University Times

The Pitt-Bradford Student Nurse Organization is collecting non-perishable food through Nov. 17 to distribute in McKean County. Food will be collected at the Frame-Westerberg Commons, Swarts Hall, Fisher Hall, Campus Police, Hanley Library and the Sport and Fitness Center. Those attending UPB sporting events can get $1 off the ticket price by bringing a non-perishable […]

Coming soon to a UPMC outpatient facility near you: A system that enables people to sign up as potential participants in clinical research studies. Two years in preparation, the Research Participant Registry, one of the first of its kind, is one component of Pitt’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), which was established in 2006 […]

Anesthesiology professor Mitchell B. Max, director of the molecular epidemiology of pain program (MEPP) in Pitt’s Center for Pain Research, died Oct. 22, 2008. He was 59. Max, a neurologist whose research interests included the mechanisms and treatment of neuropathic pain and the genetics of chronic pain, came to Pitt in 2007 to lead the […]

Pitt’s incoming freshman class has continued to improve, said Betsy Porter, director of the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid. Compared to last year’s freshmen, the fall 2008 class was larger – 3,488 compared to 3,419 — and also better by several measurable standards. A quarter of the incoming class ranked among the top 10 […]

Pitt has updated its contingency plans in the event of a strike by Port Authority of Allegheny County workers or a work stoppage triggered by lack of transit funding. Plans are posted on a link on Pitt’s home page (www.pitt.edu). Plans include increased car pooling, the expansion of the existing campus shuttle system, the introduction […]