The University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) is seeking applicants for the annual Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards. Two awards of up to $10,000 each relating to work in the social, behavioral and policy sciences will be given in honor of Manners, who worked at UCSUR for 26 years and was assistant […]
Applications sought for Manners awards >
January 25th, 2007Transit riders speak out at Port Authority hearing >
January 25th, 2007“I don’t think it’s a huge stretch to say that this is a matter of life and death for hundreds of people,” said Dave Bindewald of the United Cerebral Palsy attendant care program at this week’s Alumni Hall hearing on proposed mass transit cuts. Bindewald, a health care supervisor, said he represented more than 800 […]
SAC discusses proposed transit cuts >
January 25th, 2007The Staff Association Council (SAC) is looking for ways to oppose looming mass transit cuts. At its Jan. 17 meeting, SAC members maintained that some Pitt employees, stranded by route cuts and unable or unwilling to rent a parking space in Oakland, would be unduly burdened getting to work. Suggestions included passing a resolution opposing […]
Pitt endowment rises 17.4 percent in FY 2006 >
January 25th, 2007Pitt ranks 4th among U.S. public institutions of higher education and 10th among all U.S. colleges and universities with endowments in excess of $1 billion when it comes to the percentage increase in the market value of its endowment for fiscal year 2006. According to figures in the 2006 Endowment Study of the National Association […]
BPC gets academic, financial planning updates >
January 25th, 2007New developments in Pitt’s financial picture and academic planning were on the University Senate budget policies committee’s (BPC) agenda last week. Arthur Ramicone, vice chancellor for Budget and Controller, reported on the impact of Pitt’s enrollment on finances. Steady improvements in Pitt’s four-year graduation rate, which was 33 percent in 2000 and had risen to […]
Administrator searches continue >
January 25th, 2007Searches for four high-level administrators continue, as Pitt looks for a new dean of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) and a director of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS), as well as for presidents of Pitt-Greensburg and Pitt-Johnstown. According to Robert F. Pack, vice provost for academic planning and resources […]