Pitt has created a web site on the Internet that organizes information on international affairs into one location for easy access. The site was formed by the International Management Development Institute in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and is directed by Wolfgang Schlor. Access is available on World Wide Web at http://www.pitt.edu/~ian/ […]
Pitt creates international affairs web site >
March 30th, 1995Responding to Fisher's complaints, Senate Council reaffirms policy on externally funded research >
March 30th, 1995Following in the footsteps of Faculty Assembly (University Times, March 16), Senate Council at its March 20 meeting approved a resolution reaffirming Pitt's policy on externally funded research. The resolution calls on the administration to work through the American Association of Universities and the political system to support academic freedom at Pitt and all other […]
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March 30th, 1995Pitt's first Teaching Excellence Conference will be held March 31 and April 1 in the UPMC conference center on the 11th floor of Scaife Hall. Registrations will be accepted on site for workshops that aren't filled. For more information, call the Office of Faculty Development or see the March 16, 1995, issue of the University […]
UPG faculty cited for excellence >
March 30th, 1995Three faculty members from Pitt's Greensburg campus have been cited for excellence in teaching, professional development and service. Lillian Beeson, Alicia Covarrubias and Mary Beth Spore were selected for the awards by colleagues who themselves have won University-wide honors in the same areas. Beeson was named UPG faculty member of the year for her excellence […]
Faculty debate administrators over axing of HealthAmerica >
March 30th, 1995During an unusually rancorous and well- attended University Senate meeting yesterday, faculty and staff members attacked — and Pitt administrators defended — Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor's decision to give Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania exclusive rights to Pitt's employee health insurance business. (O'Connor announced the $66 million, three-year contract in a March 27 letter to […]
WPIC gets $80,000 grant to expand after-school program >
March 30th, 1995Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic's (WPIC) John Merck Multiple Disabilities Program has received an $80,000 grant from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh to improve and further develop the Merck After School Program (MAP) at Wightman School Community Center in Squirrel Hill. The program, which provides specialized treatment to children who have both developmental disabilities […]
O'Connor orders freeze on hiring >
March 30th, 1995In an effort to prevent an expected revenue shortfall of approximately $5.7 million in the last quarter of the current fiscal year, Chancellor J. Dennis O'Connor yesterday, March 29, ordered both an immediate freeze on hiring and a tightening of controls on expenditures. The hiring freeze will extend through June 30, the end of the […]
9-month contract proposal being reviewed as cost-saving measure >
March 30th, 1995Chances are good that Pitt full-time staff will soon have the option of reducing their appointments from 12 months to nine months a year — specifically, Aug. 15 through May 15. Such a reduction would entail a proportionate cut in salary and vacation, but the staff member would retain medical coverage and most other benefits […]