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Volume 31 Issue 2

Undergrad science gets $1.8 million grant from Howard Hughes institute >

September 17th, 1998

Undergraduate science education initiatives in a variety of arts and sciences departments at Pitt have been awarded a grant of $1.8 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). HHMI, a medical research organization, employs scientists in cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience and structural biology. It supports science education in the United States and a […]

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Allegheny Observatory plans Oct. 2 open house >

September 17th, 1998

The annual Allegheny Observatory open house will be held Oct. 2, from 7 to 10 p.m. All three of the observatory's telescopes, including the 30-inch Thaw Refractor, will offer a view of the skies to the public. The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will make additional telescopes available on the front lawn. Visitors will be […]

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Faculty concerned about wording contained in UPP draft contracts >

September 17th, 1998

Patient-physician rela- tionships could be at risk under one of the proposed contracts that would govern the new University of Pittsburgh Physicians (UPP) practice plan, according to a committee of Pitt medical professors studying the documents. UPP is being formed through a merger of Pitt's 18 previously distinct clinical practice plans. It will be a […]

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Text of medical faculty resolution >

September 17th, 1998

The following is the text of the resolution approved at a special meeting of School of Medicine faculty, Sept. 9: Resolved, That the UPP in its present form is unacceptable to the medical school faculty because it provides: * Inadequate participation of rank-and-file faculty representatives in its operations. * Inadequate safeguards against unfair employment practices. […]

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UCSUR committee in search of more candidates >

September 17th, 1998

The committee searching for a permanent director of the University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) is looking for additional candidates. UCSUR conducts and facilitates interdisciplinary research on regional and national issues of public policy. Chaired by George Klinzing, vice provost for research, the search committee at a second of open forum, held Sept. […]

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A Day of Caring >

September 17th, 1998

Nearly 300 Pitt faculty and staff took part in this year's United Way Day of Caring Sept. 9. Steve Zupcic, Pitt's Day of Caring coordinator, has seen a big transition in the annual day when Pitt volunteers give of their time and energy. "In the past, virtually all of our Day of Caring projects were […]

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Gay Talese to open English dept. new contemporary writers series >

September 17th, 1998

Gay Talese — best-selling author, founding father of the New Journalism, and noted clothes-horse — will be the first guest at Pitt's new Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series, Sept. 21 at 8:15 p.m. in 120 David Lawrence Hall. Talese is the author of "The Kingdom and the Power" (a history of his former employer, The New […]

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SIS receives $25,000 grant >

September 17th, 1998

Pitt's School of Information Sciences (SIS) has received a $25,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support a discussion of issues crucial to educating archivists for the 21st century. The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation promotes the advancement and perpetuation of humanistic inquiry by supporting libraries and other institutions that preserve the resources transmitting […]

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