When American musical genius Leonard Bernstein died in 1990, some obituary writers, including those in The New York Times and Baltimore Sun, suggested that Bernstein had spread himself too thin, and should have focused on one area of music. "My question to them is: Which area would you have had him sacrifice? Pianist? Teacher? Conductor? […]
Lecturer details Leonard Bernstein's multifaceted, multinational career >
October 25th, 2001Expert advises on how to handle the flu >
October 25th, 2001When temperatures drop, cold and flu season is not far behind, a Pitt expert said. Ted Delbridge, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the School of Medicine and medical director at UPMC Presbyterian's emergency department, offered advice on how to prepare for the cold and flu season. "The flu and common cold have similar symptoms, […]
UPJ honored by local paper >
October 25th, 2001Readers of the Johnstown-based Tribune-Democrat last month named Pitt's Johnstown campus as "simply the best college," an annual selection campaign of regional "best-ofs" designed to foster community spirit. It is the sixth time and fourth straight year that Pitt-Johnstown has won the award in the 10 years it has been given.
OBITUARY: Joel E. Peterson >
October 25th, 2001Joel E. Peterson, a Pitt mechanical engineering professor for more than 40 years, died of complications from chronic myelogenous leukemia on Oct. 15, 2001. He was 67. A memorial service and reception will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 3 at First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, at Ellsworth and Morewood avenues in Shadyside. Campbell Yates, […]
ONE ON ONE: Jeannette South-Paul >
October 25th, 2001Twenty-one years after completing her medical degree at Pitt, Jeannette South-Paul has returned to chair the School of Medicine's family medicine department. "To be honest, I never envisioned coming back to Pittsburgh," says South-Paul, 48, who was born in Greensboro, Ala., and grew up in Philadelphia. She was among the few African-American medical students at […]
Controversy threatens funding of Pitt's environmental law clinic >
October 25th, 2001Because Pitt's Environmental Law Clinic has angered state legislators by representing opponents of timbering in the Allegheny National Forest, the clinic could be out of money in about a year. Last summer, lawmakers expressed their anger by adding a line to Pitt's state appropriation bill, prohibiting the University from spending tax money on Environmental Law […]