Pitt’s senior administration grabs most of the headlines. The faculty here get noticed when they bring in research dollars, win teaching awards or publish in their fields. But behind the scenes, University staff, some 6,500 strong across five campuses, often toil in jobs ranging from the mundane to the esoteric. This is one in an […]
Making Pitt Work: Chemistry demonstrator Dave D'Emilio >
January 24th, 2008Gift to support new Energy Institute at UPB >
January 24th, 2008American Refining Group (ARG) and Halloran Philanthropies have given $500,000 to the Bradford campus for energy-related studies. Half of the gift is endowed, and funds generated from the endowment will support scholarships and energy-related projects. The other half will be used to assist in the development of an Energy Institute at Pitt-Bradford. “The Energy Institute […]
ULS, University Press form digital partnership >
January 24th, 2008The 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 moves up in Peace Corps rankings >
January 24th, 2008Pitt 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’ […]
Press partnership gets Mellon grant >
January 24th, 2008The 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 […]