A recycling sale will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. May 4 at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill to support Pitt's LINCS community-building project and other non-profit groups. Items can be donated from noon to 5 p.m. tomorrow, May 3, in front of the William Pitt Union. The sale is the brainchild […]
Pitt hosts language technology conference >
May 2nd, 2002Pitt will host the annual conference of the Northeast Association for Language Learning Technology May 3-5 at the Robert Henderson Language Media Center on the Cathedral of Learning's ground floor. The conference theme is "The Language Media Center: Not Just Another Computer Lab." There will be presentations, panels and discussions about how better to integrate […]
Majority of Pittsburgh Magazine's "best docs" are Pitt/UPMC physicians >
May 2nd, 2002More than 250 physicians in 34 specialties from Pitt's School of Medicine and UPMC Health System hospitals are included in the list of "best doctors" published in the April issue of Pittsburgh Magazine. This accounts for 75 percent of the total number of physicians named in the list. The current listing is the result of […]
Pitt helps to sponsor Race for Cure >
May 2nd, 2002The 10th annual Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure will be held May 12 in Schenley Park starting at 8:45 a.m. The 5K run/walk and one-mile fun walk raise money to promote breast cancer awareness and honor survivors. Pitt is a sponsor of the race and is providing space in the Posvar Hall galleria for […]
COMMENCEMENT 2002 >
May 2nd, 2002The rags-to-riches story of a local inner-city kid, and the implications of his success as a role model for today's society, were the themes at Pitt's April 28 commencement convocation. North Side native, Pitt alumnus and Pitt trustee William E. Strickland Jr. was the featured speaker at the Mellon Arena where the University conferred nearly […]
Marathon run to raise cancer research funds >
May 2nd, 2002Kevin McClatchy, CEO and managing general partner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, will run the UPMC Health System/City of Pittsburgh Marathon on May 5 to raise money for cancer research in memory of his friend, Patti Burns, long-time KDKA-TV news anchorwoman who died of lung cancer last year. The Patti Burns Memorial Cancer Fund will support […]
Arts & Sciences faculty okay curriculum changes >
May 2nd, 2002General education requirements for students entering the College of Arts and Sciences in fall 2002 will be clearer and less cumbersome than the CAS curriculum that has remained in place, with only minor changes, since 1981. Arts and sciences faculty approved the new undergraduate curriculum during an April 19 meeting in the William Pitt Union […]