The Asian studies program, part of Pitt’s University Center for International Studies, has been renamed the Asian Studies Center. According to information provided by Dianne F. Dakis, assistant direct for student affairs at the center, Asian studies-affiliated faculty and the University’s senior administration determined that the designation of center reflected the mission and activities of […]
Asian studies now is center >
October 24th, 2002UPMC honored by Information Week >
October 24th, 2002UPMC Health System’s use of computer technology to improve health care access has been recognized by Information Week magazine. UPMC is ranked 5th among health care and medical industries and ranked 76th overall in the magazine’s 14th annual Top 500 listing of the most innovative users of information technology. According to Information Week, to make […]
OBITUARY: Rakesh Kumar Bhatnagar >
October 24th, 2002Rakesh Kumar Bhatnagar, associate professor of mathematics at the Greensburg campus, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002. Bhatnagar had been a member of the mathematics faculty at UPG since August 1988. He earned his Ph.D. in applied mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. His area of specialization was fluid mechanics of visco-elastic liquids. […]
Weighing in on Pitt’s eclectic architecture >
October 24th, 2002Who is Terence Smith? Pitt’s new Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory is a modernist critic, author, scholar and teacher with an international reputation. “Terry brings with him a global perspective on the interaction of culture and politics and art,” says Franklin K. Toker, a fellow professor in the Department of […]
Pitt experiments with wireless as alternative to data ports in classrooms >
October 24th, 2002With the demand for computer-friendly classrooms outpacing the supply here, Pitt has been experimenting — successfully — with wireless technology as a less expensive alternative to “old-fashioned” data ports, the University Registrar said last week. Samuel D. Conte said his office has been working with Pitt’s Office of Computing Services and Systems Development (CSSD) and […]
Math prof collaborates with Nobel winner >
October 24th, 2002When prices of stock in Internet-based companies and other speculative ventures soar, it deprives so-called “value stocks” (in blue-chip corporations, for example) of the capital needed to push their prices higher. Result: value stock prices suffer. When speculative stock prices tumble, the ugly image of collapsing prices discourages investors from putting their money into any […]
Trustees to elect 2 emeritus members >
October 24th, 2002Pitt’s Board of Trustees is expected to elect Herbert P. Douglas Jr. and Frank E. Mosier as emeritus trustees when the board meets on Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m. in the William Pitt Union. The nominations of Douglas and Mosier were unanimously approved yesterday, Oct. 23, by the board’s nominating committee. Emeritus trustees may vote […]