University Times

More than 250 physicians in 34 specialties from Pitt's School of Medicine and UPMC Health System hospitals are included in the list of "best doctors" published in the April issue of Pittsburgh Magazine. This accounts for 75 percent of the total number of physicians named in the list. The current listing is the result of […]

The 10th annual Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure will be held May 12 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. Pitt is a sponsor of the race and is providing space in the Posvar Hall galleria for […]

The rags-to-riches story of a local inner-city kid, and the implications of his success as a role model for today's society, were the themes at Pitt's April 28 commencement convocation. North Side native, Pitt alumnus and Pitt trustee William E. Strickland Jr. was the featured speaker at the Mellon Arena where the University conferred nearly […]

Kevin McClatchy, CEO and managing general partner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, will run the UPMC Health System/City of Pittsburgh Marathon on May 5 to raise money for cancer research in memory of his friend, Patti Burns, long-time KDKA-TV news anchorwoman who died of lung cancer last year. The Patti Burns Memorial Cancer Fund will support […]

General education requirements for students entering the College of Arts and Sciences in fall 2002 will be clearer and less cumbersome than the CAS curriculum that has remained in place, with only minor changes, since 1981. Arts and sciences faculty approved the new undergraduate curriculum during an April 19 meeting in the William Pitt Union […]

UPMC Health System is launching a mobile learning laboratory for paramedics and emergency medicine physicians that combines state-of-the-art audiovisual and simulation technology. The UPMC Health Van will be used for paramedic training and disaster response as well as for community health screenings and medical coverage for special events. The van holds enough space for two […]

The College of Arts and Sciences' new general education requirements include: an introductory composition course; two writing-intensive courses; a quantitative and formal reasoning requirement; one course each in literature, the arts and philosophy; a second course in literature, the arts or creative expression; a sequence of two foreign language courses; three foreign culture/international courses; a […]

UPMC Health System recently announced a joint venture with StarMD, LLC, that enables emergency medicine physicians to provide direct assistance to recreational boaters of Trade Wind Yachts. The service offers recreational boaters first-aid equipment and puts them in immediate contact with an emergency medicine physician in the event of an emergency. The contacted physician uses […]