University Times

PITT ARTS reached a new milestone this year with more than 12,000 tickets sold in its “cheap seats” program. The program allows Pitt students, faculty and staff to purchase deeply discounted tickets to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater and other area arts presenters. The 12,182 tickets sold represents […]

The Staff Association Council (SAC) is proposing non-monetary compensation alternatives for staff in lieu of salary raises for fiscal year 2010. In March, Chancellor Mark Nordenberg announced there would be no increase in the salary pool in FY10. (See March 5 University Times.) According to Monika Losagio, chair of SAC’s salary and job classification committee, […]

Pitt’s 23rd annual Partnership for Food drive, which ran through April, shattered all records this year. The food drive benefits the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, a nonprofit organization in Duquesne that stores and distributes food and other grocery products to area soup kitchens, food pantries, senior centers, schools and homeless shelters. “We had well […]

This year’s election for Staff Association Council (SAC) president pits Fred Schiffer, chair of the safety and security committee, against Gwendolyn L. Watkins, vice president of steering. The SAC officers’ slate was announced at the May 20 meeting. Voting continues until 2:30 p.m. June 16. Only full members are eligible to vote. The results will […]

UPMC president and CEO Jeffrey R. Romoff again topped the list of the health care system’s highest paid employees in fiscal year 2008. Romoff made $4,448,181, and was paid $72,367 in benefits, according to IRS form 990, which requires tax-exempt corporations to report compensation for their five top-earning, non-officer employees as well as for officers, […]