Most renovations and construction projects involving University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) owned facilities this summer will be outside of Oakland at places like Braddock, South Side and Passavant hospitals. On the Pittsburgh campus the only significant UPMC projects involve the completion of a chilled water plant at Scaife Hall, and the renovation of various […]
Most medical center renovations planned for UPMC facilities outside of Oakland >
May 15th, 1997What does Pitt need in an FAS dean? Some faculty tell search committee what they think >
May 15th, 1997Chancellor Mark Nordenberg, Provost James Maher and five of the University's 14 current, permanent deans were recruited from the Pitt faculty. Should the next dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) likewise be an insider? Professors discussed that issue and others during the May 7 open hearing sponsored by the FAS dean search […]
FAS dean job description >
May 15th, 1997As chairperson of the FAS dean search committee, Edward Stricker receives lots of e-mail. "Half of the messages I get ask: What does the job ad look like?" Stricker says. The following is the text of the advertisement that the search committee will place during the next few weeks in the Chronicle of Higher Education, […]
DDOO-DAH! Stephen Foster's biographer confronts racism found in local composer's songs >
May 15th, 1997When a Pitt politi- cal science pro- fessor recently needed an expert on Nicaragua to speak to his class, he turned for help to a colleague from Texas. The colleague lectured and fielded questions from the Pitt students — without leaving Texas, thanks to the increasingly popular technology of two-way interactive television (ITV). A growing […]
Interest in distant education options at Pitt is increasing >
May 15th, 1997When a Pitt political science professor recently needed an expert on Nicaragua to speak to his class, he turned for help to a colleague from Texas. The colleague lectured and fielded questions from the Pitt students — without leaving Texas, thanks to the increasingly popular technology of two-way interactive television (ITV). A growing number of […]
Assembly provides variety of information to staff >
May 15th, 1997The theme of Staff Association Council's (SAC) spring assembly May 8 was "Applications for the Well-rounded Employee." During the two-hour program in the William Pitt Union, speakers offered tips on parking, bus service, vanpools, carpools, stress and responsibility. Speakers included John Wilds, director of the Office of Governmental Relations; Rich Geiger and Kathy Miller, Department […]
SAC reports membership for 1997-98 >
May 15th, 1997Staff Association Council (SAC) announced its membership for the coming year at its meeting yesterday, May 14. Since the number of nominees and vacant seats were the same, there was no membership election. Because there were not enough SAC members present at yesterday's meeting to form a quorum, members will be asked to approve the […]
Blatt endowment is goal >
May 15th, 1997Pitt's Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Program are working to create the Genevieve Blatt Award for Summer Study Abroad, an endowment scholarship to be given annually in Blatt's memory to a graduate woman majoring in political science or law. A 1938 Pitt law school graduate and a Commonwealth Court judge, Blatt was a pioneer for […]
University Senate committee to look into future of tenure at Pitt >
May 15th, 1997Gordon MacLeod said he plans to form a new University Senate committee to study the future of tenure at Pitt and the plight of non-tenure stream faculty here, after he becomes Senate president in July. Current Senate president Keith McDuffie had pledged to appoint such a committee following a discussion of tenure issues at the […]