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Volume 41 Issue 17

Pitt FY10 budget process continues >

April 30th, 2009

The University’s fiscal year 2010 budget continues to take shape even as legislators in Harrisburg deal with their own budget woes. University Senate budget policies committee (BPC) chair Richard Pratt at an April 17 BPC meeting said the University Planning and Budgeting Committee (UPBC) could recommend a budget at its next meeting. UPBC is scheduled […]

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Provost addresses BPC in closed session >

April 30th, 2009

Provost James V. Maher addressed the Senate budget policies committee April 17 in closed session. BPC chair Richard Pratt said the provost used the time to review with the committee issues the University is facing as well as the status of its various major revenue sources including investment income, research grants, tuition and the state […]

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Senate committee slates announced >

April 30th, 2009

This year’s slate of candidates for seats on the 15 University Senate standing committees has been set. There are three openings on each committee. Voting by Faculty Assembly members will take place May 4-15. For more information, contact the Senate office at 4-6505. • Admissions and student aid: Ray Jones, business; Linda Dudjak, nursing; Robin […]

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Two new web-based graduate programs to begin >

April 30th, 2009

Pitt is extending its programmatic reach into cyberspace by offering two graduate degree programs that can be earned online in toto. The University is launching the pilot programs in education and nursing this fall through its new Pitt Online web site (www.online.pitt.edu), part of the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE). The goal, […]

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Husband-wife team to head two new med school programs >

April 30th, 2009

The School of Medicine last week announced two new components that will be headed respectively by a husband and wife recruited to the University. The medical school has established a new Department of Developmental Biology and appointed as its founding chair Cecilia Lo, whose research focuses on understanding the causes of congenital heart disease. In […]

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Peregrine chicks hatch atop CL >

April 30th, 2009

Dorothy and E2, the peregrine falcons who nest atop the Cathedral of Learning, are proud parents of four chicks. The first of four eggs hatched overnight April 25 and by Tuesday morning Dorothy could be seen feeding four chicks. Streaming video of the nest can be seen on the National Aviary’s Pitt FalconCam at www.aviary.org/cons/falconcam_cl.php. […]

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Annual United Way drive raises nearly $562k >

April 30th, 2009

Results have been tallied for the University’s 2008 United Way campaign. The fund drive, which kicked off in October, garnered $561,904 in pledges. More than half came in the form of “leadership gifts,” or donations of $1,000 or more. This year, 195 individuals stepped up to pledge a total of $306,503 in leadership giving. Faculty […]

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