Citing personal reasons, Pitt Public Safety director Rick Boyd resigned from his job May 16. Because of leave time, however, he will remain on the University payroll until Aug. 16. Associate Vice Chancellor for Business John DeVitto has assumed control of Pitt's 70-officer police department, the third largest police department in Allegheny County. DeVitto, to […]
Clinical practice plans being merged into single plan >
May 29th, 1997Pitt's 18 clinical practice plans are merging into a single plan, which will be a not-for-profit subsidiary of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) System. The unified plan will be called University Physicians Practice. "We're shooting for October as the point we can incorporate the plan," said James Herndon, Pitt associate senior vice chancellor […]
SIS prof studies how people navigate the Net >
May 29th, 1997Lost in cyberspace? Maybe it's because so much information on the Internet looks the same. Just as landmarks and familiar neighborhoods make it easier for people to find their way in real space, comparable tools should help people navigate the information superhighway, says Stephen Hirtle, associate professor and chairperson of information science and telecommunications. "Standardization […]
Medical school makes salaries consistent for new tenured clinical faculty >
May 29th, 1997Medical school professors have never been accused of being underpaid, at least compared with other faculty. But until this year, it was unclear how much salary money a fulltime, clinical professor with tenure in Pitt's School of Medicine could expect to earn simply by being: a. Tenured, and b. A fulltime, clinical professor in Pitt's […]
Reception planned for retired staff, faculty >
May 29th, 1997Retired Pitt faculty and staff will have a chance to get together again during a retirees' reception June 25 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the William Pitt Union ballroom. The reception has been organized by a group of retirees made up of: Mary Bonach, Jo Fairclough, Myron Garfunkel, Tom Lloyd, Dorothy Lain, Jeannie Martin, […]
UPB gets earth science grant >
May 29th, 1997NASA's Mission to Planet Earth Program has awarded Assad Panah, professor of geology and environmental science at Pitt's Bradford campus (UPB), a $60,000 grant to conduct a cross-disciplinary literacy workshop on earth system science. UPB is one of only 12 schools in the nation to receive the grant, the purpose of which is to help […]
Disability Resources staff expands to meet burgeoning student need >
May 29th, 1997In 1993, Pitt's Office of Disability Resources and Services employed just one staff member (director Marcie Roberts) and served 86 students. With the hiring June 3 of a learning disabilities specialist, Lynnett Van Slyke, the office will be up to five full-time staff members serving approximately 700 students and 25 faculty and staff members. Only […]
Staff involvement vital, SAC president stresses at Bradford campus meeting >
May 29th, 1997BRADFORD-Even though work and family pressures can make participation in Staff Association Council (SAC) difficult, involvement with the organization is important, SAC President Brian Hart told the Council of Campuses at its meeting here May 20. The Council of Campuses was formed by SAC about two years ago to periodically bring together staff on the […]