Hurd W. Safford, professor emeritus of chemistry, died on Sept. 7, 1998, after an extended illness. He was 83. Safford graduated with a B.S. in ceramics engineering from Alfred University in 1936. He later entered Pitt's graduate chemistry program in order to do research with noted glass chemistry expert (and department chair), Alexander Silverman. Following […]
UCIS gets grant to create WWW database interface >
October 15th, 1998Finding international affairs organizations and specialists world-wide will soon be much easier with the help of a new effort at Pitt's University Center for International Studies (UCIS). A two-year, $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation will enable UCIS to create a World Wide Web database interface that includes 3,500 detailed entries on institutions active in […]
Garden created for heart patients >
October 15th, 1998A garden for the enjoyment of patients with heart disease and those who are awaiting a heart transplant opened last month at UPMC Presbyterian. The Spinola Family Patient Garden is endowed by Frank and Mary Jo Spinola of Wexford, whose daughter Andrea was kept alive by an artificial heart for 131 days before she received […]
UPMC, Quest join forces on lab services >
October 15th, 1998Quest Diagnostics Inc. and UPMC Health System have joined forces to provide improved access to laboratory services for physicians and patients throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area. Quest Diagnostics is one of the nation's leading providers of diagnostic testing, information and services to physicians, hospitals, patients, managed care organizations, employers and government agencies. UPMC hospitals, physicians, […]
Despite construction, parking here should be adequate, study indicates >
October 15th, 1998Parking, Transportation and Services director G. Robert Harkins is optimistic about the parking situation in Oakland. Harkins cited a parking study carried out at the University's request by Trans Associates Engineering Consultants, Inc., of Pittsburgh, who measured supply and demand parking statistics back to 1992. The report, dated Sept. 28, includes projections for 1998 and […]
Pitt professors filing grievances face uphill battle, statistics show >
October 15th, 1998Professors seeking redress for alleged grievances and unjust denials of promotion and/or tenure face an uphill fight at Pitt, the co-chairperson of the University Senate's tenure and academic freedom committee (TAFC) told Faculty Assembly Oct. 6. But Tom Kane, whose committee is a key player and defender of faculty interests in the grievance procedure and […]
Cases over the past decade >
October 15th, 1998During the last decade, 26 Pitt faculty members have appealed what they saw as unjust decisions to deny them promotions and/or tenure. According to Provost's office records (which do not identify the individuals involved), only two appellants won their cases: * In a 1991 case, then-Provost Donald Henderson overruled a dean's decision and recommended that […]
Pitt kicks off United Way drive >
October 15th, 1998Pitt's 1998 United Way campaign kicked off yesterday with a breakfast for coordinators held at the William Pitt Union. The campaign will continue through Nov. 25. This year's goal is $500,000. Last year, the University collected just over $474,000, surpassing the 1997 goal by $32,000. The 1998 theme is "Make a world of difference in […]
Sabbaticals take a sabbatical at Johnstown campus next year >
October 15th, 1998Faculty at Pitt's Johnstown campus won't be allowed to take sabbaticals next year. UPJ's administration imposed the no-sabbaticals policy to avoid a faculty shortfall, campus president Albert Etheridge told the University Times. UPJ will lose four of its 130 full-time teaching faculty during the current academic year and 11 more next year through the University's […]