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Volume 40 Issue 3

LRDC search to begin >

September 27th, 2007

A search committee has been named to find a replacement for Lauren Resnick, who will step down next summer as director of Pitt’s Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC). Resnick, who also holds an appointment as University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, has been director of LRDC since 1977. She will focus on her […]

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Search group for AD named >

September 27th, 2007

Chancellor Mark Nordenberg has appointed a search committee to identify a permanent director of athletics. Nordenberg this month named long-time Pitt athletics administrator Donna D. Sanft as interim director of athletics, succeeding Jeff Long, athletics director here since 2003, who accepted a similar position at the University of Arkansas. The committee is chaired by Executive […]

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A bit of CL history preserved >

September 27th, 2007

While an ambitious contractor on the Cathedral of Learning restoration project last month inadvertently scrubbed what was to have been a tribute to the Pittsburgh industrial heritage that blackened portions of the 70-year-old Cathedral’s limestone exterior, some darkened stone remains, albeit not in the spot some had planned. E. Maxine Bruhns, longtime director of Pitt’s […]

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United Way drive to begin >

September 27th, 2007

Pitt’s 2007 United Way fundraising campaign begins Oct. 11, and will run through Nov. 30. This year’s campaign goal is $600,000. Last year, the University collected $553,247, surpassing the $500,000 goal. Faculty and staff pledged $520,702; retirees contributed $28,875, and special events brought in $3,580. There were 2,493 donors who pledged contributions during last year’s […]

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United Way steering committee members named >

September 27th, 2007

Members of the 2007 Pitt United Way steering committee include campaign manager Anne Franks, Institutional Advancement (IA), and campaign co-chairs G. Reynolds Clark, community initiatives and chief of staff, Office of the Chancellor, and Daniel Edelstone, obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, Health Sciences. Other steering committee members are: Andrew Blair, Office of the Provost; Kenyon […]

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New smoking policy approved >

September 27th, 2007

“Step away from the building” is the new message to smokers at Pitt. The University has adopted a policy that prohibits smoking within 15 feet of primary entrances and air intakes on campus. The action, approved Tuesday by Executive Vice Chancellor Jerome Cochran on behalf of the University’s officers, takes effect immediately. “It’s a done […]

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