University Times

"Teaching With Technology," the University's second annual Teaching Excellence Conference, will focus on successful efforts by Pitt faculty and staff to incorporate "low tech" as well as "high tech" methods to enhance teaching. The conference will be held on March 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., mainly in the UPMC Conference Center, 11th floor […]

The Board of Trustees Feb. 22 approved two new quasi-endowment funds: * The Israel Heritage Classroom Committee Quasi-Endowed Scholarship for the Summer Study Abroad Program, which will provide scholarships for Pitt undergraduates and graduate students studying and doing research in Israel. * The Hollis Vick Quasi-Endowed Scholarship in the School of Social Work, which will […]

Professors delivering carnations to colleagues…staff leaving smiley face cookies on co-workers' desks…students exchanging (Hershey's) kisses… Is this any way to run a business school? It is on Random Acts of Kindness Day, which the Katz Graduate School of Business celebrated yesterday, Feb. 28. Co-sponsoring the event were the school's staff quality circle team and the […]

In the wake of Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Ben J. Tuchi's resignation, the Board of Trustees approved a resolution authorizing two other administrators to sign documents and contracts relating to areas that Tuchi had supervised. The board vote was necessary because, under normal circumstances, only senior personnel designated as officers of the […]

The City of Pittsburgh has released an Oakland Improvement Strategy that includes the creation of new open spaces and housing, redevelopment plans for the Boulevard of the Allies, zoning, beautification, public safety and new building code enforcement initiatives. According to city officials, the strategy is not simply another plan to improve Oakland, "but a 'blueprint' […]

African-Americans made up 9.2 percent of the Pittsburgh campus undergraduate student body in fall 1995, up from 7.7 percent four years earlier. Total minority enrollments among undergrads increased from 10.7 percent to 13.8 percent during those years. Black entering freshmen enrollment at Pittsburgh reached an all-time high of 13.7 percent, or 346 students, last fall. […]

Hoping to tap into a sometimes under- utilized resource at the University, Vice Chancellor for Student and Public Affairs Leon Haley has announced the creation of a research award for staff in the Office of Student and Public Affairs. Known as the Vice Chancellor's Research Award, the research program will be instituted with the start […]

A memorial service for Richard L. Stiller will be held today, Feb. 29, at 5 p.m. in Heinz Chapel. Stiller, 62, died Feb. 12 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) after a short illness. He was an associate professor of pharmacology, anesthesiology and psychiatry. Also, since 1989, he had directed the anesthesiology and […]

Pitt's School of Engineering has received a $100,000 endowment in honor of Robert Rumcik, of Ellwood Quality Steel Co. The gift, made possible by David E. Barensfeld, president and chief executive officer of the Ellwood Group, will provide annual full tuition for an undergraduate in materials science and engineering. In 1985, Rumcik was instrumental in […]