Full-time staff who work at Pitt year-round could voluntarily reduce their appointments to nine or 10 months a year, under the latest draft of a Human Resources office proposal. Such a reduction would entail a proportionate cut in salary and vacation, and it would require approval from the employee's supervisor. But the staff member would […]
Modifications made in reduced work year proposal for Pitt staff >
April 27th, 1995Firing of employee prompts SAC concern over supervisory program >
April 27th, 1995The recent dismissal of a staff member in the Office of Human Resources has Staff Association Council (SAC) concerned about the future of the Leadership Development Process (LDP), and the staff compensation policy and performance appraisal process. LDP is a supervisory training program launched last year in response to a 1991 request from SAC to […]
Construction will claim parking spaces; 2 garage proposals are considered as solutionto problem >
April 27th, 1995
In parking-starved Oakland, where the loss of a single parking space is bad news, construction of the proposed convocation center on the administration's preferred site next to Pitt Stadium is expected to eliminate up to 786 parking spaces. Most of those lost spaces, 701, would come from the OC parking lot where the convocation center […]
City Planning Commission approves University master plan, but adds severalstipulations >
April 27th, 1995
The third time was the charm. After three public hearings dating back to November, the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission on April 18 finally gave its approval to Pitt's master space plan. Developed over the past three years by the University Senate's plant utilization and planning committee and approved by Pitt's Board of Trustees as part […]
Law school looks back over its first 100 years >
April 27th, 1995The year 1895 was truly a banner one for culture and education in Pittsburgh. Andrew Carnegie's new institute along Forbes Avenue, out among the cow pastures of Oakland, opened it doors for the first time and the Pittsburgh Symphony was formed to bring the world's great music to a town known for having plenty of […]
Several events planned to commemorate law school centennial >
April 27th, 1995A number of events have been planned over the next month to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Pitt's School of Law, starting today, April 27, with a visit to the school by Drew Days, solicitor general of the United States. Days will speak in the Teplitz Memorial Moot Courtroom of the law school at 6 […]
Bradford campus launches program to help rural businesses >
April 27th, 1995A state-funded Digital Connection program at Pitt's Bradford campus (UPB) is helping businesses in rural northwestern Pennsylvania to compete in domestic and global markets through an interactive computer network. According to Richard Nelson, chair of UPB's business management department, the program was created from funds designated for rural outreach and "brings the resources of the […]
Free skin cancer screenings offered >
April 27th, 1995Pitt medical center's dermatology department and the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute will offer two free skin cancer screenings from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on May 3 and May 10 on the fifth floor of Falk Clinic. "The public needs to be aware that skin cancer is not a single disease. It includes melanoma and non-melanoma skin […]