A search committee for a new senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences has been formed and was charged by Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor on Sept. 13. Committee members include: chairperson Mark Nordenberg, law; George Board, psychiatry; James Herndon, orthopaedics; Katheryn Linduff, fine arts; Herbert Rosenkranz, environmental and occupational health; Ellen Rudy, nursing; Brian Hart, human […]
SHRS professor races to 5 golds in National Veterans Wheelchair Games >
September 15th, 1994Rory Cooper, associate professor and director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories in Pitt's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences really wanted to win a medal at this year's National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Kansas City, Mo. Every year since 1982, Cooper had won medals at the games, about 125 altogether, and he wanted to […]
Master space plan publication is postponed until next month >
September 15th, 1994Pitt will miss the Oct. 1 deadline for submission of its Master Space Plan to the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission, it was announced at the Sept. 14 meeting of Senate Council's plant utilization and planning committee (PUP). Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Ben Tuchi said that publication of the master plan document has […]
Pitt gets AID grant for Eastern Europe program >
September 15th, 1994Pitt has received a $4 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to continue training and educating free market economists and business people in the former communist-bloc countries of Eastern Europe. The program will be implemented by the University Center for International Studies, Katz Graduate School of Business and the Department of Economics […]
SAC elects officers for 1994-95 >
September 15th, 1994Staff Association Council (SAC) elected officers for the 1994-1995 term at the group's Sept. 7 meeting. All of the officers ran unopposed. Officers for the new year are: President Darlene Harris, President-elect Joan Slezak, Treasurer Carol Kenderes and Director of Communications Susan Selai. In comments prior to the election, Harris listed accomplishments involving SAC or […]
Some campus construction, renovation projects completed >
September 15th, 1994The following is a summary of construction completed this summer at Pitt and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) as well as ongoing projects. Information was provided by the Office of Facilities Management and UPMC's Department of Architecture and Engineering Services. * Bradford Campus Dormitory and Service Building Construction of two dormitories, F. Scott […]
NOTICE >
September 15th, 1994The School of Law will hold a memorial service today, Sept. 15, for two of its alumni killed in last week's crash of USAir Flight 427. The law school memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Teplitz Moot Courtroom. On Monday, Sept. 15, Pitt will hold a memorial service for University-affiliated victims […]
New Public Safety director chosen >
September 15th, 1994Rick Boyd, former executive director of the Michigan Sheriffs Association, became Pitt's new Public Safety Director on Sept. 12. Boyd brings to the job 23 years of experience in the law enforcement field, both as a police officer and as an administrator. He is Pitt's first permanent Public Safety director since William Brennan resigned the […]