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Volume 40 Issue 19

Intergenerational study-abroad trip looks at Ireland's 'Troubles' >

May 29th, 2008

Study-abroad opportunities increasingly are touted as an important addition to higher education, enriching students’ cross-cultural awareness and preparing them with first-hand experience that will serve them in an increasingly global environment regardless of their field of study. Although it is among the Pitt Study Abroad Office’s goals to integrate study abroad as a component across […]

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SAC considers unlimited terms for officers >

May 29th, 2008

Officers of the Staff Association Council (SAC) would be permitted to succeed themselves without term limits under a proposal to amend the council’s bylaws. Currently, officers may serve for a maximum of three consecutive two-year terms. Peggy McNeil reported that the governance committee, which she co-chairs, had approved a revision to the bylaws (Article VII, […]

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Mentors, mentees tell what works >

May 29th, 2008

Who better to offer advice on mentoring than those who’ve already walked in those shoes, either as a mentor or as a mentee? Participants in the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education’s Summer Instructional Development Institute (SIDI), “Mentoring Student Research,” on May 8 received advice not only from experienced mentors, but also from a […]

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Law speaker Justice Todd stresses integrity >

May 29th, 2008

Stressing the value of personal integrity, the rule of law and the need for balance between one’s professional and personal life, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice told newly minted Pitt lawyers they are entering a great and noble profession. “While becoming a lawyer may bring you great benefit, you bear great responsibility as well,” in […]

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Pitt wants to control future Semple Street parties >

May 29th, 2008

Pitt plans to intensify efforts to control the annual “Semple Fest,” a student-driven after-finals street party that got out of hand this year. According to John Wilds, assistant vice chancellor for community and governmental relations, the April 18 event was the third year for Semple Fest. “It was kind of a frightful thing for the […]

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Tech transfer office helps innovators >

May 29th, 2008

Pitt’s technology transfer efforts are centered in the Office of Technology Management, which helps innovators find commercial applications for their discoveries. OTM’s strategic relations manager Dan Bates puts it another way: He says the office’s job is about “getting your ideas out into the world.” Bates and technology marketing manager Carolyn Weber offered information for […]

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TissuGlue: One innovator case study >

May 29th, 2008

Among the results of University research is chemical engineering professor Eric Beckman’s development of a tissue glue that’s being brought to market by a company he formed in 2005. During the Office of Enterprise Development’s spring Limbach lecture, Beckman offered his insights on what he’s learned during his entrepreneurial leave from the University, including what […]

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For the birds >

May 29th, 2008

The Cathedral of Learning’s resident female peregrine, Dorothy, peers into the Babcock Room on the Cathedral’s 40th floor Tuesday morning as National Aviary and Pennsylvania Game Commission officials prepare to examine and band her three chicks with state and federal ID tags. The baby peregrines hatched April 30 in the nesting box atop the Cathedral. […]

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