportunities.
We’re also taking our energy efforts on the road. Suffolk is
now a university partner of Zipcar, which means that qualified
faculty, staff and students have access to a discounted membership.
Members also receive discounts to area attractions. Each Zipcar
takes 15 privately owned vehicles off the road. Information is available at www.zipcar.com/suffolk.
The University is participating for the second year in Recycle
Mania, a national waste-reduction and recycling competition for
colleges and universities. Suffolk has achieved a weekly average of
35 percent recycling during this year’s competition, surpassing its
goal of 33 percent. Just two years ago the campus recycled less than
5 percent of its waste stream.
The Sustainability Committee would like to remind you to be
mindful of the waste stream as you clean your office this spring.
Before you throw away a binder, book or supplies, ask yourself if
it can be reused within your department. If not, contact recycle@
suffolk.edu to make a donation. Suffolk has relationships with local
organizations such as Extras for Creative Learning, which collects
used supplies for Boston-area artists and schoolchildren.
Did you know? A glass bottle takes thousands of years to break
down if sent to a landfill, but it can be made into a new item within
weeks if sent to a recycling plant.
Gordon B. King
Senior Director, Facilities Planning and Management
Kaplan
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tools, including the Boston Naming Test, the Boston Diagnostic
Aphasia Examination—the first of its kind for systematically classifying the aphasia subtypes, the California Verbal Learning Test, the
Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System, Clock Drawing, qualitative analysis of the Rey Osterrieth, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence
Scale-Revised as a Neuropsychological Instrument and the Wechsler
Intelligence Scale in Children as a Process Instrument.
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Potpourri
Jennifer Barber, English. Her poem
“God Doesn’t Speak in the Psalms”
received a first prize of $1,000 for the
21st annual Anna Davidson Rosenberg
Awards for Poems on the Jewish
Experience sponsored by the Jewish
Community Center of San Francisco.
Julia Collins, Archives, has been named
University archivist and director of the
Moakley Institute. She has worked as the
associate archivist for the past six years.
Victoria Dodd, Law School, was
appointed to the advisory board of the
SSRN Online Education Law Journal by
the Social Science Research Network.
She also will serve as a member of the
Executive Committee of the Education
Law Section of the Association of
American Law Schools for 2008–2009.
Roberto Domínguez, Government,
served on a panel “The European
Union, The United States and Mexico:
regional integration or cooperation?”
at the Miami-Florida European Union
Center of Excellence panel presentation “The European Union, Regional
Integration and World Governance”
at the University of Miami.
Jennifer O’Connor Duffy and Carmen
N. Veloria, Education and Human Services,
attended a workshop for youth workers
and youth practitioners, “Access: Increasing
Opportunities to Higher Education for All
Girls,” at Simmons College. Participating in
a panel on “Barriers to Access,” Duffy spoke
on “Class & Gender: Barriers that Impede
Access and Success Once Enrolled,” and
Veloria presented “Culture Counts: Factors
to Consider when Working with Latina
Urban Girls.”
Bernadette Feeley, Law School. At
the Externship 4: Learning from Practice
Conference in Seattle, Wash., she presented
“Training Field Supervisors: How to be
Efficient and Effective Critics of Student
Writing” and was a panelist at a session
“Externships with For-Profit Entities.”
History Department News: The
Sawyer Library has received the first 34
volumes of 70 ordered and financed by the
Service, Northeast region, in recognition of
the work his students did in documenting
the American Revolution in Roxbury. He
also was elected to the board of governors of
the Shirley-Eustis House in Roxbury.
Daniel Kimmel, Communication and
Journalism, introduced the film “Beyond
the Gates” at the “Witnessing Genocide:
Truth, Reconciliation and the Media” conference at the University of Notre Dame.
He also served on a panel “The Media
Looks at Genocide.”
Samantha Moppett, Law School,
participated on a panel “Innovative
Teaching Techniques” at the New England
Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers
Regional Conference at Vermont Law
School.
Adam Nelson, Athletics. He appeared
March 13 on the New England Cable News
“Good Morning Live” show, previewing the
NCAA basketball tournament with host
Mike Nikitas.
David Paleologos, director of the
Political Research Center, was interviewed
by CN8, the Comcast Cable network, on
March 4, regarding the Ohio and Texas
Democratic primaries.
Marilyn Plotkins, Theatre Arts, and
Suffolk alumna Jill Gabbe, president of
the board of the Vineyard Theatre in New
York, attended the 80th birthday celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Edward Albee at the Vineyard Theatre’s
Annual Gala at the Rainbow Room in New
York City. Tyne Daley, Eartha Kitt, and
Stiller and Meara were among the stars seen
at the event.
