This week Pitt announced plans to spend more than $1 billion — that’s with a “B” — in facilities over the next 12 years. According to a years-in-the-making, just-released document titled “The University of Pittsburgh Facilities Plan 2007-2018,” Pitt is estimating a total projected cost, factoring in inflation, of proposed facilities to be $1,038,136,000 by […]
$1 billion facilities plan announced >
May 17th, 2007Katz, CBA share $1 million donation >
May 17th, 2007Pitt has received a $1 million gift from alumnus James B. Tafel, owner of Street Sense, the horse that won this month’s Kentucky Derby. The James B. Tafel Expendable Gift and the James B. Tafel Endowed Student Support Fund will support students in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and the College of […]
Wannstedt tops Pitt's highest-paid non-officers >
May 17th, 2007Head football coach Dave R. Wannstedt topped the list of Pitt’s five highest paid non-officer employees during the 2005-06 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2006. Wannstedt earned $675,002 in salary, $28,959 in employer contributions to benefits plans (a category that includes deferred compensation where applicable) and $9,177 in expense account and other allowances in […]
Produce subscription program planned >
May 17th, 2007Community Relations is introducing a program, dubbed “Farms to Pitt,” that will enable subscribers to obtain fresh local produce. Part of Pitt’s Partnership for Food, the new program offers fresh products delivered weekly directly from an area farm to designated locations on the Pittsburgh campus. Subscribers pay a fee in advance, which goes to a […]
Faculty pay at Pitt compared with AAU publics >
May 17th, 2007An annual comparison of faculty salaries at the Pittsburgh campus with salaries at 33 other public Association of American Universities (AAU) institutions showed that full professors’ pay moved up one spot to No. 12 from last year. Associate professors saw their comparative pay stay unchanged in the ranking at No. 15 and assistant professors dropped […]
Gender differential in faculty pay misleading, Beeson says >
May 17th, 2007Taken as group, women faculty at Pitt earn only three-quarters of what their male counterparts earn, according to a report issued last fall by the Association of American University Professors (AAUP). (See Nov. 9 University Times.) But that statistic can be misleading if not analyzed in its proper context, a Pitt official told a University […]
SAC presidential candidates address the issues >
May 17th, 2007This year’s election for Staff Association Council (SAC) president, to be voted on by SAC members prior to the June 20 meeting, pits incumbent president Rich Colwell, who is seeking a third two-year term, against Steve Zupcic, chair of SAC’s benefits committee. SAC officers’ terms begin July 1. Colwell has been on staff in the […]
SAC candidate slate announced >
May 17th, 2007The slate of candidates for the Staff Association Council (SAC) officers has been announced. Running for re-election as president is Rich Colwell. He will be opposed by Steve Zupcic, chair of SAC’s benefits committee. (See story beginning on page 8.) Incumbent Angela Peskie is running unopposed for vice president for marketing and communications and incumbent […]
Heinz Chapel spire evaluated >
May 17th, 2007A unique trio of experts with training in engineering and architecture gave the spire atop the Heinz Memorial Chapel an inch-by-inch analysis last week. Armed with climbing gear, cameras and tape measures, workers from the Ithaca, N.Y.-based Vertical Access examined each solder joint, fastener and piece of bracing over the course of three days, photographically […]
Udin addresses diversity issues >
May 17th, 2007As the final influence on students before they move into the workforce, faculty have a chance to affect how those future managers treat minorities and women, Sala Udin told an audience at Pitt’s annual faculty diversity seminar. In his keynote address to diversity seminar fellows, Udin said: “You are producing the next generation of the […]