Pitt will be well represented at the 12th annual Carnegie Science Center awards presentation, set for May 9. Last week, the Science Center announced this year’s winners of its Awards for Excellence, which recognize and promote outstanding science and technology achievements in western Pennsylvania. Pitt affiliates who will receive awards are: • Stephen F. Badylak, […]
Staff, faculty tapped for science center awards >
February 7th, 2008“Fly Boys” premiers >
February 7th, 2008Tonight the boys from World War II will fly again. A new documentary on the Tuskegee Airmen Experiment, a military initiative to see if African-American men made capable fighter pilots, will have its public debut on WQED-TV at 8 p.m. “Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen” takes viewers back to early 1941, during the Jim […]
Rendell proposes 1.3 percent appropriation hike >
February 7th, 2008Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell has proposed a 1.3 percent increase in Pitt’s appropriation for fiscal year 2009. The governor recommended $170.33 million in state support for Pitt as part of the budget proposal he presented Feb. 5 to the General Assembly. Pitt is receiving $168.17 million in state support in the current fiscal year. […]
Clinical & translational science PhD to be offered >
February 7th, 2008Pitt’s Institute for Clinical Research Education and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute has established a PhD program in clinical and translational science. The advanced training program is designed primarily for clinicians and aims to enhance the capabilities of scientists to conduct high-quality clinical and translational research. Clinical and translational science aims to close the […]
Senate finance committee seeks endowment info >
February 7th, 2008A recent report on the value of the endowments of colleges and universities has prompted U.S. Senate finance committee leaders to request information on endowment growth and student aid spending from Pitt and 135 other colleges with endowments of $500 million or more. Pitt, with an endowment worth $2.25 billion as of June 30, 2007, […]
Drue Heinz lit prize awarded >
February 7th, 2008Anthony Varallo has been named the 28th winner of the annual Drue Heinz Literature Prize, which recognizes writers of short fiction. Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers. Varallo’s manuscript, “Out Loud,” was selected by author Scott Turow from nearly 300 entries. The collection will be published by the University of Pittsburgh Press this […]
Former Heinz Endowments prez to speak at convocation >
February 7th, 2008Maxwell King, recently retired president of The Heinz Endowments, will be the keynote speaker at the 32nd annual honors convocation, set for 2 p.m. Feb. 29 in Carnegie Music Hall. The convocation recognizes faculty and staff accomplishments; undergraduate, graduate and professional student academic achievement; student leadership, and outstanding alumni. King will speak on “Hard Times […]
SIS grant to develop grad research program >
February 7th, 2008The School of Information Sciences (SIS) has received a five-year, $782,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of a graduate research program. The program is designed to understand and influence the emergence of digital communication and research in academia, known as cyber scholarship. The grant provides resources to hire a […]
Honors College invests in people, not programs, dean says >
February 7th, 2008A number of years ago, University Honors College (UHC) Dean G. Alec Stewart had an epiphany of sorts. Stewart was attending an on-campus recruiting event sponsored by Pitt’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid for prospective students and their parents. One mother was aggravated because she saw little difference between the recruiting materials and rah-rah […]