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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 […]

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 […]

Antidepressants are safe and effective for treating anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and major depressive disorder in children and adolescents, according to a meta-analysis of 27 major studies. The findings, published by Pitt School of Medicine researchers in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, call into question the controversial “black box” warnings placed […]

UPMC will make the U.S. Steel Tower its new corporate headquarters. The new site in Downtown will consolidate UPMC’s corporate, administrative and integrated business functions in one location and reflects UPMC’s commitment to the city and the community. UPMC initially will lease five floors with 185,000 square feet of space and will lease as much […]

Welcome to the New Benefits Newsletter! To help keep faculty and staff up to date on changes in events affecting benefits, the Benefits Buzz will now appear on a more frequent basis and within the University Times. As always, feel free to give us your feedback at: feedback@exchange.hr.pitt.edu or 412-624-8160 Open Enrollment Is Here! All […]

Hillman Library will be open continuously from 9 a.m. Saturday, April 21 until 10 p.m. Friday, April 27. During the 24-hour schedule, a University ID is required to enter between midnight and 7 a.m. Services available during all hours of operation are: Current Periodical Room; computers on the ground floor (database/electronic resources searching); CSSD lab […]

Pitt employees will see premium increases as well as certain co-payment and prescription drug cost increases for the health plan year that begins July 1. According to Human Resources officials, the overall increase to Pitt’s medical plans, which are administered by UPMC Health Plan, is 3.9 percent. Regionally and nationally, health care renewals, after adjustments […]