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• Pitt to Host National Nuclear Technology Forum: American Society of Mechanical Engineers Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards Meeting to Be Held Oct. 17-19.

  - 2006-10-13

  Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Oct. 13 AScribe Newswire -- Increasingly, nuclear electric generation is viewed as an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to help abate global warming concerns. In addition, there is a recognized need to advance the development of...

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• AAUP Leaders Testify in Public Hearings

  - 2006-01-01

  In November, AAUP leaders testified in public hearings of the Pennsylvania House Select Committee on Student Academic Freedom on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The committee was charged by the state legislature with examining the academic atmosphere in Pennsylvania and the degree to which faculty have the opportunity to instruct...

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• Tom Ranck tells world about potential of Galfan alloy

  - 2005-11-07

  An anti-corrosion coating for steel, Galfan is a zinc-5 percent aluminum alloy developed 25 years ago at the Centre de Recherches Metallurgiques in Belgium under the sponsorship of the nonprofit International Lead Zinc Research Organization. The Galfan alloy is applied to steel in a manner similar to galvanizing. However, its...

  Tags: alloy, Fax, Manufacturing, steel, Strategy, University of Pittsburgh

• Time Savings In Product Development Through Continuous Simulation

  BNET - 2005-04-14

  In present day's fast-paced economy and complex global market has made it difficult for manufacturing companies to maintain their competitive edge. Products being developed must stand apart from others, and lead the market in the way they meet customer needs. Tools to reduce product development time have been in use...

  Tags: University Of Pittsburgh, Tool, Product Development, Product Marketing, Strategy, Productivity, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Management

• Knowledge Sourcing Effectiveness: Electronic Companion Document

  BNET - 2004-06-02

  In this Electronic Companion paper, we provide additional details regarding six aspects of the above-noted study, namely: the relationship between knowledge sourcing and similar construct; the utilization of formative constructs; psychometric tests performed to assess the representativeness of the sample, likelihood of non-response bias, and likelihood of mono-method bias; the...

  Tags: Construct, Knowledge, University Of Pittsburgh, Strategy, Purchasing & Procurement, Management, Business Operations

• Good deal.(Software + Hardware; Algor Inc. makes $370,000 donation to John A. Swanson Center for Product Innovation)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-09-22

  The John A. Swanson Center for Product Innovation (www.engr. pitt.edu/scpi), part of the John A. Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering, has received a donation of $370,000 from ALGOR--including the company's design, analysis, and multiphysics simulation software and services....

  Tags: ALGOR Inc., Entrepreneurship, hardware, software, Strategy, University of Pittsburgh

• Acadient Platform Fuels Web-Based Financial Accreditation Program for Center for Fiduciary Studies

  - 2003-04-08

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--April 8, 2003 Working with Boston-based Acadient, a leading developer and distributor of online education for the financial services industry, The Center for Fiduciary Studies Center today launched its Web-based ACCREDITED INVESTMENT FIDUCIARYTM (AIFTM) Program. The program is designed for fiduciaries -- investment decision-makers...

  Tags: Benefits, Boston, E-learning, fiduciary, financial, SOFTWARE, Strategy, University of Pittsburgh, Web

• Strategy In Marketing

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  Marketing strategy involves basic conceptualization and planning of different issues related to marketing. It includes identification of the target market and deciding on the kind of product promotion to be employed. Formulation of the marketing strategy entails prior study of the organization's internal and external environment. The former helps the...

  Tags: Strategy, Marketing Strategy, University Of Pittsburgh, Marketing Research, Marketing

• Researchers and academics plan strategies for success: solutions are focus of convention "Town Meetings".(Brief Article)

  - 2001-12-26

  The research and academic town meetings at the ASHA Convention wasted no time this year. They focused dead-on on solutions to the problems facing their constituencies. Researchers Town Meeting After a brief introduction by Julie Masterson, ASHA's vice...

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• Helen Kula from University of Toronto - information management awards - Brief Article

  - 2000-10-01

  Each of the five winners of this award received $1,200. The winners were: Professional Grant: Helen Kula from University of Toronto's Joseph L. Rotman School of Management. Student Stipends: Mary S. Kilpatrick, University of Maryland; Genevieve Lemire, Universite de Montreal; Brian McGreevy, University of South Carolina, and Hillary A. Stevenson,...

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