Link Joins U.N. Commission Dr. Albert N. Link, professor of economics at the Bryan School of Business and Economics, is to serve on a United Nations Commission. Link will be the U.S. representative on the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe, where he will join a team of experts to

evaluate the innovation and competitiveness policies of the European Union. He will also be the spokesperson for U.S. innovation policy. In addition to the U.N. appointment, Link has been named vice-chairperson for the commission’s policy initiative. He will assist in formulating an agenda of international policy issues. The commission’s meetings will be held at the U.N. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, beginning this summer.

April 4, 2007

Campus to Cut Energy CostsSigns ESCO agreement with Trane

Our university expects to save nearly $8 million in its utility

bills over the next 12 years through a new energy service company (ESCO) contract with Trane Comfort Solutions Inc. Through the contract, UNCG will get energy related renovations for five campus buildings, and the resulting savings will reduce energy consump-tion to the point that the savings will pay for the upgrades. UNCG is the first campus in the UNC system to try the process, which is called “performance contracting.” While it has been used for a number of years for public school and com-munity college buildings, the process was only approved in 2003 for state-owned buildings. Buildings to get the upgrade are the Mossman Administration Building, Bryan School of Business and Economics Building, Jackson Library, Graham Building and the McIver cold-water chiller plant. The largest part of the changes will involve heating-ven-tilation-air conditioning and electrical, although some other improvements will be needed, as well. Reade Taylor, UNCG vice chan-cellor for business affairs, explained

that the energy savings project is guaranteed to reduce util-ity bills by $7.9 million over the next 12 years. While the sav-ings will be used to repay the money bor-rowed to pay for the improve-ments, he said UNCG will be able to reduce emissions used to generate UNCG’s electricity and heat by over 5,000 tons per year and save over four million gallons of water per year. “Not only does this fit nicely with UNCG’s sustainability efforts, but it will also save North Carolina taxpay-ers over $750,000 per year when the debt is fully repaid in 12 years and reduce the amount of funds UNCG may need to cover unbudgeted utility costs,” Taylor said. At UNCG, the project has been advanced by Dave Lumpkin, associ-ate vice chancellor for facilities, who saw the benefit of ESCO contracting at

Reception to Honor Uprichard

AreceptiontohonorDr.A.EdwardUprichardwillbeheldThursday,April19,from3:30to5:30p.m.intheEUC’sConeBallroom.TheentireUNCGcommunityisinvited. Uprichardannouncedlastfallthatheissteppingdownfromthepositionofpro-vostandvicechancellorofacademicaffairsJune30.

Signing the ESCO document are (l-r) Reade Taylor, Don Brady, Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan and Dave Lumpkin.

Louisiana State University in the early 1990s. UNCG Trustees approved the contract in August, but the process has been in the works since the fall of 2004. According to the contract, Trane Comfort Solutions, as the ESCO, will cover any additional cost if the sav-ings are not realized. “We know that some of the other UNC schools are looking at this project very closely,” said Lumpkin. “If it will save money and help the environment, we’re glad to take the first step.”

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Crisp Will Head NC Humanities Council

The board of the North Carolina Humanities Council has hired Dr. Shelley Crisp to head the 36-year-old nonprofit foundation based in Greensboro.

Crisp, a North Carolina native, earned an MFA in creative writing from UNCG.

Expo Showcases Undergraduate Research April 5 Aging honeybees, noise-induced hearing loss, the voices of prairie voles and activism in Sudan are among the topics our campus undergraduate researchers have explored recently. These projects and many more will be on display at the Undergraduate Research Expo 12:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in the EUC’s Cone Ballroom. Almost 90 students will showcase their research through exhibits, poster presen-tations, oral reports, panel discussions, performances and, in one case, an archi-tectural model. Clara Marts, a senior majoring in exercise and sport science, will be among those presenting research at the expo. With guidance from Dr. Paul Davis, the Salisbury resident has spent the past year looking at the effects of daily exercise on overweight young women (ages 18-30). Early results suggest that exercise can boost body image even without weight loss. Undergraduate research “allows me to get to know my professors and really expand my knowledge of the field,” she says. “When I first walked into the lab, I wondered, ‘What am I doing here?’ Now I just can’t see doing anything else.” The 38-year-old mother of three, including a UNCG freshman, plans to graduate in December and continue her studies in graduate school or pos-sibly work in the field of cardiac rehabilitation using skills learned during her research project. Marts’ experience is not unusual. Conducting research demands active learning and frequently has life-changing consequences for students, says Dr. Mary Crowe, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research. “Lectures are about giving answers. Research is about asking questions,” she says. “Our undergraduate research program allows students to work with fac-ulty mentors in state-of-the-art research facilities. These research projects can strengthen graduate school applications, connect students to the larger commu-nity and help students plan the next step in their careers.” Depending on their projects, student researchers can receive academic credit and stipends of $1,000 or $2,000. Projects typically last four or eight months (one or two semesters). Proposals for stipend-supported research are reviewed by a faculty commit-tee. In the most recent review of proposals, in January, 14 of 21 proposals were approved. Later in April, nine undergraduate researchers will present their projects to state legislators in Raleigh. In November, students will take part in the third annu-al State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium.

