Two important dates are looming in the stalemate between the Port Authority of Allegheny County and its union workers. The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 85, comprising some 2,300 bus drivers, rail operators, mechanics and clerical workers, has called a meeting Nov. 23 for rank-and-file members to vote on whether to stop working in protest […]
Teaching Excellence Fair: Real-world applications >
November 20th, 2008Pitt’s eighth annual Teaching Excellence Fair, held Nov. 5, included presentations from winners of 2007-08 innovation in education grants and conversations on teaching methods and techniques with faculty, as well as workshops and technology demonstrations led by Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE) staff. The event was sponsored by the Provost’s Advisory Council […]
Teaching Excellence Fair: What worked? What didn't? >
November 20th, 2008Pitt’s eighth annual Teaching Excellence Fair, held Nov. 5, included presentations from winners of 2007-08 innovation in education grants and conversations on teaching methods and techniques with faculty, as well as workshops and technology demonstrations led by Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE) staff. The event was sponsored by the Provost’s Advisory Council […]
English prof aims for Hollywood on the Mon >
November 20th, 2008Carl Kurlander calls his documentary film “My Tale of Two Cities” a valentine to the city of Pittsburgh. A Nov. 28 Pittsburgh 250 screening at the Byham Theater makes it a birthday card — the benefit showing will include birthday candles and singing led by David Newell, better known as Mr. McFeely from Mister Rogers […]
Exercise physiologist Steps It Up for Pitt walking challenge >
November 20th, 2008A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step, ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu observed. So, how far can the Pitt Steps It Up activity challenge participants go? How about to the moon? As the six-week Fitness for Life program winds to a close, the 1,700 participants are closing in on the […]
Story of Cathedral told on DVD >
November 20th, 2008What do 165,000 numbered stones, 97,000 dimes, the Great Depression, an aluminum silicate paperweight and music from Wagner’s “Die Valkyrie” have in common? Pitt institutional history buffs will know that those are integral components of the planning and construction of the Cathedral of Learning, the brainchild of John G. Bowman, Pitt chancellor 1921-1945. Those who […]
Science rocks – and rolls on >
November 20th, 2008Pitt’s biological sciences outreach program hopes to get a lot of mileage out of a new mobile lab designed to spark middle- and high-schoolers’ interest and science knowledge. Last week, the University rolled out a 70-foot tractor-trailer equipped with 26 lab stations to enable students to conduct experiments they might not be able to in […]
