Pitt faculty and staff are part of a growing trend: commuters who have chosen two wheels over four when it comes to getting to work. Compared to drivers, bike commuters’ numbers are tiny — but growing. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, in 2007 bike commuting rose 38 percent in […]
Ready to roll? Before you go … >
July 23rd, 2009Linguistics professor and long-time bike commuter Scott Kiesling offers a few tips for new riders: Ride confidently and defensively • Assume people don’t see you and ride accordingly. • Take your place in the lane: Don’t ride so far to the right that you’re too close to car mirrors or unable to maneuver out of […]
Making Pitt Work: Pitt Communicators trade ideas, tips >
July 23rd, 2009In an effort to improve their job performance, more than two dozen staff members from across the Pittsburgh campus have established an informal group they call the Pitt Communicators. One of the founding members, Sonia Gill, director of marketing and communications in the Swanson School of Engineering, explained, “The way it started is a couple […]
Forbes Ave. paving to affect night-time traffic >
July 23rd, 2009Grant to support new SIS/HSLA program >
July 23rd, 2009UPT recognized for food collection efforts >
July 23rd, 2009UPMC makes U.S. News honor roll >
July 23rd, 2009UPMC once again is the region’s only medical center named on the annual U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals. UPMC is ranked 13th of only 21 hospitals nationwide that made the Honor Roll of the “nation’s best” in the 2009 survey. UPMC was ranked in 13 of 16 specialty areas, […]
UPMC wins awards for information systems >
July 23rd, 2009For the 11th consecutive year, UPMC has been named one of the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems in the United States, according to the 2009 survey by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association. UPMC is one of only five organizations to appear on the list since its […]
2 groups recognize Magee >
July 23rd, 2009Magee-Womens Hospital recently was honored by two organizations. Magee won a first-place achievement award from the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) in patient safety for achievements in researching and improving the process for elective induction of labor. Dennis English, vice president of medical affairs at Magee, and a team of obstetricians and nurses […]