University Times

"City of Salt" by Gregory Orr, published as part of the University of Pittsburgh Press Poetry Series, has been named a finalist in the 1995 Los Angeles Times Book Prize program. Pitt was one of only four university presses in the country with a title on The Times's finalists' list, which was announced last month. […]

Pitt fell below its over- all enrollment goals for fall 1995, according to figures released by the University administration this week. The administration had budgeted for a 1.5 percent increase (the equivalent of 352 full-time students) in undergraduate enrollment this fall. But in fact, undergraduate enrollment declined by 1.1 percent. Graduate enrollment was virtually unchanged […]

Pitt's 1995 United Way campaign will open on Oct. 18 with a goal of $450,000, an increase of approximately 6 percent over last year's total of $430,000. Two other goals of this year's campaign are to boost participation from 42 percent last year to over 50 percent this year and to increase individual contributions by […]

A new policy, approved by Senate Council this week, spells out procedures that Pitt should follow in creating, expanding, shrinking, merging and terminating academic programs. The 10-page, single-spaced document, called "Guidelines for the Review of Academic Planning Proposals," covers changes in majors, degree programs, academic departments and schools. Interim Chancellor Mark Nordenberg is expected to […]

Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), has been appointed Pitt associate vice chancellor for research, Health Sciences. In the newly created job, Herberman will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating biomedical scientific research programs at the University. Thomas Detre, senior vice chancellor for Health Sciences, said in a written statement: […]

A memorial service for Herb Stein, a longtime, part-time faculty member in the communication department, will be held Oct. 17 at 1:30 p.m. in Heinz Memorial Chapel. Stein, 67, formerly was a WQED-TV producer and also served as editor of Pittsburgh Magazine. He also was a former member of the University Times advisory board. "He […]

GREENSBURG — Conversation overheard on Pitt's Greensburg campus: Student: "Hey, did you hear the honchos from the 'O' will be on campus next week?" Another student (impressed but confused): "Really? The Original Hot Dog Shop?" No, these "honchos" were from Pitt's chancellor search committee. And the "O" in this case referred to the main campus […]

The UP Gallery at the corner of Forbes Avenue and Bouquet Street will serve as a Pitt police sub-station for all but a few weeks of the next year, thanks to an agreement between the campus police and the Department of Studio Arts. Pitt Assistant Police Chief Gary Moses called the sub-station, which opened this […]