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Volume 31 Issue 11

Teresa Ree Chay >

February 4th, 1999

Teresa Ree Chay, professor of biological sciences with an adjunct appointment in chemistry, died Jan. 27, 1999. She was 61. Chay earned a B.A. in mathematics in 1959 and a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1961, both from the University of Utah. She came to Pitt in 1970 as a research associate and was named assistant […]

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Parking permits now pre-tax deduction >

February 4th, 1999

Employees who use payroll deduction for parking fees now qualify for a pre-tax deduction, Parking and Transportation Services announced. Commencing with January's paychecks, parking fees will be deducted automatically before taxes are calculated, in compliance with an amendment to the Internal Revenue Service Code. The amount of tax savings varies according to tax bracket. According […]

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Graham Baxter >

February 4th, 1999

A business consultant and management educator with ties to the University, Graham Baxter died Jan. 20, 1999, of complications following hip replacement surgery. He was 58. Baxter earned a Ph.D. in business from Pitt in 1974. He served as administrator for the business school's Management Program for Executives. He helped establish an undergraduate business program, […]

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Parking permits now pre-tax deduction >

February 4th, 1999

Employees who use payroll deduction for parking fees now qualify for a pre-tax deduction, Parking and Transportation Services announced. Commencing with January's paychecks, parking fees will be deducted automatically before taxes are calculated, in compliance with an amendment to the Internal Revenue Service Code. The amount of tax savings varies according to tax bracket. According […]

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Payroll department sets up tax hotline >

February 4th, 1999

The Payroll Department has established a hotline for questions about W-2 and 1042S tax forms. The hotline, 624-1860, will operate weekdays through April 16, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Employees should direct questions about form 1099 to the Accounts Payable Department at 624-6054. According to Payroll, tax forms were mailed during the last week in January.

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Deadline for diversity seminar Feb. 16 >

February 4th, 1999

Faculty interested in making their courses more inclusive in terms of gender, race and other diversity issues, both in content and pedagogy, can apply for admission to this year's Faculty Seminar for More Inc lusive Courses. The seminar, which will be held May 10-21, is sponsored by the Chancellor's Diversity Working Group. Applications can be […]

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Campaign kick-off is 18 months away, but over $143 million in donations already has been raised >

February 4th, 1999

Pitt isn't planning to publicly kick off its latest capital campaign until fall of the year 2000. But by the end of 1998, the University already had raised $143.2 million in campaign gifts and pledges, according to Pitt's chief fundraiser. Carol Carter, vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement, said the campaign goal hasn't been set yet, […]

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Council tables motion calling for full access to Pitt-UPMC-UPP documents >

February 4th, 1999

Since Jan. 1, School of Medicine faculty with clinical duties have been jointly employed by Pitt and the recently formed University of Pittsburgh Physicians (UPP) practice plan. Depending on their job duties and their departments' policies, clinical faculty earn varying portions of their salaries from the University and from UPP. The latter is a subsidiary […]

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Supervisors' workshop promotes awareness of sexual harassment >

February 4th, 1999

Sexual tensions are a fact of life, but sexual ha- rassment doesn't have to be. That was one of the messages a group of Pitt supervisors heard Jan. 28 as part of a mandatory Human Resources sexual harassment awareness training session. "The main message of the workshop is that prevention is the best defense we […]

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