At a time when most hospitals in western Pennsylvania are bleeding red ink, UPMC Health System's revenues exceeded its expenses by $230 million over the last three years, the system's president reported recently. A "disproportionate share" of UPMC revenues came from the system's $1.8 billion in investments, Jeffrey Romoff said. "Virtually all [non-UPMC] hospitals in […]
Physicians can regain control of health care business, head of UMPC Health System insists >
April 13th, 2000Books & Journals Annual Supplement >
April 13th, 2000Books and Journals In this 29th annual edition of Books and Journals, we recognize Pitt staff and faculty who write or edit books as well as those who edit journals. Book submissions have been arranged according to school, and listed alphabetically by title. In instances of co-authored and co-edited books, the Pitt faculty or staff […]
New program expands relationship between trustees, faculty members >
April 13th, 2000Francesca Savoia has been a faculty member here since 1985. But before last month, she had never met a Pitt trustee. It's "not healthy" for a university when its board of trustees and faculty rarely mingle, said Savoia, an associate professor in the Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures. "It leads to misconceptions […]
Pitt's "St. Matthew Passion" performance a first with period instruments, historical conditions >
April 13th, 2000Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the "St. Matthew Passion," his musical treatment of the story of Christ's crucifixion, for two choirs, vocal soloists and instruments popular at the time (1727) — wooden flutes, baroque oboes, and violins and violas with gut strings. This weekend in Heinz Memorial Chapel, to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, […]
1st Innovation in Teaching awards announced >
April 13th, 2000Fifteen proposals have been funded through Pitt's first Innovation in Teaching Awards, the provost's office announced. The annual awards program funds faculty proposals for the development of innovative teaching techniques and materials, according to Andrew R. Blair, vice provost for faculty affairs. Project proposals were reviewed by the Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence, a group […]
Academia is good career choice for women, Pitt panel members say >
April 13th, 2000For a female faculty member, success often means compromise in one's personal life, but it's a career choice that a group of Pitt faculty members wholeheartedly endorse. Last month's panel discussion, "Women and Academics," focused on the role of women in higher education. It was sponsored by Pitt's Office of Residence Life, with support from […]
Pitt schools, programs listed in annual U.S. News & World Report rankings >
April 13th, 2000Pitt was ranked among the nation's top graduate schools in several disciplines by U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of America's best graduate schools. The magazine measures grad programs in five major disciplines (business, education, engineering, law and medicine), using objective measures, such as entering students' test scores and faculty/student ratios, and reputation ratings […]
Assembly, Council okay plan to extend time for clinical medical faculty to earn tenure >
April 13th, 2000Faculty Assembly and Senate Council have endorsed a proposal to extend the time it takes clinical faculty in the School of Medicine to earn tenure. Under the plan, clinical faculty would have 10 years, instead of the traditional seven years, to demonstrate their scholarly and teaching abilities. Given the growing and unpredictable hospital workloads of […]