TribLive stories, Page 2372
Letter to the editor: Paleolithic views on NPs & MDs
Letter-writer Dr. Lawrence John’s Paleolithic view of nurse practitioners shocks the conscience (“Nurse practitioners & doctors,” Dec. 24, TribLIVE). I know nurse practitioner Cathy Grant, and she has a clear understanding of the boundaries between NPs and physicians (“Please, let nurse practitioners serve patients,” Dec. 8, TribLIVE). The NPs I...
Etna EcoDistrict well received, supported
Robert Tunon, a Rothschild Doyno Collaborative Architecture associate, said that he has been “blown away” by the support that has developed since the public joined the Etna EcoDistrict process in January 2018. “You have a municipality, the officials in a community, partnering with the residents in a way that’s really...
Pitt students examine flash flooding in McLaughlin Run watershed
One of my responsibilities at Pitt has been coordinating the Civil Engineering Department’s Senior Design Project program. In this program each senior, in his/her last semester, is required to participate as part of a multi-discipline team in a challenging “near-real-world” design project. This semester, one of our teams studied flash...
Bird counters flock to North Park for annual event
On Saturday, Dec. 29, volunteer bird watchers descended upon North Park for the national 119th Annual Christmas Bird Count. Meg Scanlon, an interpretive naturalist for the Allegheny County Parks Department at its Latodami Environmental Education Center in North Park, coordinated the North Park count. According to Scanlan, these are important...
