Pitt breast cancer researcher Bernard Fisher has won two victories this month: * At this week's semiannual meeting of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) in San Diego, he was named the group's new scientific director. Fisher still has a lawsuit pending against Pitt and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in […]
Assembly reaffirms research policy >
March 16th, 1995In response to allegations by Pitt cancer researcher Bernard Fisher that University administrators violated his academic freedom, Faculty Assembly on March 14 unanimously approved a resolution reaffirming Pitt's policy on externally sponsored research. The resolution also calls on the administration to work through the American Association of Universities and the political system to support academic […]
Despite the blues, Drue Heinz prize has author-musician smiling >
March 16th, 1995Blues may be the music crying out from the stage at Fat Matt's Rib Shack in Atlanta, but the guitarist playing them should be excused if he does so with a hint of a smile on his face. It's not that he sees anything funny in songs about drunkenness and cruelty, loneliness and despair. Sometimes, […]
UPG gets funds for building addition to computer center >
March 16th, 1995The Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation has pledged $100,000 toward the construction of a 4,000-square-foot addition to McKenna Hall, the computer center at Pitt's Greensburg campus. When combined with existing areas, the three rooms planned for the addition will provide space for computer instruction, a distance-learning classroom and a multi-media instruction laboratory. The projected cost of […]
Planning Commission expected to delay vote on Pitt's master plan >
March 16th, 1995It appears unlikely that the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission will act on Pitt's master space plan this month as expected. At the Planning Com-mission's last meeting on the master space plan Jan. 24, commission Chairperson Thomas Armstrong had expressed hopes of voting on the plan in either late February or early March. Now, though, it […]
Pitt and professor charged with sexual harassment >
March 16th, 1995A former University employee and graduate student filed sexual harassment charges March 13 against the University and professor Tony Petrosky, who holds joint appointments in the School of Education's Department of Instruction and Learning, and the English department. In her suit, Lori R. Stilley of Dillsburg, York County, alleges that Petrosky sexually harassed her for […]
Opposition to single health care provider on campus increases >
March 16th, 1995As Pitt administrators consider various options for employee health benefits, a growing number of faculty and staff members are saying: Don't give any company a monopoly on health insurance here. University administrators are weighing the merits of several health care options for the fiscal year that begins July 1, including: * Signing a three-year "exclusive […]