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Volume 32 Issue 13

Great Americans Day more than a holiday at Pitt's Johnstown campus >

March 2nd, 2000

While the University has moved observance of Great Americans Day to March, the traditional holiday also is marked at the Johnstown campus. UPJ hosted its third annual Great Americans Day Citizenship Forum Feb. 18 with a lecture on Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the most influential American women of the 20th century. The forum is a […]

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SGB honors staff, faculty, administrators >

March 2nd, 2000

The Student Government Board (SGB) resurrected a Pitt tradition of the 1930s yesterday. The reinstituted program, called the Faculty Honor Roll, pays tribute to staff and administrators as well as faculty members. A ceremony recognizing the fall term 1999 honorees was held March 1 in the William Pitt union Ballroom. The nomination process was open […]

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Discussion of UPMC dominates Pitt's 2nd appropriations hearing >

March 2nd, 2000

HARRISBURG — The Passavant Hospital Foundation, formed when Passavant merged into the UPMC Health System in 1997, publicly suggested last year that the hospital might be better off leaving the health system. The foundation went so far as to hire lawyers and accountants to gather evidence that UPMC Health System was on shaky financial ground. […]

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Prostate cancer awareness program funded >

March 2nd, 2000

More than 180,000 men are expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, 10,000 in Pennsylvania alone. Nearly 37,000 men are projected to die from the disease, which is the most common non-skin form of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. And prostate cancer occurrence and death rates are […]

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Shorter-term disability plan for staff outlined >

March 2nd, 2000

A short-term disability plan for classified staff who have worked at Pitt for at least six months will take effect April 1. Such staff who can't work because of long-term illness or injury will, after 30 calendar days, begin receiving 60 percent of their salaries, under the plan. After a total of 26 weeks (including […]

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Winner of Drue Heinz prize announced >

March 2nd, 2000

Ardia Bernardi has been named winner of the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature for her book of short stories, "In the Gathering Woods." The University of Pittsburgh Press will publish the manuscript in October. Bernardi's book contains a cast of charaters who come from the same Italian ancestors, but whose stories come at the reader […]

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University signs exclusive, 3-year contract with UPMC Health Plan >

March 2nd, 2000

Beginning July 1 and continuing for three years, UPMC Health Plan will be the sole provider of medical insurance for Pitt employees. University administrators announced the three-year contract last week. Chancellor Mark Nordenberg said the deal offers high-quality health care and a broad range of coverage choices, while holding costs to manageable levels. The premiums […]

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OBITUARY: Enid Goldberg >

March 2nd, 2000

Enid Goldberg, dean of the School of Nursing from 1973 to 1991, died Feb. 22, 2000. She was 74. The fourth dean of the school, Goldberg received three degrees from Pitt's School of Nursing — a bachelor's in nursing education (1950), a master's in nursing education (1953), and a doctorate (1968). She also received a […]

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Faculty Assembly wants input on rate-setting for health insurance >

March 2nd, 2000

Faculty Assembly wants a role in setting the payment structure for the University's new health care package, which was announced Feb. 22. (For details, see page 7.) A three-year contract, with UPMC Health System as the sole health care insurance provider, is scheduled to go into effect July 1. At its Feb. 29 meeting, Faculty […]

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