To Arthur S. Levine, culture isn't just something you grow in a Petri dish. "I've always been as interested in the humanities as in the sciences," says Levine, who was named last week as Pitt senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences and dean of the medical school, effective Nov. 1. Levine, 61, currently is scientific […]
Cochran wants to expand counsel office, reduce use of outside firms >
May 28th, 1998Pitt's Office of General Counsel employs six full-time lawyers but needs to hire three more to handle a growing workload, according to Assistant Chancellor Jerome Cochran, who has been directing the office since March. In updating the University Senate budget policies committee (BPC) this month on the office's activities, Cochran said he will seek permission […]
Trustees OK agreement to have practice plans pay $17 million to settle charges of overbilling >
May 28th, 1998The Pitt Board of Trustees executive committee on May 15 unanimously ratified an agreement through which School of Medicine clinical practice plans will pay $17 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle charges that University physicians overbilled Medicare and Medicaid between 1990 and 1996. UPMC Health System has pledged to reimburse the practice […]
SAC members debate changing bylaws regarding officer election >
May 28th, 1998The May 13 Staff Association Council (SAC) meeting covered a lot of ground in the nearly two-hour public forum that included the approval of new council members, a firming-up of the July 25 Pitt Kennywood Day details, and an old-style, convention-floor fight of sorts over bylaws changes. Due to a glitch in scheduling, some new […]
GSPH launches award-winning website with info on HIV/AIDS >
May 28th, 1998The Pennsylvania Prevention Project at the Graduate School of Public Health has launched an award-winning website for individuals, physicians, health care workers and anyone interested in finding out more about HIV and AIDS. The project won best website for health education and promotion at the 1997 National Health Association Conference. The website ‹ http://www.stophiv.com – […]
Staff >
May 28th, 1998New Staff Association Council members: * Eileen Baylis, CGS * Debby Beard, medicine * Tammeka Beattie, GSPH * Joyce Freeman, nursing * Lydia Howard, athletics * Mary Litman, surgery * Crystal Lloyd, international services * Andrea G. Loughner, Parking and Transportation * Sandy Macurak, Honors College * Jeananne Nicholls, Mid-Atlantic Technology Applications Center * Jaime […]
Suit with former law prof settled >
May 28th, 1998Former Pitt law professor Candice Hoke settled her gender discrimination lawsuit against the University May 26 for an undisclosed sum. Hoke, who began teaching at Pitt in 1987, sought tenure here in 1992 but her request was denied. She sued the University in federal court in 1995, claiming she'd been denied tenure because of her […]
Man sought in Oakland assaults >
May 28th, 1998The Pittsburgh Police are looking for the man who sexually assaulted two women at 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, on Flagstaff Hill in Schenley Park. At the time of the assault, the man was armed with a gun and a knife; police consider him very dangerous. City police say they are looking for a […]