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Rate Video: University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown - Johnstown PennsylvaniaVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Tue, Jul 15

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June of 2009

 

Rate Iranians here find election tally hard to believe

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Tue, Jun 16

 PA From the voter turnout, it seems like a total lie," said Davoud Esmaili, a biology student at the University of Pittsburgh. "How is it possible to count about 45 million votes in two hours, given the lack of computerized voting machines? ...

Rate Stroke Support Group

Original at Daily American Online external link    Sun, Jun 14

 PA She serves as a certified athletic trainer for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Sports Medicine Department. Through this position she works as an assistant athletic trainer at Carnegie Mellon University. Zepka earned her Master's ...

Rate 'K Blows Top' by Peter Carlson

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Sat, Jun 13

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 PA While Nina Khrushchev made the obligatory stop on Mount Washington, her husband joked with workers at the Mesta Machine Plant in Homestead, also long gone, and delivered a rambling 54-minute talk at the University of Pittsburgh. ...

Rate Pitt's New Offer: KK Smith - PantherReport.com

Original at pittsburgh.scout.com external link    Sat, Jun 13

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PantherReport.com (subscription), PA Known as KK, the 2010 defensive tackle prospect Woodland Hills High School, had a strong showing at the University of Pittsburgh prospects camp Friday and received a scholarship offer from the Panthers. KK actually played tight end on offense for ...

Rate Stanley Cup party rolls into Pittsburgh streets, but remains in checkVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Fri, Jun 12

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Los Angeles Times  PA University of Pittsburgh police and city police, many armed with batons and wearing riot gear, kept the fans off the streets so that traffic could get through Oakland. Jon Welsh, 22, a Pitt senior studying industrial engineering, "They've got this ...

Rate White Sox draft Oley grad Reed

Original at Reading Eagle external link    Thu, Jun 11

 PA Oley Valley grad Nate Reed, a junior left-handed pitcher at the University of Pittsburgh, was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 20th round of the major league baseball draft, 613th overall. Reed, 21, went 4-6 with a 6.21 ERA in 16 games, ...

Rate A Randomized Trial of Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary ... - New England Journal of Medicine

Original at New England Journal of Medicine external link    Wed, Jun 10

A Randomized Trial of Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary ... subscription), MA Address reprint requests to Dr. Brooks at the Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, or at mbrooks{at}pitt.edu.

Rate Pitt plans fee increase at Greensburg campus

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Wed, Jun 10

 PA By Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A panel of University of Pittsburgh trustees today endorsed a student center fee increase on the Greensburg campus to support a fitness center expansion in Chambers Hall, the campus community center. ...

Rate Forbes Student Remembered Through Scholarship

Original at The Fulton County external link    Wed, Jun 10

 PA Jamie Shannel Stoey, a future student at the University of Pittsburgh, is the daughter of Sam and Mary Stoey. According to scholarship creator and Joshua's mother, Donna Clark, the premise for the memorial scholarship fund began as a way for the ...

Rate PA Cyber Charter School graduates 900; Ceremonies in Pittsburgh ... - PressReleasePoint

Original at press release external link    Wed, Jun 10

“You're changing the way America thinks about education,” Trombetta told graduates and their families at western graduation ceremonies June 6 at the Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Trombetta said members of the Class of ...

Rate Pitt study inches closer to finding cure for diabetes

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Tue, Jun 9

 PA But a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has identified two proteins in the cell cycle that put the brakes on beta-cell replication. By turning off those proteins, the team, led by Dr. Andrew F. Stewart, Pitt ...

Rate Newsmaker: Patricia Valentine

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Tue, Jun 9

 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 ...

Rate Pitt library director says function will define future as ...

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sun, Jun 7

 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 ...

Rate Kris Wilson gala set for 2nd year

Original at Lancaster Newspapers external link    Sat, Jun 6

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 PA Wilson, who played at the University of Pittsburgh, is a five-year NFL veteran. NFL players scheduled to attend the event are Cincinnati Bengals running back Kenny Watson, a former standout at Penn State and Harrisburg High School; Miami Dolphins ...

Rate Pitt professor organized health organization's effort to rid world ...

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Jun 6

 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, ...

Rate What now, Class of 2009?

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Wed, Jun 3

 PA Munhall's Jared Ducar, who finished first in his class at Steel Center Area Vocational Technical School, will study electrical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown. Taylor and South Park's Lisa Barkand want to become doctors, ...

