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• Recognize that there may be certain times of the day when you feel better, and use that to your advantage. • Break large tasks into smaller ones; set priorities and take things one at a time; avoid taking on too much responsibility and setting overly difficult goals. • Activities such as exercise, attending sports […]

To help acclimate qualified minority and disadvantaged students to college life, Pitt’s School of Engineering is implementing a program that will help students attain a stronger educational background and provide them with positive role models. Sylvanus Nwosu, assistant dean for diversity at the engineering school, created the Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP). Beginning this […]

Pitt’s School of Information Sciences has received a $100,000 grant from the Pittsburgh Foundation and the Buhl Foundation to develop the Center for Advancement of Libraries for Learning, or CALL, under the direction of SIS Dean Ronald Larsen. CALL is an innovative education and information laboratory that will link with libraries and other educational institutions […]

Anna Marie Yurick, an associate professor emerita in Pitt’s School of Nursing who taught here for almost 40 years, died Feb. 24, 2003, at her Murrysville home. Yurick, 67, had advanced uterine cancer and was in the intensive care unit at Shadyside Hospital until shortly before her death. Even while in Shadyside’s ICU, Yurick was […]

A war with Iraq would create a medical and public health disaster and could trigger massive terrorist retaliation against the United States and any allies, local members of Physicians for Social Responsibility said during a rally March 4 on the steps of Pitt’s Parran Hall. The physicians urged intensified surveillance and inspections to contain Saddam […]

Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to cut Pitt’s state appropriation for next year by 5 percent would reduce the University’s state funding to $14 million less than it was two years ago. Combined with $8.8 million in mid-year reductions in approved state funding that Pitt has absorbed during the last two fiscal years, Rendell’s recommended 5 […]

Maximum pay ranges for staff job classifications probably will be raised in the coming fiscal year, according to the head of Human Resources. “We anticipate that the maximums of the salary ranges will increase this year, reflecting the local economy and the local competitive job market,” said Ronald Frisch, associate vice chancellor for Human Resources. “It […]