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Each year, as many as one in 10 athletes competing in contact sports nationwide suffer concussions, according to sports medicine studies. And post-concussion evaluations have involved some guesswork, experts say. Last week, the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine announced a new program that will focus on the diagnosis and management of sports-related concussions in athletes […]

AUniversity Senate committee has given Pitt's administration unsatisfactory marks for the way it allocated this year's salary raises. The administration increased the pool of money available for faculty and staff salaries by 4.5 percent, effective July 1. Of that total, 2 percent was earmarked for cost-of-living raises ("maintenance of real salary" raises is the term […]

Policy: The University of Pittsburgh is committed to the maintenance of a community free from all forms of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment violates University policy as well as state, federal and local laws. It is neither permitted nor condoned. The coverage of this policy extends to all faculty, researchers, staff, students, vendors, contractors and visitors […]

George Sparling, an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) mathematics department, received a positive performance evaluation for last year. But his resulting 2.5 percent raise — 0.5 percent above the recommended percentage for satisfactory performance — was slightly below last year's 2.7 percent Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate. "I think […]

The administration should plan to in- crease faculty salaries budget by 5.5 percent next year — or 6-7 percent, if Pitt hopes to raise its faculty salaries to the average paid at Association of American Universities (AAU) schools within the next two to three years, according to a University Senate committee. In a recent recommendation […]

A digital mammography machine, which could revolutionize the way doctors detect breast cancer, now is available at Magee-Womens Hospital. The first clinical installation in western Pennsylvania of the GE Medical System's Seno-graphe 2000D was announced yesterday at a press conference. During digital mammography, X-rays are sent through the breast and converted into electronic charges that […]

Pitt and Zeneca, Inc. have settled a breach of contract lawsuit that the pharmaceutical company filed in February 1999, seeking punitive damages and return of $600,000 (plus interest) that Zeneca said it gave the University to endow a professorship that was never filled. Pitt General Counsel Alan Garfinkel said the settlement was "satisfactory to both […]

A memorial service will be held for Thomas Dwyer, retired professor of computer science, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000, at First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood avenues. Dwyer died July 7. He was 76. Dwyer earned a B.S. in mathematics and physics at the University of Dayton. He taught for many years […]

When Marvin J. "Marv" Roth heard that Pitt was searching for a new director of Placement and Career Services, he wasn't interested in the job at first. That's because he incorrectly assumed that placement/career services at Pitt was a "traditional" (i.e., stodgy) operation that basically just brought recruiters to campus and served undergraduates during their […]