Rate CMU, Pitt file paperwork to recoup investments

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Mon, Jun 1

 PA Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, which claims it invested more than $65 million with Westridge, both filed paperwork yesterday in federal court in Manhattan as they vie with other institutional investors seeking recompense. ...

Rate UPMC researcher's book explores eradication of smallpox

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Sun, May 31

 PA Dr. Henderson will discuss his book Thursday at 5 pm in the JW Connolly Ballroom at the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland. A professor at Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health, Dr. Henderson planned the release of his book to coincide with the May ...

Rate 'Point of Pittsburgh' production to honor city's unsung heroes

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Sun, May 31

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 PA The conference is being held at the University of Pittsburgh and sponsored by Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences and IUP's Labor Center. For more information about the conference, visit the www.workingclassstudies.pitt.edu. ...

Rate Tenacity, sports helped shape Charleroi man

Original at Leader Times external link    Sun, May 31

 PA She and her husband Anthony are the parents of two daughters, Maria, a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, and Mandy, who attends Seneca Valley High School, and the family lives in Zelienople.

Rate Report: Firm's debts greater than assets

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Sat, May 30

 PA A report filed in federal court indicates that the firm accused of defrauding Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh has assets worth $600 million less than what investors are owed. The judge overseeing the federal case has not ...

Rate Campus notes

Original at Reading Eagle external link    Sat, May 30

 PA Joseph M. Romanies of Leesport graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor of science degree in actuarial mathematics and economics. He is a 2005 graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School. He also received a $1000 scholarship. ...

Rate 'Warrior' wants you to cheer on its martial arts fights

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Thu, May 28    1 related articles

 PA The Petersen Events Center is at 3719 Terrace St. in the heart of Oakland. It's on the upper campus of the University of Pittsburgh near Trees Hall, the Fitzgerald Field House, and the Cost Center. The main lobby is on Terrace Street between Darragh ...

Rate CCAC student claims school's dean blocked gun-rights group

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Thu, May 28

 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. ...

Rate Charges filed in service station holdup

Original at Connellsville Daily Courier external link    Thu, May 28

 PA A scene for the movie will be shot Saturday, with filming from 10 am to 7 pm in the Petersen Events Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh; producers are looking for thousands of local extras. For every resident who attends and ...

Rate Brothers to climb Kilimanjaro before one of them goes blind

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Wed, May 27

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 PA They also train individually on local mountain ranges, and in Brian Hart's case, by racing up the 36 flights of steps at the University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning with a 40-pound pack strapped on his back. The team also practiced together ...

Rate NEW LOCAL: Residents can be extras in movie

Original at New Castle external link    Wed, May 27

 PA One scene, which will be shot Saturday, is at the Petersen Events Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Sainato said producers are seeking thousands of local extras. “This is a great chance for people to come out, have a good time and maybe end up on ...

Rate Soldiers & Sailors hall plans Memorial Garden

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Mon, May 25

 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. ...

Rate Where to go ... Riverview Park

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Sat, May 23

 PA ball field, tennis courts, picnic pavilions, visitor's center and activities building, an out-of-this-world space-themed playground and the powerful telescopes of Allegheny Observatory, part of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Astronomy. ...

Rate KD Country: Stained Glass Windows

Original at KDKA external link    Fri, May 22

 PA Final stop: the University of Pittsburgh campus, where Connick made windows for the Stephen Foster Memorial, Heinz Chapel and the towering Cathedral of Learning. Here, Charles Connick's Pittsburgh work comes to a close with a window designed for the ...

Rate Connick windows are focus of talks, tours

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Thu, May 21

 PA Oct. 25: Lecture and Cathedral of Learning campus tour, 2-5 pm Tannler and Connick experts Joan Gaul and Ronald Klebick will lead a tour of Connick glass at the University of Pittsburgh, with visits to the Stephen Foster Memorial, Cathedral of Learning ...

Rate Pitt student gets first-offender program for fire

Original at Philadelphia Inquirer external link    Thu, May 21

 PA AP PITTSBURGH - A University of Pittsburgh student who's also a volunteer firefighter will enter a special program for first-time offenders on charges he added lighter fluid to a burning couch after the Steelers' Super Bowl victory. ...

Rate Gulf Tower Falcons Get Clean Bill of Health

Original at KDKA external link    Tue, May 19

 PA Game Commission, the state endangered Peregrine Falcons are checked out twice a year at the Gulf Tower nest downtown and then in couple of weeks at their other nest at the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus. ...

