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 […]
Bellefield fitness center expanded >
August 31st, 2006Most 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 […]
UCIS director sought >
August 31st, 2006A 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 […]
Day of Caring opportunities remain >
August 31st, 2006There’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, […]
Former UPJ staffers plead to sex charges >
August 31st, 2006Two 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 […]
Pitt, city “redd up” Oakland >
August 31st, 2006Pitt is working with city officials to improve conditions in residential areas around the University, which have suffered from chronic landlord abuses and student-tenant irresponsibility. “The chancellor is on record that the University will commit resources to the problem,” including appropriate funding, said G. Reynolds Clark, vice chancellor of Community and Governmental Relations. “We are […]
Recycled furniture sale a success >
August 31st, 2006An Oakland nonprofit organization has hopped on the “Redd Up Pittsburgh” bandwagon with a summer-long effort to recycle cast-off furniture and other household items in Oakland. Each year, as Pitt students vacate their off-campus residences at the end of spring term, large numbers of discarded pieces — desks, dressers, tables, chairs — are strewn about […]