John C. Cavanagh History Book Fund
which was created through donations from
the University’s faculty, staff and alumni.
Robert Allison received a Community
Service Award for Excellence in
Interpretation from the National Park
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Marilyn Plotkins and Jill Gabbe
Save the Date
for Spring Fling
4:30–8 p.m. Thursday, May 8
Sawyer Lounge
Benjamin Powell, Economics and
the Beacon Hill Institute. He discussed
the findings of his edited volume Making
Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship and the
Process of Development on C-Span2 Book
TV on March 30 and talked about the book
on dozens of radio shows nationwide.
Sebastián Royo, associate dean for the
College and director of the Madrid campus,
has presented:
“Globalization and Latin America:
National Responses,” at the International
Studies Association Annual Meeting in San
Francisco.
“The 2008 Election in Spain: An
Election that is Better to Lose?” at the
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European
Studies at Harvard University.
“The 2008 Election in Spain: Challenges
for the New Government,” at Georgetown
University.
“The 2008 Presidential Elections in the
US: Expect the Unexpected,” at the Colegio
Mayor Universitario San Pablo, Madrid.
“The Euro and the Challenge of
Economics Reforms,” at the IV Congresso
of the APCP-Associação Portuguesa de
Ciência Política, in Lisbon.
David Yamada, Law School, received
the Alexander J. Cella Memorial Award for
commitment and dedication to the Suffolk
University Law Review at the first Law
School Honor Ball banquet on March 28,
2008. He presented a paper “Surviving the
Nightmare: A Safety Net Project for Bullied
Workers” at the Work, Stress, and Health
Conference, co-sponsored by the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, American Psychological Association
and Society for Occupational Health
Psychology, in Washington D.C.
Music Man Bob Bellinger
To Bob Bellinger, music is life.
“The way you play that instrument is the way you live,” said
Bellinger, an associate professor of History and director of both the
Collection of African American Literature and the Black Studies
Program. “Music comes from your spirit and reflects a lot about
who you are.”
Bellinger began taking saxophone lessons in the fourth grade,
performing as a youngster primarily in middle school bands. He
again took up the sax in his early adult years, playing alongside a
good friend before any audience that would listen.
“Subways, parks, workshops, outside, people’s homes—it didn’t
matter,” said Bellinger with a slight chuckle. “We played anywhere
we could, and we had a great time doing it.”
This traveling duo continued to perform for people of all ages for
about 10 years. Then, in 1986, on his first visit to Senegal, Bellinger
purchased a drum. Less than a year later, he bought a second drum,
different from the first.
“Shortly thereafter, I came home one day and said to myself, ‘If I
have these drums, I should learn how to play them,’” he said.
Bellinger took drum lessons from Nurudafina Abena, a woman
with more than 40 years of experience as a drummer, for about
10 years.
“She was a great teacher who provided me with the foundation of
how I play,” he said.
Bellinger has been playing the drums for various groups,
including two African dance companies, at local concerts and music
festivals for a little more than 20 years. He has produced a CD with
one of the bands.
He also has played in a jazz band with a group formed by a
childhood friend. And last October, he demonstrated his talents as
a drummer in an opening act for award-winning jazz musician Dee
Dee Bridgewater at the Tremont Temple.
“I enjoy the transformative
experience that music can
be for the performer and the
listener,” he said.
Bellinger is presently working on forming a percussion
ensemble, known as Tam Tam
Gisé. “It’s in the infancy stage
and will be comprised of local
talent,” he said. “It will be a
vehicle for expressing my own
musical ideas and flexibility.”
Bellinger was instrumental
in bringing the Faye Family,
a Senegalese drumming
and dancing group, to the
University for a month as part
When he’s not teaching history, Bob
of Suffolk’s Distinguished
Bellinger enjoys following the beat
Visiting Scholars program.
of his own drummer. (Courtesy, Ken
The Faye Family was to share Martin, Amstockphoto.com)
its skills and knowledge with
people throughout the Suffolk community and beyond, presenting
a seminar on the géwël tradition; performing at the C. Walsh
Theatre; conducting workshops describing the relationship among
language, music and movement; and participated in various Black
Studies classes.
“The Faye family is an exciting and electrifying group of musical
performers,” said Bellinger. “Their visit here not only adds to the
educational experience of students, faculty and staff, but it also
helps strengthen the relationship between our Boston campus and
our campus in Senegal.”
Faculty Publications
Melanie Barker Berkmen, Chemistry and Biochemistry, had an
article, “Still looking for the magic spot: the crystallographically
defined binding site for ppGpp on RNA polymerase is unlikely to
be responsible for rRNA transcription regulation,” published in the
Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 277, issue 2, 2008.
