Two Rutgers-Newark facultymembers were recently honored foroutstanding achievement in the areasof science and law. Paula Tallal, co-director of the Center for Molecularand Behavioral Neuroscience, received

the prestigious 2000 Thomas Alva EdisonPatent Award from the Research DevelopmentCouncil of New Jersey. Paul Tractenberg,professor of law and Alfred C. Clapp publicservice professor at the Rutgers School ofLaw-Newark, was named a DistinguishedService Professor by the Rutgers UniversityBoard of Governors.

The Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award isgiven annually to patented inventions from

companies andindividuals in NewJersey who create newadvances in researchand development.Tallal’s honorrecognizes thepatents that led tothe developmentof Fast ForWord, acomputerized programthat has dramaticallyimproved the languageand reading abilities of children withlearning disorders.Tallal created FastForWord with MichaelMerzenich, professor

of otolaryngology, University of California-San Francisco, and William Jenkins, StephenMiller, and Christoph Schreiner. The award-winning patents are jointly held by RutgersUniversity and the University of California-San Francisco. Scientific LearningCorporation is the exclusive worldwidelicensee of the patents; Merzenich, Tallal,Jenkins, and Miller are co-founders ofScientific Learning.

Tractenberg’s Distinguished ServiceProfessorship is a new honor reserved for faculty members who have performedsustained and exceptional servicecontributions to the academic profession,university, state, nation, or world. Theservice must involve the application of thefaculty member’s expertise to the solution of international, national, state, county,or local problems, and involvement with

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Faculty HighHonors inScience and LawBy Irene O'Brien

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Caucus: New Jersey, the state’s longest running public affairs programwhich grew out of a partnership between Steve Adubato, Jr. and Rutgers-Newark nearly 14 years ago, recently won two Emmy Awards from the National

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Theawards were given in the categories of“Outstanding On-Air Achievement” and“Outstanding Health and ScienceProgramming,” for a program exploring theeffects of Alzheimer’s disease.

“When Caucus started in 1986 on the Rutgers-Newark Campus, we wanted to introduce anexciting public affairs series that wouldencourage dialogue on critical issues andtopics,” explained Adubato, host of theprogram. “Caucus grew naturally out of theRutgers-Newark commitment to address thesocial, political, and personal issuesconfronting the people of New Jersey,” saidProvost Norman Samuels. The program is nowshown on New Jersey Network, WNET, and ahost of cable stations.

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KEEP CONNECTEDConnecitons is published by theOffice of Campus Connections,Rutgers-Newark.

Please send news items and calendarinformation to: Helen Paxton, Senior Editor,paxton@andromeda.rutgers.eduIrene O'Brien, Managing Editor,iobrien@andromeda.rutgers.eduCarla Capizzi, Editor,capizzi@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Room 208, Blumenthal Hall 249 University Ave., Newark, NJ 07102phone 973/353-5262 fax 973/353-1050visit Rutgers-Newark at www.rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu

government agencies or privateorganizations that serve the publicgood. Tractenberg was recognized for 30years of working to promote equality of

Faculty Honors... from pg. 1 educational opportunity for New Jersey’s urban students, and for his work overall,improving the process of education in New Jersey and around the United States.Tractenberg founded and provides non-partisan leadership to the Education LawCenter, which has served as the voice of New Jersey’s urban school children.Recently he launched the Institute on Education Law and Policy, an interdiciplinaryresearch program based at the law school.

Provost Norman Samuels and Caucus host Steve Adubato, Jr.

The Offices of Personnel andQCI launched an ongoing campustraining program this fall for staff and administrators, with the goal of expanding opportunities forprofessional development.

A number of focus groups were createdto obtain input on what training peoplewanted. “We found that technologytraining, supervisory training, theability to learn new skills, and guidancewith personal issues were high onpeople’s lists,” explained Bil Leipold,new coordinator of QCI activities on

the Newark campus. The program will expand in the spring to includeseminars, brown bag lunch meetings,and workshops on topics such ascomputer training, email etiquette,basic writing skills, understandingthe purchasing system, and budgetingfor non-accountants.

