Pitt has a lot of big — and far-flung — losers. While competition in the 12-week MyHealth Weight Race was fierce in Pittsburgh, the race among teams to lose weight was just as heated — and successful — at five other Pitt locations, with some races coming down to the final weigh-ins in late April. […]
Weight race a success at the regionals >
May 15th, 2008Civil talk key, diversity expert says >
May 15th, 2008“Diversity’s not an airborne virus. You don’t catch it because you walk across campus and you see somebody who looks different from you. … It’s about some kind of capacity to actually talk about contentious issues in a civil manner that’s crucial,” a diversity researcher and founder of the University of Michigan’s program on intergroup […]
Neurologist Farris released from jail >
May 15th, 2008A federal district court judge has released Pitt neurology professor Roger Wesley Farris from jail, where he had been held since his March 5 arrest in a sex sting. He has been charged with arranging to meet a child for sex via phone calls with an undercover agent posing as the uncle of a 10-year-old […]
BPC wants FY09 budget details >
May 15th, 2008The University Senate budget policies committee wants a detailed explanation of the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget before making its annual recommendation on the distribution of the salary pool increase. The committee has asked Vice Chancellor for Budget and Controller Art Ramicone to walk members through Pitt’s proposed budget in a closed session at its […]