39 + 39 + 12 + 10 = 100 That’s the running tally — in Pitt-employment years — of the four-member Rosol family: Joanne; her husband Mike, and their sons Jason and Derek. Toss in four Pitt degrees among them and you realize this is a family with a serious case of Blue and Gold. […]
Pitt’s ‘All in the Family’ >
September 3rd, 2009ACLU sues Pitt officer over incident >
September 3rd, 2009A Pitt campus police officer and the Allegheny County district attorney’s office have been named in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit alleging that a man’s civil rights were violated during an incident in April. Elijah Matheny of the Hill District was arrested April 29 by Pitt police and charged with violating state wiretapping laws […]
Nuclear engineering gets grant >
September 3rd, 2009Pitt’s nuclear engineering program has netted a grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to support two PhD students with $50,000 a year for four years. The students will collaborate with Westinghouse Electric Co. to develop a more quantitative and mechanistic understanding of the degradation of the austenitic stainless steels used in constructing nuclear reactors. […]
Observatory open house planned >
September 3rd, 2009Tickets are free, but reservations are required for Allegheny Observatory’s Sept. 25 open house, which will be held 7-10 p.m. Visitors can roam the observatory and peer into the night sky through the 30-inch Thaw Refractor telescope, a 47-foot instrument normally reserved for research. In addition, members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will […]
Obituary: Peter W. Miller >
September 3rd, 2009Peter W. Miller, a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, died July 24, 2009, of cardiac arrest. He was 48. An Air Force veteran, Miller earned his undergraduate degree in computer engineering summa cum laude in 1999 and master’s degree in electrical engineering in 2001 at Pitt. He joined the engineering faculty […]
