Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor, Provost James Maher and Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Ben Tuchi will be the guest speakers at Staff Association Council's (SAC) annual fall assembly on Oct. 31 from noon to 2 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Ballroom. The topic of the fall assembly will be "Serving Your University" […]
Senior administrators to address Staff Council's Oct. 31 Assembly >
October 13th, 1994Proposals requested for 1st teaching excellence forum >
October 13th, 1994Provost James Maher has issued a call for proposals to participate in the first University teaching excellence conference. The March 31-April 1 conference will be a combination of workshops, panels, discussion sessions and individual paper presentations. The theme of the conference is "What Works in University Teaching." Suggested topics are: coping with large classes, working […]
Pitt teams compete in "Corporate Cup" challenge >
October 13th, 1994Pitt staff, faculty and administrators joined together to field teams representing the University in this year's Downtown YMCA's Community Corporate Cup. The events in the Community Corporate Cup feature 35 teams of employees from local corporations competing against each other in a variety of athletic challenges, ranging from softball and basketball to miniature golf and […]
University's 5-year plan of goals, strategies goes to Board of Trustees for okay Oct. 21 >
October 13th, 1994At its Oct. 21 meeting, the Board of Trust- ees is expected to approve a plan spelling out Pitt's mission, goals, strategies for achieving those goals, and guidelines for evaluating school-level plans between now and the end of the century. The document, called "Toward the 21st Century," is the product of a year-long planning process […]
Pitt chemistry professor named a Presidential Faculty Fellow >
October 13th, 1994Peter Wipf, Pitt assistant professor of chemistry, has been named a Presidential Faculty Fellow by President Clinton. The honor carries with it a $500,000, five-year research grant from the National Science Foundation. Wipf is one of 30 scientists and engineers across the country to receive the award, which is given annually to young faculty who […]
Assembly votes 32-0 in support of continued independence for Times >
October 13th, 1994Faculty Assembly last week voted 32-0 to approve a resolution supporting the editorial independence of the University Times. The question of whether the faculty and staff newspaper should continue to operate "with independence and freedom comparable to that of leading public news media" (as the Times's editorial policy stipulates) or whether it should be turned […]
ECAC'S computer working groups developing plans to bring Pitt to new level >
October 13th, 1994In the beginning there was the stand-alone mainframe computer. It was large enough to fill a room, or two, and operated on cardboard punch cards only a trained programmer could understand. Eventually, the punch cards were replaced by time sharing, which allotted computer users a certain amount of time to do their work electronically on […]