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 […]
Pitt, UPMC will be more separate >
July 10th, 1997Connolly re-elected head of board >
July 10th, 1997The 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 […]
FY98 budget includes 3 percent increase in compensation pool >
July 10th, 1997Pitt 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 […]
Faculty Assembly endorses early retirement plan; some criticize administration's slowness to act >
July 10th, 1997Pitt'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 […]