Pre-registration for some special offers for the new Stargate Internet access service ended this week. But certain discounts continue to be available to new Pitt subscribers. Pitt entered a preferred agreement with Stargate, a local Internet service provider (ISP), on Feb. 5.(See University Times, Feb. 8.) Under the agreement, all authorized Pitt subscribers receive remote […]
Fund-raiser supports UPJ arts >
May 3rd, 2001A fund-raiser to support the arts at the Johnstown campus raised $17,000 this winter. The eighth annual Winter Jazz concert helps grow the Blackington Endowment, which supports the campus's Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center. To date, the jazz event has raised $177,000. Winter Jazz is made possible by Mark E. Pasquerilla, who since 1993 has underwritten […]
Pitt a sponsor of Race for the Cure >
May 3rd, 2001The ninth annual Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure will be held Sunday, May 13, 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. The race, the largest in western Pennsylvania, attracting some 32,000 runners and walkers last year, benefits […]
Kidney stone clinic established >
May 3rd, 2001More than one million Americans will be diagnosed with a kidney stone this year, and 50 percent of these patients will develop a second kidney stone within 10 years. UPMC Health System has established the UPMC Kidney Stone Center to help patients prevent recurrence through medical and lifestyle adjustments. The centralized, multi-disciplinary center was organized […]
Engineering establishes product innovation center >
May 3rd, 2001A center designed to take products from the idea stage through prototype development and into production was dedicated last month at Pitt's School of Engineering. The Swanson Center for Product Innovation, named for Pitt engineering alumnus John A. Swanson, opened April 18 in room B62 Benedum Hall. Swanson is founder of ANSYS, Inc. Internationally recognized […]