In his newly renovated lab in Old Engineering Hall, David W. Snoke of Pitt's physics department is running a "time arrival" experiment. He's measuring how long it takes photons (electromagnetic particles having zero mass, no electrical charge and indefinitely long lifetimes) from a laser pulse to reach an assigned destination. The wait isn't long. "The […]
Firms hungry for photonics expertise turn to Pitt program >
January 24th, 2002One of the things that James Kimbrell, chief technologist at Brashear L.P., likes about Pitt's undergraduate certificate program in photonics is that students don't have to complete all of the courses required for the certificate before graduating with their bachelor's degrees. "Through this program, it's possible for students to graduate, get a job, and then […]
New technology benefits mammography >
January 24th, 2002Magee-Womens Hospital has introduced computer aided detection, or CAD, that offers an added benefit to mammography in the detection of early breast cancer. CAD analyzes films from screening mammography to identify areas that contain the slightest abnormal or suspicious features and marks them for a radiologist to review. Magee is the first facility in western […]
UPMC, Air Force working on telemedicine technology >
January 24th, 2002
In a benchmark collaboration between an academic medical center and a branch of the U.S. military, UPMC Health System and the U.S. Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) will work to develop sophisticated telemedicine technology that ultimately will link specialists in pathology, radiology and dermatology with outposts at distant locations around the globe. Over the next […]
Asian studies program gets $1.7 million grant >
January 24th, 2002Pitt's Asian studies program has received a four-year, $1.7 million grant from the Freeman Foundation to fund an undergraduate initiative. Bell Yung, director of the program, said that the funding will strengthen and expand the study of Asia at Pitt, increase access to Asian study courses and increase the number of students in the Pittsburgh […]
Critical care medicine dept. established >
January 24th, 2002Pitt's School of Medicine has established the nation's first Department of Critical Care Medicine (CCM) at a medical school. The department will focus on training intensivists, physicians who specialize in the management of critically ill patients requiring care in an intensive care unit (ICU). "Recent studies have shown that critically ill patients substantially benefit from […]
Low-income residents to receive dental care >
January 24th, 2002UPMC Health System has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to establish a dental facility at the Matilda H. Theiss Health and Child Development Center. The grant was one of eight Community Primary Care Challenge Grants awarded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health this year. The purpose of the facility is to […]