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Volume 38 Issue 14

Obituary: Janice J. White >

March 16th, 2006

Long-time College of General Studies (CGS) staff member Janice J. White died Feb. 25, 2006, of ovarian cancer. She was 51 and had worked at CGS since 1980. Her family and friends will gather tomorrow, March 17, at the Holiday Inn (University Center) lounge 4-7 p.m. to celebrate her life. Starting as a receptionist, White […]

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Public health school dean named >

March 16th, 2006

Pitt has named an internationally recognized expert in the prevention, diagnosis and control of infectious diseases of global concern as dean of the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH). A Cleveland native, Donald S. Burke, who was recruited from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, also will direct Pitt’s new Center for Vaccine […]

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Pitt plans to go wireless >

March 16th, 2006

Pitt is going wireless. The University has committed to a two-year campaign to implement wireless network service across the Pittsburgh campus, according to a report at this month’s Faculty Assembly and Senate Council meetings. John Close and Fran Yarger, co-chairs of the University Senate computer usage committee, reviewed highlights of a report on Computing Services […]

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Assembly rejects joining COIA >

March 16th, 2006

Faculty Assembly for the third time has rejected a request to join a national coalition of faculty senates advocating reform of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletics. The Assembly voted 15-1 (with five abstentions) to endorse a resolution by the University Senate athletics committee, which argued against joining the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics […]

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SAC wants 4% pay hike for satisfactory performance >

March 16th, 2006

The Staff Association Council (SAC) wants all employees whose job performance evaluation “meets standards” to receive 4 percent salary increases next fiscal year. President Rich Colwell reported at a March 8 meeting that SAC’s salary and job classification committee made the recommendation, which was endorsed by SAC’s steering committee. SAC then sent the recommendation to […]

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Program strengthens Pitt’s Hazelwood ties >

March 16th, 2006

A new collaborative effort between the University and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLB) is strengthening Pitt’s ties to nearby Hazelwood and to communities in need across the state and beyond. The University long has been involved in community outreach initiatives not only in Hazelwood, but in other neighborhoods adjacent to the Pittsburgh […]

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Making Pitt work: Telemarketer Rich Gordon >

March 16th, 2006

Few people would put a conversation with a phone solicitor at the top of their list of pleasant pastimes, but Pitt Telefund representative Rich Gordon aims to change that. A 20-year veteran fundraiser, Gordon has been at Pitt since 1989. Prior to his arrival here, he worked for the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Carnegie Museum. […]

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Two UPJ staff arrested on sex charges >

March 16th, 2006

Two Pitt-Johnstown (UPJ) employees are among five men arrested March 14 in an Internet sex probe involving a teenage boy. William A. Gillin, manager of Alumni Relations at UPJ, and Jeffrey Haire, part-time police officer in Public Safety at UPJ, were charged in a larger investigation that Cambria County District Attorney Patrick Kiniry said is […]

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18 of 19 Pitt teams meet NCAA standards >

March 16th, 2006

Eighteen of Pitt’s 19 Division I sports team met or exceeded standards for academic performance established last year by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Only men’s basketball fell below the minimum guidelines in the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) report released this month by the NCAA. The APR is a “real time” measure of […]

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