University Times

Of all the changes that have occurred in the health care industry over the past decade, none is more evident from the patient's point of view than the shifting of many services from hospital stays to out-patient care. Driven by the refusal of insurance companies to pay for hospital stays, diagnostic testing and other procedures […]

Forget all those ABC News, New York Times and CNN polls. If popularity of first names is the criteria, presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are running virtually neck-and-neck, says Herbert Barry, a faculty member in Pitt's psychology department and one of the leading authorities on names. Actually, when it comes to first names […]

Until recently, it was possible to tour the Drake Well Museum in Titusville and walk out with the impression that women essentially did not exist in northwestern Pennsylvania during the oil boom days of the mid-19th century. As far as could be determined by the museum's exhibits, towns such as Titusville, Oil City and Pithole […]

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Jack L. Daniel is a man with a mission: By mid-way through the spring semester, he plans to inventory all of Pitt's minority student programs; consult with the people who administer those programs; consider the internal and external constraints on recruiting and retaining minority students (especially African-Americans); compare notes with […]

In April 1995, the Instructional Technology Working Group of the executive committee on academic computing (ECAC) awarded six grants for projects to advance new instructional technology efforts at the University. Totaling about $100,000, the grants were the first in a series of similar grants. They included a video monitoring and recording system for Pitt's Human […]

Patricia Lynch, a member of the staff of the University from 1948 until she retired in 1987, died Oct. 6, 1996. She served as secretary or executive assistant to the dean for three deans in the School of Nursing. From 1954 to 1966, she was on the staff of the vice chancellor–Health Professions. Memorial contributions […]

The 1997 John G. Bowman Faculty Grants for Study Abroad are now available. The 10 grants of $1,000 each are funded by an endowment in memory of Bowman, who served as Pitt chancellor from 1921 to 1945. Bowman conceived, planned and worked to fund construction of the Cathedral of Learning. He also established the Nationality […]

Robert L. Carter, the new dean of Pitt's College of General Studies (CGS), earned all three of his academic degrees — B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. — in classics. He's spent much of his academic life studying the words and deeds of ancient heroes. And the hero with whom he most identifies is Hannibal. The great […]

The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), a joint project of Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University, will have a grand opening celebration for its new facilities tomorrow, Oct. 11. The opening will begin with a discussion of "Dialogs in Cognitive Neuroscience: Research Themes of the CNBC" at 3 p.m. in the Mellon Institute […]