Viral and vital, college gymnasts finding their voice
The social justice movement in college athletics has popped up in most unusual place: gymnastics. From UCLA to Pittsburgh, Black gymnasts and the programs they represent are using their platform to empower and uplift. Her experience at Arkansas was simply reflective of the culture at large in the sport at the time. From Pittsburgh to California, female gymnasts are using their platform to empower, educate and bring light to causes they believe in. โPersonally I would say (gymnastics) is a predominantly white sport,โ Ward said.
The University of Pittsburgh acquires August Wilson trove
NEW YORK โ The University of Pittsburgh has acquired the archive of the late playwright and Pittsburgh native son August Wilson, a trove that contains recordings, letters, artwork, poetry, unpublished work and notebooks. The August Wilson Archive will reside in a state-of-the-art home in Hillman Libraryโs renovated Archives & Special Collections, the university said Thursday. โThis acquisition is about more than bringing August Wilson back home to Pittsburgh,โ said Chancellor Patrick Gallagher in a statement. Next up this December is โMa Raineyโs Black Bottom,โ directed by Tony-winner George C. Wolfe and adapted by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Washington says โThe Piano Lessonโ is the next Wilson work he hopes to bring to the screen.
Michigan Medicine awarded funding for COVID-19 plasma therapy trial
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Researchers at the University of Michigans Michigan Medicine and three other medical centers were awarded a total of $7 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHBLI) to study convalescent plasma in reducing symptoms of COVID-19 in patients with mild cases, Michigan Medicine announced Thursday. The other medical centers awarded funding are the University of Pittsburgh, Medical University of South Carolina and Stanford Medicine. As part of NHBLIs initiative, the Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma of Outpatients (C3PO), the institute plans to study whether preventing a mild case from becoming severe can come from passive immunization. Convalescent plasma contains antibodies that can bind to the virus that causes COVID-19, neutralizing it. A press release from Michigan Medicine said convalescent plasma can be used as a treatment for hospital patients with severe to life-threatening COVID-19, which is the passive immunization.
Michigan Medicine part of $7 million in funding for COVID-19 therapy trial
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Researchers at the University of Michigans Michigan Medicine and three other medical centers were awarded a total of $7 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHBLI) to study convalescent plasma in reducing symptoms of COVID-19 in patients with mild cases, Michigan Medicine announced Thursday. ORIGINAL STORY: Michigan Medicine awarded funding for COVID-19 plasma therapy trialMost of the other studies are focused on people who are so sick that they need to be in the ICU, said Dr. Frederick Korley. He said convalescent plasma -- donated by survivors -- contains antibodies that can bind to COVID-19 and neutralize it. Our hope is that if we can get to the patient early enough then -- with convalescent plasma -- we can neutralize the virus before the virus does a lot of damage to the body, Korley said. The study will enroll ER patients that have mild COVID-19 symptoms, but a high-risk for developing severe complications.