And they’re off! Have you noticed more walkers out at lunchtime? A proliferation of pedometers around campus? Fewer treats in your office’s break room? No more pizza deliveries to your department? More colleagues carrying gym bags to work? Credit the MyHealth Weight Race. More than 1,300 Pitt staff and faculty have divided into 260-plus teams […]
Correction >
February 7th, 2008Correction As of April 7, 2008, investigators who receive National Institutes of Health funding must submit their final peer-reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central no later than 12 months after acceptance for journal publication. Incorrect information ap-peared in the Jan. 24 issue of the University Times.
Tales From the Scales: Thomas's Promises >
February 7th, 2008“We’ve got some work to do,” Rosalie Jones said with a sigh as she learned her weight at last week’s initial weigh in. Jones and fellow Center for Minority Health staffer Tiffany Kinney faced the numbers together as members of the CMH-based team Thomas’s Promises. They, along with Vikki Garner, Angela Hicks, Angela Howze, Karen […]
Tales From the Scales: Rami's Roundees >
February 7th, 2008Staff members on the 6th floor of Sennott Square are “enthusiastic and ready to go” in the University’s just-launched MyHealth Weight Race, according to Karen Dicks. Dicks, who is a Fitness for Life champion, spoke for her team of five staff members in the Department of Computer Science. Although she’s a comparative newcomer to the […]
Tales From the Scales: Team POWER >
February 7th, 2008Five women who work on the 8th floor of the Cathedral of Learning have joined forces on a weight race team. Provost’s office staff members Susan Borowski, Mary Anne Davis, Tonya LaRue Holloman and team captain Kit Ayars, as well as Joyce McDonald of the Center for Philosophy of Science, are meeting weekly to encourage […]
Tales From the Scales: Larry's Buff Buddies >
February 7th, 2008The University Center for International Studies (UCIS) had about 40 people sign up for the MyHealth Weight Race. Elaine Linn, assistant director of the global studies program, was assigned to “Larry’s Buff Buddies,” named for UCIS director Larry Feick. Her team comprises three women (one faculty member who also is a program director and two […]
Tales From the Scales: Lori's Losers >
February 7th, 2008“Hey, Chubby, want to join our team?” isn’t exactly the most inviting opening line when trying to put together a weight race team, Cindy Brendel admitted. So, when she and fellow University Senate office staffer Lori Molinaro decided to form a team, they aimed to add people they already knew. Since the Senate office is […]