University Times

Pitt’s proposed 12-year master facilities plan moved one step closer to final approval last week, even as details of the plan are being kept under tight wraps from the press and the general University community. Robert Pack, vice provost for academic planning and resources management who is a member of the committee that wrote the […]

BusinessWeek Magazine’s first ranking of undergraduate business programs has rated Pitt’s College of Business Administration No. 50 in its ranking of 61 schools. The rankings included 31 public and 30 private university programs. Compared with other public universities, Pitt’s business program came in at No. 21. The newly released rankings are based on a survey […]

State Auditor General Jack Wagner has asked for a preliminary review of internal documents involving the construction of the Petersen Events Center, which was overseen by the state Department of General Services (DGS). But that action is not to be misconstrued as the beginning of an investigation, according to Steve Halvonik, communications spokesperson for Wagner’s […]

It’s official. Three years of work by Pitt’s Health Law Clinic on behalf of a diabetic woman in need of a pancreas transplant has resulted in a Medicare policy change with nationwide impact. Pitt associate professor of law Stella Smetanka, who heads the health law clinic, has led students in a legal fight to change […]

Any serious student of science is familiar with Galileo’s famed pendulum experiments. The 17th-century scientist’s discoveries about the regularity of a pendulum’s motion sparked further study and ultimately led to the development of more precise methods for measuring time. Little is known about exactly how Galileo conducted the experiments in the early 1600s, but Paolo […]

Orphan disease research has found a new home at Pitt. Experts in chemistry, pharmacology and biology are joining forces in a new lab in their quest to cure rare diseases. Using new rapid screening methods, they plan to test thousands of chemical compounds each year to find which ones show promise as potential medications. Once […]

As yet another first-time visitor walks wide-eyed into the Allegheny Observatory’s grandiose main corridor, Nancy Robinson responds with bemusement. “You’d think everyone would have been here by now,” said Robinson, who’s been business and operations manager at the observatory for more than 25 years. Since 1914, free tours of the building have drawn many a […]