Chronicling

AN ODE TO ART

A recently dedicated mural in Blaisdell Hall at the University of Pittsburgh Bradford depicts each of the fine arts taught in that building. The work was designed and painted by a summer-term mural class taught by Kong Ho, UPB art professor and a well-known muralist. A.J. Laganosky (right), a senior interdisciplinary arts major from Carlisle, Pa., and ‘BioDun Ogundayo (left), a professor of French and comparative literature, discuss the mural’s imagery. Laganosky was one of 10 students who worked on the mural under Ho’s guidance.

A CULTURAL EXCHANGE

His Excellency Pierre Vimont (left), France’s ambassador to the United States, visited Pitt’s Oakland campus on Sept. 15 and delivered an address about the European Union. He stands with Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg (right). The event was sponsored by Pitt’s European Union Center of Excellence and European Studies Center.

RECRUITING THEM YOUNG

Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg holds Sophia Michelle Colwell during a break at Pitt’s Kennywood Day on Sept. 13. Sophia, who is 6 months old, is the granddaughter of Richard Colwell, president of Pitt’s Staff Association Council and the manager of computer services in the Swanson School of Engineering.

HONORING A LEGACY

Neil M. Resnick (left), director of Pitt’s Institute on Aging, talks with Thomas Detre (right), Distinguished Senior Vice Chancellor Emeritus for the Health Sciences and Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Pitt, during a Sept. 2 reception at the Duquesne Club, Downtown. The event celebrated Resnick being named the Thomas Detre Endowed Chair in Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. Resnick also is a professor and chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine in Pitt’s School of Medicine. On Sept. 11, Resnick delivered a speech, “From the Bench to Bedside and Beyond: A Vision for Geriatrics,” as part of the Provost’s Inaugural Lectures Series.