Senate Council's plant utilization and planning committee (PUP) yesterday, Nov. 9, gave its formal approval to an amended version of Pitt's master space plan and voted to forward it to Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor. The master space plan outlines plans for the physical development of the Pittsburgh campus over the next five, 10 and 20 […]
Senate committee gives OK to amended version of master space plan >
November 10th, 1994THOMAS MELLON and His Times >
November 10th, 1994Autobiographies of Wall Street wizards and captains of industry tend to be uninspiring stuff. Andrew Carnegie churned out a Horatio Alger potboiler about a Scottish bobbin boy who made a fortune for the express purpose of blowing it on public libraries. Joseph Kennedy Sr. could not write the truth about his own fascinating but shady […]
Health Sciences search committee satisfied with early response >
November 10th, 1994Approximately 85 nominations and 15 applications have been received for the position of senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences. Search committee chairperson Mark Nordenberg said that the nominations and applications have been received from across the country and that the committee is pleased with the response. "When you consider that our first ad probably ran […]
Gross named Lehigh's chief financial officer >
November 10th, 1994After 20 years as a Pitt fiscal administrator, Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget and Administration Rhonda Gross will leave Pitt to become Lehigh University's chief financial and administrative officer, effective Feb. 1. Her title will be vice president for finance and administration. "I really have mixed emotions about leaving Pitt, but this will be a […]
Pitt secretary's handbook revised for first time in almost 10 years >
November 10th, 1994For the first time in almost a decade, Pitt secretaries have a new handbook that they can consult when in doubt about University policies and procedures. And, for the first time, the handbook is available electronically. In fact, that is the only way the new handbook is available. "Originally, we got it ready for printing, […]
Winter recess retained for this year, no talk of extending work week, Pitt administrators say >
November 10th, 1994Pitt's winter recess is safe for this year and the University administration has no plans to shift to a 40-hour work week, according to senior administrators at Staff Association Council's (SAC) annual fall assembly on Oct. 31. The University will be closed for the holidays and winter recess during the week of Dec. 26. It […]
Blue Cross proposes monopoly on Pitt medical insurance in exchange for reductions in rates >
November 10th, 1994Pitt's administration is considering a proposal from Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania that would make Blue Cross the sole provider of employee health care benefits at the University. In exchange, Blue Cross would cut Pitt's health care premiums by more than 20 percent between Jan. 1 and July 1, 1995, according to the proposal. For […]
Pitt supports CMU on Internet restrictions >
November 10th, 1994Pitt supports efforts by Carnegie Mellon University to restrict access to pornographic materials on the Internet computer network. CMU announced that it was going to block access to pornographic pictures and text that had been available on campus computers through a link with Internet on Nov. 4, and began restricting access to some of the […]