University Times

Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg ranks 11th on the list of highest-paid leaders of public universities nationally, according to an annual survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education. However, the comparison data, published in the Nov. 18 edition, are flawed in part because they compare Nordenberg’s 2003-04 compensation package with other institutional executives’ 2005-06 data […]

David M. Roderick, former chair and CEO of U.S. Steel Corporation, has solicited gifts from three major Pittsburgh institutions toward the establishment of the Welsh Nationality Classroom. U.S. Steel Corp., the Richard King Mellon Foundation and UPMC each have contributed $50,000. The committee has raised approximately $400,000 of its $450,000 goal. Roderick recently gave a […]

As the trial of Saddam Hussein before an Iraqi special tribunal continues, Pitt-Greensburg professor Joan Bytheway will be watching a bit more intently than many observers. Her work as part of a Regime Crimes Liaison Office (RCLO) forensic team is expected to be instrumental in the case against the former Iraqi leader. Anthropologist Bytheway, an […]

Pitt was the sixth most prolific college or university in the country in the number of start-up companies created in fiscal year 2004, according to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) 2004 survey of licensing and commercialization activities. With 10 companies created in 2004 as a result of Pitt research, the University tied with […]

Calling it a new era of inter-campus communication, faculty leaders from three of Pitt’s regional campuses reported to Faculty Assembly last week on issues particular to their academic homes. The president of Pitt-Titusville’s faculty council was unable to attend the meeting. Faculty presidents Sayre Greenfield of Pitt-Greensburg, Don Ulin of Pitt-Bradford and Richard Ulsh of […]

When patients no longer respond to curative treatments, medical students often find themselves ill equipped to assist with the complex physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs associated with dying. A $1.1 million four-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will enable faculty at Pitt’s Institute to Enhance Palliative Care to integrate information technology and […]

Provost James V. Maher did not attend the Nov. 29 Faculty Assembly meeting, but was asked by the University Times to comment on statements made by regional campus faculty leaders at that meeting. Provost Maher issued the following statement in response: “The presidents of the campus senates at Bradford and Greensburg raised budget issues in […]

Experts believe a significant number of the population would die within 30 days of receiving a dose of radiation to the entire body from a “dirty bomb,” prompting the federal government to fund a new effort to develop medical interventions against radiological and nuclear threats. As part of this effort, the National Institute of Allergy […]

Yesterday, Dec. 7, was the 64th anniversary of the “day which will live in infamy” as the starting point of the United States involvement in World War II. Last August, the country marked the 60th anniversary of the war’s end on Aug. 14, 1945. The unconditional surrender of the Japanese government followed within 10 days […]

Carnegie Mellon University, in partnership with Pitt, has received a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support the development of an interdisciplinary joint doctoral program in computational biology. The $1 million grant, one of only 10 awarded, will support the Ph.D. program in computational biology that was established jointly by the two universities […]