University Times

Pitt-Titusville’s associate degree nursing program has been accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The achievement indicates that the program has clear and appropriate educational objectives and is working to accomplish them. The UPT program, implemented in 2005, is designed to be completed over five terms within two years on a full-time basis, […]

Contractors have removed the O’Hara Street staircase that led to the Benedum Hall plaza as part of the University’s $64.3 million upgrade to Benedum Hall, which houses the Swanson School of Engineering. The work includes $16.8 million for an addition to house the Mascaro Sustainability Initiative. The structure will be built on the plaza, connecting […]

Three $20,000 Global Academic Partnership (GAP) grants have been awarded to fund international conferences/workshops. The grants are intended to strengthen interdisciplinary research and curriculum development on critical global issues while enhancing international scholarly ties and raising the international profile of the University. The grants will fund the following projects: • “The Arts, Human Development and […]

The Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) has created a program in computational and systems modeling that provides start-up funding to investigators who are applying simulations and predictive models to public health. The goal is to address and solve problems such as obesity, poor food choices and inadequate use of vaccination. “Quantitative tools have become […]

With his newly minted Doctor of Broadcast Journalism honorary degree in hand, Pitt alumnus, sports icon and Oakland native Dan Marino addressed this year’s University’s commencement congregation on some of life’s lessons. “One of the most important things as you enter the real world is to find what you love to do. It may take […]

Three books in the Pittsburgh Series on Composition, Literacy and Culture recently won major awards. The series, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, is edited by English faculty David Bartholomae, chair, and Jean Ferguson Carr. • “Toward a Civil Discourse: Rhetoric and Fundamentalism” by Sharon Crowley won the 2008 CCCC Outstanding Book Award, marking […]