The University Senate community relations committee (CRC) is tackling quality-of-life issues in Oakland with the goal of educating the Pitt community. CRC co-chair Wes Rohrer and member Tracy Soska reported to the June 3 Faculty Assembly on their committee’s recent discussions about concerns raised by an Oakland activist. Rohrer termed the report a preface to […]
Pitt employees check out of the grocery line to shop at work >
June 12th, 2008Grocery shopping may not be the most exciting chore, but a person’s got to eat. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average grocery shopping trip takes 45 minutes for women, 37 minutes for men. Some Pitt employees are finding ways to get their shopping done in less time and with less gasoline. […]
Oakland farmers' market begins next week >
June 12th, 2008The Oakland Farmers’ Market returns June 20 with more than a dozen vendors featuring homegrown and homemade local products such as fresh produce, cut flowers, free-range eggs, artisan cheeses, baked goods, salsa, homemade pierogies and various grass- and forage-fed meats including beef, poultry, goat and lamb. The market will be held 3:30-6:30 p.m. each Friday […]
Globetrotting librarian shares skills in Vietnam >
June 12th, 2008Robin Kear’s first trip abroad was all that was necessary to spark her innate wanderlust. As a Chatham College freshman, she spent six months studying in France’s Loire Valley and followed that with a shorter study trip to Morocco in her junior year. Little did she know that her love for travel would mesh with […]
New spur to Underground Railroad bike route mapped >
June 12th, 2008A new Pittsburgh-Erie spur has added 152 miles to the 2,058-mile Underground Railroad bicycle route completed last year by the Montana-based Adventure Cycling Association in conjunction with Pitt’s Center for Minority Health (CMH). The bicycle route highlights sites of historic significance and is designed to encourage active lifestyles as a culturally relevant way to promote […]
UCSUR names Manners awardees >
June 12th, 2008The University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) has announced the winners of the eighth annual Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards. The awards were established in memory of the center’s assistant director, who died in 2000. UCSUR offers annual awards in two categories: research development grants to support pilot research in the social, […]
Student fee hikes expected >
June 12th, 2008Two student fees likely are going up. The trustees student affairs committee recommended last week that full-time undergraduate and graduate students pay $85 per term for the student health fee. That fee has been $65 per term for 12 years, Pitt officials said. (Part-time students are eligible to use the Student Health Service if they […]
Henne-Westgate entrance dedicated at UPT >
June 12th, 2008Todd Olsen (representing benefactor John Henne) and Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor James V. Maher unveil a marker at the Henne-Westgate entrance to the Pitt-Titusville campus. About 80 people attended the May 30 ceremony that celebrated the completion of the Barco-Duratz plaza, which spans the central part of the UPT campus. The new Henne-Westgate […]