University Times

Three finalists remain in the running for the deanship of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS): * Charles Cnudde, dean of social sciences at Florida State University. * John Cooper, a professor in Pitt's chemistry department and former department chairperson. * Janice Madden, vice provost for graduate education at the University of Pennsylvania. Provost […]

For years, Pitt police have pulled over motorists who drive recklessly along streets bordering the Oakland campus. But because of legal questions about the off-campus powers of University police, routine motor vehicle violations — illegal turns on red, for example — were left to City of Pittsburgh police to handle. The respective duties of campus […]

When Melvin L. Kreithen began studying pigeons, the birds were commonly scorned as flying rats that navigated by some simple, if unknown, process involving magnetics. But Kreithen, a Pitt associate professor of biology, revealed through his research that pigeons' sensory capabilities are powerful and extraordinarily complex — that they use low-frequency sounds, polarized sunlight, Dopler […]

John Wen-djang Chu, 83, a faculty member in East Asian languages and literatures from 1962 until his retirement in 1984, died Dec. 27, 1997. Chu came to Pitt after teaching at the University of Washington and Yale University. "He was a very valuable part of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures," said David […]