The annual Pitt Scouts for Food drive, which is part of the national Scouting for Food drive conducted by the Boy Scouts of America, will run April 7-27. This year Chancellor Mark Nordenberg is serving as the general chairperson of the regional Scouting for Food drive. During last year's drive, Pitt staff, faculty and students […]
Scouting for Food drive kicks off at University April 7 >
April 2nd, 1998Pitt Scouts for Food collection sites >
April 2nd, 1998* William Pitt Union, Fifth Avenue lobby information desk * Hillman Library, circulation desk and all other ULS libraries * Communications on the main floor of Forbes Quadrangle * Law School lobby and law library * Scaife Hall, 2nd & 4th floor lobbies * Biomedical Science Tower, entrance lobby * Cathedral of Learning, ground floor […]
Surgery chairperson to step down June 1 >
April 2nd, 1998Richard L. Simmons will resign as chairperson of the medical school's Department of Surgery effective June 1 but will continue as a Pitt faculty member and as medical director of UPMC Health System. In an e-mail message to department faculty this week, Simmons said he submitted his resignation March 28 to Thomas Detre, senior vice […]
Correction >
April 2nd, 1998During the March 18 University Senate meeting, Margaret Stevenson, vice president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association, said that graduate student evaluations of research advisers are impractical because students are reluctant to criticize faculty with whom they collaborate on research projects, and who could make or break the students' careers. The March 19 University […]
Statistics dept. celebrates 1st anniversary >
April 2nd, 1998The Department of Statistics celebrated its first anniversary last weekend with a symposium featuring talks by internationally renowned statisticians including Stanford University professor Ingram Olkin (at right) and C. Radhakriskna Rao, a Penn State statistics professor and adjunct professor of statistics at Pitt. During his March 27 lecture, Rao emphasized both the ancient roots and […]
Sophomore wins prestigious Putnam math competition >
April 2nd, 1998Pitt sophomore Ovidiu Savin outscored more than 2,500 mathematics undergraduates from more than 400 colleges and universities in North America to achieve the highest official ranking in the 58th William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition held in December. The Putnam competition, which began in 1938, is the most prestigious undergraduate mathematics event of its kind. Savin […]
Pitt team heading to College Bowl nationals >
April 2nd, 1998Pitt's College Bowl Team has won the regional championships and will compete for the national title April 17-19 at the University of Texas at Dallas. Pitt beat George Washington University, Carnegie Mellon and Georgetown in the regional championships. The Pitt team includes captain Eric Stein-hauser, a freshman chemical engineering/philosophy major; Niladri Das, a freshman majoring […]
40+% of eligible faculty opt for Pitt early retirement plan >
April 2nd, 1998More than 40 percent of 381 eligible tenured faculty members have signed up for Pitt's early retirement incentive plan, the administration announced yesterday. In approving the plan last October, Pitt trustees said it would give the University more flexibility in meeting changing academic needs. In a written statement, Chancellor Mark Nordenberg said the level of […]