University Times

Tradition is important to a school, says Carol Baker, vice president and dean of academic affairs at Pitt's Bradford campus (UPB). She believes it is the glue that binds a loose collection of individuals into an institution. When Baker speaks of tradition, she means more than just excellence in the classroom. She thinks such things […]

The Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative (PTEI) has research funding available for product-driven research in the field of tissue engineering. Funding is available in amounts up to $50,000 for one-year projects. The application deadline is May 15. Applications are available by contacting PTEI at 383-9703, fax 383-9710 or e-mail at ptei@nauticom.net. PTEI is a strategy to […]

Awards seem to be a major item of business at the University Press these days. Katherine Vaz, an associate professor of English at the University of California at Davis, has won the 1997 Drue Heinz Literature for her short story collection "Fado & Other Stories. (See story page 5.) Helen Conkling, a Buffalo, N.Y., poet, […]

If you're a WTAE-TV Action News watcher, you've probably seen the recent series of commercials showcasing Pitt's contributions to the community. If you're the budget-conscious type, you may have wondered: So how much is this costing the University? The answer seems to be: not a whole lot, or at least not as much as it […]

To the members of the University community: The search committee to identify candidates for the position of dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has begun its work. We expect this process to be completed by January 1998. While membership on the committee is necessarily limited, we encourage everyone interested to contribute to the […]

It has been almost two months since the compromise between the city and Pitt over Bigelow Boulevard was struck, but a timetable for construction still has not been set. Instead of closing Bigelow between Forbes and Fifth avenues, as the University had wanted, the compromise calls for the street to be narrowed from 60 to […]

University Times VOLUME 29 NUMBER 17 MAY 1, 1997 Copyright (c) 1997, University of Pittsburgh Margaret W. Bates, retired associate professor of epidemiology in Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), died March 2 while vacationing in Panama. She retired from the University in 1989. Bates came to Pitt from the University of Toronto in […]

Pitt's Greensburg campus (UPG) will sponsor a children's literature conference on May 2 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The conference will consist of several workshop sessions, lunch and lectures by children's book author Louis Sachar. Among his works are "There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom," "Dogs Don't Tell Jokes" and "Wayside School Gets […]

As Pitt plans its first major capital campaign in six years, the University's Institutional Advancement office has identified some 1,500 prospective major donors — with documented wealth totaling over $5 billion — from among Pittsburgh campus alumni who graduated in 1965 or before. "These are people who, based on their net worth, have the ability […]

Pitt's Titusville campus (UPT) will join the Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference (WPCC) for the 1997-98 athletic season, Peter Jerebko, UPT athletics director, announced. UPT restored its intercollegiate sports program last year after an eight-year hiatus. It fielded a men's basketball team and a women's volleyball team. WPCC currently sponsors league competition in seven sports. UPT […]