University Times

A week after a University Senate committee issued a report concluding that Pitt's administration infringed on the academic freedom of the law school's Environmental Law Clinic, senior administrators on Feb. 4 defended their actions in the clinic controversy. Chancellor Mark Nordenberg and Provost James Maher disputed "both the factual presentation and the conclusion" of the […]

Winners of the 2002 chancellor's awards for distinguished teaching and research were announced by Chancellor Mark Nordenberg at Senate Council this week. Names of the winners of the chancellor's award for public service were not available as the University Times went to press. Teaching award recipients are: Donald Goldstein, Graduate School of Public and International […]

The committee studying whether Pitt should extend health benefits to employees' domestic partners won't issue any interim reports prior to giving its final findings and recommendations to Chancellor Mark Nordenberg. Faculty Assembly had approved a resolution last month, requesting an interim report from the committee by Feb. 26, the scheduled date of the next Assembly […]

In a sports-mad region famous for Hall of Fame quarterbacks, pro teams with state-of-the-art athletics facilities and nationally ranked college teams, a new development to the sports scene has emerged: the role of the sport psychologist, who helps athletes cope with the stress and pressure of competition. Stephen A. Russo directs the recently created sport […]

Pitt will offer staff and faculty a new, optional benefit beginning in July: group long-term care insurance. The employee-paid plan will cover costs of institutional and in-home assistance such as nursing care for participating employees, typically in old age. Pitt's Human Resources office plans to hold an open enrollment for the long-term care plan this […]

In January 1997, Chancellor Mark Nordenberg moved the Office of Student Affairs administratively from the chancellor's office to the Office of the Provost. In announcing the change, the chancellor wrote, "Few units are more critical to our educational mission than the Office of Student Affairs…. Most of our overall educational goals can be achieved only […]

Interim Dean of Students Jack Daniel is evaluating the mission and goals of the Office of Student Affairs, primarily to foster synergy between that office and the academic side of student life. Mid-level administrators in three of the larger units within Student Affairs — Residence Life, Placement and Career Services, Student Activities — offered some […]

Candidates for the School of Information Sciences (SIS) deanship have begun to visit Pitt for meetings with the school's faculty, staff and students, as well as University senior administrators. SIS dean candidates include: * SIS Professor Emeritus James G. Williams, who met with administrators and SIS personnel and students on Jan. 28. * Ronald L. […]