Howard Goodman is looking for members of the University community who have a little time to spare as the Panther Bowling League prepares to launch its new season. The social group, which meets at 5:30 p.m. each Tuesday at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, is starting the new year with an open house featuring snacks and […]
Police cite drivers, pedestrians in safety event >
August 28th, 2008Pitt and city police officers participated in a pedestrian safety event this week in Oakland, to coincide with the influx of students. During the event, city police cited 10 motorists and issued warnings to 15 motorists and 25 pedestrians in an enforcement campaign to raise awareness of the consequences of failing to heed crosswalk laws. […]
Pitt nuclear programs get NRC funding >
August 28th, 2008As part of a federal effort to expand the national nuclear energy workforce, Pitt has received three government grants totaling $750,000 to bolster the nuclear engineering undergraduate and graduate certificate programs based in the Swanson School of Engineering. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) awarded 60 institutions nearly $20 million in nuclear education grants to […]
Magee's Girls on the Run expanding >
August 28th, 2008The Girls on the Run program at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC has received a grant totaling $53,000 from the Highmark Foundation’s Highmark Healthy High 5 initiative for program expansion in Beaver, Butler and Westmoreland counties. Girls on the Run promotes self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running, games and life-skills lessons for girls in grades 3 […]
Day of Caring sign-ups filling fast >
August 28th, 2008The 18th annual Pitt Day of Caring is set for Sept. 26. More than 300 Pitt volunteers already have signed up, filling 13 of the 14 scheduled projects. Still available for volunteers is the “creating affordable housing” project, according to Pitt Volunteer Pool coordinator Steve Zupcic. In that project, Pitt volunteers will assist Oakland Planning […]
WISER gets national endorsement >
August 28th, 2008Pitt’s Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER) is one of the first simulation centers in the country to obtain the endorsement of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. The society is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to […]