University Times

A black professor’s discovery of a noose in his Crabtree Hall classroom was an isolated incident that did not pose a direct physical threat to the professor, Pitt police and the FBI’s Pittsburgh office have determined following a joint investigation. “In the absence of a confession or an eyewitness, the case lacks evidence for prosecution” […]

To help runners prepare for the 2003 UPMC Health System/City of Pittsburgh Marathon on May 4, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., is presenting UPMC Sports Medicine’s annual free marathon training seminar series. All seminars will be 10 a.m.-noon in the LHAS Auditorium at UPMC Montefiore. A final preparations seminar will be held on May 3, […]

Thanks to recent salary raises and deferred retention payments, the pay packages of Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg and five members of his administrative team are now “in the ballpark” compared with executive compensation at Pitt’s peer universities, said Board of Trustees chairperson William S. Dietrich II. “We are certainly not a leader and we’re probably […]

A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. March 31 in Heinz Chapel for Corinne M. Barnes, professor emeritus of pediatric nursing at the School of Nursing, who died on Nov. 19, 2002. She was 74. Barnes received her bachelor’s in nursing education from Pitt in 1960, a master’s in nursing care of children […]

Staff representatives yesterday denounced what they called “excessive” senior administrators’ raises and incentive payments. Barbara Mowery, president of Pitt’s Staff Association Council (SAC), said: “We heard from many staff whose reactions to the raises and the bonuses and the fringes were anger and resentment, because in the past year we know some staff have maxed […]

Willard W. Korth, emeritus associate professor in the School of Education, died Dec. 12, 2002, of renal failure due to diabetes. He was 74. A native of Pierce, Nebraska, Korth came to Pitt in 1970 as associate professor of science education and associate director of Pitt’s earth science program. In addition to his teaching duties […]

Trustees have increased Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg’s salary to $390,000 — a raise of 13.9 percent, nearly matching the percentage increase in Pitt’s tuition this year. In addition, the trustees’ compensation committee approved raises ranging from 5.4 percent to 10.8 percent for five other Pitt senior officers, as recommended by Nordenberg. See page 3. To […]

Pitt senior and chancellor’s scholar Cynthia Kinnan has been named one of 40 Marshall Scholarship winners nationwide for 2003. Majoring in economics and mathematics in the University Honors College, Kinnan was selected from more than 950 candidates nominated by more than 50 institutions throughout the United States. The British Parliament created the Marshall Scholarship in […]

Pitt has established a new center to address “America’s defining social problem” — race relations. The new Center on Race and Social Problems (CRSP), an interdisciplinary center housed in the School of Social Work, provides “an extraordinary opportunity to do good,” according to Social Work Dean Larry E. Davis, the center’s director. The center is […]

Pitt has received two grants totaling $3.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will support research aimed at developing and testing the latest innovations in rehabilitation technology and discovering more effective pharmaceutical treatments for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). These grants make Pitt the leader in TBI research and rehabilitation in […]