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Volume 29 Issue 13

Daniel Everett >

March 6th, 1997

Truthfulness is something all good parent try to teach their child. But are there any real advantages in being truthful? Daniel Everett, chair of Pitt's linguistics department, asked the Founders Day audience. Recent research, Everett pointed out in his lecture, "Jungle Talk: Conversational Style in Amazonia," has shown that there are some very real advantages […]

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Most plans expected by provost this week >

March 6th, 1997

Provost James Maher said he expects to receive long-range plans from nearly all of the Provost area schools and the four regional campuses by the end of this week. March 3 was the deadline. "About half of them [schools and campuses] actually got their plans in to my office on Monday, and they're coming in […]

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Theodore Windt >

March 6th, 1997

In summer 1982, the Conservative Digest ran a major article accusing Ronald Reagan of abandoning the social agenda of conservatism. Reagan moved to quiet the publication's criticism with a speech to the Conservative Caucus. The speech was so successful that for the remainder of Reagan's two terms and into George Bush's term, the American people […]

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Several Pitt schools, programs included in U.S. News rankings >

March 6th, 1997

Pitt's master of physical therapy program has been ranked 11th in the nation, the highest of any University program, in the annual U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best graduate schools and programs in the nation. The magazine's report is based on a survey of deans, administrators and senior faculty around the nation […]

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Martha Pollack >

March 6th, 1997

Anybody who has ever tried to print every other page in a multi-page document knows how difficult it can be to communicate with a computer. In their frustration, some people have been known to scream: "Why don't they make a computer that understands English?" Although the day when computers will respond to all voice commands […]

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GSPIA prof files suit claiming discrimination >

March 6th, 1997

A professor in Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs has sued the University for racial discrimination for allegedly failing to pay him a salary commensurate with his rank. Jerome McKinney filed the suit in federal court on Feb. 28. In it, he alleges that he has been at the bottom of the pay […]

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Chemist's basic research moves closer to practical applications >

March 6th, 1997

"Isn't this a pretty one?" Pitt chemis- try professor Sanford "Sandy" Asher asked, holding up a vial containing a thick, milky, rainbow-streaked substance resembling a liquid opal. "Oh, yes," Asher repeated to himself, peering at the material under a light in his Chevron Science Center office. "That's very pretty." Cheap to produce, too, this substance. […]

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Teaching conference is March 20 >

March 6th, 1997

Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Eugene W. Hickok will be the keynote speaker at this year's Teaching Excellence conference on March 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Forbes Quadrangle. Hickok will speak at 2:30 p.m. in 2M56. The conference, "Teaming Up for Learning," will feature lectures, workshops and panel discussions designed to improve teaching. […]

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For kids' sake, theatre staff member takes a big knife to 'Hamlet' >

March 6th, 1997

Susan Merriman fears that when she some- day shuffles off this mortal coil, William Shakespeare — and not St. Peter — will be guarding the gates of heaven. "And he'll ask me, 'What did you do to my play?'" Merriman says, imitating a bilious Bard. At a time when the Irish actor-director Kenneth Branagh is […]

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What is appropriate level of PA support? state senators ask Pitt >

March 6th, 1997

HARRISBURG – Apparently stung by recent media reports noting Pennsylvania's standing near the bottom when it comes to support for higher education, members of the Senate appropriations committee during a Feb. 25 meeting asked Pitt administrators what they believe is an appropriate level of state support. Gov. Tom Ridge's proposed budget contains a 2 percent […]

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