University Times

It's not a divorce, but Pitt and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center System (UPMCS) are growing apart. At the Pitt Board of Trustees' June 26 meeting, Chancellor Mark Nordenberg announced a restructuring of the University-UPMCS relationship that will create a greater distinction between the two institutions. The changes include the following: * Pitt will […]

The Board of Trustees re- elected J. W. Connolly to a third consecutive one-year term as chairperson. Connolly, retired senior vice president of the H.J. Heinz Co., has chaired Pitt's board since June 1995. The board also elected seven new members, re-elected six whose terms were expiring and changed one trustee's designation. In addition, the […]

Pitt trustees adopted a University operating budget of $855.1 million for the fiscal year that began July 1. The budget includes a fall tuition increase of 4.5 percent for in-state students and 5.5 percent for out-of-state students. The exception is undergraduate tuition in the engineering school, which will remain frozen to bring Pitt's rates into […]

Pitt's administration will have only itself to blame if the University continues to go without a faculty early retirement program, or if a new program isn't lucrative enough to entice many professors into retiring, Faculty Assembly members said this week. On June 20, the Faculty Early Retirement Bonus Plan Committee delivered its final report to […]

Pitt trustees took a break from budgets, reorganizations and quasi-endowments to hear about a medical wonder in the making. Bartley P. Griffith, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)'s McGowan Center for Artificial Organ Development, reported on the center's efforts to create the first permanent, portable replacement for a human heart: the University […]

Donald Goldstein hopes his new biography of Amelia Earhart won't follow its subject's example and vanish without a trace. "I just hope we sell some copies of the damn thing," Goldstein growled during an interview at Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, where he is a professor. Contemplating the unlit Phillies Titan cigar […]

Approximately two months ago, University Mailing Services became a part of the Department of Parking and Transportation. Since then Parking and Transportation Director Bob Harkins has been reviewing the services' operations. Along with internal changes, Harkins's review has produced a list of suggestions for members of the University community to follow for improved mail service. […]

The Foundation for Physical Therapy has awarded Anthony Delitto, associate professor and chair of physical therapy, a three-year $600,000 grant to study work-related low back injuries. About $300,000 came from the American Physical Therapy Association's Section on Orthopedics, $50,000 each from the State Farm Insurance Foundation and the Rehability Corporation, $20,000 from Goodyear Tire and […]

In 1994, the Unseam'd Shakespeare Co. was formed by a group of Pitt graduate students, and other local theatre people, with the idea of "unseaming" the great plays of the world, particularly those of Shakespeare. By "unseaming," the company means performing the plays in a less formal, more contemporary manner than what is usually offered. […]