Hundreds of new housing units could become available to Oakland residents, including graduate students and other members of the Pitt community, by the end of the century. The apartments and townhouses will replace the Allequippa Terrace public housing project near Trees Hall. Realtors Beacon/Corcoran Jennison Partners will be the developers, working with the Pittsburgh Housing […]
A toast >
October 24th, 1996Four hundred of H.J. Zoffer's closest friends, colleagues and family members paid tribute to Pitt's "dean of deans" Oct. 10 at the Pittsburgh Hilton, Downtown. Zoffer retired this summer after 28 years as dean of the Katz Graduate School of Business. Speakers swapped "Jerry stories," poking fun at Zoffer's workaholism, his relentless fundraising and politicking […]
Jazz Seminar set for Oct. 29-Nov. 2 >
October 24th, 1996The Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert will mark its 26th year Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 with an all-star jazz line-up, a jazz photo exhibit, and the traditional on-campus seminars, brown bag lunches and an outreach program for area school children. Performers will include Herbie Mann, flute; Benny Bailey, trumpet; Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone; Wallace […]
Sports Medicine schedules physicals for high school athletes >
October 24th, 1996Pitt's Center for Sports Medicine will provide physical examinations and musculoskeletal screenings for high school athletes involved in winter sports on Oct. 29 at the Center for Sports Medicine on North Craig Street. Physical examinations are required for all inter-high school sports participants by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA). The musculoskeletal screenings, which are […]
Council defeats effort to remove University's name from UPMC >
October 24th, 1996A motion proposing to take the "UP" out of "UPMC" was pronounced dead at the Oct. 14 Senate Council meeting. Council members voted overwhelmingly against the motion, which was first proposed at Council's May 13 meeting by linguistics professor Christina Paulston. Her motion called on Senate Council to urge Pitt administrators and trustees to take […]
UPMC gets 20 % investment in SecurityBlue Medicare HMO >
October 24th, 1996The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Blue Shield have signed an agreement giving UPMC a 20 percent investment in the SecurityBlue Medicare HMO. The agreement is one of a number of collaborations between the two. UPMC provides specialty care services in Blue Cross Primary Care Centers and UPMC […]
Wylie named interim controller >
October 24th, 1996Assistant Controller Douglas W. Wylie has been named as the interim replacement for Controller and Assistant Treasurer William G. Laird. Laird will leave Pitt at the end of October to become assistant vice president for finance at Carnegie Mellon University. Arthur G. Ramicone, interim vice chancellor for Finance, said it hasn't been determined yet when […]
Noted historian to speak at Pitt Nov. 6 >
October 24th, 1996When it comes to historians, few names are better known than that of Eric Hobsbawm, professor emeritus at the University of London and the New School of Social Research in New York City. Hobsbawm's books "The Age of Revolution," "The Age of Capital," "The Age of Empire" and, most recently, "The Age of Extremes: A […]