University Times

Lori’s Losers, the team formed by University Senate office mates Lori Molinaro and Cindy Brendel, weren’t quite sure what to expect as they faced the scales midway through the weight race. At the end of week 4, the team was No. 88 out of 222 on the Pittsburgh campus. What was certain is that they […]

Wellness through the Eyes of Davis Vision The University has placed an emphasis on wellness and preventive services available at no cost through the health insurance program. Likewise, members should consider wellness as it relates to vision care. Through the Davis Vision Program, eye examinations are covered annually at no additional out-of-pocket cost through a […]

Faculty and staff members at the University Center for International Studies formed a number of teams to compete in the weight race, according to Elaine Linn, assistant director of the global studies program, who is the spokesperson for Larry’s Buff Buddies. Linn and her husband, Ahmed Abdelwahab, an adjunct faculty member at UCIS, were assigned […]

HARRISBURG — Leaders from Pennsylvania’s state-related universities didn’t need a senator to tell them, but Senate appropriations committee member Jake Corman (R-Centre Co.) said it anyway. “Clearly the governor’s budget reflects his priorities and you’re not one of them,” he told Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg and his colleagues from Penn State, Temple and Lincoln universities. […]

Ken Bain’s 2004 book, “What the Best College Teachers Do,” is the text for this year’s faculty book discussions, sponsored by the Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence and presented by the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education. The book is the result of a 15-year study of nearly 100 professors in an effort […]

Faculty Assembly wants Pitt to designate a Chancellor’s office official to address insufficient access to child care on the Pittsburgh campus. Last week, the Assembly voted unanimously to endorse that and other recommendations made by the ad hoc subcommittee on child care, part of the University Senate’s ad hoc committee for the promotion of gender […]

Wages of the average working woman in the region trail those of her local male counterparts and of her female colleagues in most of the nation’s large economic regions, according to a study released this week by the University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR). The divergence could pose an obstacle to attracting businesses […]

Plans for a faculty and staff club and an employee-only recreation facility at the University Club are slowly taking shape, a Pitt official reported at Faculty Assembly Feb. 26. “The University has started renovation on the University Club, a $20 million project with a number of components,” said Eli Shorak, associate vice chancellor for Business. […]

A spring break schedule for Pitt’s recreation and fitness centers was announced last month by Intramural and Recreational Sports. This year’s spring break runs March 8-16. For fitness centers available to faculty and staff: • The Bellefield fitness center will be open 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on spring break weekdays, March 10-14. It will be closed […]

Pitt’s employees are a diverse group, and one of the areas in which that diversity is measurable is salaries. The University Senate’s budget policies committee (BPC) on Feb. 22 received Pitt’s Management Information and Analysis office’s annual report of the mean (or average) and median salaries of full-time Pitt employees. The median is the salary […]