The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's International Travel Clinic, located at 339 Sixth Ave., Downtown, offers consultation and recommendations for disease prevention when traveling abroad. Travelers should contact the Travel Clinic as soon as they are aware of their travel plans, because immunizations must be administered over time. The center also offers a complete medical […]
Budget could bring pay raises, reductions in workforce here >
June 20th, 1996The good news for fiscal 1997: Possible pay hikes of 4 percent. The bad news: A possible workforce reduction of 4.5 percent. For faculty and staff, that's the good and the bad of the FY 97 budget that the University Planning and Budgeting Committee (UPBC) has recommended to Chancellor Mark Nordenberg. UPBC's budget recommendation also […]
Senate Council approves 1st policy on commercialization of inventions >
June 20th, 1996Senate Council unanimously approved what would be Pitt's first-ever Commercialization of Inventions Through Independent Companies Policy at its June 10 meeting. The policy would establish guidelines for Pitt faculty, staff and students seeking to commercially produce inventions based on technologies developed in their labs. According to Vice Provost for Research George Klinzing's office, the policy […]
Pitt researchers' artificial heart could someday replace transplants >
June 20th, 1996Many of Pitt's medical researchers are internationally known for contributions to their fields and have been at the forefront of some lifesaving discoveries. Some of those researchers are so good, in fact, that they could end up putting some colleagues out of business. Like UPMC surgeons William Wagner, Harvey Borovetz and Bartley Griffith. They are […]
Scholarship to honor Lillie >
June 20th, 1996A scholarship has been established in honor of Vernell A. Lillie, founder and director of the Kuntu Repertory Theatre and a faculty member in Pitt's Department of Africana Studies. The scholarship was arranged by Ruth Simmons, a former student of Lillie's at Phillis Wheatley High School in Houston, Tex. Simmons is currently president of Smith […]
Katz plans conference on outsourcing in public schools >
June 20th, 1996The Katz Graduate School of Business will host a conference on "Outsourcing the Management of Public Schools: Issues and Evidence" on July 9 in Mervis Hall. Topics to be discussed include the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing; the market for outsourcing, and the experiences of school districts that have contracted out various management functions. Incentive […]
Engineering program honored >
June 20th, 1996Pitt's freshman engineering program as been selected as a 1996 Outstanding Institutional Advising Program Award winner. Presented by the National Academic Advising Association, the award recognizes innovative practices that have resulted in the improvement of academic advising services for freshman students. Pitt's School of Engineering was selected for its "Freshman Leadership Team," which redesigned the […]
A look at Nordenberg's academic and administrative background >
June 20th, 1996Born in Duluth, Minn., on July 12, 1948, Mark Nordenberg graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Thiel College, Greenville, Mercer County, in 1970. As an undergraduate, Nordenberg was named to "Who's Who in American Colleges" and won the Thiel Competitive Scholarship and the Stewart Memorial Scholarship. Following graduation from Thiel, […]
Physical therapy assistant program boosts enrollment at Titusville >
June 20th, 1996Pitt's Titusville campus (UPT) is experiencing its largest summer enrollment ever thanks in large part to its new physical therapist assistant (PTA) program. A total of 110 students are attending classes on the campus this summer, compared to 96 last summer, according to Gerald Lazzaro, a faculty member and director of public relations. About one-third […]