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Volume 30 Issue 19

Suit with former law prof settled >

May 28th, 1998

Former Pitt law professor Candice Hoke settled her gender discrimination lawsuit against the University May 26 for an undisclosed sum. Hoke, who began teaching at Pitt in 1987, sought tenure here in 1992 but her request was denied. She sued the University in federal court in 1995, claiming she'd been denied tenure because of her […]

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Man sought in Oakland assaults >

May 28th, 1998

The Pittsburgh Police are looking for the man who sexually assaulted two women at 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, on Flagstaff Hill in Schenley Park. At the time of the assault, the man was armed with a gun and a knife; police consider him very dangerous. City police say they are looking for a […]

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Funds raised for pancreatic cancer research >

May 28th, 1998

Jump shots, massages, raffle tickets and members of the Pittsburgh Steelers combined to help the Arenson family of the South Hills to raise money to benefit pancreatic cancer research at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI). The third annual Hoops for a Cure exhibition basketball game, sponsored by the Nathan S. Arenson Fund for […]

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Two committees recommend 3% salary hike without cut in base compensation budget >

May 28th, 1998

Two influential Pitt committees have recommended that the University boost the pool of money available for salaries by 3 percent for the fiscal year that begins July 1 – without first cutting the base compensation budget, as in recent years. Chancellor Mark Norden-berg declined to comment on the proposal this week. For faculty, the proposed […]

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Katz center honors firms as friendly to families >

May 28th, 1998

The Family Enterprise Center at the Katz Graduate School of Business and the Family Firm Institute, Pittsburgh chapter, selected nine winners for the 1998 Western Pennsylvania Family Business of the Year awards. The fourth annual awards program recognizes the accomplishments of successful businesses for positive family/business linkages, multigenerational family business involvement and contributions to industry […]

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UPBC recommends 4% tuition hike >

May 28th, 1998

Besides recommending a 3 percent increase in faculty and staff compensation for the fiscal year that begins July 1, the University Planning and Budgeting Committee (UPBC) has proposed 4 percent increases in tuition and financial aid for next fall. UPBC unanimously approved those budget parameters and others at a closed-door meeting May 4. Meeting minutes […]

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Hillman gets P&LE records >

May 28th, 1998

Hillman Library's archives were bolstered this month with the addition of the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad records. The records were donated to Pitt by Jack Polaritz, director of the Western Pennsylvania Interactive Railroad Learning Center Project, a subsidiary of the Coraopolis Economic Revitalization Center. Hundreds of boxes of employee job applications, labor union […]

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