The School of Nursing is better than 70 percent of the way toward meeting its $3.1 million goal in the University's capital campaign, Pitt trustee Roger Glunt reported at a Feb. 1 hearing sponsored by the committee searching for a new nursing dean. To continue progress made under outgoing Dean Ellen Rudy, the school's next […]
Nursing dean needs fundraising credentials, search committee told >
February 8th, 2001Lothrop water supply poses no threat, county health dept. says >
February 8th, 2001Lothrop Hall's water supply poses no health threat, according to recently completed testing by the county health department. The health department had conducted tests for the Legionella bacterium after a Pitt custodial employee assigned to Lothrop Hall was diagnosed with Legionnaire's Disease. Legionnaire's Disease is a pneumonia-like illness caused by Legionella, a non-contagious common bacterium. […]
Future of Senate Council to be considered by faculty committee >
February 8th, 2001Should Senate Council be restructured, or even scrapped? University Senate President Nathan Hershey has asked the Senate's bylaws and procedures committee to study the issue. Hershey told Faculty Assembly on Jan. 30 that he has sensed "a fair amount of dissatisfaction," particularly among faculty, with the current Senate Council format. Many Council meetings consist of […]
Pitt group will consider how to fight threats to scholarly publishing >
February 8th, 2001Printed scholarly journals may be priced out of existence within a decade or two, librarians and scholars warn. In the meantime, published information in the sciences is increasing by 13 percent annually (7,000 new scientific journal articles are published daily), squeezing humanities journals out of library collections. And, new copyright laws and reinterpretations of old […]
Ordinance affecting local vendors expected to go into effect next week >
February 8th, 2001Local regulations governing street vendors, including the popular mobile eateries dotting the Pittsburgh campus, will change under a new city ordinance expected to be finalized next week. The ordinance will require street vendors to obtain a vending license, renewable annually; to prove that they have paid taxes; to abide by relevant health codes; to comply […]
UPMC Health Plan rep defends organization against complaints >
February 8th, 2001Responding to charges of billing errors, a UPMC Health Plan representative denied the severity of the problem before a University Senate committee last week. Don Williams, the UPMC Health Plan's primary representative for the Pitt account, was invited to the Senate benefits and welfare committee meeting Jan. 31 to respond to allegations that the health […]
New study-abroad program to match faculty, Honors College undergrads for field research >
February 8th, 2001A novel new Pitt study-abroad program will match faculty with teams of University Honors College undergraduates, to collaborate on field research in foreign countries. The Research Abroad Program (RAP) will award each participating student a $3,000 stipend, and each participating faculty member the same stipend plus an expense allowance based on the U.S. State Department […]
The U.S. and the E.U.: Partners and rivals both, lecturer reports >
February 8th, 2001Europe and the United States probably will continue to squabble over trade subsidies, defense burden-sharing, and the pros and cons of hormone-fortified poultry, British Labour Party member of Parliament Denis MacShane told a Pitt audience last week. But as a new century begins, both sides of the North Atlantic share an all-but-unshakable commitment to democracy, […]