The Facilities Manage- ment plan designed to improve custodial service on the Pittsburgh campus will be implemented on Feb. 7, with Pitt's 201 custodians starting their new jobs and shifts. (See University Times, Jan. 21.) Custodians bid for available positions on Jan. 27. The plan, first announced last November and delayed twice, will result in […]
Clinic to focus on swallowing disorders >
February 4th, 1999Swallowing disorders affect approximately 75 percent of hospitalized patients in the United States and 60 percent of all patients over the age of 60. To properly diagnose and treat patients with any swallowing disorder, UPMC Heal th System has opened the region's first Swallowing Disorders Center. One of about 15 such centers in the United […]
Teresa Ree Chay >
February 4th, 1999Teresa Ree Chay, professor of biological sciences with an adjunct appointment in chemistry, died Jan. 27, 1999. She was 61. Chay earned a B.A. in mathematics in 1959 and a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1961, both from the University of Utah. She came to Pitt in 1970 as a research associate and was named assistant […]
Parking permits now pre-tax deduction >
February 4th, 1999Employees who use payroll deduction for parking fees now qualify for a pre-tax deduction, Parking and Transportation Services announced. Commencing with January's paychecks, parking fees will be deducted automatically before taxes are calculated, in compliance with an amendment to the Internal Revenue Service Code. The amount of tax savings varies according to tax bracket. According […]
Graham Baxter >
February 4th, 1999A business consultant and management educator with ties to the University, Graham Baxter died Jan. 20, 1999, of complications following hip replacement surgery. He was 58. Baxter earned a Ph.D. in business from Pitt in 1974. He served as administrator for the business school's Management Program for Executives. He helped establish an undergraduate business program, […]
Parking permits now pre-tax deduction >
February 4th, 1999Employees who use payroll deduction for parking fees now qualify for a pre-tax deduction, Parking and Transportation Services announced. Commencing with January's paychecks, parking fees will be deducted automatically before taxes are calculated, in compliance with an amendment to the Internal Revenue Service Code. The amount of tax savings varies according to tax bracket. According […]
Payroll department sets up tax hotline >
February 4th, 1999The Payroll Department has established a hotline for questions about W-2 and 1042S tax forms. The hotline, 624-1860, will operate weekdays through April 16, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Employees should direct questions about form 1099 to the Accounts Payable Department at 624-6054. According to Payroll, tax forms were mailed during the last week in January.
Deadline for diversity seminar Feb. 16 >
February 4th, 1999Faculty interested in making their courses more inclusive in terms of gender, race and other diversity issues, both in content and pedagogy, can apply for admission to this year's Faculty Seminar for More Inc lusive Courses. The seminar, which will be held May 10-21, is sponsored by the Chancellor's Diversity Working Group. Applications can be […]
Campaign kick-off is 18 months away, but over $143 million in donations already has been raised >
February 4th, 1999Pitt isn't planning to publicly kick off its latest capital campaign until fall of the year 2000. But by the end of 1998, the University already had raised $143.2 million in campaign gifts and pledges, according to Pitt's chief fundraiser. Carol Carter, vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement, said the campaign goal hasn't been set yet, […]
Council tables motion calling for full access to Pitt-UPMC-UPP documents >
February 4th, 1999Since Jan. 1, School of Medicine faculty with clinical duties have been jointly employed by Pitt and the recently formed University of Pittsburgh Physicians (UPP) practice plan. Depending on their job duties and their departments' policies, clinical faculty earn varying portions of their salaries from the University and from UPP. The latter is a subsidiary […]