When faculty and administrators in Pitt's School of Law recently found a way to maintain the Environmental Law Clinic as part of the school — despite state legislators' efforts to punish the clinic for representing certain environmentalist groups — University Senate leaders were among those who cheered the decision as a victory for academic freedom. […]
Senate to study issue of funding agencies’ possible threats to academic freedom >
April 4th, 2002A closer look at some selected Books & Journals: Nicholas Rescher/”Luck” >
April 4th, 2002What if passengers on United Flight 93 had tried to overpower terrorist hijackers minutes earlier last Sept. 11, when the plane was flying over Pittsburgh? What if the hijackers — outnumbered and losing control of the situation — had then aborted their plan to attack Washington, D.C., and settled for crashing into the tallest building […]
Report details highs, lows of salaries at Pitt >
April 4th, 2002Among the 350 full professors in Pitt's School of Medicine, the average nine-month contract salary last year was $128,381. That's not counting consulting fees, clinical income from the UPMC Health System and other non-University compensation that those professors may have received. Meanwhile, the 13 secretarial and clerical staff at the Titusville campus earned average salaries […]