With Sennott Square and the Petersen Events Center, Pitt’s newest buildings, up and running, what’s next on the University’s facilities agenda? That was the question broached by the University Senate’s plant utilization and planning (PUP) committee at a meeting last month. Robert Pack, vice provost for academic planning and resources management, reported to the committee […]
UPJ staffer honored for service >
January 9th, 2003Long-time Johnstown campus staff member Betsy A. Goenner is the 2002 winner of the UPJ President’s Award for Excellence in Service. The fourth annual award recognizes a staff member’s dedication to the University and commends the employee’s superior efforts at work and in the community. Goenner was recognized at the annual Johnstown staff luncheon Dec. […]
State orders 1% cut in Pitt appropriation >
January 9th, 2003Governor Mark Schweiker has frozen 1 percent of the state’s non-preferred expenditures, including appropriations to Pennsylvania’s state-related universities — Pitt, Penn State, Temple and Lincoln. Schweiker imposed the freeze Dec. 10 in an effort to help Governor-elect Ed Rendell balance the state’s budget. If it becomes permanent, the freeze would reduce Pitt’s state funding by […]
Engineering gets diversity funds >
January 9th, 2003A $50,000 gift to Pitt’s School of Engineering will underwrite scholarships and create a fund to develop diversity programs within the school. Robert Agbede, president and CEO of Advanced Technology Systems Inc., made the donation. Agbede earned a B.S. and M.S. in mining engineering from Pitt in 1979 and 1981, respectively. The gift will be […]
Noose incident called “isolated” >
January 9th, 2003A black professor’s discovery of a noose in his Crabtree Hall classroom was an isolated incident that did not pose a direct physical threat to the professor, Pitt police and the FBI’s Pittsburgh office have determined following a joint investigation. “In the absence of a confession or an eyewitness, the case lacks evidence for prosecution” […]
Seminars set for participants in 2003 marathon >
January 9th, 2003To help runners prepare for the 2003 UPMC Health System/City of Pittsburgh Marathon on May 4, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., is presenting UPMC Sports Medicine’s annual free marathon training seminar series. All seminars will be 10 a.m.-noon in the LHAS Auditorium at UPMC Montefiore. A final preparations seminar will be held on May 3, […]
Board chair discusses officer, faculty salaries >
January 9th, 2003Thanks to recent salary raises and deferred retention payments, the pay packages of Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg and five members of his administrative team are now “in the ballpark” compared with executive compensation at Pitt’s peer universities, said Board of Trustees chairperson William S. Dietrich II. “We are certainly not a leader and we’re probably […]
Obituary — Corrinne M. Barnes >
January 9th, 2003A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. March 31 in Heinz Chapel for Corinne M. Barnes, professor emeritus of pediatric nursing at the School of Nursing, who died on Nov. 19, 2002. She was 74. Barnes received her bachelor’s in nursing education from Pitt in 1960, a master’s in nursing care of children […]