Contrary to claims by ACLU attorneys and others seeking to force Pitt through the courts to extend health benefits to employees’ same-sex partners, the University has never attacked the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance, Pitt General Counsel Alan A. Garfinkel reiterated in an interview yesterday. “Our position has always been that the city ordinance, as amended in […]
Pitt denies making first move in re-opening same-sex benefits case >
February 6th, 2003Safar to speak at honors convocation >
February 6th, 2003Peter J. Safar, Distinguished Professor of Resuscitation Medicine at Pitt and a pioneer of modern cardiopulmonary resuscitation, will be the featured speaker at the Feb. 28 honors convocation at the Petersen Events Center. Safar was founding chairperson of Pitt’s Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and founder of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research […]
City Planning approves BST3 plan >
February 6th, 2003The Pittsburgh City Planning commission gave Pitt the okay last week to construct the Biomedical Science Tower 3 (BST3), officials said. The $188 million project, approved by Pitt’s Board of Trustees last October, had been delayed by the City Planning commission at a Jan. 14 meeting, when commissioners wanted to study further the project’s parking […]
Taking a look at school desegregation >
February 6th, 2003Pitt’s new Center on Race and Social Problems (CRSP), an interdisciplinary center housed in the School of Social Work, was established recently to promote scholarship where racial issues are at the intellectual core. Janet Ward Schofield, professor of psychology and senior scientist at Pitt’s Learning Research and Development Center, spoke last month on “School Desegregation […]
New immigration laws affect faculty, staff, students >
February 6th, 2003The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have spawned unprecedented changes in U.S. immigration laws and regulations, which are directly affecting the lives — both academic and personal — of foreign nationals at Pitt, including approximately 1,100 faculty and staff members and their dependents. A few examples, as described during a Feb. 3 “Immigration Law […]
Faculty honored for teaching, research, public service >
February 6th, 2003Winners of the 2003 chancellor’s awards for distinguished teaching, research and public service were announced by Chancellor Mark Nordenberg at Senate Council this week. Teaching award recipients are: William C. de Groat, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine; Rodney H. Eatman, Department of Theatre, Johnstown campus; Joseph J. Grabowski, Department of Chemistry/Faculty of Arts and […]
Staff recognized for work community involvement >
February 6th, 2003Five winners of the annual Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Award for Staff were announced this week. The service award, the highest award that Pitt grants to staff members, honors staff who demonstrate dedication to the University that extends beyond the normal responsibilities of their jobs and in their community service, according to guidelines issued by the […]
AD search committee named >
February 6th, 2003Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg this week announced the appointment of a committee to launch a national search for a new athletics director. Former AD Steve Pederson resigned in December to assume a similar post at the University of Nebraska. Following Pederson’s resignation, Marc Boehm was named interim director of athletics. Boehm had been associate athletics […]