Faculty Assembly members passed a resolution last week that would ban smoking within 15 feet of main building entrances across campus if it garnered the support of Senate Council, the University’s primary shared governance group. But absent a quorum at this week’s Senate Council meeting, the resolution was tabled until September. (Faculty Assembly and Senate […]
Proposal to expand no-smoking policy tabled >
June 14th, 2007Law prof decries Supreme Court decision >
June 14th, 2007In a 5-4 decision rendered last month, the U.S. Supreme Court limited an employee’s ability to sue employers for pay discrimination. Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. centered on the application of the 180-day deadline for filing a discriminatory pay complaint under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to […]
City wants more money from nonprofits >
June 14th, 2007If Pitt did not hold nonprofit status, the University would owe about $15 million a year in city taxes, according to an audit released last month. The audit of eight local institutions of higher education and 14 health care concerns completed by Anthony J. Pokora, acting city controller, showed Pitt owns tax-exempt property assessed at […]
Farm to Pitt program begins >
June 14th, 2007Registration has begun for the new “Farm to Pitt” program that enables University employees to subscribe to a weekly delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms. More than 400 people indicated interest in receiving information on the new community supported agriculture (CSA) program in an initial inquiry made last month, said David Eson […]
State-relateds oppose inclusion in open records law >
June 14th, 2007Representatives of Pitt, Penn State and Temple universities are united in their efforts to exclude Pennsylvania’s state-related universities from a proposal to strengthen the state’s open records law. A state Senate committee heard testimony June 4 on Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) that would expand the state’s 1957 Right to Know law to include community […]