Science has sought the "cause" of cancer for decades, and in the case of cervical cancer, the cause has been found. The cervix is the opening to the womb that is situated at the upper end of the vagina. Until recently the best approach to cervical cancer was to detect it early with a Pap test performed during a gynecologic examination. While the occurrence of advanced cervical cancer has dropped through widespread use of the Pap test, there are many women in the United States and millions worldwide who do not get or have access to Pap tests. This year in the United States, about 12,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer. Almost 4,000 will die of the disease which is easily detectable and easily cured, if found early.
Through a program with the Allegheny County Living Project, Andrea Bennett, 19, of Wilkinsburg, received a special invitation to attend the 44th presidential inauguration Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
The WISE program (Ward Independent Skills Enhancement) invited 6 students who were old enough and exercised their right to vote, are in an educational program, are employed, and who show life skills appropriate to be interested in a presidential inauguration.
Faculty, staff, and student teams are invited to participate in Penn State Greater Allegheny's annual Volleyball Tournament to benefit THON, a 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping, dance marathon with the mission to conquer pediatric cancer by providing outstanding emotional and financial support to the children, families, researchers, and staff of The Four Diamonds Fund.
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that belongs to a group of illnesses called inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about one in 500 people suffers from IBD. Crohn's can present at any age and affects both genders and all races. It is a chronic disease for which there is no cure, but for which health care providers and researchers are improving their ability to decrease its activity.
Penn State Greater Allegheny Continuing Education will be hosting a free Business Breakfast meeting at The Rivers Club, One Oxford Centre, Downtown Pittsburgh, on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. Guest speaker will be Greg Griffith, management and development faculty member from Penn State.
Penn State Greater Allegheny will present Celebrating the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center on the campus of Penn State Greater Allegheny.
It may be uncomfortable to think about after the holidays, but currently two-thirds of Americans are overweight and about five percent are actually clinically severely obese. New Year's resolutions are great, but they probably won't do much to solve this growing epidemic. Very few people are able to lose significant weight through diet and exercise, and even fewer are able to keep the weight off long term.
Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter, Ph.D., conferred degrees on 39 students at Penn State Greater Allegheny's fall commencement on Thursday, Dec. 18 in the Wunderley Gymnasium. Diplomas were awarded in a number of areas, including organizational leadership, political science, business, communications, applied psychology, and information sciences and technology.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society sponsored its twentieth annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 13, in the campus' Student Community Center. The society hosted 100 children from Mon-Valley area youth services agencies.
Colleges and universities are facing difficult financial decisions stemming from the widening global economic crisis. In a discussion this week at Faculty Senate, Penn State President Graham Spanier reassured community members that the University is on solid financial ground, but will face serious challenges because of a $21.2 million recission from the state.