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Volume 33 Issue 8

University to commission study of outdoor space on campus >

December 7th, 2000

Pitt will commission a study of its exterior space utilization, a University Senate committee was told this week. According to Ana Guzman, associate vice chancellor for Facilities Management, Pitt expects to hire Michael Yahres, a planning consultant from Virginia, to formulate a master plan for outdoor space utilization on its 132-acre Oakland campus. The University […]

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Search launched for dean of nursing >

December 7th, 2000

Pitt has launched its search for a new School of Nursing dean. The search committee met for the first time on Nov. 22. It plans to submit the names of finalists for the dean's job to Arthur S. Levine, senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences, by the end of the spring term. Levine has said […]

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ONE ON ONE with Janine Wedel: GSPIA scholar reveals how misguided U.S. economic aid hurt post-communist Russia >

December 7th, 2000

"Only a few years ago, American policymakers were confidently predicting that a regimen of privatization and market reform would in due course transform Russia into a stable and prosperous democracy," Janine R. Wedel wrote in the spring issue of The National Interest. As "Bill and Boris" hugged and mugged for the cameras, a cozy new […]

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Levine says medical faculty were told about new research incentive plan >

December 7th, 2000

The dean of Pitt's School of Medicine has denied an allegation that faculty weren't given the chance to comment on a new, school-wide plan to financially reward researchers who attract external grants. Arthur S. Levine, who is senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences in addition to being medical dean, told Senate Council on Dec. 4 […]

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GSPH researchers collaborating with counterparts on Tobago >

December 7th, 2000

Researchers at Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) are working with their counterparts in the Caribbean island of Tobago to study and treat prostate cancer there. They also are searching for the genetic variable that protects West African descendants from osteoporosis, teaching public health workers about AIDS education programs, and studying domestic violence, alcohol […]

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Health Sciences library project designed to encourage use of reliable on-line info >

December 7th, 2000

Using the Internet as a quick and easy source of consumer health information is a two-edged sword. While high-quality information is available on-line, health care providers worry about the equally large amount of information that is inaccurate, misleading or incomplete. The National Library of Medicine has awarded a $40,000 grant to Pitt's Health Sciences Library […]

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Computing Services staff win national awards >

December 7th, 2000

Pitt's computing services recently won three awards in a national competition honoring outstanding publications produced by university computing centers. The Association of Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group for University and College Computer Services (SIGUCCS) annual competition recognizes both print and electronic media publications. Pitt's Computing Services and Systems Development (CSSD) web site took third place […]

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