Robert DeFillippi, Management. He has edited University
and Corporate Innovations in Lifelong Learning (2008), the sixth
volume in a management education series Research in Management
Education and Development, with Charles Wankel of St. John’s
University.
Michael Duggan, Enrollment Research and Planning, has
a chapter in the new book from the American Association of
Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), The
College Admissions Officer’s Guide. The chapter includes discussions
on tuition discounting and the IPEDS Data Feedback Report.
Raul de la Fuente Marcos and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos,
Madrid campus. Their article, “The Invisible Hand: Star Formation
Triggered by Runaway Black
Holes,” was published in The
Astrophysical Journal Letters,”
Vol. 677, No. 1, 10 April 2008,
pp. L47–L50.
Lydia Martin, NESAD.
Her painting Copper & Cobalt
was awarded second place for
Painting in Oil and Acrylic in
Lydia Martin: Copper & Cobalt
the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Club member’s exhibition
at the Broome Street Gallery in SoHo, New York City.
Samantha Moppett, Law School, has published an article
“Research Diagnostics: An Interactive Assessment Tool” in Second
Draft: Bulletin of the Legal Writing Institute 22, no. 2, January 2008.
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Suffolk in the News
The University is frequently featured in local and national
media. The following is a sampling of recent media mentions. To
view the complete list, go to www.suffolk.edu and click on In the
News.
Boston Herald—April 7, 2008
Jeanne Aversa, associate director of undergraduate admission, discusses college fairs.
Wall Street Journal—April 4, 2008
Law Professor Joseph Franco comments on new “summary prospectus” proposed by the Securities Exchange Commission.
The Korea Times—March 27, 2008
Law Professor Valerie Epps
Op-ed—“Kosovo, Tibet: Same or Different?”
Boston Globe—March 31, 2008
Sociology Professor Susan Sered comments on the women’s health
care policy brief issued by the University’s Center for Women’s Health
and Human Rights. She wrote the brief with the help of her students.
New York Times—March 25, 2008
Law Professor David Yamada comments on workplace bullying cases
that can fall between the cracks of existing state and federal employment law. Also appeared in:
International Herald Tribune—March 25, 2008
Chicago Tribune—April 1, 2008
Forbes.com—March 24, 2008
Law Professor David Yamada comments on recognizing signs of
workplace bullying.
Boston Globe—March 19, 2008
Susan Prosnitz, executive director of Rappaport Center for Law and
Public Service, comments on new federal legislation to lower incomebased payments and forgive loans for graduates in any field who are
employed for 10 years in a public service position.
The Wall Street Journal—March 18, 2008
Jay Hargis, adjunct professor of Education and Human Services, suggests fields for real estate professionals to consider when contemplating a career change.
Cape Cod Times—March 13, 2008
Law Professor Mark Perlin comments on prosecuting under the Protect
Act in child pornography case.
Postal Rate Increase
Campus Mail Services has been informed that the United States
Postal Service will increase its rates and fees effective May 12. This
also includes the library and non-profit rates. University departments should expect to see an increase in their monthly postage
statements beginning in May. The rate increases are posted on the
Campus Mail Services Web site at www.suffolk.edu/offices/4693.
html. For more information, contact: mailservices@suffolk.edu.
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New Sergeants
Members of the Suffolk University Police and Security Department who
have been promoted to the rank of sergeant: Betty Sanes, Sidarith Hing,
Walter White, and John Previti. (Photo by Dhan Shrestha)
Study: Health Law Leaves
Women Vulnerable
Research by the Center for Women’s Health and Human
Rights shows that many low- and moderate-income women have
not reaped the full benefits of Massachusetts health care reform
measures.
Women in Massachusetts have greater medical expenses than
men, while earning less than men. As a result, insurance programs
that require substantial deductibles, co-pays and other forms of
cost-sharing may put health care out of women’s reach, according
to a policy brief written by Sociology Professor Susan Sered and
students pursuing the Master of Arts in Women’s Health program.
Massachusetts health care reform, designed to offer health insurance to uninsured, low-income people, was phased in beginning in
summer 2006.
“While the law makes great strides in offering health care
coverage to low- and moderate-income people, it has not eliminated
gender inequalities in the health care system.” said Sered.
The full policy brief is available on the Center’s Web pages:
www.suffolk.edu/cwhhr.
A Changing World at Adams Gallery
LIFE magazine photographer Verner
Student Showcases
Reed captured the images of a rapidly
expanding post-war economy in his work
for Life magazine during the 1950s.
A Changing World: New England in the
Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950–1972, at
the Adams Gallery through July 21, 2009, is
a retrospective of his work.
Reed recorded the transition as New
England meadows were lost to encroaching
suburbs, supermarkets replaced fruit
vendors and butchers, and small farms
gave way to agri-business. His photographs
employ warmth and humor in celebrating
New England tradition, chronicling
change, and revealing the wonder of a
moment.
