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More than 300 physicians in 36 specialties from Pitt’s School of Medicine and UPMC are included in the list of “Best Doctors” in the Pittsburgh area compiled by Best Doctors, Inc., of Boston, provider of information about the best medical care available. The current listing is the result of a survey in which more than […]

Pitt trustees have increased Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg’s salary to $427,500 — a raise of 3 percent over his fiscal year 2005 salary. In addition, the trustees compensation committee yesterday approved raises ranging from 3.25 percent to 7.5 percent for six other Pitt senior officers, based on recommendations by Nordenberg. Executive Vice Chancellor Jerome Cochran […]

Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg has been selected to receive the Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II. He will receive the award at the CASE annual awards gala Feb. 6 at the Hilton Pittsburgh. The CASE award recognizes “outstanding efforts in promoting the understanding and support […]

Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg ranks 11th on the list of highest-paid leaders of public universities nationally, according to an annual survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education. However, the comparison data, published in the Nov. 18 edition, are flawed in part because they compare Nordenberg’s 2003-04 compensation package with other institutional executives’ 2005-06 data […]

David M. Roderick, former chair and CEO of U.S. Steel Corporation, has solicited gifts from three major Pittsburgh institutions toward the establishment of the Welsh Nationality Classroom. U.S. Steel Corp., the Richard King Mellon Foundation and UPMC each have contributed $50,000. The committee has raised approximately $400,000 of its $450,000 goal. Roderick recently gave a […]

As the trial of Saddam Hussein before an Iraqi special tribunal continues, Pitt-Greensburg professor Joan Bytheway will be watching a bit more intently than many observers. Her work as part of a Regime Crimes Liaison Office (RCLO) forensic team is expected to be instrumental in the case against the former Iraqi leader. Anthropologist Bytheway, an […]

Pitt was the sixth most prolific college or university in the country in the number of start-up companies created in fiscal year 2004, according to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) 2004 survey of licensing and commercialization activities. With 10 companies created in 2004 as a result of Pitt research, the University tied with […]

Calling it a new era of inter-campus communication, faculty leaders from three of Pitt’s regional campuses reported to Faculty Assembly last week on issues particular to their academic homes. The president of Pitt-Titusville’s faculty council was unable to attend the meeting. Faculty presidents Sayre Greenfield of Pitt-Greensburg, Don Ulin of Pitt-Bradford and Richard Ulsh of […]

When patients no longer respond to curative treatments, medical students often find themselves ill equipped to assist with the complex physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs associated with dying. A $1.1 million four-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will enable faculty at Pitt’s Institute to Enhance Palliative Care to integrate information technology and […]