For additional information on thetraining program or a schedule forupcoming sessions, contact Bil Leipold at 973/353-1037 orbleipold@andromeda.rutgers.edu.

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Rutgers-NewarkIntroduces

Bachelor of Fine ArtsBy Irene O'Brien

This fall, the Rutgers-Newark campusexpanded its offerings with a newBachelor of Fine Arts. Previously, thisdegree was available only at Rutgers’Mason Gross School of the Arts in NewBrunswick. The Newark BFA offersconcentrations in graphic design, finearts, and computer art.

“Employers in business, the arts, andacademic sectors consider the BFA thedegree of choice when hiring designers,computer artists, art directors, andother arts professionals,” said AnnetteJuliano, chair, Department of Visual andPerforming Arts. “We’ve received anexcellent early response from highlyqualified students, and we anticipatethat interest in the program will onlyincrease for the 2001 academic year.”

The Rutgers-Newark BFA includes a strong liberal artscomponent. Graduates must complete 47 general educationcredits in subjects including math, social science, literature,history, and lab science, as well as 81 credits in their area ofconcentration. “This allows students to obtain a professionaldegree without sacrificing a solid liberal arts education,”Juliano added.

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All events are open to the public, andfree, unless otherwise noted. Dates,times and programs subject to change.

E X H I B I T I O N SThrough Dec. 13, “Echoes: The Art of David C. Driskell,” Robeson Center Art Gallery, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Through Dec. 14, “Faces of theIronbound,” Dana Library, 185University Avenue.

Through Feb., “Books by John Ross and Clare Romano,” Dana Library,185 University Ave.

TA L K S / L E C T U R E SDec. 7, 4–7 pm, “Woman Work Newark:Art and Religion.” The Newark Museum,49 Washington Street.

Dec. 7, 7:30 pm, “TherapueuticJurisprudence”. Speaker: The HonorableJeri B. Cohen, 11th Judicial Circuit,Main/Dade County, Florida.

Dec. 14, 7–9 pm, Jazz Re s e a rc hRo u nd t a b le: “Between Jazz and Bra z i l :Common Lineage, Divergent Path.”Speaker: Clifford Korman, Dana Room,Dana Library, 185 University Ave.

Dec. 21, 2 pm, CMBN Colloquium Series,speaker/topic to come. Seminar

Room, Aidekman Research Center,197 University Ave. 973/353-1080, ext.3293.

Jan. 18, 7–9 pm, Jazz ResearchRoundtable: “Jazz Repertoire: Savingthe Music.” Speaker: Jeff Sultanof, Dana Room, Dana Library, 185University Ave.

SPECIAL EVENTSD e c. 3, 3 pm, Bellev i l le Re fo r med Chu rc h ,171 Main St., Bellev i l le; and D e c. 10, 3pm, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Chu rc h ,528 Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd., Newark, “Ho l i d a y

C ho ral Sample r,” Ru tge rs Unive rs i t yC ho r us. Ticke ts $5–$25. Info r m a t i o n :973/353-5119, ext. 28.

Dec. 13, 2:45 pm, Campus HolidayConcert, Rutgers University Chorus,Bradley Hall Lobby, Warren St. and Dr.MLK Jr. Blvd.

Dec. 13, 4 pm, jazz performance byThe Lewis Porter Quintet, Bradley HallTheater, Warren St. and Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd.

Feb. 8, 4 pm, jazz performance by GregWall and the Rutgers-Newark Jazz

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Campus HostsI n t e r n a t i o n a lC o n f e re n c eBy Carla Capizzi

Come March, 1,100 members ofthe American Society for PublicAdministration (ASPA) will conveneon the Rutgers-Newark campus for its62nd annual conference. The event isbelieved to be the largest professionalconference held in Newark in recentyears, according to Marc Holzer. Holzer,chair of Rutgers-Newark’s GraduateDepartment of Public Administration, ispresident of the ASPA national council.

