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The University of Pittsburgh Panthers move up to nine on the AP College Football Poll from a 14th ranking last week.

USA Today Pitt study links obesity, greater risk of dementia Alzheimer's disease and other cognition-impairing conditions than their slimmer counterparts, University of Pittsburgh researchers said Tuesday. ...

into University of Pittsburgh dorms Tuesday, and none reported flu symptoms, said Jay Frerotte, director of environmental health and safety at Pitt. ... Carnegie Mellon scientists' software a step to treating complex ...Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

by the benefits freeze, said Chris Briem, a regional economist at the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh. ... and more »

Pitt receives $13M to virtually evaluate strategies to prevent the ... The University of Pittsburgh has received a $13.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research that will virtually evaluate ways ...

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has signed a 10-year lease on a new building construction at the Pittsburgh Technology Center. ...

Pitt research questions EPA pesticide testing Federal pesticide tests are too short to catch deadly long-term effects on amphibians, according to University of Pittsburgh testing ... and more »

Pittsburgh Post Gazette During her senior year at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown in 1994, Jody Billingsley walked into her basketball ... Shooting victim Jody Billingsley: Medical equipment seller was a ...Pittsburgh Post Gazette

By abaier Dr. Sanberg and Dr. Borlongan at USF, working with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, laid the foundation for the world’s first experimental procedure to repair brain damage in stroke patients. In 1998, surgeons at the University of Pittsburgh implanted human neurons derive...

PITTSBURGH-The Nominating Committee of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees today advanced as its recommended candidate for new board chair Pitt alumnus Stephen R. Tritch, chair of the Westinghouse Electric Company and a Pitt trustee. ...

 PA Education: Earned her bachelor's degrees in psychology and English literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 1977. Two years later, she received her master's degree, also from Pitt, in rehabilitation counseling. Background: Valentine spent 17 ...

 PA The 62-year-old director of the University of Pittsburgh library system has transformed not only his school's library but also the future of research libraries, said Duane Webster, executive director emeritus of the Association of Research Libraries in ...

 PA We recruited lots of younger people around the world, who didn't know we couldn't do it," said Henderson, 80, a University of Pittsburgh professor of public health and medicine. "We took on every challenge you can imagine -- civil war, famine, ...

PITTSBURGH-Connellsville native and Pitt alumnus Barry Rosensteel, a devotee of Japanese art, has donated more than 100 rare Japanese woodblock prints to Pitt's University Library System (ULS). The colorful prints, produced between the 18th and 20th ...

 PA Sam Gupta, Concealed Carry's state director and chair at the University of Pittsburgh, agreed. "I've helped organize chapters on between 13 and 15 Pennsylvania campuses," said Gupta, 21, a senior studying economics who lives in Squirrel Hill. ...

 PA That "girl" was Meredith Odato, 23, of Shadyside, a second-year law student at the University of Pittsburgh. Odato is a former Marine who broke her leg in July during a combat obstacle exercise at officer candidate school in Quantico, Va. ...

Another exists atop the University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning. Live video of the falcons' nest can be seen on the aviary's Web site, ... and more »

By abaier Older people who are thinner or are losing weight quickly are at a higher risk of developing dementia, especially if they started out overweight or obese, a new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of South Florida and the University of Washington found.

 PA - Allison M. Heinrichs E-Newsletters The University of Pittsburgh today plans to open a center to help address health problems in poor communities worldwide. The Center for Global Health will support research projects such as pandemic preparedness in Thailand, ...

 PA The concert also features the folk group Musuhallpa performing music of their native Andes region in South America. The performance starts at 7:30 pm Saturday at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. ...

 PA By Bob Stiles, TRIBUNE-REVIEW The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg will be offering approximately 75 more scholarships to incoming freshmen this fall as part of an effort to help students in tough economic times and maintain enrollment totals. ...

Times Online  PA By Jeremy Boren, TRIBUNE-REVIEW A public health expert at the University of Pittsburgh said Saturday he is reassured that the US cases of a fatal strain of swine flu appear to be relatively mild. "Overall, I find that reassuring," said Dr. Samuel ...

 PA A professor who once taught at the University of Pittsburgh was being sought Saturday in the shooting deaths of his ex-wife and two other people outside a community theater near the University of Georgia. Athens-Clarke County Police Capt. ...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review University of Pittsburgh to Hold 2009 Commencement April 26 in the ... University of Pittsburgh News (press release), PA Husband and wife to direct new Pitt department, center Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Pitt, Westinghouse Agree to Broader Collaboration University of Pittsburgh News (press release), PA Pitt, Westinghouse agree to greater collaboration Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Nuclear research agreement reached Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has begun testing a vaccine to prevent colon cancer. Colon cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the second-leading cancer killer in Pennsylvania. ...

By LurkNessMonster-81796 Quote: But unlike Mr. Madoff, who is accused of masterminding a global Ponzi scheme, Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Walsh simply stole their investors’ money, the authorities said. Their two firms, the WG Trading Company and Westridge Capital, misappropriated funds from a host of deep-pocketed in...

