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Volume 54 |
ISSUE 21: June 24, 2022

  • Browning receiving gavel from Callahan

    New trustees chair moving ahead quickly on chancellor search

    Browning is the first Black person to hold the job and hopes he isn’t the last.

Pitt appropriation passes Senate, awaits House action

The current bill keeps funding at the same level it’s been since 2019.
Arjang A. Assad

Assad led Pitt Business to its highest rankings ever

The outgoing dean praises faculty and staff teamwork in accomplishing goals.

Wellness fee increases anticipate recreation center completion

Oakland campus students to pay $50 more in ‘22 and another $50 in ’23.
Rendering of new UPMC hospital

Event celebrates beginning of UPMC hospital construction

Leaders tout lifestyle-friendly features of planned 17-story facility on Fifth Avenue.

Charity started by SHRS professor helps other families adopt

The Wert family wanted to pay forward a gift that helped them bring their son home.
Volleyball arena

Money approved for enabling work at new arena site

The $15 million will go toward excavating area next to Petersen Events Center.

Pitt in the making: Modern Pitt’s first year, 1927, was full of news

Women’s ‘senior court’ system; scientific achievements and a shot at the movies.
Rain garden on Cathedral Lawn

Pitt’s green stormwater projects get a moment to shine

Tour shows off rain gardens and revamped lawns and plazas to design professionals and others.

Development program encourages circular economies

This approach helps keep more materials from ending up as waste.
Amy Lynn Seybert

Pharmacy and therapeutics department chair named as dean

Amy Lynn Seybert succeeds Patricia Kroboth, who is retiring after two decades.
COVID-19 community levels in Pennsylvania

Mask policy allows flexibility as community levels change

Right now, face coverings are optional, but CMRO urges use in large crowds.
Self-defense training

Public Safety and Environmental Health resume in-person training

Departments can request the four-hour active killer training program.

Also in This Issue:

Compensation modernization forums planned June 30 and July 27
Send the UTimes names of retirees from the first half of 2022
Nearly 2,000 donate more than $700,000 in United Way campaign
Pitt–Bradford alum donating $50,000 toward new building

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News from around Pitt

 

From Swanson School of Engineering:

Pitt and Princeton engineers discover spontaneous intertwining of 2D polymer sheets into self-rotating 3D “dancing” spirals

Building a Better Blood Bank—in Kenya

New Research Introduces Self-Powered Smart Implants to Monitor Spinal Fusion Healing

From The Pitt News:

New loading zones bring efficiency to Pittsburgh

Pitt CEC in the Hill District fosters community growth

From Pittwire:

This Pitt researcher is using data to fight the opioid epidemic

From School of Health and Rehabilitation Science:

Elizabeth Skidmore Takes Research to the Next Level

Accolades

June 24, 2022

Becich named interim co-director of Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

June 24, 2022

Bruno receives immunotherapy research award

June 24, 2022

Pitt among Forbes’ top 300 best employers for new grads

All Accolades

Passings

Bramson made sure research animals got excellent care

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