Rate More city buildings cultivate savings by covering roofs with plants

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Mon, May 18

 PA Pittsburgh's biggest cluster of green roofs is in Oakland: six on the Carnegie Mellon University campus and one more under way; one at the University of Pittsburgh and two in the planning stages; and one at Phipps Conservatory. ...

Rate A lifetime of learning

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Fri, May 15

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 PA When the family passed the University of Pittsburgh someone said, 'That's college.' And I said 'Oh, that's where my father wanted me to go.' " Now, at 88, Mrs. Smith tomorrow will be the oldest student ever to graduate from the Community College of ...

Rate Students to gather at Pitt Titusville for industry expo

Original at GoErie.com external link    Fri, May 15

 PA TITUSVILLE -- High school students in the region will gather at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville today for the fourth annual Industry Club Expo. The event will be held from 9 am to 2 pm in the college Student Union, 504 E. Main St. Sponsored ...

Rate Triplets to share top chemistry prize - The Patriot-News

Original at PennLive.com external link    Thu, May 14

The Patriot-News - PennLive.com, PA Adam and Greg are going to the University of Pittsburgh in the fall, while Eric will be doing stem cell research at the National Institutes of Health before pursuing graduate studies, perhaps joining his brothers at Pitt. It will the first time they ...

Rate Pittsburgh Children's Festival spurs the imagination

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Wed, May 13

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 PA Room B-72, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Lower Level, Oakland. 9:45 and 11:15 am; installations: 1 and 1:30 pm; 11 am and 12:30 pm; installations: 2, 2:30, 3 and 3:30 pm Saturday. Performances: 45 minutes; installation sessions: 20 ...

Rate State Transportation Secretary Named PA. Turnpike Chairman - ReadMedia

Original at readme.readmedia.com external link    Wed, May 13

A certified professional engineer, Biehler holds a civil-engineering degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's equivalent certificate in transportation from Yale University. Under the Biehler chairmanship, another commission priority will ...

Rate Basketball camps give kids a shot at success

Original at online.indianagazette.com external link    Tue, May 12

 PA Along the way, Roman immortalized himself as a dynamic guard at the University of Pittsburgh before becoming a successful coach and later a renowned shooting instructor. Roman shared some of his vast basketball knowledge with a group of girls from the ...

Rate College Clan

Original at GoErie.com external link    Sun, May 10

 PA Ryan Rydzewski, of Erie, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh this spring. He double majored in English writing and political science. He was hired by Teach for America to teach middle school special education students in Baton ...

Rate Pitt Football Player Charged With Indecent Assault

Original at WPXI.com external link    Sun, May 10

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Football Picks  PA PITTSBURGH -- A University of Pittsburgh football player is facing criminal charges after an incident that happened in April. Wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin is charged with indecent assault, and faces two other summary offenses. Baldwin plays with No. ...

Rate Early Learning Institute finds ways to help developmentally ...

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, May 9

 PA Institute officials started a partnership with the UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing in February and reinitiated a partnership with a University of Pittsburgh early-intervention program that was dormant for years. Program coordinators from both ...

Rate Innovation: patent applications review - Medical Physics Web

Original at medicalphysicsweb.org external link    Fri, May 8

Developed at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), the device acquires stereo-pair radiographic images at rates from 30 to 4000 frame/s, enabling high-speed motion analysis. The imaging equipment is mounted in a gantry system that provides ...

Rate Pitt Medical Students Prepare For Pandemic

Original at KDKA external link    Wed, May 6

 PA - Maria Simbra University of Pittsburgh medical students are practicing how to deal with the pressure of a hospital with patients pouring in. "None of your patients have had their anti-viral meds," shouted one faculty member. In this drill, they ran out of supplies. ...

Rate Pitt Holds Flu Outbreak Simulation Drill

Original at WPXI.com external link    Wed, May 6

 PA PITTSBURGH -- The University of Pittsburgh held a flu simulation drill for third year medical students. Forty students dressed in protective gear treated cardboard cut-out representations of patients. The students read flu symptom cards attached to ...

Rate Former Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cappy Dead

Original at The Fulton County external link    Wed, May 6

Pittsburgh Post Gazette  PA Chancellor Mark Nordenberg of the University of Pittsburgh said Cappy, an alumnus of Pitt and its law school and chairman of its board of trustees, would also be remembered as "a wonderful human being.'' "His warm and welcoming personality defined him ...

