University Times

The 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, 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 […]

The 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 […]

More 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 […]