While implementation of a Facilities Management plan to improve custodial services is still a couple weeks away, Pitt custodians will re-bid for jobs on Jan. 27 in preparation for their new assignments. The plan, announced in November by Ana Guzman, associate vice chancellor for Facilities Management, was originally to go into effect Dec. 21. (See […]
Custodians to rebid for jobs again; no date for implementation of plan >
January 21st, 1999Pitt near agreement on health insurance >
January 21st, 1999Staff and faculty should soon know what changes, if any, to expect in their Pitt health insurance premiums next year. By the end of January, the University should complete contract negotiations with UPMC Health Plan and Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, said Ron Frisch, associate vice chancellor for Human Resources. The medical advisory committee (a group […]
Japanese, Indian rooms expected to be finished sometime this summer >
January 21st, 1999Two new nationality classrooms are in the planning stages, and two others long in the planning are nearing completion. The Danish Room committee and the Swiss Room committee each made the $5,000 "declaration of gift" to the University, the first official step in joining the famous family of classrooms, according to E. Maxine Bruhns, Nationality […]
Forum to focus on UPP draft employment documents >
January 21st, 1999The Faculty Association of the School of Medicine (FASM) will sponsor an open forum Jan. 28 to discuss draft employment agreements for the new University of Pittsburgh Physicians (UPP) practice plan. UPP was formed through a merger of Pitt's 18 previously independent clinical practice plans. It is a nonprofit corporate subsidiary of UPMC Health System. […]
Pitt found guilty in reverse discrimination case >
January 21st, 1999A U.S. District Court jury last month found Pitt guilty of reverse discrimination for denying a male faculty member tenure. The jury ordered the University to pay John N. Chiasson $350,000 in compensatory damages. Pitt also reached a confidential agreement with Chiasson to settle his remaining claims for reinstatement and punitive damages. Chiasson, formerly an […]
UPB receives two donations >
January 21st, 1999The Bradford campus will benefit from donations made by American Refining Group, Inc. ARG, and its affiliate American Refining and Biochemical Company, donated a one-acre parcel of land at the corner of Dorothy Lane and West Washington Street for campus use. "This contribution fits perfectly with our master plan, allowing us to expand our boundaries […]
Rossetti memorial service set Jan. 25 >
January 21st, 1999A memorial service for Guy Rossetti will be held on Jan. 25 at 3:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater on the Greensburg campus. Rossetti, who began his career at UPG in 1969, died Nov. 5, 1998 after a long illness. He had served as vice president for administrative affairs since 1994. A reception in the […]