The Stackpole-Hall Foundation of Saint Marys has given Pitt's Bradford campus (UPB) a $46,000 grant for phase two of the campus's curriculum reform project, "Connecting Knowledge: A Way of Thinking." Part of UPB's revised general education curriculum, the Connecting Knowledge program is designed to promote learning across disciplines and develop motivation in students. "The curriculum […]
Bradford gets $46,000 grant for Phase 2 of curriculum reform >
August 29th, 1996Heinz Chapel landscaping changes begin >
August 29th, 1996A combination of safety, aesthetics and economics has prompted the Office of Facilities Management to remove shrubbery from around Heinz Memorial Chapel. Once the shrubbery has been removed and work completed on the disabled-access project on the Fifth Avenue side of the chapel, the area will be landscaped with ornamental ground cover. "At this point, […]
UPJ memorializes sociology professor >
August 29th, 1996Pitt's Johnstown campus (UPJ) has named its baseball field the George R. Walter Field in honor of the sociology professor who died on March 21. UPJ also has established the George R. "Doc" Walter Memorial Fund to support improvements to the field. Walter served as chair of UPJ's athletics committee from its inception in the […]
Computer science professor honored >
August 29th, 1996Associate professor of computer science and intelligent systems Martha E. Pollack has been elected a fellow of the American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). The AAAI is a nonprofit scientific society devoted to the promotion and advancement of artificial intelligence. Each year, the AAAI awards the title of fellow to a small number of individuals […]
Administration encouraged by results of new summer sessions >
August 29th, 1996Although the number of students who took summer classes at Pitt this summer declined by 1.3 percent compared with summer 1995, numbers were up in terms of total credits taken (a 2.6 percent improvement) and tuition revenue (up 7 percent, outpacing the 4.5 percent tuition hikes at most Pitt schools since last summer). Vice Provost […]
Record number of Pitt employees volunteer for UW Day of Caring >
August 29th, 1996Approximately 370 members of the University community already have registered for this year's United Way Day of Caring on Sept. 11. The total is the largest ever for Pitt and just 30 participants short of this year's goal of 400 volunteers set by Pitt's Center for Public and Community Service. Last year 315 people from […]
New faculty info fair, teaching workshops scheduled for Aug. 30 >
August 29th, 1996The Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE) will present a series of teaching workshops and an information fair for new faculty tomorrow, Aug. 30, in the William Pitt Union (WPU) and Forbes Quadrangle. Both the workshops and the fair are free. The workshops will run from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., followed by […]
Koehler to resign as dean of FAS in two years >
August 29th, 1996Peter F. M. Koehler will resign as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in 1998 to become a full-time, tenured professor in physics and astronomy. Koehler, 58, said he determined the timing of his resignation, as well as details of his future as a teacher and researcher here, during an Aug. 22 […]
Dean's evaluation: a somewhat mixed review >
August 29th, 1996Is Faculty of Arts and Sci- ences (FAS) Dean Peter Koehler a great asset to Pitt? A Solomon-like arbiter of tenure and promotion cases? A good listener? Or is Koehler a poor communicator? A procrastinator? A micro-manager? Those were among the extreme opinions gathered by a committee of FAS professors who participated in a review […]