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Volume 39 Issue 22

One on One: Alan Russell >

July 12th, 2007

“To borrow Winston Churchill’s phrase, ‘It’s not the beginning of the end. It’s the end of the beginning,’” said Alan J. Russell, director of Pitt’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, of his burgeoning sub-specialty of medicine. “I would say that’s really true in the field of regenerative medicine. We’re emerging from our adolescence.” In a […]

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ULS redesigns web site >

July 12th, 2007

Library patrons clicking into the University Library System web site expecting to see the familiar electric blue home page have found something new it its place this week. On Monday, ULS launched an updated home page that has been about a year in the making. More than just attractive new looks, the site, at www.library.pitt.edu, […]

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Information assurance program recognized >

July 12th, 2007

Pitt again has earned designation from the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE). Pitt joins approximately 30 other schools as a CAEIAE, among them Boston University, Syracuse and the United States Military Academy at West Point. Pitt’s renewed designation spans […]

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UPT building gets award >

July 12th, 2007

Pitt-Titusville President William Shields, right, poses with Tammy Knapp, UPT director of public relations, holding a bronze plaque award for McKinney Hall, the campus's administration building. Built in 1870 and purchased and refurbished by the McKinney family in 1926, McKinney Hall has been awarded the Crawford County Historical Society's 2007 Preservation Award in the category […]

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Web portal shutdown planned >

July 12th, 2007

Computer Services and Systems Development (CSSD) is planning an extended maintenance period to upgrade the Pitt web portal (my.pitt.edu). From 5 p.m. July 13 until 9 a.m. July 16 the portal will be unavailable to users as CSSD completes the installation of hardware and software upgrades to the system. These upgrades will add functionality and […]

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Forbes Ave. lanes restricted >

July 12th, 2007

More lane restrictions on Forbes Avenue began July 9 as part of a $29 million project to replace the Boulevard of the Allies Bridge and ramps. Traffic on Forbes Avenue from the Parkway East off-ramp to McDevitt Place has been reduced from three lanes to one through mid-August as contractors construct new drainage systems on […]

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African studies graduate certificate approved >

July 12th, 2007

An African studies graduate certificate has been approved. The graduate certificate will provide students the opportunity to acquire a critical base of knowledge and a fundamental grounding in African studies through exposure to the major areas of research and knowledge on Africa as taught in their individual programs of study. Students will complete courses related […]

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