University Times

Following their meeting yesterday, Senate Council members walked together to Heinz Memorial Chapel for a shared moment of silence. It wasn't a memorial service. Rather, members of Senate Council — an advisory group of faculty, staff, students and administrators — were "quietly acknowledging a national tragedy, expressing respect for the victims and sorrow for their […]

Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, along with the crash of a hijacked airliner in Somerset County, have given President Bush "a blank check" to order U.S. strikes against terrorists worldwide, says Donald Goldstein. Goldstein, a military historian and professor in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, told […]

There has been tremendous response by blood donors to this week's tragedies, Pitt Volunteer Pool coordinator Steve Zupcic said. But he noted that the need for blood is expected to continue in the weeks and months ahead. "In light of this, we encourage all members of the University community to participate in our previously scheduled […]

Pitt's School of Social Work has received a $20.5 million grant to coordinate training for child welfare professionals throughout the state and improve services to at-risk children and families. The grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and the U.S. Administration for Children and Families will underwrite the first year of a three-year, statewide […]

Is it time for another comprehensive review of the University Planning and Budgeting System? The system, now in its 10th year, is intended to involve faculty and staff in developing budgets and long-range plans for their schools (and, in some schools, large departments) through unit-level planning and budgeting committees (PBCs). The system's bylaws mandated an […]

As part of Pitt's current accreditation review, an evaluation team from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools will meet with hundreds of administrators, faculty, staff and students during its visit to the University on Nov. 12 and 13. The evaluation team, chaired by Rochester University President Thomas Jackson, has reviewed a Pitt self-study […]

Provost James V. Maher has asked the committee searching for a new dean of the School of Information Sciences (SIS) to recommend finalists to him by March 1. Pitt's administration hopes to have a new dean in place by July 1 to succeed Toni Carbo, who announced last spring that she was planning to resign […]

Pitt tied for 39th among the nation's Ph.D.-granting public universities in the U.S. News & World Report's annual America's best colleges issue, a drop of one spot from last year's rankings. Tied with Pitt in the 39th slot among public institutions were Clemson, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the […]

Since coming to Pitt in 1962, Balwant N. Dixit has risen from the rank of research fellow to full professor of pharmacology. He has served as a department chairperson, associate dean and (from 1976 to 1978) acting dean of the School of Pharmacy. But among lovers of classical Indian music and dance, Dixit is best […]