Davidson College Names Tom Ross, UNCG BOT Chair, as New President

Thomas W. “Tom” Ross, who has chaired UNCG’s Board of Trustees since 2005, has been selected as the next president of Davidson College. He will take office on August 1. A Greensboro native, Ross has been a UNCG trustee since 2001, when he was appointed by the UNC Board of Governors. He was reappointed to a term running 2005-09, and was elected chair of the board in 2005. Ross is currently the director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem, and previously was a Superior Court judge in Greensboro. A 1972 Davidson graduate, he earned his law degree at UNC Chapel Hill in 1975. He practiced law from 1976-82 and then was named chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Robin Britt. He was appointed a Superior Court judge by Gov. Jim Hunt in 1984, serving until 2000, when he succeeded Thomas Lambeth as director of the Reynolds Foundation. Davidson is recognized as one of the nation’s top undergraduate colleges. In his new position, Ross will oversee a campus with 1,700 undergraduates, a $420 million endowment and an $82 million budget.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 42 p.m. – Lecture, Aaron Allen, “Beethoven to the Rescue: Fidelio in 19th-Century Italy,” Room 217, Music Building.3 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Davidson.3 p.m. – Lecture, “Mormon Polygamy As Race Treason,” Dr. Martha Ertman, Claxton Room, EUC. 7:30 p.m., Music, Baroque Ensemble, Organ Hall, Music Building. Free.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5Exhibition Opening, Undergraduate Student Show, Sculpture and Ceramics, Gatewood Studio Arts Building.Noon – OUR Expo, undergraduate research and creative scholar- ship symposium, EUC.7 p.m., Films, “Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank” and “True Story,” Weatherspoon Art Museum. Free.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6Spring holiday. Classes dissmissed, offices closed.All day – Women’s golf in Bryan National, Bryan Park.2:30 p.m. – Women’s tennis vs. Appalachian St.3 p.m. – Softball vs. Appalachian St.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7All day – Women’s golf in Bryan National, Bryan Park.Noon – Men’s tennis vs. Citadel.1 p.m. – Softball vs. Appalachian St. (doubleheader).

SUNDAY, APRIL 8 All day – Women’s golf in Bryan National, Bryan Park.

MONDAY APRIL 92 p.m. – Lecture, Kailan Rubinoff, “Towards a Revolutionary Model of Music Education: The Paris Conservatoire and Music Pedagogy at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century,” Room 217, Music Building.

TUESDAY, APRIL 10Noon – Historical walking tour of campus, starting at Jackson Library portico.2 p.m. – Art tour, Tuesday @ Two, “Catherine Opie: 1999 & In and

Around Home,” Weatherspoon Art Museum.4 p.m. – Lecture, Dr. Raleigh Bailey and panel, Asian/Pacific Islander heritage, Multicultural Resource Center, EUC.7:30 p.m. – Music, Percussion Ensemble, Recital Hall, Music Building. Tickets, 4-4849. 8 p.m. – Music, John Scofield Trio featuring the UNCG Jazz Ensemble, Dana Auditorium, Guilford College. Tickets, 4-4849.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 113 p.m. – Men’s tennis vs. UNC Wilmington.5 p.m. – Artist Reception, “From Cambodia to Greensboro,” Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage, MRC.7 p.m. – Theatre, “Private Lives,” Taylor Theatre. Tickets, 4-4849. 7:30 p.m. – Music, Liberace Trio, Recital Hall, Music Building. Free. 8 p.m. – Music, WUAG CD Release Concert, a copy of the new WUAG double CD compilation comes with paid admission, 113 N. Greene Street. Tickets, 4-4308.