The New England School of Art & Design exhibits of student work continue
through mid-May.
The Foundation and Graphic Design
exhibits were in late March and early
April.
Interior Design Undergraduate and
Master’s Exhibition
May 5–16
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, May 9
The gallery is on the second floor at 75
Arlington St.
Fine Arts Undergraduate Exhibition
April 22–May 2
Reception: 5–7 p.m. Friday, April 25
Clockwise from top left: Haley McLane, Interior Design; Rachelle Rickert, Fine
Arts; Carly Gordillo, Foundation; Stormi Knight, Graphic Design.
Human Resources News
Harvard Pilgrim Discount Program
The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care “Your Member Savings” program provides discounts to members on a wide range of health and
wellness-related products and services. Popular programs include fitness club reimbursements of up to $150 per year and discounts on
alternative medical procedures. Several eyewear discount programs
have been added. They are:
• Receive a free pair of prescription eyeglasses when you have a
routine eye exam at any Sears Optical location.
• Discounts on laser vision correction procedures through Davis
Vision and US Laser Vision Network
For more information: www.harvardpilgrim.org.
New Faces
Please welcome our newest employees:
Betania Andoh, Student Accounts/Bursar
Melanie Becker, Enrollment & Retention Management
Devan DeLuca, Information Technology Services
Kathleen Downing, Advancement
William Feldman, Undergraduate Admission
Emily Fuccillo, Law Admissions
Stephanie Giordano, Health Administration
Krystal Jenkins, Dean’s office, Sawyer Business School
Tisha Mattews, Law Registrar’s office
Michelle McIntyre, NESAD
Renita Mendonca, Advancement
Caitlin Pumphrey, Budget Office
Christopher Roy, Advancement
Valmy Saint Louis, Information Technology Services
Valerie Spinale-Pepin, Dean’s office, College
Kaitlyn Sullivan, Alumni Programs, College
Caroline Walters, Law Library
Lindsay Yost, Theatre Arts
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Seminar Looks
at Olympics’
Impact on China
The Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg
Institute for East Asian Studies held its first
seminar, “Competing in Beijing: China and
the 2008 Olympics,” on April 8.
The seminar addressed the risks,
challenges, and opportunities presented
to China and the world on the eve of this
historic moment.
Robyn Meredith, senior editor, Asia, for
Forbes, was the keynote speaker.
The Institute will promote exchanges
among scholars, business leaders, analysts,
faculty and students through a series of seminars addressing vital topics in the field.
University Wins
Advertising Awards
Creative Services
was selected for three
awards in the 23rd
Annual Admissions
Advertising Awards
competition,
sponsored by the
Admissions Marketing
Report.
The department
received bronze
for the “Counselor
Calendar” in the
special publications category; bronze for the
College of Arts and Sciences graduate prospectus in the catalog category; and a merit
award for the environmental engineering
brochure in the brochure category.
The Admissions Advertising Awards is
the largest educational advertising awards
competition in the country. This year,
more than 2,000 entries were submitted
from more than 1,000 colleges, universities
and secondary schools from all 50 states
and several foreign countries. A list of the
winners was published in the March 2008
issue of the Admissions Marketing Report,
a national publication for admissions
professionals.
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Philosophical Family
Philosophy Chair Gregory Fried and his dad, the Hon. Charles Fried, former associate justice of the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court at a lecture and discussion about philosophy and human
rights. Justice Fried joined the College as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the spring. (Courtesy,
Ken Martin, Amstockphoto.com)
Safety Team Promotes “Shelter in Place”
The Incident Command System team has begun teaching the University community
about Shelter in Place, a procedure used when the most appropriate response to a specified danger is to remain in a building rather than to evacuate.
Threats to safety requiring Shelter in Place might include severe weather, a hostile
intruder or the release of a hazardous material.
The team conducted Shelter in Place drills on four floors at 73 Tremont St. in midMarch and plans more drills across campus.
Building occupants were warned of the drill so they would be prepared to take the
following steps:
1. Stay where you are or go into the nearest room with a door.
2. Close the doors
3. Close the windows
4. Close the blinds or curtains
5. When possible turn off air conditioning/heating unit
6. Wait for the “all-clear” message from authorities
Risk Manager Karen Kruppa and Environmental Health and Safety Manager Kerry
Laroche reported that participants responded appropriately during the drills.
While there was a problem with the public address system on the 12th and 13th floors,
the team was able to use a bullhorn to announce the drill’s start and finish.
The team reminds members of the University community: To report any suspicious
activity, always call the University Police at extension 8111, or, from an outside line,
617-573-8111.