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Wipro tops list of H-1B visa professionals in 2009
... Johns Hopkins, University of Illinois, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Stanford, Harvard, University of Pittsburgh, Columbia and Baylor College of Medicine. Here is a countdown of the top 25 companies with the specific number of H-1B visas they ... Comment?
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Thousands of words have written trying to describe West Virginia University women's basketball star Liz Repella, but it took University of Pittsburgh Coach Agnus Beranato only four words to sum up her better than anyone ever had before or ever will again. Comment?
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Boys like to cook too, but toys aren't geared toward them
... boys. "Look at the 'Ace of Cakes,'" said Cait Poynor, an assistant professor of marketing in the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Regular-guy role models make such shows more kid-friendly, she noted. "Using those big guys ... Comment?
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Mesa hopes to attract more colleges to city
... is home to prestigious schools such as Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as several smaller schools. Mesa, with about 460,000 people, has one four-year campus, Arizona State University ... Comment?
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Short-Term School Closures Ineffective For Controlling Influenza Epidemics
Closing schools for less than two weeks during an influenza epidemic has no effect on infection rates, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, RTI International and the Allegheny County Health Department. Comment?
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... called for safety warning labels on cell phones. This summer, Ronald Herberman, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, issued his own cell phone safety advisory to about 3,000 faculty and staff. Citing a "growing body of ... Comment?
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The big breakup: Why people part with TV shows
... only got more annoying as the seasons went on." Roger Klein, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh who teaches a course in media psychology, cites two psychology/communication theories that explain the relationship some viewers have ... Comment?
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Promise program will offer FAFSA, tax help
... will be offered at four workshops citywide; the workshops begin next month. Funded largely by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the Promise provides scholarships of up to $20,000 to graduates of district high schools and charter schools ... Comment?
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Clinics also test patient care model
... around the individual, family and community": the East Liberty health center's partnership with the University of Pittsburgh's Healthy Black Family Project. "We monitor our high-risk diabetic patients on the medical side. ... We develop significant ... Comment?
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Don't be afraid to take time off
... working for free during the weeks you could be on vacation. Be Happy Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh's Mind-Body Center surveyed 1,399 participants who'd been recruited for four other studies on breast cancer, cardiovascular disease ... Comment?
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Wipro tops list of H-1B visa professionals in 2009
... Johns Hopkins, University of Illinois, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Stanford, Harvard, University of Pittsburgh, Columbia and Baylor College of Medicine. Here is a countdown of the top 25 companies with the specific number of H-1B visas they ... Comment?
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... his Bachelor of Arts in Education at Youngstown College in 1935 and his Master in Education at the University of Pittsburgh in 1949. Mid-career, Don enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He served in the United States, England, France ... Comment?
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Asbury: Neighbors celebrate retiring paper carrier
... head football coach at the University of Tennessee from 1977-90, and later head coach at the University of Pittsburgh. Gordon said he would occasionally see the coach at his house, and they would exchange waves. After Majors returned a few years ago ... Comment?
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Many women and their doctors don't think to get cholesterol checked at this age.
... on that are beyond the ovaries," Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, senior author of the study and a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, said. "The adrenal gland may be involved and the pituitary gland as well." Many women and ... Comment?
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IT Sourcing Certification Group Spins Off From Carnegie Mellon
... School of Computer Science's Institute for Software Research (ISR) who is now on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh's Katz School of Business; Jeff Perdue, associate teaching professor in the ISR; and Jane Siegel, senior systems scientist ... Comment?
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Davina McCall: Why I won't let my children see too much TV
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... 3billion a year in pocket money and part-time job earnings on clothes, sweets, CDs and games. The University of Pittsburgh study, published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry, also found that a child's chance of becoming depressed ... Comment?
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Monessen mom enjoys juggling responsibilities
... 26, is an engineer and lives in Moon Township. Steve, 22, still lives at home while he attends the University of Pittsburgh. "He's going to be an electrical engineer," she said proudly. Gregor said the early years of being a mother were the only ... Comment?
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... ... But Oakland is a tired neighborhood that has been neglected for years. In the words of a young University of Pittsburgh student who was my waitress recently: "I love the university, but Oakland is a hole." After spending four years in Oakland, ... Comment?
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Eaton expects to reap about $1 billion from stimulus contracts
... the three sectors need to collaborate on a comprehensive strategy to reduce nationwide energy use. University of Pittsburgh engineering professor Gregory Reed said that nationwide strategy should involve everything from renewable energy to ... Comment?
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PLSG appoints three new board members
... of biosciences innovation and commercialization." Klinzing is vice provost for research at the University of Pittsburgh ; McCullough is vice president for research and professor of chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University ; and Spence is CEO of ... Comment?
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