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Maintaining that "there is a lot of teaching going on at research universities that is not classroom instruction," Provost James Maher defended the number of hours that Pitt faculty spend in the classroom during a hearing by the state House of Representatives' Select Committee on Higher Education on Sept. 14. But committee Chair Rep. John […]

Pitt signed an educational exchange agreement Sept. 14 with the Universidade Estadual Paulista, which has its main campus in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The accord was signed in the office of Interim Chancellor Mark Nordenberg (left) and provides for a wide range of academic and research exchanges between the two universities. Signing for the Universidade Estadual […]

The team of outside experts hired by the Board of Trustees to assess the current state of the University got an earful from Pitt personnel during the group's visit to the Pittsburgh campus Sept. 11-14, judging from comments by a random sampling of faculty and staff members who were interviewed by the team. "We had […]

The search committees for new deans of two Pitt schools — the Katz Graduate School of Business and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) — will hold open hearings Oct. 12 in 2P56 Forbes Quadrangle. A search committee for dean of the College of General Studies (CGS) will hold an open forum […]

The chancellor search committee will hold open hearings at Pitt's four regional campuses. The schedule is as follows: Titusville — Sept. 29, 1:30 p.m., Room 116, J. Curtis McKinney Student Union. Bradford — Oct. 2, 1:30 p.m., Special Dining Room, Frame-Westerberg Commons. Greensburg — Oct. 6, 1:30 p.m., Smith Hall. Johnstown — Oct. 9, 1:30 […]

What does the information super- highway mean for southwestern Pennsylvania? To help answer that question, Pitt will host a conference Oct. 9 that will examine the National Information Infra-structure's (NII) implications and potential applications for the region. The conference will provide practical examples of how information technologies can be used to improve learning, business, health […]

Pitt's Department of Philosophy has been ranked second in the nation, behind only Princeton and ahead of Harvard, in the latest study by the National Research Council (NRC) of research-doctorate programs in the U.S. The four-year study, which examined 3,634 academic programs at 274 institutions, also ranked Pitt's Department of History and Philosophy of Science […]

Pitt, campus police agreement may be close Pitt's assistant police chief and the head of the collective bargaining organization that represents some 67 campus police personnel said this week that they may be close to agreeing on a contract to replace the one that expired nearly 15 months ago. "I think we're getting close," said […]