University Times

The University Library System (ULS) and the University of Pittsburgh Press have formed a partnership to provide digital editions of Press titles as part of the library system’s D-scribe digital publishing program. Thirty-nine books from the Pitt Latin American Series now are available online. Ultimately, most of the Press’s titles more than two years old […]

Pitt moved up two places on the Peace Corps’ annual list of large schools nationwide producing Peace Corps volunteers. Pitt has 54 alumni currently serving as volunteers, making it No. 13 among large universities across the country. It also ranked first among large schools in Pennsylvania for the second straight year. Since the Peace Corps’ […]

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $390,000 grant to the University of Pittsburgh Press and two partners for a publishing initiative in Russian, East European and Central Asian studies. The grant will support publication of books in the humanities by providing resources to improve and promote them to the widest possible audience. Pitt’s […]

Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering is taking part in the resurgence of nuclear power as one alternative to fossil fuels by offering the only nuclear engineering tracks in western Pennsylvania. The graduate and undergraduate certificates are available through the recently established nuclear engineering program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. Pitt’s program […]

Pitt’s School of Pharmacy and Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business are forming a partnership to offer a course on the “business of medicines in health care.” This is the first step toward a dual doctor of pharmacy/MBA degree program. Offered in an executive boardroom format, this interactive elective will engage students in a […]

The University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) is seeking applicants for the eighth annual Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards. Two awards of up to $10,000 each relating to work in the social, behavioral and policy sciences will be given in honor of Manners, who worked at UCSUR for 26 years and was […]

A Staff Association Council (SAC) committee plans to push for reinstatement of certain staff benefits, more flex-time options for staff and a systematic study of Pitt’s employee benefits package. Steve Zupcic, chair of the SAC benefits committee, reported Jan. 16 on his committee’s work. “Our committee passed the proposal for the reinstatement of the previous […]

Pitt can make another claim to fame in terms of its academically stronger student body: The University was among 98 higher education institutions nationally that enrolled at least 20 freshmen who were National Merit Scholars in 2007. According to data derived from the National Merit Scholarship Corp.’s annual report, which was released last week, Pitt […]

Santa’s job may be done for the season, but in mailrooms across Pitt’s campuses, staffers are in the midst of their busiest time of year. With the exception of valentines and birthday cards, email has replaced most letter mail for students, but online shopping has more than filled the void. Nationwide, online purchasing accounted for […]