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Volume 55 |
Issue 15: March 17, 2023

  • Chancellor search may complicate process to replace provost

    Gallagher says hiring a new academic leader will be up to the next chancellor after Cudd leaves for Portland State presidency this summer.

Talks by three conservative speakers creating conflict on campus

University says the anti-transgender messages "toxic and hurtful," but still fall under free speech.

ELI to remain open for another year, Faculty Assembly hears

Senate president shares experiences as bargaining committee “observer.”
Josh Shapiro

Governor’s proposal would give Pitt 7.1 percent funding increase

Gallagher supports Shapiro’s call to rethink Pa.’s system of higher education.

Faculty, cyber law experts discuss generative AI’s ethics, regulations, hidden benefits

Several forums at Pitt focus on ChatGPT, as the new tool sparks much debate.

Educator-based forum highlights challenges, opportunities presented by ChatGPT

Artificial intelligence software can write papers, but not always with flair or facts. 

Pitt commuter survey finds nearly half travel in single-occupancy vehicles

Sheehy tells Staff Council Spotlight that plans are underway to replace lost O’Hara Garage spots.

Annual Senate Plenary on April 4 will tackle generative AI

Seven Pitt experts in wide-ranging areas will look at how this new technology can work here.

Inside … The Pitt Press there are lots of books, and a pool table(?)

North Point Breeze site has a collection of almost everything the Press has published.

Number of single-use, gender-inclusive restrooms growing on campus

All new buildings have these facilities, but outfitting older spaces takes some work.
Amanda Godley

Pitt not keeping up with peers on graduate school enrollment

Vice Provost Godley gives report to Senate committee on her office’s strategic goals.

Four Dietrich School dean finalists meeting with Pitt community

Names released just before each appearance; Associate Dean Leibovich kicks off vision talks.
Man conducting musicians on a stage

Jazz Composers Concert features new works by nine people with Pitt ties

The show gives students and others chance to hear compositions played by top professional jazz musicians.

Women’s History Month events cover a variety of topics

HerStory Slam; SheLeads Forum; Women in Medicine and Science; and more still to come.

Also in This Issue:

TEACHING AT PITT: A focus on student success
Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards given to 13 faculty members
Pitt Business students once again offering tax help
Dear Benefits & Welfare: Caregiving and prescription monitoring taking a toll
Former Pa. secretary Boockvar joins Pitt Cyber
Workshops planned for single moms in higher education
Four professors honored with doctoral mentoring award
Participants sought for faculty seminar on digital studies and methods
Winners honored at Community Engaged Scholarship Forum
Sign up for the Journaling For Emotional Well-Being Workshop
Publishing clearinghouse: Crossley book; Close Reading the Emergency; Paul Tran
Lecture spotlight: ‘The Invention of Miracles’ about Bell’s quest to end deafness

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Pitt police reviews protocol for campus shooting scenarios after Michigan State shooting

New online platform Togetherall provides peer support for mental health

Students create company to promote safety confidence among students on campus

From Pittwire:

A Ukrainian Pitt professor on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion

See the new Webb telescope image that left a Pitt astronomer ‘starstruck’

Notable Pitt women you should know this Women’s History Month

Accolades

March 16, 2023

GSPIA’s Santucci named to Biden’s Intelligence Advisory Board

March 3, 2023

Yvette Conley named associate dean for School of Nursing research and scholarship

March 3, 2023

$750,000 NSF grant goes to Swanson School professors' circular economies study

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Passings

Leon Barnes was a leader in head and neck pathology

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