Pitt hopes to build five undergraduate residence halls on the upper campus east of the Petersen Events Center, bringing the Pittsburgh campus’s capacity to about 7,000 beds. Bob Reppe, City Planning department official, said Pitt has applied for a conditional use permit, which is required for construction of residence halls or fraternities under the city’s […]
Changes to streamline planning/budgeting system >
March 20th, 2003By bringing together Pitt faculty, staff, students and administrators to serve on planning and budgeting committees (PBCs), the University Planning and Budgeting System is intended to increase accountability, information sharing, and participation in decision making. But the system is academically oriented and should be flexible, agreed members of a University Senate committee that reviewed the […]
Pitt holds "virtual" groundbreaking >
March 20th, 2003Pitt officials and local and community leaders, including Chancellor Mark Nordenberg and Allegheny County Chief Executive James Roddey, lined up in hard hats, grabbed shovels, scooped up real dirt and tossed it toward a projection screen — all indoors at Alumni Hall — simulating a groundbreaking for Pitt’s new Biomedical Science Tower 3 (BST3). As […]
PNC chairman discusses corporate ethics >
March 20th, 2003According to James E. Rohr, his company, PNC Financial Services Group, has no ethical or corporate accountability problems. Unlike some corporations that focus only on shareholders’ profits, PNC’s “core mission” is to serve four interwoven constituencies: shareholders, customers, employees and the community, Rohr said, a goal that helps ensure accountability checks and balances. “If you […]
Publications win district awards >
March 20th, 2003Publications produced by Pitt’s Office of Public Affairs won 11 District II CASE Accolades Awards, the largest number won by any university this year. Two regional campus publications also won district awards. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) is the professional organization for advancement professionals who work […]
Drue Heinz Literature Prize awarded >
March 20th, 2003West Coast author Suzanne Greenberg has won the 2003 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, which honors collections of short stories. Greenberg’s manuscript, “Speed-Walk and Other Stories,” was selected from nearly 300 entries and will be published this fall by the University of Pittsburgh Press, which administers the award. Greenberg, associate professor of English at California State […]
Office of Child Development relocates >
March 20th, 2003Pitt’s Office of Child Development (OCD) — for the first time in 15 years — has all its components under one roof. OCD’s new location is at Lexington Technology Park, 400 N. Lexington Ave., Point Breeze. OCD is a public-private, regional resource and management facility that contributes to the welfare of children, youth and families […]