University Times

Audrey J. Murrell, an associate professor of business administration, is the inaugural winner of an award initially sponsored by the women’s studies program and now co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA). Murrell, who also serves as director of the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership within the Katz Graduate […]

At A Glance Highest-paid staff Highest average (by job category) Executives, administrators & managers Senior Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences, $196,879 Highest average (by area) Executive vice chancellor’s office, $85,766 Highest median (by job category) Executives, administrators & managers Senior Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences $210,000 Highest median (by area) General counsel’s office, $95,287 * Lowest-paid staff […]

The University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) has digitized and mounted online its collection of John James Audubon’s “Birds of America” and his “Ornithological Biography.” Visitors to the web site (http://digital.library.pitt.edu/a/audubon/) will have access for the first time to complementary resources. John James Audubon (1785-1851) set out to paint every known North American bird in […]

AT a glance Highest-paid faculty Highest average (by rank) Full professors Katz Graduate School of Business, $142,457 Highest average (net total by area) School of Arts & Sciences dean’s office, $128,332 Highest median (by rank) Full professors A&S dean’s office, $135,525 Highest median (net total by area) A&S dean’s office $131,347 * Lowest-paid faculty Lowest […]

Pitt-Johnstown has been named one of the “Top 100 Businesses for 2007” by Pennsylvania Business Central. The list features organizations from within the publication’s 16-county coverage area. UPJ is one of only 10 businesses from Cambria County named to the list, long considered a who’s who of regional business. A reception honoring the businesses will […]

Students, faculty, staff and alumni were recognized for their achievements Feb. 29 at Pitt’s annual honors convocation. Among the honorees recognized by Chancellor Mark Nordenberg were 294 undergraduate students named University Scholars, representing the top 2 percent of their schools based on cumulative academic standing. Three distinguished alumni fellow recipients, Roslyn M. Litman, Young Woo […]

The University’s annual conflict of interest filing season is underway. In accordance with the University’s conflict of interest- research/teaching policy (available at www.pitt.edu/HOME/PP/policies/11/11-01-03.html), all faculty, plus some students and staff, must complete conflict of interest (COI) disclosures each year. Updated disclosures must be submitted throughout the year if new outside interests are acquired. Disclosures must […]

Among the most familiar sounds that herald the approach of spring in Pennsylvania is the thump, thump, thump of vehicles rolling over rough and crumbling roadways as pothole season begins in earnest. As head of Pitt’s pavement mechanics and materials laboratory, civil and environmental engineering professor Julie Vandenbossche aims to make those sounds less common […]

Kenneth G. Duff, a staff member in biostatistics at the Graduate School of Public Health, died Feb. 25, 2008, following a two-year battle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He was 44. Duff earned a BS in computer science from Pitt in 1986. Following graduation he was hired as a computer programmer at Pitt’s National Surgical Adjuvant […]