University Times

Under plans currently being studied by the Office of Facilities Management, the Masonic Temple is being considered as the location of both Pitt's new undergraduate College of Business Administration (CBA) and the Katz Graduate School of Business. Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management Tom Hussey told Senate Council's plant utilization and planning committee (PUP) on […]

The 144 comments that non-returning students wrote on their survey forms ranged from praise ("I would say that, overall, I was very satisfied with my stay at Pitt") to damnation ("Pitt is a terrible school") to ambiguity ("The University of Pittsburgh is a great educational institution. But, it is not for me.") A few students […]

The number of impending Pitt dean vacancies increased to five this month when two of the University's three arts and sciences deans — Mary L. Briscoe, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Mary Lou Soffa, graduate studies dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) — announced they will resign next […]

Works spanning the career of eminent American composer Donald Martino will be featured in a concert of solo piano and chamber music, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. in Frick Fine Arts Auditorium. Performing will be New York-based artists Eliza Garth, piano, violinist Rolf Schulte and clarinetist Jean Kopperud. The concert, part of the Pitt music […]

Though a $400,000 Asian Development Bank grant, James Mauch and his colleagues from Pitt's Institute for International Studies in Education will work to help modernize the Chinese National Academy for Education Administration (NAEA). Pitt faculty will work cooperatively with the NAEA to select teaching equipment and resource materials. They will also advise on management issues […]

The Pitt Alumni Association has established a scholarship for local Eagle Scouts in honor of Robert I. "Cubby" Bearer, a well-known Boy Scout leader. Bearer, a 1934 physical education graduate of Pitt, worked with boys from economically depressed towns such as Braddock and Rankin. The scholarship is directed toward youths of Eagle Scout merit who […]

The University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Search Committee held its first meeting on Friday, Sept. 8. At the meeting, Board of Trustees Chairman J.W. Connolly gave the committee its official charge. He told the committee members that the task of identifying candidates for the position for Board consideration is an "immense responsibility. It is an assignment […]

Chocoholics take heart. A study being conducted by the headache clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute has not turned up any evidence that chocolate is a trigger for migraine or tension headaches in most people. Headed by research specialist Lisa Scharff, a clinical psychologist, the study is one […]

Vice President Al Gore visited Pitt on Sept. 11 as part of a coordinated effort by the Clinton administration to short-circuit proposed student aid cuts now before Congress. Gore told the mostly friendly lunchtime crowd of about 3,000 who gathered on the grounds of the Cathedral of Learning that President Bill Clinton would do everything […]

A physical therapist assistant program designed to start Pitt's Titusville campus (UPT) on the road to becoming "The Gateway to the Health Professions" is being launched this fall with a class of 32 students. Along with providing residents of northwestern Pennsylvania with an opportunity to receive training in the health sciences without leaving home, the […]