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Volume 27 Issue 4

University's 5-year plan of goals, strategies goes to Board of Trustees for okay Oct. 21 >

October 13th, 1994

At 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 […]

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Pitt chemistry professor named a Presidential Faculty Fellow >

October 13th, 1994

Peter 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 […]

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Assembly votes 32-0 in support of continued independence for Times >

October 13th, 1994

Faculty 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 […]

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ECAC'S computer working groups developing plans to bring Pitt to new level >

October 13th, 1994

In 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 […]

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Some funding available for demonstration projects >

October 13th, 1994

The Instructional Technology Working Group of the Executive Committee on Academic Computing has capital funding available on a competitive basis for a limited number of demonstration projects during this fiscal year. Individual faculty, groups of faculty or entire academic units may submit projects for consideration under the program. According to Lewis Jacobson, chairperson of the […]

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All schools should have teaching evaluations systems by end of fall >

October 13th, 1994

By the end of the fall term, every Pitt college, school and regional campus will have in place its own system requiring peer and student evaluations of teaching, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Jack L. Daniel told Senate Council Oct. 11. Units that already have such systems include the four regional campuses, the College of […]

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Pitt plans to ax Traditional Blue Cross plan in favor of Select Blue >

October 13th, 1994

Faculty and staff will gain a new health insurance option in 1995 but lose another. Beginning Jan. 1, Pitt will cease offering employees the option of Traditional Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage but will add a new Blue Cross plan called Select Blue. The move is expected to save Pitt $1.1 million to $2.3 million in […]

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5-year plan will go to trustees this month >

October 13th, 1994

The following are Pitt's goals and strategies for the rest of the century, according to the "Toward the 21st Century" plan. Goals * An emphasis on excellence in undergraduate teaching. * A renewed emphasis on graduate and professional education. * A new emphasis on global studies. * A continued emphasis on research. * A strengthened […]

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