The Staff Association Council (SAC) may recommend alternatives to staff compensation now that the University has announced a salary freeze for fiscal year 2010. (See March 5 University Times.) Libby Hilf, reporting for the absent chair of SAC’s salary and job classification committee, said at the March 11 meeting that the group is drafting a […]
SAC to recommend alternatives in light of salary freeze >
March 19th, 2009New motor pool policy wrecks some field trip plans >
March 19th, 2009Changes in the University’s policy on student use of University vehicles have left some professors scrambling to find qualified drivers for field trips this term and over the summer. The new policy requires drivers to be at least 25 years old and to have had a valid driver’s license for four years before they may […]
On teaching: Disabilities in the classroom >
March 19th, 2009“When I start a class, I tell students I’m a hard of hearing person and here’s how we’re going to get along,” says School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences professor Katherine Seelman. In the classroom, Seelman, SHRS’s associate dean of disability programs and professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Technology, asks students to […]
Scholarly publishing: Plenary keynote speaker outlines concerns >
March 19th, 2009“It’s not unreasonable to say that the scholarly publishing that most of us grew up with is either in collapse or in a forced transition that will be awkward until we find the new version,” said Provost James V. Maher as he introduced keynote speaker David E. Shulenburger at the University Senate’s spring plenary session […]
Scholarly publishing: Pitt panelists speak out >
March 19th, 2009Pitt panelists Steven L. Kanter, vice dean in the School of Medicine; Michael J. Madison, associate dean for research in the School of Law; Cynthia Miller, director of the University of Pittsburgh Press, and John D. Norton, director of the Center for Philosophy of Science, added their comments on scholarly publishing issues at the plenary […]
Cooper among wheelchair athletes featured on Cheerios boxes >
March 19th, 2009One of the world’s foremost authorities on wheelchair design and an accomplished wheelchair athlete, Rory Cooper, distinguished professor and chair in the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, is being honored with his picture on a special edition Cheerios box as part of a national campaign. Organized […]
CRSP speaker discusses health effects of discrimination >
March 19th, 2009“Discrimination is a potentially powerful explanation about how race and ethnicity may be linked to health,” said David Takeuchi, associate dean for research at the University of Washington School of Social Work. Takeuchi shared some of his work on perceptions of discrimination among Latinos and Asian Americans and offered his thoughts on future research trends […]
Med School gets $4.7M in tobacco funding to fight infection >
March 19th, 2009The School of Medicine has received a four-year, $4.7 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to find new ways to stop deadly hospital-acquired infections that often are resistant to treatment. The grant, funded by Pennsylvania’s share of the national 2008-2009 tobacco settlement, will focus on C. difficile, A. baumannii and the drug-resistant bacteria […]