University Times

Pitt trustees are holding the line on the salaries of Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg and the University’s senior administration. In a compensation committee teleconference meeting Wednesday, Dec. 3, committee chair Ralph J. Cappy said, “Based on both performance and benchmarking it is clear that Chancellor Nordenberg and other senior officers merit a substantial salary increase.” […]

Staff being honored for long-term service to the University will gather at 3 p.m. today, Dec. 4, for a recognition ceremony and reception at the William Pitt Union. Pitt will recognize those staffers who reached 20, 30, 40 and 40+ years of employment in 2008. The lists of names of those staff members with 40+, […]

You’ve heard the expression, “dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s.” But did you know that some people believe that how you dot your I’s and cross your T’s says a lot about your personality? According to long-time Pitt and UPMC staff member Mary C. “Mitzie” Biertempfel, who is a certified handwriting analyst, your handwriting […]

The Senate budget policies committee will seek public release of the University’s attribution report to facilitate a hoped-for meeting with Pitt’s athletic director. The report attributes revenues and expenses to the University’s academic units and other responsibility centers, including athletics. BPC reviewed a draft of the report in executive session at its May 12 meeting […]

On the heels of the Pitt Steps It Up activity challenge is another competition to encourage Pitt faculty and staff to develop and maintain healthier lifestyles. A new MyHealth Weight Race will kick off Jan. 18 and wrap up with final weigh-ins the week of April 12. The 12-week program is similar to last year’s […]

Certified handwriting analyst Mary C. “Mitzie” Biertempfel agreed to provide “quickie” analyses of handwriting samples taken from three well-known Pitt volunteers: Richard Colwell, president of the Staff Association Council; Patricia D. Kroboth, dean of the School of Pharmacy, and Stephen P. Zupcic, coordinator of Pitt’s Volunteer Pool. Biertempfel was not told whose handwriting she was […]

The Boulevard of the Allies bridge was opened Nov. 24, easing 18 months of traffic inconvenience at the west entrance to Oakland. Construction of the $29-million project to replace the deteriorating bridge and ramps began in April 2009. In other transit news, representatives of the Port Authority of Allegheny County and leaders of the union […]

Got the passion and the willingness to spend time and energy to make a marketable idea a reality? Michael Lehman can help. Lehman joined the Katz Graduate School of Business’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE) earlier this year after leaving his position as executive director of the Juniata College Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. As director […]

Bright new signs are helping library patrons find their way at Hillman Library. Located mainly on the ground level and first floor, signs stenciled on walls and wrapped around structural pillars in bold red, orange, green and blue have replaced an understated color scheme. “It was so beige,” said librarian Jeff Wisniewski, who said the […]