University of Pittsburgh

March 2013

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March 29, 2013
Should There Be a Surtax on Sugary Drinks?
March 29, 2013
For $85,000 in Cash Prizes, Pitt Students Pitch the Next Big Idea
March 29, 2013
Monthlong Festival of Contemporary Italian Films Begins April 4 at Pitt
March 29, 2013
Pitt, CMU to Host 2013 Engineering Sustainability Conference April 7-9
March 28, 2013
Pitt Commemorates 1968 Day of National Mourning for Martin Luther King Jr. With an April 5 Program and a Display of Photos Taken During the MLK Jr. Pittsburgh March 45 Years Ago
March 28, 2013
News of Note From Pitt
March 28, 2013
Pitt Repertory Theatre Concludes Season With City of Asylum
March 28, 2013
Starbucks Executive, Pitt Alumnus Jeffrey Hansberry to Speak at Pitt April 4 About Building a Blueprint for Growth at the Leading Coffee Company
March 28, 2013
Dedicated Alumni Honored by Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health »
March 28, 2013
Dedicated Alumni Honored by Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health »
March 27, 2013
University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, April 7-13
March 27, 2013
Cooper Receives Rare Honor with International Paralympic Scientific Award for 2013 »
March 27, 2013
Cooper Receives Rare Honor with International Paralympic Scientific Award for 2013 »
March 26, 2013
Pitt, Mount Sinai Team Finds Novel Mechanism Regulating Replication of Insulin-Producing Beta Cells for Diabetes Treatment »
March 26, 2013
Pitt, Mount Sinai Team Finds Novel Mechanism Regulating Replication of Insulin-Producing Beta Cells for Diabetes Treatment »
March 26, 2013
Connecting Pittsburgh-Area After-School Program Directors With Arts, Health, Literacy Resources
March 25, 2013
Greek Ambassador-at-Large Gianna Angelopoulos to Give a Pitt Lecture March 28 About Her Country’s Past and Future
March 25, 2013
Pitt Law Expert Anthony C. Infanti Available to Comment on Defense of Marriage Act Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
March 25, 2013
Pitt Law School’s Lawyering for Social Change Lecture March 28 to Feature International Human Rights Lawyer/Political Activist 
 Michael Sfard
March 21, 2013
Pitt Hosts Celebrated Novelist and Screenwriter Ian McEwan—One of “The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945”—for Reading March 26
March 21, 2013
Donors “Flock” to New Pitt United Way Record
March 21, 2013
Childrens’ Savings Initiative Is the Topic During Pitt Philanthropy Forum Lecture, Discussion March 28
March 20, 2013
University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, March 31-April 6
March 20, 2013
Renowned Sociologist Explores the “Iconic Ghetto” in March 27 Talk at Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems
March 19, 2013
Women With Both High Math and Verbal Ability Appear Less Likely to Choose Science Careers Because Their Dual Skills Confer More Career Options
March 19, 2013
No Search Engine Required: Pitt’s Computer Science Day Brings in Top Companies
March 19, 2013
Alexander Butterfield and Egil Krogh Among Insiders Remembering Watergate During March 28 Panel Discussion at Pitt
March 19, 2013
Wearable Artificial Lung to Be Developed at Pitt Through $3.4 Million Grant
March 19, 2013
Late-Onset Asthma in Obese Individuals Could Be Due to an Amino Acid Imbalance, Says Pitt-Led Study »
March 19, 2013
Late-Onset Asthma in Obese Individuals Could Be Due to an Amino Acid Imbalance, Says Pitt-Led Study »
March 18, 2013
Pitt Hosts Renowned Author and Poet Eileen Myles for Literary Reading March 21
March 18, 2013
Pitt/Children’s Study: Exposure to Violence, Gene Changes Linked to Asthma In Puerto Rican Children »
March 18, 2013
Pitt/Children’s Study: Exposure to Violence, Gene Changes Linked to Asthma In Puerto Rican Children »
March 18, 2013
Novel Community Paramedic Program Announced by Pitt’s Congress of Neighboring Communities (CONNECT)
March 14, 2013
Medical Students and Their Residencies: ‘Match Day’ to Take Place at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine »
March 14, 2013
Medical Students and Their Residencies: ‘Match Day’ to Take Place at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine »
March 14, 2013
University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, March 24-30
March 14, 2013
Mortality Higher in Appalachian Coal Mining Counties Compared to Non-Coal Mining Areas »
March 14, 2013
Mortality Higher in Appalachian Coal Mining Counties Compared to Non-Coal Mining Areas »
March 13, 2013
News of Note From Pitt
March 13, 2013
UPMC Performs First “Breathing Lung” Transplant on East Coast Using OCS Lung »
March 13, 2013
UPMC Performs First “Breathing Lung” Transplant on East Coast Using OCS Lung »
March 12, 2013
Pitt Terrorism Expert Michael Kenney Available to Comment on Capture of Bin Laden Son-in-Law and His Ties to Iran, Decision to Try Him in U.S. Court


March 12, 2013
Pitt’s Center for Metropolitan Studies Launches Interactive Bibliographic Database
March 12, 2013
Pitt Schools and Programs Score in U.S. News’ Best Graduate Schools Rankings
March 11, 2013
Read Today’s Issue of Pitt Chronicle Online
March 11, 2013
Cervical Cancer Patients More Likely to Survive if Treated at High-Volume Medical Facilities »
March 11, 2013
Cervical Cancer Patients More Likely to Survive if Treated at High-Volume Medical Facilities »
March 11, 2013
Cervical Cancer Patients More Likely to Survive if Treated at High-Volume Medical Facilities »
March 11, 2013
Pitt Social Work Professor Receives $3 Million Grant to Test New Treatment for Schizophrenia
March 7, 2013
University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, March 17-23
March 7, 2013
News of Note From Pitt
March 6, 2013
Plum grad wins Pitt car design contest
March 6, 2013
Pitt Faculty Experts Available to Comment on Post-Chavez Venezuela
March 6, 2013
Pitt to Present 33rd Annual Latin American and Caribbean Festival March 23
March 6, 2013
Pittsburgh’s Leaky Faucet: How Aging Sewers Are Impacting Urban Watersheds
March 5, 2013
Public Transportation Expert William W. Millar to Speak at Pitt March 19 on How We Will Travel in the Future
March 5, 2013
UPMC Palliative Medicine Leader Receives Lifetime Achievement Award »
March 5, 2013
UPMC Palliative Medicine Leader Receives Lifetime Achievement Award »
March 4, 2013
The University of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia University Enter Into Agreement to Manage Late U.S. Senator Arlen Specter’s Archive
March 4, 2013
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Study Shows Increase in Liver Transplantation for Hepatoblastoma »
March 4, 2013
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Study Shows Increase in Liver Transplantation for Hepatoblastoma »
March 4, 2013
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Study Shows Increase in Liver Transplantation for Hepatoblastoma »
March 1, 2013
Pitt Hosts March 7-9 Anthropology Conference Focusing on Mobility in Japan
March 1, 2013
Pitt-UPMC Program Guides Expansion of Telemedicine Use in Pediatric Emergencies »
March 1, 2013
Pitt-UPMC Program Guides Expansion of Telemedicine Use in Pediatric Emergencies »