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Volume 35 Issue 7

New Pitt book details research on health status of local blacks >

November 21st, 2002

Almost a year after the initial release of the Pitt-produced "Black Papers on African American Health in Allegheny County," the health disparities that they report still make for shocking reading — even for the researchers who documented them. A few examples: * For every 1,000 live births in Allegheny County during 1999, 19 black babies […]

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Some Senate committee recommendations on part-time faculty being implemented >

November 21st, 2002

Because Pitt's I.D. validation process is automated and linked to the University payroll system, an employee's I.D. card is valid only during months that he or she is on the payroll. That can be problematic for part-time faculty members who don't teach here year-round. Among other things, it has meant that a new or returning […]

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Two offices provide a "how to" for Health Sciences researchers >

November 21st, 2002

As a national research institution, Pitt boasts annual sponsored research support on the order of $425 million. Of Pitt's six schools of the Health Sciences — Dental Medicine, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health — four (medicine, nursing, public health and pharmacy) are in the current or recent top 10 of […]

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HOW TO TEACH: Innovative faculty members share their experiences and offer tips >

November 21st, 2002

Award-winning Pitt faculty got to show off their teaching innovation wares at last week's second annual "Teaching Excellence Fair," a half-day smorgasbord of instruction-related presentations. Co-sponsored by the Provost's office, the Provost's Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence (ACIE) and the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE), the fair primarily is a forum for […]

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HOW TO TEACH: His motto for students: Be prepared >

November 21st, 2002

Occasionally, one of John Poulakos's students will make the mistake of answering "I don't know" — or not replying at all — when Poulakos asks him or her about an assigned discussion topic. When this happens, Poulakos just stands there, staring at the student. Poulakos waits. And waits. And waits some more, for 10 minutes […]

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HOW TO TEACH: Using technology to keep in touch >

November 21st, 2002

Can technology improve the integration of classroom and field experience? Two Pitt social work professors conducted a pilot study last year to determine if web-based resources could help bridge the distance graduate students feel from the University setting when they're out in the field for their practicum experience. Patricia Kolar and Kathryn Collins, faculty members […]

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HOW TO TEACH: Using writing to promote learning >

November 21st, 2002

One of the oldest adages in education is: Write what you know. But a Pitt associate professor advocates a twist: Also write to learn what you know before you even know it. "What students are asked to do across the curriculum is what I would call 'performative writing': writing to demonstrate what knowledge you've acquired […]

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HOW TO TEACH: Playing games in the classroom >

November 21st, 2002

Alex Trebek, move over. Now Pitt chemistry profs are hosting "Jeopardy!" the popular TV game show, right in the classroom. Chemistry senior lecturer Leonard Kogut and teaching assistant Michelle Price demonstrated the science-oriented Jeopardy game at the Nov. 15 Teaching Excellence Fair. Kogut joked that he was guest-hosting the demonstration for chemistry colleague Joe Grabowski, […]

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