Members of the search committee for a new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) were scheduled to meet for the first time today, April 3, to receive their charge from Provost James Maher. Committee chairperson Edward Stricker said he expects that the committee will be asked to recommend three-to-five candidates by next […]
FAS search committee to be charged >
April 3rd, 1997Robert G. Colodny >
April 3rd, 1997A memorial service for long-time Pitt history professor Robert G. Colodny will be held today, April 3, at 2 p.m. at the Heinz Memorial Chapel. Colodny was a Pitt faculty member from 1959 until his retirement in 1985, specializing in the history of science and European history. He died at his Pleasant Hills residence March […]
Asteroid named for Cassidy >
April 3rd, 1997On behalf of the International Astronomical Union, Harvard's Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science has named an asteroid after Pitt professor of geology and planetary science William Cassidy. Discovered on Sept. 7, 1948, by Henry L. Giclas at the Lowell Observatory, the asteroid was named in honor of Cassidy following a suggestion by Bruce Hapke, […]
Foster biographer to lecture here >
April 3rd, 1997Journalist and music critic Ken Emerson, author of the soon-to-be-released "Doo-dah! Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture" will lecture on April 11 at noon in the Stephen Foster Memorial auditorium. "Doo-dah!" is the first full biography of Foster to appear in more than 60 years. Emerson's appearance at Pitt will launch his […]
Pitt researcher dispels many myths about KKK's members >
April 3rd, 1997Listen to Pittsburgh talk radio when the subject of the Ku Klux Klan and its April 5 rally Downtown arises, and most of the remarks ridicule members of such groups as ignorant, crazy and paranoid backwoods types. While it is easy to ascribe such labels to people who see a conspiracy behind everything and view […]