University Times

Several Pitt disciplines and subspecialties were included among the nation’s top graduate schools in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings. Each year, the magazine measures graduate programs in five major disciplines (business, education, engineering, law and medicine), using quality indicators such as peer assessments, entering students’ test scores, faculty/student ratios and reputation ratings drawn […]

Pitt’s annual Partnership for Food will collect non-perishable food items throughout April to help restock the shelves of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. For more than a decade, the University has ranked among the 10 most successful Pittsburgh-area employers in the annual spring food drives. Over the years, contributions from the University have totaled […]

Tom Ridge, former Pennsylvania governor and first secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, will deliver Pitt’s 2007 commencement address April 29 at the Petersen Events Center. Ridge, 61, graduated with honors from Harvard University in 1967. After his first year at The Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. […]

A report from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reveals that academic medical centers in Pennsylvania continue to play a significant role in the state’s economy. The report found that Pennsylvania ranks second in the nation when calculating the total economic impact of its academic health centers. The study found that medical schools and […]

The passage in 1980 of the Bayh-Dole Act, which allowed universities and researchers to benefit from the commercialization of publicly funded research, plunged academia into a new world of forging partnerships with industry, forming startup companies and other aspects of technology transfer. In a follow-up to last year’s University Senate spring plenary event, which looked […]

The conference center on the Johnstown campus has been designated as a certified “One-Stop-Shop” by the Association of Collegiate Conference Events Directors-International (ACCED-I). With 1,500 members representing more than 600 institutions of higher education, ACCED-I is the largest association of colleges and universities with conference and event services. The ACCED-I designation recognizes the ability of […]

Although Pitt law professor Arthur Hellman and former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor both are concerned about threats to judicial independence in the United States, they disagree about what poses a threat. While her 25 years’ experience on the Supreme Court and her retired status make the issue of threats to judicial independence an […]