Two important dates are looming in the stalemate between the Port Authority of Allegheny County and its union workers. The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 85, comprising some 2,300 bus drivers, rail operators, mechanics and clerical workers, has called a meeting Nov. 23 for rank-and-file members to vote on whether to stop working in protest […]
$43.2M in construction/renovation projects okayed >
November 20th, 2008Pitt has approved $43.2 million in seven construction and renovation projects as well as four leases. The property and facilities committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees approved the expenditures Nov. 7. That committee must approve property transactions in excess of $500,000 and University construction projects costing more than $1 million. Among the approvals is a […]
UPB gets $1 million for scholarships >
November 20th, 2008Pitt-Bradford has received a $1 million gift that will yield $2 million in endowed scholarship funds. The late Agnes L. Thomas, a resident of Bradford for more than 50 years, provided a bequest to the campus that will be used to fund the Agnes L. and Lewis Lyle Thomas Scholarship Challenge. For as long as […]
WPIC children's OCD program wins award >
November 20th, 2008The obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) intensive outpatient program for children and adolescents at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) has been awarded the 2008 Treatment of Mental Illness and Recovery Support Services Award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This national award recognizes exemplary interventions that have been shown to prevent and/or treat […]
Hillman Library extends hours >
November 20th, 2008Hillman Library will extend its 24-hour end-of-term schedule to two weeks beginning this term. Hillman will be open continuously from 7:50 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1 until 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13. The University Library System will provide free coffee and tea in the Cup & Chaucer after its regular closing time. The PITTCat online […]
One last look at the Cathedral lights >
November 20th, 2008Passersby stop to view a geometric pattern projected on the Bigelow Boulevard and Forbes Avenue facades of the Cathedral of Learning and the Stephen Foster Memorial. The second of two colorful illuminations created by German design firm Casa Magica as part of the Pittsburgh 250 Festival of Lights debuted on the structures Nov. 7. The […]
