Pitt has provided “bridge funding” of $375,000 for five research projects affected by National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding cutbacks. The special funding program, launched last fall, seeks to keep afloat ongoing biomedical research projects that were not renewed by the NIH despite receiving favorable reviews. Michelle S. Broido, associate vice chancellor for basic biomedical […]
Pitt funds 5 projects affected by NIH cuts >
January 11th, 2007Obituary: Margaret E. “Peg” Covert >
January 11th, 2007Margaret E. “Peg” Covert, professor emerita and a pioneer in women’s physical education at Pitt, died of pneumonia Dec. 27, 2006. She was 95. In a career that spanned seven Pitt chancellors’ terms, Covert held several teaching and administrative positions, including director of physical education for women in the School of Liberal Arts, forerunner of […]
Ex-Schatten post doc sanctioned by HHS >
January 11th, 2007A former postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Gerald P. Schatten at Magee Womens Research Institute (MWRI) has been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for falsifying rhesus monkey stem cell research intended for publication in the journal Nature. An oversight review by the U.S. Public Health Service’s Office of Research […]
On Teaching: Ethan Pullman >
January 11th, 2007“I always was interested in languages,” said Ethan Pullman, a University Library System reference and instruction librarian. But that simple statement only skims the surface of the places his interest has taken him. The 40-year-old Palestinian native has spent 26 years in the United States, earning a bachelor’s degree in French at Youngstown State University […]