University Times

Eduardo Lozano, well known developer of Pitt’s collection of Latin American books, died Aug. 25 following a lengthy illness. He was 81. A librarian, painter and poet, Lozano, of Point Breeze, is remembered by colleagues as a renaissance man dedicated to his books and his art. A native of Argentina, Lozano came to Pitt in […]

In a recently released web-based ranking feature titled “The Complete List: The Top 100 Global Universities,” Newsweek International has listed Pitt 10th among U.S. public universities and 37th among all universities worldwide. For its top 100 ranking, Newsweek International stated that it took 50 percent of its individual scores from equal parts of three measures […]

Susan A. Steele, whose career at the University spanned more than 17 years, died July 30, 2006, after a brief but valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 57. A native of Pittsburgh, Steele began her career at Pitt in 1989 when she joined the Office of Institutional Advancement, formerly the Office of University Relations […]

Pitt and Carnegie Mellon are among the nation’s 25 “best-neighbor” urban colleges and universities in a list released this month by Evan Dobelle, president of the New England Board of Higher Education. Dobelle chose for his list institutions of higher education that “because of their strong positive contributions of careful strategic planning and thoughtful use […]

Most New Year’s resolutions start Jan. 1, but Bellefield Fitness Center director Jeff Murphy hopes that the combination of a newly renovated fitness center, a new Bellefield Fit 4 Health program and the start of a new academic year will be a sufficient incentive to encourage faculty, staff and students to step up their personal […]

A search committee has been formed for the senior director of international programs/director of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS). The new director, who will report to the provost, will succeed William I. Brustein, who has accepted a position at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, effective January 2007. (See June 22 University Times.) UCIS is […]

There’s still time for staff, faculty and student volunteers to sign up for Pitt’s Sept. 15 Day of Caring. At the 16th annual event more than 400 Pitt volunteers, including family members and friends, are expected to work in surrounding neighborhoods and at local and regional agencies as part of the broader Pitt-United Way campaign, […]

Two former Pitt-Johnstown employees pleaded guilty Aug. 29 to charges stemming from an Internet sex probe involving a teenage boy. William A. Gillin and Jeffrey Haire were among five men arrested in April following a police investigation into reports that a teenage boy from Richland Township in Cambria County was involved in sexual relationships that […]