Our Board of Trustees meets today and among the items of business before it is the approval of three new academic degree-granting programs. Each program has been approved internally. And each, I believe, promises to significantly advance our University's missions in teaching, research and public service. The new programs will lead to a Ph.D. in […]
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February 16th, 1995Scouting for Food drive to run through April on Pitt campus >
February 16th, 1995The 1995 Scouting for Food Drive at Pitt, which began on Feb. 1, will run through April 20. During the semester, various activities have been scheduled to promote awareness of the drive throughout the Pitt community. At these activities, students, faculty and staff will be able to make donations of non-perishable goods, which will be […]
Health benefits advisory group votes against Blue Cross monopoly >
February 16th, 1995In a Feb. 3 vote, most of the members of a Pitt advisory committee on health benefits rejected a proposal to eliminate HealthAmerica and give Blue Cross a monopoly on employee medical insurance here. The Medical Review Committee was asked to select among three options for the future of Blue Cross and HealthAmerica at Pitt. […]
Tuchi outlines savings of $16.9 million by Business & Finance >
February 16th, 1995Pitt's Business and Finance area saved the University $16.9 million during the last two fiscal years through cost cuts and revenue increases, Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Ben J. Tuchi told Senate Council Feb. 13. Of the $16.9 million total, Business and Finance itself accrued $2.2 million in annual savings and $259,033 in […]
O'Connor elected vice chair of forum >
February 16th, 1995Pitt Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor has been elected vice chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum and will become a member of the executive committee. As vice chair, O'Connor will automatically become chairperson of the business forum in 1996. Founded in 1978 by the American Council on Education, the Business-Higher Education Forum is composed of selected […]
Engineering dean maps out plan for realizing school's potential >
February 16th, 1995Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., is both the oldest and one of the best engineering schools in the country. It currently ranks 14th in the United States. Pitt's School of Engineering has a good record when it comes to educating engineers — its graduates have included chief executive officers at Westing-house and USX — […]
Institutional Research's faculty salary report shows highs, lows >
February 16th, 1995Among Pitt continuing full-time faculty, those in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) received the highest average salary raises during the current fiscal year, based on total dollars (5.42 percent) and individual percent increases (5.46 percent), according to a report by Pitt's Office of Institutional Research. The report, which Pitt's administration prepares annually […]
Senate committee discusses plan for dormitory on Pitt Tavern site >
February 16th, 1995Senate Council's plant utilization and planning committee (PUP) at its Feb. 6 meeting was offered no further details by senior administration on plans for a 300-400 bed dormitory on the Pitt Tavern site along Fifth Avenue. Although PUP was given the leadership role in development of the University's master space plan by Chancellor J. Dennis […]