News of Note from Pitt

News, Awards, and Developments From the University of Pittsburgh

• Pitt Campuses and Business Schools Cited as Military Friendly
• Law Student David Coogan Selected as a Delegate to One Young World Summit
• What Doctors Must Disclose: Article by Law Student Bryan Murray Published in American Medical Association Journal 

PITTSBURGH—Behind the larger stories about the University of Pittsburgh are other stories of faculty, staff, and student achievement as well as information on Pitt programs reaching new levels of success. The following is a compilation of some of those stories.

Pitt Campuses and Business Schools Cited as Military Friendly

The University of Pittsburgh’s Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Pittsburgh campuses—as well as the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and the College of Business Administration—have been named Military Friendly Schools in 2013. In a survey of more than 12,000 colleges, universities, and trade schools conducted by G.I. Jobs magazine, Pitt ranked in the top 15 percent in its “policies, efforts, and results” used to recruit and retain military and student veterans. More information on the survey is available at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com, and more information on Pitt’s veterans affairs efforts is available at www.veterans.pitt.edu.

Law Student David Coogan Selected as a Delegate to One Young World Summit

David Coogan, a second-year student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, has been selected as a member of the Pittsburgh Delegation to the 2012 One Young World Summit, a gathering at which 1,500 delegates from 196 countries are expected to debate and form solutions to the world’s most pressing issues. The summit for people ages 18 to 30 will be held Oct. 18-21 in Pittsburgh, and some sessions will take place in Pitt's Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning.

Coogan is active with Pitt's Student Veteran Association, which supports current Pitt student veterans and alumni, active duty military personnel, ROTC cadets, and military or veteran spouses through camaraderie, mentoring, networking opportunities, and job-search assistance. He also volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh.

One Young World is a London-based charity founded in 2009 that brings young people from around the world together, helping them to make lasting connections to create positive change. The counselors who will support, guide, and inspire the 2012 delegates include Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of The Huffington Post; Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank; Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch; and Fatima Bhutto, author, journalist, and activist. 

What Doctors Must Disclose: Article by Law Student 
Published in American Medical Association Journal

Bryan Murray, a third-year student in the Health Law Certificate Program in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, has published an article titled "Informed Consent: What Must a Physician Disclose to a Patient?" in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics (July 2012, Vol. 14, No. 7). The article traces the history of the legal doctrine of informed consent and sets forth the legal standards that define what types of risk and other information physicians must disclose in facilitating informed consent. 

Pitt's law school offers students the opportunity to concentrate their studies in any of six different fields of law through certificate programs in the following areas: health law; international and comparative law; environmental law, science and policy; intellectual property and technology law; and civil litigation. 

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