Love is not the only arena in which opposites might attract and actually work better as a team. By linking together super-computers of differing capabilities around the country, researchers at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center have found that computers actually can draw on each other's strong points and improve their performance. Ralph Roskies, scientific director of […]
National information infrastructure in science and education >
March 2nd, 1995Pitt to restrict some Internet news groups to those over 18 >
March 2nd, 1995A standing committee of faculty, staff, students and a representative of the Office of General Counsel has been charged by Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Ben Tuchi with determining which of the more than 10,000 news groups on the Internet will be carried on Pitt's computer network. The committee is part of a […]
A University resource for teaching, research and service >
March 2nd, 1995The Internet has changed the way the world thinks, learns and solves problems, according to James Williams, chair of Pitt's Department of Information Science. Alluding to a recent Life article, Williams told the audience at the Founders Day Symposium that the cornerstone of the old paradigm of education was the classroom lecture, but that in […]
Pitt, CMU to host national writing program conference >
March 2nd, 1995A keynote address by National Endowment for the Arts chairperson Jane Alexander and a tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson will be among the highlights of the 1995 annual conference of the Associated Writing Programs (AWP), March 9-11 at the Westin William Penn hotel, Downtown. Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University are co-hosting the conference, […]
Big Web, small world…hypermedia without the hype >
March 2nd, 1995Five centuries elapsed between the inventions of moveable type and the first desktop publishing software. Yet, according to Bruce Dobler of Pitt's English department, the leap from Gutenberg to desktop was technological chump-change compared to the windfall of the Internet's World Wide Web — at least in terms of giving individuals and institutions equal access […]
Honors Convocation 1995 >
March 2nd, 1995The University's annual Honors Convocation was held Feb. 28 in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. The Rev. Edward A. Malloy, president of Notre Dame University, delivered the keynote address. At this year's ceremony, 1,367 students and 168 faculty members were recognized for their academic achievements during the year. Information for the following list of faculty […]
Health Science search semi-finalists named >
March 2nd, 1995Seven semi-finalists, including three internal candidates, have been selected by the search committee charged with filling the position of senior vice chancellor for the Health Sciences. The seven were culled from a list of more than 130 individuals who applied for or were nominated for the position. Of those 130 individuals, the search committee reviewed […]
Pitt makes deal with PAT on Squirrel Hill, Shadyside bus runs >
March 2nd, 1995Beginning about May 1, Pitt students, faculty and staff will be allowed to ride Port Authority Transit (PAT) buses without charge between the Pitt campus and Shadyside/Squirrel Hill. The service is a year-long experiment to settle a dispute that arose last fall, when PAT refused to renew permits for a private transit company to continue […]
Staniland appointed interim dean of GSPIA >
March 2nd, 1995Martin Staniland has been appointed interim dean of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, effective March 13. Provost James V. Maher, who made the appointment, said in a written statement: "I am very pleased that Professor Staniland has agreed to serve as interim dean until we have concluded a search for a permanent […]
Chancellor's awardees announced >
March 2nd, 1995Eleven Pitt faculty members are recipients of the 1995 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching, Research and Public Service Awards. Public service award winners are Y.H. Ismail, prostho-dontics, School of Medicine; Carmelo Mesa-Lago, economics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS); and Richard J. Ptach-cinski, pharmacy and therapeutics, School of Pharmacy. The distinguished researchers, all from FAS, include senior […]