THURSDAY, APRIL 124 p.m. – Softball vs. NC State (doubleheader).7 p.m. – Lecture, Kirk Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA, New Science Building, Room 201.7 p.m. – Theatre, “Private Lives,” Taylor Theatre. Tickets, 4-4849. 8 p.m. – Music, WUAG CD Release Concert, 609 S. Elm Street. Free. 8 p.m. – Reading, Philip Lopate, Faculty Center.

FRIDAY, APRIL 132 p.m. – Research seminar, Philip Cooley, Research Triangle Institute, “Mathematical Modeling for Identifying Strategies for Mitigating an Influenza Pandemic,” Bryan Building.7 p.m. – Baseball vs. Western Carolina. 8 p.m. – Reading, Josh Exoo and Quinn Nameche, St. Mary’s House.

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Looking aheadSecond Arrest Made in Shooting UNCG Police have made a second arrest in the March 24 shooting in Weil Residence Hall on campus. The victim of the shoot-ing was UNCG freshman Stephen Cobb, 19, of Raleigh, who remains at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital. Sidney R. Lowe Jr., 21, of 4437 Carlys Way in Greensboro, turned himself in to UNCG Police officers at the Guilford County Magistrate’s Office in Greensboro. On the evening of March 26, a search war-rant was served at Lowe’s residence by the UNCG and Greensboro Police departments. Further investigation connected Lowe with additional criminal offenses not related to the shooting and attempted robbery at UNCG. Lowe was released on $450,000 bond. UNCG Police earlier charged Brian Patrick Martin of Greensboro as the person who shot Cobb. Neither Lowe nor Martin is a UNCG student. “The safety of students at UNCG is our foremost concern and we have pursued this investigation aggressively since the first call came in,” said Maj. Jamie Herring, assistant chief of the UNCG Police. “The university has a no-tolerance policy for firearms, whether on campus or in the residence halls. “We have not had a shooting in a resi-dence hall in anyone’s memory. Since the shooting, the university has continued to rein-force the need for safety among its students,” Herring said. “At this time, we believe there is no further threat to the campus from this incident.”

STARS align Members of the Students and Technology in Academia, Research and Service Alliance (STARS) will gather April 4. The informa-tional session will run from 3-4 p.m. in Room 309, Curry Building, and will include repre-sentatives from UNCG, NC State and UNC Charlotte. STARS is seeking ways to make Information Technology and other computer fields more appealing to students, allowing them to see IT careers as lucrative and removed from the “computer geek” stereotype. Dr. Anthony Chow, a professor in UNCG’s Library and Information Studies Department and an active member of STARS, says a shortage of IT graduates in the U.S. makes it essential to recruit a more diverse student body.

Insurance Risk Expert Will Lecture April 11 Dr. Ellen Thrower, executive director of The School of Risk Management at St. John’s University, will deliver the Kathleen Price Bryan Lecture, “Managing Risk in a Changing World.”

The free lecture will take place Wednesday, April 11, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 160 of the Bryan School Building. Thrower has been named “Woman of the Year” by the Association of Professional Insurance Women. She served as president of the College of Insur-ance until 2001, when the college merged with St. John’s University and was renamed The School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science. Thrower earned a BS in business administration in 1975 and MBA in 1980, both from UNCG. She received a PhD in risk management and insur-ance from George State University. She is a member of numerous boards of directors and is a trustee of The Insurance Education Institute and The Risk Foundation.

Looking ahead continued8 p.m. – Theatre, “Private Lives,” Taylor Theatre. Tickets, 4-4849. 8 p.m. – Dance, Work by Lacy James, Dance Theater. Tickets, 4-4849.

SATURDAY, APRIL 141 p.m. – Baseball vs. Western Carolina.8 p.m. – Dance, Work by Lacy James, Dance Theater. Tickets, 4-4849. 8 p.m. – Music, WUAG CD Release Concert, Stone Lawn, UNCG Campus. Free. 8 p.m. – Theatre, “Private Lives,” Taylor Theatre. Tickets, 4-4849.

SUNDAY, APRIL 151 p.m. – Baseball vs. Western Carolina.3:30 p.m. – Music, Liberace Trio with Shawn Copeland, clarinet, performing Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time,” Recital Hall, Music Building. Free.

