Asking Pitt to give you the car keys has become a bit tougher recently. Speed demons or those who drink and drive may find themselves on the motor pool’s no-drive list. A recent change in policy aimed at reducing the University’s liability now requires Pitt employees and students who want to use a motor pool […]
Fair focuses on healthy lifestyle >
February 21st, 2008Want to get healthy and reduce stress in your life? Get interactive. The Healthy Lifestyle Experience fair invites Pitt employees to a series of interactive presentations, including a stress management workshop; musical therapy exercises; cooking demos; a nutrition trivia game; massages, and bio-feedback, blood pressure and body composition assessments. Health coaches and other health care […]
Wishes for end-of-life care, organ donation can conflict >
February 21st, 2008Recent changes in the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) have created potential conflict between an organ donor and his or her organs. The 2006 UAGA, designed to eliminate some potential roadblocks that can hinder organ donation, has raised ethical concerns among critical-care physicians and others who have pointed out that language in the act requires […]
Pitt prof gets fined for mailing bacteria >
February 21st, 2008Pitt professor Robert Ferrell has been fined $500 for his role in obtaining biological organisms for a Buffalo art professor. U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara also sentenced Ferrell to a year of unsupervised release, but no jail time, in his Feb. 11 decision. Ferrell, a professor in the Graduate School of Public Health’s […]
Darragh St. restrictions altered >
February 21st, 2008Upcoming events are pre-empting several days of scheduled Darragh Street closings. Darragh is closed from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday between Terrace and Allequippa streets to allow crews to install a new west loop steam line 20 feet underground. However, the street will remain open Friday to accommodate traffic expected for the […]
Prosthetics/orthotics program launched >
February 21st, 2008The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) is launching a new master’s of science degree program in prosthetics and orthotics in its Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology. Prosthetics and orthotics involves the evaluation, fabrication and custom fitting of artificial limbs and orthopedic braces. The five-term, 66-credit program is designed to meet National Commission […]
Pitt sets up tax info hotline >
February 21st, 2008Payroll has set up a tax hotline for questions about W-2 and 1042S tax forms. The hotline, 412/624-8070 (option 9), will be in effect through April 16, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Employees also can submit inquiries online at payrollinfo@bc.pitt.edu. Questions regarding form 1099 should be directed to Payment Processing at 412/648-7845. Questions regarding form 1098T (tuition […]