What a difference a decade makes in the world of the Pitt Admissions office. Between the fall 1995 entering freshman class and the entering class of 2005, average SAT scores went up from 1110 to 1234; by comparison, national SAT scores only went up from 1010 to 1028 during the same period. The percentage of […]
Oak Hill developer sues again >
May 11th, 2006Pitt has been sued in federal court by the developer of Oak Hill (formerly known as Allequippa Terrace), an 80-acre public housing residential area adjacent to the upper campus. The suit was filed May 1 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Beacon/Corcoran Jennison (B/CJ) Partners, LLC, a Boston-based […]
Assembly approves 12-year facilities plan >
May 11th, 2006Pitt’s proposed 12-year master facilities plan moved one step closer to final approval last week, even as details of the plan are being kept under tight wraps from the press and the general University community. Robert Pack, vice provost for academic planning and resources management who is a member of the committee that wrote the […]
BusinessWeek ranks CBA No. 50 >
May 11th, 2006BusinessWeek Magazine’s first ranking of undergraduate business programs has rated Pitt’s College of Business Administration No. 50 in its ranking of 61 schools. The rankings included 31 public and 30 private university programs. Compared with other public universities, Pitt’s business program came in at No. 21. The newly released rankings are based on a survey […]
Auditor general to review Pete construction documents >
May 11th, 2006State Auditor General Jack Wagner has asked for a preliminary review of internal documents involving the construction of the Petersen Events Center, which was overseen by the state Department of General Services (DGS). But that action is not to be misconstrued as the beginning of an investigation, according to Steve Halvonik, communications spokesperson for Wagner’s […]
Law clinic’s work changes Medicare transplant policy >
May 11th, 2006It’s official. Three years of work by Pitt’s Health Law Clinic on behalf of a diabetic woman in need of a pancreas transplant has resulted in a Medicare policy change with nationwide impact. Pitt associate professor of law Stella Smetanka, who heads the health law clinic, has led students in a legal fight to change […]
Professor recreates Galileo’s experiments >
May 11th, 2006Any serious student of science is familiar with Galileo’s famed pendulum experiments. The 17th-century scientist’s discoveries about the regularity of a pendulum’s motion sparked further study and ultimately led to the development of more precise methods for measuring time. Little is known about exactly how Galileo conducted the experiments in the early 1600s, but Paolo […]
New institute seeks cures for orphan diseases >
May 11th, 2006Orphan disease research has found a new home at Pitt. Experts in chemistry, pharmacology and biology are joining forces in a new lab in their quest to cure rare diseases. Using new rapid screening methods, they plan to test thousands of chemical compounds each year to find which ones show promise as potential medications. Once […]
A visit to Pitt’s Allegheny Observatory >
May 11th, 2006As yet another first-time visitor walks wide-eyed into the Allegheny Observatory’s grandiose main corridor, Nancy Robinson responds with bemusement. “You’d think everyone would have been here by now,” said Robinson, who’s been business and operations manager at the observatory for more than 25 years. Since 1914, free tours of the building have drawn many a […]