University Times

The Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) is establishing a Center for Public Health Preparedness with a $1 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new GSPH center is one of 15 CDC-sponsored preparedness centers nationwide charged with training the nation's public health, health care and public safety workforce in […]

UPMC Cancer Centers has launched a new web site — www.upmccancercenters.com — to provide patients with the latest and most comprehensive information about cancer as well as the treatment programs and services available across UPMC Health System. "The UPMC Cancer Centers web site is a valuable resource for cancer patients that provides information in understandable […]

Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre will offer free acting classes on the first and third Saturday of each month, September-April. The classes will be held 2-4 p.m. in 3T01 Posvar Hall. According to managing director Eileen J. Morris, "Through these classes, the artists will explore characterization, development of monologues, audition techniques, interpretation skills and ensemble interacting." […]

The Pennsylvania Cancer Alliance (PCA), a group of six cancer institutes in the state, has been awarded $5.5 million by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to create a bioinformatics consortium for cancer research. The consortium is expected to help establish Pennsylvania as a leader in translational cancer research and technology and foster new understanding of […]

Members of the University community placed 3,041 flags on the Cathedral of Learning lawn yesterday morning, each bearing the name and age of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as well as the flight number on which (or the location at which) that person died. Three of the flags were adorned in […]