They call themselves “The Scaife Survivors”: 15 current Pitt staff employees and three former staffers who boast of a whopping 490 years of combined service to the University. At one time or another, each Survivor has worked in the medical school’s Department of Medicine, most of which is housed in Scaife Hall — hence, the […]
Scaife Survivors: Long-term service results in long-term friendship >
July 24th, 2003AP journalist describes difficulties of war coverage >
July 24th, 2003“If I were going to give anyone advice on being a journalist, it would be that the most important thing is to realize how much you don’t know,” said Associated Press editor and reporter Ted Anthony in a lecture here Monday. Prior to Sept. 11, 2001, Anthony confessed, he knew “virtually nothing” about the Muslim […]
NIH awards $1.5 million training grant to McGowan Institute >
July 24th, 2003This week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a grant of more than $1.5 million to Pitt’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine to establish a training program for bioengineers that is the first of its kind at an academic medical center. The Cellular Approaches to Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (CATER) program targets students pursuing […]
UCIS gets grant to study minorities’ participation in international education >
July 24th, 2003Pitt’s University Center for International Studies (UCIS) has received funding for the first year of a two-year national study, “The Institutional Context of Underrepresented Minorities in International Education: Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities.” The $107,891 grant is from the U.S. Department of Education under the International Research and Studies Program of Title VI of the […]
UPMC places high in national ranking >
July 24th, 2003For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has been placed on U.S. News & World Report magazine’s America’s Best Hospitals 2003 Honor Roll as one of the “best of the best” hospitals in the United States. UPMC hospitals placed 15th out of 6,003 eligible hospitals in the United States. UPMC […]
Envisioning a new type of bionic human: Regeneration is the focus at Pitt’s McGowan Institute >
July 24th, 2003When the “Bionic Man” and the “Bionic Woman” were popular on TV in the 1970s, viewers were teased with the scientific possibilities of widely available artificial replacement parts for damaged human organs and limbs. But with the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine, that vision has become passé, according to a Pitt expert. “If you think […]
Port Authority awaits Pitt’s decision on new, 1-year deal >
July 24th, 2003Port Authority of Allegheny County officials said this week they have reached an agreement with Pitt to extend by one year the ride-for-free service on public transportation for Pittsburgh campus employees and students with valid I.D. cards. But a Pitt official cautioned that no contract has yet been signed by the University. According to Laurie […]