University Times

Pitt's graduate library science program is ranked fifth in the nation in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey of deans, administrators and senior faculty around the nation. Several other Pitt graduate schools and programs also made the magazine's 1996 list of "America's Best Graduate Schools," including the School of Medicine. This was the […]

Pitt's Director of Parking and Transportation Bob Harkins will discuss the proposed test closing of Bigelow Boulevard between Forbes Avenue and Fifth Avenue today from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Ballroom. Sponsored by Staff Association Council, the forum is intended to inform the University community about issues surrounding the closing. A […]

Quality and diversity Having spent more than 26 years of my professional life attempting to contribute to our University becoming equally accessible to all, and given the current undertones of the national and local dialogues regarding what is labeled diversity, I decided to share the following personal views as we seek to reposition our University. […]

A memorial service will be held for Pamela Bacarisse, professor and former chairperson of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, on April 3 at 2 p.m. in Heinz Memorial Chapel. Bacarisse died March 18 of stomach and pancreatic cancer at her Oakland home. She was 61. Her husband and fellow professor of Hispanic languages […]

If you're frequently getting busy signals when you phone for your AUDIX voice-mail messages, or if your telephone rings more than four times before the system allows callers to leave you messages, you're not alone. The University's voice-mail systems are approaching maximum capacity, said Bruce A. Hutchison, director of Pitt's Office of Telecommunications. A growing […]

The offices of Facilities Management are moving from the ground floor of Benedum Hall to the Eureka Building, 3400 Forbes Ave. The effective date of the move is April 1. Facilities Management will retain its same telephone numbers. The office can be reached Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 624-9500 and after […]

Pitt's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has established a business reference site for the small-business community on the World Wide Web. The address is: http://www.pitt.edu/~sbdc/ "The greatest benefit of the SBDC web sites is that we have gathered the most important information for small businesses and located it in one place," said Ann Dugan, director […]

Forget about the test closing of Bigelow Boulevard between Forbes Avenue and Fifth Avenue until probably September. Even if the public hearing on legislation approving the closing set for April 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Frick International Studies Academy brings a favorable response and City Council approves the action at either its April 9 […]

David L. Dunlop, vice president for Academic Affairs at Pitt's Johnstown campus (UPJ), will leave UPJ in July to become president of Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, W. Va. Dunlop has been a UPJ faculty member since 1973. He served as UPJ's interim president after the retirement of President Frank H. Blackington in December 1993 until […]