University Times

Eight teaching proposals have been selected for funding under the Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence’s seventh annual Innovation in Education Awards program. The projects range from the development of a center for creative writing at the Hill House in Pittsburgh’s Hill District to the designing of a program for pharmacy students on how to […]

Pitt-Bradford has raised more than $13 million, surpassing its goal for the Complete the Campus Campaign, which helped to create new scholarships, provide support for academic programs, enhance technology, build new buildings and renovate and expand existing ones. The campaign exceeded its goal by $178,726 thanks to the gifts and pledges from more than 3,300 […]

Pitt has received a $2.5 million gift from Lavonne (CAS ’76, GSPIA ’80) and Glen Johnson to support the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA). The gift will ensure that the mission of the institute will be a priority for GSPIA in perpetuity. The institute, directed […]

Anil K. Gupta, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, professor of history and philosophy of science and a fellow of Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, has been elected a 2006 fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Of the 175 new fellows and 20 new foreign honorary members, Gupta is being honored along […]

Memorial services will be held for two Pitt faculty members. A memorial service for Katherine Detre, professor of epidemiology, will be held at 2:30 p.m. April 28 in Heinz Chapel. (See April 15 University Times.) A memorial service for Edward I. Curtiss, professor of medicine and senior associate dean for admissions and financial aid in […]

Pitt has named John T. Delaney of Michigan State University the new dean of the Katz Graduate School of Business and the College of Business Administration, effective Aug. 1. Delaney replaces Frederick Winter, who stepped down last year to return to research and teaching at the University. Lawrence Feick, professor of business administration and director […]

Salary benchmarking lists at Pitt’s regional campuses have been a point of contention in the past, but that may be changing. Last year, at the request of faculty presidents at the Bradford, Greensburg and Johnstown campuses, the Provost’s office forwarded as a salary benchmark comparison a list of 270 four-year baccalaureate institutions from three large […]

The first Pitt student to be nominated for a Churchill Scholarship has become one of 11 Americans nationwide chosen for the academic honor. Senior Clayton Magill, an Arts and Sciences student majoring in chemistry and geology with a minor in German, has been named a Churchill Scholar by the Winston Churchill Foundation. The award offers […]