Pitt’s ongoing initiative to assess student learning outcomes institution-wide is nearing completion of its second phase. During the first phase, which ended in March 2007, departmental faculty developed an assessment process and identified 3-5 learning outcomes specific to their majors. Phase 2, which concludes March 3, calls for follow-up of phase 1 work, as well […]
SAC assembly to explore career advancement >
February 21st, 2008Career advancement and staff development will be the focus of the Staff Association Council’s spring assembly. SAC’s assembly is set for April 9, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room. A five-member panel will describe how they were able to move up to higher-paying jobs at Pitt, Gwen Watkins, vice president of […]
Motor pool checking driving records >
February 21st, 2008Asking Pitt to give you the car keys has become a bit tougher recently. Speed demons or those who drink and drive may find themselves on the motor pool’s no-drive list. A recent change in policy aimed at reducing the University’s liability now requires Pitt employees and students who want to use a motor pool […]
Fair focuses on healthy lifestyle >
February 21st, 2008Want to get healthy and reduce stress in your life? Get interactive. The Healthy Lifestyle Experience fair invites Pitt employees to a series of interactive presentations, including a stress management workshop; musical therapy exercises; cooking demos; a nutrition trivia game; massages, and bio-feedback, blood pressure and body composition assessments. Health coaches and other health care […]
Wishes for end-of-life care, organ donation can conflict >
February 21st, 2008Recent changes in the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) have created potential conflict between an organ donor and his or her organs. The 2006 UAGA, designed to eliminate some potential roadblocks that can hinder organ donation, has raised ethical concerns among critical-care physicians and others who have pointed out that language in the act requires […]
Pitt prof gets fined for mailing bacteria >
February 21st, 2008Pitt professor Robert Ferrell has been fined $500 for his role in obtaining biological organisms for a Buffalo art professor. U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara also sentenced Ferrell to a year of unsupervised release, but no jail time, in his Feb. 11 decision. Ferrell, a professor in the Graduate School of Public Health’s […]
Darragh St. restrictions altered >
February 21st, 2008Upcoming events are pre-empting several days of scheduled Darragh Street closings. Darragh is closed from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday between Terrace and Allequippa streets to allow crews to install a new west loop steam line 20 feet underground. However, the street will remain open Friday to accommodate traffic expected for the […]
Prosthetics/orthotics program launched >
February 21st, 2008The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) is launching a new master’s of science degree program in prosthetics and orthotics in its Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology. Prosthetics and orthotics involves the evaluation, fabrication and custom fitting of artificial limbs and orthopedic braces. The five-term, 66-credit program is designed to meet National Commission […]