VANDERGRIFT — Like many of western Pennsylvania’s steel towns, this tiny community (population 5,400) is seeking to reinvent itself. Unlike most, it has turned to sustainable design and green construction principles as its hope for the future. And, Pitt engineering professors and their students are part of the plan. The School of Engineering and its […]
Free sessions on hearing health care offered >
July 6th, 2006UPMC’s Department of Audiology is offering free hearing health care educational sessions. Each session consists of three classes at Eye and Ear Institute, 203 Lothrop St. Summer sessions are 5-8 p.m. July 13, and 12:30-3 p.m. Aug. 10. Participants may attend one, two or all three classes during each session: • “Understanding Your Hearing Loss.” […]
Obituary: Eugene S. Wiener >
July 6th, 2006Eugene S. Wiener, professor of pediatric surgery at the School of Medicine and executive vice president and chief medical officer at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, died unexpectedly at his home in Squirrel Hill June 29, 2006. He was 66. Wiener had a long-standing interest in the management of children with cancer. His involvement included serving […]
Campaign goal upped to $2 billion >
July 6th, 2006With high expectations of reaching its $1 billion fundraising campaign goal months ahead of schedule, Pitt is celebrating — by doubling it. Pitt’s Board of Trustees passed a resolution June 23 establishing a new goal of $2 billion, making Pitt’s one of only 14 university capital campaigns nationally that have raised or are trying to […]
Appropriation hiked 4.7 percent >
July 6th, 2006Pitt’s state appropriation for fiscal year 2007 will be more than $164.6 million, a 4.7 percent increase over last year. Adding in the four former health science line items now funded under the Department of Welfare budget, Pitt will receive nearly $183 million in state funding, making FY07 the first time the appropriation has surpassed […]
Federal action spells relief for UCIS centers >
July 6th, 2006Four University Center for International Studies (UCIS) programs have been re-designated for four years as National Resource Centers (NRCs) in their respective world areas by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI of the Higher Education Act. UCIS learned this week that its NRC Title VI funding will total more than $4 million over […]