University Times

ROTC cadets were among community members who lined Fifth Avenue April 9 to pay their respects as the funeral cortege for Pittsburgh Police officers Stephen J. Mayhle, Eric G. Kelly and Paul J. Sciullo II made its way to a memorial service at the Petersen Events Center.

The Swanson School of Engineering has entered a master research agreement with Westinghouse Electric Co. that will allow for easier collaboration between researchers at the two entities. Pitt is the first university to sign a master research agreement with Westinghouse that covers all legal issues between the two institutions. Instead of addressing these issues for […]

Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) has received an $83,968 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fulbright-Hays group project abroad program. The grant will allow 13 social studies and art teachers from public and private secondary schools in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to participate in a five-week seminar project in Brazil that […]

Among the nine executives, administrators and managers in the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, the average salary was $204,195 as of Oct. 31, 2007. During the same period, the 27 lecturers/others in the School of Medicine earned average salaries of $17,075. Those highs and lows — and everything in between — […]

Johnstown area educators soon will be able to expand their credentials through a new master’s-level program at Pitt-Johnstown. Beginning this summer, UPJ will offer a Leadership Initiative for Transforming Schools (LIFTS) K-12 principal certificate program. The program will be offered in cooperation with the School of Education. This 15-month program will include course combinations of […]