Spring term enrollment was higher than expected at the Pittsburgh campus and slightly lower than the administration had budgeted for at the regional campuses, according to final figures released last week by Pitt's Office of Institutional Research. University-wide this spring, Pitt enrolled: * 19,375.8 full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduates — 456.8 more than the administration had […]
Spring enrollment higher than planned at Pittsburgh campus >
April 30th, 1998Coaching turnover part of reason for financial losses of 1996 football program >
April 30th, 1998Pitt football suffered a losing season in 1996 financially as well as on the field. Thanks largely to coaching staff turnover and a weak home schedule, the football program — supposedly one of the two revenue-producing NCAA sports along with men's basketball — cost Pitt either $2.1 million more (in "unrestricted actual" dollars) or $3.4 […]
William C. Divens Jr. >
April 30th, 1998William C. Divens Jr., assistant director for Access Services at the Health Sciences Library System, was killed when the light plane he was piloting crashed at the Beaver County Airport on Sunday, April 12, 1998. He was 46 years old. Also killed in the accident was his 8-year-old son, Daniel Divens, a second grader at […]
New faculty association being formed in the medical school >
April 30th, 1998In replies so far to a letter from a committee of senior medical professors, 274 of the School of Medicine's approximately 1,300 full-time faculty members have said they want to form a faculty association. Another 25 professors have said such an organization is unnecessary. "Many of the 25 who voted against the idea were department […]
Members elected to committees >
April 30th, 1998Faculty Assembly has elected three new members to each of the University Senate's 15 standing committees. They include: Admissions and student aid committee — Helena Goscilo and Sharon Nelson-LeGall, both of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and Guy M. Nicoletti, of the Greensburg campus. Anti-discriminatory policies — Sandra S. Kaplan, medical school; Dwight […]
Med school HIV project gets grant >
April 30th, 1998The School of Medicine's HIV Early Intervention Project will receive more than $1.5 million over a three-year period from the Health Resources and Services Administration Ryan White Title III Program. The funding will be used to enhance primary care services for HIV-infected individuals who are treated at the Pittsburgh AIDS Center for Treatment (PACT) at […]
Race for the Cure >
April 30th, 1998On Sunday, April 26, Sue Harkins, for the past five years director of the College Connections program in Arts and Sciences, attended Pitt's commencement ceremony and received the hood symbolic of her doctorate in higher education administration, directly behind her alphabetically arranged husband, Bob (Gerald Robert Harkins, director of Pitt's Parking, Transportation and Services), who […]
Pitt signs on as sponsor of Race for the Cure; volunteers sought >
April 30th, 1998The sixth annual Race for the Cure will be held Sunday, May 10, in Schenley Park starting at 8:30 a.m. The race, the largest in western Pennsylvania, attracting some 14,000 runners and walkers last year, benefits breast cancer screening, education, research and treatment. This year, the University will be a full sponsor, providing space in […]
Iowa writer wins Drue Heinz Literature Prize >
April 30th, 1998Barbara Croft, a native Iowan with a long list of writing-related credentials, has won the 18th annual Drue Heinz Literature Prize. "Necessary Fictions," Croft's collection of three short stories and one novella, was chosen from among 224 entries to the contest, which is open to published writers. The prize, established and endowed by Drue Heinz, […]