Rate Pitt announces center to tackle global health problems

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, May 6

 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, ...

Rate Stimulus money sparks a rush for research grants

Original at Philadelphia Inquirer external link    Wed, May 6

 PA - Josh Goldstein And the University of Pittsburgh wants a medical cyclotron for accurate medical imaging. The instrument grants are a small portion of the billions that the National Institutes of Health will pump into medical research in the next two years as part of ...

Rate Cappy remembered as remarkable jurist

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Tue, May 5

 PA By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pallbearers escort the casket of former Chief Justice Ralph Cappy from Heinz Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh on Tuesday following a memorial service. Colleagues remembered Ralph J. Cappy yesterday as a ...

Rate Memorial: Rendell says Cappy was a 'born leader'

Original at Philadelphia Inquirer external link    Tue, May 5

 PA The 65-year-old jurist died Friday at home and his memorial was held Tuesday morning at Heinz Chapel on the University of Pittsburgh Campus. Cappy was chair of the university's board of trustees. Gov. Ed Rendell says Cappy was "a born leader. ...

Rate World Series, Pitt Tix, Concerts Among Pa. Lawmaker Freebies

Original at Pittsburgh Channel.com external link    Mon, May 4

 PA Heinz Field, home of University of Pittsburgh football games. Lawmakers accepted ski passes, Penn State and Pitt football tickets and admission to swank concerts in Philadelphia. Sen. Richard Kasunic, D-Somerset, reported $1700 worth of golf balls. ...

Rate Team 4: World Series, Pitt, Concert Tix Among Pa. Lawmaker Freebies

Original at Pittsburgh Channel.com external link    Mon, May 4

 PA Heinz Field, home of University of Pittsburgh football games. Who took gifts locally? Team 4's Paul Van Osdol found the following financial disclosures: Rep. Peter Daley, of Washington County, received $700 in free ski passes from the Pennsylvania Ski ...

Rate Former state chief justice praised for service

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, May 2

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 PA - Bobby Kerlik Cappy served on the University of Pittsburgh's Board of Trustees since 1992 and was its chair since 2003. He was a member of Pitt's School of Law Board of Visitors, where he was a past chair. He served on the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's ...

Rate Schools may lose reading coaches as federal program cut

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, May 2

 PA - Amy Crawford, Amy Crawford University of Pittsburgh education professors Naomi Zigmond and Rita Bean found that the 159 Pennsylvania schools that took part in Reading First raised the percentage of third-graders at grade level from 31 percent in 2003 to more than 50 percent in ...

Rate Former Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cappy deadVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Philadelphia Inquirer external link    Sat, May 2

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 PA Chancellor Mark Nordenberg of the University of Pittsburgh said Cappy, an alumnus of Pitt and its law school and chairman of its board of trustees, would also be remembered as "a wonderful human being." "His warm and welcoming personality defined him ...

Rate Former Chief Justice Cappy diesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Sat, May 2

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New York Times  PA - Cindi Lash He also was chairman of the University of Pittsburgh board of trustees. He was a graduate of Pitt and its law school. "I am shocked and saddened by the sudden death of former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph Cappy. ...

April of 2009

 

Rate McDowell set to enshrine 8 in Hall of Fame on Saturday

Original at GoErie.com external link    Thu, Apr 30

 PA At the University of Pittsburgh, Corbett played on Pitt's 1976 national championship team, and played for the Cincinnati Bengals for four seasons (1977-80). -Fessler Thorne was a three-year letter-winner for the Trojans' basketball team. ...

Rate Thousands Attend Session For Rivers Casino Jobs

Original at KDKA external link    Wed, Apr 29

 PA Christina Colalillo of Moon Township is a recent Pitt graduate. "Well I just graduated from the University of Pittsburgh on Sunday and I'm just out looking for anything - anything that involves working with people. I've had a lot of great internships ...

Rate From Perfection to Passion, it's a Divanation

Original at Pop City external link    Tue, Apr 28

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 PA Prior to Divanation, Lehner—a poet, playwright, book designer at University of Pittsburgh Press and professor in the School of Leadership and Professional Advancement at Duquesne University—worked at Development Dimensions International and later ran ...

Rate Opinion: Latin spring festival set for Saturday at Pitt

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Tue, Apr 28

 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. ...

