G-20 News About Pittsburgh's Eds Meds Powerhouses
How Pittsburgh got its green back
Toronto Star | Sept. 21
... local talent pool, with 35 universities and colleges in the
region, including the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon
University. ...
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Lessons for the G-20
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Sept. 21
With most steel production having moved overseas or into
mini-mills in other parts of the country, Steel City needed a
new economic engine. Home to Carnegie Mellon University, a
center of computer research, and the University of Pittsburgh,
known for its medical innovation ...
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Pittsburgh, three ways
The Washington Post | Sept. 20
The combination, powered by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh atop the hill, has fueled the city's high-tech identity. …
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Pittsburgh showcases green economy at G20 summit
Reuters | Sept. 20
The combination, powered by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh atop the hill, has fueled the city's high-tech identity. …
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Environmental innovation began early in erstwhile 'smoky city'
Water World | Sept. 20
… Such environmental problems make Pittsburgh's green
branding ironic, said Eric Beckman, co-director of the University of Pittsburgh's Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation.
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Pittsburgh evolves into international leader in health-care research
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Sept. 20
When University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg first
heard Pittsburgh would host the Group of 20 summit, he was
surprised....
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Pittsburghers forge ahead on cutting edge
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Sept. 20
Dr. Bruce Lee, 41, assistant professor of medicine,
epidemiology and biomedical informatics, University of
Pittsburgh, is an expert in creating virtual models to gain
insight into epidemics.
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Seeds of Pittsburgh's change rooted in steel's decline
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Sept. 20
History shows business and government leaders paid little
attention to warnings from the then-University of Pittsburgh professor and other contributors to the Economic Study of the
Pittsburgh Region published by the Pittsburgh Regional Planning
Association. ...
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W. Pa. innovators' contributions resulted in significant change
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Sept. 20
Brashear directed the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh
from 1898 to 1900, when he became chancellor of the school that
now is the University of Pittsburgh. ...
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Dreaming of Pittsburgh
Wall Street Journal | Sept. 19
… Anchored by the research facilities and teaching
hospitals associated with the University of Pittsburgh, the city
has become an advanced medical destination ...
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Activists gather in Pittsburgh before G-20 summit
Philadelphia Inquirer | Sept. 19
The gathering in Pittsburgh's Oakland section, near the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Carlow
University, is scheduled to resume ...
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Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association holding 'bootcamp'
Pittsburgh Business Times | Aug. 13
The fair will also have a new event, called the on-deck circle, featuring universities… . These include the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Case-Western University, Pennsylvania State University, West Virginia University and Ohio University.
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City hopes to finally shake off 'smoky' industrial label
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | July 30
"It's a very rare opportunity to focus the world on Pittsburgh," said Andy Masich, president and CEO of the Senator John Heinz History Center… . Among other inventions, the Big Mac and Jeep originated in Western Pennsylvania, Masich said. Jonas Salk and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh created a polio vaccine in 1955. Full article >
Congress to restore hydrogen car funding
The New York Times – Green Inc. Blog | July 21
Reader Comments: “The direct monetary cost of geoenginering would be at least 100 times less than the cost of a full program of GHG abatement”…from PowerPoint on the website of M. Granger Morgan Department of Engineering and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University. The full PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded by those interested in learning more. It is an excellent primer and offers a fair treatment of the scientific and policy tradeoffs.
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Pittsburgh to install first solar water heaters in fall
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 20
The Ravenstahl administration announced today that it plans to install solar panels to heat hot water at the No. 34 firehouse in Woods Run in October. The city is in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy on the initiative, and is working with Carnegie Mellon University to select five other city facilities for solar upgrades. Full article >
Medical sector aims to showcase health care, city's role as trailblazer
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | July 19
Will world leaders want to take a look at the [University of Pittsburgh's] McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, where scientists are trying to rebuild damaged body parts such as fingers and bones?
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This robot snake can go everywhere
Le Post | July 17
Manufactured by Carnegie Mellon, this robot snake is very ground. It can swim, to move in mud, to climb on the masts and to pass the fences. If it becomes a product, it could be brilliant to help the people taken with the trap in the debris, or to be a super robot spy. Full article >
Pitt, CMU researchers get presidential award
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | July 10
Dr. Gonzalo E. Torres, 41, an assistant professor with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Carlos Guestrin, 34, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, were joined by four researchers at Penn State University in receiving "the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers." Full article >
