After 20 years as a Pitt fiscal administrator, Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget and Administration Rhonda Gross will leave Pitt to become Lehigh University's chief financial and administrative officer, effective Feb. 1. Her title will be vice president for finance and administration. "I really have mixed emotions about leaving Pitt, but this will be a […]
Pitt secretary's handbook revised for first time in almost 10 years >
November 10th, 1994For the first time in almost a decade, Pitt secretaries have a new handbook that they can consult when in doubt about University policies and procedures. And, for the first time, the handbook is available electronically. In fact, that is the only way the new handbook is available. "Originally, we got it ready for printing, […]
Winter recess retained for this year, no talk of extending work week, Pitt administrators say >
November 10th, 1994Pitt's winter recess is safe for this year and the University administration has no plans to shift to a 40-hour work week, according to senior administrators at Staff Association Council's (SAC) annual fall assembly on Oct. 31. The University will be closed for the holidays and winter recess during the week of Dec. 26. It […]
Blue Cross proposes monopoly on Pitt medical insurance in exchange for reductions in rates >
November 10th, 1994Pitt's administration is considering a proposal from Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania that would make Blue Cross the sole provider of employee health care benefits at the University. In exchange, Blue Cross would cut Pitt's health care premiums by more than 20 percent between Jan. 1 and July 1, 1995, according to the proposal. For […]
Pitt supports CMU on Internet restrictions >
November 10th, 1994Pitt supports efforts by Carnegie Mellon University to restrict access to pornographic materials on the Internet computer network. CMU announced that it was going to block access to pornographic pictures and text that had been available on campus computers through a link with Internet on Nov. 4, and began restricting access to some of the […]
Access at Pitt said to be improving for disabled students >
November 10th, 1994Disabled students are gaining increasing access to Pitt classrooms, thanks to policy changes and building renovations mandated by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act. ADA took effect in July 1992 and requires Pitt and other institutions receiving federal funds to make unprecedented accommodations for disabled persons. ADA is widely considered to be the most far-reaching […]
Pitt cracks top 10 in NIH funding >
November 10th, 1994For the first time in its history, Pitt is among the top 10 universities in terms of receiving funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH awarded Pitt $132.4 million during the 1993 federal fiscal year, Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor reported at the Nov. 9 Senate Council meeting. Johns Hopkins University was the leading […]
Pitt wants to be No. 1 — in blood donors >
November 10th, 1994Pitt staff, faculty and students donated 4,400 units of blood to the city's Central Blood Bank last year, and that's not counting members of the University community who didn't identify themselves as such. Yet Pittsburgh, as a major transplant center, needs over 700 donors every day of the year. Chronic blood shortages have plagued the […]