Rate Response plans laid for regionVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Mon, Apr 27

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ABC News  PA Given the trajectory right now, I would not be surprised if you see cases all across the United States," said Dr. Donald Burke, dean of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. "While it's still possible that it's not a very ...

Rate Exploring food and nutrition

Original at Common Ground.ca external link    Mon, Apr 27

 Canada If you're more the travelling type, you might enjoy the Summerfest event that runs from July 8 to12 at the Conference Center at Pitt-Johnstown on the University of Pittsburgh campus at Johnstown, PA. http://vegetariansummerfest.org/ For those who ...

Rate President Obama's First 100 Days - University of Pittsburgh News

Original at mac10.umc.pitt.edu external link    Mon, Apr 27

President Obama's First 100 Days University of Pittsburgh News (press release), PA

Rate Ex-Pitt Worker Suspected Of Murder In GeorgiaVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at WPXI.com external link    Mon, Apr 27

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 PA Zinkhan once held an academic position at the University of Pittsburgh. Police patrolled the university with assault rifles as a precaution when classes resumed Monday, but officials said they didn't believe there was an imminent threat. ...

Rate Pitt-Greensburg to increase scholarships

Original at Connellsville Daily Courier external link    Sun, Apr 26

 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. ...

Rate Opinion: Pitt health expert reassured US cases of swine flu not severeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Apr 25

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 ...

Rate Former Pitt professor wanted in Georgia killings

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Apr 25

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 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. ...

Rate Pitt's McCoy Drafted By Eagles In Second Round

Original at Pittsburgh Channel.com external link    Sat, Apr 25

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 PA PITTSBURGH -- University of Pittsburgh running back LeSean McCoy, who chose to forgo his final two years of eligibility to enter the 2009 NFL Draft, was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round (53rd overall) on Saturday. ...

Rate Pitt grad charged in fatal Easter crash in Georgia

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Fri, Apr 24

 PA The driver of the car, who police identified as Aimee Michael, 22, is a 2008 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and grew up in Philadelphia, according to her attorney, W. Scott Smith. Ms. Michael told investigators she was driving a BMW when she ...

Rate University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, May 6-13 - University of Pittsburgh News

Original at mac10.umc.pitt.edu external link    Fri, Apr 24

University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, May 6-13 University of Pittsburgh News (press release), PA

Rate Former U Pitt-Titusville student charged in sexual assault

Original at GoErie.com external link    Thu, Apr 23

 PA TITUSVILLE -- A former University of Pittsburgh at Titusville student has been charged with sexually assaulting a female student earlier this year. Michael C. Washington, 19, of Pittsburgh, was arraigned before Titusville District Judge Amy Nicols this ...

Rate University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, April 29-May 6 - University of Pittsburgh News

Original at mac10.umc.pitt.edu external link    Tue, Apr 21

University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, April 29-May 6 University of Pittsburgh News (press release), PA

Rate University money needs to be seen in new perspective

Original at Temple external link    Mon, Apr 20

 PA - Stephen Zook The chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, whose position is similar to Temple's president, earned about $60000 more than Hart. Five hundred thousand dollars is a lot more money than most people will ever make, but it's not an exorbitant amount to ...

Rate University of Pittsburgh to Hold 2009 Commencement April 26 in the ... - University of Pittsburgh News

Original at mac10.umc.pitt.edu external link    Mon, Apr 20

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

Rate Smart-Grid Funds Announced by Vice President Biden Critical Step ... - University of Pittsburgh News

Original at mac10.umc.pitt.edu external link    Fri, Apr 17

Smart-Grid Funds Announced by Vice President Biden Critical Step ... University of Pittsburgh News (press release), PA

Rate Pitt, Westinghouse Agree to Broader Collaboration - University of Pittsburgh News

Original at mac10.umc.pitt.edu external link    Mon, Apr 13

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

March of 2009

 

Rate Pitt develops breakthrough vaccine to prevent colon cancer

Original at Pop City external link    Tue, Mar 24

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 PA University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have begun testing a groundbreaking vaccine that may help prevent colon cancer in people at high risk for the disease. While vaccines like Gardasil, which protects against the virus associated ...

Rate Opinion: Pitt tests vaccine to prevent colon cancer

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Tue, Mar 17

 PA Four months ago, Wagner, who heads the hardware facilities and support center at Carnegie Mellon University, became one of the first patients to join a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical trial to test a potential vaccine to prevent ...

