Older undergraduate students are becoming more likely to seek Pitt’s counseling services than their underclassman and grad student counterparts, according to the director of the University Counseling Center. This reflects a national trend. In academic year 2004-05, seniors made up almost a quarter of the center’s 1,500 new cases —up from 13 percent five years […]
Obituary: Katherine M. Detre >
February 2nd, 2006Katherine M. Detre, one of the nation’s leading epidemiologists, noted particularly for her leadership of large-scale studies investigating cardiovascular disease, died Jan. 24, 2006, of complications from liver cancer. She was 79. At the time of her death, Detre held the position of Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology at the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), […]
University honors four senior faculty >
February 2nd, 2006Pitt has honored four senior faculty members, two as distinguished professors and two as University professors. Robert D. Drennan has been named Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Eugene N. Myers, Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology, and Lauren B. Resnick, University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science. Kenneth F. Schaffner, who returned to Pitt Jan. 1, was reappointed […]
Government secrecy in the information age >
February 2nd, 2006While open government increasingly is recognized as an essential ingredient for democracy, trends surrounding government secrecy are a mixed bag today, said Alasdair Roberts, a professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and director of its Campbell Public Affairs Institute. “It’s difficult for me to conceive of a more timely topic […]
For advice ask “The Ethicist” >
February 2nd, 2006Have a moral dilemma? Step right up and Randy Cohen will tell you how to do the right thing. Hundreds of people write to him each week seeking ethical advice; he provides the answers in his popular New York Times Magazine column, “The Ethicist.” Cohen will kick off the newly endowed Dr. Bernard Cobetto lecture […]
Making Pitt work: Kristin Hoenig >
February 2nd, 2006Patients who open wide for dental procedures can rest assured that the instruments their dentist is using are properly sterilized, thanks to testing done in Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine.The sterilization equipment evaluation service program, better known as SEES, serves more than 300 dental practices in the tri-state area and beyond. Although weekly testing of […]
Law clinic work could change Medicare rule >
February 2nd, 2006Medicare administrators are proposing a change in policy that would relax restrictions on which pancreas transplants are covered for diabetic patients who need them. The proposed decision memorandum released Jan. 26 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the group that sets coverage policy, is being viewed as a victory at the Pitt […]
Pitt adds on-campus health screening sessions >
February 2nd, 2006Due to high demand, additional Fitness for Life on-campus blood panel screening dates are being offered to Pitt employees covered by the UPMC Health Plan, the University’s medical insurer. According to John R. Kozar, Pitt director of benefits, about 600 individuals participated in the Pittsburgh campus health screenings last fall. Nearly 3,300 health plan members […]
130 acres donated to UPB >
February 2nd, 2006American Refining Group (ARG) in Bradford has given Pitt’s regional campus there a gift of 130 acres that will enable UPB to nearly double the size of its campus, as well as provide scholarship opportunities for future students. The property, which has an estimated value in excess of $100,000, is located in Bradford, on the […]