University Times

As of Jan. 31, Pitt's capital campaign had raised $472 million in gifts and pledges toward its $500 million goal, the University's chief fundraiser said last week. The campaign, midway through its fifth year, continues through June 30, 2003. Of the $472 million raised by the end of January, 40 percent was from foundations, 32 […]

Pitt's School of Law and the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll have established a new three-year law school scholarship. The Pitt/Buchanan Ingersoll Diversity Scholarship — which will be granted to one eligible candidate each academic year beginning this fall — was created to attract students to Pitt's law school and to help provide the Pittsburgh […]

Each weekday afternoon at this time of year, a staff member from the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid gathers up a stack of violet-colored folders and takes them to 226 Alumni Hall. That is the meeting place of Pitt's Marginal Admissions Review Committee (MARC) and the folders contain application materials from students judged by […]

Pitt's School of Dental Medicine has formed the Center for Dental Informatics, making the school one of a few in the United States to focus on the use of information technology in the field of dentistry. Leading the program will be dental medicine faculty members Titus Schleyer, associate professor, and Heiko Spallek, assistant professor. Both […]

ACCEPT The applicant attended a "no rank," or NR, high school (a school that does not rank its students). His school sends 98 percent of its graduates to college. MARC judged this student to be clearly acceptable for admission to the Pittsburgh campus based on the following factors: * His grade point average compared favorably […]

Employees at Pitt are invited to join the effort to fight cancer during the fifth annual fund-raising campaign, Daffodil Days. Daffodils will be sold from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 20 in the William Pitt Union Lower Level 1. A bunch of 10 daffodils costs $6. Cash and checks will be accepted. The […]