University Times

Hillman Library will extend its hours for the fall term final exam period, and will remain open continuously from 9 a.m. Dec. 6 to 2 a.m. Dec. 10. The hours for the remainder of finals week will be: Dec. 11, 7:50 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Dec. 12, 7:50 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Dec. 13, […]

Under orders from the federal Office of the Inspector General, UPMC Health System — like other academic medical centers around the country — is doing a self-audit for possible improper billing by resident physicians. Should the self-audit (or a possible followup investigation by the Inspector General's office itself) produce evidence of fraud by the Pitt […]

Pitt can expect double- digit hikes in its health insurance rates next summer, according to the co-chairperson of the University Senate benefits and welfare committee. "You may expect a big jump" in rates, James Holland told Faculty Assembly Dec. 2. "You definitely don't have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows […]

Pitt could be getting a new police chief for the holidays. Assistant Chancellor Jerome Cochran told the University Times that he has narrowed the list of candidates for the position to two finalists and that he expects "to make an offer to a candidate some time in mid-December." Associate Vice Chancellor for Business John DeVitto […]

"The University Senate is in danger of being reduced to the status of a suggestion box," economics department interim chairperson Herbert Chesler railed at a recent meeting. Chesler was protesting what he called the administration's failure to consult with the Senate before finalizing Pitt's new early retirement plan for tenured faculty. Unintentionally, Chesler also supplied […]

A memorial service for Charles C. Brinton Jr., a long-time Pitt microbiology professor who devoted his career to protecting people from bacterial diseases, is scheduled for Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. in the Heinz Memorial Chapel. Brinton, 71, died Oct. 21 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Pitt senior Meghan Majorow-ski has been named one of 40 Marshall Scholarship winners for 1998. Chosen from among more than 800 candidates, Majorowski is the only winner of the Marshall Scholarship from a Pennsylvania college or university. The Marshall Scholarship is one of the most competitive scholarships in America available to undergraduates. It was created […]

In March 1996, when Pitt hired Arthur A. Boni to direct the newly formed Office of Technology Management, the University was earning about $1 million a year from licensing agreements on Pitt-owned patents. That income is expected to double by the end of the current fiscal year, Boni says. But even then, Boni won't be […]

The first two public forums featuring semi-finalists for Pitt's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) deanship included: * An external candidate from the humanities — David Magidson, former dean of fine, performing and communication arts and a professor of theater arts at Wayne State University. * An insider with a science background — Pitt chemistry […]