University Times

The European Community Studies Association, headquartered at Pitt, has changed its name to the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) to better reflect its scope and purpose. "The name change will be extremely useful," said Alberta Sbragia, director of the European Union Center at Pitt's University Center for International Studies (UCIS) and 1993-95 chair of the […]

E. Maxine Bruhns Director of the Nationality Rooms Program Wesley Wentz Posvar's name indicated his European heritage. He wore the badge proudly. Since part of his ancestry was Moravian, he was pleased that he could look into the Czechoslovak Room from his office. He often took his guests on a tour of the Nationality Rooms […]

Pitt's School of Education and Allegheny College in Meadville have signed an articulation agreement that will give qualified Allegheny students guaranteed admission to Pitt's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. Allegheny students who complete their undergraduate work at Allegheny and who satisfy Pitt's basic admission requirements qualify for admission under the agreement.

Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, a faculty member here for 17 years and founding director of Pitt's Center for Nursing Research, has been appointed dean of the School of Nursing. She succeeds Dean Ellen Rudy and Interim Dean Lynda Davidson. "Dr. Dunbar-Jacob's accomplishments as an educator, researcher, and leader along with her record of service to the nursing […]

The life and times of former Pennsylvania Speaker of the House K. Leroy Irvis will be celebrated on the Pittsburgh campus Sept. 13 and 14. All events are free and open to the public. Irvis, Pitt emeritus trustee, is the first African American to hold the position of Speaker of the House in any state […]

As Pitt prepares its state appropriation request for the next fiscal year, a University Senate committee is again calling on the administration to close the gap between professors' salaries here and the average faculty pay among Pitt's fellow members of the Association of American Universities (AAU). In an Aug. 28 letter to Chancellor Mark Nordenberg, […]

UPMC Health System has again been named one of the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems in the United States by Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association. UPMC has been recognized each of the three years the magazine has been sponsoring the awards. The designation is based on a […]

Ann M. Dykstra, Pitt director of Com monwealth Relations for seven years, will leave at the end of September to become an administrator at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. She will be executive assistant to Dickinson's president and secretary of the college. "I'll be more focused on higher education administration than I am in my […]

Courtesy parking stickers for registered Pitt carpool and vanpool participants now are being issued at the University's Parking Office, 204 Bracken-ridge Hall. For more information, call 4-4034.

Pitt staff and faculty volunteers again will be lending a hand in the community for the 11th annual Day of Caring Sept. 21. More than 500 Pitt volunteers, including family members and friends, are expected to work in surrounding neighborhoods and at local and regional agencies as part of this year's Pitt-United Way campaign. In […]