University Times

The Carrillo Street Steam Plant, a joint project of Pitt and UPMC, was named a three-star winner of the Enviro-Star Awards by the Allegheny County Health Department. The award was created in 1997 to honor pollution prevention practices of businesses and organizations in the county. “Three-star rankings are reserved for businesses and organizations that have […]

Winners of the 2009 chancellor’s awards for distinguished teaching and distinguished research have been announced. Distinguished teaching award winners are: • Jennifer Cartier, assistant professor, Department of Instruction and Learning, School of Education. • Chuck Kinder, professor of English and director of the writing program. • Michael J. Madison, professor and associate dean for research, […]

Members of the University community garnered plenty of tips for wellness during the Healthy Lifestyle Experience fair sponsored by Human Resources in conjunction with LifeSolutions. Participants were treated to chair massages and samples of healthful foods, and received health and nutrition screenings as part of the Feb. 17 event. Above, students from the School of […]

A proposal for a common faculty salary benchmark list for three of Pitt’s regional campuses — something that’s been a thorny issue for several years — cleared a hurdle recently. Faculty senates at the Bradford, Greensburg and Johnstown campuses each voted to recommend a list of 128 peer institutions in three surrounding geographic areas as […]

William I. Cohen, professor of pediatrics and psychiatry, died of a heart attack Feb. 6, 2009, while inline skating with friends in Miami Beach. He was 62. A developmental-behavioral pediatrician in Children’s Hospital’s child development unit, he directed the hospital’s Down Syndrome Center. He also was co-director of the School of Medicine’s medical interviewing and […]

Pitt continues to be counted among property owners subject to an April 1 deadline to pay a $12-per-unit residential housing rental permit fee and provide city government with the names and phone numbers of residents residing in its housing units. Pittsburgh City Council last week tabled a proposed amendment that would exempt dormitories from the […]

Randi Kaye Daimon Koeske, a psychology professor at Pitt-Greensburg, died Jan. 31, 2009, of complications from cancer. She was 59. A memorial service is set for 4 p.m. March 2 in UPG’s Mary Lou Campana Chapel and Lecture Center.   Koeske held research and teaching positions at Pitt before joining the UPG faculty in 1989. […]

The University is continuing to work through the aftermath of damage and bad behavior that followed this year’s Super Bowl victory celebrations gone too far. Cleanup of an estimated $48,000 in damages to the Pittsburgh campus is continuing and, as of Feb. 17, 24 students have been subjected to Pitt’s disciplinary process, said Vice Chancellor […]

It’s easy to discover Terry Lane’s passion. A temporary staffer at Pitt, Lane has been in her administrative support position at the Katz Graduate School of Business only for a few weeks, but her office space already shows where her heart is. Intermingled with family photos are pictures of children she sponsors through several aid […]

University Honors College senior Katherine M. MacCord, an anthropology major with a minor in German, has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar. MacCord, who also is pursuing a certificate in conceptual foundations of medicine through the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, is the first Pitt student to receive the Gates Cambridge Scholarship since […]