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Chancellor regrets UPBC wasn't informed about new scoreboard >
September 25th, 1997Chancellor Mark Nordenberg offered a qualified apology last week for failing to consult with — or even inform — the University Planning and Budgeting Committee (UPBC) before the University bought the new video replay board at Pitt Stadium. University Senate leaders and faculty who serve on UPBC haven't questioned the business advantages of the $1,055,000 […]
Bio sciences professor wins Packard fellowship >
September 25th, 1997Jeff Lawrence, assistant professor in biological sciences, has been awarded a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. Given by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (David is co-founder of computer giant Hewlett-Packard) the fellowship provides $100,000 per year for five years. The fellowship is given to young researchers who have shown unusual creativity. Lawrence is […]
Greensburg campus schedules fall festival >
September 25th, 1997Pitt's Greensburg campus (UPG) and the Pitt-Greensburg Alumni Association will sponsor a fall festival Oct. 4 and 5. The festival will start on Oct. 4 with a sit-down dinner and performance of the melodrama "The Drunkard" at 7 p.m. in the Chambers Hall Dining Room. The cost is $12. Oct. 5 events include a classic […]
Pitt submits FY1999 state budget request >
September 25th, 1997Tuition increases would not exceed 3.5 per cent next fall, under a fiscal year 1999 funding request that Pitt submitted to the state Department of Education this week. The document also proposes a 3.5 percent net increase in the budget for faculty and staff compensation (salaries plus benefits). That would be achieved through a 1 […]
Pitt's Day of Caring 1997 >
September 25th, 1997More than 300 Pitt faculty and staff took part in this year's United Way Day of Caring on Sept. 10, according to Day of Caring coordinator Steve Zupcic. In the belief that Pitt benefits when its neighbors prosper, the focus of this year's event was on areas adjacent to the University. Volunteers worked on projects […]