Based on the latest proposals that Blue Cross and HealthAmerica have submitted to Pitt, the University's employee health insurance premiums should go down in the fiscal year that begins July 1 — regardless of whether Pitt drops HealthAmerica (as Blue Cross has proposed) or otherwise changes its health insurance options. Last week, at the request […]
Latest health insurance proposals indicate some decline in rates >
February 2nd, 1995Planning Commission told of plan for dorm >
February 2nd, 1995Some people were taken by surprise when Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Ben Tuchi revealed at the Jan. 24 Pittsburgh City Planning Commission meeting that Pitt plans to build a 300-400 bed dormitory on the old Pitt Tavern site along Fifth Avenue between Bouquet Street and Oakland Avenue. Among those who were caught […]
New slogan designed to represent Pitt priorities >
February 2nd, 1995"Transforming the Present – Discovering the Future." More than a few members of the University community have been wondering about the new slogan that began appearing on University stationery and brochures late last fall. According to Director of Communications Ken Service, the slogan grew out of the communications committee put together last fall by Vice […]
Pitt to hire vice provost for Women's Concerns >
February 2nd, 1995Pitt will hire a new administrator, the vice provost for Women's Concerns, to oversee University programs that encourage the recruitment, retention and career development of women faculty, staff and students. The job is open only to Pitt tenured faculty members, including men, said search committee chairperson Jack L. Daniel. March 1 is the deadline for […]
Stock Club offers chance to learn about the market >
February 2nd, 1995You want to play the stock market, but you don't have a lot of ready cash and don't want to deal with a broker? You might consider investing some time at the next meeting of Pitt's Stock of the Month Club, Feb. 8 at 12:30 p.m. in 527 William Pitt Union. The club, which is […]
Commencement will be held at Civic Arena again >
February 2nd, 1995Pitt will hold its April 30 commencement ceremony at the Civic Arena, not the Cathedral of Learning lawn as had been announced. Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor decided last month to return the graduation ceremony to the Arena, where it has been held in recent years, said Ron Gigliotti, assistant director of Special Events and commencement […]
HealthAmerica and Blue Cross skirmish over physician deals >
February 2nd, 1995University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) officials have rejected an offer by HealthAmerica to include UPMC personnel in HealthAmerica's network of physicians. Meanwhile, HealthAmerica has dismissed Blue Cross's offer to allow doctors employed at HealthAmerica medical centers to join the network of physicians for two Blue Cross plans. It's the latest skirmish in the war […]
UPMC employees taxed on tuition benefits >
February 2nd, 1995Effective Jan. 1, most University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employees must pay federal taxes on tuition assistance. And the taxes aren't cheap. For example, the liability for $522 of tuition assistance (the cost of a three-credit undergraduate course in the College of Arts and Sciences) is $186.09, based on a federal tax of 28 […]
Tax telephone hotline set up >
February 2nd, 1995A telephone hotline has been established to answer questions about the W-2 and 1042S year-end tax forms. The hotline number is 624-1860. The line will be in operation until April 17, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. A team has been assembled to answer the telephone and complete a request for information. A payroll specialist will then research […]