Skullduggery Last Saturday, contractors finished a three-week project to preserve terra cotta artwork and ornamental ironwork from Pennsylvania Hall, as demanded by the City Planning Commission. See page 4. Using hammers and chisels, mainly, workers from New York-based Irreplaceable Artifacts removed a terra cotta statue of Aesculapius, Roman god of medicine, from the side of […]
New Human Resources info and reclassification systems are outlined >
November 12th, 1998Two Human Resources initiatives designed to streamline services, integrate resources and eliminate paperwork were introduced at the Staff Association Council's (SAC) fall assembly held Nov. 4. Both the Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and the job re-classification plan will take many months to be fully implemented, however. Two "journeys" was how HR Associate Vice Chancellor […]
Provost's Distinguished Lecture marks retirement >
November 12th, 1998Cho-yun Hsu, Pitt professor of history and sociology, will mark his retirement by delivering the Provost's Distinguished Lecture tomorrow. Hsu, who joined the Pitt faculty in 1970, is a native of Amoy, China. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from National Taiwan University and a Ph.D. in ancient history from the University of Chicago. On […]
Two current medical insurers only bidders for contract next year >
November 12th, 1998Pitt's current health insurers, UPMC Health Plan and Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, were the only ones to bid for the University's employee medical insurance business for next year. A third insurer, CIGNA Health Plan, had expressed interest but did not submit a bid. The medical plan advisory committee, a group of faculty, staff and administrators […]
CIS studying ways to alleviate printing and other problems in computing labs >
November 12th, 1998The average turn-around time for printing at public computing labs in Forbes Quad and the Cathedral of Learning was 40-90 minutes last spring, a survey by Pitt's Office of Computing and Information Services (CIS) found. Sometimes it took hours to print a single document, depending on the time of day. Because most computers at Pitt […]
Guy Rossetti >
November 12th, 1998Guy Rossetti, vice president for administrative affairs at the Greensburg campus (UPG) since 1994, died Nov. 5 after a long illness. He was 55. Rossetti held a bachelor's degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master's and a Ph.D. from Pitt. Rossetti began his career at UPG in 1969 as assistant professor of Hispanic […]