University Times

Representatives from benefits providers were on hand to offer information to faculty and staff April 28 and 29 in the William Pitt Union. Benefits Fair visitors were treated to massages, healthful snacks and chances to win prizes at the event sponsored by Human Resources. Similar events are scheduled to take place today at Pitt-Greensburg, Monday […]

Single-lane traffic on Forbes Avenue between Moultrie Street and McDevitt Place is expected to continue through late August. Two lanes of Forbes Avenue were closed earlier this week to allow work crews to construct new drainage facilities and a retaining wall on Forbes Avenue. The work is part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s $29 […]

Pitt-Titusville’s associate degree nursing program has been accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The achievement indicates that the program has clear and appropriate educational objectives and is working to accomplish them. The UPT program, implemented in 2005, is designed to be completed over five terms within two years on a full-time basis, […]

Contractors have removed the O’Hara Street staircase that led to the Benedum Hall plaza as part of the University’s $64.3 million upgrade to Benedum Hall, which houses the Swanson School of Engineering. The work includes $16.8 million for an addition to house the Mascaro Sustainability Initiative. The structure will be built on the plaza, connecting […]

Three $20,000 Global Academic Partnership (GAP) grants have been awarded to fund international conferences/workshops. The grants are intended to strengthen interdisciplinary research and curriculum development on critical global issues while enhancing international scholarly ties and raising the international profile of the University. The grants will fund the following projects: • “The Arts, Human Development and […]