Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania issued a brief written statement following Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor's announcement that Pitt will give Blue Cross exclusive rights to employee medical coverage here. Officials from HealthAmerica, which will be eliminated under the Blue Cross agreement, condemned the deal. They said the Pitt administration never seriously considered their bids and […]
HealthAmerica, Blue Cross officials react to decision on health insurance >
March 30th, 1995Survey results to be used in developing 'cafeteria' benefit plan >
March 30th, 1995The results of a survey of Pitt faculty and staff opinions of their employee benefits will be used in developing a proposal for a "cafeteria" benefits plan here, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Darlene Lewis said. A cafeteria plan allows employees to select among a range of benefits. One employee may want dental or […]
Dear Friends releases river songs cassette >
March 30th, 1995"Roll on Monongahela," a cassette tape featuring arrangements of 19th-century river songs from Pennsylvania, has been released by Dear Friends, the ensemble-in-residence at the Stephen Foster Memorial. The recording includes music about the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and other rivers of Pennsylvania. Selections on the cassette reflect both the peaceful, romantic aspects and the turbulence of […]
Free services available to persons whose spouses have Alzheimer's diseases >
March 30th, 1995People whose spouses have Alzheimer's disease may be eligible for free services through a Pitt research program that begins May 1. Participants receive a personalized program of support and training over a nine-month period, including three months of weekly visits by trained program staff, one three-hour intervention workshop with other caregiving spouses, and in-home interviews. […]
UPB marketing efforts win awards >
March 30th, 1995Pitt's Bradford campus has won three awards in a national competition sponsored by the trade publication Admission Marketing Report. UPB received the silver award for Total Advertising Campaign; a merit award in Radio Advertising Series, and a merit award in Newspaper Advertising Insert. "I am delighted with these awards. It was a great team effort," […]
O'Connor asks senators for 4.5% hike in Pitt's state appropriation >
March 30th, 1995HARRISBURG– Noting that Pennsylvania's funding for higher education has risen only 11.8 percent since 1990, one-tenth the rate of increase for prisons, Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor on March 28 asked the Senate appropriations committee for an additional 4.5 percent hike in the University's base appropriation. The state budget proposed by Gov. Tom Ridge on March […]
Provost denies UPJ request to convert its engineering program >
March 30th, 1995One of the goals set by Pitt's Johnstown campus in the University's "Toward the 21st Century" academic master plan was to convert the campus's engineering technology department to an engineering department. Provost James Maher, however, recently put the brakes on that plan when he ruled that Pitt does not possess the resources to support two […]