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Volume 39 Issue 16

Making Pitt Work:

Special Events staff coordinate commencement >

April 19th, 2007

April 29. It’s the day Pitt seniors have been waiting for. At 1 p.m. a parade of faculty and students in academic regalia will process through the doors of the Petersen Events Center. Amid pomp and circumstance and cheers and tears, less than three hours later the newest alumni of the University of Pittsburgh will […]

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SIS reorganizes to reflect evolving disciplines >

April 19th, 2007

In her nearly 40 years as a Pitt staff member in the School of Information Sciences (SIS), Theresa Benedek has worked with six deans or acting deans, seen the name of the school change three times, witnessed a revolution in information technology that spawned entirely new disciplines and lived through several school-wide structural overhauls. The […]

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Eclectic interests pull retiring professor >

April 19th, 2007

After 37 years at Pitt, Gerald Massey is retiring as Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy. If he’s being put out to pasture, it’s only because he wants to be. While he’s been semi-retired for several years, Massey has decided that now is the time to refocus his attention on his eclectic interests — among them […]

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Provost's innovation program funds 11 teaching projects >

April 19th, 2007

Eleven teaching proposals have been selected for funding under the eighth annual Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence innovation in education awards program. The awards encourage instructional innovation and teaching excellence. Funding for this year’s awards totals $159,577. Winners of this year’s awards and summaries of their proposals are: • Ahmed Amer, assistant professor of […]

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Feick named UCIS director >

April 19th, 2007

Pitt professor Lawrence Feick has been named senior director of International Programs and director of Pitt’s University Center for International Studies (UCIS), effective Aug. 1. Feick, a professor of business administration in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, teaches marketing management and international marketing. Feick earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s […]

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UPMC investigates posting of patients' data >

April 19th, 2007

UPMC last week announced that it is investigating a posting to a UPMC web site that has led to the disclosure of personal information on some current and former patients. The discovery was brought to UPMC’s attention on April 10 and the confidential information was removed immediately from the web site. UPMC’s preliminary investigation has […]

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