Natalle, Keith Present Research Dr. Elizabeth J. “Jody” Natalle and Dr. Jennifer Keith, recipients of the Linda Arnold Carlisle Faculty Research grants, will give presentations relating to their research Thursday, April 12. The presentations will take place at 4 p.m. in the Moore Humanities and Research Building, Room 1214. Natalle, associate professor of communication studies, will present “Jacqueline Kennedy As International Diplomat: A Communications Perspective.” Natalle, who has examined Kennedy’s personal papers, argues that Kennedy served as an international diplo-mat more so than any other modern first lady through her state visits and through her role as mediator between her husband and other world leaders. Keith, associate professor of English, will give a talk titled “Lost and Found: Editing and Authority in Anne Finch’s Poetry.” Finch is regarded as one of the most important 18th century English women poets. Keith has compiled a criti-cal edition of Finch’s poems that brings together the entire collection of her work for the first time. The Linda Carlisle Faculty Research grants are awarded to UNCG faculty to support research or creative activity related to women’s and gender studies. Recipients receive a $1,000 stipend.

Holocaust Scholar Will Lecture April 12

Dr. Christopher R. Browning, who has spent more

than 20 years studying, research-ing, writing and teaching about the Holocaust, will deliver a lec-ture titled “Holocaust Perpetrators Reconsidered: Fifteen Years After Ordinary Men.” The free event will take place Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 in Room 225, Curry Building. A book signing will follow the event. Browning is the author of seven books on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. He is the Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at UNC Chapel Hill. In 2006 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is currently a fellow at the National Humanities Center. He has been an expert witness at various trials of accused Nazi crimi-nals in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Holocaust Memorial Concert April 15

A concert featuring music composed and first performed by concentration camp prisoners will be presented Sunday, April 15, in commemoration of Holocaust

Remembrance Day. “Quartet for the End of Time,” composed by Oliver Messiaen, will be performed by the Liberace Quartet with clarinetist Shawn Copeland, at 3:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the School of Music. Rebecca Rischin, associate profes-sor of clarinet at Ohio University, and author of “For the End of Time: The Story of the Messiaen Quartet,” will deliver a lecture as part of the event.

Suárez Lectures

Assistant professor of Spanish and WGS affiliate Dr. Juana Suárez has been invited to present a number of lectures, including one at Harvard next fall. • “Contesting Impunity: Art, Displacement and Violence in Contemporary Colombia,” at the College of William and Mary, Department of Sociology and Department of Modern Languages, March 20. • “The Strategy of the Future: Can Colombian Cinema Go Global?” at the University of Calgary, Jornada Internacional de Cine Latinoameri-cano, Department of French, Italian and Spanish, March 30. • “Dealing with Precariousness: Art and Cultural Agency in Contemporary Colombia,” Cultural Agents Initiative, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, fall 2007.

Coward-ly Comedy UNCG Theatre presents Noel Coward’s “Private Lives” in the Taylor Theatre at 7 p.m. on April 11, 12, 25; 8 p.m. on April 13, 14, 28. Noel Coward’s stylish comedy is about a divorced couple who unexpectantly become reacquainted while honeymooning with their new spouses. The trouble is, although old flames burn brightly, their personali-ties are about as compatible as two scorpions in a bottle. Call 4-4849 or visit boxoffice.uncg.edu for tickets.

Hodges Speaks at Capitol HillGives music education research presentation

Dr. Donald Hodges, director of the Music Research Institute at UNCG, recently spoke to U.S. congressional staff members. He provided an over-view of research findings showing con-nections between music education and child development highlighting music’s role in children’s academic achieve-ment and success in school.

Education Research Highlighted April 20-21

The School of Education will hold a research symposium for educators Friday and Saturday, April 20-21. The symposium showcases faculty and graduate research activities within the School of Education, including research by the Southeastern Vision for Education (SERVE) Center, an interna-tionally recognized educational policy and evaluation research center. Two world-renowned researchers – Dr. Bruno Zumbo of the University of British Columbia and Dr. Marilyn Cochran-Smith of Boston College – will deliver keynote addresses at the sym-

posium, held in Ferguson Auditorium. Zumbo and Cochran-Smith will dis-cuss the do’s and don’ts of good research. Dr. Terry Ackerman, chair of the Department of Educational Research Methodology, said he wants to see the symposium become an annual regional educational research event. He would further like to see it expand to include collaborative research between School of Education faculty and regional edu-cation partners such as the Guilford County and Forsyth County school districts, and area colleges and univer-sities such as Guilford College, High Point University, NC A&T, Bennett College and Elon University.

Biologist Metheny Honored for Thesis Research

Jackie Metheny, who recently earned her master’s degree

in biology, has received the Elmer C. Birney Graduate Honorarium for her thesis research on bat roosting habits. The American Society of Mammalogists presents the awards to the top three research manuscripts sub-mitted by graduate student members.