Rate Pitt among first schools in country to offer latest in anti ...

Original at Pop City external link    Tue, Mar 3

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 PA University of Pittsburgh is the first public university in the country to train graduate student using cutting-edge cyber-security software that helps to tracks and connect the intricate network of criminals and terrorists. Intelligence agencies are in ...

Rate Book to feature Erie's Italian Americans

Original at GoErie.com external link    Sun, Mar 1

 PA Jenna, a University of Pittsburgh sophomore, is spending a year in Buenos Aires through Towson University, studying Spanish and marketing. It's a special program she created. She's a finance and accounting major at Pitt. We were surprised to learn that ...

February of 2009

 

Rate Professor uses business concepts to improve health care, HIV treatment

Original at Bucknell University external link    Wed, Feb 25

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 PA Bailey and fellow professors Steven Shechter at the University of British Columbia and Andrew Schaefer at the University of Pittsburgh published a paper in the journal Operations Research, January-February 2008 issue, about the optimal time to initiate ...

Rate Opinion: McCoy has no regrets about leaving Pitt football

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Fri, Feb 20

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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 ...

Rate Opinion: Pitt suspends 2 students for post-Super Bowl acts

Original at The Evening Sun external link    Thu, Feb 5

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 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

Rate Opinion: Pitt hopes to teach students Super lesson

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, Feb 4

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 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)

Rate Opinion: Pitt suspends student in wake of Super Bowl violence

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, Feb 4

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 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, ...

January of 2009

 

Rate When starvation strikes, female brain cells survive better than male

Original at Pop City external link    Tue, Jan 27

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 PA - Neurons from female rats and mice are heartier and better suited to survive starvation conditions than male says a new study by the University of Pittsburgh ...

Rate Opinion: Steelers' era of gridiron superiority began in 1972

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Jan 24

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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

Rate BayHawks' Cook makes way back after knee injury

Original at GoErie.com external link    Tue, Jan 13

 PA - Although Cook isn't starting for the BayHawks, as he did at the University of Pittsburgh, the fact that he's even playing right now makes those who have ...

Rate With new owners, 'Rats ready for season

Original at GoErie.com external link    Mon, Jan 12

 PA - Owned by New York businessman and University of Pittsburgh grad Jeff Hauser, the RiverRats replaced the locally owned Erie Freeze, who folded, ...

December of 2008

 

Rate Opinion: Ponzi fallout threatens Pitt Parkinson's study

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Tue, Dec 23

 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

Rate Opinion: Experts lobby to add key dental data to medical records

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Wed, Dec 17

 PA - Dec 17, 2008 The University of Pittsburgh is one of the only schools in the country with a dental informatics program, which studies how computers can improve dental ...

Rate Opinion: Nano-spill? Try horseradish

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Tue, Dec 16

 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 ...

Rate Opinion: CMU, Pitt, Penn State earn top rankings in best universities list

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Dec 6

 PA - Dec 6, 2008 By The Tribune-Review Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University rank among the top 200 universities in the world, ...

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Rate Opinion: McCoy's Late TD Rallies Pitt Past WVU 19-15

Original at WPXI.com external link    Fri, Nov 28

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 PA - Nov 28, 2008 PITTSBURGH -- University of Pittsburgh runningback LeSean McCoy scored his second touchdown with 52 seconds left to finish off a career-high 183-yard ... WVU coach Bill Stewart's Take Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rate Opinion: Pitt's goals change, focus on Brawl

Original at Washington Observer Reporter external link    Tue, Nov 25

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 PA - Nov 25, 2008 Everyone understands what West Virginia is all about and how much they despise the University of Pittsburgh." Pitt and West Virginia have split the last ... This time, the Brawl is personal Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rate Opinion: Pitt Unveils 70-Foot Tractor-Trailer Mobile Laboratory to Bring ... - University of Pittsburgh News

Original at mac10.umc.pitt.edu external link    Mon, Nov 10

University of Pittsburgh News (press release), PA - Nov 10, 2008 10, Pitt will unveil a 70-foot tractor-trailer fabricated into a mobile science laboratory that will give precollege students in the region hands-on ... Mobile lab takes science on road Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rate Opinion: Oakland boasts new blooms, old bones and more

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sun, Nov 2

 PA - Wipe the tears from your eyes and walk toward Forbes Avenue and the 42-story Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus. ...

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