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Chancellor Mark Nordenberg expects to announce in July whether Pitt will adopt a new early retirement plan for tenured faculty this year. After five months of haggling over details of such a program, the Faculty Early Retirement Bonus Plan Committee delivered its final report to Nordenberg June 20. The report recommends that Pitt adopt two […]

The latest Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) strategic plan got a glowing review this week from Provost James Maher. "With very valuable help from the [school's] Faculty Planning Advisory Committee, you and the FAS associate deans have addressed the programmatic needs and budgetary constraints both insightfully and comprehensively," Maher wrote in a June 24 […]

Frank A. Cassell, vice provost and dean of the Albert A. Robin Campus of Roosevelt University near Chicago, will become president of Pitt's Greensburg campus (UPG) Aug. 11. Cassell, 56, will succeed Norman W. Scanlon, who has been interim president of UPG since George Chambers retired on Dec. 31. Chambers was president of the campus […]

A group of about 25 freshmen at Pitt's Greensburg campus (UPG) will be treated to a new learning experience starting on Aug. 21, when they embark on a 65-mile bike trip along the Youghiogheny River Trail. The three-day, two-night journey will balance academic and recreational activities. The freshmen will be guided by UPG faculty, staff […]

Pitt recently won 10 Matrix Awards from Women in Communications. In the Office of Communication/Media Relations: * University of Pittsburgh Research Review received an honorable mention in the Magapaper Category. * "Higher Education Review" received an honorable mention in the Radio Talk Show Category. In the Department of University Relations: * Law Notes was awarded […]

Both Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University dropped in Computerworld's second annual survey of the nation's 25 top techno Master's of Business Administration programs. In the weekly newspaper's latest survey, Pitt fell from 9th to 17th, while Carnegie Mellon dropped from second to third place. Computerworld based its rankings on a poll of 3,000 corporate recruiters […]

Staff Association Council President Brian Hart, who is supervisor of the PC Center, is involved in distributing the software for Pitt's new Oracle computing system. The June 12 issue of the University Times reported that Hart is extensively involved in Pitt's switch to Oracle.

Average salaries among the ranks of Pitt employees last year ranged from $221,056 for the 11 executives, administrators and managers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to $14,022 for the 14 technical, skilled and service workers in the Office of Human Resources. Those highs and lows are included in a salary report released […]

The Faculty Early Re-tirement Bonus Plan Committee recommends that Pitt offer the following two plans, beginning Sept. 1. The Window Plan Who would be eligible: Full-time and part-time tenured faculty, full-time and part-time faculty librarians whose contracts provide the expectation of continuing employment, and full-time administrators holding faculty tenure. Members of the medical school faculty, […]