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The Office of Parking and Transportation Services was awarded a 1998 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence Sept. 22 in the category of Technology Innovation. Pitt operates 20 natural gas powered commuter vans in its community ridesharing program. John Morgan, assistant director for transportation, said, "With expanded funding, we hope to further reduce the number of […]

Pitt will spend about $9.5 million for two new computerized information systems to support its fundraising and Human Resources/payroll activities. The latter system will greatly reduce paperwork connected with payroll and employee benefits, while the new Institutional Advancement (IA) system will support Pitt's capital campaign and ongoing fundraising, Interim Vice Chancellor for Finance Arthur G. […]

No University employee, University student, or individual on University property may intentionally harass or abuse a person (physically or verbally) with the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with such person's work or academic performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or academic environment. Consistent with the University Nondiscrimination Policy Statement, this […]

Yesteryear returns today at the William Pitt Union (WPU) as the historic Oakland landmark, formerly the Hotel Schenley, celebrates its centennial with a day-long party from 11 a.m-8 p.m. Antique cars, classic films, and ragtime and Banjo Club music are a few of the throwback attractions, highlighted by the cutting of a birthday cake at […]

Pittsburgh City Council has approved Pitt's plan to build three 4-story apartment buildings on University-owned property in South Oakland. Council voted 7-0 to approve the project at a meeting Sept. 22. Council members Valerie McDonald and Gene Ricciardi were not present for the vote. The last formality remaining before Pitt can proceed is Mayor Tom […]

Pitt is testing a system that allows Internet users to search certain institutions' library catalogs and request that books be sent to any library in the University Library System (ULS). The service is an alternative to the interlibrary loan process. The pilot project is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI), of which […]

For decades, business professors have required MBA students to subscribe to The Wall Street Journal. More recently, students at Pitt's Katz Graduate School of Business and other schools have been doing research projects using data culled from basic on-line services offered by the Journal and its publisher, Dow Jones. But this fall, through a unique […]

Ghana's President Jerry John Rawlings made a pitch for more foreign investment in his country, fair gold prices (Ghana — formerly the Gold Coast — produced 2.1 million ounces last year, but plummeting prices cut into profits) and passage of proposed U.S. legislation that would provide $650 million for trade opportunities in Africa, during a […]

The School of Information Sciences has established a memorial fund dedicated to Margaret Mary "Peg" Corbett, former secretary in the Department of Library and Information Science, who died last year. Proceeds will fund a student award within the department. Proceeds also provided a planter with a flowering crabapple tree for the patio of the school's […]

Bringing together the expertise and shared mission of several area organizations and institutions involved in the study of ecology, the newly formed Pittsburgh EcoForum will hold its inaugural Eminent Biologist Lecture Series in the Carnegie Museum of Art Auditorium. Six prominent scientists will present lectures on a variety of ecological issues, hoping to bring Pittsburgh […]