Pitt's Sports Medicine/Athletic Training (SM/AT) program has been transferred to the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) from the School of Education. The new SHRS Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, where the SM/AT program will be housed, will build disciplinary links using exercise and nutrition as models for enhancing healthy and physically active […]
OBITUARY: Joseph Pois >
July 26th, 2001Emeritus professor of public administration Joseph Pois died July 12, 2001, from complications of pneumonia. He was 95. Pois served as professor of public administration at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) beginning in 1961, his first year in Pittsburgh. Pois chaired the public administration department from 1961 to 1971 and was […]
Bradford’s president to step down >
July 26th, 2001Richard E. McDowell, president of Pitt's Bradford campus since 1973, announced last week that he will step down from that position next June. Following a sabbatical in 2002, McDowell will teach in the biology department at Bradford and work to expand the programs of Pitt-Bradford's Allegheny Institute of Natural History, which he helped found in […]
Satisfactory work to net 2.5% raise >
July 26th, 2001The breakdown of staff and faculty salary raises for fiscal year 2002 was announced last week by Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg. The 4 percent increase in the pool of money for salary increases, which was approved by Pitt's Board of Trustees June 28, will be allocated as follows: 2.5 percent for maintenance of salaries of […]
Free rides to continue as Pitt reaches deal with Port Authority >
July 26th, 2001Port Authority of Allegheny County and Pitt officials reached agreement last week to extend the contract for free rides for Pittsburgh campus I.D.-holders. The restructured contract was extended to July 31, 2006, with a series of five one-year agreements, subject to annual review. According to the Port Authority, beginning Aug. 1 Pitt will pay $2.28 […]
Health Plan considers change in referral requirement for POS plan >
July 26th, 2001UPMC officials are "seriously considering" a change that would eliminate the referral requirement for Pitt faculty and staff in UPMC Health Plan's point-of-service (POS) plan who see a specialist within the health plan's network. Currently, the approximately 1,600 Pitt employees who are POS members must pay deductibles of $250 (for individuals) or $500 (for family […]