Bleacher Report  PA I built such a strong relationship with the University of Pittsburgh and the players and the teams and the coaches," McCoy said. "It was kind of like leaving the family but I think it was something best for me and my family and I think you can only do ...

 PA - AP PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh has suspended two students for setting fires after the Pittsburgh Steelers' Super Bowl win on Sunday. ... University of Pittsburgh News (press release) - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

 PA - By Bill Zlatos, TRIBUNE-REVIEW The University of Pittsburgh has suspended one student, summoned another before school authorities and is trying to determine ... Chancellor Nordenberg Issues University Update on Super Bowl ... University of Pittsburgh News (press release)

 PA By Bill Zlatos The University of Pittsburgh has suspended one student and is trying to identify other students arrested after the Pittsburgh Steelers' victory in the Super Bowl. University spokesman Robert Hill said the suspended student, ...

New York Daily News  PA - Jan 24, 2009 Look at what happened," said Novosel, now a University of Pittsburgh lecturer in Russian and European history. "(Quarterbacks) Kordell Stewart and Tommy ... NFL | Steelers have seen Larry Fitzgerald for years Seattle Times

By christianh I recently applied to the University of Pittsburgh, and since they have rolling admissions and make no mention of when you could expect an acceptance letter, does anyone know how long it usually takes to hear back? I recently applied to the University of Pittsburgh, and since they have ro...

By abaier Click Commerce Research and Healthcare is a leading provider of automated research administration and compliance systems to leading academic medical centers and research institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and the University of Pittsburgh. More inform...

 PA - By Luis Fabregas The Bernard Madoff scandal has hit a high-profile Parkinson's disease research project at the University of Pittsburgh. ... Madoff scandal hits Pitt researcher Pittsburgh Post Gazette all 16 news articles

 PA - Dec 16, 2008 By Allison M. Heinrichs If there's ever a futuristic nano-spill, a horseradish-derived product created by University of Pittsburgh researchers could clean ...

I'm willing to give up some privacy for some useful services," said Seshan, a Carnegie Mellon University professor and researcher. Cadres of scientists, including some at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pittsburgh and Intel, are studying how to better secure wireless connections.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center says a one-of-a-kind collaboration with medical giant GE Healthcare will speed UPMC's ambitious international expansion.

An FBI agent was shot and killed Wednesday while serving a warrant at a home near Pittsburgh, the agency said.Samuel Hicks, 33, was shot at a home linked to a suspect in an alleged drug distribution ring. The agent was shot early Wednesday in Indiana Township, about 10 miles northeast of Pitt...

That’s the case with Paul Trichon, a senior at the University of Pittsburgh whose entry, Yougee.me, is a website that would serve as a clearinghouse for “green” services. “I’ve burned through half my life savings,” says Trichon, ...

By Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin Unbeknownst to Nixon, a young, hitherto unknown University of Pittsburgh scientist, Jonas Salk, has just completed the first-ever successful test of a polio vaccine in Pittsburgh during the summer of 1952, the first real breakthrough in the fight against the disease that has terrori...

The former steel town of Pittsburgh was recently dubbed "Roboburgh" in a Wall Street Journal article. The city is emerging as a national center for robotics research, as scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh develop robots for a variety of uses, incl...

By Kendall Morgan Daniel Cole of the University of Pittsburgh was a collaborator on the study. In an assist in the quest for ever smaller electronic devices, Duke University engineers have adapted a decades-old computer aided design and manufacturing process to reproduce nanosize structures with feat...

This fall, transfer students beginning class at nearly 30 Pennsylvania colleges can take advantage of a new system that makes more credits transferable than before. Pennsylvania's 14 community colleges, 14 state-owned universities and state-related Lincoln University have estab...

Tuition is increasing. Again. We're not stopping the presses. We know this isn't groundbreaking news. Each year, university tuition rises for in-state and out-of-state students, because of increasing costs, maintenance and the strain of additional students on campus. At the July meetin...

A University of Pittsburgh student from New Jersey -- last seen in April -- was found apparently living among homeless people in Montana, authorities said. When a ranger at Glacier National Park came across several people Thursday and asked for their identification, one of them was Pran...

When ex-Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali appeared at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Muslim groups tried to have her speech shut down. And they made it clear that if they had the power, and US law were written according to shari’a, Hirsi Ali would not simply be prohibited from speaking.

By DemFromCT The first report, "Community Engagement: Leadership Tool for Catastrophic Health Events," was published Apr 4 by the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). The report, which sums up the findings of a 27-member panel convened by the center during...

Study coming out of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has shown that minimally invasive base of skull surgery, called Expanded Endonasal Approach (EEA), is safer and more effective than the traditional approach.

By johnpowers I live near Pittsburgh and I'm really fond of the place. Something about this place is that it seems everyone is only separated by one degree if you're not already friends. Because of this closeness it's almost a habit when meeting someone new to identify the way you're already connected. Thi...