West Coast author Suzanne Greenberg has won the 2003 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, which honors collections of short stories. Greenberg’s manuscript, “Speed-Walk and Other Stories,” was selected from nearly 300 entries and will be published this fall by the University of Pittsburgh Press, which administers the award. Greenberg, associate professor of English at California State […]
Office of Child Development relocates >
March 20th, 2003Pitt’s Office of Child Development (OCD) — for the first time in 15 years — has all its components under one roof. OCD’s new location is at Lexington Technology Park, 400 N. Lexington Ave., Point Breeze. OCD is a public-private, regional resource and management facility that contributes to the welfare of children, youth and families […]
UPMC wins 2 awards >
March 20th, 2003The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has received two achievement awards from the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) for its efforts to protect patients, hospital staff and the general community against bioterrorism. The HAP achievement awards program recognizes health care professionals who have developed innovative, adaptable projects that enhance patient satisfaction and […]
OBITUARY: Robert Lee "Rob" Penny >
March 20th, 2003Robert Lee “Rob” Penny, playwright-in-residence of the Kuntu Repertory Theatre and a founder with August Wilson of the Kuntu Writers Workshop, died March 17, 2003, following a heart attack at his home in the Hill District. He was 62. An associate professor of Africana studies who served as department chair from 1978 to 1984, Penny […]
DRAMATIC improvement >
March 20th, 2003Pitt will re-open its newly restored Charity Randall Theatre, formerly known as the Foster Auditorium in the Stephen Foster Memorial, with festivities April 4 and 5. The $2 million reconstruction and upgrade of the auditorium is the first since the historic building (original construction cost: $550,000) opened in 1937 to honor composer and Pittsburgh native […]
No decision yet on health care options >
March 20th, 2003The rates that staff and faculty will have to pay for Pitt health insurance after June 30 still have not been set, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Ronald W. Frisch said yesterday. “There are some things we’re asking the vendors for that we don’t have acceptance on yet. There are some things that the vendors […]