No one is saying whether Pitt staff and faculty will receive raises this year. The University Planning and Budgeting Committee (UPBC) in its budget recommendation to the chancellor last month suggested a 4 percent pay increase. Interim Vice Chancellor for Finance Art Ramicone told the University Times two weeks ago that the Board of Trustees' […]
Board expected to approve Pitt's budget Friday; no word on raises >
July 18th, 1996Athletic director's resignation is accepted >
July 18th, 1996Pitt Athletic Director Oval Jaynes announced this week that he is resigning his position. In a formal statement, Jaynes said his resignation was prompted by a "firm belief that the new chancellor ought to be able to pick his own administrative team." Also this week, rumors surfaced that Vice Chancellor for Student and Public Affairs […]
Researcher whose work facilitated baboon marrow transplant is leaving Pitt >
July 18th, 1996Suzanne Ildstad, director of Pitt's Division of Cellular Therapeutics, is leaving the University. Ildstad gained fame last year when her work enabled surgeons from Pitt and the University of California at San Francisco to transplant baboon bone marrow into five AIDS patients in an attempt to strengthen their immune systems. Ildstad told the University Times […]
Safety, recreation and computers at top of provost's list of priorities for meeting the needs of students >
July 18th, 1996Wiring residence halls for computers, hiring more campus police to improve safety and expanding student recreational opportunities are among eight priority items listed for implementation during fiscal year 1997 in the just released Provost's Report on Undergraduate Initiatives. The report also calls for increasing tutorial services, improving academic support services for the disabled, improving socialization […]
Pitt, Port Authority launch program for faculty, staff, students >
July 18th, 1996Beginning Aug. 1, Pitt and the Port Authority Transit (PAT) will launch a three-point transit program exclusively for University faculty, staff and students. The program includes expansion of Pitt Zone bus service, discounted monthly bus passes for students, and discounted evening and weekend bus fares. Under the new Pitt/PAT agreement, the Pitt Zone in Oakland, […]
Transplant institute named to honor Starzl >
July 18th, 1996In recognition of his contributions to the field of organ transplantation, the Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has been renamed the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute. Starzl, who performed the first liver transplant in 1963, established the transplantation center in 1981 and serves as its director. Since 1990, the […]
It's not the victory or the defeat, just the thrill of the Olympics for this Pitt physician volunteer >
July 18th, 1996Despite a New England upbringing and years in medical school, Dave Jenkinson's voice carries that mellow sort of down-home tone frequently found in the voices of whitewater guides — the real ones who get wet in rafts and kayaks, no connection to Bill, Hillary or the Republicans' Alfonso D'Amato. So, it comes as no surprise […]
Pitt physicians working at Paralympics >
July 18th, 1996Two physicians at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's (UPMC) Center for Sports Medicine also will be working at the Paralympics for disabled athletes that will take place in Atlanta immediately following the Olympics. Scott Grindel is a fellow in primary care sports medicine at Shadyside Hospital and Dan Somogyi is a fellow at St. […]
TA/TF teach-in set for Aug. 27 >
July 18th, 1996A teach-in and orientation for new Arts and Sciences teaching assistants and teaching fellows will be held Aug. 27 in Forbes Quad. Pitt faculty and experienced teaching assistants will conduct sessions on a wide variety of teaching topics. Sessions are open to all members of the Pitt community. There is no charge, but those interested […]