M. Brinton Lykes, Lynch School of Education professor and associate director of the University's Center for Human Rights and International Justice, is the recipient of the 2007 Marion Langer Award for distinction in social advocacy and the pursuit of human rights. The award, given by the American Orthopsychiatric Association, honors Lykes' "innovative scholarship and humanitarian work in development of a psychology of liberation." Lykes is heavily involved in the human rights field; she is a founder and committee member of the Ignacio Martín-Baró Fund for Mental Health and Human Rights as well as an advisory committee member of Women's Rights International.
ON CAMPUS Globalization forces changes at universities across the U.S. Phil Altbach, director of the Lynch School Center for International Higher Education Director, recently addressed the issue of "globalizing" universities and took questions from educators worldwide during a Chronicle of Higher Education Web chat. During the chat, Altbach said that liberal arts colleges must make an effort to internationalize in three key ways: "a campus-wide international commitment and consciousness to bring together course offerings, curricula, faculty expertise, and the like, adequate foreign language offerings, and a focus on world civilizations in interdisciplinary course offerings." Altbach has extensive experience in developing higher education overseas, and is a guest professor at the Institute of Higher Education at Peking University.
UNDER REPORTED Dentist defends breast massages during treatment A disgraced dentist recently added another reason to fear the annual trip to the dentist's office: chest massages. A dentist in California was recently arrested and charged with battery and sexual battery after fondling the breast of 27 female patients during what the dentist argued was a procedure to treat a jaw disorder. During the trial, the dentist explained that the pectoral massages were needed to ease patients and treat temporo-madibular joint disorder, which causes neck and head pain. The dentist pleaded with the judge not to revoke his license and argued that he would no longer administer the massages, as he needs to feed his seven children and pay for his defense.
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