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Good-byeJoshua A. Fausnett, Public Safety & PolicePeggy Gentry, Graduate SchoolSecrick M. Gibson, Housing & Residence LifeMatthew M. Hinshaw, Public Safety & PoliceErin Kroll, HES/HDFS/NCRLAP

with the staff

Hey, if you’re going to be lawn bowling, might as well find a nice lawn. What’s nicer than the one in front of the EUC? Members of Enrollment Services and Undergraduate Education enjoyed their lunch break one day last week with a little bocce (a form of bowling). It was their first time out, this year. Here, Andre Hill (Admissions) gives a strong effort.

Let it roll

Lacy James presents her MFA dance concert “Osmosis,” a “dream-work of environmental and existen-tial imagery,” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14, in the Dance Theater. Tickets can be reserved through the UNCG Box Office. A musician as well as a dancer and choreographer, James composed much of the music for “Osmosis.” A native of Winston-Salem, she moved to New York to study at the Martha Graham School and, while in New York, formed her own dance company, Mereminne Dancers, which has performed her choreog-raphy extensively throughout the New York metropolitan area.

Asian Heritage Event The UNCG Asian Students Association invites you to attend the Fifth Annual Asian Extravaganza, “Raising the Stakes.” This pro-gram is part of the Asian American Heritage Month celebration. The event will be held Saturday, April 14, from 5-8 p.m. in the EUC Auditorium. Admission is free. UNCG ASA has been a student organization affiliated with UNCG’s Office of Student Life since Fall 2002. It has about 90 members. For further information, visit www.uncg.edu/student.groups/asa.

Woman vs. Mafia Her battle the subject of documentary

When Felice Impastato’s son Guiseppi “Peppino” Impastato was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in 1978 for protesting against the group, the widow – whose hus-band was also murdered by the Mafia – decided to fight back. Impastato’s long and difficult road to avenge Peppino’s death at the hands of a powerful, local Mafioso is the subject of “A Beautiful Memory: A Mother and Her Sons Against the Mafia,” a new documentary by Anthony Fragola, a professor in the department of Broadcasting and Cinema. The 40-minute film, which was shot in Sicily and features interviews with Impastato and her other son Giovanni, an anti-Mafia spokesman, will be shown Sunday, April 15, at 7 p.m. in the EUC Auditorium. The event is free. Giovanni Impastato, who has dedicated his life to educating young people about the Mafia and terrorist organizations, will offer a presentation following the movie. Guitarist Mark Mazzatenta, a lecturer at of the School of Music, composed and performed the film’s original score.

Middle East Lecture April 10 Dr. Jillian Schwedler, from the University of Maryland at College Park, will speak Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Weatherspoon Art Museum Audi-torium. Her topic will be “Islamist Mobilization and the Challenges of Political Inclusion: Two Cases – Jordan and Yemen.” A dessert reception will follow. The Center for Legislative Studies and the Department of Political Science have sponsored a three-part lecture series this spring on “Democracy and Security in the Middle East.” Co-sponsors are the Kohler Fund (International Programs), Lloyd International Honors College, International/Global Studies Program and the Political Awareness Club. This lecture is the final event in the series. Schwedler has conducted extensive field research in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen and has traveled widely throughout the region. Her current research interests include political Islam, social movements, democratization and trans-national public spheres. She has just returned from holding the position of Senior Research Fellow of the Arab Archives Institute in Amman, Jordan.

Focus on Wandering Minds College students reported mind-wandering almost one-third of the time in their daily lives, according to a new study led by faculty and graduate students. The study will be published in the July issue of Psychological Science. The study followed 124 undergraduates, who carried personal digital assis-tants for a week. The PDAs signaled the students eight times a day between noon and midnight to report whether their thoughts were wandering away from what they were doing and to answer multiple-choice questions about their current activity, surroundings and state of mind. On average, the students reported mind-wandering in about 30 percent of their responses. Despite being so common, mind-wandering remains little studied and poorly understood, said Dr. Michael Kane, an associate professor of psychol-ogy, who led the study. “If you want to understand people’s mental lives, this is a phenomenon we ought to be thinking about,” he told the Associated Press. The study was featured in a story about mind-wandering by AP science writer Malcolm Ritter. The story was picked up by more than 100 print and broadcast media, including some as far away as India. The team of study authors includes faculty members Dr. Paul Silvia and Dr. Thomas Kwapil, and doctoral students Leslie Brown and Jennifer McVay, all in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Inez Myin-Germeys of the University of Maastricht also is an investigator.

James’ ‘Osmosis’ April 13-14