Agreement in principle reached on Pitt's use of new Steelers stadium Pitt has reached an agreement in principle with the Steelers to play home football games in the new North Side stadium beginning in 2001. Director of Athletics Steve Pederson announced the agreement at the Staff Association Council spring assembly yesterday. Pederson also announced that […]
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April 29th, 1999Staff Association Council members >
April 29th, 1999Staff Association Council members New member nominees Carol S. Adams, medicine Carla Y. Brown, Residence Life, Student Affairs Rasheda Davis, Property Management Michele A. Dobransky, cell biology and physiology Janet Donofrio, Student Services/SHRS Maureen A. Jenkins, Katz school Susan E. Johnson, education Barbara J. Lowe, nursing Irene Marinakos, SAC secretary Johnnie A. Moore, Payroll Bobbi […]
Staff Association Council announces members >
April 29th, 1999Staff Association Council announces members At its April 21 meeting, the Staff Association Council (SAC) announced nominees for new membership, heard recommendations by SAC's salary and job classification committee regarding the University's salary policies, and held a closed, officers-only meeting with Ron Frisch, Human Resources associate vice chancellor, on the proposed staff classification plan. There […]
Details available on Ft. Pitt bridge/tunnel restrictions >
April 29th, 1999Details available on Ft. Pitt bridge/tunnel restrictions Today is D-Day for a new construction phase of the Ft. Pitt Bridge/Ft. Pitt Tunnel five-year improvement project. The current phase is expected to last 50-90 days. Beginning today at 6 a.m, PennDOT is closing lanes that carry traffic from the Ft. Duquesne Bridge to the Ft. Pitt […]
President of Turkey honored >
April 29th, 1999President of Turkey honored Chancellor Mark Nordenberg conferred an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree on Suleyman Demirel, president of the Republic of Turkey, at an April 21 academic convocation in Carnegie Music Hall. Demirel has made higher education a top priority for his country, guiding the establishment of more than 25 universities over the past […]
City Planning Commission gives Pitt projects conditional approval >
April 29th, 1999City Planning Commission gives Pitt projects conditional approval Two University expansion projects were approved conditionally by the City Planning Commission April 20. Construction of phase II of the Bouquet Gardens student housing project and the Multi-Purpose Academic Complex (MPAC) now face a public hearing and vote before Pittsburgh City Council. The hearing and vote are […]
Hastening death: Courts generally have supported such rights, ethicist says >
April 29th, 1999Hastening death: Courts generally have supported such rights, ethicist says In this country, doctors have aided in hastening the death of terminally ill patients with the blessing of the law since the 1976 Karen Quinlan case in New Jersey. Last month, Jack Kevorkian, previously acquitted on assisted-suicide charges three times, was convicted by a Michigan […]
Marathon street closings to be detailed >
April 29th, 1999Marathon street closings to be detailed To assist area commuters, AAA, PennDOT, WPXI-TV and UPMC Health System/City of Pittsburgh Marathon officials are teaming up to provide information on street closings and alternate routes into and around the city on marathon day, May 2. More than 4,000 runners are expected for the combined Tri-State Health System […]