Cho-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 […]
Faculty want more changes in UPP documents >
November 12th, 1998The latest draft bylaws and employment agreements for the new University of Pittsburgh Physicians (UPP) practice plan still don't go far enough in protecting faculty rights and the School of Medicine's academic mission, according to a faculty committee monitoring UPP negotiations. UPP is being formed through a merger of Pitt's 18 previously independent clinical practice […]
Maher explains dropping of STEP >
November 12th, 1998More than 900 students had participated in the Summer Transitional Education Program (STEP) for academically "borderline" incoming College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) freshmen since the program's inception nine years ago. But CAS faced a stark choice this fall, according to Provost James Maher: Eliminate STEP or turn away academically better-prepared students. The administration's decision […]