The ASPA will meet March 10–13, with events on campus as well as at NJIT, the New Jersey PerformingArts Center, and local hotels. In addition to representatives from the U.S., the China Society for Public Administration and theKorean Association for PublicAdministration will send delegates.

“The choice of Newark as host city reflects the commitment ofconference organizers and ASPA tourban revitalization,” says Holzer.“We are working to enhance nationalawareness of Newark’s renaissance,and the important roles played bythe community, businesses, highereducation, and state and localgovernments in that rebirth.”

Attendees from around the worldand at all levels of government andacademia are expected to participate.The conference will give practitionersand academics an opportunity to sharetheir expertise with the goal ofcontinuously improving governmentand the public sector, and of presentingcutting-edge research.

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M OVING ON UPRutgers Graduate School of Management is oneof the top b-schools in the country according to BusinessWeek’s 2000 MBA rankings. Fewer than 70 of the more than1,200 business schools in the United States are ranked bythe prestigious business publication, and Rutgers was oneof only 31 public institutions to receive this distinction.

The magazine also reported that the full-time MBA class of2000, which was surveyed as part of the ranking project,identified Professors Lei Lei and Farrokh Langdana as mostpopular professors. “Leadership and Teams” and “Options”were the two most popular electives. In compiling its 2000list, the publication polled more than 10,000 graduates

and 200 recruiters at many of the country’s bestcompanies. Schools are ranked alphabetically in tiersbeyond the top 30.

Rutgers College of Nursing is getting high ranks for itsgraduate programs. U.S. News and World Report’s “America’sBest Graduate Schools” ranked the College of Nursing’sPsychiatric/Mental Health specialty program No. 5 in thenation, and its Master’s program as No. 59 out of 175ranked schools.

The magazine also ranked Rutgers-Newark’s undergraduatebusiness program No. 77 in the top 100 programs. TheMaster in Public Administration moved up to No. 52 out of 125.

AT H L E T I C SMEN’S BA S K E T BA L LHome games played at the Golden Dome Athletic Center, 42 Warren St.

Dec. 9, 3 pm Rowan UniversityJan. 13, 3 pm William Paterson UniversityJan. 20, 3 pm New Jersey City UniversityJan. 27, 3 pm Rutgers-CamdenJan. 29, 7 pm Brooklyn CollegeFeb. 3, 1 pm Polytechnic UniversityFeb. 7, 8 pm Richard Stockton CollegeFeb. 10, 3 pm College of New JerseyFeb. 14, 7:30 pm Ramapo College

WOMEN’S BA S K E T BA L LHome games played at the Golden Dome Athletic Center, 42 Warren St.

Dec. 9, 1 pm Rowan UniversityJan. 13, 1 pm William Paterson UniversityJan. 15, 7 pm FDU-MadisonJan. 20, 1 pm New Jersey City UniversityFeb. 7, 6 pm Richard Stockton CollegeFeb. 10, 1 pm College of New JerseyFeb. 14, 5:30 pm Ramapo College

MEN’S VO L L E Y BA L LHome games played at the Golden Dome Athletic Center, 42 Warren St.

Jan. 26, 7 pm New Jersey Institute of Technology

Feb. 2 Loyola-ChicagoFeb. 3 L ewis Unive rs i t yFeb. 17, 4 pm New York University

Faculty Band. Bradley Hall Theater,Warren St. and Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd.

Feb. 24, Academic Challenge, NorthernNew Jersey Regional Tournament,Rutgers-Newark campus. To volunteer,call 973/353-5262.

March 1–3, 7 pm, and March 4,2:30 pm, “High Tech Tunes and Trouble,”an original musical comedy, directed by Bill Gile. The Rutgers-Newark/NJITTheatre Arts Program, Kupfrian HallTheatre, NJIT Campus. $7. Info: 973/353-5119, ext. 17.

