University Times

The University of Pittsburgh is committed to the advancement of learning and service to the society. This is best accomplished in an atmosphere of mutual respect and civility, self-restraint, concern for others, and academic integrity. By choosing to join this community, I accept the obligation to live by these common values and commit myself to […]

Three years ago, the Pitt Scouts for Food drive was bringing in 8,000 to 9,000 units of food annually. Two years ago, thanks largely to the coordinating efforts of Karen Valauri, director of Student Activities for the College of General Studies, the drive brought in 50,000 units. Last year, the Pitt Volunteer Pool took over […]

The Conference Center at Pitt's Johnstown campus (UPJ) has been given the 1997 Outstanding Institutional Achievement Award of the Association of Conference and Events Directors-International (ACED-I). Conference Center director Charles Salem, assistant director Christian Stumpf and graduate assistant Dennis Horner accepted the international award at ACED-I's annual meeting last month in Seattle. The award recognizes […]

The committee searching for a new Johnstown campus vice president for academic affairs has opted to re-open its search next fall, after being told by Provost James Maher that its recent search failed to meet Pitt affirmative action guidelines. Maher gave UPJ the option of extending the search through the summer or re-opening it in […]

Prior to his April 9 visit here, the last time Salman Rushdie was on the Pittsburgh campus was in 1987 for a literary conference – "in slightly less security-conscious times," the author quipped. Specifically, it was two years before the publication of Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses," which the fundamentalist Islamic government of Iran condemned […]

Countless faculty members probably have walked into a class armed with a box of chalk only to find that the classroom they have been assigned has a marker board. Others may have shown up for class carrying maps or transparencies, and then discovered that their room lacked map hooks or an overhead projector. Because some […]

David Rooney, former assistant vice president for Student Affairs at California State University, Sacramento, has been appointed vice president of Student Affairs at Pitt's Johnstown campus (UPJ). Rooney also has worked at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Arizona State and Texas Tech University. He holds bachelor's degrees in psychology and special education and a master's […]