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Volume 34 Issue 1

SHRS helping to establish similar school in India >

August 30th, 2001

Pitt's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) has been asked by the government of India to help establish a similar institution in the South Asian country. Katherine D. Seelman, associate dean of SHRS, is leading the effort to set up the partnership. A former director of the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research […]

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UPMC renews marathon sponsorship >

August 30th, 2001

UPMC Health System has renewed its title sponsorship of the City of Pittsburgh Marathon. The 2002 marathon will be May 5. UPMC Health System has been the title sponsor since 1996. Under UPMC's corporate sponsorship, marathon event participation has grown by about 50 percent. The Mellon relay team competition has grown to be one of […]

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Wesley Posvar, 15th chancellor of University, dies >

August 30th, 2001

Wesley Wentz Posvar, who served as Pitt's chancellor for nearly 24 years beginning in 1967, died July 27, 2001, of a heart attack. He was 75. In addition to being Pitt's 15th chancellor, Posvar was a brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force, a Rhodes scholar and a seasoned combat pilot. He is credited with […]

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European association changes name >

August 30th, 2001

The European Community Studies Association, headquartered at Pitt, has changed its name to the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) to better reflect its scope and purpose. "The name change will be extremely useful," said Alberta Sbragia, director of the European Union Center at Pitt's University Center for International Studies (UCIS) and 1993-95 chair of the […]

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Remembering Wes: Friends, family, former colleagues reminisce >

August 30th, 2001

E. Maxine Bruhns Director of the Nationality Rooms Program Wesley Wentz Posvar's name indicated his European heritage. He wore the badge proudly. Since part of his ancestry was Moravian, he was pleased that he could look into the Czechoslovak Room from his office. He often took his guests on a tour of the Nationality Rooms […]

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Education school signs pact with Allegheny >

August 30th, 2001

Pitt's School of Education and Allegheny College in Meadville have signed an articulation agreement that will give qualified Allegheny students guaranteed admission to Pitt's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. Allegheny students who complete their undergraduate work at Allegheny and who satisfy Pitt's basic admission requirements qualify for admission under the agreement.

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Dunbar-Jacob named dean of nursing school >

August 30th, 2001

Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, a faculty member here for 17 years and founding director of Pitt's Center for Nursing Research, has been appointed dean of the School of Nursing. She succeeds Dean Ellen Rudy and Interim Dean Lynda Davidson. "Dr. Dunbar-Jacob's accomplishments as an educator, researcher, and leader along with her record of service to the nursing […]

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Pitt plans events to honor K. Leroy Irvis >

August 30th, 2001

The life and times of former Pennsylvania Speaker of the House K. Leroy Irvis will be celebrated on the Pittsburgh campus Sept. 13 and 14. All events are free and open to the public. Irvis, Pitt emeritus trustee, is the first African American to hold the position of Speaker of the House in any state […]

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Budget policies urges 5% hike in next year's faculty salary pool >

August 30th, 2001

As Pitt prepares its state appropriation request for the next fiscal year, a University Senate committee is again calling on the administration to close the gap between professors' salaries here and the average faculty pay among Pitt's fellow members of the Association of American Universities (AAU). In an Aug. 28 letter to Chancellor Mark Nordenberg, […]

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