University Times

Hershey, Hughes to run for presidency of Senate This year's election for University Senate president pits incumbent Nathan Hershey against Sean Hughes. The two men have a fair amount in common. Both are longtime Pitt faculty members. Hughes, an associate professor in the School of Education, came here in 1969. Hershey, who joined the faculty […]

Pitt graduate programs listed in annual ranking compiled by U. S. News Pitt was ranked among the nation's top graduate schools in several disciplines by U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of America's best graduate schools. The rankings included Pitt graduate programs in library science (3rd, tied with Syracuse and the University of Michigan-Ann […]

Senate Council tables motion condemning University defense in same-sex benefits case Senate Council on March 22 tabled a motion condemning the University's legal defense in the Deborah Henson case. Henson, a former legal writing instructor here, alleges that Pitt violated the city's anti-discrimination law by denying health benefits to her lesbian partner. Prior to the […]

UPCI wants portion of tobacco suit settlement money for cancer research Pennsylvania's pending settlement with to- bacco companies is expected to pump $11.3 billion into state coffers over the next 25 years. The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) wants a share of that money. Last week, UPCI hosted a briefing and tour for Dennis […]

Pitt Scouts for Food drive scheduled for April 7-27 The annual Pitt Scouts for Food drive, which is part of the national Scouting for Food effort conducted by the Boy Scouts of America, will run April 7-27. Again this year Chancellor Mark Nordenberg is serving as the regional general chairperson of the Scouting for Food […]

Many University Press titles to be available electronically this year The University of Pittsburgh Press will provide a portion of its scholarly and reference books to netLibrary, a leading provider of electronic books and information on the Inter net. netLibrary converts hard-copy books to a proprietary electronic format, stores them on the netLibrary server and […]

Community group asks University to postpone razing of two buildings At a crowded City Planning Commission hearing March 23, about a dozen speakers urged the commission to postpone the razing of two buildings on the site of a University housing project. Most of the arguments came from officials and clients of People's Oakland, a social […]

WSP launches book-sharing project Pitt's Women's Studies Program has launched a book-sharing program with foreign universities trying to develop gender studies programs. Among the universities involved are the University of Witswatersrand, Johanne sburg; University of Budapest, and Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan. Several universities in South America are also under consideration as participants. These universities […]

UPMCHS initiates virtual transcription service UPMC Health System has begun a virtual transcription service using Internet-based technology to provide fast, accurate and secure electronic transmission of dictated and transcribed medical reports. Physicians dial in, provide ID numbers, then dictate their reports. Transcriptionists, using specialized software, retrieve the secure, encrypted voice files from the system's server […]

New federal regulation will not affect University tuition benefits Unlike some other higher education institutions, the University of Pittsburgh will not reduce employees' tuition benefits in response to a change in federal regulations, Pitt's chief financial officer says. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has announced that it will no longer allow universities to […]