University Times

Pitt trustees are expected to approve pay raises today for Chancellor Mark Nordenberg and seven other University officers. The trustees' compensation committee, which is authorized to approve the salaries and fringe benefits of top Pitt officials, is scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. in 159 Cathedral of Learning. The meeting is open to the public […]

There is scarcely any task more important for senior faculty to undertake than the evaluation of prospective new faculty and of current, junior faculty for retention, promotion or tenure. Maintaining high quality among the professoriate will ensure the continuity of excellence in our tripartite mission of teaching, research and service. Careful evaluations of these men […]

Pitt's vice provost for Faculty Affairs is seeking "further clarification" of a policy change that bars faculty members' spouses and children from using the Trees Hall swimming pools except as part of supervised community fitness programs. Before this fall, the pools had been open — officially, if not always in practice — to faculty spouses […]

The company that provides e-books to Pitt and thousands of other academic libraries, netLibrary, filed for bankruptcy protection last month. But the director of Pitt's University Library System (ULS) says faculty, staff and students should retain access to the approximately 8,000 netLibrary books and monographs that they currently can read online through ULS's web site. […]

Five winners of the annual Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Award for University of Pittsburgh Staff Employees were honored at the long-term staff recognition reception last week. (See pages 8 and 9 for long-term staff acknowledgments.) This year’s winners are Janet “Dolly” C. Biskup, administrative assistant in the Office of the President, Greensburg campus; Louise M. Gargis, […]

30 Years SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mary Lou Rosborough OFFICE OF THE PROVOST Madalyn E. Turner-Dickerson Josephine B. Hatley FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Eileen S. Kopchik Robert J. Muha Jen-Shew Yen Beatrice E. Grier COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES Raney M. Owens JOSEPH M. KATZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Andrea M. Yeager SCHOOL […]

Pitt's College of Gen- eral Studies (CGS) this week announced a series of new certificate programs designed to enhance continuing education opportunities for the region's workforce. Called the Pitt Learning Solutions program, the initiative focuses on five "regional growth industry sectors" critical to the economy: health care, manufacturing, information technology, financial services, and hospitality and […]

College counseling centers nationwide report a significant increase in the number of students with severe mental health problems, and Pitt is no exception. The trend is documented in an annual survey of counseling center directors conducted by Robert P. Gallagher, associate clinical professor in administrative and policy studies at Pitt's School of Education. The rate […]

During his 25 years as head of Pitt's student counseling services, Robert P. Gallagher, associate clinical professor at Pitt's School of Education, has witnessed the gamut of problems facing students. His recent research indicates that more instances of serious mental health problems have surfaced in counseling centers across the nation, forcing counselors to adjust to […]

Pitt could raise tuition next fall by 10-15 percent — or even more — and still recruit a freshman class equal to this year's in terms of academic quality, diversity and sheer numbers. But only if public colleges and universities nationwide raised their tuitions by about the same percentage. Betsy Porter, director of Admissions and […]