University Times

A 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 […]

As 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 […]

Pitt has created a web site on the Internet that organizes information on international affairs in a single location for easy access. The International Affairs Network Web Home Pages is the first and only one-stop gateway to international affairs resources on the Internet. In addition to indexing such information, the site also links the user […]

In his first budget address as governor, Tom Ridge on March 7 proposed what he called a "student-based" 3 percent funding increase for higher education in Pennsylvania. But for Pitt and the other state-related and state system universities, increases would be less than 2 percent. And to receive that extra money, schools would have to […]

Granted, the French usually got along better with the American Indians than did the other colonial powers. History is full of stories about French traders and trappers who adopted Indian ways. And consider how well the two peoples worked together in 1755, when General Edward Braddock tried to run the French out of a place […]

More than 300 faculty members have registered for Pitt's first annual Teaching Excellence Conference slated for March 31 and April 1. All sessions will be held in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center conference center on the 11th floor of Scaife Hall. Laurie Richlin, director of the Office of Faculty Development, said her goal is […]

Pitt's School of Medicine and Katz Graduate School of Business rank among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual survey, "America's Best Graduate Schools." Master's degree programs in three other Pitt schools also scored high marks in the survey, which appears in the March 20 issue of U.S. News, […]

Faculty librarians in the University Library System (ULS) have formed their own governance organization. Provost James Maher last month approved creation of the ULS Faculty Assembly to give librarians a formal role in ULS planning and decision-making. Under the new organization's bylaws, the full assembly (which includes all ULS faculty librarians) will meet at least […]

On Feb. 28, we held our annual Honors Convocation celebrating the achievements of faculty and students, and awarding the Rev. Edward Malloy, president of the University of Notre Dame, with an honorary doctoral degree in public service. As the ceremony ended, I was reminded once more of the intellectual and service efforts of our faculty […]

Pitt's jazz seminar and concert is planning to celebrate its 25th anniversary and organizers are searching for archival material. Anyone who has photographs or other memorabilia from Pitt jazz seminars and concerts is asked to donate them, or copies of them, for a special 25th anniversary celebration. Each year the jazz seminars and concert attract […]