Pitt trustees on Feb. 24 unanimously ap- proved a broad statement of University goals for the next five years. They include: * Strengthening Pitt's position as one of America's most respected providers of high quality undergraduate education. * Enhancing existing strengths in graduate and professional education. * Increasing the scope, quality and visibility of Pitt […]
Report shows tenure on the decline here, as elsewhere >
March 2nd, 2000A School of Education faculty member says the declining number of tenured faculty at Pitt could lead to a vastly different institutional culture if trends continue. Faculty Assembly member Mark Ginsburg, who chairs a University Senate ad hoc committee studying tenure trends, reported on the latest findings Feb. 29. Citing data compiled by the Pitt's […]
BPC endorses info technology plan, including optional fee for improved remote access >
March 2nd, 2000The University Senate budget policies com- mittee (BPC) has endorsed the basic recommendations of Pitt's new information technology (IT) plan — including the proposed optional fee for better remote computer access. The committee at its Feb. 25 meeting did make a few suggestions. BPC wants the plan to better address the needs of part-time faculty […]
Pitt to get $52.2 million NIH grant >
March 2nd, 2000Pitt will receive a $52.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant — one of the largest in the University's history — to lead a nationwide study of how best to treat coronary heart disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes. About 90 percent of the 10.3 million Americans currently diagnosed with diabetes have Type […]
ON TEACHING: H. David Brumble >
March 2nd, 2000It's Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. and H. David Brumble is fidgeting in his chair. Jiggling his foot. Rising to pace across his 5th floor Cathedral of Learning office. "I always get antsy about an hour before class," the English professor confides. "I'm itching to get down there and get started because I've got all of […]
3 administrative searches reach semi-finalist stage >
March 2nd, 2000Searches for five upper- level administrators at Pitt are progressing. Pitt is seeking a dean of the School of Education, a vice provost and dean of students, and a director of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS). Those three positions are expected to be filled by July 1. The University also is hiring new […]
Oral arguments March 3 in same-sex benefits case >
March 2nd, 2000Attorneys representing both sides in the lawsuit seeking extension of Pitt health benefits to employees' same-sex partners will square off Downtown tomorrow, March 3. Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County Judge Robert C. Gallo is scheduled to hear oral arguments at 9:30 a.m. in 708 City-County Building from lawyers for Pitt and for seven current […]
UPCI's Herberman says more tobacco money should go toward medical research in state >
March 2nd, 2000Of the $11 billion that Pennsylvania is ex- pected to receive as its share of the national settlement with tobacco companies, Gov. Ridge has proposed that 10 percent should fund medical research in Pennsylvania. That's not enough, according to Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. At a Feb. 18 hearing […]