There will be no undergraduate tuition increases at Pitt’s regional campuses in Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown and Titusville next year, the University announced April 20. In making the announcement of the regionals’ tuition freeze, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg stated, “Particularly in these difficult times, the University is sensitive to the difficult task of balancing our own […]
Pitt FY10 budget process continues >
April 30th, 2009The University’s fiscal year 2010 budget continues to take shape even as legislators in Harrisburg deal with their own budget woes. University Senate budget policies committee (BPC) chair Richard Pratt at an April 17 BPC meeting said the University Planning and Budgeting Committee (UPBC) could recommend a budget at its next meeting. UPBC is scheduled […]
Provost addresses BPC in closed session >
April 30th, 2009Provost James V. Maher addressed the Senate budget policies committee April 17 in closed session. BPC chair Richard Pratt said the provost used the time to review with the committee issues the University is facing as well as the status of its various major revenue sources including investment income, research grants, tuition and the state […]
Senate committee slates announced >
April 30th, 2009This year’s slate of candidates for seats on the 15 University Senate standing committees has been set. There are three openings on each committee. Voting by Faculty Assembly members will take place May 4-15. For more information, contact the Senate office at 4-6505. • Admissions and student aid: Ray Jones, business; Linda Dudjak, nursing; Robin […]
Two new web-based graduate programs to begin >
April 30th, 2009Pitt is extending its programmatic reach into cyberspace by offering two graduate degree programs that can be earned online in toto. The University is launching the pilot programs in education and nursing this fall through its new Pitt Online web site (www.online.pitt.edu), part of the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE). The goal, […]
Husband-wife team to head two new med school programs >
April 30th, 2009The School of Medicine last week announced two new components that will be headed respectively by a husband and wife recruited to the University. The medical school has established a new Department of Developmental Biology and appointed as its founding chair Cecilia Lo, whose research focuses on understanding the causes of congenital heart disease. In […]