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A Chorus Line Photos courtesy of the Wharton Center Pat Metheny ON SALE NOW AT WHARTON CENTER This season, MSU’s Wharton Center for Performance Arts will boast many new acts to complement its spectacular new glass façade. The Broadway series brings Disney’s Mary Poppins from Mary Poppins Nov. 4-21. The acclaimed show features the world’s most famous nanny and has delighted audiences everywhere. From Dec. 15-19, the hilarious 9 to 5: The Musical will feature Dolly Parton’s original hit title song along with her new Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated score. Later in the year, the series will bring Stomp, Shrek and Chicago. Jazz artist Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Tour, will appear on Oct 17. On Nov. 4, Bayanihan, the National Folk Dance Company of the Philippines, will make its Wharton Center debut as it promotes international goodwill Chanticleer around the globe. Other shows include ABBA Mania (Nov. 28), Duck For President (Dec. 05) and A Chanticleer Christmas (Dec. 05). MSU’s College of Music and the MSU Dept. of Theatre will also feature numerous shows at the Wharton Center and the MSU Auditorium. For more information, visit whartoncenter.com or call the box office at 800-WHARTON. GREEN BUILDINGS MORE PRODUCTIVE Workers who moved from conventional office buildings to environmentally friendly “green” buildings said they called in sick less often and were more productive, according to a study by a team of MSU researchers. The study appears in the online version of the American Journal of Public Health. The researchers found that moving to LEED-certified buildings contributed to noticeable reductions in self-reported absenteeism and stress. It also improved the workers’ productivity as a result of perceived improvements in health and well-being. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—a designation by the U.S. Green Building Council for buildings with environmentally friendly design, construction practices and operation. MSU’s Chemistry Building is an example of a green structure, having earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver certification. $1 MILLION GIFT ADVANCES PEDIATRIC TRAINING The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation of Midland has provided $1 million to MSU’s College of Human Medicine to support medical education training of pediatric and family medicine physicians throughout Michigan. The two-part gift will establish and name the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Pediatric Simulation Center to be based at the college’s new headquarters at the Secchia Center in Grand Rapids. The gift also will create the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Endowed Fund for Pediatric Training to support programming at the center. “This outstanding gift allows our college to create a state-of-theart pediatric simulation center using the most advanced medical education technology available,” says Marsha D. Rappley, dean of the College of Human Medicine. Medical simulation is an advancing field of medical training that incorporates computerized full-body physiological mannequins and simulated patients, roleplaying actors who are trained to replicate medical conditions and the behaviors of patients. MSU’s College of Human Medicine will offer medical simulation opportunities covering the life span of patients. The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Pediatric Simulation Center will join the Harry Page 8 Fall 2010 MSU Alumni Magazine
A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Geriatric Simulation Center in the college’s Secchia Center. In addition, the college will have a surgical simulation suite equipped by Skytron. $6 MILLION TO EXPAND BROADBAND ACCESS MSU has received a $6 million federal grant that will help expand broadband access by creating more public computer centers in Michigan’s urban areas. The grant will be used to increase the number of computers in libraries, public housing centers, tribal community centers, other community centers and community colleges. A total of 207 locations will receive 2,232 computers. The grant will continue work already under way in Michigan, says Click Right Through for MSU alumni.msu.edu Kurt DeMaagd, MSU assistant professor of telecommunication, information studies and media, who is leading the project. The award will cover the costs of the computers and training for both MSU and community college students to set up the computer centers. It also will assist in the expansion of the available services at the Michigan e-Library, which will provide additional resources to all libraries, schools, businesses and residents in the state. “Through this project, Michigan will have technology infrastructure statewide, which is vital for our state and residents to flourish and prosper,” he says, noting that one goal is to reach Michigan’s Cities of Promise, a group of eight economically challenged urban centers that include SURVIVAL OF SNOT OTTER The hellbender salamander—also known as a snot otter or devil dog—is one of America’s unique giant salamander species. For unexplained reasons, their population has declined in recent decades. Working with researchers from the Nashville Zoo and Antwerp Zoo in Belgium, MSU veterinarians are helping develop conservation techniques to sample and freeze the sperm from some of the last surviving salamanders. The international consortium’s work aims to enable future re-stocking of genetically viable hellbenders back to their streams and rivers, ensuring the survival of the species. The largest salamander found in North America, the hellbender can grow to up to 30 inches long and live 30 years or more. They live in a geographic range from Arkansas northeast to New York and have remained relatively unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs. Dalen Agnew and Carla Carleton from MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine are focusing specifically on evaluating the freezing techniques, known as cryopreservation, developed to keep the hellbender sperm viable. Benton Harbor, Detroit, Flint, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Muskegon Heights, Pontiac and Saginaw. The grant is administered by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration and is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. LINK WITH KENYA Via its College of Osteopathic Medicine and Institute of International Health, MSU has signed a health education agreement with Chogoria Hospital in Kenya, a link that will allow more MSU students to study in Africa and lead to joint research on endemic Kenyan diseases. The general agreement for academic cooperation is among several strategic international health partnerships coordinated by Reza Nassiri, director of the Institute of International Health and an assistant dean with the College of Osteopathic Medicine. “The agreement in Kenya will challenge MSU medical students to extend their horizons of growth and educational learning in the context of today’s most severe health crises,” Nassiri says. “In addition, this will be a unique opportunity for those students to develop cultural competency and also see pathologies that are uncommon in the United States.” MSU’s Institute of International Health is a cross-college collaboration that facilitates faculty and student health research and academic interests in international health projects overseas. Participating units include Osteopathic Medicine, Human Medicine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, International Studies and Programs, Natural Science, Social Science and Veterinary Medicine. Illustration courtesy of Mark Witton University of Portsmouth PREHISTORIC CROCODILE WAS A LANDLUBBER A recently discovered prehistoric crocodile looks more mammallike than the modern reptiles, says a research group that includes MSU scientists. Molar-like teeth in the jaw of the species, Pakasuchus kapilimai, resemble the complex teeth of mammals more than the simple pointed teeth found in modern crocodile jaws, concludes MSU paleontologist Michael Gottfried. The research group’s fossil findings in Tanzania appear in the scientific journal Nature. “What we’ve discovered is a small crocodile that looks better adapted for living on land than living in water,” says Gottfried, associate professor of geological sciences and curator of paleontology at the MSU Museum. “It’s something that doesn’t fit the stereotypical view of what we think a crocodile does.” The discovery team’s main specimen is believed to have lived during the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era, between 80 million and 110 million years ago. (above) An artist’s interpretation of Pakasuchus kapilimai, the small prehistoric crocodile fossil unearthed by MSU paleontologist Michael Gottfried and colleagues. NIH GRANT TO BOOST HEALTH RESEARCHERS With the help of a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, MSU is creating a cross-discipline, mentoring program designed to increase the Page 9
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