University Times

The deadline for voter registration for the Nov. 6 municipal and judicial general election is 5 p.m. Oct. 9. Those who are eligible to vote but have not registered before, whose name or address has changed or who wish to change political party affiliation, must submit the voter registration form to the Allegheny County Board […]

U.S. News and World Report’s 2008 “best colleges” edition also features “your school at a glance” quick facts, including a breakdown of the undergraduate student body. Among the 17,246 undergraduates enrolled at the Pittsburgh campus in fall 2006, 85 percent of students, exclusive of international students, came from Pennsylvania; 89 percent of students were full […]

William Ragan Stanton, emeritus professor of history, died July 29, 2007. He was 82. Stanton, a native of Belton, Texas, was a Navy veteran and a graduate of Baylor University, where he earned a degree in history. He earned his master’s and PhD degrees in American civilization at Brown University, publishing his thesis, “The Leopard’s […]

Like swallows flying to Capistrano each March, every August officials at higher education institutions scramble to trumpet — or to downplay — their standing in the annual U.S. News & World Report’s “best colleges” rankings. University administrators recognize the inevitable popularity of the annual rankings among college-shopping students and their parents — the college guide […]

Behind the scenes at Pitt, University staff, some 6,500 strong across five campuses, often toil in jobs ranging from the mundane to the esoteric. From mailroom workers to data entry specialists, costume designers to biosafety officers, photographers to accountants, staff at Pitt perform tasks great and small, year-in and year-out, for the greater good of […]