When she was 5 years old, Marianne Novy was told that she was adopted and that she should never tell anyone. She honored that directive from her adoptive until she was in her 20s. Carrying that secret has influenced her entire personal life, and later her professional life, said Novy, today a professor of English […]
4 faculty win provost's mentoring awards >
April 3rd, 2008Four faculty members have been named recipients of the 2008 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring. They are: Louise Comfort, professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; Don DeFranco, professor and vice chair of education in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology; Leon Gleser, professor in the Department of Statistics, and […]
Travel Channel Cathedral feature to air >
April 3rd, 2008The Cathedral of Learning will be featured at 9:30 p.m. April 16 on the Travel Channel’s “John Ratzenberger’s Made in America” program. The program is featuring behind-the-scenes tours of some of the country’s most fascinating American-made wonders. In November, a Travel Channel crew filmed the interior and exterior of the Cathedral. Several Pitt officials were […]
Senate announces candidate slate >
April 3rd, 2008This year’s slate for University Senate officers and for candidates to fill open Faculty Assembly positions has been set. The Senate elections committee will conduct the 2008-09 elections via electronic balloting, April 7-18. Printed instructions on how to vote electronically are being mailed this week; the electronic system will be activated April 7. The Senate […]
Food drive launched >
April 3rd, 2008Pitt’s annual Partnership for Food drive will collect non-perishable food items throughout April to help restock the shelves of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. For more than a decade, the University has ranked among the 10 most successful Pittsburgh-area employers in the annual spring food drives. Over the years, contributions from the University have […]
Senate presidential candidates address the issues >
April 3rd, 2008This year’s election for the University Senate presidency matches incumbent John J. Baker, associate professor, Department of Microbiology-Biochemistry, School of Dental Medicine, against Nicholas G. Bircher, associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, School of Medicine. Bircher served as Senate president in 2003-04 and 2004-05. The Senate elections are being conducted via electronic balloting, […]
Pharmacology department renamed >
April 3rd, 2008The Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine has changed its name to the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology. The new name reflects how research and teaching activities have evolved in the modern practice of pharmacology. Bruce A. Freeman, Irwin Fridovich Professor and chair of the department, said: “Research in the department emphasizes […]