University Times

Will the United States provide universal health care in the foreseeable future? A panel of local experts tackled that question following an Oct. 19 lecture on “The Fight for Universal Health Coverage in America.” Panelists included Steven Larchuk, a Pittsburgh attorney who chairs the Pennsylvania Healthcare Solutions Coalition and is principal author of the Balanced […]

When Theodore Cohen arrived in Pitt’s chemistry department 50 years ago, “It really was pretty miserable,” he recalls. Fresh from postgraduate work in Glasgow under Derek Barton (later a Nobel laureate), he’d been hired long-distance, without even an interview, to join Pitt’s organic chemistry faculty. When he walked into his assigned space in Eberly Hall […]

Since 1980, the divorce rate in the United States has leveled off after more than a half-century of rising steadily. But does that leveling off apply equally to major racial and ethnic groups in this country? And, if not, do differences in risk factors for divorce account for the differences in divorce rates between the […]

Of the University’s more than 6,800 staff members, there’d be some stiff competition in a contest to find who’s busiest. But definitely in the running would be the six dozen employees in the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid (OAFA). And if there were a competition for coming up with creative methods for balancing personal […]