HARRISBURG—Following a last-minute financial reprieve from the governor, the top executives of Pennsylvania’s four state-related institutions acted a little like the doomed who had been spared the gallows at a hearing March 3 before the state House appropriations committee. But the four leaders and members of the committee agreed it was merely a temporary reprieve. […]
Parking Office closing March 9-11 >
March 5th, 2009Pitt’s Parking Office will be closed March 9-11. The office is upgrading the parking database and staff will be training on the new system during that time. The office will reopen on Thursday, March 12.
No raises this year, chancellor announces >
March 5th, 2009In hopes of avoiding job cuts, there will be no salary increase pool included in Pitt’s fiscal year 2010 budget, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg announced in a March 2 University Update. The decision was made on the recommendation of the University Planning and Budgeting Committee (UPBC), which advises the chancellor in decisions regarding the University’s […]
Cohen memorial service set >
March 5th, 2009A memorial service for William I. Cohen is planned for 2 p.m. March 9 in Heinz Chapel. Cohen, a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry, died of a heart attack Feb. 6, 2009, while inline skating in Miami Beach. He was 62. Cohen was co-director of the School of Medicine’s medical interviewing and advanced medical interviewing […]
Plenary session: Scholarly publishing challenges >
March 5th, 2009David Shulenburger, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges’ vice president for academic affairs, presented the keynote address and took questions from the audience at the University Senate’s March 3 plenary session on scholarly publishing. Coverage of the event will appear in the March 19 University Times.
Obituary: Peter E. Siska >
March 5th, 2009Longtime chemistry professor Peter E. Siska died Feb. 27, 2009. He was 65. Siska began his academic career at Pitt in 1971, where he conducted pioneering research in molecular beam kinetics. He also was an award-winning teacher, earning the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1987, an Innovations in Education Award in 2001 and a Bellet […]
2 win Bellet A&S teaching awards >
March 5th, 2009Gretchen Holtzapple Bender of the Department of History of Art and Architecture and Joseph J. Grabowski of the Department of Chemistry have been named winners of the 2009 Tina and David Bellet Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award. School of Arts and Sciences alumnus David Bellet and his wife, Tina, established the award in 1998 […]
Obituary: Carl F. Poke >
March 5th, 2009A memorial service will be held April 2 for Carl F. Poke, one of the “founding fathers” of Pitt’s Greensburg campus, who died Feb. 23, 2009. He was 75. The service is scheduled for 4 p.m in UPG’s Mary Lou Campana Chapel and Lecture Center. Poke was named assistant to the president, dean for Academic […]
GSPIA prof hit by bus recovering >
March 5th, 2009Graduate School of Public and International Affairs professor Sabina Deitrick, who was struck by a Port Authority bus Feb. 27, plans to return to the classroom after next week’s spring break, a GSPIA spokesperson said. Her Wednesday evening economic development strategies and practices class was canceled this week. Deitrick, who also co-directs the University Center […]