March 28, 2:30 pm, “A Strangers Song2001,” directed by Michele RaperRittenhouse. The Rutgers-Newark/NJITTheatre Arts Program, Hazell StudentCenter Gallery, NJIT Campus. Info:973/353-5119, ext. 17.

What’s HappeningAROUND TOWNCheck out these websites for a look at Newark’s vibrant arts and entertainment scene.

N E WARK DOW N TOW N973/733-9333 Fax: 973/733-9339www.downtownnewark.com offersa comprehensive listing of art, cultural and entertainmentopportunities throughout the city.

THE NEWARK MUSEUM973/596-6550 www.newarkmuseum.org

NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER888/GO-NJPAC www.njpac.org

NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA973/624-3713 www.njsymphony.org

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New NursingProgram inAdult AcuteCareAn $821,000 grant from theU.S. Department of Health andHuman Services was recentlyawarded to the College of Nursingto fund an Adult Acute CareNurse Practitioner Program. Incollaboration with Robert WoodJohnson Medical Center, theprogram was designed by Dr.Gloria J. McNeal, assistantprofessor, College of Nursing.

“The program’s curriculum ofstudy affords students theopportunity to gain expertise inbedside management, and torecognize the effect of diseaseand various treatment methodswhen caring for culturally diversepopulations,” explained DeanHurdis Griffith. A portion of thegrant funding is being used tocreate a state-of-the-artsimulated critical care unit, to

prepare students to practice in avariety of critical care settings.

According to McNeal, one focus ofthe program will be on the use oftelemedicine technologies. Hand-held computers and telemetricmonitoring systems will be usedto transmit clinical data from thebedside to a repository in thesimulated lab. This will create avirtual critical care environmentwhere data can be stored andretrieved for further analysis, inkeeping with the trend to movethe intensive care unit beyond itstraditional walls.

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A Mission ofSaving Lives By Lori Graham

Saving people’s lives should be everyone’s mission,according to Albert Rundio, clinical assistant professor,College of Nursing. A volunteer for the New Jersey affiliate of the American Heart Association for 18 years, Rundio hasdedicated his own life to informing others on ways to preventcardiac disasters by teaching courses on preparing for acardiac emergency.

A certified Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) andAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) instructor, Rundio has taught a variety of groups throughout New Jersey. Hiscourses stress procedures such as early defibrillation, used for victims of cardiac arrest.

Rundio has served as a supervisor of emergency services andas an emergency department nurse, and he has seen first-hand how proper training does save lives. His latest successstory involves a group of nurses in New Brunswick who workin the same day surgery department of a local hospital. “Itaught a course in advanced cardiac life support to this groupof nurses,” Rundio explained. “The following week, one of thenurses experienced a heart attack on the job, and she wassaved by one of her co-workers who used the skills I’d taught.I felt elated and relieved when one of these nurses explainedwhat had happened.”

Rundio plans to continue teaching others how to save lives.“This story just reinforced to me the importance of beingan ACLS instructor and spreading the news about earlydefibrillation,” he said. “And it is a story that I will tell in future courses.”

A Moving Imageof Rutgers-NewarkThe Rutgers-Newark c a m p us is thestar of a new video commissioned by theOffice of Unde rg raduate Ad m i s s i o ns.C reated to help attract high-caliberu nde rg raduates to Ru tge rs - N ewark, thev i deo also prov i des an exc e l le nt view of thecity and all that it offers. “We wanted avisual tool that we could use to showpeople what Rutgers-Newark is all about,”

explained Rutgers-Newark AdmisionsDirector Bruce Neimeyer. “We were alsoable to portray the city and all theadvantages that an urban campus offers.”

The video can be viewed in a streamingvideo format at www.searchbyvideo.com/stream/rutgers.html or by visiting theRutgers-Newark website at www.rutgersnewark.rutgers.edu. Copies of the videocan also be purchased. For moreinformation, contact Daisy Gonzalez atdazg@andromeda.rutgers.edu.